Новости за 26.07.2015

Chris Bath's public farewell from Channel Seven on Sunday was, as these things go, a fairly low key affair.

Prince George may have just turned two but his proud mother the Duchess of Cambridge says he actually thinks he is three.

Cyclists came out in force on Sunday to protest against the state government's decision to remove a bike path from the city's central business district.

Her Twitter feuds are as well-known as her music, but there's talent behind the bravado.

Unfortunately the simple solution to the potentially corrupting influence of political donations - banning them altogether - is not as simple as it seems.

The provision of reserve days for the one-dayers in the women's Ashes series has saved the third match of the series from being washed out.

Police have arrested 11 villagers over the murder of a 10-year-old boy in southwestern Nepal, in what authorities are calling a case of human sacrifice.

It was not pretty, but it was the cleaner side that won when the Saints downed Melbourne by 37 points in the cold and wet at the MCG.

German driver Sebastian Vettel has delivered an emotional high-speed tribute to his late colleague Jules Bianchi as he stormed to victory for Ferrari in a dramatic and incident-filled Hungarian Grand Prix.

The Australian opener trained in Birmingham on Sunday for the first time since the dizzy spell that prompted him to retire hurt at Lord's a week ago.

Darcy Moore was a Collingwood supporter long before he got to the club and felt the same way most Collingwood supporters would have felt on Sunday night.

He has been at war with mining behemoths BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto all year. So it would seem appropriate that ABC's prestigious Four Corners program would call Twiggy Forrest Iron Man in its profile on him, which will air Monday night.

As in  most democracies, Australians are free to put their money behind their political convictions and donate to political parties. It's become an important source of funding that complements government funding, usually tied to share of vote achieved. For example after the Federal election in 2013, the Australian Electoral Commission paid out $58.1 million in public funding to parties but the amount raised by state and federal branches of political parties during the three years prior was in the order of $300 million.

Gai Waterhouse will close the book on season 2014-15 on Friday by watching the Golden Slipper quinella of Vancouver and English make their first public appearance as they head towards the spring.

Cronulla overcame the uncertainty surrounding Andrew Fifita's future by entrenching themselves in the top eight with an 18-16 win against Canterbury.

Racing Victoria's decision to issue show cause notices against the trainers facing cobalt charges is a remarkable backflip from a position expressed by it general manager Integrity Services Dayle Brown last month.

After indicating that the Fifita twins had admitted swearing at a referee in a junior match, Cronulla CEO Lyall Gorman changed his story

Australia's most powerful gambling lobby donated $20,000 to a fundraising body supporting Abbott government frontbencher Kevin Andrews as he led formulation of the Coalition's industry-backed poker machines policy before the 2013 election.

There is much to like about the policy by there are also many unanswered questions.

The Victorian government is expected to foot the relocation bill of a prison guard after a violent uprising last month.

The chance to row at an Olympic Games is the burning desire for Queanbeyan rower Fergus Pragnell.

Strathgordon Court in Lyons is one step closer to redevelopment into a high rise precinct.

Rather than beating up on the Abbott government's enemies, a more worthy royal commission target would by political funding.

William Spencer was young and full of life. He had the whole world in front of him but a "freak accident" at the end of 2014 ripped that all away.

It looked like a textbook shoulder charge had left the Panthers prop unconscious - but a closer look revealed something unexpected.