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ACCC sours on Ramsay Health Care's Wollongong buy

The competition regulator has raised a red flag over Ramsay Health Care's proposed acquisition of Wollongong Day Surgery, saying the merger could result in higher prices for patients and reduced quality of healthcare services. On Thursday, the ... >> view original

NBN work causes Wollongong house to sink

A house in Wollongong began to sink when contractors drilled through a stormwater pipe trying to connect the national broadband network. Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull made the startling admission at a national infrastructure summit in Sydney ... >> view original

Rising temperatures could lead to more Aussie disasters

Rising temperatures both at home and abroad could lead to an increased risk of storms and flash flooding, according to a new study. The work, released by civil engineers from the University of New south Wales in scientific journal Nature Geoscience, reveals ... >> view original

This monster of a shark will make you never want to swim again

Call the Guinness Book of World Records because this diver may have the biggest balls of them all. A gigantic shark, one of the largest great whites ever seen by the research crew that caught the beast on video, recently swam up to several divers off the coast ... >> view original

Ice sheet collapse 135000 years ago to help scientists explain dramatic climate ...

The discovery of a massive ice sheet collapse 135,000 years ago could help scientists understand the processes that control the planet's dramatic climate changes. An international team of scientists has found that the dramatic collapse at the end of the ... >> view original

Farming groups defend efforts to reduce run-off to improve Great Barrier Reef ...

Farming groups are defensive in the wake of a scathing report on the health of the Great Barrier Reef. The Queensland auditor-general tabled a report in Queensland Parliament yesterday slamming the State Government's response to reducing run-off into the ... >> view original

Australian supercomputer to delve into Ebola

A supercomputer commissioned by the University of Sydney is helping to investigate the secrets of the Ebola outbreak in west Africa. Called Artemis, the Dell computer is helping researchers in molecular biology, economics, mechanical engineering and ... >> view original

Why I Love: surrounding myself with venomous critters

The cane toad uses poison to defend itself from would-be predators, with devastating consequences for native Australian wildlife. Photo: Supplied. Life is chemistry. You, me and every living thing – we're all just spectacularly complex chemistry sets. >> view original

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 nosedived into Indian Ocean, Dr Goong Chen says

Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared without a trace because it nosedived at a perfect 90-degree angle into the Indian Ocean and stayed intact, according to a maths professor. The latest theory on the ill-fated flight, which vanished in March ... >> view original

Green groups urge ban on corporate polluters at UN climate talks

BONN, Germany, June 10 (Reuters) - Environmental groups urged governments on Wednesday to ban oil companies and other big corporate polluters from any involvement in U.N. talks on slowing climate change, saying any role was like letting an arsonist ... >> view original