A big poll reveals a tiny margin for Labor just three days out from the Federal Election. Labor's apparently clinging to a four-seat majority according to an opinion poll by JWS Research. An automated phone system surveyed almost 22,000 voters across...
The Federal Government will provide an extra $24 million to support emergency aid in Pakistan. It takes Australia's total commitment to $35 million. The United Nations says up to 3.5 million children in Pakistan are now at risk from deadly waterborne...
Labor is maintaining its lead in the polls as it prepares to launch its election campaign in Brisbane today. The latest Newspoll shows Labor with a narrow lead over the Coalition, 52 to 48 on a two-party-preferred basis. Julia Gillard is expected to...
There will be showers spread across the southeast from cloud which has been driven by strong winds behind a front. That's also causing Alpine snow. It will be mainly clear elsewhere. A fine day for Queensland apart from a few isolated showers over th...
The local market has snapped a three-day losing streak with both the All Ords and the ASX 200 closing up one and a third per cent. Bargain-hunters stepped in to snap up Telstra shares after it slumped to an all-time low of $2.82, helping it recover a...
Pakistan's president has visited a camp for flood victims during his first trip to areas hit by the deluge. Asif Ali Zardari has been criticized for failing to cut short an overseas trip when the floods first hit. Pakistan's government has also been...
An audience of undecided voters has declared Tony Abbott the winner over Julia Gillard at a public forum in western Sydney last night. The Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader field questions from about 200 voters at the Rooty Hill RSL Club. Juli...
Labor's hit out at Tony Abbott for failing, they say, to understand his own broadband policy. The Coalition yesterday released a six-billion-dollar plan to extend Internet services through a mix of cable and wireless technology. And it confirmed it w...
The battle over broadband is set to take centre stage today with the Federal Coalition due to outline its alternative to the NBN. The Government says the 43-billion-dollar National Broadband Network will be complete by 2018. But the Opposition plans...
The latest Newspoll shows that Labor has an election-winning lead of 52 to 48 per cent, that's up from last week's 50-50 result. Today's Galaxy poll also shows the ALP with a narrow lead over the Coalition on a two-party preferred basis. The Federal...
On the satellite image, a high over the interior and the north is keeping skies mostly clear. There is some patchy low cloud over southeast. But it's staying dry. And cloud over southern WA will bring a few showers. On this synoptic chart, a high wil...
The local share market has closed flat on the back of weakness in financial stocks, with investors cautious ahead of key US jobs data due out tonight. The All Ordinaries edged up just one point and the ASX 200 finished unchanged. The big four banks a...
The election campaign has stepped briefly back in time with Kevin Rudd and John Howard duelling over who should lead the country. John Howard launched a stinging attack on Julia Gillard at a Liberal Party fundraiser last night, calling her a total fa...
New South Wales police will today decide just how to continue the search for missing six-year-old Kiesha Abrahams. Last night, nearly 200 people held a candle-lit vigil outside the little girl's home in the Sydney suburb of Hebersham. Detectives inte...
At least five people have been killed in clashes on the border between Israel and Lebanon. Three Lebanese soldiers, a senior Israeli officer and a Lebanese journalist were killed in exchange. Lebanese forces say they opened fire after Israeli soldier...
