Новости за 17.08.2018

A NSW RFS waterbombing pilot has died in a crash in the state's south coast while battling a 1700-hectare bushfire. Police have confirmed that the pilot, identified as Allan Tull, was the 'sole occupant' of the helicopter. Mr Tull was an experienced pilot who helped battle fires in Tasmania in 2016. Officers from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) are conducting an investigation into the incident. Image: Facebook / Allan Tull

SEX positive pioneer Betty Grumble has brought her unique brand of dancing dissent to the Top End, as the Darwin Festival rolls into its second weekend of events.

New South Wales Police have made a number of arrests over the shooting murder of former Comancheros bikie boss Mustafa "Mick" Hawi outside a gym in Sydney's South last February. There are ongoing police operations across Sydney with a third man reportedly arrested a short time ago. Hawi was shot several times while sitting in his Mercedes outside the Rockdale gym. The Daily Telegraph reports one of the men arrested, Yusuf Nazlioglu, is believed by authorities to be the gunman.

Executives representing corporate regulators APRA and ASIC have been questioned at the Banking Royal Commission about the superannuation industry. APRA came under scrutiny for running its operations 'behind closed doors' and for failing to hold super trustees to account.

NORWOOD was forced to overcome a spirited challenge from North Adelaide before claiming a 13th successive victory, by 15 points at The Parade last night.

Take a look at the The National Picture: The Art of Tasmania's Black War exhibition.

DEVON Smith will wake up on Saturday morning as the luckiest man in Melbourne.

MELBOURNE lost three key players mid-match to injury including skipper Cameron Smith but rallied for a courageous 20-4 win over Parramatta in their Friday night NRL clash.

AFTER a rough start to life, little Taylor has found his “forever home”.

IT’S one of life’s necessary skills but young Sydneysiders addicted to takeaway are struggling to cook a meal for themselves, forcing them to sign up to culinary classes in droves.

ONE of Brisbane’s swankiest Italian restaurants has been fined more than $15,000 for having grease and grime on the floor and cockroaches in its kitchen.

FOR more years than he cares to remember, Kevin Jacoby barely left his room let alone his house.

PARENTS are being urged to “de-friend” their children amid what is described as an epidemic of four-year-olds being diagnosed with crippling anxiety and depression.

David Campbell discovered at the age of 10 that he was the son of rock legend Jimmy Barnes. It wouldn't be until decades later that the two would heal and build a loving father-son relationship.

More than 18,000 Australian men were diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. Over 3000 die from the disease each year.

EVEN through a major breakup, Lachy Gillespie has showed his positive, Wiggly side, revealing he loves Emma Watkins now more than ever.

Britain's tech startups raised a record amount of venture-capital funds in 2017 - but Brexit could severely hurt the sector. Kristo Kaarmann, CEO of TransferWise, which has been called the U.K.'s fastest-growing startup, explains why.

A helicopter crash near Ulladulla on the NSW South Coast is the second fatal accident involving a firefighting aircraft in the area within five years.

President Ashraf Ghani has congratulated Afghanistan's armed forces in Ghazni for their victory over Taliban insurgents in the strategically important city after clashes that killed at least 150 soldiers and 95 civilians.

Alcoa workers at two bauxite mines and three refineries in WA have agreed to remain on strike indefinitely after negotiations with their employer for a new enterprise bargaining agreement collapsed.

China's military has expanded its bomber operations in recent years while "likely training for strikes" against the US and its allies, a Pentagon report says.

A woman has been rescued from a house fire in northeast Melbourne.

A man has been charged with repeatedly pinching women's underwear from clotheslines in Victoria.

More than a thousand Google employees have signed a letter protesting the company's secretive plan to build a search engine that would comply with Chinese censorship.

THE 30-something club is one of the most exclusive in horse racing — and it has nothing to do with age.