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More than 260 Sri Lankans on board a boat moored in western Java say they are refusing to come ashore until they are granted asylum. The Indonesian navy intercepted the boat on its way to Australia over the weekend after tipped off from Australia aut
Hello, Jessica Askin updating ABC News. The Prime Minister will attend the inauguration of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta today. The leaders are expected to discuss people smuggling and any plans for Indonesia to accept asy
Hello, Jessica Askin updating ABC News. Indonesia has agreed to temporarily accept the asylum seekers who were picked up on the weekend by an Australian customs ship. The arrangement was made during meetings between the Indonesian President and Austr
The double bomb blast in Iraq has increased fears there'll be more violence ahead of elections in January. At least one hundred people are dead and more than five hundred injured after two car bombs exploded only minutes apart near government buildin
The Federal Government has won praise for its handling of the economy. The Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens says stimulus measures have helped keep Australia out of a recession and hes rejected calls to wind back the stimulus, saying the level of
Hello, Mellissa Hamilton with the National Weather. Checking the satellite image first and you can see cloud over the interior in a trough. Thats causing a few showers and storms inland. A streaky band of cloud is extending all along the South Austra
The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has welcomed the death of terrorist leader Noordin Mohammed Top. Indonesian police killed Asias most wanted man in a shootout in central Java yesterday. Mr. Rudd thanked the Indonesian Security Agencies, but hes warned a
The New South Wales Premier has ordered an urgent meeting to try to get the convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson moved out of public housing. Nathan Rees says he wants to explore all options and legal advice available in an attempt to force Ferguson
Hello, Jessica Askin with the National Weather. The satellite image is showing some patchy clouds skimming the South Australian Coast in a weak trough, which is causing some showers there. More cloud cover over WA ahead of a cold front is bringing ra
The latest economic data shows unemployment in the US is worse than expected. The jobless rate surged to 9.8 percent last month. A total of 263,000 jobs were lost, much more than the 175,000 analysts had expected. Economists say the figures could hur
The Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens says the Australian economy is in recovery mode. At a Senate committee hearing in Sydney, he has described the recent economic downturn as mild. Mr. Stevens also says the government's 42-billion-dollar stimulus
Good morning. The Rudd government is set to revamp its 42-billion-dollar economic stimulus package. A report by the Commonwealth coordinated general has found the school infrastructure spending program is facing a massive cost blowout. The government
Hello, Kathryn Stolarchuk with the national weather. To the satellite and cloud of the New South Waless coast is producing showers to the Hunter. Patchy cloud over the Tasmania and eastern Victoria is also bringing some showers to those areas. And th
The Nationals say there will be many more interest rate rises in the future. The opposition is blaming the Government's stimulus spending for the Reserve Banks decision to lift rates by 25 basis points. Nationals leader Warren Truss, says the coaliti
Hello, Kathryn Stolarchuk with the National Weather. A cold front crossing southwest WA is causing a few showers near the coast, these storms over WA's interior and South Australia thanks to some cloud. And cloud over inland, New South Wales and sout
Good morning! A central Queensland vet has died from Hendra virus in the Brisbane hospital. Dr. Alister Rodgers contracted the virus while treating sick horses at a property near Rockhampton last month. He and three property workers had a trial of an
on cross3561 by Roonatic Good morning. The Royal Commissions interim report into the Black Saturday bushfires will be released later today. It is expected to recommend major changes to Victorias controversial stay or go policy. Australias biggest cot
A west Australian man who won the right to starve himself to death has died in a Perth nursing home. Quadriplegic Christian Rossiter was confined to a wheelchair, breathed through a tube and was fed artificially. He told his cares he wanted to die, a
There is anger in the Coalition at attempt to destabilize Malcolm Turnbull's leadership. Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey yesterday revealed he'd been approached to replace Mr. Turnbull. But he says he remains loyal. Opposition to Mr. Turnbull's leadershi
One person is dead and another is critically injured after a crash between a school bus and a car at Lucas Heights in Sydneys southwest. The fire brigade says the 40 students from the Sutherland Shire Christian College had been taken off the bus, at