Новости за 03.04.2017

Former Wallabies forward Brendan Cannon is still haunted by the day he accidentally reversed over his 16-month-old son in the driveway of their Brisbane home.

Not for the first time in its 10-year run, Q&A on Monday night was defined as much by who didn't turn up as by who did.

Senate Democrats on Monday appeared to secure the votes necessary to filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch.

​China's appetite for iron ore is likely to have continued unabated in March, and that might prove as good as it gets.

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China has played hard and dirty in its breakneck catch-up with the West.

"It's sad to say as a Fremantle person, but this is as bad a position that the club has been in - in it's history."

A fraudster who stole a doctor's identity has been fined $30,000 after working in NSW.

At least nine people have been killed in a blast that shook the St Petersburg metro.

A renowned Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist and entrepreneur, who is considered the father of microfinance, has warned that growing inequality is a "ticking time-bomb" that will "explode" the political system if it is not addressed.

Two people, three jobs and a dream getting harder and harder to reach.

Proving he can walk and chew gum at the same time, Sir Ron Brierley's current plaything Mercantile Investment has two takeover bids on the go as it continues to try to hoover up market minnows, writes Carolyn Cummins.

It is unconscionable to lure rape victims into research participation under false pretences.

A major business lobby has taken aim at popular tax breaks for housing that are claimed by many of its members.

Almost 2000 Australian babies are born each year with CMV, a virus contracted from their mother which can leave them with permanent disabilities such as blindness, developmental delays, epilepsy and cerebral palsy.

Independent chairs for planning panels must be appointed to ensure proper consultation.

Australian Human Rights Commission accused of "betraying" thousands of university students through "unconscionable research" that never received full ethics approval.

Practitioners in the criminal justice system are working on new approaches that serve the needs of justice but also provide a greater prospect of successful rehabilitation.

Ex-CBA chairman says breaks for property investors such as negative gearing need to be addressed to cool down the housing market.

Goodbye pastels, hello bright colours.

The new head of the Australian Banker's Association (ABA) - former Queensland premier Anna Bligh - has hosed down talk of a housing price bubble in her first day on the job.

It seems Married At First Sight constructed a scaffold cleverly disguised as a reunion room, whereupon the scarlet letter A was burned into its inhabitants' and viewers psyche as one of shame and sinning on the proviso you were male and especially went by the names Andrew and Anthony.

SPOILER ALERT: Big Little Lies' shocking, brutal conclusion confirms its status as one of the best dramas of the year - and should score Nicole Kidman an Emmy.

The University of Queensland has been accused of double standards by proposing a brand new "landmark building" that could block views to the university's heritage-listed Great Court while it last year objected in court when a developer proposed a major development right beside the UQ's heritage-listed Customs House in Brisbane.

They lost priceless memories - a baby's first words and first steps - furniture, clothing, cars, food and homes.