澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-09-20

Billionaire businessman Frank Lowy has praised Muslim leaders for their response to last weekend's violent protest in Sydney. Mr.Lowy says the strong condemnation of the violence is proof that multi-culturism is still strong. He is also calling for a

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-06

Presidential rivals Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are in their final day frantic campaigning to win the hearts and minds of America's voters. They are neck and neck in the national polls, but Barack Obama has a small lead in the swing states. The Gree

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-07

Many economists are still betting on another interest rate cut before the end of the year. The Reserve Bank defied expectations yesterday by holding the cash rates steady at 3.25 per cent. Governor Glenn Stevens put it down to an improvement in local

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-14

And failed investment company, Banksia Securities, will close all of its ten branches by the end of the week. The Victorian-based company called in the receivers last month, owing investors around 660 million dollars. Most of those investors are farm

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-27

An abuse survivors group has complained to the international criminal court that the Catholic Church's guilty of crimes against humanity. Survivors network founder Barbara Blaine has travelled from the United States to give evidence at the Victorian

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-13

The federeal government's Royal Commission into child abuse could take several years to complete. Prime minister Julia Gillard announced the wide range inquiry late yesterday will investigate the way institutions like churchs and schools have handled

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-22

The Treasurer Wayne Swan is expected to announce 4-billion-dollar of cuts and changes to keep the government's budget surplus on track. Mr Swan will release his media economic outlook this morning. It's understood to include cuts to the defense budge

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-24

And it's been a rocky year for Fairfax and today's annual general meeting in Melbourne could create even more turbulence. Shareholders are expected to hold a protest vote over the lucrative pay deals given to its bosses. They were paid despite the fa

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-01

The U.S president Barack Obama, as you seeing, has arrived in New Jersey to inspect the storm damage. He'll be meeting rescue workers and residents in flood-ravaged Atlantic city. A massive clean-up is under way after the superstorm caused widespread

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-02

US President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney are back on the campaign trail. They suspended their campaigns in the wake of the super storm that caused widespread devastation across America's east coast. It's only five days now befor

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-03

A series of troughs is generating showers and storms in western Queensland, the northern territory, South Australia, and eastern West Australia. A high is driving the odd shower onto coastal New South Wales, while keeping Queensland, Victoria, and Ta

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-27

A trough is generating the occasional storm in western Queensland. A cold front crossing Victoria and Tasmania is bringing isolated showers. And a high is keeping the skies clear in the rest of the country. Looking around the states. There'll be isol

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-31

And that super storm is taking a heavy toll on business. The New York Stock Exchange remains closed, but it is reopening tomorrow, US time. It's the first time weather has shut the Exchange for two consecutive days since way back in 1888. The storm d

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-28

The Organization of Economic Development has warned the global financial crisis still has a long way to go. The OECD is expecting global growth of just 1.4 per cent. It also says the Eurozone will stay into recession well until 2013 and it's calling

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-28

Figures released by the US government show the economy grew at an annual rate of two percent in the third quarter. That's only tiny fraction more than most analysts had forecast, but much better than the 1.3 percent growth in the second quarter. Cons

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-29

A massive storm is bearing down on the US east coast. New York is going into lockdown. It's shutting the public transport system and schools and almost 400,000 people have been told to evacuate. Schools in Washington are also being closed. The hurric

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-30

Lord Justice Leveson says the British media has wreaked havoc on the lives of innocent people for decades. After a year long inquiry into that country's press standards, the Leveson report calls for tougher self-regulation of the industry. Now Britis

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-01

A trough is triggering rain and storms over parts of New South Wales, Victoria, South and West Australia and the Northern Territory. Meanwhile hot northwesterly winds are moving into Queensland and New South Wales. There is also the odd shower in sou

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-02

And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was down. The Dax and Euro was were also down. In the US, trading comes to close shortly and the Dow Jones is down. The SP 500 is down as well. And the Australian dollar i

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-29

Opposition leader Tony Abbott says a newly revealed document appears to show the prime minister breached the law over setting up that union slush fund. More of the transcript of an interview between Julia Gillard and her then employers at the law fir