| Black Saturday Royal Commision verdict |
| Saturday, 31 July 2010 |
| ROYAL commission's final report in to the Black Saturday bushfires handed to Victorian premier John Brumby. |
| Stay and go policy is 'sound' says report |
| Saturday, 31 July 2010 |
| THE final report into the 2009 Victorian bushfires says the controversial stay and go policy is "sound". |
| Twin earthquakes shake South Australia |
| Saturday, 31 July 2010 |
| TWO earthquakes have shaken parts of South Australia today. |
| "Abducted" children found by police |
| Saturday, 31 July 2010 |
| A 15-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl have been found after Queensland police issued an abduction alert about the pair, fearing they may have been at risk after being taken by a man in the state's far-north on Thursday night. |
| Pilot has lucky escape from plane crash |
| Friday, 30 July 2010 |
| A 46-year-old pilot has walked away with only minor injuries from a single-engine aeroplane crash on a remote airstrip on Cape York Peninsula. |
| Extremely rare dolphin threatened |
| Friday, 30 July 2010 |
| A LITTLE-known species of dolphin, found only in northern Australia, is taking a battering from boats and lost fishing gear off the WA tourist town of Broome. |
| Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks |
| Friday, 30 July 2010 |
| PEOPLE taking calcium supplements have about a 30 per cent higher risk of heart attack, research suggests. |
| Abbott leads Gillard in latest poll |
| Friday, 30 July 2010 |
| JULIA Gillard has taken a battering in the latest opinion poll, which shows the Coalition would win the election. |
| Abbott wishes Rudd a speedy recovery |
| Friday, 30 July 2010 |
| OPPOSITION leader Tony Abbott has wished Kevin Rudd a speedy recovery after the former Labor prime minister was admitted to hospital for gall bladder surgery. |
| Officials test for water-contaminating gas |
| Friday, 30 July 2010 |
| TESTS will be carried out at a second underground coal gasification (UCG) trial in Queensland. |