Новости за 29.03.2019

Without reforms, public servants are doomed to be handmaidens to dumber policy, more cronyism, less probity and more waste.

Denial is comfortable when you are faced with the thought of a spider crawling on your face in your sleep.

For the European Union it was the last (single-use plastic) straw. Cotton bud too. Now glitter's days may be numbered.

The party room vote follows Niall Blair's decision to stand down despite the Coalition's election victory because of the toll on his family life.

At 4.30pm, perfectly punctual, Gillian Triggs skips lightly up the steps of the old Law Cloisters at the University of Melbourne. She has just finished teaching a six-and-a-half-hour  hour intensive seminar for post-graduate law students. At 73, the woman who became famous as the president of Australia's Human Rights Commission looks serene and fresh.

Engineer who claims colleague repeatedly farted near him and "thrusted his bum" at him has vowed to go to the High Court after losing bullying case on appeal.

A Sydney northern beaches postcode has dethroned the wealthy eastern suburbs for the first time in seven years.

The win, which will see her progress to the biggest final of her career, featured a lengthy rain delay.

The government committed $32.6 million to subsidise the potentially lifesaving scans, while Labor has promised $47 million in additional MRI funding.

Shooters and farmers in Victoria have had a win, with the Andrews government set to make permanent a lengthy trial processing culled kangaroos into pet food.

Maria Ressa, a journalist seen widely seen as a proxy for media freedom in the Philippines, has been arrested in Manila.

Boeing was sued on behalf of a passenger killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight over claims that its 737 Max 8 isn't safely designed.

Despite its flaws, this streaming service is a great place to start.

Our pick of what's on the big screen this week.

The show must go on, as they say. But Hughesy has taken this attitude to extreme lengths.

Mercury has ended its retrograde, but millennials still can't get enough of astrology.

The infant formula maker has flagged a possible acquisition and capital raising.

Hundreds of Age readers have responded to a question we posed to accompany our ‘Schools that Excel’ series: ‘What is important to you in a school?’ Here are some of the most thoughtful answers.

A pared-back colour palette gives this converted warehouse a cool, calm vibe.

Head into the golden days of autumn with checks, warm shades and faux fur leading the way.

A 37-year-old woman was arrested at the caravan park at Kulangoor and has been charged with attempted murder.

Light rail construction destroyed a "significant" Aboriginal heritage site in Sydney's east that shed light on early interactions between Indigenous people and British settlers, a report has found.

Kate Berry is obsessed with retro regional motels. When she was a child her father photographed display homes for a living. These homes tended to be in far-flung towns that few people would consider enticing. But the young Berry loved staying in the motels, with their continental  breakfasts and tiny plastic-wrapped soaps.

Russian billionaire has had a victory in the courts as one of the world's costliest divorce battles continues.

Rupert Everett has something to say in this lush recreation of Oscar Wilde's last days.