Hello, Jessica Askin updating ABC News. Indonesia has agreed to temporarily accept the asylum seekers who were picked up on the weekend by an Australian customs ship. The arrangement was made during meetings between the Indonesian President and Austr...
Hello, Jessica Askin updating ABC News. The Prime Minister will attend the inauguration of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta today. The leaders are expected to discuss people smuggling and any plans for Indonesia to accept asy...
Malcolm Turnbull has won the backing of the Coalition Party room to negotiate amendments to the Government's emissions trading scheme. The opposition leader wants to permanently exclude agriculture, protect the coal industry and keep electricity pric...
Hello, Kathryn Stolarchuk with the National Weather. A high pressure system is driving onshore winds and cloud over the southeast coast is causing the odd shower over western Tasmania. That high is keeping skies clear across most of the country, but...
Bank of America has announced a bigger-than-expected third-quarter loss of just over $1 billion. The total loss for shareholders was even larger, almost $2.5 billion dollars Australian, or 28 cents per share, which is five cents worse than expected b...
There is no sign of a young boy who was thought to have been stuck in a home-made balloon that floated thousands of meters above the US state of Colorado. It's believed the boy got into the contraption in his backyard and it floated away with the six...
More than 260 Sri Lankans on board a boat moored in western Java say they are refusing to come ashore until they are granted asylum. The Indonesian navy intercepted the boat on its way to Australia over the weekend after tipped off from Australia aut...
The Federal government has boosted the capacity of the immigration detention center on Christmas Island to cope with an increase in asylum-seekers. Two hundred bunk beds have been placed in rooms that had been set aside for recreation. Portaloos are...
The Australian Defence Force admits it made a mistake, after an Afghan policeman was shot dead by Australian troops. Soldiers shot two Afghan policemen at a checkpoint in Uruzgan province in August. The chief of the Australian Defence Force says an i...
Two new opinion polls give opposing results on who voters want to lead the Federal Liberal Party. The latest Newspoll puts the Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull out in front with 32 percent, compared to 24 percent who prefer the shadow Treasurer Joe...
Hello, Kathryn Stolarchuk with the National Weather. A cold front crossing southwest WA is causing a few showers near the coast, these storms over WA's interior and South Australia thanks to some cloud. And cloud over inland, New South Wales and sout...
Rupert Murdoch has launched a stinging attack on Google, accusing them of stealing content. The News Corporation's chairman took aim at the internet parasites at a conference of world media executives in Beijing. He says the time has come for online...
Treasury head Ken Henry will be under pressure this morning to defend the governments economic stimulus measures. Mr. Henry will front the Senate inquiry into the $42 billion package .This week's interest rate rise and the better-than-expected jobles...
There is anger in the Coalition at attempt to destabilize Malcolm Turnbull's leadership. Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey yesterday revealed he'd been approached to replace Mr. Turnbull. But he says he remains loyal. Opposition to Mr. Turnbull's leadershi...
The Nationals say there will be many more interest rate rises in the future. The opposition is blaming the Government's stimulus spending for the Reserve Banks decision to lift rates by 25 basis points. Nationals leader Warren Truss, says the coaliti...
