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Wollongong Eisteddfod: Bethiah's winning debut

Bethiah, a year 7 student at Cedars Christian College, has been learning the flute for three years under the tutelage of Suzanne Cowan at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music. She started playing trumpet with the school band and then switched to flute. >> view original

Great Barrier Reef: Public reporting of water quality 'misleading at worst ...

A report from Queensland's auditor-general has questioned the State Government's claim that water quality on the Great Barrier Reef is improving. The auditor-general's report examines the Queensland Government's handling of agricultural run-off from farms ... >> view original

Schoolgirl pats killer whale while kayaking off coast of Australia

The rare sighting occurred when 16-year-old Stefanie Vinciguerra was kayaking off Western Australia's south west coast, the ABC reports. Stephanie was able to patt the killer whale as it swam next to her for for a kilometre. According to her father David ... >> view original

Australian cities at increased risk of flash flooding as temperatures warm and ...

Australian cities are at an increased risk of experiencing flash flooding as temperatures warm, researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have found. Conclusions published in the journal Nature Geoscience suggest peak downpours during ... >> view original

Twitter Makes it Easier to Follow Tweet Replies

Twitter can be overwhelming enough without trying to keep up with real-time chatter unfolding in 140-character blurbs. Which is why the micro-blogging site is simplifying the way conversations are shown, particularly around replies to popular tweets. >> view original

Halo 5 is Game Informer's July cover

Halo 5: Guardians is Game Informer's July 2015 cover story. The magazine has the first hands-on report from the game's Master Chief campaign. Pictured on Game Informer's front cover, Master Chief is accompanied by the Blue Team in both single-player ... >> view original

Australian web provider iiNet in possible database hacking

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Internet provider iiNet Ltd has urged more than 30,000 customers to change their passwords after claims emerged online that hackers had been attempting to sell personal information stolen from one of the firm's databases. >> view original

Pimped-out vans offer solution for CEOs forever stuck in traffic

In India, where private drivers are already a middle class staple, one man has created an entirely new category of executive wheels: the mobile office. Indeed, the handiwork of Dilip Chhabria, an erstwhile GM engineer, is discreetly visible across India. His firm ... >> view original

Apple's second campus built before your eyes, plus other cool aerials timelapses

If you thought Apple couldn't get any bigger — it's officially the world's biggest company by market capitalisation, topping a mere $US700 billion — take a look at this. For the last two years, the tech giant has been busy constructing Apple Campus 2 to support ... >> view original

Apple Unveils Apple Music, New Software

Apple Inc. AAPL -0.30 % wants to take back control of how users consume media on its devices. The company pioneered the move to digital music with iTunes downloads, only to see upstarts like Spotify popularize a new way of listening to music on demand. >> view original