China economy has grown at its slowest pace in more than two years. The latest government figures show the country economy grew by 8.9% in the three month to the end of December. That's down slight by from the 9.1% in the previous quarter growth to t...
There's been another drive-by shooting in Sydney, the nine in just over a week. A woman and two small children have escaped injury when four shots were fired into their home in the city's west early this morning. The New South Wales crime commission...
The death toll from an Italian cruise ship than run aground in the Mediterranean has risen to 5, 15 people are still missing, an Italian crew member and a south Korean couple were the latest to be rescued from the stricken ship, the ships captain has...
As you heard standard and pools has decided to downgrade the France top notch credit rating. From its television says the rating's agency were cut pairs triple A rating. Other EU nations set to be facing the same fate late today. The northern territo...
Checking the weather now, and ex-tropical cyclone Heidi is causing rain of Western Australia while a trough stretching through Queensland and Top End is bringing a few showers and storms. Taking a look at the states. And a wet day for most of Queensl...
Tropical cyclone Heidi is crossing Western Australias Pilbara coast, the category 2 cyclone is bringing winds to up to 150km/h as well as torrential rain. A red alert remains in place for communities between Pardoo and Whilm Creek, 2000 homes without...
The Northern Territory government says the sale of gas on the Inpex project brings the Territory's step closer to securing a major investment. Inpex is planning to build a multi-billion-dollar gas processing plant in Darwin, but a final investment de...
Leading the news this morning, Three Australian anti-whaling protesters been holding in a Japanese whaling ship are to be released. The men illegally boarded the ship at the weekend, protesters won't be charged and the arrangements are being made for...
The Federal Government is trying to secure the release of three Australian anti-whaling protesters being held in a Japanese surveillance boat. The trio illegally boarded the boat off the West Australian coast yesterday. The government concedes the me...
The regrowing signs. The U.S economy is picking up. Employment grew slightly in the last month with the jobless rate falling to near 3 year low of 8.5%. But the analysts say the economy needs to sustain the current pace of job creation to prove the b...
Look at the satellite picture. And the main area of cloud that will be impacted as we head in towards the weekend is this cloud massing Western Australia. It's in association with the trough system, triggering showers and storms. Some of those are se...
US President Barack Obama has outlined big cuts to the military and a greater presence in the Asia-Pacific region. Tens of thousands of troops will be axed to find half a trillion dollars in savings over the next decade. President Obama says troop nu...
Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain has endorsed Mitt Romney in his bid for the White House. The former Massachusetts governor narrowly won the Iowa caucus. He was just eight votes ahead of former senator Rick Santorum. Tea party fav...
And Germany has recorded a slower unemployment rate in 20 years. The jobless rate in December fell to 6.8 percent, that's down slightly from the 6.9 percent recorded in November. The number of people unemployed in Germany during 2011 topped more than...
Victoria and the South Australia are in front of another scrod today, Fire fighters are on higher alert as the temperatures expect to soar to around 40 degrees in some areas. One hundred fires have been burning across the Victoria and dozens of peopl...
