Hello, Jessica Askin with the National Weather. Taking a look at the satellite image first, and cloud trailing over Victoria and southern New South Wales is causing a little bit of rain. And a cloud band extending over WA in a trough is generating th...
The Eurozone has emerged from recession after the deepest downturn since the Second World War. Sixteen European Union countries use the Euro currency. Output for those countries grew by 0.4% in the third quarter of this year. That news gave market se...
Indonesia has confirmed that 20 of the 78 asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking have agreed to disembark. The Sri Lankans have been refusing to go ashore to Indonesia. But they've now accepted the government's proposal to fast track their resett...
Australia is offering asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking resettlement in Australia within 12 weeks if they disembark in Indonesia and have their refugee status confirmed. About half of the 78 Sri Lankans aboard the Oceanic Viking could be in...
New Zealand has rejected a Federal Government proposal to take some of the asylum seekers from an Australian Customs ship. The proposal is part of the governments plan to try to resolve the standoff involving 78 asylum seekers on the Oceanic Viking....
Celebrations are continuing in Germany as thousands mark 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined the world leaders and dignitaries, setting off the line of giant dominos where the wall once stood. Despite th...
The Federal Government has taken a dip in the polls as a standoff with the group of asylum seekers onboard an Australian Customs ship continues. Today's Newspoll in the Australian newspaper shows 53% of voters think the government is doing a bad job...
Hello, Kirsty Heenan with the National Weather. Cloud bands over northeastern New South Wales and central Queensland in a trough are causing showers and storms. Cloud being driven over the east coast in moist easterlies is bringing patchy showers. An...
Unemployment has hit a new high in the United States. Over fifteen million people are looking for work with the jobless rate hitting 10.2% in October. That figure is the highest in over twenty-five years. Although job loss is deep, slow month on mont...
US Army officials have confirmed 7 people have been killed in a shooting at a Texas army base. At least twenty people have been injured. Indonesia will today announce whether it will extend a permit allowing an Australian Customs ship with a group of...
