Highlights of the AAP National Wire at 2030 = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2006
Highlights of the AAP National Wire at 2030 = 2

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard says the federal government has no plans to increase
Australia's military involvement in Iraq. (Iraq Howard)

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard has refused to be drawn on the likelihood of
his announcing a cabinet reshuffle before the end of the year. (Reshuffle)

CANBERRA - An armed patrol boat capable of detaining 30 illegal fishermen for up to
a month will begin patrolling Australia's fishing zone early next year. (Ship)

DILI - East Timor's government has banned exit visas to Syria amid concerns a vice
syndicate is trafficking women into prostitution in the Middle East. (Timor Traffickers)

SYDNEY - Doctors from the emergency NRMA CareFlight rescue service have threatened
not to work under the Canadian company hired to take control of the helicopter unit next
year because of safety concerns. (Rescue Nightlead)

SYDNEY - Tucking into a steak dinner could soon become a lot more expensive as the
drought tightens its grip on NSW and hits meat supplies. (Drought NSW Nightlead)

SYDNEY - It was a summer's day just like any other at Cronulla beach today, as the
anniversary of the racially fuelled riot that tore through the southern Sydney suburb
passed without incident. (Surf Nightlead)

SYDNEY - Young people in NSW want sex education to include more advice on dealing with
intimate relationships, a new study has found. (Sex)

SYDNEY - A man accused of murdering a baby has been refused bail in Sydney today. (Baby)

SYDNEY - A controversial injecting room for drug addicts in Sydney is saving lives
and will not be shut down, NSW Police Minister John Watkins says. (Inject)

SYDNEY - Antarctica came to Sydney today as film fans were given their first sneak
peek of Australian director George Miller's animated movie hit, Happy Feet. (Feet. Pics
available)

MELBOURNE - Victorian product safety inspectors have seized more than 31,000 dangerous
toys as part of their pre-Christmas checks. (Toys)

MELBOURNE - An eight-year-old boy has drowned in Port Phillip Bay, despite rescue attempts
from two bystanders and lifesavers. (Drowning)



MELBOURNE - The Australian sharemarket is likely to open higher tomorrow, after a modest
rise on United States markets on Friday. (Market Preview)

MELBOURNE - The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has called for new reforms of corporate
tax levels, saying the benefits of the last round of tax reforms had been eroded. (Tax
BCA. Eds: Embargoed until 0100 AEDT, Monday, Dec 11)

BRISBANE - The Queensland government has set up a task force to try to curb the devastating
impact of the designer drug ice. (Ice)

BRISBANE - Half of all deaths annually in Queensland are potentially avoidable, a study
into Queenslanders' health has found. (Health Qld)

BRISBANE - The Queensland government will carry out a statewide review of all schools
on major roads with split campuses after a 13-year-old girl was killed by a car outside
her high school. (Chase Nightlead)

BRISBANE - Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has condemned the "idiots" who torched
three Brisbane schools, warning others not to copy their "stupid behaviour". (Schools)

BRISBANE - Police say they are appalled almost 400 motorists have been caught drink
driving during a major crackdown in Brisbane in the lead-up to Christmas. (Drink Qld)

BRISBANE - Australian men would be prepared to go without sex to win back cricket's
coveted Ashes, a survey has found. (Ashes Survey)

BRISBANE - Queensland Premier Peter Beattie hopes residents will accept a proposal
to add recycled water to their drinking supplies after a poll found strong support for
the measure. (Water Qld)

PERTH - The West Australian government will reconsider the repatriation of Perth heroin
trafficker Holly Deane-Johns from a Thai jail if new information can support the move.

(Deanejohns)

PERTH - A controversial curfew imposed on youths in Perth's entertainment precinct
may be widened to take in surrounding areas. (Curfew)

PERTH - The West Australian government will trial cutting-edge technology in an effort
to eradicate acidic sludge thought to be killing fish in Perth's iconic Swan River. (Sludge)

ADELAIDE - The federal government's Drought Bus will tour regional South Australia
this week to raise awareness of drought support services and payments. (Drought SA)

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