澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-05

Thick cloud is covering the country's southeast as tropical moisture is drawn south, ahead of a trough and a deep low.This is generating areas of rain, some heavy with potential thunderstorms.Skies are mostly clear over the west under a high. Queensl

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-06

Residents in northeast and western Victoria are bracing for the worst today as floodwaters continue to rise. Sixty residents in the town of Wangaratta in the states northeast have been told to evacuate. In Victorias west, residents at Skipton near Ba

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-13

Complaints have already started about Julia Gillard's new ministry that hasn't even been sworn in. The prime minister has upset universities by splitting education between at least two ministers. They say putting higher education under Senator Chris

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-26

Cloud is stretching from the northwest into the east in a trough, bringing rain and storms over Queensland. More cloud is spreading over southern Victoria and Tasmania ahead of a front which is producing some showers. Taking a look at tomorrow's fore

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-12

A trough is spreading across WA and is causing areas of rain. Patchy low cloud is clipping southern Victoria and western Tasmania, that's causing the occasional shower. A high in the east is keeping the weather mostly clear. In Queensland, isolated s

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-21

The local share market took its lead from a tumble on Wall Street today and not even a hearty outlook from the RBA deputy governor could pull it up. The All Ords and the ASX 200 closed more than one per cent lower. Billabong shares fell ten per cent

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-23

Australia is in uncertain political territory today. Three independent MPs hold the power to decide whether Julia Gillard or Tony Abbott will be given the opportunity to form the next Federal Government. The ABCs predicting the Coalition will win 73

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-31

Julia Gillard's hopes of forming the next government have been dealt a serious blow. A recalculation of the two-party preferred vote shows the Coalition now more than 1,900 votes ahead of Labor. The Prime Minister had previously said the party with t

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-01

Three Australians and a New Zealander were killed when their charter plane burst into flames in Papua New Guinea. The Trans Air plane overshot the runway on Misima Island and crashed into trees. One of the men killed was a 61-year-old marine pilot fr

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-02

Israel has hinted at a compromise with the Palestinians as direct talks between Middle East leaders begin in Washington. Israel's defence minister said the Jewish state would be willing to hand over parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians. The US Pres

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-26

The independent MPs wholl decide Australia's government have criticized the Coalition for its refusal to let Treasury cost its policies. Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor want information about the budget impact of both parties policies. Aus

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-30

Australia faces another week in political limbo as negotiations to end post-election power stalemate enter a second week. Four independents return to Canberra today to resume talks with major parties about who will form a minority government. And Lab

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-27

The Middle East peace process teeters on a knife-edge with a ten-month ban on building in Jewish settlements in the West Bank about to end. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging settlers to show restraint. Palestinian leaders have thre

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-27

Green's leader Bob Brown says party leader should consider appointing cabinet ministers from outside the government. The idea's also been raised by the Independent MP Rob Oakeshott as he decides which party to support in minority government. As vote

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-28

The US government has slashed second quarter growth signaling a more pronounced slowdown in the recovery from recession. Gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate of 1.6 per cent instead of the 2.4 per cent estimated by the Commerce Departmen

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-14

Labor's new frontbench will be sworn in today. In a last-minute change, Julia Gillards reinstated the Indigenous health portfolio. The government had been under fire from Indigenous groups for dumping that portfolio. The Federal Opposition says Kevin

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-29

The Coalitions denying that Labor has scored an early tactical win in the battle for deputy speaker. Coalition MP Peter Slipper got the job after Labor nominated him. He beat the Opposition's nominee Brute Score in a secret ballot. And when Federal P

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-30

A senior commando officer has told the ABC a decision to charge three Australian soldiers involved in the deaths of Afghan civilians has incensed his colleagues. Four children were among six people killed in an attack in February last year. The offic

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-01

Burmese officials say democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be released from detention next month as scheduled. Her lawyers say she is yet to be told. And they remain skeptical that this will actually happen. The Nobel Peace laureate won the country

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-28

The bulldozers are back in the West Bank. The Palestinian leaders have yet to decide if they'll stick with the peace talks. They threaten to walk if Israel resume(s) building in its West Bank settlements. They say they'll decide what to do after meet