澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-07

East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta says his country shouldn't become an island prison for Australia's asylum seekers. Prime Minister Julia Gillard wants to send asylum seekers to East Timor and New Zealand for processing. Neither country has fo

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-11

To the satellite imaging, broken cloud in a trough is stretching from coast to coast, causing widespread rain. Cloud over the southeast with a cold front is triggering showers and some alpine snow. A high over the Tasman is directing moist air onto t

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-08

On the satellite image, a high over the interior and the north is keeping skies mostly clear. There is some patchy low cloud over southeast. But it's staying dry. And cloud over southern WA will bring a few showers. On this synoptic chart, a high wil

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-08

The Prime Minister Julia Gillard is facing growing opposition to her plan to process asylum seekers in East Timor. The country's Deputy Prime Minister Jose Luis Guterres says the proposal is unlikely to be accepted. And a senior East Timorese politic

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-09

Prime Minister Julia Gillard appears to be backing away from her plan to send asylum seekers to East Timor. Three days after announcing that proposal, Ms Gillard now says setting up a centre on Papua New Guinea is another option. The Opposition says

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-26

And last night's Leaders Debate failed to produce a clear winner as both leaders stuck carefully to their campaign scripts. Julia Gillard tried to focus on industrial relations and creating an open dialogue on climate change. The Opposition leader To

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-10

The battle over broadband is set to take centre stage today with the Federal Coalition due to outline its alternative to the NBN. The Government says the 43-billion-dollar National Broadband Network will be complete by 2018. But the Opposition plans

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-11

Labor's hit out at Tony Abbott for failing, they say, to understand his own broadband policy. The Coalition yesterday released a six-billion-dollar plan to extend Internet services through a mix of cable and wireless technology. And it confirmed it w

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-12

An audience of undecided voters has declared Tony Abbott the winner over Julia Gillard at a public forum in western Sydney last night. The Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader field questions from about 200 voters at the Rooty Hill RSL Club. Juli

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-09

The latest Newspoll shows that Labor has an election-winning lead of 52 to 48 per cent, that's up from last week's 50-50 result. Today's Galaxy poll also shows the ALP with a narrow lead over the Coalition on a two-party preferred basis. The Federal

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-06

The election campaign has stepped briefly back in time with Kevin Rudd and John Howard duelling over who should lead the country. John Howard launched a stinging attack on Julia Gillard at a Liberal Party fundraiser last night, calling her a total fa

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-03

A Four Corners investigation has revealed that two people smugglers are being considered for resettlement in Australia. The program secretly filmed the men discussing their people smuggling operations. Both men claim to have refugee status from the U

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-04

At least five people have been killed in clashes on the border between Israel and Lebanon. Three Lebanese soldiers, a senior Israeli officer and a Lebanese journalist were killed in exchange. Lebanese forces say they opened fire after Israeli soldier

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-29

And Federal Labor MP Bill Shorten has spoken for the first time since he acted to oust Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister. Mr Shorten says he recognized the need for a change in the weeks leading up to the challenge but insists he only approached Julia Gil

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-06

The United Nations report has paved the way for the Federal Government to take a much stronger stance against asylum seekers. The High Commissioner for Refugees report re-points to greatly improved security in Sri Lanka, and says it should not be pre

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-05

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is expected to take a tougher approach to border protection when she announces her policy on asylum seekers this week. Cabinet will today discuss the future of Sri Lankan asylum seekers who've been left in limbo since May

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-10

Representatives from a group of mining companies say they are feeling positive after holding talks with the Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Perth. Rio Tinto boss Sam Walsh and Atlas Iron head David Flanagan were among about 20 miners who met the Prim

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-03

The new mining tax deals prompted the global miner Xstrata to reinstate about 600 million dollars in copper and mining exploration projects. Xstrata says it'll now go ahead with the extension of its Ernest Henry mine in north Queensland, which is sus

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-28

Leading the news this morning. Prime Minister Julia Gillard is today expected to announce her new-look Cabinet. Ms Gillard has spoken to dumped PM Kevin Rudd about his future in Parliament. She may reallocate her old portfolios to existing Cabinet me

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-26

The G8 meeting has got underway in Canada with Britain and the US pushing other nations to live up to their aid promises. Leaders of the group of eight nations, the world's eight largest economies, have gathered in Toronto for the meeting. The G8 nat