Новости за 28.12.2015

The life and times of Australia's first rock'n'roll star, Stevie Wright of the Easybeats.

Malcolm Turnbull is a threat to the Labor Party and Tony Abbott is a "decent man" but was not a "great prime minister", according to former PM Bob Hawke.

Memo to the 29 NBA teams that haven't spent the entire 2015-16 season flirting with perfection: The defending champion Golden State Warriors, 28-1 record be darned, don't think they're playing very well.

More than 200 people will spend the night stranded in Moreton Bay after Stradbroke Ferries' Big Red Cat car barge ran aground in gale-force winds whipping Dunwich on Monday afternoon.

There have been – alas – so very many daily outrages to challenge, dissect, and obsess over during the past year it's been almost impossible to keep up. There's been plenty to write about, but the result has been acres of immediate commentary that has driven out any chance of important, considered insight.

Brisbane man Daniel Crispin swapped his shirt and tie for blue body paint after he was confirmed as the principal actor in Cirque du Soleil's latest show.

Police are looking for a man in his mid-to-late twenties after a woman reported being indecently assaulted on a footpath in Sydney's eastern suburbs early on Monday morning.

How did a Canberra man admit to stabbing his friend 73 times and still beat a murder charge?

Question 9 - what does the sight of seven magpies signify?

An Australian television reporter who injured her ankle on holiday in Thailand has lambasted Jetstar, accusing the budget airline refusing to upgrade her to business class and made her pay for a pillow.

A gathering of 150 family and friends converged on the Southern Highlands on Monday afternoon to watch NRL golden boy Sam Burgess marry his girlfriend of 18 months, Phoebe Hooke.

New Year's Eve celebrations in Brisbane are set to be the city's biggest ever, with two new river precincts joining the midnight fireworks display.

Much like New Year resolutions, we return to work after from holidays fuelled by aspirations that bear little relationship to the reality of life.

Stand up paddle-boards have proven popular on the coast this summer, but they're a sight surfers would rather not see.

Perth is in for a scorcher on Monday with temperatures already hitting 35 degrees by 9.00am this morning.

A watch and act alert was issued at 3pm for people in the Sawyers Valley townsite and Beelu National Park in the Shire of Mundaring.

Jason Day's breakthrough major win at the PGA Championship was the biggest moment of 2015.

Humility is not a word easily located in the handbook of Australian cricket, but it is one of the emergent traits of Steve Smith's team.

Firefighting authorities have flagged the possibility of a total fire ban for New Years Eve but planned fireworks displays are still expected to go ahead despite a severe fire rating in the South West.

A Lyneham man who trafficked heroin because he was short of money has been jailed.

Stevie Wright first tried heroin in 1972, a decision which robbed him of his marriage, health and career, eventually landing him in the notorious Chelmsford Private Hospital.

One person has died in a fatal crash in Canberra's north.

While Australia played West Indies at the MCG, the national blind cricket championships at Princes Park boasted under-arm bowling, sledging and a bit of biffo between guide dogs in the crowd.

Retailers across NSW are calling for amended Boxing Day trading rules to be made permanent, following record-breaking sales.

Plans for a sprawling high-rise apartment development on land at Flemington Racecourse – put forward by the Victoria Racing Club and a Chinese developer – have serious flaws, the state architect has told the Andrews government.