HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:00, Aug 23

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2009
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:00, Aug 23

CANBERRA - Embattled Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has denied he tried to forge
a career with Labor, the party that is now supposed to be his enemy. (Turnbull Wrap)

PERTH - Oil and gas will continue to spill into the ocean for seven weeks off Australia's
northwest coast, says the company responsible for the leak which is expected to cost millions
to clean up. (Spill Wrap to come)

MELBOURNE - The police union has called for mandatory jail terms for "lunatics" who
assault police after an officer had his jaw and eye socket broken in an attack in central
Melbourne. (Violence Wrap); see also,

MELBOURNE - Victoria Police admits that triple-teaming means officers are spread more
thinly in the ongoing struggle to contain Melbourne's violent booze culture. (Gangs Wrap)

CANBERRA - The saga of emissions trading could get longer, with the opposition planning
to dump or change the scheme if they win the next federal election. (Climate)

BRISBANE - Three horse stud workers under observation in hospital for the Hendra virus
could be discharged as early as next week, the father of one of the patients says. (Hendra
Wrap)

CANBERRA - Australia should rethink its stance on nuclear power and then let the people
decide via a referendum, Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce says. (Nationals Wrap)

BRISBANE - A peak wildlife body is hoping tests on four sick turtles will provide answers
as to why three bottlenose dolphins and a turtle died in southeast Queensland's Moreton
Bay. (Dolphins Wrap)

MELBOURNE - Gold and base metals explorer Herald Resources Ltd, which is developing
the Dairi zinc and lead project in north Sumatra in Indonesia, has advised shareholders
to take no action over last week's takeover offer by Indonesia's PT Bumi Resources Tbk
(Herald).



LONDON - Two of the six Australian rugby league players being deported from Britain
amid a visa scandal insist they had no idea they had broken any immigration rules. (League
Visas)

BERLIN - Steve Hooker has rewritten the book on how you win major pole vault gold medals.

(Aths World Hooker)



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