澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-15（在线收听） |
The Federal Government is preparing for a fight with some states over its plan to increase school funding. It wants to give schools 14.5 billion dollars more over six years and is asking the states to chip in about a third of the cash. But Queensland and WA are baulking at the cost. A new poll shows support for Federal Laborhas fallen below 30% for the first time since June last year. Labor's primary vote has down 2 points to 29% in the latest Fairfax Nielsen poll. The result is within the poll's margin of error.
The US Secretary of State John Kerry is calling on North Korea to begin talks to end rising tensions to the region. Mr Kerry has warned North Korea it risks further isolation if it continues its threats. There are reports Pyongyang is planning more missile tests later today.
Voting is underway in Venezuela to elect a successor to the late president Hugo Chavez who died last month. The acting president Nicolas Maduro was chosen by Mr Chavez as his successor. He is running against Henrique Capriles who narrowly lost Mr Chavez in last year' s elections.
At least 20 people have died in two attacks by Islamist rebels in the Somali capital Mogadishu.Most of the dead including nine attackers were killed when gunmen stormed the city's main court buildings. A later car bomb attack killed three people.
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