HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, Feb 15 = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2008
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, Feb 15 = 2

PORT MORESBY - Papua New Guinea's foreign affairs minister says his government is close
to making a decision on a mine development that may impinge on the historic Kokoda Track.

(PNG Kokoda)



MELBOURNE - A Sydney man looks set to become the first Australian to row solo across
the Atlantic Ocean. (Rowing solo)



CANBERRA - A new government ruling will allow people suffering terminal medical conditions
unrestricted access to their superannuation benefits. (Super)



CANBERRA - City dwellers extended a helping hand to country folk today just by doing
their grocery shopping. (Groceries)



CANBERRA - Disability groups, mental illness services and employment agencies have
joined forces to push for reforms to federal welfare to work laws. (Welfare)



CANBERRA - Three people have been stung more than half-a-million dollars over a honey
scam - illegally importing and exporting 1.7 million litres of the sweet stuff. (Honey)



SYDNEY - The NSW child protection agency has not had a funding increase in five years,
despite staff being overwhelmed by almost 300,000 reports of abuse every year, the NSW
opposition says. (DoCS N/L)



SYDNEY - NSW firefighters walked off the job for the first time in more than 30 years
today when 1,500 officers left their posts for an hour. (Firefighters N/L)



SYDNEY - The senior officer first to investigate Jake Kovco's death has told how he
felt the dead private's roommates withheld information, possibly to "protect the man's
reputation". (Kovco N/L)



SYDNEY - Swedish-born waitress Charlotte Lindstrom has told of her deep regret for
soliciting the murder of a witness in her boyfriend's drug case. (Lindstrom N/L. Pix available)



SYDNEY - A Sydney man has been charged with the murder of a baby boy who died from
"massive injuries" in Sydney's west last year, police say. (Boy)



SYDNEY - The body of a "quiet, gentlemanly" man beaten to death in his Sydney unit
may have remained undiscovered for up to two days, police say. (Lehmann N/L)



MELBOURNE - Victoria's police union strongman Paul Mullett claims he has been the victim
of myths and baseless allegations which have resulted in him facing possible criminal
charges. (OPI Mullett N/L)



MELBOURNE - A driver was found crying and threatening suicide after allegedly running
from the scene of a crash where he ran over and killed six teenagers, a court has heard.

(Towle N/L)



MELBOURNE - Victoria's medical scientists today vowed to "shut down" the state's hospital
system if the government does not respond to their wage demands. (Scientists N/L)



MELBOURNE - A legless lizard and a growling frog could stand in the way of plans to
build a superpipe to pump water from northern Victoria to Melbourne. (Water Vic)



MELBOURNE - A six-year-old boy has been critically injured when a struck by a four-wheel-drive
in Melbourne's south-east. (Pedestrian)



BRISBANE - Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine says he will follow closely a court
case involving a teacher who admitted forcing an 11-year-old indigenous boy to perform
oral sex to educate the child in "men's business". (Last N/L)



BRISBANE - Indigenous councils have agreed to give up their liquor licences as part
of a new $65 million deal with the Queensland government to prevent alcohol abuse. (Indigenous
Qld)



BRISBANE - The Queensland government has replaced the 97-year-old senior certificate
with a new qualification. (Education Qld)



BRISBANE - The Electoral Commission of Queensland has begun an information campaign
to explain the voting process for next month's local government elections. (Councils)



BRISBANE - The Queensland government says there is no reason to change the law after
a court found a teacher could legally slap a student in the face. (Teacher)



ADELAIDE - South Australian Premier Mike Rann has urged corporate leaders to follow
the federal government's example and freeze their salaries, especially the major banks.

(Wages SA )



PERTH - Category two tropical cyclone Nicholas is likely to strengthen before crossing
the Western Australia's iron ore heartland this weekend. (Nicholas N/L)



PERTH - The bodies of two men who died in a plane crash in a remote part of Western
Australia have been recovered, police say. (Crash N/L)

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