Two Australia’s top car makers are cutting jobs and production. Ford is axing 240 jobs from its two Victorian plants because of a drop in demand for larger cars. Toyota is halving its production for the next two months because of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. 

 

NATO’s warplanes have been hitting more targets in the Libyan capital Tripoli, but it seems there’s not enough of them. The alliance’s secretary general has told foreign ministers meeting in Germany that the operation needs a few more aircraft. Britain and France have already been trying to persuade NATO members to step up their military commitments. 

 

Queensland’s flood inquiry will today again focus on the role played by the state’s dams during the recent floods. Some property owners are blaming the sudden release of water from the Wivenhoe Dam for the devastation. One resident told the inquiry yesterday it was the water release and not the floods that damaged her property. 

 

And Denmark’s closely guarded secret is out. The royal couple has named their recently born twins Vincent and Josephine. The twins have just been baptised in Copenhagen. It’s a royal tradition not to reveal the names until after the christening.