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Leading the news. The ACT will push on with its same sex marriage laws despite threats of a high court challenge. The ACT is on course to pass a bill to legalise gay marriage later this month,but the Federal Attorney General George Brandis says hel
A trough over Queensland is triggering showers and ?the thunderstorm in the gulf country. Another trough in the west is generating thundery showers over the interior and directing heat into south Australia. A high is taking southeastern Australia mos
Let's take a look at some finance news now.And official figures out today are expected to show inflation picked up in the September quarter. Economists are tipping the consumer index rose by 0.8 of a percent over that period. Now that would put the a
A 13-year old girl is the latest victim of Sydney's gun violence. She was shot in the back when several bullets were fired into a house at Blacktown in the city's west. She is now in a stable condition in hospital. Two man have died and three have be
Ireland's high court will decide what happens next to a mystery Australian woman. The woman was found wandering the streets of Dublin a month ago and was thought to be the victim of a human trafficking. She's now been identified as a 25-year-old Aust
The navy is at the centre of new sex abuse claims. Defence has confirmed it is investigating claims of inappropriate behaviour on board HMAS Ballarat. The Ten Network has reported allegations that sailors on the ship have been sexually abused as part
Home owners shouldn't be expecting a rate cut anytime soon if the minutes from the Reserve Bank's November meeting are anything to go by. Some economists say the wording could still mean a cut could be up to 12 months away, but the minutes make a fai
The Australian sharemakert managed to closed higher after a fairly flat day on Wall Street overnight. The All Ordinaries Index added a tenth of a per cent, as did the ASX 200 index. Across the region, it's a mixed session. The Nikkei in Tokyo has rev
East Timor's international court action against Australia over the rights to lucrative oil and gas fields begins in the Hague later today. Now the case has been overshadowed by ASIO raids on the Canberra lawyer representing East Timor, and aslo on a
A trough in the east is generating thunderstorms in the tropics and southeast New South Wales. Unstable air behind a front is producing showers in Victoria and Tasmania. A trough in WA is causing thundery showers in the Pilberra and the Kimberley. Qu
Police have arrested a man over a double murder in Melbourne's northwest overnight. The bodies of a man and a woman were found in a house at Moonee Ponds. Three young children aged five and under were also found unharmed inside their house. Police ar
Towns in Southwest WA are again under threat from a bushfire that's claimed two lives. Warnings for towns of Waroona and Cookernup have been upgraded from the advice to watch and act. The fire has already killed two men in their 70's and destroyed 18
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has started civil action in the Federal Court against ANZ for allegedly rigging the bank bill-swap reference rate. As it alleges, theres been market manipulation of the rate which affects commercia
Good morning everyone. Leading finance news this morning. Australian share market participants and regulators, I ask you questions about the 24% surge in Fortescue Metals Group's share price. That took place the day before it announced a possible joi
An incredible story of survival has unfolded in Sydney after a desperate mother threw her two children from the window of a burning second floor unit. Both children, a two day old baby and a two year old survived after being caught by passerby. Fire
Good morning, everyone. Australia's consumer confidence has risen to its highest level in 14 years, driven mainly by a stronger Australian dollar and falling fuel prices. The ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence Index rose to 116.4 this week
A massive man hunt is under way for a key suspect in the Brussels bombings as more details emerge about the two of the suicide bombers. Belguims' chief prosecutor has named brothers as two of the men responsible for the attacks that killed 31 people
Police have arrested a gunman after he shot and wounded a police officer inside the US Capitol Buildings visitor center. The White House was placed in lockdown but the security precaution has since been lifted. Washingtons city police called an isola
An old man known as Queensland's Postcard bandit, Breden Abbott, is due to be released from jail this morning. But he will be immediately rearrested. The 53 year-old has served 18 years of a 25-year sentence for bank robberies and escaped committee d
Australia's corporate regulator has accused WestPac of the multimillion dollar rigging of interest rate trading. Now, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, known ASIC, has brought charges against WestPac for what it calls unconscionab