澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-05-08

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 Here's the story today. The federal treasurer¹ Waine Swan has confirmed he'll deliver a surplus in tonight's budget. It's expected to be around 1.5 billion dollars. Mr Swan argued that the surplus will act as a a buffer² against global finance and security and will give the reserve bank flexibility³ on interest rates. The opposition⁴ leader Tony A. says government has cooked the books. The federal government says it will continue to except the votes of the former library paid turned cross bencher Craig Thompson. The former Health Services Union national secretary is the subject of a d** report by Fair Work Australia. He denies any wrong doing. But the opposition says the government should still refuse Mr Thompson's votes in parliament. Hundreds of royal Catholic priests have made in Dublin to call for an end to compulsory⁵ celibacy⁶. In a direct challenge to the ** want church to allow the ordination⁷ of women. The meeting comes as island's Catholic Church is broiled⁸ in a sex abuse scandal dating back to the seventies.