The local share market made reasonable gains in the lead-up to the Anzac day long weekend. Both the All Ordinaries index and the ASX 200 added a quarter of a per cent. The big miners gained ground, but the energy and retail sectors finished in the re...
Let's take a look at the satellite. And a cold front crossing Tasmania is causing storms and gusty winds. A trough over south Australia, Victoria and SNW is generating areas of light rain. A tropical low is triggering showers and storms about the nor...
Large crowds have been attending Anzac dawn services across the country. It's 99 years since the Australian and New Zealand troops stormed the beaches of Gallipoli. In Canberra, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge joined thousands of people at the dawn...
Treasurer Joe Hockey is warning that next month's budget will include spending cuts, tougher means test and up-front(预付的） payments for government services. Mr. Hockey used a speech in Sydney last night to review some of the details from a com...
Well, a new report is proposing a radical overhaul to the way the Federal Government helps retirees which it says would also improve the budget bottom line. Left-leaning think tank the Australia Institute says pensions should be increased by more tha...
South Korea's president says the actions of the crew who abandoned the sinking ferry are unacceptable and tantamount to murder. Divers have now recovered 64 bodies from the vessel, 240 are still missing, many of them are studnets. Seven crew members...
Tributes have been flowing in for former New South Wales premier Neville Wran who's died after a long battle with dementia(痴呆）. He was 87 years old. The state's current Premier Mike Baird has described Mr. Wran as a towering figure in the New S...
And there were mixed results on Wall Street overnight. The Dow closed down slightly, while the Nasdaq and SP 500 posted modest gains. In London, the FTSE also climbed. To commodity markets. West Texas Crude is trading at 104 US dollars a barrel. Tapi...
Southwesterly breezes in the wake of a cold front are triggering scattered showers over Victoria, Tasmania and southeastern New South Wales. A moist easterly flow is producing thundery showers over the top end. And onshore winds are generating light...
There's been an apparent breakthrough in the Ukraine crisis after marathon talks in Geneva. The United States, Russia, Ukraine and the European Union have agreed to measures to de-escalate the tensions. The deal calls for disarming militia groups and...
The New South Wales should have a new premier late today,liberal and P will make this afternoon to accpet Barry O'Farrell resignation and the latest successor.Treasurer Mike Baird has confirming as served the front runner,the transport opens today Be...
Both Qantas and Virgin have welcomed the announcement that a second Sydney airport will be built at Badgery's Creek, but both have stressed the need for supporting infrastructure. Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce says a second airport is a vital pie...
The Federal Government is set to end decades of political wrangling and named Badgerys Creek in Sydney's west as the site of that city's second airport. Cabinet is expected to sign off on the proposal today. The ABC understands money will be set asid...
The rain is beginning to ease along the Queensland coast as tropical cyclone Ita boost further out to sea. A cyclone warning's in place for communities from Sarina to Yeppoon in central Queensland. The category One storm has caused widespread floodin...
There were very sharp falls on Wall Street overnight with investors once again concern that companies like Amazon, Facebook and Netflix are all far too expensive and all three fell between four and five percent each. The tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped thr...
