Just as air travel restrictions were to be eased, British aviation authorities say a new ash cloud appears to be heading towards the UK. They say the reopening of airspace in Scotland will go ahead as planned. But the airports in Northern Ireland cou...
The Federal Government has agreed to guarantee future funding in the health system but only at the states signed on to its health plan. The Prime Minister offered the sweetener as state and territory leaders met ahead of formal COAG (Council of Austr...
Hello, Nick Dole with the National Weather. Taking a look at the satellite image first, and cloud sweeping through South Australia and western Victoria is producing rain and a few storms. Unstable air in cloud in the tropics is generating widespread...
The Federal Government is cracking down on excessive executive pay. Legislation will be introduced later this year that could force executives to pay back bonuses theyve received on the basis of false financial information. The Government says the la...
Thousands of passengers have been stranded in northern Europe due to mass flight cancellations. A volcanic eruption in Icelands caused a huge plume of ash and it's feared it could cause plane engines to fail. Britain's closed its entire airspace, and...
Rescuers and aid workers are pouring into western China where a strong earthquake has left nearly 600 people dead. Another 10,000 were hurt when the quake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale caused buildings, roads and bridges to collapse. Many surviv...
World leaders have agreed to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the globe within four years in a bid to thwart any terrorists. Delegates from 47 nations meeting at the nuclear security summit in Washington, say theyll share information an...
State and territory leaders have held a telephone hook-up to discuss the Prime Minister's proposed health system overhaul. Kevin Rudd's offered the states and territories hundreds of millions of dollars extra for elective surgery, aged care, and emer...
Good morning. The Federal Government's announced another health funding boost in the hope of winning states support for its hospital reform plan. The Commonwealth is promising an extra 739 million dollars to boost aged care services. It will provide...
Hello, Claire Aird with the National Weather. Taking a look at the satellite picture first, and widespread cloud across the interior in a broad trough is generating patchy rain and storms. Scattered cloud forming over the southeast is bringing a burs...
Queensland-based mining company Macarthur Coal has delayed a shareholder meeting, planned to vote on a takeover offer. Shareholders were due to decide on a proposal from the Noble Group on Monday. But the meeting has been postponed for a week that's...
Tasmania's new Labor minority Governments already facing the threat of a no-confidence motion less than a day after being returned to office. The state's governor yesterday reappointed David Bartlett Premier 19 days after the election delivered a hun...
The head of Victoria's Bushfire Recovery and Reconstruction Authority Christine Nixon has apologized for leaving the incident control centre on Black Saturday. In an open letter published in the Herald Sun, the former Victorian police chief accepted...
The Obama administration has unveiled a plan to reduce the role of nuclear weapons as part of its national security strategy. The government is promising not to launch a nuclear attack on non-nuclear states and says it sends a message to Iran and Nor...
The Federal Government is denying it's doing a trade-off for the US government on asylum seekers. Australia has agreed to take three Guantanamo Bay detainees from the US. The ABC has been told the move is related to the US government's decision to ac...
