Labor's primary vote has slumped to 33 per cent in the latest Newspoll as the federal election campaign enters the final crucial week. Tony Abbott has overtaken Kevin Rudd as preferred prime minister for the first time. The prime minister says Labor...
Virgin Australia says its major shakeup has pushed the airline to a fully loss. Virgin took 100-million-dollar hit from a fast tracked restructure thats / the company at business-class seats, switch to a new ticketing system and make two big acquisit...
Skies are clear over most of the country but there're still some instability with showers and isolated storms possible. This front system to the west is taking most of the rain into the bay,just some isolated showers and possible storm in there. Behi...
British police have charged Rolf Harris with 13 sex offences. The Australian entertainer faces nine counts of indecently assaulting two teenage girls in the 1980s as well as making indecent images of children. He is due to face court later next month...
Britain is trying to get United Nations' backing for a military strike against Syria. It's putting a draft resolution to the five permanent members of the Security Council to authorize all necessary measures to protect civilians in Syria. But Britain...
To finance.And growing expectations of a military strike against Syria have sent oil prices higher. West Texas Crude jumped to 109 US dollars a barrel. This is the highest this year. Singapores Tapis Crude rose to a six months high of 121 US dollars...
The United States is hardening its line on Syria. The Secretary of State John Kerry says there's no doubt the regime has used chemical weapons on its people. He's labelled last week's massacre a moral obscenity. His remarks follow a sniper attack on...
Syria has agreed to allow UN Weapons Inspectors into the site of a suspected chemical attack. Syria's Opposition says hundreds of people were killed in the attack in Damascus last week. But the White House says it's too late to find any incredible ev...
And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up 45 points, while the Dax and Euro were also up. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is up. And the SP 500 is also up. And the Australian d...
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The Opposition has rejected an independent analysis of selection committments. Leading economist Saul Eslake has done the sums and says the Coalition needs to find another 30 billion dollars in savings. But the Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Corm...
Syrias regime has been accused of massacring hundreds of people in a chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of Damascus. Opposition activists say children are among more than 1,300 victims. Western governments are demanding UN weapons inspectors wh...
BHP / still plans to spend almost 3 billion dollars on a potash project in Canada despite a 30% fall in its profit. Analyst Tim Floder says investment is important for the mining giant to exploit China's changing market. China is going through reinve...
One of three teenagers accused of shooting dead Australian baseballer Christopher Lane said that they killed him for fun. The teenager has told police they were bored and looking for something to do. Twenty-two-year old Christopher Lane was studying...
Leading the news this morning.Support for Kevin Rudd has fallen to a record low in the latest Newspoll（澳大利亚英语专有名词，要大写）. Voter dissatisfaction with the prime minister has climbed to 54%, while Tony Abbotts dissatisfacti...
