Highlights of the AAP National Wire at = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2006
Highlights of the AAP National Wire at = 2

CANBERRA - Powerful American farm lobbies have asked the US attorney-general to investigate
whether disgraced wheat exporter AWB has broken US anti-corruption laws. (AWB US)

CANBERRA - The Senate today passed new copyright laws with the government backing down
on one key provision which could have seen prosecution of iPod owners who kept spare copies
of songs on their personal computer. (Copyright )

CANBERRA - Ridicule, belittlement and backstabbing may be an everyday part of exchanges
in parliament, but senators have been banned from hugging visiting MPs. (Hugs)

KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister John Howard says he does not think there will be any
major change of tactics for the coalition in Iraq, although it made sense to look at all
the options. (Iraq Howard)

SYDNEY - A key koala habitat in NSW is one of several areas under threat by bushfires
today. (Bushfires NSW Second Daylead)

Bushfires N/L to come.



SYDNEY - The identities of four Sydney brothers convicted of gang rape will not be
made public, after the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal today rejected a media application
to name them. (Gang Suppression)

SYDNEY - Convicted child killer John Lewthwaite has been charged with committing indecent
acts in southern Sydney earlier this year. (Lewthwaite Lead)

Lewthwaite N/L to come.



SYDNEY - A Sydney couple will be sentenced next year for killing their disabled son.

(Suttons to come)



SYDNEY - Charges have been dropped against convicted terrorist Faheem Khalid Lodhi
for allegedly lying to Australia's national security agency. (Lodhi)

SYDNEY - Labor's national executive has moved to install maritime union chief Robert
Coombs as the party's candidate for the NSW state seat of Swansea, formerly held by Milton
Orkopoulos. (Orkopoulos )

SYDNEY - Many Australians lack a disciplined approach to saving money, but spending
it is another matter, new figures show. (Savings Survey)

SYDNEY - Senior News Ltd political columnist Glenn Milne has apologised for his on-stage
attack on Crikey.com.au founder Stephen Mayne during a national media awards event. (Walkley
Push Daylead. Pic available)

SYDNEY - Nestle Australia has issued a recall of an infant formula after metal fragments
were found in a small number of cans. (Formula )

SYDNEY - Newsreader Sharyn Ghidella has bid a tearful farewell to Nine Network viewers,
15 years after joining the TV station. (Ghidella. File pics available)

SYDNEY - Mobile phones could be used to monitor cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
in remote parts of Australia, the country's top cancer experts have been told. (Mobile)

MELBOURNE - Victorian Premier Steve Bracks and the 19 other members of his cabinet
were officially sworn into office by state Governor David de Kretser today. (PollVic Cabinet

2nd Daylead (Pix Available))

PollVic N/L to come)



MELBOURNE - Troubled carpet maker Feltex has been sold but 300 of its Victoria-based
workers remain in limbo, their union says. (Feltex)

MELBOURNE - A Melbourne high school teacher has been jailed for six months for having
sex with a student he called his "sexy horny schoolgirl". (Hayes)

Hayes N/L to come. With factbox.



MELBOURNE - Prosecutors are seeking a retrial of terrorism charges against Melbourne
man Joseph Terrence Thomas. (Thomas)



MELBOURNE - Thousands of subscribers to pay-TV network Foxtel had their services frozen
this morning due to a technical glitch. (Foxtel)

Foxtel Lead to come.



BRISBANE - Drinking water in south-east Queensland could contain 10 per cent recycled
sewage if residents approve the state government's controversial plan, Premier Peter Beattie
says. (Water Qld Daylead)

BRISBANE - Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has rejected a former minister's reason
why he did not declare a $300,000 loan on the official parliamentary register. (Nuttall
to come)

BRISBANE - Veteran Queensland Nationals senator Ron Boswell will face five challengers
in a preselection battle tomorrow. (Nationals Qld)

Nationals Qld N/L to come.

BRISBANE - Bob Irwin celebrates third birthday. (Irwin to come. Pics available)

BRISBANE - Queensland's police union boss has been re-elected unopposed despite facing
contempt of court proceedings next year. (Wilkinson)

BRISBANE - Customs officers have cracked a major distribution racket for performance-enhancing
drugs (Racket to come)

ADELAIDE - About 70 sheep have died in a bushfire in South Australia's Barossa Valley.

(Bushfires SA Daylead )

ADELAIDE - More than 7,000 South Australian motorists have been banned from driving
in the past year under new laws which police believe have slashed the road toll. (Licences
)

PERTH - Daylight saving will be introduced to WA this weekend. (Daylight to come)

PERTH - A Perth researcher playing a key role in the development of vaccine against
HIV-AIDS hopes this will occur within 10 years. (HIV to come)

HOBART - More than 20 pilot whales have stranded themselves on a beach in north-western
Tasmania. (Whales)

Whales N/L to come.



HOBART - British sailor Tony Bullimore is within eyesight of Tasmania's south-west
cape as he nears Hobart ahead of his bid to break the solo world circumnavigation record.

(Bullimore)

Bullimore N/L to come



HOBART - Blasting has restarted at Tasmania's Beaconsfield Gold Mine, eight months
after miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb were miraculously pulled out alive from its depths.

(Beaconsfield)

HOBART - He's battled rough seas, salt sores and fevers, and he's encountered sharks
and sea snakes with only a kayak for protection. (McAuley)

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