澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-17

A Senate inquiry will begin its public hearings today into the government's multi-billion-dollar home insulation program. The inquiry will hear evidence from a number of stakeholders within the insulation industry. The government's been criticized fo

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-18

A 22-year-old woman will face court today charged with the manslaughter of the former Socceroo Ian Gray. The 46-year-old former Australian soccer player was found in his Sydney apartment on Monday night. Investigators arrested a 22-year-old at a King

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-25

Three Australians have been named as suspects in the assassination of a senior Hamas member in Dubai. Dubai police have blamed Israel for the death, but Israel says there is no proof it was involved. Another 15 names have been added to the list of su

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-03-10

The Federal Opposition says it would be happy to fight a double dissolution election over proposed changes to private health insurance. The Senate has given the government another double dissolution election trigger by blocking legislation to means t

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-24

A 20-year-old man has been charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Queensland. Trinity Bates was taken from her Bundaberg home sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning. Her body was found in a drain near her family's house. The m

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-02

The latest Newspoll shows the Federal Coalition leads Labor in the primary vote for the first time since the election. The poll in the Australian newspaper shows the Coalitions primary vote at 41 percent to Labors 40 percent. When parliament resumes

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-04

The Federal Communications Minister has rejected criticism of his handling of plans for a National Broadband Network. An Auditors-General report says an initial tender process aborted by the government in April last year cost taxpayers 17 million dol

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-12

The former US President Bill Clinton has been taken to hospital in New York, he was admitted suffering from chest pains and has already undergone surgery to unblock two arteries. In 2004, President Clinton had a quadruple bypass operation. The Federa

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-13

Economic growth in Europe has faltered despite governments spending billions of dollars in stimulus. New figures show that in the final quarter of last year, growth in the 16 eurozone countries was 0.1%. Spain is in its 6th quarter of negative growth

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-14

Hello, Kathryn Stolarchuk with the National Weather. Checking the satellite picture, and thick cloud from the north to the southeast is generating rain and storms, leading to flooding in Queensland and New South Wales. Patchy cloud forming over South

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-07

Hello, Kirsty Heenan with the National Weather. Checking the satellite picture first and a cloud across much of the east is generating showers and storms in Queensland and flooding in eastern New South Wales. Cloud across the interior and south is tr

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-11

Australian citizen Stern Hu and three other Rio Tinto employees will stand trial in China charged with stealing commercial secrets and accepting bribes. It's alleged they used improper means to obtain secrets and bribes from several Chinese steel fir

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-03-11

The Federal Opposition leader has praised elements of the Prime Minister's health plan. Kevin Rudd says the government will reward hospitals that exceed national benchmarks. Tony Abbott likes that idea, but wants more detail. A high school student ha

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-08

Rescuers are still searching for survivors of a massive explosion at a power plant in the US state of Connecticut. Up to 50 people were reportedly feared dead and dozens more have been injured. It's believed the explosion was caused by a ruptured gas

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-09

Prosecutors have charged Michael Jackson's doctor with involuntary manslaughter. Michael Jackson's family arrived at the LA court to see Conrad Murray charged over the singer's death. Dr. Murray is accused of acting without caution when he administer

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-26

The Federal Government is tipped to announce a new rescue package for the insulation industry today. It scrapped its scheme last week and is now focusing on helping workers and businesses. A $ 41 million plan to keep installers in work or training ha

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-03-13

A report on the collapse of Lehman Brothers has found it disguised its financial position four weeks before filing for bankruptcy. The collapse of the American investment bank in September helped trigger the global financial crisis. Now a court-appoi

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-03-14

Hello, Claire Aird with the National Weather. Taking a look at the satellite picture first and cloud crossing WA ahead of a front is only bringing the odd light shower. Cloud over the interior and western South Australia is triggering showers and sto

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-03-15

The Federal Opposition is demanding the government inspect all homes insulated under its failed scheme. More than one million homes have been insulated under the program. But the government's paying for just 200,000 of them to be checked. The Opposit

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-03-12

Investigators are sifting through the ruins of a family home in western Sydney this morning after it was badly damaged by fire. They suspected it was caused by faulty insulation. The Federal Opposition is still applying pressure on the Government ove