The prime minister Julia Gillard has refused to be drawn on the impact of carbon tax on the government's standing in the opinion polls, the A-C Nielson Poll shows 62% of Australians oppose the tax. Meanwhile a newspoll in the Australian newspaper sho...
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Leading the news this morning The Prime Minister has made a plea to the Senate to pass the bill that would break the asylum seeker deadlock.It took six hours of emotional debate for the legislation to pass the House of Representatives last night.The...
Seven West Media was the worst performing stock in the ASX top 200 list of stocks,ending 14% lower.Investors bailed out of the shares after the announcement,former energy executive,Don Bounty,will take over as chief executive for Media stalwart,David...
Leading the news this morning Gina Rinehart is now threatening to walk away from Fair Fax,if she doesn't get what she wants.The mining billionaire has told ABC's four coroners program,she now considers selling her stake in Fair Fax,if she does't get...
Leading the news this morning, the Muslim-Brotherhood Mohamed Morsy has been named Egypt's first democratically-elected leader, thousands of people are celebrating the result in Cario's Tahrir Square, and Mr.Morsy has greeted the nation, promising to...
And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago,London's FTSE 100 was down 54 points.With the DAX and EURO also down.In the US,trading comes to a close shortly,and the Dow Jones is up,while the SP 500 is also up. And the Australian dollar...
Plenty clouds still across the south east as a series of cold fronts will still moves through the south east in state over the weekend. But it looks at this stage as though Saturday will be the coldest of the days across the region, but it won't be a...
Rescuers of course will continue their search throughout the day.Four survivors from that Asylum seeker boat,that overturned in Indonesian waters.The boast cape size's around 200 kilometers north off Christmas Island.Three men are confirmed dead as w...
Leading the news this morning. The Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is preparing to spend a second night in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.The 40-year-old walked into the embassy yesterday seeking political asylum. He's now facing arrest for breach...
The Commonwealth Bank says,recent big cuts in the official interest rate,are helping boost consumer spending.The bank's business sale indicator has risen by nearly 2% in May but the CBA says uncertainty over the global economy has put a dent in confi...
The foreign affairs minister,Bob Carr,says he's reasonablyhopeful an Australian lawyer being held in Libya,will be released soon.Senator Carr has met Libya's prime minister and its deputy,foreign minister.Senator Carr says,he believes an apology from...
Greeces conservative New Democracy Party has claimed victory in the countrys crucial general election. New Democracy appears to have won 30% of the vote, 4 points ahead of the left wing Syriza Party. Party leader,Antonis Samaras says the Greek people...
