澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-01-22(在线收听

Haiti's government says the bodies of at least 75,000 people have been buried in mass graves since the earthquake struck the island more than a week ago. Workers are carving out graves on a hillside north of Haiti’s capital. And in Port-au-Prince, the seaport has partially reopened, helping the supply of a much needed aid.

A Greek nightclub bouncer has been jailed for 22 years for causing the death of an Australian tourist. Marios Antonopoulos escaped the conviction for murder, but he was found guilty of inflicting wounds that caused the Sydney man’s death. Two other men involved in the attack were also jailed for more than seven years. Twenty-year-old Doujon Zammit was killed while on holiday in Mykonos in July, 2008.

And older Australians could be the winners from a wide-ranging tax review. The Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has signaled tax breaks for older people could be an incentive to keep them in the workforce longer. But low-paid workers in Australia could lose salary perks of up to 30,000 dollars. The restructure will affect church-based hospitals, nursing homes and welfare agencies which provide top-up payments to their workers.

I’ll be back with more news later, bye for now.

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