HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, April 5 =2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2009
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, April 5 =2

LONDON - Acclaimed Australian author Colleen McCullough hopes a British musical production
of her best-selling romance novel The Thorn Birds will be a vast improvement on the TV
mini series version. (UK McCullough to come)



CANBERRA - Employment services workers will stage demonstrations around the country
in protest against the federal government's $4 billion overhaul of the jobs network. (Job
Network)



CANBERRA - Australia must seriously consider whether to send more troops to Afghanistan
in light of a modest increase in NATO's commitment, the federal opposition says. (Afghan
Aust)



SYDNEY - A NSW Nationals MP wants immediate $10,000 grants for farmers and small businesses
affected by floods on the state's mid-north coast. (Rain NSW Fraser)

BRISBANE - There is a lull in the storms that have been battering southeast Queensland
since Thursday. (Wind Qld Wrap)



PERTH - West Australian farmers have been attacked for using a photo of a roadside
cross in their campaign for a "no" vote at the state's referendum on daylight saving.

(Daylight WA)



SYDNEY - A former Customs official convicted of leaking confidential reports about
failures in airport security to the media says the federal government's proposed new whistleblower
laws are not enough protection. (Kessing)



BRISBANE - A man is dead and another missing after their boat was found aground on
rocks in southeast Queensland. (Search Wrap)



SYDNEY - Sydney has enough undeveloped or greenfield land to supply the housing market
for the next five years, the NSW government says. (Housing NSW)



CANBERRA - Students have rejected criticism that some of them are double-dipping cash
handouts from the federal government's stimulus package. (Bonus)



CANBERRA - The Australian Workers Union (AWU) will visit major steel centres around
the country as part of a plan to save the beleaguered industry. (Steel)



BRISBANE - Three Belgian tourists travelling in the Aussie outback unknowingly sparked
a police search after a friend feared them missing. (Belgians)



BRISBANE - A man has suffered horrific facial injuries and will undergo reconstructive
surgery after a horse kicked him in the face. (Horse)



BRISBANE - Four men have been charged with assaulting or obstructing police in two
separate incidents in Queensland. (Assault)



CANBERRA - A young Canberra woman had a knife held to her throat as she was sexually
assaulted in a central business district car park early on Sunday. (Knife)



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