Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned against falling for Islamic State's "hype", saying the terrorist group has "many more smartphones than guns, many more Twitter accounts than soldiers". In his first national security statement the PM said the unilateral deployment of Australian combat troops on the ground in Iraq or Syria was "neither feasible or practical", putting him at odds with Tony Abbott and former defence minister Kevin Andrews
Australia's tropical cyclone warning centre will consider investigating its naming conventions after US research found people take the threat of female-named hurricanes less seriously than male names
Game of Thrones fans may see one of their favourites return from the dead after the show tweeted a season six teaser poster with a partial shot of Jon Snow's blood-stained face. For those of you trying to figure out what all the hype is about, the popular character was killed off at the end of season five. Or so it seemed...
Go behind the scenes in the making of Sarah Ferguson's powerful two-part documentary series Hitting Home, which investigates Australia's domestic violence crisis. It will air on ABC tonight and tomorrow at 8.30pm.
Here's what's coming up today:
6.00pm AEDT: The AFL draft takes place in Adelaide
7.00pm AEDT: US secretary of state John Kerry meets Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu followed by a separate meeting with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas
8.30pm AEDT: Three Vatican officials and two reporters go on trial accused of conspiring to leak documents
11.30pm AEDT: The UN will release a progress report on its goal to eliminate AIDS by 2030
3.30am AEDT Wednesday: US president Barack Obama welcomes French president Francois Hollande to the White House to discuss international efforts to defeat the Islamic State group
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull warns against taking Islamic State propaganda at face value, saying the terror group has "more smartphones than guns" and "more Twitter accounts than soldiers".
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann moves to quash concerns the Government is selling off its dark fibre communications network that spans 400 buildings across Canberra, but is not ruling out its sale.
The consumer watchdog targets a second private training college, alleging it signed up vulnerable people — some with intellectual disabilities — and citing problems with the Government's VET FEE-HELP system.
New South Wales police are pioneering a new technique in tackling domestic violence by video recording crime scenes to play later in court as evidence.
The Muslim teenager arrested when a teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb is threatening to sue his school and the Texas town of Irving for almost $21 million, his lawyer says.
The pharmaceutical companies behind Botox and Viagra will join in the second-biggest corporate merger in history, as Pfizer and Allergan announce a deal worth $220 billion.
A north Queensland woman is recovering in hospital after being bitten by a deadly red-bellied black snake, with her cat Skitzo rushing to her aid and killing the reptile.
You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts.
This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com.
Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email.
This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced.
0 comments:
Post a Comment