Новости за 02.08.2015

Two young Australian singers, Miss Viola Morris and Miss Victoria Anderson, amazed Londoners by growing beans in the garden of their Kensington cottage, the Herald reported on this day in 1937.

Man dies after car crashes into tree to Canberra's north on Saturday night.

As Bob Murphy led the Western Bulldogs to the cusp of the top four, the coach lauded former Bomber Stewart Crameri for his seven goal haul.

"When did 'wintry' become 'wintery'?" asks Rosemary Seam, of Kempsey. "The latter spelling seems to have become the norm, even in a sub-heading in Saturday's Herald. Whatever happened to that chilling phrase 'She gave a wintry smile'?" This is, like a winter sky, the greyest of gray areas. In summary, Column 8 would prefer it to be summery, and on that basis, we prefer wintery over wintry. Both spellings can be found in the Herald.

Your editorial is a well-reasoned call for an end to the racial vilification and bullying of Adam Goodes ("Stop this racist bullying of Goodes now", August 1).

Wayne Bennett does not expect to see Geoff Toovey back in the NRL as a coach, lamenting the disposability of mentors in the modern-day game.

Canberra families braved the cold to enjoy live ice carvings and performances at the gallery's winter festival.

What's been good, bad and a little bit strange about this weekend in Queensland sport?

Wallabies flanker Michael Hooper has been cleared to play the All Blacks in Saturday's Rugby Championship decider in Sydney.

Alan Richardson should have waited until Monday before signing his well-deserved new contract to coach St Kilda after losing to Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval.

Canberrans headed to Dendy Cinema recently for the premiere of Australian film Last Cab to Darwin.

And who's fighting reality for no sensible reason today? Your news of the weekend, reduced to a snarky rant.

For too long, Australia has been too quick to tell Indigenous people what to do, and too slow to listen.

East Timor is one of the world's youngest and poorest countries located just off our northwest coast.

The atrocities in Afghanistan are very real, says an Australian artist and filmmaker who works there, but the villains are not who you'd expect.

Seven is taking rival Nine to court arguing that The Hotplate is a copy of Seven's ratings juggernaut My Kitchen Rules.

Premier Daniel Andrews has increased the political pressure on the Coalition over its opposition to the port sale by announcing a $200 million agriculture infrastructure and jobs fund.

Will Queensland be hit by more earthquakes - and more importantly, quakes that could cause serious damage?

An Afghan asylum seeker who died on Friday at a West Australian detention centre was dreaming of a better future with his wife and two children, a detainee has said.

He raised all of his employees' salaries to $US70,000 in a move praised by many. But not everyone is happy.

Beaches in the Ballina shire on the NSW north coast will remain closed with concerns after shark sightings.

He is a supreme leader of the one of the world's most oppressive regimes, which claims to have recently found a cure for AIDS, Ebola and cancer.

The head of the Office of Local Government was forced into an embarrassing backdown when conceding she did not know what impact council mergers would have on rates.

John Kerry's visit to Cairo seems likely to focus on security at the expense of Egypt's many human rights problems.

Rarely is Australia's media united on a political issue but the continuing revelations about Bronwyn Bishop's grandiose use of taxpayer entitlements has seen the majority of the nation's newspapers call for her dismissal as Speaker.