Новости за 16.11.2016

In kindergarten, the young James Foley drew a house on fire. It had a door with a door knob as big as a steering wheel, with a chimney, and it was consumed by purple flames. In Year Two he drew a teddy bears' picnic. ''Hey, Mr Author Man,'' a child once asked him. ''Why did you draw a dancing rubbish bin?"

Before you get too excited, the First Dates' breakout star says he's still 'looking for someone' and he's not about to give up his 'trademark' lines.

LeBron James has led the charge with 28 points and 14 assists, helping the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 121-117.

Brisbane City Council's incentive scheme to attract student accommodation development has established 27 approved projects since February 2015.

Victoria's youth parole board has rejected the state government's bid to move some teen inmates into adult jails as punishment for rioting at a juvenile detention centre.

Want to know why Perth got such a soaking on Wednesday? Blame it on the 'mid-latitude' cyclone that's made landfall around Geraldton in the Mid West.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused Labor of putting Australia's security at risk by questioning the US alliance following Donald Trump's election victory.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs will be replaced with a new commissioner when her term expires next year.

Forget prestige homes and classic Queenslanders – the properties in highest demand are affordable homes with potential.

Australia's most senior public servant, Martin Parkinson, has taken a veiled swipe at the short-sightedness of Donald Trump's pledge to tear up the Trans-Pacific Partnership and scale back the United States' economic leadership in Asia.

It's been years since an early round of Sheffield Shield cricket carried this much importance. We've blacklisted some of the main men as a massive reshuffle of the Test team looms.

We need to drink eight glasses of water a day, right?

The extension of the second highest tax threshold from $80,000 to $87,000 to give middle-income families relief, along with cuts to some family tax benefits, has backfired, leaving many poorer families worse off, according to independent analysis.

Michael Collins has never managed a Canberra Cavalry team missing both Jack Murphy and Brian Grening from the roster.

Corrupt insiders at offshore call centres used by Australian companies are offering for sale the private data of customers of Optus, Telstra and Vodafone.

ACT Brumbies stakeholders met on Wednesday night to push through major constitutional changes to help the Super Rugby club find some off-field stability.

A warming climate means the days of Melbourne's boulevards being lined with exotic elm trees are numbered. Instead, the city's landmark boulevards will be lined with trees that can tolerate the higher temperatures forecast in the future. But don't think that automatically means gum trees.

Jack Waterford (CT, November 5) calls Malcolm Turnbull a dud. I say the whole federal Liberal Party is a dud.

Champion jockey James McDonald has put his million-dollar job with Godolphin on the line for the sake of $1000 bet, which would have netted him less than $5000.

Australia's cricket crisis has claimed its first scalp.

The Queensland government has been criticised for funding the Environmental Defender's Office, which helps people fight big miners and developers.

Would you trust Donald Trump with $US20 trillion ($26.6 trillion) of debt? How about lending him another $US7 trillion or so on top of that? You wouldn't be alone in thinking twice about the prospect.

The resignation of another long-serving Richmond board member and the club's move to legislate against dead wood directorships should be seen as a victory for those challengers to the club who have been portrayed in recent months as the lunatic fringe of AFL supporters.

Public servants enjoy generous conditions and entitlements that leave plenty of room for trade-offs in wage negotiations.

Almost 50 bus routes are set to be redirected through Brisbane's CBD from next month to allow for construction to start on the $3 billion Queen's Wharf Brisbane project.