澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-26

The National Assessment Program in Australian schools has failed to score highly in a survey of more than 8,000 teachers. More than half say they now spend more time teaching for the Naplan test and less time on face-to-face learning. A group of scie

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-23

A 17-year-old Brisbane girl has fallen to her death from a hotel balcony during schoolie celebrations on the Gold Coast. Police were called on to the Chevron Renaissance Hotel in Surfers' Paradise where her body was found on the pool deck. Prime Mini

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-19

Australia will sit on the United Nations Security Council again after nearly 30 years. Members of the UN Genearal Assembly have voted to give Australia a temporary seat. A delighted Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr has thanked the African and Pacifi

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-26

Nauru is charging a premium for Australia to send asylum-seekers there. It intends to impose a 1,000-dollar-a-month charge on visas for asylum-seekers. That's more than 30 times the amount charged for other refugees. The move could cost the Australia

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-25

The UN's envoy to Syria says the Assad's regime has agreed to a ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid which begins tomorrow. Lakhdar Brahimi says most Opposition groups say they'll also abide by the truce. He says he hopes the holiday ceasefire

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-30

Millions of Americans are preparing for the worst as hurricane Sandy bears down on the east coast. It's expected to make landfall later this morning with winds of up to 140 kilometers an hour. Public transport systems have shut down, thousands of fli

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-23

A disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has been officially stripped of his seven Tour De France titles by the sport's governing body. The International Cycling Union has accepted the findings of the U.S Anti-doping Agency's investigation. Armstrong rece

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-18

Australia's long campiagn to win a seat on the United Security Council is finally reaching its climax. Foreign minister Bob Carr is in New York the moment to rally last minute support, voting starts in the early hours of tomorrow morning. The prime m

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-16

The Opposition leader Tony Abbott has met the Indonesian president, but didn't raise his key policy of turning back asylum seeker boats. The country's foreign minster says it wasn't mentioned during Mr.Abbott's meeting with president Susilo Bambang Y

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-14

And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was down 36 points. The Dax and Euro also closed moderately lower. In the US, trading closed a short time ago and the Dow Jones edged slightly higher, while the SP 500 fin

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-15

A website publishing the names and faces of known sex offenders in Western Australia will go alive today. The public will have access to the names of about 50 child sex offenders and the suburbs in which they live. But there are concerns it could enc

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-20

A low pressure trough is triggering the odd storm over southern Queensland, warm to hot and dry northeasterly winds have prompted a severe fire danger warning in northeast New South Wales. Another trough is triggering thunderstorms over western Austr

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-21

When the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was down 21 points, while the Dax and Euro were also down 57 and 32 points respectively. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is down 224 points, whil

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-25

When markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up 28 points. The Dax and Euro were also up 64 and 22 points, respectively. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is up 173 points, while the SP 500 is

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-17

So more finance news and the owner of Channel Nine is expected to meet creditors again this morning to try to determine the future of the debt-ridden company. Nine Entertainment owes its lenders more than 3 billion dollars. Yesterday, Nine boss David

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-17

A trough over northeastern New South Wales and southern Queensland is triggering showers and the odd storm. While another trough over northern and western Australia is also bringing showers and storms. In the south, a high pressure system is directin

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-20

At least 100 people have now died in those Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. A Medai Tower was targeted for a second day, killing at least one senior member of Islamic Jihad. Hamas is also being firing rockets at Israeli towns. Efforts are continuing in Ca

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-19

A Hamas official and eight members of his family have been killed in a single strike on a Gaza home. Israel says the bombardment will continue for as long as Hamas keeps launching rockets across the border. Hamas has fired more than 500 rockets in th

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-22

Israel and Hamas have stepped back from the brink of war this morning. A ceasefire was declared, an hour and a half ago, after a week of bloodshed, the truce was announced by Egypt's foreign minister at a Cairo news conference with the U.S Secretary

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-04

And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up seven points. The Dax and Euro were up 28 and 13 points respectively. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is down 115 points, while the SP