澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-17

US President Barack Obama travels to Connecticut to mourn the victims of the Newtown mass shooting. President Obama will meet with grieving families. He'll also speak at a vigil. There's mounting pressure for Washington to introduce much tougher gun

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-18

The first funerals have been held for the victims of the mass school shooting in the U.S state of Connecticut. The Community of Newtown has farewelled Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto, both aged 6. They were among the 26 killed when a gunman opened the fir

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-01-12

Leading the news this morning:Ten people are dead and 78 others are still missing as southeast Queensland faces its worst flood crisis in decades. Fifty thousand homes across the region are now without power. In Brisbane, more than 30,000 people will

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-01-27

As more details are emerging about the man who's thought to have organised last month's asylum seeker boat that sank off Christmas Island. Ali Hamid, who's an Australian citizen, was arrested late yesterday for immigration violations. Now a police so

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-01-28

Egypts government is being urged to embrace political reform. The country's opposition leader, Mohamed ElBaradei, says the government must listen to the people. But the people arent listening to the government. They are continuing their protests and

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-01-29

The US economy continues to show encouraging signs of recovery with growth picking up to 3.2 per cent in the final quarter of 2010. The result takes the annual growth rate for the last year to 2.9 per cent, the biggest increase since 2005. US Treasur

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-01-26

The Federal Government is considering an increase to the Medicare levy to pay for the flood recovery. Newspaper reports this morning say Prime Minister Julia Gillard and senior economic ministers met yesterday to discuss a levy. Its reported they fav

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-01-23

Taking a look at the satellite image now. Cloud over the southeast in a trough is triggering storms. Patchy cloud along Queensland and northen New South Wales is causing showers. Cloud across the north is causing rain and storms with a tropical low c

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-01-20

The small Victorian western town of Dimboola is the latest community threatened by the surging floodwaters. Several homes have already been flooded and residents have been told to evacuate. The large volume of water is putting immense pressure on the

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-01-21

Julia Gillard has signaled she's thinking about introducing a flood levy to pay for the massive reconstruction bill. The Prime Minister says the Government is committed to keeping to its timetable to return the budget to surplus. She says tough spend

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-08

A trough over Queensland is triggering potentially severe storms in northern Australia. While hot, northerly winds are filtering into South Australia and Vicotria. Finally troughs over WA, South Australia, and in the Northern Territory are triggering

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-14

The US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice has pulled out of the race to become the country's next secretary of state. She says the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly. US President Barack Obama has confirmed Ms Rice

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-19

And Cotton On has received a record fine for selling extremely flammable children's pyjamas. The clothing company will be forced to pay one million dollars. The Federal Court ruled that it breached the the Trade Practices Act by selling pyjamas that

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-12

And HSBC has confirmed it's to pay a record fine of 1.9 billion dollars in a settlement over a money laundering. A US senate investigation earlier in the year found the bank had been a conduit for drug kingpins and rogue nations. The bank had been ex

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-07

New South Wales police are mourning the death of a respected colleague who was attacked as he tried to stop a neighbourhood dispute. Detective inspector Bryson Anderson was fatally wounded just moments after arriving at the Oakville property in Sydne

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-05

And big four banks haven't revealed whether they'll pass on their interest rate cut in full. The official cash rate is now three percent and it's the lowest it has been since the peak of the financial crisis back in 2008. ING Direct was the first to

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-03

A new CSRIO report warns average temperatures will rise by up to six degrees celsius by the turn of the century, because of increasing air pollution. It says greenhouse gas emissions rose by three percent last year and almost as much as that again th

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-04

Many economists are predicting the Reserve Bank will deliver an early-Christmas present when it holds its final meeting of the year today. Financial market are betting on a quarter of one percentage point interest rate cut. Latest figures show a slow

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-09

When the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up 13 points. The Dax and Euro were down. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is up. The SP 500 is also up, while the Nasdaq is down 12 points. A

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-10

The management of Sydney radio station 2-Day FM says it will cooperate fully with any investigations into a royal prank call that ended in tragedy. The London hospital at the centre of the hoax has officially complained after the nurse who took the c