澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-09（在线收听）

The Federal Government has taken a dip in the polls as a standoff with the group of asylum seekers onboard an Australian Customs ship continues. Today's Newspoll in the Australian newspaper shows 53% of voters think the government is doing a bad job of managing asylum seekers. Seventy-eight Sri Lankans are still refusing to get off the Oceanic Viking because they don't want to be taken to Indonesia. The Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith will arrive in Sri Lanka later today for talks aimed at putting a stop to people smuggling.

A strong earthquake has struck Indonesia. The quake with a magnitude of 6.7 hit the Indonesian island of Sumbawa this morning. There are no reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

There has been a drop in job ads in October after two months of gains. The Olivier Job Index shows a decline of 1.5% last month but the number of ads over the past three months is still up 4.3%.

And world leaders are in Germany today to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The city's mayor says events at the Brandenburg Gate will not only remember the past, but also celebrate Berlin's development since 1989.

We’ll have more news update later.