Новости за 02.05.2016

The Frenchman's lawyer, said the company's aim was to bore him to death so that they could fire him without redundancy payments.

A hiker who sparked a massive ground and air search after he became lost in the Kosciuszko National Park has been found safe and well.

For years, journalists and hackers have been hunting for the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. Now a 45-year-old Australian computer scientist has revealed he 'Satoshi is dead'.

Carly Fiorina, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's running mate, fell off the stage after introducing him at an event in Indiana.

At least three protesters have been arrested for chaining themselves to trees as part of a last-ditch attempt to stop Moreton Bay figs from being felled on Anzac Parade.

Lawrence Springborg's leadership again under cloud.

Local shares are poised to open flat to higher with ANZ's results pending, followed later by the RBA's rate decision and the federal budget.

Ricardo Francis Herman Dasilva beat his former partner so savagely she was left nearly unrecognisable before trying to burn her house down with her body inside, a jury has heard.

Former PM leads celebrations at ALP's birthplace of Barcaldine.

Astronomers have discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting a small red sun, just 40 light-years away.

Pitt says we will feel "drastically short-changed" if we miss out.

Not asleep but not yet awake, Brisa Alfaro could hear her doctors' prognosis: She might never walk or talk again, and she may never eat or breathe on her own. She couldn't respond. She started to panic.

The United Arab Emirates is certainly no stranger to ambitious mega-projects but a mountain would stand out as an ambitious plan.

The Gungahlin community has called on both political parties to commit to the duplication of all of Horse Park Drive, saying the weekend promises made were not enough.

A world leading economist says he's had up close and personal access to Kevin Rudd and he's the man for one of the world's biggest jobs.

Just how important is the ice in an iced drink? That question is now up for debate, as a woman has filed lawsuit against Starbucks, claiming the coffee chain is "underfilling" its cold beverages.

As Australia absorbed more grim news from Nauru, Q&A pondered whether the nation has been "out-Trumping Trump" on asylum seeker policies.

Workers are getting slugged with higher insurance premiums via their superannuation fees, prompting the regulator and other industry experts to question if they are getting value for money.

Shaun Marsh has become the fourth Australian to be ruled out of the Indian Premier League.

Parramatta chairman Steve Sharp has vowed he will fall on his sword and resign if it spares the club being docked competition points.

Well, yes, of course we'll have to wait until tonight to hear the full details of the budget, but you already "know" what's in it, don't you? A great big nothing and then some more of the same. And it's not just because of the leaks that we know this, it's because of our timid politicians, too afraid to do the right thing.

Men are killers. In the vast vast majority of cases of family violence, it is men who are the killers and women who are the victims.

Stephen Moore set to return after missing Highlanders game due to calf injury.

A former government adviser escapes conviction for a ''bizarre'' string of events.