Leading the news this morning. Burmas opposition says Aung San Suu Kyi has won a seat in the countrys lower house of parliament. They also claim to have won almost half of the 45 seats in by-elections. International observers say voting appears to ha...
And now time for business news at the world markets. In Europe, closed a couple of hours ago London's FETE 100 without 26 points, the Tax was also up. In the US trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is down 65 points, the SP 500 is up 5...
Let's look at the satellite. A gusty cold front and trophies crossing the south of the country bring isolated showers and storms. A broad rating of low pressure over the norther tropics and the trophing westeast Australia is also generating a rain an...
Leading the news this morning. The National Surf Life Saving Titles will resume at another beach on the Gold Coast today despite the death of a teenage competitor. 14-year-old Mattew Barcley died during a board race on Wednesday. The father of Ironma...
That search is underway again for a 15-year-old boy whos gone missing during a lifesaving competition on the Gold Coast. The teenage disappeared while competing in a board event late yesterday. Two years ago, 19-year-old Saxon Bird drowned at the sam...
To finance news.And the Treasurer Wayne Swan plans to lead a business delegation to China later this year.In a speech to the Australia-China Business Council late this morning,Mr.Swan was saying that Australia needs to position itself to take advanta...
Leading the news this morning It seems Labor's woes aren't only confined to Queensland.The latest news poll shows the gap between the two parties preferred vote has widened to 14,with coalition sitting on 57%.The ALP's primary vote has slipped three...
Campbell Newman will be sworn in as Queensland premier today.His deputy,Jeff Seeney and treasurer Tim Nicholls will also be sworn in as an interim cabinet.The former premier Anna Bligh is resigning from Parliament,with Labor reduced to as few as 7 se...
The local share market recovered most of the day's earlier losses,which was sparked by a sale-off on global markets.By the close,the ALL-Ordinaries Index lost just few points as did the ASX 200 Index.QR National Stocks slumped.Premier investments wen...
Two more showers will continue in the tropics,and along parts of the coasts but otherwise skies will be much clearer and now still triggering showers and storms up in the tropics,this trough,and also we have a powerful cold front.This's bringing cold...
After a 32-hour-siege French police have killed the gunman accused of murdering 7 people in southern France.23-year-old Mohamed Merah opened fire on police as they stormed his apartment in Toulouse.He was shot in the head by police marksman as he tri...
One of Australia's most wanted fugitives,Malcolm Naden has been captured in remote bushland on the New South Wales northern coast.Naden had been on the run for seven years.Police say no one was injured when he was arrested,just after mid-night. Holde...
And Saudi Arbi says speculations are behind the current high oil prices and suppliers are in excess of demand. Petrol prices in Australia are nearing one dollar and sixty a liter.The Saudi Oil Minister says,crude at 125 US dollars a barrel is too hig...
A gunman has shot dead a teacher and three young children at a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse.The attack happened as the students were arriving at the school,the gunman fled on a scooter.French prosecutors are linking the shootings with...
Indonesia's counter-terrorism police have shot dead five men suspected of planning terrorist attacks in Bali.Heavily armed police conducted two raids overnight.Three suspects were shot and killed in at a hotel in Sanur,another two died during a raid...
