A key independent has told labor it is time to end the leadership speculation, once and for all. Tony Windsor says labor risks losing his support if it doesn't settle the issue. Meanwhile the foreign minister Bob Carl has strongly dismissed reports t...
The country's big media players will spell out their views on the government's planned media reforms at a Senate inquiry today. The government is struggling to get the numbers to pass the changes. Independent MP Rob Oakeshott they are unlikely to get...
Boeing says commercial flights of its grounded 787 jets could resume within weeks following a battery fire on a Dreamliner parked in Boston and a malfunctioning battery that led to an emergency landing of another 787 in Japan. Boeing executives say t...
Take a look at the satellite, and a cold front is sweeping across Tasmania and Victoria, bringing strong and gusty southwesterly winds and showers. The trough in the west is generating showers and thunderstorms in Western Australia and the Northern T...
The prime minister is being accused of fudging the numbers to justify her crackdown on temporary visas for foreign workers. Two members of the government's advisory panel on skilled migration have questioned the prime minister's claim that the number...
The new Pope has appeared on the balcony at the Vatican to loud cheers from the assembled crowd. He is Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio and was elected was elected by cardinals on the second day of the conclave. He is the first Jesuit to lead the Ca...
And the powerful lobby group Manufacture Australia has chosen controversial former underwear Queen Sue Morphett as its new chairwoman. And she resigned last year as the Chief Executive of Pacific Brands where she axed 1,800 jobs and moved production...
A bounce in the polls is offering a glimmer of hope for federal labor. Julia Gillard has regained her leader over Tony Abott as preferred prime minister. And labor's primary vote is up three points to 34%. Labor's poor result in the West Australia el...
Federal MPs return to Canberra this week amid fresh speculation about the leadership. It follows Labor's dismal state election result in the west. Liberal Premier Colin Barnett's victory was bigger than expected, prompting fears of a Labor wipe-out i...
And in Europe, it ended the week higher with London's FTSE up 44 points there. The Dax also having a positive day. And across the Atlantic, as trade has ended on Wall Street, the Dow finishing up 68 points. So a positive day all around globally. And...
A trough is generating showers over SA and Tasmania, tropical cyclone Sandra is moving east, away from the Queensland coast. And a monsoonal trough is causing storms in parts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Looking around the states....
The United Nations is ramping up the pressure on North Korea. The Security Council has overnight approved tough new sanctions against the rogue nation, in retaliation for last month's nuclear test. Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr has told us Ch...
Leading the news this morning.Victoria's new premier Denis Napthine has a very big job ahead of him to revive the coalition government's flagging fortunes. He was sworn in late last night after Ted Baillieu's shock resignation. Now earlier in the day...
In finance. Wall Street has hit a new record high before falling back slightly. The Dow Jones exceeded the previous record set back in 2007. Wall Street trader Douglas Blake says there are two forces at play in the US economy. Certainly, it doesn't f...
Julia Gillard has hit back claims by the Opposition leader that she's demonizing foreign workers. Tony Abbott says the government's crackdown on visas for foreign workers could stir up hatred, but the prime minister has told us here on News Breakfast...
