After two weeks, Australians should find out today just who'll be getting the keys to the Lodge. The three independents yesterday wrapped up a deal with both major parties on parliamentary reform. And West Australian National's MP Tony Crook has conf...
Residents in northeast and western Victoria are bracing for the worst today as floodwaters continue to rise. Sixty residents in the town of Wangaratta in the states northeast have been told to evacuate. In Victorias west, residents at Skipton near Ba...
Thick cloud is covering the country's southeast as tropical moisture is drawn south, ahead of a trough and a deep low.This is generating areas of rain, some heavy with potential thunderstorms.Skies are mostly clear over the west under a high. Queensl...
Local stocks ended only slightly high today, but they kept their best weekly performance in the year. The All Ordinaries finished up 15 points. The ASX 200 put on just nine points but it put on about four per cent for the week. Fortescue Metal Shares...
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has described the Coalition's billion-dollar offer for Hobart hospital as reckless. Mr Wilkie yesterday announced that he'd support Prime Minister Julia Gillard's attempt to form government. And it means Labor is now just...
Israel has hinted at a compromise with the Palestinians as direct talks between Middle East leaders begin in Washington. Israel's defence minister said the Jewish state would be willing to hand over parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians. The US Pres...
Three Australians and a New Zealander were killed when their charter plane burst into flames in Papua New Guinea. The Trans Air plane overshot the runway on Misima Island and crashed into trees. One of the men killed was a 61-year-old marine pilot fr...
Julia Gillard's hopes of forming the next government have been dealt a serious blow. A recalculation of the two-party preferred vote shows the Coalition now more than 1,900 votes ahead of Labor. The Prime Minister had previously said the party with t...
Australia faces another week in political limbo as negotiations to end post-election power stalemate enter a second week. Four independents return to Canberra today to resume talks with major parties about who will form a minority government. And Lab...
Around the country now, low cloud is lingering over southeast Australia and cool southwest winds bringing a few showers to the southeast states. Ragged cloud drifting over the interior in moist winds aloft is not producing rain. Up to the states now....
