Новости за 20.09.2016

There's just one female candidate standing for lord mayor of Melbourne, and with the incumbent the unbackable favourite, 1989 appears likely to remain the last time a woman sat in the big chair.

A ceiling collapse is the latest drama to emerge at the continually delayed new children's hospital.

Geraldton police are seeking the public's assistance to find a number of explosives stolen from a railway storage depot on Monday night.

If you're looking for a house in a particular suburb, and think you can centre your search around the train station with the same name, then be warned: the name of the station might be misleading.

Australian businesses are failing to keep up with consumers' use of smartphones to do everything from researching brands to paying for dinner, PayPal Australia says.

During a backstage interview at this year's Emmys, the 67-year-old Game of Thrones author revealed there was a wealth of 'fake history' to mine.

Sixteen young gymnasts from the Woden Valley Gymnastics club will head to China on Wednesday.

A 17-year-old driver has been charged after reaching speeds of 90km/h during a police pursuit in Queanbeyan.

The ''greatest living Australian painter'' was remarkably consistent, and consistently uncurious.

Australian shares pushed modestly higher as traders hesitated ahead of a busy 48 hours for central banks.

A 56-year-old man will front court in Melbourne today, charged with murdering a man whose body was found dumped outside a preschool.

A predicted oversupply of apartments in Melbourne is much-needed to relieve the city's tightening rental market, an expert says.

If you were given a dollar for everyone who asked Craig Bellamy for a selfie or an autograph at the MCG Friday night, or shouted "Go Storm" as he walked past, you would have enough money to buy something really pricey ... like a ticket to the AFL grand final.

A Brazilian judge has accepted the indictment of eight men accused of plotting militant attacks inspired by Islamic State against foreigners at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as well as against homosexuals, Shi'ite Muslims and Jews.

Former President George H.W. Bush plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, according to a member of another famous political family, the Kennedys.

Colin Barnett will retain his position as leader of the Liberal Party and premier of WA after attempts at a leadership spill never got off the ground.

Former transport minister Dean Nalder has congratulated Premier Colin Barnett, acknowledged his position as "captain" of the WA Liberal party and categorically ruled out another leadership challenge.

Michael Hibberd's anger towards Essendon has abated, and he says the Bombers looked after him during his six years at the club.

Prosecutors have revealed how an Australian child sex predator directed a video involving horrific injuries to an 18-month-old baby.

A judge has dismissed proceedings brought by councils, but found "defects" in proposed merger reports.

I wasn't surprised to read that a stockbroking firm employed a 'professional intuitive and energy healer' who said that a lot of traders look at astrology to create better outcomes ('The psychic, the stockbroker and the corporate collapse', September 20).

You know when you are a person of influence in Australia when the invitation comes to appear on the ABC's Monday night news panel show Q&A.

Tiahleigh Palmer's foster father has been charged with her murder in a long-awaited breakthrough in the 11-month investigation into the slain Logan schoolgirl's death.

As Son Thanh Nguyen lay in the lounge room of a Canley Vale home, blood dripping from his mouth and hog-tied with cable ties, a female drug lord allegedly handed a tin of $50 notes over to Condell Park man Kevin Ly.

A former Billabong boss has sold his Gold Coast mansion for a whopping $25 million.