Keeping global warming to 1.5C, not 2C, will make a crucial difference to Australia, report says and other top stories.

• Keeping global warming to 1.5C, not 2C, will make a crucial difference to Australia, report says

  Half a degree could make all the difference for the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Shutterstock.com. Australia could avoid punishingly long heatwaves and boost the Great Barrier Reef's chances of survival by helping to limit global warming to 1.5℃ rather ...

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• Ashley Madison investigation finds website's security had 'unacceptable shortcomings'

  

  Ashley Madison investigation finds website's security had 'unacceptable shortcomings' Updated August 24, 2016 07:04:52 A joint Australian-Canadian investigation into a massive leak of data, stolen from infidelity website Ashley Madison, has identified shortcomings in the organisation's privacy and security framework.In August last year, hackers followed through on a threat to publish the details of about 36 million Ashley Madison user accounts, including those of about ..

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• France's DCNS says India submarine data leak may be "economic warfare"

  France's DCNS says India submarine data leak may be "economic warfare" By Reuters Published: 08:11 EST, 24 August 2016 | Updated: 08:11 EST, 24 August 2016 By Matt Siegel and John IrishSYDNEY/PARIS, Aug 24 (Reuters) - French naval contractor DCNS said on Wednesday it may have been the victim of "economic warfare" after secrets about its Scorpene submarines being built in India were leaked.India opened an investigation after The Australian newspaper published documents relating to the..

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• Tiny Aussie lions named after Attenborough

  

  Australian Associated PressA newly discovered species of kitten-sized lions that once prowled northern Australia has been named after British naturalist Sir David Attenbrough.The recently discovered marsupial lions were the size of a big kitten and lived 18 million years ago in the Riversleigh area of remote north-west Queensland, researchers from the University of NSW believe.They announced on Wednesday they were naming the tiny lions Microleo attenboroughi, after Sir David Attenborough to reco..

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