Новости за 03.01.2016

Naomi Halpern, a victim of bad financial advice who was caught up in the collapse of forestry investment scheme Timbercorp, will take the fight up to financial sector and the corporate watchdog at the next Federal Election.

Melbourne City have already annexed the W League Premiership plate, and their unbeatable women's team on Sunday took a regulation step towards completing a perfect season by seeing off their latest challenger, Western Sydney Wanderers 4-0.

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It is mid-afternoon, and PhD student Savant Thakur is watching as his research assistant carries out an experiment Mr Thakur designed to investigate the effect muscular dystrophy has on living tissue.

Hear, hear to your editorial. What a great way to refresh the republic debate.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the mysterious death of a Korean national on the Sunshine Coast.

There are many reasons to suspect the Turnbull and Baird governments are not serious about tackling greenhouse gases.

A columnist who is leaving the French magazine says the magazine he loved "died a year ago" ahead of a special edition to mark the anniversary of the attack.

No names were mentioned; none were needed. The reformed version of the once sad and mad guy who was the young Roger Federer was on stage at the Brisbane Town Hall wearing a dapper navy suit, talking about what wisdom he could share with a couple of talented youngsters who have managed to offend or dismay large swathes of the Australian public.

Red-hot NBL side Illawarra are much more than a three-headed scoring monster according to their coach.

The Sydney Opera House will showcase a range of Australia's best artists on Australia Day, with two free concerts on the forecourt.

Australian basketball star Ben Simmons has produced his second-highest scoring game of the season.

Canberra United coach Rae Dower has urged her players to keep their foot on the pedal as they chase back-to-back W-League titles, adding she won't rest her stars just because they've secured a home semi-final.

In primary school Casimira Tipiloura never dreamed of finishing Year 12. Now she is the first Tiwi Island student with the opportunity to go to university.

After years of doing it tough following the global financial crisis, holiday homes are starting to pick up again.

Melbourne City goalkeeper Tando Velaphi is on the verge of a transfer to the J-League - if his club can find a replacement in the next few weeks.

A Crime and Corruption Commission investigation into a criminal drug trafficking syndicate has claimed another scalp, with a 29-year-old Gold Coast man charged on Sunday with drugs offences.

Follow live coverage as Jarryd Hayne runs out in the 49ers' final game of the season.

Vietnam formally accused China of violating its sovereignty and a recent pact by landing a plane on an airstrip Beijing has built in a contested part of the South China Sea.

New Zealand Cricket boss David White is relaxed about the inclusion of convicted spot-fixer Mohammad Amir in the Pakistan squad to tour in January.

In primary school Casimira Tipiloura never dreamed of finishing Year 12. Now she is the first Tiwi Island student with the opportunity to go to university.

A neighbourhood row on Australia's most expensive street has stretched over five years, involved a wooden staircase, an "unedifying brawl", and complaints about loud music and dangerous driving.

Residents at Wye River are graudally being allowed to return to their homes after safety checks following Christmas Day fires on the surf coast.

​In late February Stu Hunter will try making music on destroyed guns. By comparison, his Sydney Festival premiere of The Migration looks quite conventional, being performed on piano, horns, guitar, bass and drums.

Heavy rainfall had by central Queensland has made for an interesting time for locals in the Drought stricken areas.