澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-26（在线收听）

And last night's Leaders Debate failed to produce a clear winner as both leaders stuck carefully to their campaign scripts. Julia Gillard tried to focus on industrial relations and creating an open dialogue on climate change. The Opposition leader Tony Abbott tried to push his paid parental leave scheme and maintained the Coalition's attack on Labor's border protection policy.

And Election 2010 is shaping up to be a close race according to two polls out today. In the Newspoll, Labor's two-party preferred rating dropped from a 10-point lead to a four-point lead, and dissatisfaction with Ms Gillard rose 8 per cent to 37 per cent. But both polls show Labor still with an election winning lead.

The embattled BP chief Tony Hayward is expected to announce that he is stepping down from the top job. Mr Hayward was widely criticized in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. He's believed to be negotiating the terms of his exit, and the announcement is expected in the next 24 hours.

In Thailand, one person has been killed in an explosion near the site of a recent anti-government protest in Bangkok. Nine other people were injured in that explosion at a bus stop.

And a Queensland bank manager who disappeared during an investigation into missing money at his branch has been found and charged. Bendigo Bank manager Colin Carleton vanished when an investigation into his Atherton branch found three million dollars missing. He was found camping at Cape Tribulation, north of Cairns yesterday.