澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-11-02

 Leading the news, the parliamentary budget office says a broad based GST of 50% will generate 130 billion dollars per year in revenue. Coalition¹ backbencher David Glensky requested the modelling based on New Zealand system. He says raising the GST would help to pay for increases in the age pension and other welfare costs. Federal Health Minister Susan Lee says some doctors are routing the Medicare benefit schedule. She says a new report shows compliant² investigations³ of doctors increased by 40% last year. The professional services review agency has ordered the replacement⁴ of more than 4 million dollars in claims. A Russian aviation official says Kogalymavia Flight 9268 broke up in midair before crushing in Egypt but it’s still too early to know why. Many of 224 victims were from St. Petersburg where memorial services have been held overnight. Debris⁵ and bodies have been found across a wide area at / Peninsula. The Greek coastguard has recovered the bodies of 11 more asylum⁶ seekers including 6 children. They’ve drowned when a boat overturned while making the crossing from Turkey. The boat was just 20 meters from the Island of Samos.

And Islamic militants⁷ have attacked a hotel on a Somali capital Mogadishu, killing⁸ at least 15 people. Police say the Al-shabaab gunman used two car bombs to blast their way into the heavily guarded hotel compound. Government forces took control after a fierce gun battle.

1 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

2 compliant   

adj.服从的，顺从的

参考例句：

• I don't respect people who are too compliant.我看不起那种唯命是从，唯唯诺诺的人。
• For years I had tried to be a compliant and dutiful wife.几年来，我努力做一名顺从和尽职尽职的妻子。

3 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

4 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

5 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

6 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

7 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

8 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。