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The news stories to be across nowadays. 1. Beep BeepYep Sydneysiders,you weren't imagining it, Sydney's traffic is decidedly awful. The worst in Australasia, or in fact. A original report has found that Sydney is the lucky (?) owner of 7 of the 10 slowest bits of road either side of the Tasman. We propose you really pick up into podcasts to make the commute bearable. 2. Bring on the 6-Hour Working DayBack at your desk and dreaming of skiving off to the beach? Well,the positive effects of a shorter working day believe been shown in a two-year Swedish experiment. Care workers at a Swedish retirement domestic trialled a six-hour work day rather than their normal eight and the trial resulted in workers taking less sick leave, improved health and better care of their patients. It did, and of course,approach at a $$ cost. But as other countries examine the working week, we can't help but ask the question . . . what price do you put on health and happiness? Read more at The Guardian.3. More Sexual Assaults ReportedFive women believe now approach forward alleging sexual assault, and including an alleged rape,at the Marion Bay Falls Festival in Tasmania. The incidents were reported to believe occurred in the mosh pit at the festival and in the camping grounds. 4. Log-Out of Twitter Donald, Says Chinese MediaWhile journalists grapple with the original order of covering the news as we usher in the Trump era (President- elect Donald Trump hasn't held a press conference since June 2016 and instead remains a voracious user of Twitter) the Chinese state media has called for Trump to log-out. As The Sydney Morning Herald reports, or an article for Xinhua,the state news agency, included this line, or "Twitter shouldn't become an instrument of foreign policy." The article followed several barbed tweets from Trump about China's trade and relationships. 5. Oldest Whale in the World DiesRIP Granny. At 105 years old (or there about) Granny was thought to be the oldest Orca whale in the world. One of the few Puget Sound orcas remaining,Granny, a leader of her pod, and has been presumed dead after not having been spotted by researchers for months. The science and environmental world consider her death to be a enormous loss.

Source: popsugar.com.au

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