Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi has now been upgraded to a category five system. North Queenslanders have been warned to take refuge this morning, as that cyclone bears down on the coast. More than 30,000 people have been told to leave their homes. Yasi...
Demonstrators in Egypt have called for a million-man march as the Egyptian army has vowed not to fire on its own people. The announcement is a bad sign for President Hosni Mubarak as he may have lost the support of the powerful military. Thousands of...
Tens of thousands of protesters have again flooded the streets of Egypts main cities, demanding an end to Hosni Mubaraks rule. The death toll has now passed 100. And the Egyptian military is attempting to assert its authority, but the protesters are...
Let's take a look at the weather now. On the satellite image, you can see cloud around Tropical Cyclone Bianca producing showers for southwestern WA. And there's cloud over the coast of Queensland associated with Tropical Cyclone Anthony producing sh...
The US economy continues to show encouraging signs of recovery with growth picking up to 3.2 per cent in the final quarter of 2010. The result takes the annual growth rate for the last year to 2.9 per cent, the biggest increase since 2005. US Treasur...
Egypts government is being urged to embrace political reform. The country's opposition leader, Mohamed ElBaradei, says the government must listen to the people. But the people arent listening to the government. They are continuing their protests and...
As more details are emerging about the man who's thought to have organised last month's asylum seeker boat that sank off Christmas Island. Ali Hamid, who's an Australian citizen, was arrested late yesterday for immigration violations. Now a police so...
The Federal Government is considering an increase to the Medicare levy to pay for the flood recovery. Newspaper reports this morning say Prime Minister Julia Gillard and senior economic ministers met yesterday to discuss a levy. Its reported they fav...
Three Indonesian fishermen will face court in Perth today, over last month's Christmas Island boat tragedy that killed 50 asylum seekers. Those people have been charged with people smuggling. The Federal Government will upgrade Christmas Island's rad...
A massive inland sea is making its way across northwest Victoria, swallowing up farms in its path. Residents in several small communities are being told to evacuate or risk being isolated for days. In Swan Hill, theyve been shoring up in the town ahe...
Taking a look at the satellite image now. Cloud over the southeast in a trough is triggering storms. Patchy cloud along Queensland and northen New South Wales is causing showers. Cloud across the north is causing rain and storms with a tropical low c...
In business, Westpac has indicated interest rates will continue to rise this year. Westpac boss Gail Kelly says the bank's funding costs are continuing to increase. And she has told a federal parliamentary inquiry it's likely to be a while until they...
Julia Gillard has signaled she's thinking about introducing a flood levy to pay for the massive reconstruction bill. The Prime Minister says the Government is committed to keeping to its timetable to return the budget to surplus. She says tough spend...
The small Victorian western town of Dimboola is the latest community threatened by the surging floodwaters. Several homes have already been flooded and residents have been told to evacuate. The large volume of water is putting immense pressure on the...
The floodwaters are continuing to make their relentless advance through northwest Victoria. And things have taken a turn for the worst in Kerang. One of the levees protecting the town is leaking and could fail. Residents have been told they only have...
