Новости за 29.08.2015

Most observers are tipping a massive Hawthorn victory in the Apple Isle. Sam Mitchell is missing for the Hawks due to illness.

A former property developer has spent eight years and a huge sum of money to see a hit play become an Australian film.

Even the most amateur photographer knows that it takes a whole lot of patience to get the perfect shot - even more so when you're waiting on creatures in the wild.

Australian walker Jared Tallent has added to his remarkable haul of major medals by claiming the silver in the 50km at the world athletics championships in Beijing.

Wayne Swan has paid a heartfelt tribute to his friend and former Queensland premier Wayne Goss at the Labor Party conference in Brisbane.

Queensland designers show a lot of sparkle.

US actress Daniele Watts and her chef boyfriend have been sentenced to 15 days of community service for refusing to write a suitable apology note to the Los Angeles police officer they accused of racism when he caught them allegedly performing a lewd act in a parking lot.

Despite the drama involved in breaking his three-year contract with Irish club Leinster after his debut season was crippled by a back injury and terrible bouts of homesickness, Wallabies World Cup-bound backrower Kane Douglas said he hadn't ruled out playing overseas again.

By Steve Zemek

Nothing that happened in the women's 100m hurdles in Beijing will have dented Sally Pearson's confidence that she can successfully defend her Olympic title next year in Rio.

It's an important game for the GWS Giants to restore some pride after they were soundly beaten by the Sydney Swans last week.

Former independent MP Tony Windsor has slammed a bungled government operation that would have seen people stopped for passport checks on the streets of Melbourne, telling ABC radio he had no doubt that some in the Abbott government "hope that something goes wrong domestically."

A crowd of 100 eager buyers queued in the city's chill from 7am on Saturday.

BIG PICTURE: An Airbus A350 XWB aircraft flies over the domes of an Orthodox church during the MAKS International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow.

Cabbies across Sydney let us in on what really goes on in the city.

A big crowd is expected to make the pilgrimage to the western Queensland town of Windorah next week for the 2015 Windorah International Yabby Races.

The Oxford online dictionary has added a range of new words that have a flavour of the modern world.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika will cast a keen eye on Wales' World Cup warm-up match in Dublin on Saturday, six weeks out from their crunch pool match which is likely to decide who progresses.

The discovery of up to 70 decomposing bodies of smuggled migrants in an abandoned truck on the outskirts of Vienna is truly shocking and the latest, most extreme example of something that is happening all over Europe.

The original publisher of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy could face legal action in Australia as well as in the US.

About to become the longest-reigning monarch of Britain, Queen Elizabeth II has gradually brought the institution into the 21st century.

CEO of Perth-based internet service provider iiNet, David Buckingham, has left the company, according to multiple sources.

Having starred in his first match in almost four years, Geelong forward Daniel Menzel says his next major challenge is to train - pain free - through the pre-season.

Some of the greatest musical moments this city has seen.

Seized proceeds of organised crime could be pumped into ice rehabilitation and treatment programs under a proposal announced by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.