Taking a look at the satellite image first, and cloud near a low in the southwest is bringing some isolated showers. Therell also be a few showers over the north of Western Australia where a high cloud meets a trough. Queensland can expect a fine day...
The new mining tax deals prompted the global miner Xstrata to reinstate about 600 million dollars in copper and mining exploration projects. Xstrata says it'll now go ahead with the extension of its Ernest Henry mine in north Queensland, which is sus...
The Prime Minister Julia Gillard is this morning poised to announce a deal with the big miners on the super profits tax. It's understood the deal could include lifting the rate which the super profits tax kicks in. The headline rate of 40 percent may...
The former prime minister John Howard says Julia Gillard must take her full share of responsibility for the Government's problems under Kevin Rudd. Mr Howard says he is unsure if she will make a good PM after her contribution on policy as deputy. He...
The victims and their families say last night's guilty verdicts in the trial of Jayant Patel have bought closure. The 60-year-old former Bundaberg surgeon has been convicted of three counts of manslaughter and one of grievous bodily harm. Patel will...
And Federal Labor MP Bill Shorten has spoken for the first time since he acted to oust Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister. Mr Shorten says he recognized the need for a change in the weeks leading up to the challenge but insists he only approached Julia Gil...
Leading the news this morning. Prime Minister Julia Gillard is today expected to announce her new-look Cabinet. Ms Gillard has spoken to dumped PM Kevin Rudd about his future in Parliament. She may reallocate her old portfolios to existing Cabinet me...
Hello, Nick Dole with the National Weather. Taking a look at the satellite imaging, thick cloud across northeastern New South Wales is bringing some isolated showers and storms to the coast. Patchy cloud over the southeast is pushing some snowfall ac...
The G8 meeting has got underway in Canada with Britain and the US pushing other nations to live up to their aid promises. Leaders of the group of eight nations, the world's eight largest economies, have gathered in Toronto for the meeting. The G8 nat...
And Julia Gillard will hold her first Cabinet meeting later this morning as Prime Minister. She's promised to get straight back to work in her new role. One of her first jobs will be to choose her front bench, and she isn't ruling out her ministerial...
The Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard will stand against Mr Rudd in a leadership ballot at nine o'clock in Canberra this morning. Now if she wins, Julia Gillard will become Australia's 27th Prime Minister and its first female leader. Kevin Rudd cal...
The top US commander in Afghanistan is fighting to keep his job after criticizing President Obama and top US officials during a press interview. His aides had told the magazine that General McChrystal wasnt impressed by Mr Obama after their first mee...
Rescuers have found the wreckage of that plane that went missing in West Africa with six Australian mining executives on board. Cameroons information minister said the plane was found in the Congo and that none of the 11 people on board had survived....
The search continues for a plane carrying six Australian mining executives that's gone missing in West Africa. The men from Sundance Resources were planning to inspect iron ore sites. The plane carrying 11 people including mining magnate Ken Talbot w...
Hello, Kathryn Stolarchuk with the National Weather. Taking a look at the satellite image, cloud across Western Australia and eastern Queensland is bringing patchy light rain. The odd shower over the southeast is also causing isolated alpine snowfall...
