澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-30（在线收听）

More than 300,000 extra premises will be connected to the National Broadband Network than originally planned. NBN coverage maps to be unveiled today by the Federal Government show the network will provide fibre optic coverage to 93 per cent of residences. That's up from its original estimate of 90 per cent.

The former Labor leader Mark Latham believes Kevin Rudd is behind the Cabinet leaks that have undermined Julia Gillard's election campaign. This week it was reported that Ms Gillard argued against the paid parental leave scheme and a raise in the age pension. When fingers pointed to Mr Rudd as a source of the leak, Ms Gillard and Treasurer Wayne Swan defended him.

A three-million-dollar compensation payment to the family of an Aboriginal elder who died in custody has been described as inadequate. The 47-year-old man, known as Mr Ward died from heatstroke while being transported in the back of a prison van in Western Australia. The Deaths in Custody Watch Committee says it will continue to push for criminal action.

In Pakistan, floods caused by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 100 people. Dozens of people drowned in the worst affected areas in the country's northwest. Others were electrocuted or buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings.

And a woman has confessed to suffocating eight newborn children and hiding their bodies in a village in France. The bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags at two homes near the northern city of Lille.