悉尼墨尔本两选区补选 自由党大胜

Liberal candidate Kelly O'Dwyer campaigns in Higgins yesterday.

昨天在悉尼和墨尔本分别有两场选区补选，结果自由党取得大胜，这让新上任的自由党领袖艾伯特舒了一口气。

这两场补选分别是悉尼Bradfield选区和墨尔本的Higgins选区，都是自由党的票仓所在地。分别由前自由党党魁尼尔森（Brendan Nelson）和前财长高德乐（Peter Costello）长期担任选区联邦议员。他们两人因离任形成空缺而举行补选。

Paul Fletcher轻取Bradfield选区，而Kelly O'Dwyer也在墨尔本夺得Higgins选区的胜利。

　

乔治迈克尔将来墨尔本开演唱会

Careless Whisper

Time can never mend the careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind, ignorance is kind
there's no comfort in the truth
pain is all you'll find

Should've known better

I feel so unsure
as I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
as the music dies, something in your eyes
calls to mind the silver screen
and all its sad good-byes

I'm never gonna dance again
guilty feet have got no rhythm
though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool

Should've known better than to cheat a friend
and waste the chance that I've been given
so I'm never gonna dance again
the way I danced with you

Time can never mend
the careless whispers of a good friend
to the heart and mind
ignorance is kind
there's no comfort in the truth
pain is all you'll find

I'm never gonna dance again
guilty feet have got no rhythm
though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool

Should've known better than to cheat a friend
and waste this chance that I've been given
so I'm never gonna dance again
the way I danced with you

Never without your love

Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say

We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But noone's gonna dance with me
Please stay

And I'm never gonna dance again
guilty feet have got no rhythm
though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool

Should've known better than to cheat a friend
and waste the chance that I've been given
so I'm never gonna dance again
the way I danced with you

(Now that you're gone) Now that you're gone
(Now that you're gone) What I did's so wrong
that you had to leave me alone

尽管数额减少 首次置业补贴依然广受欢迎

Home owner's grant still popular

据2009年12月6日Bigpond News报道，12月5日公布的最新数字显示，尽管从10月1日起联邦首次置业补贴减少，澳洲首次购房人士依然不断进场，单单在10月份就有18,703人申领了这项首置补贴。

去年10月14日，联邦政府为刺激经济和房产市场，把原先的联邦首次购房补贴翻番，购买新建房的首次补贴翻三倍到21,000澳元，现房补贴则增至14,000澳元。

从今年10月1日起，这项补贴减少为新房补贴14,000澳元，现房补贴10,500澳元。

从2010年1月1日起，所有的联邦首次补贴都将恢复到原先的7000澳元。

从去年10月份首置补贴翻番政策实施以来，全澳共有190,050个房产买家第一次进场买房并领到翻倍的首置补贴。