澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-05-08（在线收听）

 Here's the story today. The federal treasurer Waine Swan has confirmed he'll deliver a surplus in tonight's budget. It's expected to be around 1.5 billion dollars. Mr Swan argued that the surplus will act as a a buffer against global finance and security and will give the reserve bank flexibility on interest rates. The opposition leader Tony A. says government has cooked the books. The federal government says it will continue to except the votes of the former library paid turned cross bencher Craig Thompson. The former Health Services Union national secretary is the subject of a d** report by Fair Work Australia. He denies any wrong doing. But the opposition says the government should still refuse Mr Thompson's votes in parliament. Hundreds of royal Catholic priests have made in Dublin to call for an end to compulsory celibacy. In a direct challenge to the ** want church to allow the ordination of women. The meeting comes as island's Catholic Church is broiled in a sex abuse scandal dating back to the seventies.