Workplace Relation Minister Bill Shorten will hold talk with Telstra and its contractors today over the NBN asbestos scare. Several sites in three States have been shut down where asbestos was disturbed while pits were being prepared by workers. The...
A cold front and a broad trough are causing areas of rain and storms over northern WA, Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia as well as southern parts of the Northern territory and NSW. A high is directing onshore winds and light showers onto the Qu...
NBN Chief Mike Quigley is calling for calm over an asbestos scare of some of its roll-out sites. Several sites in New South Wales, Victoria and WA have been shut down. Telstra is hiring an extra 200 safety specialists to inspect all asbestos-related...
Controversial plans to boost party electoral funding have been put on hold, the coalition appears to be walking away from the taxpayer increase in the wake of a big vote of back lash. The government has now decided to delay introducing that bill into...
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The forecast number of asylum seekers arriving in Australia this year has quadrupled, last year, the immigration department estimated almost half 5,5000 would seek asylum in 2012-13. But the immigration department secretary Martin Bowles has confirme...
Federal parliament faces a packed agenda when it resumes today. There is just four more sitting weeks left before the election. The government has a number of budget bills to get through, including the winding back of the baby bonus.There is also leg...
And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was down and the Dax and Euro were also down. In the U.S, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is up, while the SP 500 is down. And the Australian dollar is...
A low off the east coast is bringing showers to northeast New South Wales and southeast Queensland. Westerly winds are causing light showers in Tasmania, while a large high is keeping most elsewhere mostly dry. Looking around the country. In Queensla...
Ford says it's yet to work out how much assistance it will give to 1,200 Victorian workers who will be made redundant. Ford will stop manufacturing cars at its Geelong and Broadmeadows plants in 2016. The federal and Victorian governments have promis...
British Prime Minister David Cameron is cutting short a visit to France after an apparent terrorist attack in London. A man believed to be a soldier was run over and then hacked to death in broad daylight by two men brandishing meat cleavers. Police...
Technology giant Apple has been defending itself against accusations that it's been avoiding tax. The US Senate report found the company has avoided paying tens of billions of dollars in tax by spreading its accounts over a complex network of subsidi...
That huge tornado that destroyed hundreds of homes and sparked fires in Oklahoma city is our focus this morning. A school and a hospital are among the buildings destroyed in the southern suburb of Moore. People are walking around amongst rubble dazed...
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The prime minister of Greece has been in meetings with China to seek investment and trade deals to help revive the Greek economy. Antonis Samaras met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, hoping to double two-A trade by 2015 and boost cultural exchanges...
