Новости за 04.03.2016

As Donald Trump surges towards a lock on the Republican nomination for the US presidency, the party of Lincoln is in extraordinary meltdown, on the verge of civil war over the prospect of the New York real estate mogul and reality TV star being anointed as its candidate for the White House.

When Lucy Perry testified at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney last March, spectators clapped and cheered as she offered evidence.

Woman who supported reforms proposed by Australian cleric says she is disillusioned after his responses to royal commission.

The White House will gather state and local officials next month to craft an urgent plan of attack to stop the spread of the Zika virus.

The Australian women's football team have one hand on a ticket to Rio after maintaining their perfect record in qualifying with a confident 2-0 win over South Korea in Osaka, Japan on Friday.

John Messara's perceived power in the racing industry is such that a string of prominent industry figures have declined to be quoted.

A Turkish court on Friday sentenced two Syrians to four years in jail over the drowning of five people including toddler Alan Kurdi, the image of whose dead body sparked global sympathy last September over the fate of migrants, Dogan news agency said.

The Brumbies aren't getting carried away despite their perfect start to the Super Rugby season.

Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech will be out for three to four weeks with the calf injury he picked up in the Premier League defeat by Swansea City, manager Arsene Wenger has said.

The pressure is now on Pope Francis to do more to rid the Catholic church of the stain of child sex abuse.

The Socceroos will take on England at the end of May, 13 years after stunning the Three Lions in their last clash in London.

The politics of perception – it's delicate, it's public controlled and it's something politicians still struggle to understand let alone master.

The NSW Waratahs will leave Canberra battered and bruised, but coach Daryl Gibson says the problems his side encountered in their 32-15 loss to the Brumbies are "certainly not terminal".

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk could have underestimated the cost of his rubber-tyred Brisbane Metro system by nearly $1.5 billion, according to an internal state government document.

A Brisbane City Council candidate has been subjected to disgusting racial abuse during his campaign to win the new southside ward of Calamvale for Labor.

Trent Barrett says his team were given an early "wake up call" after admitting he felt "pretty empty" having witnessed his Sea Eagles thumped 28-6 by Canterbury in his first game as a head coach.

Two young teenagers in school uniforms have been reported missing in Melbourne.

Homes and lives are under threat in Brigadoon after a suspicious bushfire broke containment lines.

The ACT Brumbies have snapped a four-game losing streak against the NSW Waratahs, notching up back-to-back wins to start their Super Rugby campaign with a hard-fought 32-15 victory in Canberra.

Brisbane have breathed new life into their A-League finals charge with a pulsating 3-2 comeback win over Western Sydney.

After some hesitation about whether this NAB Challenge match would even proceed, the lights eventually came on at Drummoyne Oval – and Greater Western Sydney had no trouble shining in the season's first Sydney derby, running out easy 34-point winners.

Trent Barrett's first outing as an NRL coach will bring recurring nightmares after his Sea Eagles were thumped 28-6 by an impressive Canterbury side.

It seems a ridiculous tag to apply to a government with a prime minister three times more popular than his opponent and with his party still ahead in the polls.

A new zipline and bus loop would be introduced to Mt Coot-tha under a re-elected Liberal National Party council administration, Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk will announce on Saturday.

The defending 4 x 100m champions could be Australia's first Olympic gold in Brazil but none of them wants to tempt fate ahead of the Australian trials.