澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-30

The Federal Government is adamant its emissions trading scheme should pass Parliament today. But a large rump of Opposition senators is determined to delay the vote, to allow the election of a new leader and a new policy direction on climate change.

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-12-01

The Federal Liberal Party will this morning decide whether to force Malcolm Turnbull out of the leadership amid increasingly bitter divisions over climate change policy. The leadership ballot would be a three-way contest between Malcolm Turnbull, Ton

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-12-02

The Coalition is poised to vote down the government's proposed emissions trading scheme in the Senate. It's expected most Coalition senators will oppose the bills in line with the wishes of their new leader, Tony Abbott. Some Liberals are contemplati

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-29

Hello, Jessica Askin with the National Weather. Cloud over the Top End and Queensland in a trough is triggering isolated showers and storms, mainly in the tropics though. Thick cloud over southern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania is causing sho

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-26

Australian photo journalist Nigel Brennan has been released by kidnappers in Somalia. After being held for 15 months, he and a Canadian colleague say they cant believe theyre free. Theyre now in a hotel in Mogadishu and are reported to be in good hea

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-23

Cooler weather forecast for this week is expected to help bring blazes across New South Wales under control. About a hundred fires are burning with residents in the central west townships of Kandos and Rylstone still on alert. But the weather bureau

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-24

The Rudd Government's emissions trading scheme is before Cabinet. It's due to sign off on the deal this morning before going to the shadow ministry. It's also expected to approve the plan, but 17 senators say they won't vote for it. Carbon is not a p

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-25

Malcolm Turnbull has reaffirmed his position as Opposition Leader in the wake of yesterday's gruelling party room meeting. Mr. Turnbull says his party agrees with him on doing a deal with the government on the emissions trading scheme. But some Liber

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-18

The remaining asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking are preparing to disembark. The Australian customs ship will leave Indonesian waters later today if the 56 Sri Lankans still on board honor a commitment to come ashore in Indonesia. Australian

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-20

The Rural Fire Service is urging people not to panic, despite issuing the highest possible fire danger warning in New South Wales for the first time. Forecast temperatures in the mid 40s and hot winds have pushed the fire danger into the 'catastrophi

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-21

Stocks in Europe have dropped for 4th consecutive day, marking the longest losing streak in four months. The Euro stock dipped almost 1%, the share markets slumped after the European Central Bank announced it would withdraw some emergency cash. The P

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-19

The Oceanic Viking standoff is over but that isn't stopping the political debate about asylum seekers. The remaining 56 Sri Lankans arrived at an Indonesian detention center overnight. The Opposition says the deal to fast-track their processing has s

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-22

Taking a look at the satellite picture first and you can see cloud streaming across the south and east. Thats generating areas of rain and storms. Ragged cloud over the northern tropic is bringing a little light rain. Cloud sweeping over the southern

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-04

A full independent investigation will be held into a huge fire at the West Atlas oil rig in the Timor Sea. The blaze has been extinguished and the oil and gas leak fueling the fire has also been plugged. The West Atlas rig had been gushing oil into t

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-05

An Australian academic who has been expelled from Fiji will leave the country this morning. Fiji-born Professor Brij Lal was briefly detained yesterday before being told he had 24 hours to leave. Hed given several interviews to Australian and New Zea

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-08

Hello, Kirsty Heenan with the National Weather. Cloud bands over northeastern New South Wales and central Queensland in a trough are causing showers and storms. Cloud being driven over the east coast in moist easterlies is bringing patchy showers. An

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-09

The Federal Government has taken a dip in the polls as a standoff with the group of asylum seekers onboard an Australian Customs ship continues. Today's Newspoll in the Australian newspaper shows 53% of voters think the government is doing a bad job

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-28

US stocks have dropped on concerns that Dubai's debt crisis could stall the global economic recovery from recession. The government-owned Dubai World has around 60 billion US dollars worth of debt. Its asked creditors if it can postpone repayment unt

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-11

New Zealand has rejected a Federal Government proposal to take some of the asylum seekers from an Australian Customs ship. The proposal is part of the governments plan to try to resolve the standoff involving 78 asylum seekers on the Oceanic Viking.

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-12

Australia is offering asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking resettlement in Australia within 12 weeks if they disembark in Indonesia and have their refugee status confirmed. About half of the 78 Sri Lankans aboard the Oceanic Viking could be in