Новости за 05.04.2017

Good morning, you can keep the woolens in the cupboard a little longer with today's warm glow of autumnal goodness on the way. There's a little cloud around with light winds, but the low of 12 is wafting towards a mid-afternoon delight of 26.

ActewAGL apologises for billing error, and the Defence Department hopes to end dispute with pay offer.

The Federal Reserve is trying to send a message to bond traders, but they aren't buying it yet.

US stocks turned negative in late trading after the Fed signalled a change in its bond investment policy later this year.

"Clearly, we missed the mark, and we apologise. We did not intend to make light of any serious issue."

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A Liberal candidate for this weekend's North Shore by-election has backtracked on a claim to have lived in the electorate for a decade, following questions from the Herald.

Ivanka Trump has defended her role in the White House and her business arrangements in a new interview.

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Fed policymakers think the central bank should take steps to begin trimming its $US4.5 trillion balance sheet this year.

Companies added workers to US payrolls in March at the fastest pace since December 2014, data from ADP Research showed.

Copper rose 2 per cent, reflecting strength across base metals following upbeat jobs data from the United States.

Barry Manilow has spoken publicly for the first time about being gay, saying he feared he would disappoint his mostly female fan base had he come out decades ago.

The former Breitbart executive chairman was ousted from the powerful council in a surprise move on Wednesday.

Long one of Melbourne's most popular and respected TV presenters, Jo Hall is now beaming cross-country as one of the key faces of Channel Nine's new regional bulletins, but she'll always come home to Hawthorn.

If this place was in Victoria's groovy goldfields region, or near Bellingen, Berriedale or Ballina in New South Wales, it would have been tarted up to a high degree of rustic cuteness by now. With a new living/dining extension and in such locations it would be worth a fortune.

Hunting for real estate in the bucolic Yarra Valley in and around Healesville, which an increasing number of first home buyers and retirees have been doing in the past 12 months, is an activity that should come with a health warning.

The knives were once again out on Wednesday night's episode of My Kitchen Rules, and not just in the kitchen.

Gary Ablett's behaviour says much about his difficult relationship with the Suns - and also his too often poor attitude.

Axed Tigers coach Jason Taylor has claimed he was a "scapegoat" for the lingering contract negotiations involving the club's "big four" while telling skipper Aaron Woods and State of Origin No.1 James Tedesco it would be "really disrespectful" if they turned their back on the club.

Teenager Amelia Walters says a bombardment of negative messages about the state of our world is ruining her generation's mental health.

The Liberal Party's federal director Tony Nutt has quit ahead of what is expected to be a critical review of the last federal campaign, in which the Coalition scraped home with a one-seat victory.

One of the dippiest, catchiest commercials of my youth was for Campbell's soup. I remember it precisely; I can still sing the snippet of song at its centre.

"Banks understand that they are swimming against the tide of powerful global forces that can be extremely exhausting and dispiriting".

Petrol giant United Petroleum has been blasted by the workplace regulator for rampant underpayment of workers across its franchise network after a series of raids.