澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-02

Australian system of detaining and processing asylum seekers offshore is being challenged in the High Court. Four new challenges to the policy have been filed. Lawyers for at least 13 Afghani and Sri Lankan asylum seekers have already managed to dela

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-03

The second Australian was wounded during Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Fairfax photographer Kate Geraghty said she was attacked with a stun gun and suffered burns and bruising. Israel is deporting nearly 700 people arrested during the r

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-07

A poll shows that the Rudd Government would lose in an election if it was held today. The Nelson poll conducted for Fairfax, shows the Coalition leads Labor on a two-party preferred basis by 53% to 47%. That's an increase of three percentage points f

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-08

More than 80 asylum seekers have spent their first night at a mining camp in the remote Western Australian town of Leonora. The families from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Iran were flown to the town yesterday from the overcrowd detention centre at Chri

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-05-28

Federal Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor has accused West Australian Government of softening its stance on people smugglers. The State's Attorney-General Christian Porter has announced that WA will no longer house people smugglers in its prison

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-05-29

The Federal Government has been accused of misusing taxpayer money to fund its mining super profits tax campaign. The Government exempted itself from its own guidelines to run the ad blitz to counter what it says is misleading information from the mi

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-05

A positive turn in the US jobs market has failed to lift hopes of an economic recovery with 431,000 new jobs recorded in May. The unemployment rate dropped from 9.7 percent to 9.9 percent last month on the back of public sector hiring for an upcoming

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-18

US Congress has accused BP of paying no attention to the tremendous risks of drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. At a congressional hearing into Americas worst oil spill, BP chief executive Tony Hayward was accused of cutting corners to save money. In Eu

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-04

Close to 1.4 million workers are expected to benefit from a boost to the minimum wage. The Fair Pay Commission's awarded a $26-a-week increase, taking the minimum wage to 570 dollars. Employers had argued the increase should be limited to $ 12.50. Th

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-01

Documents show the Federal Government was planning ads promoting its super profits tax before the Henry review was publicly released. The review recommended the mining tax. Letters between Federal MPs show the Government expected the tax to affect sh

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-17

Goldman Sachs will pay a $600 million fine to settle a fraud case. The US financial regulator imposed the penalty on the bank for misleading investors about a hedge fund that was destined to fail. The Securities and Exchange Commission says the penal

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-18

The satellite image shows a cloud band stretching across southern Australia. A cold front is producing some scattered showers. Cloud extending through WA in a trough is generating rain across the northwest. There will be some isolated showers along Q

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-25

Patchy low cloud over the southeast trapped under a high is causing a few showers. Scattered cloud over coastal Queensland in onshore winds is also bringing showers. And wet weather will continue in Queensland and New South Wales tomorrow, brought on

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-07

The local share market has closed flat on the back of weakness in financial stocks, with investors cautious ahead of key US jobs data due out tonight. The All Ordinaries edged up just one point and the ASX 200 finished unchanged. The big four banks a

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-24

Regulators in the European Union say a stress test of 91 banks across the EU has found that the sector is in good financial health. The study measured the banks capacity to survive a severe recession or another sovereign debt crisis. And all the majo

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-02

The Prime Minister Julia Gillard is this morning poised to announce a deal with the big miners on the super profits tax. It's understood the deal could include lifting the rate which the super profits tax kicks in. The headline rate of 40 percent may

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-04

Taking a look at the satellite image first, and cloud near a low in the southwest is bringing some isolated showers. Therell also be a few showers over the north of Western Australia where a high cloud meets a trough. Queensland can expect a fine day

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-12

A dramatic World Cup final is being played out in Johannesburg between Spain and the Netherlands. The match is going into extra time after the score was locked at nil all. Both sides are vying for their first-ever crown in the history of the sport. T

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-13

The Federal Government says talks with Dili about processing asylum seekers on East Timor are going well, despite the country's parliament rejecting the plan. Dili's parliament voted against the proposal for a processing centre, but only 34 of the co

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-14

The Federal Government will use todays release of an updated economic forecast to push its economic credentials as it prepares to call an election. The forecast is expected to confirm that the budget will return to surplus in 2013. The Opposition say