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.