澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-23

After a 32-hour-siege French police have killed the gunman accused of murdering 7 people in southern France.23-year-old Mohamed Merah opened fire on police as they stormed his apartment in Toulouse.He was shot in the head by police marksman as he tri

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-20

A gunman has shot dead a teacher and three young children at a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse.The attack happened as the students were arriving at the school,the gunman fled on a scooter.French prosecutors are linking the shootings with

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-17

Severe tropical cyclone Lua is causing rain and strong winds for northern WA as it nears the coast.A monsoon trough and tropical low are triggering heavy showers and storms elsewhere in the tropics.While a trough is generating a rain and storms in Ne

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-11

A trough in the east is generating heavy rains and possible storms across New South Wales and Victoria. Cool southeasterly winds are producing isolated showers along the southern coast, and a trough in the west is also bringing rain to Western Austra

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-20

Showdown for the Labor leadership could now be just a week away. Simmering attentions boiled over yesterday after the release of a video of Kevin Rudd, showing the former Prime Minister swearing profusely. Factional power breakers have told the ABC t

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-07

The big banks are refusing to rule out another interest rate rise.This is despite of course the Reserve Bank's decision to leave official rates on hold.The RBA has decided to keep the cash rate at four and a quarter percent for the second month,becau

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-17

A new report by the Grattan Institute says the Australian students are falling well behind their east Asian counterpart.Says Australia's education reforms are focusing on the wrong areas.Says Australia should be spending money on improving teacher qu

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-16

Qantas is expected to hundreds of jobs when it releases its hard failure result today.The speculation the airline will close one of its two maintenance in Victoria.Qantas has already flagged a sharp decline in profits. Analysts say a strike by coal m

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-10

A Sydney abattoir accused animal cruelty has been closed.Secret footage filmed at the abattoir shows animals being beaten before they slaughtered.The New South Wales food authority has launched an investigation. The federal government looks like will

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-08

New Zealand born billionaire is negotiating to buy substantial slash Tasmanian based timber Gunns.The ABC understands that Richard Chandler wants to buy around 40% of the company.The investment potentially clears the way it build the Tamar Valley pul

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-07

Residents in Saint George in southern Queensland are hoping a make-shift levee will hold back the worst of the record flood threatening the town.The Balonne river is expected to pick just over 14 meters this morning.About 30 homes have already been f

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-12

Australia's most powerful indigenous land council has thrown its weight behind a push to stop seabed mining. There has been a surging applications to explore for minerals off the Northern Territory coast. Traditional owners on Groote Eylandt, north a

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-14

Labor and Peace are questioning the Prime Minister's judgement after she decided appeal a Four Corner's report about the leadership coup.In a interview with the program,Juile Gillard denied she had been plotted to over-threaten Kevin Rudd weeks befor

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-15

The competition watch dog has set the prices that Telstra can charge its competitors the high speed broadband.The Australia competition and consumer commission will regulate price of ADSL to prevent Telstra from overcharging its rivals for the fixed

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-21

And Saudi Arbi says speculations are behind the current high oil prices and suppliers are in excess of demand. Petrol prices in Australia are nearing one dollar and sixty a liter.The Saudi Oil Minister says,crude at 125 US dollars a barrel is too hig

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-09

Police in the Queensland town of Saint George say it's unlikely that residents would be allowed back their homes until the weekend of the earliest.Flood waters there appear to a final peak just below 14 meters.Defense Force personnel have arrived in

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-10

The satellite image shows,a low lingering over the Taman sea,directing strong winds and large surf onto the south-east coat.A developing monsoon trough is causing heavy storms in the tropics. To Queensland first,and there will be scattered showers an

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-12

A suicide bomb has killed at least fifteen people and wounded more than thirty others in north west Pakistan.The attack took place at a funeral on the outskirts of the city of Peshawar.Police say the bombers appears to have targeted an anti-Taliban p

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-14

And china's decision to restrict exports of rare earth minerals is to be challenged at the World Trade Organization.The US,EU and Japan were reportedly file the suit the with the global trade watchdog.China is the largest producer of rare earths,whic

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-15

A group of Belgian parents have rushed to the site of a fatal school bus crashing in Switzerland,some still unsure if their child is among the dead.The children were returning from a skiing trip in the Swiss Alps,when their coach crashed into the sid