AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2009
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Aug 26
JAKARTA - Indonesian police have arrested a man they suspect of helping to arrange
last month's terrorist attacks in two Jakarta hotels which killed seven victims, including
three Australians. (Indon Blasts)
JAKARTA - The failure to pursue and prosecute most of those responsible for the violence
that marred East Timor's 1999 independence vote poses a continuing threat to the country's
stability, a
new report warns. (Timor Amnesty. Embargoed until 0900 AEST Thursday)
AUCKLAND - A Sydney property developer has finally beaten a group of Maori squatters
to take possession of a building in
New Zealand four months after he bought it. (NZ Building)
SYDNEY - Some mums experience a "natural high" when faced with their crying child,
while for others the same scenario inspires feelings of "disgust". (Birth. Embargoed until
2330 AEST Wednesday)
SYDNEY - A
new drug has been listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for the treatment
of type two diabetes, which is Australia's fastest growing chronic disease. (Janumet)
ADELAIDE - Survivors of cancer and their families are wanted for a study on the decisions
patients and their families need to make in dealing with the disease. (Cancer)
ADELAIDE - Australian researchers will try to discover the proteins that cause multiple
sclerosis (MS) in a national project launched on Wednesday. (MS)
SYDNEY - Everything is coming up rosy for 30 Days of Fashion and Beauty this year,
as the annual event throws its support behind breast cancer research. (Fashion, with pix)
SYDNEY - Aussie rock legends AC/DC once sang: it's a long way to the top if you wanna
rock `n' roll. (Anvil to come with pix)
SYDNEY - Rising star Lisa Mitchell is preparing to take on a Little Pattie classic
as Australia's original teen singing sensation gets inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
(ARIA to come with pix)
CANBERRA - Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has downplayed suggestions the
coalition will split over emissions trading. (Climate Turnbull) Climate Wrap to come
See also Climate Climate Aerosols
SYDNEY - A man who tried to open a passenger door on a Qantas plane which was making
its descent into Sydney is receiving medical treatment after being released from police
custody. (Qantas Door 2nd Update)
MELBOURNE - The nation's swine flu pandemic has not yet passed its peak, Health Minister
Nicola Roxon says. (Flu Roxon)
See also Flu Qld Update, Flu Vic
CANBERRA - Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has welcomed a "bleeding obvious"
opposition demand for Labor's home ceiling insulation scheme to be audited. (Insulation
Update)
CANBERRA - Australia will no longer label Gibraltar as a tax haven after a
new agreement
struck to
exchange tax information with the self-governing British overseas territory.
(Gibraltar)
ADELAIDE - Most passenger car drivers think four-wheel drives don't belong on city
streets and consider them a danger to other road users, a survey has found. (4WD)
CANBERRA - Political uncertainty in Japan has made unclear the future of whaling in
the Southern Ocean, Environment Minister Peter Garrett says. (Whaling Garrett)
See also Migaloo
CANBERRA - Independent senator Nick Xenophon has called on the competition watchdog
to block any takeover of hardware chain Danks Holdings by supermarket giant Woolworths
and US retailer Lowes. (Woolworths Xenophon)
SYDNEY - A severely depressed Sydney woman who poisoned her children then tried to
kill herself knew what she was doing and can't claim the defence of mental illness, a
court has been told. (Poison Wrap)
WYONG - A woman charged with murdering a 17-month-old toddler at his family home on
the NSW Central Coast is "mentally unwell" and being detained in a specialist facility,
a court has been told. (Toddler Update) More on merit
SYDNEY - A Sydney hotel security guard pretended to be a hostage during an armed robbery
he helped orchestrate which led to the shooting of a policeman and a four-hour siege,
police allege. (Shot Update) Wrap to come
SYDNEY - A nurse at a Sydney jail feared for her safety when she assessed a prisoner
who went on to kill his cellmate four days later, an inquest has been told. (Behr)
SYDNEY - The loud pitter patter of baby elephant feet has helped Taronga Zoo claim
the title of Sydney's favourite attraction. (Favourite, with factbox)
MELBOURNE - A Victorian magistrate has questioned whether any reporting conditions
would be stringent enough to permit the bailing of men accused of plotting a suicide attack
on an army base. (Terror Vic)
MELBOURNE - The family of a young man who was viciously bashed during a night out has
appealed to the Victorian government to crack down on alcohol-fuelled street violence.
(Keon Wrap, with pix)
MELBOURNE - Houses do not spontaneously ignite due to exposure to heat during a bushfire,
Victoria's Black Saturday royal commission has been told. (Teague Update) Wrap to come
MELBOURNE - Water is expected to start flowing to Melbourne via a controversial north-south
pipeline as early as February, after the last pipes were laid on Wednesday. (Water Vic)
BRISBANE - Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says a $1 million advertising campaign in
the state is intended to promote apprenticeships, not boost the Labor government. (Bligh
Wrap)
BRISBANE - Federal government agencies will fight to suppress information sought by
former Solomon Islands attorney-general Julian Moti in his bid to have child sex charges
dismissed. (Moti)
BRISBANE - The sister of three siblings found murdered in a spa bath has told a court
she had never trusted their alleged killer. (Sica)
BRISBANE - A helicopter using infrared technology has been brought in to search for
a newly married man who has gone missing while on a romantic holiday with his wife in
north Queensland. (Cox Update)
CAIRNS - Queensland is pinning the hopes of its flagging tourism industry on a bit
of monkey business. (Tourism Monkees Wrap)
CAIRNS - Major tourism development proposals will be fast-tracked as the Queensland
government moves to resuscitate the struggling tourism industry. (Tourism Bligh)
BRISBANE - Queensland Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek says he believed details
of his party's donors would be made public immediately after being declared to the electoral
commission. (Fundraiser)
DARWIN - Aborigines from central Australia are seeking refugee status from the United
Nations, claiming they have been forced off their land and made to feel "helpless, hopeless
and worthless". (Indigenous UN)
CANBERRA - The ACT Assembly is being asked to legalise same-sex civil union ceremonies,
despite commonwealth disapproval. (Gay)
CANBERRA - It may come as little surprise to many dads that Father's Day ranks last
when it comes to spending on gifts. (Dads)
SYDNEY - Teenagers on MySpace are being offered a reloadable prepaid Visa card to securely
spend their money online. (MySpace) Embargoed until 0001 AEST Thursday
SYDNEY - Governor-General Quentin Bryce has praised a foundation for providing vital
grassroots help in regional and rural Australia. (FRRR)
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