Take a look at the satellite. A trough in the east is triggering showers and thundery rain in NSW and in southeast Queensland. Another trough in the west of the country is generating the odd shower. Meanwhile, a high pressure system is keeping elsewh...
The Federal Opposition is continuing to pressure the Government over the Craig Thompson affair. Mr Thompson was arrested and charged yesterday over allegations he misused Health Services Union funds when he was National Secretary. A civil case brough...
The federal election is nearly eight months away, but already the major parties are arguing over policy costings. The prime minister has announced voters will go to the polls on September, the 14th. Opposition frontbencher Christopher Pyne has told o...
And a recovery in the US housing markets seem to be gathering steam. House prices in November were up 5.5 percent on a year ago. Now that's the fastest rise since the market crash began in 2006. But it's not all good news for the US economy. Separate...
Four people have now died as a result of those Queensland floods, a three-year-old boy died when a tree fell on him and his mother in Brisbane. To the north, the city of Bundaberg remains in the grip of its worst flood on record. Critically ill patie...
Of course, Queensland's flood emergency which is threatening more communities. One man is missing after being swept away, while trying to cross a flooded creek on a motorbike at Greenback near Brisbane. In the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane, the lo...
It's time to check the business news now. And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up 20 points. As well as the (error in speaking)....the Dax was up110. The Euro stoxx up 21. In the US, trading comes to a cl...
Ex-tropical cyclone Owswald is casuing heavy rain in eastern Queensland. A trough over soutern NSW is generating showers and a few storms. And a monsoon trough is triggering thundery showers across WA and the NT's northern tropics. Looking around the...
Extra fire crews are on standby as the weather heats up again in the southern states. Strong winds and temperatures in the high 30s will create severe fire dangers in parts of Victoria and New South Wales. While no homes are current threatened, resid...
And Australian Chamber of Commerce says another interest rate cut is needed to help stimulate the economy. Its latest survey of nearly 600 companies suggest business confidence haven't shown signs of improvement for nearly three years. And it paints...
Barack Obama has been publicly sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Washington in freezing weather to witness the historic inauguration ceremony. After taking the oath of office, president O...
A cruise ship hasrescued a French sailor who's been stranded in rough seas in the southern oceanfor three days. Alain Delord had to abandon his yacht on Friday when its mastwas torn down in a gale about 900 kilometres southwest of Tasmania. Fire figh...
And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up. The Dax and Euro stocks were down. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is slightly up, while the Nasdaq is down. And the Australian dolla...
We're very hot. Northwesterly winds across New South Wales, triggering record heat through central and southern parts of the state, that includes Sydney and Canberra, but we have got a cooler change moving through and it's now triggering severe thund...
A large, fast-moving fire is burning out of control in the Baw Baw ranges, east of Melbourne. The blaze is now bearing down on rural properties near Seaton, Hayfield and Glen Maggie. Residents have been warned that it's now too late to leave and surv...
