HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, April 14 = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-2009
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, April 14 = 2

CANBERRA - An Australian Navy seaman has been sentenced to more than a decade in jail
for the bashing murder of an elderly woman on a Pacific island. (Doney)



AUCKLAND - Phar Lap, the big-hearted horse that rewrote racing's history books nearly
80 years ago, has been reproduced as a life-sized clay statue before being cast in bronze
to stand outside a New Zealand racecourse. (NZ Phar Lap)



SYDNEY - Drowning, fires, falls, road accidents and poisonings are the five leading
causes of accidental deaths of Australian children. (Accident)



SYDNEY - Raising the cost of a packet of cigarettes by half would prompt the vast majority
of smokers into trying to quit, a poll shows. (Smoking. Eds: Embargoed until 0001 AEST
Wednesday)



SYDNEY - It looks like a wart-covered zucchini and has an equally unappetising name,
but experts say it could help rescue the world's population from malnutrition and disease.

(Vegetable)



SYDNEY - Fast and Furious star Paul Walker says he's "bummed out" he couldn't make
it Down Under for the premiere of the film, but he'll be back in May for a surfing trip.

(Walker)



CANBERRA - A majority of Australians have given the Rudd government's $43 billion national
broadband plan the thumbs up, a survey released on Tuesday shows. (Essential)



CANBERRA - The Rudd government says it's "silly" to suggest preschools would be forced
to fly the Aboriginal flag under proposed national guidelines for early childhood teachers.

(Children McKew)



CANBERRA - Electricity supplies could be jeopardised by a double whammy of emissions
trading and the financial crisis, the industry says. (Electricity)



PERTH - The federal government insists its policies are not to blame for the recent
spike in illegal boat arrivals. (Boat Wrap)



CANBERRA - The federal government must change the funding structure for aged care to
keep the sector afloat, providers say. (Aged ACAA)



CANBERRA - Greens leader Bob Brown will press for an end to the logging of native forests
when he meets Prime Minister Kevin Rudd this week. (Greens Meeting)



SYDNEY - Before Joyce Mary Chant shot her husband dead and hacked off his arms, legs
and head, she endured years of domestic violence. (Chant Wrap)



SYDNEY - Sydney's ANZ Stadium insists fan safety is a paramount concern despite a security
guard being bashed and a pregnant teenager suffering a blow to the stomach at Monday's
NRL game. (Pregnant Update)



SYDNEY - A young girl left bruised and bloodied by a violent attempted abduction has
been praised by police, who say it will take a long time for her to overcome the trauma.

(Girl)



SYDNEY - Sydney Roosters hooker Jake Friend has pleaded guilty to a charge of high
range drink driving. (Friend)



SYDNEY - NSW Premier Nathan Rees says a new western Sydney hospital will open ahead
of schedule and under budget, despite opposition claims to the contrary. (Hospital)



SYDNEY - NSW recorded the highest Easter road toll in the country, pushed to six by
the death of a teenager who drowned when her car washed off a flooded causeway. (Toll
NSW Wrap )



SYDNEY - The NSW Department of Corrective Services misled the public by denying a brawl
at a Sydney jail was bikie gang related, the prison officers union says. (Bikies Prisons
Update)



SYDNEY - A Kings Cross security boss was collecting a $380,000 payment for "an associate"

when he was gunned down in a Sydney park, a magistrate has been told. (Jacobs)



MELBOURNE - A conman allegedly fleeced his new wife of her life savings before telling
her she faced being eliminated by ASIO. (Charters)



MELBOURNE - A bouncer had his thumb cut off in an attack by up to 20 men at a Melbourne
bar in the latest serious incident in the city's spate of nightclub violence. (Thumb Wrap)



MELBOURNE - The Victorian opposition has questioned whether lives could have been saved
on Black Saturday if warnings about the state's emergency response system had been heeded.

(Bushfires Vic Warning)



MELBOURNE - Victoria has recorded its lowest Easter road toll in a decade with only
one death, but police say luck as much as good planning kept the figure down. (Toll Vic
Easter Wrap)



BRISBANE - The launch of a north Queensland emergency rescue jet base has been delayed
- after the jet detoured to pick up an Australian who fell 20 metres off a Papua New Guinea
cliff. (Careflight)



BRISBANE - Container lashings and safety procedures on the ship that spilled 270 tonnes
of oil off the Queensland coast will be the initial focus of transport safety investigators.

(Spill Report Wrap)



BRISBANE - An aircraft carrying six people made a safe belly-landing at Oakey airport,
near Toowoomba in south east Queensland, after experiencing landing gear problems. (Aircraft)



BRISBANE - A Gold Coast bank manager was injected in the neck with an unknown substance
during a terrifying abduction and robbery. (Bank)



BRISBANE - A notorious pedophile will be released back into the community despite breaching
his supervision order for the fourth time. (Foy Wrap)



BRISBANE - Industrial pill presses capable of manufacturing illicit drugs have been
stolen from a southeast Queensland business. (Pillpress)



ADELAIDE - An Adelaide hospital has been locked down following reports of a man with
a gun in the area. (Lockdown. Outseeking more)



PERTH - Former West Australian premier Brian Burke has continued to appeal for a fair
trial on corruption charges. (Burke)



DARWIN - Vandals have defaced sacred Aboriginal sites, including rock art at Uluru
and rock faces in Kakadu, in the last few months. (Kakadu)

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