澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-02-04

 The federal government is facing backbench unease over potential changes to the goods and services tax with about 20 coalition¹ MPs and senators opposed to an increase. The government is keeping the option on the table in discussions about potential tax system changes. Tasmanian Liberal MP Eric Hutchinson says a GST increase would not help his constituents². But the trade minister Andrew Robb has dismissed suggestions, there's unrest among coalition backbenchers. He calls discussion.

 

New research shows the federal government's planned changes to child care will give Australia's economy a 3 billion dollar boost by 2020. The government wants introduce a single means tested subsidy³ for parents. The modeling by not for profit child care provider good start early learning shows almost 20,000 employees would return to work over the next 4 years.

 

The immigration minister Peter Dutton says he won't send children back to Nauru if they'll be put in harm's way. The high court yesterday rejected a challenge to Australia's detention⁴ regime on the Pacific island, paving the way for the return of about 270 people including dozens of babies and children. Today the president of the human rights commission Gillian Triggs will release a report into the effects detention has on children.

 

Clive Palmer has admitted he does not know he authorized⁵ a large donation from Queensland Nickel to his Palmer united party while he was briefly⁶ director of the company last year. Queensland Nickel is currently in voluntary administration and 237-workers from its Townsville Refinery⁷ has been sacked.

 

A man has been critically injured and his wife is in a stable condition after being stabbed outside their home in Melbourne. They were returning home to Maidstone in Melbourne's west when they were attacked about 1 o'clock this morning.

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 constituents   

n.选民( constituent的名词复数 )；成分；构成部分；要素

参考例句：

• She has the full support of her constituents. 她得到本区选民的全力支持。
• Hydrogen and oxygen are the constituents of water. 氢和氧是水的主要成分。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 subsidy   

n.补助金，津贴

参考例句：

• The university will receive a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence.那个大学将得到一笔人工智能研究的补助费。
• The living subsidy for senior expert's family is included in the remuneration.报酬已包含高级专家家人的生活补贴。

4 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

5 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

6 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

7 refinery   

n.精炼厂，提炼厂

参考例句：

• They built a sugar refinery.他们建起了一座榨糖厂。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。