Новости за 22.07.2015

Iron ore fell by the most in two weeks after BHP Billiton reiterated plans for a further increase in output, adding to a global surplus.

Mick Fanning's shark story wasn't the first one to enthrall Sydneysiders.

A defamation battle between one of the nation's most senior political figures and one of its oldest newspaper publishers has exposed one of the central difficulties of defamation law.

This wasn't just a concert, it was a tour de force, and by the end of it all Florence and the Machine had their fans in ecstasy.

Headline inflation jumped from 0.2 to 0.7 per cent in the June quarter, as the biggest three-month surge in petrol prices in 25 years help push up the cost of a basket of goods.

Phasing out annual performance reviews and rankings is a great idea but, like the Titanic, they may take time to sink.

So far, 206 Samsung washing machines have caught fire and some have exploded. But many remain in people's homes.

A prominent British Tory MP has lambasted Tony Abbott's climate change policies, calling them a distortion of "what it means to be a Conservative".

Labor's plan to recast Australian energy landscape towards renewables is economically irresponsible and technologically doubtful, the coal lobby claims, amid debate on whether consumers would pay more for power.

Both sides of politics have drawn up the battlelines over renewable energy and each side has its head in the clouds.

British Conservatives value climate science and finding market solutions to address the biggest environmental challenge of our era.

The Red Bull and Rip Curl photobombing of Mick Fanning's press conference took a bite into the credibility of the very brands themselves.

Bill Shorten faces a bruising battle at Labor's national conference over his determination to include turning back the boats in the party's asylum seeker policy.

'There is no vision,' the former premier says of Tony Abbott's white paper. 'But that's where Australia has been now for 10 years.'

An internal audit of Melbourne's rail network has revealed that decades of neglect have left the system in such poor shape it will not cope with expected passenger demand unless hundreds of millions of dollars of outdated and failing infrastructure is renewed.

Metro's audit of Melbourne's railway network reveals more detail than ever about just how broken the train system is, but it is difficult to know who to blame for breaking it.

Kurdish militants have claimed responsibility for the assassination of two Turkish police officers in what they said was retaliation for a suspected Islamic State suicide bombing that killed 32 people.

A slice of Melbourne's property market has never been more expensive as the city's median house and unit price reach a new high.

From Brighton East to Yarraville, we can show you what's available at the median price.

Socceroos goalkeeper Mat Ryan says he is "happy and excited" to be in La Liga with Valencia and says he felt at home during his first training session with the club.

Italian police have seized assets worth €2 billion ($3 billion) and issued 41 arrest warrants in raids on gambling companies in Italy and abroad run by the 'Ndrangheta mafia organisation.

Gaping differences between Germans in the former Communist East and the West persist after almost 25 years of reunification, a study shows.

A first-ever policy retreat held between premiers, chief ministers and Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Sydney has failed to deliver the breakthrough on critical funding issues facing the states some had hoped for, with a disagreement over the GST proving unresolvable.

Steve Thomas' thoughtful, quietly involving documentary explores the experiences of asylum seekers making a life for themselves in Australia.

A German carpenter's 1939 attempt to kill Hitler and other high-ranking Nazis might have changed history if not for an error of timing.