A report by the Australian Strategic Institute says Indonesia's prisons have become incubators for terrorists. The assessment is based on in-depth interviews conducted with 33 convicted terrorists. The report's author, Dr Carl Ungerer, says some woul...
The Queen has paid tribute to Irish nationalists who died fighting for independence from Britain. Dressed in emerald green, Queen Elizabeth laid a wreath at Dublins Garden of Remembrance. She is the first British monarch to visit the Irish Republic a...
The head of the International Monetary Fund remains in custody after facing court in New York for allegedly sexually assaulting a hotel maid. The judge ruled that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was a flight risk despite his offer to post $1 million bail. Mr...
Theres been bloodshed along Israels borders after a Palestinian protest marking the Jewish states creation erupted into violence. Israeli forces opened fire on demonstrators on its borders with Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, killing up to 20 people and inj...
Patchy cloud over Tasmania and Southern Victoria will cause showers and snow. It should be mostly clear elsewhere in the east. But widespread cloud over the west and interior is causing rain for the Gascoyne and Pilbara regions. Around the states, a...
The Transport Workers Union has lost acourt battle with Qantas over industrial action by baggage handlers two years ago. The stop work meeting in March 2009 caused major delays at airports around Australia.The Federal Court has found that TWU and its...
Traffic on Sydneys Harbour Bridge is slowly flowing again this morning. Police had to close the bridge this morning when a lone protester climbed to the top of it and unfurled two banners about his children. He was coaxed down around seven oclock thi...
In other news today, violence has erupted in Syria's third largest city, Homs. Syria's army has been shelling the city and there've(口误) been reports of gunfire. At least nine people are thought to have been killed. Dozens more have been wounded....
In business, a multi-billion-dollar offshore LNG facility has been given the green light off the WA coast. The Prelude, floating LNG plant has been developed by Royal Dutch Shell. It will be the first time that onshore processing techniques are used...
And tonight's federal budget will be all about jobs and spending cuts. The Government has already outlined measures to get more people off welfare and back into the workforce. It also plans to increase skilled migration. Now the Treasury is aiming fo...
Malaysias prime minister says the asylum seeker deal that his government has struck with Australia is mutually beneficial. But the agreement is being slammed from all sides of politics here. Australia will send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia in excha...
Cloud streaming across the country from the Pilbara and jet stream wind is causing patchy rain. Cloud over the Bight, near a low, is triggering a few showers. Taking a look around the states now: A weak high over south-east Queensland is extending a...
A Senate inquiry has recommended a range of reforms to boost competition in the banking sector. The inquiry was launched in the wake of the financial downturn amid public anger that major banks were raising interest rates beyond the official level. T...
The Federal Government is about to do a deal with Papua New Guinea to reopen the Manus Island Detention Centre. Australian authorities have already toured the site and PNGs cabinet is likely to sign up on the deal today. The centre had been part of t...
US President Barack Obama says those photos of Osama Bin Laden's body will not be released. The White House has been under intense pressure to release the images to prove the terrorist leader is actually dead. But the president says they are too gris...
