Новости за 21.09.2015

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten isn't worried about new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, but concedes he wanted to be the one to remove Tony Abbott.

Deep underground on a Norwegian island, the vault was made to protect Earth's crop seeds against the worst cataclysms of nuclear war and disease.

At least 30 people were killed in air strikes by a Saudi-led alliance on a Houthi-held security compound in northern Yemen on Monday, medical sources and officials said, in an escalating campaign that has claimed increasing civilian lives.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has vowed to champion a new, more rational form of politics in which difficult policies - such as an increase in the GST and industrial relations reform - are not ruled out prematurely because of short-term tactics.

Last week was supposed to be the moment to start correcting the aberration, but when it came, nothing happened.

Sydney should not consider the NRL grand final a privilege, not a right

ABC 7.30 host Leigh Sales has been criticised for her soft touch during the program's first interview with Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister after repeated claims she had previously been too tough on the Liberal leadership.

It's no secret that Australian scientists, by and large, did not like Tony Abbott. But will the new PM save science?

The Australian sharemarket began the week with a savage sell-off, erasing the previous week's gains as the fallout from the US Federal Reserve's decision to hold rates fed global economic concerns.

Victorian children are being severely traumatised and killed at a "disturbing" rate, and the system used to collate reports of abuse against them is so poor it could compromise the safety of victims, the Commissioner for Young People and Children says.

If Malcolm Turnbull is the tech sector's political messiah, then 25-year-old Wyatt Roy is the whizzkid point of contact.

Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras will return as prime minister on Monday, determined to secure debt relief from the country's creditors in his "first and most important battle" after scoring an unexpectedly clear election victory.

Police are negotiating with a man wanted on warrants who has barricaded himself inside a house in Melbourne's south-east.

Are the world's sharemarkets facing redundancy? Is a dogmatic devotion to out-dated financial theories destroying wealth? These questions are pondered at The Thinking Ahead Group.

Singtel-Optus has launched a major push to win broadband customers in the bush off Telstra before the national broadband network is completed.

Manchester City supporters ended a bad week by finding old enemy Manchester United closing to within two points of them at the top of the Premier League after a 3-2 victory at Southampton on Sunday.

Pressure is mounting on 7-Eleven ahead of a public hearing into allegations of rampant wage fraud.

Myer has sold just $3.7 million worth of shares in a retail entitlement offer that it hoped would bring in $122 million.

Racing NSW stewards on Monday sent a clear message to anyone wishing to cheat with the banned substance cobalt in that state – stay away or be wiped out.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he'll live in his own place in Sydney rather than the official residence across the harbour.

David Pocock and Michael Hooper have both been selected to start in Australia's World Cup opener.

Adam Goodes has chosen to fade out of the game, without fanfare on the night and eschewing ceremony in the next fortnight of football celebrations.

Malcolm Turnbull is facing a perfect storm in coming weeks with unhappiness in the party room over the dropping of "big "C" conservatives threatening to boil over, a difficult mini-budget pencilled in for October to facilitate tough policy changes, and strong criticism from the Productivity Commission over the Coalition's failure to undertake economic policy renewal.

Hawthorn midfielder says from a purely fitness perspective, Ryan Crowley could perform a role despite having not played for 12 months.

As well as promoting women, moderates and younger Liberals, Malcolm Turnbull's ministerial reshuffle richly rewarded those who plotted his leadership tilt against Tony Abbott.