Новости за 12.12.2015

An iconic Footscray house sold for $2.11 million, $610,000 over reserve at auction.

A police dog is missing after becoming separated from his handler during a chase.

The Kings are doing it tough, but they plan to fight like their predecessors before them when they face the Wildcats in the last game at the Sydney Entertainment Centre

Muslim leaders have called for mosques to fly the Australian flag on Australia Day.

A rise in drunken behaviour blamed, in part, to the proliferation of new bars in West End has led to renewed calls for a liquor accord to be re-established in the inner-south Brisbane suburb.

A man questioned over the death of an intruder in his neighbour's Frankston home has been released without charge.

The 21-year-old had been rushed to hospital with severe dehydration from attempting to make weight.

The jockeys room at Sha Tin on Sunday could quite easily be Randwick or Flemngton with no less than nine Australian riders saddling up for Hong Kong International day.

Christmas is meant to be a time of celebration for our retailers. The spending will top $45 billion this holiday season, but for the majority of Australia's retailers, they are just waiting for the annus horribilis to come to an end.

Afghanistan is struggling to revive peace talks with insurgent Taliban, following a series of recent attacks in Afghanistan, including a car bomb that killed a Spanish police officer in Kabul's diplomatic quarter on Friday.

British prosecutors said they would take no further action in their phone-hacking investigation, ending a four-year inquiry that shook the country and shed light on the freewheeling tabloid news media.

Four people have been hospitalised following a three car smash in Melbourne's north.

Many Victorian children charged with criminal offences don't attend school, according to a new report.

Newly re-signed St Kilda enforcer Mav Weller says criticism of his directed at former coach Guy McKenna was taken out of context.

Neil Robertson has Chelsea captain John Terry and Arnold Schwarzenegger to thank for inspiring him to win his second UK Championship on Monday.

Mark Philippoussis understands the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, but reckons he had it better than current Australian stars Nick Kyrgios, Bernard Tomic and Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Former NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne backed his old club's marquee recruit, Kieran Foran, to possess the mettle needed to handle the expectations he will carry into every game he plays for Parramatta in 2016.

Until last year, Kato Ottio hadn't played a single game of rugby league.

Li Tingting is still adjusting to the attention – both welcome and otherwise – that comes with being the face of China's youthful new wave of feminist activists.

A woman walks past a mural depicting a scene of anti-riot police in action, painted by Argentina's muralist El Marian, in Bogota, Colombia, on Friday. Artists from across Latin America, as well as Italy, were invited to paint the public areas of the Santa Fe neighbourhood, as part of the city's International Festival of Urban Art Revitalisation. Photo AP.

Customers flocking to gun stores include not only hunters and collectors stocking up out of fear of future gun restrictions, but also first-time buyers and elderly women wanting personal protection.

If its walls could talk, the Sydney Entertainment Centre would tell tales of a pioneering era in Australian sport and music.

Follow our interactive blog for full live coverage of the first Test from Blundstone Arena in Hobart.

Elton John never did sexy. Or angry. Or cool, really. Sure he did time as a bona fide rock star, but he was always too much about his piano and his craft; too emotionally in tune with his lyricist Bernie Taupin's autumnal introspection, to play the frisky young buck with any conviction.

CHRIS CORNELL