The first Newspoll of the federal election campaign shows the ALP has a commanding lead over the Coalition. Today's poll puts Labor 10 points ahead on the two-party preferred basis. Labor's primary vote stays steady at 42 per cent while the Coalition...
The satellite image shows a cloud band stretching across southern Australia. A cold front is producing some scattered showers. Cloud extending through WA in a trough is generating rain across the northwest. There will be some isolated showers along Q...
Goldman Sachs will pay a $600 million fine to settle a fraud case. The US financial regulator imposed the penalty on the bank for misleading investors about a hedge fund that was destined to fail. The Securities and Exchange Commission says the penal...
The US Senate has passed that landmark bill to overhaul the US financial system. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives early this month. The reform is meant to reduce risk taking by banks and prevent repeats of the 2008 global financial...
Former prime minister Paul Keating has lashed out at his predecessor Bob Hawke over a biography that he says rewrites history. Mr Keating accuses Mr Hawke of going missing during the 1990s, saying he had to carry the Prime Minister because of Mr Hawk...
The Federal Government will use todays release of an updated economic forecast to push its economic credentials as it prepares to call an election. The forecast is expected to confirm that the budget will return to surplus in 2013. The Opposition say...
The Federal Government says talks with Dili about processing asylum seekers on East Timor are going well, despite the country's parliament rejecting the plan. Dili's parliament voted against the proposal for a processing centre, but only 34 of the co...
A dramatic World Cup final is being played out in Johannesburg between Spain and the Netherlands. The match is going into extra time after the score was locked at nil all. Both sides are vying for their first-ever crown in the history of the sport. T...
To the satellite imaging, broken cloud in a trough is stretching from coast to coast, causing widespread rain. Cloud over the southeast with a cold front is triggering showers and some alpine snow. A high over the Tasman is directing moist air onto t...
Representatives from a group of mining companies say they are feeling positive after holding talks with the Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Perth. Rio Tinto boss Sam Walsh and Atlas Iron head David Flanagan were among about 20 miners who met the Prim...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard appears to be backing away from her plan to send asylum seekers to East Timor. Three days after announcing that proposal, Ms Gillard now says setting up a centre on Papua New Guinea is another option. The Opposition says...
The Prime Minister Julia Gillard is facing growing opposition to her plan to process asylum seekers in East Timor. The country's Deputy Prime Minister Jose Luis Guterres says the proposal is unlikely to be accepted. And a senior East Timorese politic...
East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta says his country shouldn't become an island prison for Australia's asylum seekers. Prime Minister Julia Gillard wants to send asylum seekers to East Timor and New Zealand for processing. Neither country has fo...
The United Nations report has paved the way for the Federal Government to take a much stronger stance against asylum seekers. The High Commissioner for Refugees report re-points to greatly improved security in Sri Lanka, and says it should not be pre...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is expected to take a tougher approach to border protection when she announces her policy on asylum seekers this week. Cabinet will today discuss the future of Sri Lankan asylum seekers who've been left in limbo since May...
