2015-11-06 Australia More Top Stories

ZDNet   

TPP: Robb acknowledges there are still hurdles   
The Australian
Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb has acknowledged there are still hurdles to overcome before a landmark Pacific-wide trade deal can enter into force including the agreement's ratification by the 12 member nations. But Mr Robb argued the text ...
Australia jumped the gun on the TPP's piracy crackdown   Sydney Morning Herald
Trans-Pacific Partnership deal faces new attacks from left and right flanks   The Australian Financial Review
Robb hopeful TPP will be ratified in 2016   Sky News Australia
The Globe and Mail   
New York Times   
Whitehouse.gov (press release)   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

Russian plane crash: Obama speculates on possible bomb   
Sydney Morning Herald
Cairo: President Obama and other senior Western officials said Thursday that a bomb may have caused a Russian passenger jet to crash in Egypt last weekend, redoubling speculation about a terrorist attack despite heated protests from the governments of ...

2015-11-06 Australia Health

Sydney Morning Herald   

Research finds increasing steps cuts death rate by 46%   
Sydney Morning Herald
Increasing daily steps from 1000 to 10,000 a day can lower a sedentary person's chance of dying early by 46 per cent, new research has found. The Australian research proved a direct link between exercise and popular devices like pedometers and Fitbits.
Why you should step up the walking   The Australian Women's Weekly
More daily steps 'boosts life expectancy'   9news.com.au
Regular Walking Cuts Down Early Death Risk By 47%   AskMen
The Guardian   
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ABC Online   

Neuroblastoma: Researchers identify experimental drug CBL0137 that combats ...   
ABC Online
Australian scientists have identified an experimental drug with the potential to combat one of the worst childhood cancers. Neuroblastoma, the most common solid tumour of early childhood, is generally diagnosed when the disease is advanced so fewer ...
Australian scientists' cancer discovery   The Australian (blog)
Australian scientists identify potential drug to stop worst childhood cancer   International Business Times AU
Experimental drug giving hope to kids with cancer   SBS
News Nation   
Daily News & Analysis   
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CBS Local   

Govt to roll out stronger flu jab in 2016   
Herald Sun
Australians most vulnerable to the flu will get free access to stronger vaccines in 2016 following a record number of cases this year. The government's national immunisation program will now include a vaccine that covers four flu strains instead of ...
Australia prepared for 2016 flu season after record number of cases in 2015   GlobalPost
Flu Season Is Upon Us   knopnews2
Flu season is here   cedarspringspost
Wicked Local North Andover   
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   
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What's the biggest relationship killer?   
Warwick Daily News
OF all the difficult emotions we know so well in life, there is one particular rogue which can stalk our relationships like the proverbial bad witch at a wedding, sucking up joy and spreading poison in its wake: Resentment. And like all bad witches ...

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ABC Online   

Sydney nurse who took explicit photo of patient under anaesthetic still ...   
ABC Online
Sydney school teacher Breanna (not her real name) checked into a private hospital for routine gynaecological surgery late last year and a few days later, the surgeon rang with the good news that she did not have cancer. But the doctor from Norwest ...
Sydney nurse who took photo of patient's genitals gets off scot free because ...   9news.com.au
Intimate photo nightmare exposes privacy gap in NSW   Sydney Morning Herald
Norwest Private hospital nurse took explicit photo of a woman's genitalia and ...   Daily Mail

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The Guardian   

Doctors plead for pregnant refugee to be sent from Nauru to Australia for birth   
The Guardian
Senior neonatologist Dr Andrew Watkins says that in addition to a neonatologist, management of a sick baby requires competent nursing staff, working and reliable equipment, established protocols and backups that 'simply are not there' on Nauru.
Doctors demand pregnant asylum seeker be flown to Australia   Washington Post
Fears for pregnant woman on Nauru   Sky News Australia
pregnant asylum seeker facing difficult birth on Nauru   ABC Online

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The New Daily   

It's true. Why dogs really are man's best friend   
The New Daily
The little science we have so far suggests dogs can make us healthier, with even more powerful benefits currently under research. The latest from Sweden is a reliable new study that suggests dogs protect children from asthma. Toddlers who grow up with ...
Owning a dog may protect your kids from an exhausting chronic disease   Business Insider Australia
Exposure To Pets Lowers Asthma Risk in Children   SMN Weekly (blog)
Having a pet dog could reduce asthma risk   Seating Chair
Bills Insider (blog)   
Examiner.com   
International Business Times AU   
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ABC Online   

Malaria: research finds eradication more difficult than previously thought   
ABC Online
ELEANOR HALL: Australian research has found that eradicating malaria could be far more difficult than previously thought. The researchers have discovered that 80 per cent of infections are the result of relapses. That's significant because the drugs ...
Relapsing infections could challenge malaria eradication   HealthCanal.com (press release) (blog)
To eliminate malaria in the Asia-Pacific we need to target recurrent infections   The Conversation AU
Malaria parasite hides undetected in the liver for long time before ...   News-Medical.net
Radio New Zealand   
Medical News Today   
EurekAlert (press release)   
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Daily Mail   

Young adults more envious than older adults   
News-Medical.net
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall - who's the fairest of them all?" New research doesn't have an answer to that. But it does give clues as to who is the "enviest" and would have been more likely to pester (and fester) with the question in the first place ...
We Envy People Our Own Age, Often For Their Looks, Reveals Study   NDTV
There's at least one deadly sin we do less as we age   Washington Post
Young people are more likely to feel jealous than any other age group, says study   The Independent
PsychCentral.com (blog)   
Daily Mail   
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Pharmaceutical Processing   

Study evaluates effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment in HIV-infected children   
News-Medical.net
A study led by Louise Kuhn, PhD, professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, evaluated whether HIV-infected children in South Africa who had achieved viral suppression with one antiretroviral treatment could ...

2015-11-06 Australia Science

Sydney Morning Herald   

Kangaroo farts experiment has serious side   
Sydney Morning Herald
Aussie biologist Adam Munn gets very excited when he recounts the months he and his colleagues spent capturing kangaroo farts. It sounds like a dangerous pursuit. And just why anyone would want to is baffling on the surface. But this myth-busting ...

2015-11-06 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

The text message that sparked Sam Burgess' return ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
A simple text message exchange between Sam Burgess and South Sydney coach Michael Maguire about the 2015 grand final between North Queensland and Brisbane was the catalyst for the "homecoming" of a player already considered a Rabbitohs ...

2015-11-06 Australia Entertainment

Sydney Morning Herald   

Bindi Irwin needs to prove dad Steve Irwin is dead for Dancing with the Stars ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Lawyers for "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's 17-year-old daughter Bindi must submit her father's death certificate to a Los Angeles court to prove that he is actually dead. Irwin's father, who had a high profile on US television as a host of wildlife ...
Bindi needs to prove dad is dead: US judge   The Australian (blog)
Bindi Irwin May Lose out on 'DWTS' Money Due to Father's Death   CDA News
Judge rejects Bindi Irwin's 'Dancing with the Stars' contract because she didn ...   New York Daily News
MovieWeb   
AceShowbiz   
E! Online   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

Malala Yousafzai thanks actress Emma Watson for helping her become a feminist   
Sydney Morning Herald
Actress Emma Watson has been moved to tears during an interview with Malala Yousafzai after the Nobel peace prize winner told the actress she called herself a feminist because of her. Yousafzai said she found 'feminism' to be "a tricky word" and hadn't ...

2015-11-06 Australia Technology

The Sunshine Coast Daily   

Melbourne Cup Facebook rip-off makes hard lesson for punter   
The Sunshine Coast Daily
POOR Chantelle may have been shocked someone would use an image of her winning Melbourne Cup ticket to claim her winning $895 Melbourne Cup ticket - but Sunshine Coast Daily readers are a bit more savvy. In a discussion about the incident on The ...

2015-11-06 Australia Business

Sydney Morning Herald   

Housing sentiment may be turning, says Reserve Bank's Malcolm Edey   
Sydney Morning Herald
Measures to cool down the Sydney and Melbourne property markets appear to be working, according to a speech given on Friday by Reserve Bank assistant governor Malcolm Edey. Dr Edey, who was addressing the Australian Property Institute's ...

2015-11-06 Australia Australia

9news.com.au   

Thunderstorms, hail to batter NSW Central Coast   
9news.com.au
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for much of the NSW Central Coast and Hunter regions. Heavy rain is already falling around Woy Woy and Gosford and hailstones and damaging winds have been predicted for the area by the Bureau of ...

2015-11-06 Australia World

Sky News Australia   

Aung San Suu Kyi: I'll be above president   
Sky News Australia
Aung San Suu Kyi says she will lead Myanmar even though she is constitutionally barred from becoming president. She had spent 15 of the preceding 21 years in detention, much of that time cut off entirely from the outside world, separated from her ...
This weekend's election will test Myanmar's democratic evolution   The Age
Aung San Suu Kyi sounds warning: vote rigging has begun   The Australian (blog)
Why Myanmar's historic election might not produce the results you think   ABC Online
The Globe and Mail   
Wall Street Journal   
Asahi Shimbun   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

Russian plane crash: Obama speculates on possible bomb   
Sydney Morning Herald
Cairo: President Obama and other senior Western officials said Thursday that a bomb may have caused a Russian passenger jet to crash in Egypt last weekend, redoubling speculation about a terrorist attack despite heated protests from the governments of ...