Новости за 04.01.2017

Come on Canberra, one of our city's most generous couples needs your help.

Festivals, street parties and the best dosa in town.

A man armed with a knife has stolen cash from the BWS Woolworths in Belconnen Mall, police say.

It's her sliding door moment: Byron Bay woman Sara Connor often thinks about what might have happened had she not tried to intervene in a fight between her boyfriend and a stranger on Kuta beach that fateful August night.

The Melbourne Rebels admit they're in unfamiliar territory as they welcome their Wallabies back into the fold next week.

A group of locals fishing at Warnbro Beach on Monday evening drew quite a crowd when one of the men hooked a two metre shark.

The Sydney Sixers are hopeful three of their Test stars will return for the end of the BBL season.

To the uninitiated they don't look like much to get excited about. Perhaps the only intriguing thing is that their bulbous bodies are a milky-white, rather than dark brown or black. But these tadpoles are special.

As many as 190,000 Australians have received letters from Centrelink questioning their eligibility for some government benefits, as a new automated system matches income and employment data from across government agencies.

More than 2000 Australian students enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program have received their results

A woman has been charged with murder in relation to a fire that claimed the life of a man in Long Gully last year.

Sydney smells like chlorine and damp skin. Like sea air and blonde hair, heat and steam, a street protest and Mardi Gras in the rain. Like chalk drawings on a footpath by the beach. Or the fumes of a factory in the suburbs. Like salt mist. Like a women's refuge. Like an ice-cold oyster. Like a casino. Like a rendered brick wall. Like a $3.45 million home with bare kitchen benches and no water views.

An iconic Gold Coast Versace-styled mega-mansion owned by Ladbrokes CEO Dean Shannon has sold in less than two weeks.

The largest shareholder in struggling dairy group Bellamy's Australia has moved to force out several of the company's directors - a move the board has rejected.

Five popular beaches in Melbourne's suburbs have again been declared unfit for swimming after preliminary testing has found storm water pollution and faeces has not dissipated as quickly as experts had hoped.

The new year is just days old but the weight of expectation is already heavier on some coaches than others.

As the real estate agent said: Location, location, location.

An earlier report said cooperation was halted because Indonesia took offence at material used during joint military training with Australia.

Careers entwined for so long may have diverged in recent times, but, from across the continent, Nick Kyrgios has warmly welcomed the return to tennis of his injury-shackled friend and contemporary, Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Newcomer Peter Handscomb has become the first Australian batsman in almost 100 years to score a half-century in his first four Tests.

Queensland Rail management needs to change, according to Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe.

The Centrelink robo-debt debacle will dwarf that of the bungled census, for which the Prime Minister declared that heads would roll.

A shark sighting in Port Phillip Bay could shatter beach lovers' dreams of a dip after filthy water made swimming impossible for more than a week.

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Two teenage boys have been charged over a serious assault at Surfers Paradise, which has left a young man in hospital fighting for his life.