Новости за 28.08.2015

Tropical Storm Erika threatened Haiti and the Dominican Republic with heavy rain and strong winds on Friday as it swirled across the Caribbean and geared up for a run at South Florida, the US National Hurricane Centre said.

If you were wondering why the Prime Minister, without consulting his cabinet, decided to launch Friday's ham-fisted assault on Australians' freedom of movement, his poor poll ratings are only part of the answer.

A 25-year-old alleged gunman who sparked a three-hour siege south of Brisbane was casually smoking a cigarette as he handed himself in to police, a witness says.

Happy birthday, Melbourne - 180 years old tomorrow! And perhaps, let's be honest, not entirely sure what anniversary it is you're celebrating.

Widespread community backlash leads to the cancelling of Operation Fortitude, which would have seen people questioned about their visa credentials on Melbourne's streets.

Geelong coach Chris Scott says he would be devastated if his players had not put in their best effort as their last shot at playing finals slipped away.

The late withdrawal of Collingwood powerhouse Travis Cloke, and a fairytale four goals and a late mark-of-the-year entry from Geelong's comeback kid Daniel Menzel, would have suggested the football gods were on the side of the Cats at the MCG on Friday night.

Indigenous services librarian Ronald Briggs is used to categorising images and attaching labels like "children at swimming pool" but he doesn't often find familiar faces in them.

He's Sydney's king of the dumpsters, but don't look for any trash aboard Ian Malouf's new addition to his growing collection of boys toys - a whopping great superyacht named Mischief which he dropped around $40million on a few months back.

Model and actress Megan Gale weighs whether to continue with her successful swimwear brand, which has been ditched by Seafolly's new owner LVMH.

Dancing hurdler Michelle Jenneke ran well but was unable to get through to the final of the 100m hurdles.

The presumption of innocence is the bedrock of our system of justice. Unfortunately Dana Joab has been denied this right by one of our big three banks.

It was a cunning smokescreen. Had to be. Why else would the high command of the feared and fabulously coutured Border Force come up with something called Operation Fortitude?

The nation's biggest convenience store chain is ruthlessly rorting wages of its workers.

Turkey's entrance into the war on Islamic State has put the Kurds in a familiar position: stateless victims of deals between states.

The Abbott government is under pressure to explain why the Australian Border Force ruined a complex police-led operation in Melbourne by implying people would be randomly stopped for visa checks.

Their paths first crossed 10 years ago as young tackers when playing against each other in the under 16 national championships.

A world silver medallist two years ago, Kim Mickle has been eliminated in the opening round of the javelin at the World Championships 2015 in China.

The biggest taboo subject in sports is luck. For players, to admit that luck dictates results is to surrender control of their destiny.

London's Behavioural Insights is working with state agencies to find ways of influencing people to do things "right".

Wests Tigers chair Marina Go has opened up about the decision to offer captain Robbie Farah a release, saying it was time to put the club first to ensure it built a winning culture.

Hugh Jackman, star of the X-Men series, knows a winning franchise when he sees one. The actor saw another one in action as he turned up at Brookvale Oval on Friday night. Unfortunately for him, it wasn't his beloved Sea Eagles.

The centre has not played since having allegations of domestic violence levelled against him, to which he has pleaded not guilty.

Masked intruders have shot at a man after they ordered him to lie on the ground in a violent home invasion in Melbourne's west.

A woman has been nabbed driving more than four time over the the legal blood alcohol limit on the way to a bottle shop in Melbourne's south-east.