Новости за 02.05.2016

Virgin Australia will reduce its capacity by 5.1 per cent in the June quarter after forecasting it will report a loss in the second half of the financial year.

The owner of a Sydney 7-Eleven has been fined more than $200,000 after a court found he short-changed two migrant employees almost $50,000 and falsified records.

Environment Minster Greg Hunt needs a hand to name Australia's new icebreaker. Here are a few helpful suggestions.

This year's program focuses on repertoire out of the mainstream and engages with an exciting range of artists across the generations.

ASX suffers early losses, led by selling in the banks.

Victoria will receive $857 million in Commonwealth funding for the Melbourne Metro Rail tunnel but the state government says it is not new money and accused the Turnbull government of breaking a key funding promise.

When Jennifer Norsworthy was unexpectedly killed by a blood clot in the early morning on April 22, her family was devastated.

McAleese has warned shareholders will be "materially" diluted in a debt restructure with Hong Kong's SC Lowy.

Richmond football department boss Dan Richardson has admitted the Tigers are "paying a price" for going down the path of seeking mature-age players, revealing they had felt supporters would not accept an eight-year rebuild.

Police helicopter gave chase along Ipswich Motorway.

Australia's first Ultra HD Blu-ray player delivers the goods but you'll want a top-shelf television and a great movie to really do it justice.

COMMENT: Rather than being demolished for apartments, this visually arresting building deserves to be treated with respect and adapted to a new use.

A 36-year-old man was arrested in Cardross, near Mildura after a woman's body was found in a home on Sunday night.

A 28-year-old man died at Barbagallo Raceway on Saturday after falling from his motorcycle.

Pledge of $200m shores up commuter hopes of upgrade on key route.

Defunct Unanderra bakery Betta Maid has been fined $63,000 for selling unsafe food and breaching hygiene standards.

Telstra will hand $1.5 billion back to investors after selling its stake in the Chinese car web site Autohome.

Westpac's first-half profit climbed 3 per cent to $3.9 billion as the bank reported more bad loans in its institutional lending arm.

Quite a dramatic auction in the eastern suburbs on Saturday involving a sick baby and a former premier of Victoria.

If first-quarter inflation data was the main attraction for local markets last week, the RBA's response, the federal budget and bank earnings are are this week's focus.

Former Melbourne forward David Schwarz believes Brendon Goddard is struggling to deal with the "burden of captaincy" as the Bombers limp through the season.

New land is still proving popular with buyers with the first stage of a new community selling out on Saturday.

Hello and welcome to budget eve. It's hard to get excited about a budget which seems to contain very few surprises. But let's try.

It was meant to be yesterday's platform but the album means as much to artists now as ever.

Andrew Bogut was a fortress and Klay Thompson scored at will in the Golden State Warriors' domination of the Portland Trail Blazers in game one of their NBA Western Conference semi-final series.