澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-02-12

 Thanks Michael. The incoming deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has promised to be a champion of regional Australia. Mr. Joyce will be sworn into the deputy's position after being elected unopposed as the leader of nationals. Senator Fiona Nash was chosen as the party's deputy leader, four political parties now have female deputy leaders.

 

An international team of scientist say they've fundamentally shifted the human understanding of the universe by proving Einstein's theory of gravitational waves. The scientists from the advanced LIGO project detected gravitational waves cause by 2 black holes merging¹ more than a billion years ago.

 

A 13-year-old girl has drowned trying to rescue her 11-year-old brother at Victorian beach. Police said the boy was swimming at Williamson's beach near Wonthaggi in the state's south east when he got into trouble at about 8 o'clock last night. The boy was saved but the girl got into difficulty herself and drowned.

 

South Australian police have formed a taskforce to investigate whether a man charged over the alleged² assault and kidnap of 2 backpackers may be responsible for other crimes. A 59-year-old has been charged with a range of crimes including the alleged attack on 2 women at a remote campsite at Salt Creek³ on Tuesday. 

 

And new federal treasury⁴ modeling shows the economy will slow down without reform but increasing the GST will do nothing to deliver growth. 2 treasury briefs released by the government have estimated what would happen if the GST was increased and if wage inflation pushes average income earners into the top tax bracket.

1 merging   

合并（分类）

参考例句：

• Many companies continued to grow by merging with or buying competing firms. 许多公司通过合并或收买竞争对手的公司而不断扩大。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• To sequence by repeated splitting and merging. 用反复分开和合并的方法进行的排序。

2 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

3 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

4 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。