澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-10-04

Let's take a look at the satellite image: Troughs over Western Australia's interior and central Queensland are triggering thunderstorms, while west onshore winds along the New South Wales and Queensland coasts are producing patchy cloud and the odd s

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-10-03

The Prime Minister has intervened to reverse controversial restrictions on women wearing facial coverings in Parliament. The new rules sort of segregate the women who covered their faces behind glass barriers in Parliament's public galleries. The rul

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-10-02

Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says the Prime Minister should keep his opinions on the burkas himself. Tony Abbott says he finds such facial coverings confronting and would prefer that wasn't worn in Australia. Mr. Shorten says he is disappoi

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-10-01

A new research has found some household power bills have been increased by up to 1,000 dollars in the past five years. Another report was by St. Vincent de Paul and Elvis Consulting, and it says the cost of poles and wires make up more than half of s

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-30

And raids, as we speak, are underway in three Melbourne suburbs. The joint operation involves Victorian and Federal police. The raids had been carried out in the suburbs of Seabrook, Flemington and Meadow Heights. To other stories: The center of Hong

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-29

There have been violent clashes in Hong Kong in the worst unrest since China took control of the city in 1997. Police used teargas to try to disperse thousands of pro-democracy protesters who have brought part of the city to a standstill. There have

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-28

The Australian share market has closed at a six-month low after duties on Wall Street sparked a sharp sell-down. By the close, the All Ordinaries Index was down 1.2% or 66 points. The ASX 200 Index fell 1.3%. Stocks were low across the boards. Iron o

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-27

We've got a front system set to move through the southwest corner of Western Australia tomorrow and that's going to bring some strong and gusty winds. Some potentially moderate to heavy rainfalls about the far southwest corner and also some hail. And

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-26

The FBI has identified the masked Islamic State militant who murdered two American journalists and a British aid worker, the man who has a British accent appeared in the video showing the beheading of the three men. Now the FBI hasn't named the man o

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-25

Overnight the Security Council has passed a unanimous resolution to prevent the recruitment and financing a foreign terrorist. The terrorist movement calling itself Islamic State insults Islam and it mocks the duties of a legitimate state towards its

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-24

A closely-watched measure shows that Chinese manufacturing defied expectations by expanding in the past month. The HSBC manufacturing PMI rose to 50.5 despite analyst predictions it will fall to the breakeven level of 50. The index provided a boost f

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-10-08

And fears of an economic slowdown have sparked big falls on world markets. The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its global forecast for the next two years. Wall Street closed more than 1.5% lower and there're also big falls across in Europe

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-10-07

It appears the US-led airstrikes have failed to stop Islamic State militants from advancing on a key town in Syria. A black IS flag has been seen flying over a building in the northern Syrian town of Kobani on the border with Turkey. The town now loo

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-23

The Islamic State extremists have made a direct threat to Australians. The group has issued a long line Fatwa, calling on its followers to kill by any means possible non-Muslims in several Western countries including Australia. The Attorney General s

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-22

The Prime Minister Tony Abbott will update Federal Parliament on the international security situation when they resume today. Security at Parliament House has been beefed up in the wake of last week's counter-terrorism raids in Sydney and Brisbane. T

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-21

The decision by Scotland to stay in the UK reduces the risk of financial instability in Europe, so as the British pound has hit a two-year high against the Euro. And it's up against the Australian dollar and the greenback. It's been a positive sessio

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-20

We've got a high-pressure system building across the southeast and underneath that we've got clearing conditions of any showers about Victoria and the very isolated clearing to the easterly in the day. Still a few showers though about the southwester

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-18

State and Federal police have been carrying out raids across northwest Sydney and Brisbane's south this morning, in one of the largest anti-terrorism operations ever conducted in Australia. Police say several people have been arrested. Meanwhile the

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-17

Now Bambi Joyce is in China working on the proposed free trade deal. It's expected to be announced in November when the Chinese leaders visit Australia for the G20. Mr. Joyce told LightLine talks about the possible agreement have been positive so far

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-16

Leading our news today, world leaders have been meeting in Paris to work out a strategy to fight Islamic state militants in Iraq. Thirty countries including ten Arab nations have now agreed to provide support. Australia will begin deploying forces an