2015-10-20 Australia More Top Stories

ABC Online   

Oscar Pistorius released from jail and placed under house arrest, will see out ...   
ABC Online
Oscar Pistorius will see out the rest of his five-year sentence in a Pretoria mansion after being released from jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, officials say. Key points: Pistorius serves one year of five-year jail term for killing ...
Oscar Pistorius begins house arrest   Sky News Australia
Oscar Pistorius Released From Jail, Put Under House Arrest   NDTV
Pistorius freed on parole after year behind bars for killing girlfriend   Reuters
Irish Independent   
Washington Post   
Brisbane Times   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

IPART report: The Sydney councils facing the axe   
Sydney Morning Herald
The City of Sydney is "not fit" to stand alone as a "global city council", according to a report released on Tuesday that will be used as a justification to merge councils across the city. According to the report, 60 per cent of councils across the ...
IPART hit list: Clover Moore's City of Sydney among 60 per cent of councils ...   NEWS.com.au
Four Hunter councils deemed 'unfit for future'   ABC Online
Two thirds of NSW councils 'unfit'   The Australian
The Daily Telegraph   
Coffs Coast Advocate   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

Police attend Sydney schools after social media threats   
Sydney Morning Herald
Two schools in south-west Sydney were operating under a "lock-out" on Tuesday morning, following "threatening information" posted on social media. The two schools affected are understood to be East Hills Boys High School in Panania and Sir Joseph ...

2015-10-20 Australia Health

Sydney Morning Herald   

The toxic triangle: is standing any better than sitting?   
Sydney Morning Herald
Hold on to your seats, because standing is no better than sitting. Or so reports of a new study, much touted by the media in the past week, suggest. Any stationary posture where energy expenditure is low may be detrimental to health, be it sitting or ...
Stand up and cheer: sitting is OK again   Minneapolis Star Tribune
Sitting for long periods doesn't make death more imminent, study suggests   National Post
Sitting at work might not kill you   BenefitsPro
Grazia   
Bihar Prabha   
International Journal of Epidemiology - Oxford Journals   
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The Australian   

South Australians could participate in NSW's medical cannabis trial with help ...   
The Australian
Turnbull Government to legalise marijuana farms. SOUTH Australia will not replicate the medicinal cannabis trial in New South Wales, but residents can join interstate trials, Health Minister Jack Snelling says. Mr Snelling says that until the NSW trial ...
Riverina's irrigation areas could play role in growing medicinal cannabis   ABC Online
Press Release: Elixinol Positioned To Supply Australia's Medical Cannabis   NewsMaker (press release)
Former Australian GP and politician eyes cannabis empire   New Zealand Doctor Online
Daily Sabah   
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Sky News Australia   

Ley wants Australian women to get active   
Sky News Australia
Women are being urged to wind back the clock and reconnect with a team sport they may have played when they were younger. Federal Health and Sport Minister Sussan Ley on Tuesday launched a campaign called No Time For Never to encourage women ...

2015-10-20 Australia Science

Sydney Morning Herald   

Leaders of the IMF, World Bank and Germany's Angela Merkel call for price on ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Global leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank have called on countries and companies to put a price on carbon to speed up efforts to fight climate change. In what has been ...

2015-10-20 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

Was Dave Smith's greatest achievement as NRL CEO the catalyst for his departure?   
Sydney Morning Herald
It was hailed as Dave Smith's greatest achievement as NRL chief executive, but the $925 million free-to-air deal with Nine will also be widely viewed as the catalyst for his shock departure less than three years into a job still regarded as the ...
NRL CEO Dave Smith quits after three years in charge   The Australian
Dave Smith resigns as NRL CEO   Sky News Australia
Dave Smith quits as NRL chief despite broadcast rights deal incomplete   ABC Online
The Roar   
Fox Sports   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

Hazem El-Masri charged with domestic violence offences   
Sydney Morning Herald
Rugby league legend Hazem El-Masri has been charged with serious domestic violence offences, following an incident at his western Sydney home. The former Bulldogs star was charged on Monday night with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and ...

2015-10-20 Australia Entertainment

Sydney Morning Herald   

Star Wars: The force awakens with a shudder as Star Wars trailer shakes the ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Thanks to a succession of sneak peeks and teaser trailers you could be forgiven for thinking you've already seen most of the new Star Wars film The Force Awakens. But as the old adage goes, the best is yet to come. The film's official trailer was ...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens new trailer released | Watch   The Australian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer released as fans snap up thousands of tickets   ABC Online
Watch the full trailer for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'   SBS
Rip It Up   
Sky News Australia   
Herald Sun   
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The Australian   

Patti Smith's Horses rides again   
The Australian
Released in 1975, Patti Smith's debut album, Horses, came wrapped in the artistic heroes of its creator: the symbolist poetry of Arthur Rimbaud, the copulating cadences of the Rolling Stones and the anti-establishment musings of Allen Ginsberg ...
On the Move: latest appointments and resignations   ArtsHub (subscription)
Melbourne Festival review: Triumphant tribute to Patti Smith's Horses   Sydney Morning Herald
Patti Smith's Horses   Australian Stage Online
The Guardian   
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NEWS.com.au   

Lamar Odom 'released from Las Vegas hospital'   
NEWS.com.au
Network Writers and AAPNews Corp Australia Network. Share; Share on Facebook; Share on Twitter; Share on Google+; Share on Reddit; Email a friend. FORMER NBA star Lamar Odom is reportedly being flown to Los Angeles where he faces months of ...

2015-10-20 Australia Technology

The Australian   

Samsung Gear S2 smart watch one to keep an eye on   
The Australian
Samsung has nailed it with its new Gear S2 smart watch thanks to its decision to ditch Android Wear. Replacing Google's pioneering but inadequate operating system with Tizen is the best thing Samsung could have done in stamping its own authority on the ...

2015-10-20 Australia Business

Sydney Morning Herald   

Key Murray recommendations have been given only a go-slow nod   
Sydney Morning Herald
Comment. Treasurer Scott Morrison, seen here (right) with Kelly O'Dwyer and Malcolm Turnbull, said on Tuesday morning that if there was a need to act, the government would. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen. Peter Martin: Turnbull fixes mistakes of the past ...
Turnbull to toughen rules on big banks0:43   NEWS.com.au
10 changes from the Financial System Inquiry you need to know about   Motley Fool Australia
Unfair credit card surcharges to go   Sky News Australia
The New Daily   
The Conversation AU   
Courier Mail   
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The Australian Financial Review   

Malcolm Turnbull paves way for more bank rate increases   
The Australian Financial Review
The government's response to the financial system inquiry endorses its recommendation that the major banks must have "unquestionably strong" capital in the top quartile of internationally active peers and implicitly paves the way for rate increases.
RBA minutes reiterate concern about property risks   Sydney Morning Herald
How Murray and the government are transforming the banking game   The Australian
Westpac Banking Corp shares return to form: Is it a buy?   Motley Fool Australia
Herald Sun   
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Sky News Australia   

Banks, resources drag Aust market lower   
Sky News Australia
The Australian share market has opened lower as the government's response to the Murray review of the financial system weighed on the big banks. Lower commodity prices also pulled back resources stocks. 'Changes announced by the government this ...

2015-10-20 Australia Australia

Sydney Morning Herald   

Police attend Sydney schools after social media threats   
Sydney Morning Herald
Two schools in south-west Sydney were operating under a "lock-out" on Tuesday morning, following "threatening information" posted on social media. The two schools affected are understood to be East Hills Boys High School in Panania and Sir Joseph ...

2015-10-20 Australia World

ABC Online   

Oscar Pistorius released from jail and placed under house arrest, will see out ...   
ABC Online
Oscar Pistorius will see out the rest of his five-year sentence in a Pretoria mansion after being released from jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, officials say. Key points: Pistorius serves one year of five-year jail term for killing ...
Oscar Pistorius begins house arrest   Sky News Australia
Oscar Pistorius Released From Jail, Put Under House Arrest   NDTV
Pistorius freed on parole after year behind bars for killing girlfriend   Reuters
Irish Independent   
Washington Post   
BBC News   
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CNN International   

German anti-migrant protest: 'We don't want to be strangers in our own country'   
CNN International
Dresden, Germany (CNN) Every Monday evening in Dresden, thousands gather in front of the city's Opera House. They carry German flags and sing nationalist songs with one goal: to stop refugees and migrants from coming to Germany. Thomas is one of ...