Новости за 06.02.2018

Shockwaves are reverberating across Melbourne’s not-for-profit sector after Sacred Heart Mission founder Ernie Smith was defrocked over sexual abuse allegations.

Australian shares slumped to their worst session since September 2015, with the move wiping $56 billion off the value of the stock market.

Adam Coleman has continued his impressive rise in Australian rugby after winning the captaincy role at his new club Melbourne Rebels.

With the Tasmanian election becoming a battle over pokie machines, new research shows Tasmanian clubs keep just 0.9 per cent of their pokie revenue, while the Sydney-based family that owns a monopoly license over the machines in the state, keeps 49 per cent.

"We've seen too many cases of major projects blowing out without business cases and government money being wasted."

Former Motoring Enthusiast Party senator Ricky Muir expected to enter the 2018 state election race.

A who's who of the more racy section of the racing world gathered to farewell one of the most colourful of them all, Jack Sparrow, who died last month at the age of 94.

The teenager is accused of being part of a group that ambushed a woman in a Hillside house.

The family of Ian Gilbert say he should have never been prescribed the heavy-duty medication.

Indonesia's capital is bracing for floods as torrential rain triggered landslides in neighbouring West Java, killing at least two people.

Donnelly's victim was targeted in the early hours of Sunday, November 25 as she walked through the city centre.

Sharemarkets are getting punished because investors finally may be acknowledging that the good times can't roll on forever.

Warplanes have launched heavy attacks on the two last major rebel-held areas in Syria, killing at least 29 people

On June 24, 1973, an arson attack at the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans' French Quarter, killed 32 people who were drinking there that night. Until the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, this was the deadliest known attack on a gay club in US history. The chief suspect, Roger Dale Nunez, who had been ejected from the bar earlier that day, committed suicide in 1974.

After spending much of his first year as St Kilda captain avoiding competing with predecessor Nick Riewoldt's leadership style, Jarryn Geary was looking forward to concentrating more on leading the Saints in his own way in 2018.

There are no magic bullets in government spending, but putting money into early education comes a lot closer than most of the other things governments spend on.

The Tharwa home built by the late Val Jeffery and his wife Dorothy more than 50 years ago is being sold, after the former owner of the Tharwa general store and short-lived ACT politician died last year.

Activist investor Elliott Management has renewed calls for unification of BHP's dual-listed company structure.

Australian filmmaker James Ricketson has admitted he committed an offence by flying a drone over a political rally without a permit in Phnom Penh.

Retail sales fell by half a percent in the crucial December trading period - more than double what ecconomists expected.

The triple premiership Hawk is ready for the new season, but has at least one significant concern about the AFLX concept.

Robert Crockford sat in a wheelchair as he faced Dubbo Local Court via video link on Tuesday morning.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced a swathe of tough new road safety rules.

Does Melbourne coach Dean Vickerman stick with in-form import Carrick Felix or bring back proven star Casey Prather from a dislocated elbow for the finals.

A woman and her unborn baby have died after a suspected snake bite in remote Western Australian.