HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 4 =3

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2009
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 4 =3

LOS ANGELES - A US-based animal rights group has stepped up its fight against defiant
Australian farmers, recruiting British clothing giant Next Retail Ltd to join a boycott
of Australian wool from mulesed sheep. (US Mulesing)



AUCKLAND - Forget travelling the world. A Kiwi lottery winner has revealed his big
plan now he's rich is to get a job at McDonald's. (NZ Lotto)



LONDON - Would-be citizens will have to earn a British passport under UK government
plans to extend their Australian-style points-based system for immigrants. (UK Immigrants)



AUCKLAND - Forget bungy jumping and black river rafting: New Zealand's tourists will
soon be able to whiz around in a strap-on mini helicopter to get their thrills. (NZ Jetpack,
with pix)



BRISBANE - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says he expects his country's trade
with China to grow. (China NZ)



AUCKLAND - A soft porn-style advertisement which shows a young girl suggestively licking
drops of milk off her lips has landed Kiwi dairy chiefs in hot water with Bangladeshis.

(NZ Milk)



SYDNEY - Aussie actor Sam Worthington's star continues to rise in Hollywood, where
he has reportedly replaced Tom Cruise in the upcoming thriller The Tourist. (Worthington)



SYDNEY - Cult US director Quentin Tarantino says he wants to write fiction - pulp,
or otherwise - when he retires from filmmaking. (Tarantino)



SYDNEY - Supermodel Miranda Kerr dazzled in red as Australian designers showed off
flowing designs and bright colours for the David Jones spring summer season launch. (Jones
on file, with pix)



SYDNEY - Survival rates from brain cancer has not improved in a decade, says the Cancer
Council as it launches a new initiative. (Brain to come. Embargoed to 0001 AEST Wednesday,
August 5)



CANBERRA - Feral pig populations could become a breeding reservoir for swine flu making
the disease impossible to eradicate, the federal opposition says. (Flu Piggery Cobb)

BRISBANE - The Royal Queensland Show has banned pigs from the grounds to protect the
animals from catching human swine flu. (Flu Ekka Update)



SYDNEY - Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer has arrived in Sydney to speak with Australian
members of her community about the recent riots in western China. (Kadeer)



MELBOURNE - Former PM John Howard to give public lecture at Melbourne University tonight.

(to come)



CANBERRA - It's time to start grooming the next generation of federal Liberal Party
leaders, former treasurer Peter Costello says. (Liberals Costello)



CANBERRA - Australian scientists who have predicted Earth's future rainfall have provided
a "crystal ball" of sorts for drought-weary farmers. (Atlas)



CANBERRA - Australia's urban water system needs to be reformed if tap supplies are
to remain affordable and plentiful well into the future. (Water to come)



SYDNEY - A woman has told a Sydney court she didn't recognise her son or his voice
when he attacked her and fatally stabbed her husband in their home. (Satanism) Wrap to
come



SYDNEY - Confidential material about a Sydney cabbie who raped three female passengers
is to remain secret to give him the opportunity to go to the High Court. (Nagi)



SYDNEY - Inadequate training and procedures led to two police officers suffering serious
injuries during a drug audit in Sydney, the police union says. (Police NSW)



SYDNEY - A Sydney man has been charged after a four-month police sting operation nabbed
him allegedly using the internet to groom a 13-year-old girl for sex. (Grooming)



SYDNEY - NSW prison officers plan to walk off the job for 24 hours on Thursday in a
move which will force the state's prisons into lockdown and delay court cases. (Prison)
Wrap to come



SYDNEY - An elderly woman who died when hit by a car and dragged 20 metres along a
Sydney street crossed the road on a green pedestrian light, police believe. (Toll NSW
Update)

SYDNEY - A man assaulted his girlfriend just before fatally crashing the stolen car
he was driving near Lismore, police say. (Toll NSW Lismore)



BRISBANE - Queensland opposition MP Ros Bates says her efforts to lobby for children
with fatal illnesses do not compare to the lobbying work by former Labor identities. (Lobbyists
Update) Wrap to come



BRISBANE - An email that advises Queensland Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek he
can seek taxpayer funds for a series of promotional billboards was "annotated", he says.

(Billboard) Wrap to come



BRISBANE - Two Aboriginal councils say a law that stripped them of their liquor licences
is racist. (Aurukun)



BRISBANE - A drug-addled mother who allowed her young children to sit and eat fast
food in the middle of a busy road has been given immediate parole. (Valium)



BRISBANE - The Queensland government says it will improve safety for road workers following
the death of a man in a smash north of Brisbane. (Toll Qld Update)



BRISBANE - A long-serving former police minister in the Joh Bjelke-Petersen National
Party government in Queensland has died in Brisbane. (Hodges)



GOLD COAST - Muffy the dog to be reunited with its Gold Coast owners. (Dog to come, with pix)



BRISBANE - Some Aussie kids won't be learning to speak French in a hurry. (Charity)



MELBOURNE - Police have smashed an alleged multi-million dollar drug ring in Melbourne. (Drugs)



MELBOURNE - Vic Minister for Industry, Trade, and Industrial Relations Martin Pakula
to welcome new Holden engine to be built in Melbourne (to come)



MELBOURNE - Closing addresses to begin in the trial of a stripper charged with raping
the best man at a buck's night, County Court. (Naggs to come)



HOBART - Police are searching for a killer in the Tasmanian highway hamlet of Campbell
Town. (Hamlet Update) Wrap to come



HOBART - A babysitter charged with murdering a four-year-old boy during a sleepover
in Hobart has appeared in court. (Garth to come)



PERTH - A 17-year-old girl has died after allegedly being assaulted by a man who jumped
off a second-floor balcony following the attack, West Australian police say. (Balcony)



PERTH - A 17-year-old youth has been charged with grievous bodily harm over an attack
that could cost a bus driver the sight in one eye. (Buses)



ADELAIDE - A former Adelaide private school teacher has been found not guilty of buggery
and indecent assault charges. (Wise)



ADELAIDE - State wage case begins in Industrial Relations Commission; SA Unions seeking
3.9 per cent rise for lowest paid workers. (Wages SA)



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