澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-08

The Senate is expected to pass the Government's carbon tax legislation today. The Government and the Greens will use their numbers to bring on a final vote to the 18 bills. The Opposition is vowing to scrap the tax if it wins Government. The tax will

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-21

The death toll from Egypt's weekend of violence has risen to five and up to 900 people have now been injured. Police have once again stormed Cairo's Tahrir Square using batons and firing tear gas to disperse protesters. The violence has now spread to

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-07

Treasurer Wayne Swan has been told to abandon his plan for a budget surplus next financial year. Economic forecaster Deloitte Access Economics says the budget is heading for a deficit of almost $2 billion in 2012-13. Now the forecaster warns that fur

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-16

G20 finance ministers are meeting for two days of talks in Paris. Largely focused on the eurozone debt crisis. Greece is still in spotlight. But there are growing fears the crosses will spread to other indebted countries, such as Spain and Italy. The

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-18

The Foreign Affairs Department says it does not have any official confirmation at this stage that an Australian teenager accused of buying drugs in Bali will be sent to jail for processing. Indonesian prosecutors say the 14-year-old boy will be sent

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-26

And Eurozone leaders are meeting in Brussels tonight to come up with a strategy to confront Europe's worsening debt crisis. But there's already been a setback with one of the scheduled meetings cancelled. The finance ministers were going to thrash ou

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-27

European Union leaders have agreed on a plan to recapitalise European banks to try and withstand the ongoing debt crisis. British Prime Minister David Cameron says the deal is reliant on the eurozone adopting a full package to protect the euro itself

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-28

Global markets have welcomed their deals to tackle the eurozone's huge debt crisis. The agreement was reached after late night talks in Brussels. It includes a four- to five-folding increase in bailouts for struggling governments. Leading banks will

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-25

Rescue workers are continuing their frantic search for more survivors from Turkey's devastating earthquake. But as time goes on, they are losing hope of pulling any more people alive from the rubble. Thousands of people spent another freezing night s

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-22

A British inquiry has begun hearing evidence from victims of the phone-hacking scandal. Actor Hugh Grant told the inquiry that the Mail on Sunday, which is a paper not owned by Rupert Murdoch, may have hacked his phone. Earlier, Milly Dowler's parent

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-22

Taking a look at the weather satellite image. Cloud across the Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and western New South Wales could lead to rain and storms, patchy cloud is streaming into Queensland, bringing possible tropical showers. Aro

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-23

News Corporation has held its annual meeting of shareholders in the US. In his opening remarks at the meeting, chief executive Rupert Murdoch told angry shareholders there was simply no excuse for phone-hacking scandal and vowed to put things right.

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-09

And US President Barack Obama is selling education reforms as a key measure to improve Americas sluggish economy. He says investing in early childhood education will ensure the US remains competitive. Right out of the gate, it helps prepare our kids

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-24

Bushfire is still burning out of control near the West Australian town of Margaret River. At least 20 homes have been destroyed, more than 50 people have been evacuated. Firefighters are struggling to control the blaze, which started from a controlle

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-25

Firefighters in Western Australia are hoping better weather conditions today will help them get a huge bushfire under control. Towns in the Margaret River region have been under threat and 30 properties have been destroyed or damaged. Further south,

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-26

Taking a look at the weather satellite image, extensive cloud over Queensland and New South Wales is forming along a trough. Cloud from a low pressure system covers Victoria and Tasmania. There's also thick cloud over the Top End. Around the states n

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-23

And the US economy grew at a slower pace than previously estimated in the three months to the end of September. Revised figures from the US Commerce Department show that gross domestic product grew by two per cent. Now that's half of one per cent low

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-20

In business, Optus has called for Telstra's proposals on its participation in the national broadband network to be blocked. Optus' chief executive Paul O'Sullivan says Telstra's current plan for the separation of its retail and wholesale arms wholesa

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-17

There are growing signs the uprising in Syria could be sliding into armed conflict. Army defectors have destroyed part of an air force base near the capital Damascus. Arab League nations meeting in Morocco have carried out their threat to suspend Syr

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-18

Kevin Rudd says Australia will not back away from closing military ties with America. The decision to allow US troops, ships and aircraft to use Australian bases has ruffled feathers in Beijing. The US President Barack Obama has now arrived in Bali f