澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-13

West Australian Nationals MP Tony Crook will reveal this morning whether he'll support the Federal Government's changes to the Migration Act. A vote on the bill to allow offshore processing is due to be voted on in the Lower House today. The Governme

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-20

Queen Elizabeth will begin her Australian visit this morning with a private audience - with the Governor General Quentin Bryce. The Queen and Prince Philip arrived in Canberra late yesterday. They were greeted by hundreds of local schoolchildren. The

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-19

And China's economic expansion slows slightly during the third quarter of the year. China's economy grew by 9.1 per cent in the three months to the end of September. Now that's down from 9.5 per cent in the previous quarter. The government's measures

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-24

Up to 1,000 people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey. The 7.3 quake struck 19 kilometres north-east of the city of Van, which is close to the border with Iran. Forty-five people have been confirmed dead in just one town al

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-17

It's expected to be a firing meeting of Federal Cabinet later today after damaging leaks were made to the media over the weekend. Those leaks reveal deep divisions within Cabinet about how to deal with the political deadlock over offshore processing.

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-12

To the finance now, and Greece is likely to get its next rescue payment of $11 billion. Inspectors from the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank have given the Greek government the tick of approval. The money

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-10

Salvage crews are trying to remove tons of oil from a container ship that's grounded off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The ship hit a reef in the Bay of Plenty and has been spilling oil since last Wednesday. Officials now fear that sh

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-08

Cloud from a low pressure trough is covering much of eastern Australia, bring with areas of rain and thunderstorms. Cloud is also spreading through southwest WA along a front. Taking a closer look at the states; and scattered showers and thunderstorm

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-09

In business,the rating agency Moody has downgraded 21 European banks over concerns about their ability to handle the region's debt crisis.Moody says it downgraded 12 British institutions,including the royal bank of Scotland, because it believes the U

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-14

The Federal Government's keeping up the pressure on the Opposition to accept its Malaysia asylum seeker deal. The Government has had to abandon offshore processing because of the political standoff. It's now looking at using a range of measures, incl

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-15

Thick cloud is spreading across much of eastern Australia. It's in a trough and is triggering showers and potentially severe storms. The storm is particularly affecting northern New South Wales and southeast Queensland. Cloud about the Top End is cau

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-19

Taking a look at the weather satellite image and the trough is triggering showers and thunderstorms,from western Australia to Victoria.Warm,* winds pushing into New South Wales ahead of the trough. In Queensland,a surface of trough will drift in the

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-11

The federal government is facing two crucial votes this week. The government's carbon tax is expected to pass the house of reps(representative) tomorrow. The opposition will try to have its introduction delayed until after the next election. And late

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-11

Greece's new prime minister has called on Greeks to unite to solve the country's economic problems. Lucas Papademos has been chosen to lead the new coalition government after four days of haggling. The government's first task is going to be to ratify

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-14

US President Barack Obama has nominated trade and investment as the key issues at this year's APEC summit. The president has officially opened the forum which is attended by 21 Asia-Pacific leaders. Yesterday, nine of those nations including Australi

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-15

An asylum seeker who's had his refugee claim rejected says he'll be killed if he's returned to Afghanistan. The Federal Government plans to deport (口误) Ismail Mirza Jan at the end of the week. Mr Jan arrived in Australia on a false Turkish passpo

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-13

The Italian senate has voted to approve new austerity measures to avoid a bailout. It clears the way for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to resign and for a new emergency government to be installed within days. The package demanded by the European U

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-16

And official figures show economic growth in the 17-nation eurozone has come to a virtual standstill. Eurozone economies grew by just 0.2 of one percent between July and September. Economists are predicting an even worse result in the final quarter.

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-29

A band of cloud across the central extending south across much of Victoria is bringing rain and storms across parts of Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. Around the states. Queensland will be mostly dry in the north and

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-30

The survey by the National Australia Bank has found trading additions for small and medium-sized companies fell sharply in the September quarter. Confidence was down for those companies involved in transport, business services and healthcare. However