澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-07-13

 The Prime Minister says a massive takeover deal for a Queensland coal company is proof the carbon tax will not cripple the coal industry. The US company, Peabody Energy, has tabled an offer for Macarthur Coal, valuing it at just under $5 billion. The deal is the biggest ever for an Australian coal company. 

 

Authorities confirmed another horse has died from the hendra virus, this time in far north Queensland. Biosecurity Queensland says an animal that died yesterday morning on a property west of Cairns has tested positive to the disease. There’ve been five other outbreaks of hendra in the past three weeks, three in south-east Queensland and two in New South Wales. 

 

Fresh phone hacking¹ allegations are threatening to sink Rupert Murdoch’s bid to expand his British media empire. New reports say investigators² working for the Sun and the Sunday Times targeted former Prime Minister Gordon Brown for a decade. The British government has referred Mr Murdoch’s bid to take over BSkyB to the Competition Commission. 

 

Health warnings will appear on beer, wine and spirit products after the drinks industry agreed to a voluntary labelling scheme. Labels will now include messages that alcohol should not be drunk by children, can cause self-harm and should be avoided by pregnant women. The warnings have been issued by DrinkWise Australia. 

 

Those are the latest headlines from ABC News.

1 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

2 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》