澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-02-23

 

Told ABC has confirmed that the government is looking at halving¹ the capital gains tax discount for superannuation funds taking it from 33 to 15 percent. This comes today after the Prime Minister Told Parliament, he was not thinking about increasing capital gains tax. The Finance Minister has told us earlier he can't confirm details of tax reforms.

"Not gonna out to speculation², but I explain it very clearly what we are doing. we are looking at the award tax system (for) to ensure that the tax systems  go as friendly as possible that we rise a necessary of revenue for government any more sufficiently³. This is strolling way possibly in economy. " Marshall's comments speaking to us earlier. 

More than 8,000 people remain in evacuation centers in Fiji after tropical cyclone⁴ Winston battered⁵ the island nation. The death toll⁶ has reached 21, and now aid agencies are warning of a major health crisis. Meanwhile rescue efforts continue as the national disaster management office says 4 are still missing at sea.

United State and Russia have announced that a ceasefire in Syria will go into effect on February 27. In a joint⁷ statement,2 countries said the agreement applies to parties that have committed to ending hostilities⁸ but not to Islamic state and other terrorist organizations.

New laws have passed to senate that will give the consumer watchdog new powers to crack down on companies deemed to be slugging customers with excessive credit card surcharges. From July, the Australian competition and consumer commission will now have the authority to fine companies that charge their customers big fees for purchases such as airfares.

1 halving   

n.对分，二等分，减半[航空、航海]等分v.把…分成两半( halve的现在分词 )；把…减半；对分；平摊

参考例句：

• You searched those halving your salary cut your enthusiasm. 你呈现，薪水减半降低了你的任务热情。 来自互联网
• Halving the repeater spacing made it possible to quadruple the bandwidth. 把增音机间隔缩小一半，就能使带宽增加三倍。 来自互联网

2 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

3 sufficiently   

adv.足够地，充分地

参考例句：

• It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
• The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。

4 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

5 battered   

adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损

参考例句：

• He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
• The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。

6 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

7 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

8 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。