澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-01-01（在线收听）

People around the country have enthusiastically welcomed the new decade. World weather threatened to derail plans for fireworks in a number of capital cities. But Sydney again hosted a spectacular show - more than one and a half million people watched it from the city's foreshore. It also attracted a global audience of a billion people.

Countries across Asia and the Pacific have also been ringing in the New Year. Hong Kong's famous fireworks display lit up the harbor. In Japan, thousands of balloons were released as Tokyo's electric light board flashed 2010. And in South Korea, celebrations had a more traditional feel.

A gunman has gone on a shooting rampage in Finland, killing five people at a suburban shopping mall. He later shot himself. Finnish police said the man killed his ex-girlfriend in a nearby apartment before heading to a mall near Helsinki.

And changes to Australia's workplace relations laws come into effect today. The Fair Work system marks the official death of Howard government's Work Choices. The changes include new laws about wages and working hours. And businesses with fewer than 100 workers can no longer sack someone without good reason. The Opposition says the changes will be bad for the economy.