Новости за 17.08.2018

Online retailer Kogan has reported a surge in full-year profit jumping 277 per cent to $14.1 million. Kogan CEO Ruslan Kogan says the business has hit close to two per cent market share in its retail division for online retail and has over one per cent of the market in Kogan Mobile. Mr Kogan said that Kogan has launched five divisions in the last 12 months and there are plenty more industries he is eyeing.

TORRENS Rd at Brompton has been closed after a truck lost a load of asbestos.

MALCOLM Turnbull has reportedly abandoned plans to include a 26 per cent emissions reduction target in his National Energy Guarantee.

A TEENAGER who callously stabbed a young Italian woman near the Claisebrook train station and robbed her of a cheap mobile phone has been sentenced to four years in detention over the “terrible” act.

Sky News understands Malcolm Turnbull is considering major changes to the Coalition’s National Energy Guarantee to quash dissent within his own backbench. Reportedly, the 26 per cent renewable energy target will not be legislated to keep peace in the party room, along increased powers to the energy regulator.

TOM Brady shook off the rust of a long lay-off and then found time to shake hands with Nick Foles, six months after they met in the Super Bowl.

A Cricket Australia staffer sacked for criticising the Tasmanian government's lack of abortion services will take her unfair dismissal fight to the Federal Court after mediation broke down.

August 17, 2018. Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman, in Hobart, backs down on a controversial plan to water down the state’s gun laws, saying it is a matter of “public interest to Tasmanians given our history, given the fact that many people are concerned about public safety issues”. The state Liberal government's controversial proposal would have doubled the duration of some gun licences and made weapons such as pump-action shotguns more readily available. The policy was designed in the lead-up to the... Читать дальше...

The stern of the USS Abner Read broke away when it was hit by a mine off the Alaskan coast in 1943. Its location remained unknown until a team from Project Recover found it on the sea bed in July. The ship survived the blast and was towed for repairs, but the incident led to the loss of 71 sailors. Project Recovery, a NOAA-supported team from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and University of Delaware, found the ship. After the wreckage was identified, the team aboard the recovery ship cast... Читать дальше...

WINX has been invincible for more than three years but owner Peter Tighe concedes the great mare is not infallible.

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August 17, 2018. Adrian Burragubba, of the Babinburra clan of the Wangan and Jagalingou People of Central Queensland, speaks outside Federal Court in Brisbane after his indigenous group was ruled against in its bid to block Adani over the Indian mining giant’s Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. The indigenous group have been fighting against the mining company, claiming they did not give permission for the mine to go ahead. Mr Burragubba says the group respects the court’s decision and “it’s been a long... Читать дальше...

Australia Zoo has announced the birth of a brand new baby from giraffe mum Rosie, who brought the adorable, long-legged calf into the world on August 14. Born at almost two metres tall and weighing in at around 60kg (132 pounds), the giraffe was in good health after its 15-month gestation period, zookeepers said. Rosie and her baby are spending quality time together before rejoining the rest of the herd on the Queensland zoo’s African Savannah. A press release from Australia Zoo explained that giraffe always give birth standing up... Читать дальше...

Online retailer Kogan has credited the surge its annual profit to its expanded product range and a successful marketing strategy.

CAN Essendon take advantage of a injury-hit Richmond?

Video obtained Friday, August 17, 2018 of ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry in Melbourne. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne AC QC asks Mr Kell if civil penalty proceedings are the ultimate enforcement mechanism. Mr Kell says: "Civil penalty proceedings are a very important part of the deterrence tool kit."(AAP Video/Supplied/Royal Commission) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

MELBOURNE has revamped its forward line as its place in the top eight goes on the line against West Coast on Sunday.

Video obtained Friday, August 17, 2018 of ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry in Melbourne. Mr Kell says grandfathering of commissions is not in the interests of consumers. “The parliament has, in effect, put in place a provisions that enables the continuing payment of commissions that generate conflicts of interest and unnecessary costs widely across the financial system,” Mr Kell says. (AAP Video/Supplied/Royal Commission) NO ARCHIVING... Читать дальше...

SA Police detectives interview Domenico Antonio Papalia over the brutal murder of his friend Edward Camilleri on August 31, 2011. Video: SA Police

A firefighting helicopter has crashed on the NSW south coast killing the pilot who was the only person aboard.

IT’S been a full 25 years since the Camry Crows were “revvin’ hard til the siren goes”.

POLICE are searching for a man they believe assaulted a woman at Willunga.

MIGHTY mare Winx takes the spotlight but there are other top spring carnival prospects to keep an eye on at Caulfield and Royal Randwick on Saturday.

Rescuers have collected hundreds of people stranded on rooftops following unprecedented flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where more than 160 people have died.

Malcolm Turnbull convinced his party room to support his national energy plan, but now he needs to do it all over again with some new measures attached.