澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-16

Two people are dead and a woman is critically injured after a light plane crashed in western Victoria overnight. A 43-year-old woman has been flown to hospital in Melbourne, suffering from serious head, chest and abdominal injuries. A 69-year-old man

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-17

A meeting between the French and German leaders to discuss Europes debt crisis has failed to calm nerves on world markets. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are pushing for closer economic coordination in the eurozo

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-18

A young Melbourne girl has died and two others are in hospital after a dog attack last night. The four-year-old was playing with her cousin at her St Albans home when they were attacked by a neighbour's dog. The little girl died at the scene. The dog

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-15

A man will face a Brisbane court today charged with the murder of Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe. Police are continuing to search rugged bushland near the Glass House Mountains for his body. The boy disappeared almost eight years ago while wait

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-12

The long-running Mr Men book series turns 40 this week. The very first Mr Men character was Mr Tickle. The long-armed bright orange character was created by author Roger Hargreaves in 1971. He got the idea when his six-year-old son asked what does a

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-07-20

Actor Charlie Sheen has announced hell return to television in the new comedy Anger Management. The show is based on a 2003 movie of the same name starring Adam Sandler. Sheen will take on the Sandler role in the TV show and retain an ownership stake

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-09

There have been dramatic scenes in London overnight with riots extending into a third day. The area of Croydon in the city's south was cordoned off as a building there was set alight. The Prime Minister David Cameron is reportedly boarding a plane to

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-10

The cult classic '80s movie Dirty Dancing is getting remade. Film studio Lionsgate has confirmed it will produce a new version of the popular coming-of-age movie which starred the late Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Dirty Dancing won Oscars for be

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-14

The weather satellite image shows there is a strong cold front surging into western Australia, spreading strong winds, rain and a few scoreless storms through the west. Mild and fresh northerly winds are pushing into eastern WA and South Australia ah

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-04

After more than 30 years at the helm, Edmund Capon is stepping down as head of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. He oversaw a period of transformation, boosting the gallery's profile. He hit the headlines three years ago when he purchased a $16 mil

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-06

Instability remains on global stock markets despite better-than-expected jobs figures in the United States. The US economy generated 117,000 jobs last month, cutting the unemployment rate to 9.1 percent. The data caused US and European markets to ral

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-07

A band of clouds stretching from southern Queensland through to New South Wales will bring stormy showers. Patchy cloud over South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania will generate scattered showers. Some isolated showers about the Quee

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-05

The phone hacking scandal engulfing the UK media has attracted another high-profile name. Heather Mills, the ex-wife of Beatle Paul McCartney, says a senior journalist from the Mirror admitted to hacking into her phone and listening to her voicemail

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-08

A collection of Bruce Lee memorabilia has gone under the hammer in Hong Kong nearly 40 years after the Kung Fu star's death. Thirteen items from a private collection were auctioned off, netting just over 200,000 Australian dollars for the owner. The

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-07-21

Australia's arts community is paying tribute to well-known actor David Ngoombujarra who died on the weekend. The 44-year-old was found in a park in Fremantle on Sunday and was pronounced dead at Fremantle Hospital. He was best known for his roles in

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-07-25

The music world is in shock with the news that British soul singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her north London home aged just 27. They tried to make me go to rehab, I said 'no, no, no' The troubled singer had a long battle with alcohol and

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-07-26

Music fans are flocking to the London home of Amy Winehouse where the 27-year-old singer's body was discovered. Floral tributes are piling up outside the Camden flat in north London. Police have yet to release any details about the cause of the soul

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-11

Marshall Grant from Johnny Cash's band, the Tennessee Two, has died. He was the bass player in the band, playing here on the left from 1954 until 1980. Marshall Grant was in Arkansas for a Johnny Cash Festival when he suffered an aneurysm and stroke.

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-07-28

Family and friends of Amy Winehouse have paid their last respects to the British singer at her funeral and cremation in London. Around 100 people attended a private Jewish service for the 27-year-old singer who died at her home on Saturday. The mourn

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-07-29

Finance now, and the US markets continue to lose steam overnight as investors remain very nervous about the debt ceiling vote, which has now been postponed. The Dow has closed down 62 points; the NASDAQ is one point higher; the SP500 is down four. An