Новости за 08.03.2022

The contest to replace the retiring Health Minister as Flinders MP is shaping up to be a curiously genteel affair.

The decision to move the responsibility of market-led proposals to the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage has raised eyebrows.

President Joe Biden announced the ban amid bipartisan pressure to stop inadvertently financing Putin’s war on Ukraine.

Labor is being urged to consider trialling the decriminalisation of drug in St Kilda or Bairnsdale after opposing statewide legislation.

An evacuation of Sumy appeared to be underway on Tuesday but a third attempt to rescue people from Mariupol was faltering again.

At least two people have died, thousands are homeless and wild winds are set to create more havoc as Sydney is hit by record rains.

One startup, Kademi, had previously relied on OFX to pay its Ukrainian staff but found itself unable to do so last week.

Treasurer Matt Kea says if Canberra fails to take the lead on affordable childcare, NSW will step in as it did with climate change.

The location of Australia’s nuclear submarine base is one of strategic importance. Australia would do well to remember the fall of Singapore, when the defences were all pointing at the south but it was invaded from the north.

In the not-too-distant past, the staggering 21-bedroom, 49-bathroom abode was touted as being worth in excess of $680 million - but an inspection revealed some issues.

Just days after the Herald met Eric Malpas, the “globe-trotting troubadour” was arrested for assaulting police.

It’s a surreal thing, and don’t mention the GST.

You can question the reality of what’s on show in Byron Baes, but the controversial docusoap says something about our age all the same.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

Sydney FC beat Philippines side Kaya FC 5-0 to reach the Asian Champions League, where they will face Kevin Muscat’s Yokohama F. Marinos.

Despite some excellent batting, Australia’s first Test in Pakistan in 24 years was the bottom of the barrel from an entertainment perspective.

The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.

Aircraftman has shown rapid progression since a gelding operation.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese will promise a “spirit of consensus” in the style of Bob Hawke to rebuild the economy if he wins the next election.

We still call the clubs with the most supporters and dollars “power clubs” but that term is becoming a misnomer in an AFL competition that has increasingly concentrated power.

The ex-PM says the naming of Brisbane as a potential nuclear submarine base shows the Coalition is playing catch-up on national security, while a political expert says the possibility of becoming a nuclear target will turn many voters off.

Fifty metres in the air above a construction site, a photographer and his son in the crane’s basket heard a desperate voice crackle through on the radio from the ground.

Two options have been revealed for an overpass set to improve Olympic train movements and ease traffic congestion.

Sussex Inlet has been told to evacuate now as a woman’s body was found by police in a stormwater canal in Sydney’s west.

While on-street parking will be free until the end of March, normal prices will apply for public transport, road tolls and council-owned car parks.