英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-09-20（在线收听） |
Tony Abbott is being urged to re-consider his election promise not to change the GST. Western Australia's Liberal Premier Colin Barnett says the tax is not raising enough money and needs to be broadened or increased. The ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has backed his call and she's urging other state and territory leaders to do the same. Three people have died in seprate house fires overnight in Melbourne's west. Fire crews are unable to save two people trapped in a burning unite at Deer Park in the early hours.And in Queensland,a two-year-old boy was killed when flames engulfed a timber home in north Toowoomba.
The American banking giant JP Morgan has been fined nearly a billion dollars for violating security laws.The bank lost more than six billion dollars as a result of complex deals known as the "London Whale" trades.
Pope Francis says the Catholic church is too focused on preaching about abortion, gays and contraception and needs to be more merciful. He's warned the church's moral structure could "fall like a house of cards" unless it changes.
Security forces have again clashed with Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Egypt's capital Cairo. Violence erupted when hundreds of people and armed troops launched a raid on the Kerdasa district in an effort to re-assert control over the area. Several hours into the operaton, troops had to take cover as armed guards responded with gunfire. |
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