Новости за 30.11.2015

The Turnbull government appears to have been caught out by Japan's whalers - pinning hopes on diplomacy to halt them, just as the fleet's departure for the Antarctic was announced.

When Woolworths sold consumer electronics group Dick Smith in 2012 to private equity for $94 million, it was accused of selling it for a "peppercorn" after its new owners packaged it up 15 months later and listed it on the ASX with a value of $520 million.

Reece Robinson plans to pick the mind of his new NSW Waratahs teammate Israel Folau as he bids to make a successful conversion from the NRL to Super Rugby.

A man who was dumped at a Wangaratta hospital with stab wounds has been charged with attempting to murder an injured woman dumped on the same night.

It has been a horror day for south-east Queensland roads after traffic accidents left four dead, one man trapped in his truck and multiple reports of injuries.

Two fishermen went out looking for trout and came back to shore with a half-drowned wombat instead.

After two years of legal wrangling, the details of which remain suppressed, a trial date has been set for property tycoon Ron Medich.

Petrol station owner Viva Energy's proposed $2 billion property float has cleared a big hurdle when the legal threat from the tenant, Coles, failed in court.

Morgans Financial has been slapped with tougher licence conditions after the corporate regulator found a string of problems at the broker.

The Turnbull government has backed down slightly on its family payments package, announcing more generous allowances for grandparent carers and single parents over 60 than previously proposed.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has emerged as a new champion of the Liberal Party's conservative wing following Scott Morrison's elevation to the position of Treasurer.

One of Australia's largest private colleges allegedly signed up new students without their knowledge or consent, a government regulator has found.

Australia's climate debate has become so polarised "we have lost sight of the key goal" of slashing dangerous greenhouse gas emissions, the Turnbull government's climate change advisers say, in a report that calls for the slate of public discussion to be wiped clean.

Western Sydney Wanderers striker Brendon Santalab has boldly declared his side champions in the making having extended their winning streak to five in a row, beating Central Coast Mariners in testing circumstances. After narrowly avoiding the wooden spoon last season, the Wanderers are now second to league leaders Melbourne Victory on only goal difference and growing in confidence of winning an elusive A-League title.

Veteran radio host has quit in the latest shake up in Canberra's breakfast radio offerings.

Overlooked for the head job at the AFL Players Association Ian Prendergast has switched codes and been appointed as the new chief executive of the Rugby League Players Association.

Having begun the home summer with the pace trio of Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood Australia's fast bowling contingent may well be entirely unrecognisable when they resume on Thursday week against the West Indies in Hobart.

When Australian surfers Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman ventured into the Mexican state of Sinaloa, they must have known they were entering one of the world's most dangerous territories.

The first aid company contracted to Stereosonic has told its staff not to talk to police after the death of 25-year-old Sydney woman Sylvia Choi.

Northern Star Resources managing director Bill Beament says there is likely to be a 'plethora of opportunities' for mergers and acquisitions in the global gold industry.

A psychiatrist speculated that accused killer Christopher David Navin could suffer from schizophrenia soon after he was charged with the murder of Nicholas Sofer-Schreiber.

The oldest person in WA to undergo a major hip replacement has celebrated her 109th birthday - and celebrated with cake and a letter from the Queen.

Embattled Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi is on the brink of quitting after the Department of Local Government said it was going to investigate her travel rort scandals, according to the ABC.

Coal miners in the Hunter Valley have taken a familliar approach to protest against the demise of Anglo American's Drayton coal mine.