澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-10（在线收听）

The battle over broadband is set to take centre stage today with the Federal Coalition due to outline its alternative to the NBN. The Government says the 43-billion-dollar National Broadband Network will be complete by 2018. But the Opposition plans to scrap the network if elected, arguing there is a much more cost-effective way to deliver faster Internet access.

More than 1,000 people have been killed in China's worst flooding in a decade. In northwest China, almost 340 people were killed in a mudslide. Rescuers are desperately searching for more than 1,000 people still missing in Gansu province.

Two people giving evidence at the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor have contradicted evidence by Naomi Campbell about blood diamonds. Actress Mia Farrow and Campbell's former agent Carole White said the model was given diamonds by the ex-Liberian president. Last week Naomi Campbell told The Hague she didn't know who gave her some dirty-looking stones.

The World Trade Organization has ordered Australia to change restrictions on New Zealand apple imports after it found they were illegal. The Federal Government lifted an 85-year ban on imports in 2006, but at the time imposed strict new conditions due to fears of fire blight disease. The WTO said the use of non-tariff barriers breached trade laws.

And a new report claims Australians rank among the world's worst abusers of alcohol. The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre found almost one in five Australians experienced some period of problematic drinking.