HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Dec 14

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2006
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Dec 14

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard says the government will keep an eye on the privatisation
of Qantas but will not seek to interfere in the transaction. (Qantas Howard. See also
Qantas Timeline, Qantas Evacuations, Qantas TWU, Qantas Trust)

TO COME: Qantas Nightlead, Qantas Fronter



SYDNEY - Australian Stock Exchange chairman and former ABC director Maurice Newman
has been appointed as the new chairman of the ABC. (ABC)

ABC Nightlead to come



ST MARYS, Tasmania - An afternoon wind change has sent Tasmania's east coast bushfire
raging through the small hamlet of Cornwall. (Bushfires Tas Change)

MELBOURNE - Communities in the fire-ravaged regions of Gippsland and north-east Victoria
are on tenterhooks as the state sizzles ahead of a volatile wind change. (Bushfires Vic.

See also Bushfires Vic Pay)

SYDNEY - Firefighters battling a bushfire in rugged country near Tumut, in southern
NSW, are preparing for a wind change that could force the fire over control lines. (Bushfires
NSW RFS)



CANBERRA - Anyone who loses their home to the bushfires raging around the country will
receive an emergency payment from the federal government, Prime Minister John Howard has
promised. (Bushfires Howard)

TO COME: Bushfires NSW, Nightlead, Bushfires Tas Nightlead, Bushfires Vic Nightlead



TOWNSVILLE, Qld - The Queensland Director of Public Prosecutions has decided not to
lay criminal charges against a senior police officer over a death in custody of a Palm
Island man. (Mulrunji Charge)

TO COME: Mulrunji Nightlead, Backgrounder and sidebars



SYDNEY - Iktimal Hage-Ali has relinquished the title of NSW Young Australian of the
Year following controversy surrounding her arrest over an alleged cocaine supply ring.

(Hageali)

Hageali Nightlead to come



CANBERRA - Opposition immigration spokesman Tony Burke has rejected suggestions Labor
has abandoned support for multiculturalism and hardened its stance on migration. (Citizenship
Burke)

Citizenship Nightlead to come



CANBERRA - The term "party drug" should be banned in Australia, Justice Minister Chris
Ellison says, ahead of a crisis meeting on the drug, ice. (Ice Ellison)

Ice Nightlead to come



SYDNEY - A 13-year-old youth will face court in Sydney today charged with attempted
murder after allegedly dousing a boy with petrol and setting him alight. (Burns)

Burns Nightlead to come



SYDNEY - Backpacker murderer Ivan Milat has lost a second bid for an inquiry into his
conviction, with a Sydney judge ruling that there is "no doubt or question" of his guilt.

(Milat Nightlead)



MELBOURNE - A Victorian judge has ordered the sister-in-law of Tony Mokbel to forfeit
$1 million she provided as surety for the fugitive drug baron's bail. (Mokbel)

Mokbel Nightlead to come.



BRISBANE - Health groups have dubbed rocker Robbie Williams a "very bad boy" for smoking
onstage during one of his sell-out Brisbane concerts. (Robbie Smoke)

Robbie Nightlead to come



BRISBANE - ABC Learning Centres Ltd has snapped up more childcare centres in four countries
in deals worth $680 million, including the purchase of La Petite Academy which will make
it the second largest US childcare provider. (ABC Learning

ABC Learning Nightlead to come



PERTH - Third Test Australia v England, WACA, 1st day (Ashes)

TO COME: Ashes Nightlead, sidebars, View, Fronter, Snapshot.

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