澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-21

A group of asylum seekers is refusing to leave the roof of the Villawood Detention Centre following the death of a fellow detainee. Eleven men say they won't come down unless authorities agree to review their asylum applications. The Immigration Depa

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-03

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has described the Coalition's billion-dollar offer for Hobart hospital as reckless. Mr Wilkie yesterday announced that he'd support Prime Minister Julia Gillard's attempt to form government. And it means Labor is now just

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-04

Local stocks ended only slightly high today, but they kept their best weekly performance in the year. The All Ordinaries finished up 15 points. The ASX 200 put on just nine points but it put on about four per cent for the week. Fortescue Metal Shares

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-07

After two weeks, Australians should find out today just who'll be getting the keys to the Lodge. The three independents yesterday wrapped up a deal with both major parties on parliamentary reform. And West Australian National's MP Tony Crook has conf

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-08

While the uncertainty is finally over, now the hard work begins. Julia Gillard's first task will be sorting out her ministry after scraping back into government. She needs to find a spot for her predecessor Kevin Rudd, and she's also offered independ

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-09

A policeman is in critical condition after being shot during a drug raid in Sydney's southwest overnight. Police were searching a Bankstown flat for drugs when it happened. Dozens of riot police descended on the area and residents were ordered to sta

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-10

The US President Barack Obama has joined international condemnation of a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran. Mr Obama says the burning would be a recruitment bonanza for Al Qaeda. He's appealing to the congregation's pastor to consider

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-11

US stocks finished the week with the 7th gain in eight sessions. Improvement in the trade deficit and some better than expected jobs data pushed the Dow up half a per cent. Across the Atalantic, London's FTSE 100 hit a four-month closing high for the

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-15

Malcolm Turnbull has been given the brief to demolish the government's National Broadband Network. Tony Abbott has appointed the former opposition leader as communications spokesman. While labeling the government's plan a white elephant, Mr Turnbull

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-17

Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in the United Kingdom. The 83-year-old Pontiff was greeted by the Queen in Edinburgh before celebrating Mass for 70,000 Scottish Catholics. He told the crowd that secularism in the UK threatened to damage society and tha

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-07

Australia won six swimming gold medals on the third night of competition at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Leisel Jones won gold in the 200m breaststroke ahead of compatriots Tessa Wallace and Sarah Katsoulis who took the silver and bronze meda

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-17

First, to the satellite image and a dominant high is keeping skies clear and conditions chilly across eastern Australia. Low cloud over the southern states is triggering scattered showers there. A northern trough is generating late storms about the t

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-16

The Australian dollar has hit parity with the US dollar for the first time since the Australian currency was floated. The new post-float high comes after a rally over recent months that's been fueled by growing expectations the Federal Reserve will p

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-14

Optimism at the Chilean mine continues to grow with more than half of the miners now rescued. Twenty-one miners have now been winched to safety, and authorities say the operation is now running ahead of schedule. Schapelle Corby has been accused of f

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-19

A typhoon has ripped through the northern Philippines, killing one person and cutting power and communications. A state of calamity has been declared in Isabela province after the area was hit with winds of 200 kilometers an hour. The Red Cross says

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-15

Chilean President Sebastin Pinera has promised a review of the country's mine safety standards. Mr Pinera met the 33 rescued miners at the hospital where they are recovering. Speaking outside Copiapo Hospital, the president promised that never again

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-22

A report has found that the Federal Government's role in handing down the water cuts for the Murray-Darling Basin is not clearly defined and lacks accountability. It's the first progress report by the COAG Reform Council and it looks at the 2008 wate

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-21

Let's first take a check of the markets. And stocks have been modestly higher this morning. There was a good rise when the markets open but now the All Ords and the ASX 200 are on the up around one-fifth of a per cent. Tabcorp is leading the way afte

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-20

The Government has played down speculation that Australia could be involved in the war in Afghanistan until 2020. Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have both expressed their support for Australia's commitment beyond 2014.

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-12

Hello. The Immigration Minister Chris Bowen will meet the East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta today. Mr Bowen arrived in East Timor last night. It'll be the first round of direct talks with the East Timorese government about a proposed regional