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A constantly updated selection of the leading Australian and international news from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

30th July, 2010 at 05:47 PM:
Rudd in hospital to remove gall bladder
Kevin Rudd has been admitted to hospital for an operation to remove his gall bladder.
30th July, 2010 at 05:34 PM:
Sobbing teen driver jailed for cyclist's death
A teenager said to have driven his car like a missile has been sentenced to 18 months in detention for killing a cyclist on Adelaide's northern fringe.
30th July, 2010 at 04:05 PM:
Gulf coast locals beg not to be forgotten
While the oil has stopped flowing in the Gulf of Mexico, many of the people who live along the Gulf Coast fear they will soon be forgotten.
30th July, 2010 at 05:00 PM:
CA accepts Howard's fate
Cricket Australia says it will support New Zealand Cricket's nominee for the ICC vice-presidency, all but ending John Howard's chances of taking the role.
30th July, 2010 at 01:50 PM:
Survivors brace for Black Saturday report
The Royal Commission into Australia's worst bushfire disaster will release its final report tomorrow, and it is expected to traumatise some survivors.
30th July, 2010 at 04:35 PM:
Sydney mother forced Thai women into prostitution
A Sydney mother who forced 11 Thai women to work as prostitutes to help pay off her mortgage has been jailed for at least 13 months.
30th July, 2010 at 01:23 PM:
Kernot plans political comeback
Cheryl Kernot is taking another tilt in politics and standing as an independent senator for New South Wales.
30th July, 2010 at 12:04 PM:
House prices hit the wall
Australian house prices have fallen for the first time in 17 months, as rising interest rates and the end of government stimulus payments crimp demand.
30th July, 2010 at 12:33 PM:
Disabled students to get $20k under Coalition
Thousands of disabled students would be eligible for $20,000 to help with education costs under a Coalition government, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has announced.
30th July, 2010 at 06:24 PM:
'Common sense' MySuper will face a fight
A member of the Cooper superannuation review panel says its proposals should be made law, despite campaigns against some proposed changes by sections of the finance sector.
30th July, 2010 at 10:13 AM:
Science literacy at risk of extinction
Did humans live at the same time as dinosaurs?
30th July, 2010 at 06:07 PM:
US police destroy $2b worth of marijuana
Police in California say they have destroyed nearly $US2 billion ($2.2 billion) worth of marijuana plants in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
30th July, 2010 at 11:50 AM:
Splendour in the mud not dampening spirits
The gates are open, tents are pitched and 30,000 people have migrated to the south-east Queensland town of Woodford for the sold-out 2010 Splendour In The Grass music festival.
30th July, 2010 at 03:51 PM:
Maths solves sperm movement mystery
UK scientists may have unravelled one of the long-standing mysteries of human fertility: why sperm cells tend to behave like tiny, surface-seeking missiles.
30th July, 2010 at 05:00 PM:
Deadline set for NRL commission
A new independent rugby league commission is set to be established by November 1 following a meeting between NRL club chief executives on Friday.

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