Новости за 15.12.2015

With the big event finally in sight, a great deal remains unknown about the outcome.

BHP Billiton is expected to again cut capital spending for its US oil and gas business and is considering shutting down more rigs and further write-downs to the onshore division.

The budget forecasts were wrong, but who is surprised? It's a rule: forecasts are always wrong.

Qantas and Woolworths have formally unveiled their new loyalty partnership, which gives supermarket shoppers the option to convert Woolworths Dollars into Qantas points.

Domestic violence victims can feel like they have no other option but to publicly accuse their perpetrators, but doing so carries its own dangers, specialists have warned after a Sydney woman posted pictures of her housemate's bloodied face on social media.

Scientists say exceptional longevity probably has a genetic component - but a healthy lifestyle helps.

“Everything is gone. Everything is broken. My dreams are destroyed. My life as I knew it is shattered.”

Tourism in places like the Hunter Valley, Byron Bay, Tamworth and the Snowy Mountains will get a boost from $35 million in new funding for NSW regional airports.

A delve through our archives.

"When you pay for a stamp, you are not just buying a small piece of sticky paper," writes John Casey, of North Ryde (Column 8, for some days).

Canberra will bring in huge new fines to curb a growing trend of incorrect, and deliberately crooked, claims on government funding in the aged care sector by dodgy providers.

One of Victoria's newest County Court judges has been appointed the next State Coroner.

Camping fees have been slashed at 55 campgrounds in Victoria, including popular destinations such as the Grampians and the Otways.

Mother of dead toddler to be asked about any family violence that previously occurred in her home.

Ivan Brown, the chief executive of Melbourne's Phoenix Institute, has taken the Turnbull government to the Federal Court in the first legal challenge to its attempts to rein in the scandal-plagued industry.

Australia still has a spending and a revenue problem.

We need to work with moderate Muslims to defeat jihadists – not alienate them.

It's official. A new flag, featuring a fern on a blue and back background, will face off against New Zealand's present flag next March.

Two people were taken to Rockingham hospital with minor injuries after the Toyota Landcruiser they were travelling in managed to mount a train-line barrier on Ennis Avenue, near Rockingham, on Tuesday afternoon.

Ride sharing gives people a flexible way to earn extra income and they must be able to do so without excessive regulation.

A sweeping review of the training sector has made more than 100 recommendations.

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting says the national selectors must recall Usman Khawaja for the Boxing Day Test, nominating Shaun Marsh as the unlucky batsman to be dropped from the XI.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was so concerned about the sale of the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company linked to the Communist Party that he asked for a review of Australia's foreign acquisition law a week before the controversial deal was announced by the Northern Territory Government.

Failed Liberal defector Ian Macfarlane has hinted he could quit politics after his attempt to switch to the National party room was rejected.

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