澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-23(在线收听

Canada considers whether to send its athletes to the Delhi Commonwealth Games, amid increasing safety concerns. Australian discus thrower Dani Samuels and two English athletes have already pulled out. In the latest incident, a ceiling at the weightlifting venue partially collapsed. The head of the Games Federation is now seeking an emergency meeting with India's prime minister to discuss the growing concerns.

Climate Change Minister Greg Combet has indicated the government is prepared to consider a carbon tax. It follows growing support in the business community. Mr Combet says putting a price on carbon is an important economic reform.He is determined to push ahead with it.

A pregnant woman is among a group of Chinese detainees conducting another rooftop protest at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre. On Tuesday, eleven asylum seekers ended their protest after meeting with officials from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. This latest group is demanding to speak to a high-ranking department official.

A group of aborigines who fled their remote Northern Territory community will be given welfare assessments in Adelaide today. The 30 children and 60 adults left Yuendumu when violence erupted after a local man died. The Federal Government has now promised to assist the families.

And violence has erupted in parts of East Jerusalem after an Israeli security guard fatally shot a Palestinian man. Israeli police fired tear gas at protesters throwing stones.

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