US prosecutors have charged a man with trying to explode a car bomb in New Yorks Times Square. Thirty-year-old Faisal Shahzad is a US citizen of Pakistani origin. He told prosecutors that he received bomb-making training in Pakistan. Authorities in P...
An Indian court has convicted the Pakistani national over his role in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks. The sole surviving gunman Mohammad Ajmal Qasab was found guilty of more than 80 charges, including murder, waging war on India and possessing explos...
The mining industry is ready to fight the Federal Government's plan for a nine-billion-dollar new tax. In a response to the Henry Tax Review, the Government says mining companies will be slugged with a new 40 percent so-called super profits tax. Amon...
Hello, Jessica Askin with the National Weather. On the satellite image this morning, a range of high pressure is keeping much of the country clear and dry. Cloud over southwest Western Australia is causing a little rain and patchy cloud over the trop...
Oil and gas producer Woodside is concerned to propose tax on mining companies will jeopardize the growth of the resources industry. It is expected the Henry Tax Review, to be released on Sunday will recommend the Federal Government to impose a new re...
There was widespread panic buying of cigarettes overnight ahead of a price rise. The Government raised taxes on cigarettes by 25 percent at midnight, adding more than two dollars to a pack of 30 cigarettes. The increase will raise an extra five billi...
Australia is poised to become the first country to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes. From 2012, the Federal Government will ban all brand names on cigarette packets. But it will still be compulsory to carry graphic warnings. The Australian ar...
The Federal Government has been criticized for breaking a key election promise on climate change. Kevin Rudd has delayed his emissions trading scheme until 2013, because it wouldn't pass the Senate. The Opposition says Kevin Rudd lacks conviction for...
West Australian Treasurer Troy Buswell is facing mounting pressure to resign. Mr. Buswell has admitted he misused parliamentary entitlements during his four-month affair with State Greens MP Adele Carles. Premier Colin Barnett is considering Mr. Busw...
Police are investigating whether a faulty accelerator is to blame for a crash that injured seven servicemen during Melbourne's Anzac Day parade. The men in their 70s, 80s, and 90s were all part of a Sri Lankan ex-servicemen's association. The driver...
Thick cloud streaks across New South Wales are bringing showers to the coast and central inland. There are also a few scattered storms over southeast South Australia as low level cloud clears. And cloud over northern Queensland is bringing showers an...
Greece has asked for a 60-billion-dollar international aid package to be activated. Greece had hoped that just the promise of EU support, agreed to last month, would've been enough to reassure markets and help the economy recover. But Greece's proble...
The future of the Melbourne Storm remains in doubt this morning as the fallout from salary cap rorting continues. Former Storm CEO Brian Waldron is refusing to talk about the clubs systematic breaches of the NRL(National Rugby League) salary cap, but...
Qantas has given the green light for flights to take off from London. Earlier this morning, passengers were stranded as flights were cancelled or delayed for more than ten hours because of a new threat from volcanic ash. Airlines are putting on extra...
The Prime Minister says WA's refusal to sign on to his health plan won't jeopardize the flow of billions of dollars in other states. Kevin Rudd's promised an extra five billion dollars over four years to improve emergency departments and provide more...
