Новости за 16.12.2015

Townsville council will separately bid for federal funding for an integrated stadium and entertainment precinct after the state government delayed the project.

For a party determined to make next year's Territory election a referendum on light rail, the Canberra Liberals' have moved at a snail's pace in formulating their own public transport policy.

The movement reflects an underlying disease that makes us susceptible to the notion that truth is an ever-negotiable, relative concept.

Wanneroo police are warning residents not to leave delivered parcels unattended after a woman was caught on camera stealing packages from people's front doorsteps.

It is easy to see why The Belier Family was a runaway hit in France: it has enormous charm and humour, a real sense of warmth within the family, and a knockout finale.

Inbound domestic and international flights are being diverted to Canberra as a tornado batters Sydney.

Two charities working in drought-hit areas of Queensland are to receive a $50,000 boost in government grants.

Selective schools and high-fee-paying, all-girls schools have dominated the 2015 HSC results.

Evelyn Lieberman was the first woman to serve as a deputy chief of staff to a US president.

Staff bungling led to the unlawfully high reading of cobalt in Peter Moody's horse Lidari, senior counsel for the trainer told Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Wednesday.

A new report commissioned by Telstra investors warns the push into the Philippines could become an expensive mistake, burning through substantial amounts of cash.

The fallout from the cobalt crisis that has racked Australian racing continued on Wednesday, when disqualified training partnership Lee and Shannon Hope lost six of their stable.

Canberra cyclists can ride on a glow in the dark bike track that will be trialled in the ACT as an alternative to street lights for the first time next week.

Opinion polling had shown about eight in 10 voters in Canberra and around Australia support renewable energy policies.

Primary school teacher Trudie Bernet, 33, sometimes feel like a human pin cushion.

Bill Byast thought it was only a matter of time before the ferocious wind roaring past his house would carry his roof with it.

The months from December to March are when both police and the Domestic Violence Crisis Service receive the most number of calls in relation to family violence.

Olympic basketballer Erin Phillips has agreed to become Port Adelaide's first female AFL player should the Power be granted entry into the new national women's league.

"Evacuate, evacuate, everybody get out!"

Collingwood are mourning the loss of dual premiership player Mick Twomey, who has died at 84.

Their once dominant position is being eroded incrementally, in measurable ways, with each passing year.

Eleven members of the Finks bikie gang, including three senior members of the club's Ringwood chapter, have appeared before court on more than 100 combined charges including the attempted kidnap of a former gang member.

Back-page news in April, Michael Close now just wants a decent run at an AFL career.

A $20 million drug syndicate, based in a nondescript Acacia Ridge warehouse, was shut down by police this week.

Michael Hussey has declared the time for excuses is over for Sydney Thunder and now they must deliver, starting with opening night of the Big Bash League against cross town rival Sydney Sixers.