Новости за 06.11.2015

​Bill Gross says it's time for investors to look at alternatives to both stocks and high-yield bonds.

The Australian dollar plunged more than 1 per cent after the latest US jobs report bolstered the case for higher US interest rates.

Two men have been killed and a third seriously injured in a huge brawl involving spears and machetes which broke out on a Northern Territory island.

Four men are in custody over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in Geelong last weekend.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index pared a decline as employment in October surged by the most this year, boosting optimism on the economy even as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest rates.

Forget about nuance. The October jobs report left little doubt the US labour market is back with a vengeance after a two-month lull.

Julia Gillard has rejected suggestions her government's detention of children was inconsistent with her subsequent role as Chair of the 'Global Partnership for Education' and has dismissed as a "snap shot of history" Amnesty International claims that conditions for asylum seekers on Nauru were "toxic" and "inhumane".

Finding that Werris Creek coal mine is partly to blame farmers' bores drying up prompts review by water regulator.

There are warnings that a three-year investigation of a bugging scandal that rocked the upper echelons of the NSW Police could be further delayed amid questions about the ombudsman's ability to make adverse findings.

Two women who were injured when Salim Mehajer lost control of his $300,000 Ferrari have settled their claim against the Auburn deputy mayor for $1.72 million.

Helen McCabe presents the 2015 Andrew Olle Media Lecture

Too much sport was barely enough this week.

She calls it the United Nations by the sea. And until recently it was one of Melbourne's little secrets. Beaches. Parks. Community. Half an hour to the city by train. Jennifer Williams grew up here and - after a few years slumming it in more fashionable suburbs - she came home to stay.

Bill Shorten's union and his close ally Victorian Labor MP Cesar Melhem face the possibility of a string of criminal charges including for allegedly receiving corrupt and secret commissions in questionable deals done with employers.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) says it is investigating potentially fraudulent activities by an international syndicate attempting to corrupt the domestic game.

Lifetime compensation would be offered to whistleblowers who risk their careers to expose company misconduct under a radical overhaul floated by the corporate watchdog.

Directors doing some selling well and truly trumped buyers this week.

Myer was caught out by the appointment of administrators to Australian fashion label Arthur Galan, which it lured over from David Jones in 2011.

News Corporation chief executive Robert Thomson has played down Fox Sports' loss of the English Premier League rights to Optus and questioned the value of the world's most famous football league.

Those who expose wrongdoing risk everything and need our protection.

Sebastian Coe has long been one of the most outspoken critics of doping in athletics yet the newly-elected president of the sport's governing body has remained silent this week in the face of potentially its most damning drugs scandal yet.

Turkish police have detained 20 people suspected of links to Islamic State a week before the G20 summit with world leaders.

Weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic State insurgents were battling another rebel group.

A federal government $25 million advertising blitz to spruik free trade agreements with Asia is under fire for contravening guidelines by using the political slogan "Open For Business".