The Federal Communications Minister has rejected criticism of his handling of plans for a National Broadband Network. An Auditors-General report says an initial tender process aborted by the government in April last year cost taxpayers 17 million dol...
The government is pressing ahead with its emissions trading scheme, reintroducing legislation into parliament for a third time last night. Former Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull signaled hell vote for it. And the government is challenging other Co...
The latest Newspoll shows the Federal Coalition leads Labor in the primary vote for the first time since the election. The poll in the Australian newspaper shows the Coalitions primary vote at 41 percent to Labors 40 percent. When parliament resumes...
The Federal Government will today release a key report warning Australias ageing population could threaten its economic growth. The intergenerational report will outline the financial impact of the country's ageing population. Growth will be much low...
Hello, Melissa Hamilton with the National Weather. Checking the satellite image first, and you can see thick cloud swirling over Queensland from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Olga. Thats causing rain and storms over most of the state. A monsoon trough over the...
The US economy is on the road to recovery, posting its fastest growth rate in six years. Fourth quarter GDP grew by 5.7 percent, much faster than expected. The Obama administrations welcomed the news, saying recent policies have helped the countrys e...
The United Nations says it held secret talks with the Taliban to discuss a truce. The revelation was made as Foreign Ministers gathered in London to map out a plan to hand security back over to Afghan forces. They've also unveiled a 550-million-dolla...
The Federal Governments controversial new My School website has crashed just hours after its launch this morning. Users are reporting problems logging onto the site which lists student data comparing literacy and numeracy rates in almost 10,000 schoo...
The International Monetary Fund says the world economy is recovering at a healthy pace. But it still needs government stimulus to keep it going. It now predicts the world economic growth will reach 3.9 percent this year. But it's cautioning financial...
Millions of people are getting ready to celebrate Australia Day. The only Australian woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Medicine, Elizabeth Blackburn, has added Australia's top honor to her accolades. Professor Blackburn has become a Companion in t...
The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says there will be major changes to the health system this year. The announcement came as he revealed the government faces massive hikes in health costs over the coming decades. Mr. Rudd warned health costs will rise rap...
Hello, Geoff Ernest with the National Weather. Tropical Cyclone Olga will spread heavy squally rain over north Queensland. The cloud in a trough over WA is also bringing showers and storms. Another trough near the New South Wales coast is causing lig...
Stock markets around the world have fallen after the US president proposed sweeping new rules for Wall Street banks. Barak Obama's proposals could dramatically curtail the activities of American financial institutions, limiting their size and risk ta...
Haiti's government says the bodies of at least 75,000 people have been buried in mass graves since the earthquake struck the island more than a week ago. Workers are carving out graves on a hillside north of Haitis capital. And in Port-au-Prince, the...
There has been a strong aftershock in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The tremor measuring 6.1 sent people running for safety and brought down debris from buildings already weakened by the first quake. Two thousand marines are now on their way in...
