08:00:00 31/07/2010
The latest Nielsen opinion poll shows that the Coalition now leads Labor on a two party preferred basis 52 per cent to 48. Chief Political correspondent Lyndal Curtis explains it comes after a bad week for the Government. More
08:04:00 31/07/2010
Minister for Competition Policy Craig Emerson says this election is on a knife edge and welcomed former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's offer to campaign more widely in Queensland. More
08:08:00 31/07/2010
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Julie Bishop says the latest Labor Party leak alleging Prime Minister Julia Gillard sent a bodyguard to deputise for her at National Security Committee meetings shows she is treating Australia's security with contempt. More
08:12:00 31/07/2010
Ahead of the Greens' official election campaign launch on Sunday, the Greens Leader Bob Brown says he's confident the party will hold the balance of power. He says the latest poll indicates steady support for the Greens at 13 per cent; way above 8 per cent tallied at the 2007 election. More
08:16:00 31/07/2010
Migrant communities say they are being made to feel like scapegoats with the policies from both the major parties on asylum seekers and immigration. The Ethnic Communities Council say multiculturalism has been ignored in this election campaign. More
08:20:00 31/07/2010
The 2009 Victorian bushfires on Black Saturday killed 173 people and wiped out whole towns and families. Later today the Royal Commission will deliver its final analysis on what should be learnt from Australia's worst bushfire disaster. More
08:24:00 31/07/2010
The United States economy has now lost power for two straight quarters, raising fears that it could be heading towards a double dip recession. The US Commerce Department has released figures showing the recession has been deeper than the Government previously thought. More
08:28:00 31/07/2010
Hundreds of people have died in north-west Pakistan after three days of heavy monsoonal rains has caused rivers to burst their banks. Some of Pakistan's poorest people live in the flood prone region. More
