Новости за 23.09.2015

Police are investigating whether a 12-year-old girl allegedly murdered by her stepfather had been bashed the night before and sent to bed to sleep it off.

"It's okay to fail" is the message Australia's new Assistant Minister for Innovation wants to send to the country's startups.

BHP Billiton has warned again tax "chaos" in the race for transparency.

The ACT government has rejected calls for a full-scale security review of the Alexander Maconochie Centre as contraband and drugs continue to pass through its walls.

Misunderstandings, assumptions, departures from normal practice among failings in mistaken detainee release.

If the government still wants to alter sales taxes it should be tackling multinationals harder.

Jim Shannon, 1926–2015, made a profound contributions to the development and applications of mass spectrometry to chemical and biological research in Australia and overseas,

Premier pianist and composer Guillermo Rubalcaba was an exponent of sensual dance music.

Director Marielle Heller is interested in presenting adolescent experience not in passing judgment.

Bindi Irwin's make over from zookeeper to celebrity shoe shuffler has been cemented with a loud rendition of ACDC's You Shook Me all Night Long.

A phone app that tells you when a traffic light is about to turn green could be getting the thumbs up in Christchurch while Melbourne transport experts are giving it a red hot trial.

Respected television sports journalist and presenter Mike Gibson has died, aged 75.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is concerned about asylum seekers languishing in Australian-run detention centres at Nauru and Manus Island and hinted the government may consider acting to relieve their plight.

A 19-year-old Brisbane man has been charged after two separate sexual assaults on Tuesday.

Shares suffer sharp losses as banks join miners in selling off heavily.

Robert Lewandowski's incredible five goals in nine minutes puts the Bayern substitute in some unusual company.

Commuters forced to leave buses at Wynyard station in the morning loom as the major headache for the city's new bus plan, to take effect in less than two weeks.

Hawthorn has ruled key forward Jack Gunston out of Friday night's preliminary final clash against Fremantle at Domain Stadium.

After two seasons on Channel Seven, Agents of SHIELD is leaving free-to-air viewers in the lurch and switching to Fox 8.

Shadow resources minister Gary Gray says Royal Dutch Shell's proposed $US70 billion takeover bid for BG Group would be "in Australia's interests".

Short cuts

Geelong has offered Adelaide superstar Patrick Dangerfield a six-year deal to join the Cats.

It's finally here. After four years of waiting, the Wallabies kick off their Rugby World Cup in Cardiff against the Fijian Flyers. With England and Wales both grabbing bonus-point victories in their opening matches, the Wallabies will be out to send a message to the competition. We'll be blogging the game live here.

Chris Boulous runs his eyes over week two of the finals.

Bank margins will be squeezed, returns on equity will fall and monetary policy may no longer be effective, says UBS.