Perth and the Pilbara region will soon be connected to southeast Asia by a new fibre optic network. Fujitsu Australia and Trident have struck a deal to develop the network. Trident installs sub-sea cable systems. The proposed underwater link will run...
Let's take a look at the satellite. A cold front crossing Victoria,Tasmania and southern New South Wales is generating potentially damaging winds and showers while a trough is bring a few storms in northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland. A...
US President Barack Obama has strongly condemned the violence in Egypt and cancelld joint military exercise scheduled for next month. The official death toll from the crackdown has now risen to more than 600. In the latest violence, hundreds of suppo...
Making news this morning, the Foreign Minister Bob Carr, as we just heard, says hes apprehensive about Egypts future and is advising Australians not to travel there. Egypt has declared the state of emergency after the army turning down supporters of...
To finance. And the US government is moving to block a merger between two of the countries biggest airlines. American Airlines and US Airways want to join forces to create the worlds biggest airline. It would also have saved the American Airlines whi...
The debate over policy costing is set to intensify today. Treasury will release the last budget update before polling day this morning. The government is stepping up the pressure on the Opposition to reveal just how will pay for its policies, but the...
Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott were attending the campaign trial today. After both claiming victory in the first election debate, the opposition has taken a swop Mr. Rudd claim he cheated by using notes. But the Prime Minister insists he complied with th...
And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, Londons FTSE 100 was up 54 points. The Dax was up 20 points, while the Euro Stoxx were up 9 points. And in the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is down 62 points, whil...
Let's take a look at the satellite. A cold front is producing showers over South Australia and Victoria. With rain storms and potentially some damaging winds in Tasmania. And associated trough is causing a few showers in eastern New South Wales. A hi...
Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott will hold their first campaign debate on Sunday. The debate will be held at the National Press Club in Canberra. It will be the first of several debates over the course of the campaign. The ABCs been told some asylum seeker...
The prime minister has dragged Tony Abbott into his row with Rupert Murdoch. Kevin Rudd is calling on the Opposition leader to come clean, he says, about any discussions that he had with Mr Murdoch about the future of the National Broadband Network....
Let's go to finance now. And well, mortgage holders are welcoming yesterday's interest rate cut. It is unlikely to do much to improve business confidence. Economist Salon Lobster says all the data shows the economy is soft and he reckons the governme...
British police have rearrested Australian entertainer Roff Harris over new allegations of sexual offenses. He was first arrested in March as part of an opperation set up to investigate claims of sex abuse mainly against British TV presenter Jimmy Sav...
US embassies are on terrorism alert across the Arab world. Twenty-one embassies and consulates right across the Middle East and North Africa will remain close until the end of this week. Security is particularly tight in Yemens capital where Britain,...
And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago London's FTSE 100 was down 34 points. The Dax was also down, while the Euro was up two points. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is up. The SP 500 is also up. And...
