2015-07-27 Australia More Top Stories

The Australian   

Tony Abbott warns wind farm overbuild will follow Labor's RET   
The Australian
Tony Abbott has warned of a “massive overbuild of wind farms” following the Labor national conference's “truly bizarre” commitment to lift Australia's renewable energy consumption to 50 per cent by 2030. The Prime Minister, in his first public comments ...

2015-07-27 Australia Health

Sydney Morning Herald   

A big, sweet paradox: is sugar really to blame for obesity?   
Sydney Morning Herald
Our sugar consumption is significantly declining, a controversial new paper shows. "Sugar consumption in Australia appears to have been relatively stable in the three decades following the end of World War II but since the late 1970s, there has been a ...

2015-07-27 Australia Science

Herald Sun   

Labor 'aspiring' to 50% renewables   
Business Spectator
Australia should be aspiring to a target of 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030, Labor says. Climate action groups rallied in support as a motion to increase the target was passed by delegates at the ALP national conference in Melbourne on Saturday.
China's climate change plan represents decisive move   Irish Times
SA seeks Paris climate talks detail   InDaily
All states need to shift to zero-carbon economy: Mushahid   The Nation
The Express Tribune   
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The Inquisitr   

Climate Warming Events Killed Off Woolly Mammoths, New Study Reveals   
The Inquisitr
Published in Science magazine this week, the study conducted in Australia determined that large animals, or megafauna, of the last ice age, including woolly mammoths, short-faced bears, the giant sloth, and cave lions, largely went extinct because of ...
Climate change drove woolly mammoths to extinction, say scientists   Christian Science Monitor
Extinction events linked to prehuman global warming   NEWS.com.au
Australian Scientists Reckon Climate Change Doomed The Mammoths   Gizmodo Australia
Zee News   
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BBC News   

Australia: Paddling for whales in Queensland's Hervey Bay   
BBC News
Supporters of whale conservation have taken to the waters of Hervey Bay in Queensland to celebrate National Whale Day in Australia. Hervey Bay is a stopping point for humpback whales migrating from the Antarctic to calve in the warmer waters off the ...

2015-07-27 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

David Fifita served year-long ban for abusing officials in 2011   
Sydney Morning Herald
Cronulla forward David Fifita was banned for a year in 2011 for abusing match officials in almost identical circumstances that sees him facing a lengthy ban from rugby league following an incident last Saturday. Fairfax Media can reveal Fifita was ...
Fifitas cop 12-month junior NRL ban   Sky News Australia
Cronulla NRL players Andrew and David Fifita banned from Penrith junior games ...   ABC Online
Andrew and David Fifita banned from Penrith junior rugby league games for 12 ...   The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian   
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NEWS.com.au   

International rugby tests to be played at smaller Perth stadium   
ABC Online
Two international test rugby matches will be played at Perth Oval in the next two years, the first time tests have been played at the smaller stadium. The Wallabies will play Argentina in 2016, then meet South Africa in 2017 as part of the Rugby ...
Michael Cheika planning to ambush All Blacks and take trophy   The Australian
A stretch to beat All Blacks says Cheika   New Zealand Herald
Quade Cooper tweet: Playmaker insists he has no issue with Wallabies   Sydney Morning Herald
Irish Independent   
TVNZ   
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The Australian   

Adam Goodes booing must stop, says AFL boss   
The Australian
AFL boss Gill McLachlan has backed Lewis Jetta's war dance in support of Sydney teammate Adam Goodes and called for the unprecedented and “sheep-like” booing of the dual Brownlow medallist to stop. Jetta courted controversy on Sunday when he ...

2015-07-27 Australia Entertainment

Sydney Morning Herald   

World-famous Danish restaurant Noma will spend the summer in Sydney   
Sydney Morning Herald
Copenhagen, Denmark-based Noma, which is consistently ranked among the world's top restaurants, will relocate to Sydney's Barangaroo waterfront for 10 weeks from January with a menu focused on showcasing Australia's shoreline produce and culture.
Renowned restaurant to open in Sydney   NEWS.com.au
Noma to pop up at Sydney's Barangaroo   Sky News Australia
René Redzepi's Noma is coming to Sydney   Vogue Australia
Australian Hospitality Magazine   
Herald Sun   
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ABC Online   

Music lovers endure mud at Splendour in the Grass; police praise behaviour ...   
ABC Online
More than 30,000 music lovers have endured wet, muddy conditions for this year's Splendour in the Grass, which finished last night. The festival was held at the purpose-built North Byron Parklands venue at Yelgun, with British band Blur one of the ...
Things got very dirty at Aussie festival 'Splendour in the Mud'   New Zealand Herald
All its Splendor with triple j   Radio Today (Aust & NZ)
Splendour in the mud   Echonetdaily
theMusic   
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theMusic   

Don't touch me! Rapper Earl Sweatshirt punches stage invader   
TVNZ
Rapper Earl Sweatshirt did not taken kindly to a member of the audience who grabbed him while on stage in Sydney - delivering a brutal punch to man's face. Rapper Earl Sweatshirt knocks out Sydney stage invader. 00:25 ...

2015-07-27 Australia Technology

The Australian Financial Review   

Huge practical questions must be answered in data retention legislation   
The Australian Financial Review
There is still widespread confusion in the telco sector about who the new data retention law applies to and what it requires. Michael Mucci. by Peter Moon. The first major deadline under Australia's new communications data retention law looms, and ...

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Herald Sun   

Four cars seized from Two Rocks marina car park 'hoon' races   
Herald Sun
FOUR cars have been seized under hoon laws after complaints of burnouts and drag racing at a marina car park in Perth's north. About 3.30pm on Sunday, police received complaints of a group of vehicles was in the lower car park outside the boat pens off ...

2015-07-27 Australia Business

Sydney Morning Herald   

Ten's Hamish McLennan steps down as CEO, chairman   
Sydney Morning Herald
Beleaguered media group Ten Network will get its fifth chief executive in five years, with Hamish McLennan to step down from his dual role as chief executive and chairman of the company. Current chief operating officer Paul Anderson will replace Mr ...

2015-07-27 Australia Australia

SBS   

Jehovah's Witnesses did not report 1006 alleged sex abusers to police, royal ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
The Jehovah's Witness Church in Australia received allegations of child sexual abuse involving more than 1000 of its members over a 60-year period but did not report a single claim to police, a royal commission has heard. Instead, the church, which has ...

2015-07-27 Australia World

ABC Online   

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad admits his army faces a manpower shortage   
ABC Online
Syria's president Bashar al-Assad has publicly admitted defeats by his forces in the country's five-year civil war, in his first public address in a year. The Syrian leader said his army simply did not have the manpower required to defend the entire ...
Assad admits his army is exhausted and in retreat   The Australian (blog)
Shortage of troops takes toll on Assad   Irish Independent
Assad welcomes shift in West's stance on Syrian conflict   Irish Times
The Seattle Times   
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ABC Online   

Palestinians, Israeli police clash at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound   
ABC Online
Palestinian Muslim worshippers and Israeli police clashed at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday, on the annual Jewish day of mourning for the Holy City's two destroyed Biblical temples. No serious injuries were reported at the site, which ...
Palestinian youths and Israeli police clash at al-Aqsa site   CNN International
Palestinian Youths Clash With Israeli Police in Jerusalem   New York Times
Police and protesters clash amid mounting tension at religious shrine   Irish Independent
Xinhua   
Press TV   
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New York Times   

12 Are Killed in Bombing Outside Hotel in Somalia   
New York Times
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A vehicle packed with explosives detonated outside a landmark Mogadishu hotel long favored by diplomats and top government officials, killing at least 12 people and wounding many more, witnesses and the authorities said on ...