澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-09-02（在线收听）

 Leading finance news the Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to keep interest rates on hold but it means late today, with many economists now anticipating any change in the coming year. All 27 analyst survey by Bloomberg have predicted that the RBA will keep the cash rate at 2%. Now while some believe rates may be cut again late this year, others do not expect the RBA to be swayed by the recent market volatility, driven by concerns about China. A 7-11 store in Melborne has admitted deliberately short changing its staff by tens of thousands of dollars, and doctoring its employement records to cut costs. The store owner has also revealed that he learned how to manipulate the payroll system from another franchise at a 7-11 conference. The ABC's full corner program has found wide spread of worker exploitation at 7-11 stores across the country. In many cases, workers are paid about half the minimum wage. 7-11's head office has blamed any illegal behavior on individual stores and says it will take action if staff had been underpaid. Let's check global markets now. And shares on Wall Street have fallen overnight, the Dow lost 115 points. The Nasdaq fell 1.1% while the S&P 500 was down 0.8 %, in London the FTSE was closed for a national holiday. Checking commodity prices for you now, and West T Crude is trading at 49 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is 52 US dollars a barrel. And Gold is trading at 1135 US dollars an ounce. The US dollar is currently buying 71 US cents, 63 Euro cents and 46 Pence Sterling.