Новости за 08.09.2015

A shortage of berth space for large container ships will constrain capacity at Melbourne's port, potentially cruelling Labor's attempts to get maximum value from its privatisation, a leading shipping expert has warned.

Three Democratic senators announced on Tuesday they will vote in support of the nuclear deal with Iran, appearing to pave the way for a filibuster of Republican-led attempts to disapprove of the controversial agreement.

Once again, we enter that twilight zone where natural curiosity about the particulars of Buddy Franklin's issues conflicts with a widely understood imperative for the football world to keep its distance. After all, it is probable that the spotlight and his condition are in some way related.

The woman who survived an on-air shooting that killed two TV journalists has been released from the hospital, nearly two weeks after the attack.

Police arrest 35-year-old man after a young child and a woman were killed in Sydney's north-west.

The very private fragility of Sydney superstar Lance Franklin has become very public in the aftermath of a seizure suffered in Bondi on the eve of the Swans last home-and-away game against the Gold Coast.

Australia had to dig deep to overcome an enthusiastic and well-drilled Tajikistan on a balmy night in Dushanbe.

Former Nationals Party leader Tim Fischer has called for a "full scale" cabinet discussion about media reform.

Islamic leaders have lashed out at suggestions by the federal government to preference Christian refugees fleeing war-ravaged Syria for asylum in Australia.

This government and this country need to think long and hard about what it means to say "no more Muslims"

First there was a left foot. Then the right. The more officers searched, the more they found.

A man has died after hitting a ledge while swinging from Hanging Rock in the NSW Blue Mountains.

The chair of the Abbott government's climate change advice agency, Bernie Fraser, has resigned without explanation.

The trial of ten suspected Islamist radicals, accused of recruiting Dutch Muslims to fight with Islamic State insurgents in Iraq and Syria, has begun in the Netherlands.

Following the generosity shown to thousands of migrants and asylum seekers, critical voices from the political right and far right are poised to become among the biggest beneficiaries of the continuing flow.

When Queen Elizabeth came to the British throne more than six decades ago, her first prime minister was Winston Churchill, a man who had served in the army of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. By the time the current holder of that job, David Cameron, was born in 1966, she had already been monarch for 14 years.

Filep Karma has flummoxed Indonesian authorities by refusing to be released from prison until he is cleared of treason, becoming the first prisoner to do so in the republic's 70-year history.

For overcoming injury, Adelaide forward Tom Lynch says he's about to get a precious reward.

Singtel-Optus is increasing its data allowances on two high-end plans in readiness for the likely launch of Apple's iPhone 6s on September 9.

The Queen's rule has been long and stable, and there are no signs she will abdicate any time soon.

V8 Supercars has confirmed a more compacted calendar for next year's expanded championship,

Revelations that Glenn Stewart has hired the Sam Burgess's UK-based agent will spark speculation Burgess is headed back to South Sydney

Leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed said his fingers were "tightly crossed" ahead of the announcement of the Australian cricket team that will tour Bangladesh next month.

Nick Kyrgios has been dumped for Australia's Davis Cup semi-final showdown with Great Britain.

Lance Franklin, one of the biggest names across Australia's major football codes, may not play a final this year due to a mental illness.