ABC Home | Radio | Television | News | Your Local ABC | More Subjects… | Shop

Video

Email

US approves Wall St rescue

Source: Insiders
Published: Sunday, October 5, 2008 10:46 AEST
Expires: Saturday, January 3, 2009 10:46 AEST

US Congress has now passed the $US700 billion bailout package, however questions abound about whether it will actually work.

View Transcript

Tags: economic-trends, finance-markets, world-politics, united-states

Feature

Former RBA governor Ian Macfarlane

Financial crisis

Former RBA boss Ian Macfarlane blames the global financial "mess" on bonus-hungry executives.

Listen

Parliament House Canberra

Politicians' pay

It is time to pay our politicians properly, says former Liberal MP Bruce Baird.

Opinion

A storm front moves across Elabe Station in Qld

Water crisis

New dams should be a sensible element of Victoria's long-term water solution.