澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-02-15（在线收听） |
Two months on from the Christmas Island boat disaster, the first funerals will today be held for those killed in the shipwreck. Family members of 12 of the victims live in Sydney and requested they be buried there. Seven survivors will travel from Christmas Island for the ceremonies along with 14 other detainees. Thirty bodies were recovered from the wreckage with 20 other people missing, presumed dead. Fresh protests and strikes have flared in Egypt as demonstrators demand better pay and conditions from the country's new military rulers. Bank, transport and tourism workers all demonstrated in Cairo after 18 days of protests led to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
US President Barack Obama has unveiled his 2012 budget, describing it as a "down payment" on reducing the massive US budget deficit. The budget aims to cut more than $1 trillion from the deficit over a decade.
Telstra is unveiling an upgraded wireless internet service today which could compete with the National Broadband Network. The telco service comes as a government report warns public uptake of the NBN could be undermined by competition from wireless. Telstra's Long-term Evolution standard is capable of speeds of up to 150 megabits a second.
A new study has found Federal Government climate change initiatives have put a higher price on carbon than the dumped emissions trading scheme would have. A Fairfax newspaper analysis shows governments have spent $5.6 billion on cutting carbon in the past decade. |
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