澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-10

And a a new house price survey reveals both good and bad news for buyers. Loan repayments are shrinking because of falling interest rates, but the amount needed for a deposit is rising.Financial comparison website, Ratecity, says the average Australi

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-09

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is being remembered as a strong but divisive leader. Baroness Thatcher has died in London following a stroke. She became Britain's first female prime minister in 1979 and transformed the U.K. with a rad

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-08

A new level of mutual trust and benefit. That's how Australia and China are now describing their partnership. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has held her first meeting with President Xi Jinping and she says her(口误) it's left her with a real sense o

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-07

When the markets finished to the end of the trading week and in Europe, London's FTSE was down 94 points. That's around one and a half percent. It was even worst in Germany. The Dax's down 159 points. Ah....Similar story in the US, although not quite

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-06

A large high is directing moist winds and showers onto the coasts of NSW and Queensland. Troughes over southern parts of WA and central Australia are generating storms and showers. Looking around the country. In Queensland, there'll be storms in the

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-05

A senior government adviser on asylum seekers is demanding the removal of children from Manus Island's processing centre. Refugee advocate Pairs Aristotle was part of the panel of experts who recommended the return to offshore processing. He says the

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-04

More than fifty people have been killed and scores injured in a Taliban attack in western Afghanistan. It happened at a court building where the militants tried to free suspected Taliban members who were standing trial. The attackers were disguised a

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-15

The Federal Government is preparing for a fight with some states over its plan to increase school funding. It wants to give schools 14.5 billion dollars more over six years and is asking the states to chip in about a third of the cash. But Queensland

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-14

Portugal and Ireland are to be granted an extra 7 years to pay back their emergency bailout loans. European Union and the IMF bailed out the Republic of Ireland in 2010 and Portugal in 2011. The 17-member-group that uses the euro currency agreed to t

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-16

And two explosions in Boston, at the finishing line of Boston marathon have claimed two lives. According to local media outlets, including the Boston Globe, more than 100 people injured and are being treated in nearby hospitals. There's been a series

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-17

To finance and the International Monetary Fund has timed its projections for global economic growth.It cut for custs 3.3% this year and 4% next year.And the IMF blames a most subdue outlook for the United States and Europe. Emerging market and develo

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-18

Boston police investigating the marathon bombings have canceled a media conference due to be held about now. It's the latest twist of a number of developments overnight. It's believed the suspect has been identified on security camera footage taken i

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-03

And the eurozone has passed another bleak economic milestone. The official jobless rate across the 17 member states has hit a combined record high of 12 percent. More than 19 million people were unemployed in February. That's an increase of one and t

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-02

South Korea says it will retaliate with a strong combat response if it's attacked by North Korea. The threat comes as North Korea vowed to expand the country's nuclear weapons program and declared war on the South. Pyongyang has issued multiple threa

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-01

Two Australian special force soldiers have been wounded in a bomb blast in Afghanistan. The defense force says improvised explosive device was detonated during a patrol in Helmand province. Another coalition soldier and two soldiers from the Afghan a

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-03-31

South Korea's Samsung group has won a five-billion-dollar contract to redevelop Western Australia's Roy Hill iron ore mining project. The company confirmed the contract is to build a process plant to export iron ore as well as a railway line and port

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-03-30

Let's take a look at the satellite A low pressure trough is triggering showers in northern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland. A low in the Top End is producing heavy rain and storms, a weak trough in the west is causing a few showers. While

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-03-28

Let's get to those growing concerns about potential changes to superannuation, the prime minister won't rule out cutting tax breaks on the super of high income earners. Labor backbencher Joel Fitzgibbon has given his warning the government not to tar

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-03-27

There've been more angry protests in Cyprus as that country's banks remain closed. Authorities are still working on measures to restrict withdrawals to stop a feared run on deposits. They also want to control the flow of the money out of the country.

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-03-26

An Australian held captive for 15 months says he is overwhelmed by the compassion shown toward him since his release. Warren Rodwell has spoken for the first time about being held by a militant group in the Philippines. He has thanked to authorities