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Prime Minister Tony Abbot will name Australias first counter-terrorism coordinator today. Hes the former ambassador to Indonesia and Iran Greg Moriarty. The Federal Government is also expected to unveil legislation this week to give authorities the p
World soccer is in turmoil this morning over claims of widespread corruption. Fourteen people, including nine current and former FIFA officials, have been arrested and charged. Seven of them were taken into custody after a raid at a luxury hotel in t
Leading the news, Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has apologized to the victims and families at the highly charged sentence hearing. The 21-year-old told the court that he was sorry for the lives hes taken and the damage hes done. Earlier, s
Good morning everyone. Well, it's been a bleak end to 2015 financial year on the Australian Stock Exchange. As the financial year ended yesterday, the ASX200 was 1.2% above what it was at the start of July 2014. But that's still one of the worst perf
Leading the news. The Prime Minister is ramping up the pressure on the opposition over those changes to citizenship laws. Legislation to strip Australian citizenship from dual-nationals involved in terrorism will come before Parliament on Wednesday.
Relatives of Andrew Chen and Maryan Sukumaran will visit them today for the first time since they'll move to an Indonesian island to await their executions. It's almost two weeks since the two Australian drug smugglers were transferred from the Bali
The Australian share market finished lower ahead of some key US job numbers due tonight. Mining stocks were the main drag on trade. By the close, the All Ords was down 1/10 of a percent or 5 points. As were the ASX 200 index. To the Movers, and gold
Leading finance news today, theres been a big sell-off from overseas markets with the Dow Jones averaging more than 300 points wiping out gains for the year. Analysts say the pessimism was due to worries over when the US Federal Reserve would move to
A former senior employee of the Commonwealth Bank has been arrested and charged after a bribery investigation involving New South Wales police and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. The sixy-one-year-old was arrested yesterday and charged with t
The Australian share market has followed after a major stock exchange is higher on the back of a trillion euro stimulus package. The European Central Bank announced a 1.1 trillion scheme that will go through until at least September next year. From M
Leading the news this morning.Nick Kyrgois is through to the last eight of the Australian Open.The 19 years came from two sets down to beat Italian Andreas Seppi.Kyrgois will meet world's No. six Andy Murray in the quarter finals. Rosie Batty has bee
Lets take a look now at whats leading news. And the Queensland premier and Opposition leader are in bargain on their final day of campaigning for the state election. Campbell Newman and Stacy Paliscia will face off in the debate this afternoon. Mr. N
You see the trough sitting through Western Australia. Thats going to spark some further thunderstorms as we move through weekend, although the majority of those are going to be sitting to the north of Perth. This low pressure system bringing big surf
Hello, Some cloud around the Gilbert,due to a nearby low pressure system.This will intensified heat over the next couple of days.A lower over the coral sea will increase rain about the northern Queensland area and head towards coast.Fine and very war
The Human Rights Commission is calling for a Royal Commission into asylum seeker children in detention. The long-awaited report details hundreds of cases of self-harm and finds detainee children as young as three as suffering from depression. The rep
Time is running out now for the two Australians on death row in Bali.Indonesia has confirmed that Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will be moved from their prison this week for execution on an island off Java.Their lawyers are pushing ahead with thei
Our top story is prime ministers leadership is still under threat. Ministers and backbenchers have told the ABC that Malcolm Turnbull now has the numbers and is being urged to launch challenge. It comes as Tony Abbott prepares to head to New Zealand
The federal government has dumped plans to cut the rebate for short GP visits by twenty dollars after a political backlash and stiff opposition from doctors. The rebate for consultations for less than ten minutes was due to be cut from the next week.
At least five people are dead following a larger earthquake of the northern coast of Chile. The magnitude 8.2 quake generated a tsunami with waves of more than two meters hitting Chile's coastline. Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee to h
The unemployment rate in the United States has remained steady at 6.7 percent following the release of the latest jobs data overnight. The US added 192,000 news jobs in March in line with market expectations. The strongest jobs growth was recorded in