2015-11-08 Australia More Top Stories

Sky News Australia   

TURC clears Shorten, does itself no favours   
The Australian
The royal commission into union corruption does itself no favours by leaving it until a Friday night to clear Bill Shorten of any crime. The Opposition Leader warrants better treatment than that. Given the intense scrutiny on Shorten's conduct during ...
Commission says 'no disrespect' intended   Sky News Australia
Labor says trade union royal commission submissions clearing Bill Shorten ...   NEWS.com.au
Bill Shorten cleared of any unlawful conduct by unions royal commission   The Guardian
Sydney Morning Herald   
Herald Sun   
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dailytelegraph.com.au   

Locals succeed where $70k dog rescue mission fails   
dailytelegraph.com.au
Take a look at the incredible moments Brooklyn the Dog is saved by rescuers after spending days in a wombat hole. Courtesy: Amanda Fleith/Storm Spotters Australia. November 7th 2015; a day ago; /video/video.news.com.au/News/. LONG after the rescue ...

2015-11-08 Australia Health

Herald Sun   

Australian scientists' cancer discovery   
Herald Sun
Australian scientists have identified a molecular mechanism that contributes to development of neuroblastoma, a form of childhood cancer triggered by embryonic nerve cells. The Children's Cancer Institute research team led by Michelle Haber and Glenn ...

2015-11-08 Australia Science

The Australian   

Ancient rat discovered in East Timor bigger than a cat   
The Australian
It's every moggy's nightmare — a rat big enough to chase cats. Australian researchers scouring archaeological deposits in East Timor have unearthed the remains of what they say is the world's largest ever rat. And it survived alongside the island's ...
ANU team discover largest known fossils of giant rats on East Timor   The Canberra Times
Canberra archaeologists discover fossils of giant rats the size of dogs in ...   ABC Online
Beware of the MEGARAT: Researchers find fossils of the biggest rodent in ...   Daily Mail
Washington Post   
Nature World News   
Science World Report   
Australian National University   
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NYSE Post   

Kangaroo farts won't save the world   
The Verge
Scientists locked kangaroos in a room to measure their farts. In theory, this was to see if their guts contained bacteria that might reduce methane emissions if placed in other animals' guts; in reality, this was done because there isn't much else ...
Faster digestion in kangaroos reduces methane emissions   HealthCanal.com (press release) (blog)
Decreasing methane yield with increasing food intake keeps daily methane ...   Journal of Experimental Biology - The Company of Biologists

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ABC Science Online   

Heatwaves attributed to human induced climate change   
ABC Science Online
KIM LANDERS: A heatwave in Adelaide last January, severe frosts in south-eastern Australia and a late-autumn heatwave across the country have all been attributed to human-induced climate change. The findings are reported in the fourth issue of the ...

2015-11-08 Australia Sports

Charles Waterstreet: Michelle Payne turns her critics and rivals into pygmies   
Sydney Morning Herald
No one has spent more time, effort and money in advancing the interests of women than me. I have spent all my time, in the past, and intend to spend all the rest of my time, in the future. When Michelle Payne brought Prince of Penzance home in a ...

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The Age   

Carlisle case shows up illicit drugs issue   
The Age
The degree of misjudgment that ever prompted a too meddlesome AFL and a too-compliant players' association to enact an illicit drugs code continues to emerge as the years pass. The punishment for Jake Carlisle announced on Friday goes beyond both the ...

2015-11-08 Australia Entertainment

NEWS.com.au   

Kerry O'Brien exits Four Corners   
NEWS.com.au
KERRY O'Brien is leaving ABC current affairs show Four Corners. The veteran journalist, who has been presenting the show on the public broadcaster for five years, said he would be stepping down at the end of this season. O'Brien revealed the news in a ...

2015-11-08 Australia Technology

ABC Online   

Driverless cars 'could be on roads by 2020', Volvo predicts ahead of first ...   
ABC Online
Adelaide has hosted a milestone event in automotive technology, with the first driverless car trial in the Southern Hemisphere on the Southern Expressway concluding without a hitch. A modified Volvo XC90 using driverless software was put through its ...
No bumps in the road in Australia's first public demonstration of driverless cars   Sydney Morning Herald
Driverless cars trialled in SA   The Australian (blog)
When I broke the first rule of motoring   The Advertiser
Huffington Post Australia   
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Forbes   

'Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3' Review: Down The Rabbit Hole   
Forbes
Call of Duty - Campaign Call of Duty: Black Ops III is the best game in the series in a very long time. The game combines the various modes we've all become familiar with—a single player campaign; a competitive multiplayer mode; cooperative zombie ...

2015-11-08 Australia Business

The Guardian   

Carbon tax more affordable than GST hike to raise same revenue, say Greens   
The Guardian
The leader of the Australian Greens, Richard Di Natale, has entered the tax debate, stressing his party's economic credentials. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP. Guardian staff and agencies. Saturday 7 November 2015 17.24 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on ...

2015-11-08 Australia Australia

Sky News Australia   

TURC clears Shorten, does itself no favours   
The Australian
The royal commission into union corruption does itself no favours by leaving it until a Friday night to clear Bill Shorten of any crime. The Opposition Leader warrants better treatment than that. Given the intense scrutiny on Shorten's conduct during ...
Commission says 'no disrespect' intended   Sky News Australia
Bill Shorten says trade union royal commission revealed political motives ...   ABC Online
Labor says trade union royal commission submissions clearing Bill Shorten ...   NEWS.com.au
The Guardian   
Sydney Morning Herald   
Herald Sun   
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dailytelegraph.com.au   

Locals succeed where $70k dog rescue mission fails   
dailytelegraph.com.au
Take a look at the incredible moments Brooklyn the Dog is saved by rescuers after spending days in a wombat hole. Courtesy: Amanda Fleith/Storm Spotters Australia. November 7th 2015; a day ago; /video/video.news.com.au/News/. LONG after the rescue ...

2015-11-08 Australia World

ABC Online   

Brazil dam burst: 17 dead, dozens missing as mudslides flatten a village and ...   
ABC Online
Firefighters have rescued about 500 survivors from a torrent of mining waste that killed at least 17 people and destroyed a village after two dams burst in southeastern Brazil. They searched frantically for survivors after the mudslide erupted from ...
BHP, Vale drop after Brazil dam disaster   The Australian Financial Review
Brazil Searches for Missing After Dam Breach   Wall Street Journal
Brazilian village buried in mudslide   CBC.ca
Daily Mail   
Fox News Latino   
Folha de S.Paulo   
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Reuters   

US patrol sought to avoid provocation, not reinforce China island claim: officials   
Reuters
WASHINGTONThe U.S. Navy deliberately avoided military drills or other actions that could have further inflamed tensions with Beijing during a patrol last week near islands China has built in the South China Sea, U.S. officials said. "We wanted to ...
US Wants China to be Part of Asian Security System: Ashton Carter   NDTV
EU urges peaceful settlement in disputed sea   ABS CBN News
Chinese warship and US destroyer keep it friendly in South China Sea   New York Post
AsiaOne   
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Washington Post   

US police officers charged with murder after shooting Jeremy Mardis, 6, and dad   
Sydney Morning Herald
Two police officers will be charged with second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder after more than a dozen shots were fired into a car, leaving a six-year-old boy dead and his father critically wounded. Norris Greenhouse jnr, 23, and ...
Two police officers arrested after 6-year-old boy shot, killed in Louisiana   myfox8.com
Officers arrested in 6-year-old boy's shooting death   wtvr.com
2 Louisiana police officers charged with murder in shooting death of 6-year ...   fox4kc.com
New York Daily News   
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Washington Post   

China, Taiwan in historic handshake in Singapore   
NEWS.com.au
THE presidents of China and Taiwan reached across decades of Cold War-era estrangement and rivalry to exchange a historic handshake and warm words in the first summit since the two sides' traumatic 1949 split. China's Xi Jinping and Taiwan's Ma ...