Новости за 30.08.2015

The Transport Department has refused to prosecute commuters facing fare evasion charges and has launched a review of thousands of infringement notices issued under the myki system.

Injured workers will no longer have the opportunity to top up lump sum compensation payments.

The only surprise in a Paddington pub barring anyone wearing high-vis gear is that anyone is surprised. A pretentious Sydney bar? Get out of town. Sydney is famed for its snobbery.

The neurologist and acclaimed author explored some of the brain's strangest pathways in best-selling case histories such as The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.

Jarryd Hayne's ability to play on special teams will play a huge factor in San Francisco coach Jim Tomsula's decision on whether to pick the Australian in the 49ers' 53-man squad.

Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will ask cabinet to sign-off on measures to better protect client funds in the wake of the collapse of stockbroker BBY.

Widows have remembered fallen solders at the Shrine of Remembrance on Sunday as Legacy Week begins.

Labor has called on the Auditor-General to investigate what training Australian Border Force officials have been given since the agency was established in July this year and whether their legal powers extend to random visa checks.

Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African-American actor to play the iconic lead role of Jean Valjean in the popular Broadway musical Les Misérables, died Friday after falling from a fire escape in Brooklyn. He was 21.

Clive the Bard was born in the 80s, conceived by a 20-something's concern over such universal themes as women, apartheid, politics, sadness and the growing pattern of banksias.

Horsetrainer Gai Waterhouse and Prime Minister Tony Abbott have led tributes the for the late Bart Cummings, who died at his home early on Sunday morning.

Only hours after the death of Bart Cummings, Midas has saluted at Wyong wearing his famous yellow and green diagonal stripes silks on Sunday.

In his white baker's uniform, with his head bowed, Habibullah Afghan-Baig sat accused of groping and assaulting two young women looking for work in his Sydney business.

Brisbane Roar fans are speaking with their wallets, holding out on renewing memberships over the club's financial state.

Australian journalist Peter Greste has called on the Egyptian President to "undo the injustice" meted out to him and two al-Jazeera colleagues.

Black Pete, the servant of St Nicholas, has been a popular stock children's character in the Netherlands for centuries, but now a United Nations committee is wanting him "eliminated" for portraying negative racial stereotypes.

Unless the prices of oil and gas rebound strongly Santos will struggle to meet its interest bill in the current half.

Turkish warplanes struck seven Islamic State targets north of Aleppo, Syria, in the first Turkish contribution to a US led coalition to weaken the Islamic militant group's grasp on much of eastern Syria, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

Follow the action as the Saints host Sydney at Etihad Stadium.

If anyone joining the Socceroo squad in Perth this week is in good spirits it should be the man who could become the national team's creative fulcrum, Tom Rogic.

Colourful golfer John Daly has collapsed on a golf course and been taken to hospital.

Three teenagers who allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman in Armadale have been charged and will appear in court in September.

It was the day Bart Cummings held court with the Queen in Canberra.

Brisbane opened their Thursday night rout over South Sydney with two tries that encompassed their season.

And the PM emphasises that his policies are totally not his responsibility. Your news of the weekend, reduced to a snarky rant.