Новости за 21.03.2016

Some of rugby league's most respected names - and a few bad boys - are expected to petition the Rugby League Players Association after the group's new chief executive informed Tilda Khoshaba her role as General Manager of Player Engagement and Development was made redundant.

Two people have been injured in a crash involving a school bus at Quaraiding, about 165 kilometres east of Perth.

The big elimination battle between Gianni and Zana and Luciano and Martino begins with all the teams lined up in Kitchen Headquarters for reasons that remain opaque.

Four Russian track-and-field athletes have tested positive for the banned drug meldonium, Russia's athletics chief said on Monday, a disclosure that further undermines Moscow's efforts to overturn a doping ban in time for the Olympic Games.

It took a jury less than an hour to find Perth man guilty over ISIS threats on Facebook.

Pro-life supporters have been banned from protesting within 50 metres of Canberra's abortion clinic under new laws that come into effect on Tuesday.

Federal public servants have been told to prepare for late nights at work after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the federal budget would be brought forward a week to May 3.

Paul Keating's former business partner in a NSW piggery claimed that the former prime minister had made more than $4 million from the controversial investment, the Herald reported on this day in 1999.

Suspended Essendon star Dyson Heppell said on Monday night he felt angry over the Bombers' supplements saga.

Normal transmission has been resumed. Now, back to early morning alerts for people who might find themselves in the wrong room at dawn (Column 8, last week).

Australia needs a parliament that reflects voter intention, a prime minister from either side with his own mandate, and a bout of common sense on tax and the economy.

The constitution is being called upon to grant the wishes of a Coalition government, which has been floundering. The polls have spoken, so it is time.

There is a $20 billion-plus unanswered question at the heart of the biggest public transport project in Sydney, NSW and Australia. And it is highly likely the Baird government will at least pretend over the coming year to let the community have its say in answering the question.

Brisbane's City Council likely make-up is 19 LNP councillors, five Labor councillors, one independent and Brisbane's first-ever Greens candidate.

Perth live music fans may soon enjoy a back-to-the-future revival of one of their hallowed hangouts with the Devilles Pad said to be reopening under a new name.

Collingwood utility Travis Varcoe will miss the start of the AFL season with a hamstring injury.

A Subiaco facial plastic surgeon hopes to tour a rare French vintage car around the country before auctioning it for $250,000 on eBay - all as part of a plan to aid poverty-striken African villagers.

Ghost bike honouring young Danish cyclist killed in 2014 disappeared from a busy inner Brisbane intersection, only to be dumped a few blocks away.

ACT Brumbies chief executive Michael Jones has been stood down by the club's board following a turbulent two weeks that have seen rumours develop into his departure.

Ken Courtis went to the bank on Saturday. He wanted to withdraw some cash. Nothing unusual so far. But this was Japan.

Heavily-armed police have stormed a Geelong house bringing a six-hour siege to an end.

A very real, albeit inchoate, anger (indeed, rage) is lying just below the polite surface of society.

​As the limp body of an Aboriginal woman in custody was put in a wheelchair and her eyes rolled back moments before her death, a police officer still believed she was exaggerating her illness.

These properties on sale for under $1 million are surrounded by mansions and famous neighbours on elite streets.

The core of Sydney FC's squad is reeling from the tragic loss of one of the most successful and respected player agents after 37-year-old Dragan Jevtic passed away due to a stroke on Friday night.