英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-20

Health Minister Peter Dutton has flagged he wants to overhaul medicare. Mr. Dutton has suggested those people who can afford to pay more for health services should do so. The minister says the current system is unsustainable and there needs to be a f

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-19

BHP has surprised the markets, almost doubling its half-year profit. Net profit for six months to December reached nine billion dollars. That's an 83 percent jump on the previous period. Now it's good news for the company's Chief Executive Andrew Mac

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-17

The Department of Immigration has confirmed that there has been a disturbance at the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says there are reports that some asylum seekers have been arrested. He says th

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-16

The Australian sharemarket has posted its biggest weekly gain in more than two years. The All Ordinaries index added 0.9 percent, as did the ASX 200 index. Across the region, investors have focused on some stable Chinese inflation figures for January

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-15

Lows and an associated trough are causing areas of rain over New South Wales and Victoria, heaviest in the east with gusty storms over parts of South Australia. An area of low pressure over the tropics is triggering a few showers and storms. Taking a

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-14

Shocked Tyabb residents have held a vigil for 11-year-old Luke Batty. The boy was killed by his father at a cricket oval southeast of Melbourne. Police fatally shot the 54-year-old when he launched at them with a knife. Doctors are calling for more f

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-13

A man shot by police after his 12-year-old son was killed at a sports field near Melbourne has now died in hospital. The boy was found dead from head injuries at the oval in Tyabb yesterday. Police tried to subdue his father with capsicum spray(辣椒喷

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-12

The new head of the US Federal Reserve Janet Yellen says the Central Bank expects to continue trimming stimulus measures despite a stubbornly high jobless rate. The unemployment rate is coming down, but Ms.Yellen says a labor market recovery is far f

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-11

Victoria's Premier Denis Napthine is heading to Canberra this afternoon to try to secure an assistance package for Toyota workers. The company's decision to stop making cars in Australia by the end of 2017 effectively spells(意味着） the end of t

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-18

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed today that there's been a more serious incident at the detention centre on Manus Island. The minister says all non-essential staffs have been evacuated as a pre-caution. He says a group of asylum-seek

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-29

And Apple shares have fallen sharply on the back of flat profit results. Shares in the tech-giant plunged close to nine percent overnight. The company has reported a profit of just over 13 billion dollars in the four months to January. Apple says it

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-02

And when the markets in Europe closed just a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was down 28 points. The Dax and Euro also finished lower. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly, the Dow Jones and SP 500 are both tracking lower. And the Austr

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-31

Fruit processing company SPC Ardmona is facing an uncertain future after Federal cabinet knocks back its request for financial assistance. The company was asking for 25 million dollars to help restructure its operations. Thousands of jobs in the Vict

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-30

Australian Peter Greste is among 20 Al Jazeera journalists who go on trial in Egypt on terrorism-related offenses. Mr. Greste is accused of aiding members of a terrorist organization. He and two of his colleagues have been in custody in Cairo since l

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-28

New evidence has exposed endemic corruption with Australia's construction industry. A joint 7:30Fairfax Media investigation has found that high-raking officials in the CFMEU(Construction,Forestry, Mining and Energy Union)have helped organized crime f

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-27

Stanislas Wawrinka has claimed his maiden(首次的，初次的）grand slam(大满贯）title in a major upset of the Australian Open. Tournament favourite Rafael Nadal battled injury right throughout the match. Wawrinka took the first two sets. Nad

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-01

A low-pressure trough in Western Australia is triggering showers and potentially severe thunderstorms. Remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Dylan are generating widespread showers over southern Queensland. And a monsoon trough is generating thundery showe

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-10

At least 20 properties are thought to be destroyed as 50 bushfires continue to burn right across Victoria. An emergency warning's been reissued for the Midland Road, fires in Melbourne's northern fringe. It's now spread across 40 kilometres taking in

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-09

The Reserve Bank has hinted rising inflation could mean the next interest rate move may be up. In its latest quarterly statement, the RBA reiterated interest rate will likely stay at historic low of 2.5 percent for some time, but it says inflation is

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-07

Indonesia's Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has once again expressed concern about Australia's policy to turn back asylum seeker boats. The ABC has obtained exclusive footage of an Australian navy lifeboat carrying asylum seekers that landed on Jav