2015-08-17 Australia More Top Stories

The Australian   

Dyson Heydon: ACTU application over Sir Garfield Barwick emails   
The Australian
Dyson Heydon has given his first public statement on the Sir Garfield Barwick lecture affair, telling the trade union royal commission he did not “understand” the event to be a political fundraiser, and admitting he “overlooked the connection” to the ...
Lawyers for ACTU given documents relating to Dyson Heydon's planned speech at ...   ABC Online
Defiant Dyson Heydon sets deadline for unions to try and disqualify him   The Australian Financial Review
EXP: Heydon emails show Liberal links   9news.com.au
The Guardian   
Yahoo7 News   
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SBS   

Same-sex marriage bill to be introduced into parliament   
SBS
The type and timing of a public ballot on same-sex marriage continues to cause open debate among ministers. Source: AAP. 17 Aug 2015 - 3:30 AM UPDATED 29 MINS AGO. A same-sex marriage bill will be introduced into parliament on Monday, but that's ...

2015-08-17 Australia Health

Courier Mail   

Medical students routinely humiliated but believe it will be good for them ...   
Courier Mail
MEDICAL students are routinely subject to “teaching by humiliation” but about half of those in a survey found it good for their learning. Yelling, swearing, hostility, cursing, belittling and shouting are a regular part of medical teaching courses ...
Teaching by humiliation rife in hospitals   The Australian (blog)
Many Australian med students being taught "by humiliation"   Whitsunday Times
Teaching by humiliation rife in hospitals, leaving juniors disheartened   Sydney Morning Herald

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Herald Sun   

VCAT bans 'bad' mother from conceiving IVF baby because of poor parenting record   
Herald Sun
AUTHORITIES have barred a Victorian couple from having a baby amid claims the mother is a lousy parent to her existing children. A rare ruling prevents the couple undergoing fertility treatment because of her poor record caring for offspring to several ...
Couple denied IVF after SIDS   NEWS.com.au
Victorian couple denied IVF because of fears they would harm child   The Guardian
Mother banned from IVF treatment after her horrific record of bad parenting ...   Daily Mail
Courier Mail   
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Sky News Australia   

Rise in Vic ambo calls for ice and alcohol   
Sky News Australia
New research shows that ice-related ambulance call-outs in regional Victoria have soared by an alarming 27 per cent. The report by health organisation Turning Point says that compares to a 10 per cent increase in ice call-outs in metropolitan Melbourne ...
Ice-related ambulance call-outs triple in three years   Herald Sun
Alcohol, prescription drugs beat illegal narcotics for most ambulance calls   The Age

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What the 'perfect' body looks like around the world   
New Zealand Herald
An online doctor's surgery asked 18 designers to amend an image of a woman in her underwear to reflect the ideal body in their country - and were left astounded by the results. Perfection appeared to vary considerably depending on the country, with ...

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The Age   

Laughing gas sales in Vic investigated   
NEWS.com.au
POLICE don't think it is a laughing matter if nitrous oxide gas is being sold for recreational use in Melbourne. "YOU need an authority to possess it and use it for a start, and I doubt that would be provided for partygoers," Victoria Police Assistant ...
Police, doctors condemn nitrous oxide gas being 'sold to party go-ers'   3AW
Business offers all-night delivery of dangerous party gas nitrous oxide   The Age

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Herald Sun   

Victorian healthcare system set for overhaul to cut hospital visits and better ...   
Herald Sun
VICTORIA'S healthcare system is set to undergo a major revamp in an attempt to reduce unnecessary hospital visits and manage chronic illness more effectively. Health Minister Jill Hennessy will announce the new Better Care Victoria today, a program ...

2015-08-17 Australia Science

ABC Online   

Climate Change Authority says Australia not doing its fair share   
ABC Online
ELIZABETH JACKSON: The authority tasked with providing expert advice to the Australian Government on climate change says Australia isn't doing its fair share of the work to restrain global warming. This week, the Government announced a commitment to ...

2015-08-17 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

Jason Day 2015 US PGA Championship win: Home town golfers missed the show   
Sydney Morning Herald
​Early on Monday morning at the Beaudesert Golf Club, they gathered in nervous anticipation for Jason Day. On the other side of the world, the local kid made good was about to win the PGA Championship. There was a small catch. Nobody could see a thing ...

2015-08-17 Australia Entertainment

Herald Sun   

Musical review: Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Production Company   
Herald Sun
BLEND a catalogue of Gershwin songs, a new book, bootleggers, playboys and chorus girls and you get the effervescent musical Nice Work if You Can Get It. After more than a decade of development, American writer Joe DiPietro's hybrid opened on ...

2015-08-17 Australia Technology

NEWS.com.au   

'Your smartphone is an open book'   
NEWS.com.au
IT'S the dirty little secret that's facilitating what's being called the biggest breach of privacy ever. Government, security agencies and the telecommunications industry will be forced to explain a security hole that allows hackers to listen in to ...
Hackers prove security of smart phone users at risk   9news.com.au
Don't Be Scared Of That 60 Minutes Report On Phone Hacking   Gizmodo Australia
'No phone is safe': huge security flaw exposed   The New Daily
ComputerWeekly.com   
Daily Mail   
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ARNnet   

NEC scores DFAT contract   
The Australian
ICT solution firm NEC Australia has inked a deal with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to run its ICT global support centre services. The four-year contract will see NEC Australia support 12,000 users at 160 sites across ...
DFAT signs services contract with NEC   Computerworld Australia
NEC scores global contract with DFAT   iTWire
NEC Australia chosen for DFAT ICT Global Support Centre services   ARNnet

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Sydney Morning Herald   

What's next for YouTube as Google reorganises?   
Sydney Morning Herald
Google stunned the tech world last week when it announced the launch of Alphabet, a parent corporation designed to allow the continuation of what CEO Larry Page calls "smaller bets" for better innovation. In the process, many speculative ventures were ...

2015-08-17 Australia Business

ABC Online   

Newcrest turns gold into cash with return to profit   
ABC Online
Newcrest Mining finally has discovered the trick to turning gold into cash with a welcome return to profit. The gold mining giant, which notched up a series of multi-billion dollar losses in the past two years, has returned a $546 million profit ...
Newcrest swings to FY profit   The Australian
Sale of Telfer gold mine in Australia 'off the table': Newcrest   Reuters
Newcrest's shares soar on improved profits   Business Insider Australia
CommBank MyWealth   
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NEWS.com.au   

Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey vows crackdown on multinational tax dodgers   
NEWS.com.au
THE Federal Government will initiate a crackdown on multinational tax dodgers within a month, Treasurer Joe Hockey says. He has promised to put legislation to Parliament next month as a Senate committee prepares to release a report that is expected to ...

2015-08-17 Australia Australia

The Australian   

Dyson Heydon: ACTU application over Sir Garfield Barwick emails   
The Australian
Dyson Heydon has given his first public statement on the Sir Garfield Barwick lecture affair, telling the trade union royal commission he did not “understand” the event to be a political fundraiser, and admitting he “overlooked the connection” to the ...
Lawyers for ACTU given documents relating to Dyson Heydon's planned speech at ...   ABC Online
Defiant Dyson Heydon sets deadline for unions to try and disqualify him   The Australian Financial Review
EXP: Heydon emails show Liberal links   9news.com.au
The Guardian   
Yahoo7 News   
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SBS   

Same-sex marriage bill to be introduced into parliament   
SBS
The type and timing of a public ballot on same-sex marriage continues to cause open debate among ministers. Source: AAP. 17 Aug 2015 - 3:30 AM UPDATED 29 MINS AGO. A same-sex marriage bill will be introduced into parliament on Monday, but that's ...

2015-08-17 Australia World

Financial Express   

Search for crashed plane in Indonesia's Papua gets underway   
Reuters
... * Map of Papua region: link.reuters.com/nak45w. By Fergus Jensen and Hidayat Setiaji. JAKARTA Aug 17 (Reuters) - Search and rescue teams prepared to scour mountainous, heavily forested terrain on Monday in Indonesia's eastern region of Papua ...