Highlights of the AAP National wire at 15:30 = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-1999
Highlights of the AAP National wire at 15:30 = 2

MELBOURNE - Psychiatric supervision was today requested for the man charged with the
shooting murder of a bar supervisor at La Trobe University. (LATROBE COURT, N/L to come)



MELBOURNE - Prime Minister John Howard today downplayed reports the federal government
would try to cool expectations of large discounts in the second Telstra sale. (TELSTRA HOWARD)



MELBOURNE - Prime Minister John Howard said today he was not prepared to enter an
international trade war over agricultural exports. (FARMERS HOWARD)



MELBOURNE - An international heroin-trafficking syndicate had been smashed, with four
people arrested in overnight raids, the National Crime Authority (NCA) said today. (SYNDICATE,
N/L to come)



MELBOURNE - A teenager who killed three of his schoolmates when the car he was driving
crashed into a tree was today sentenced to two years' youth training. (THOMAS, N/L to come)



DARWIN - Northern Territory Chief Minister Denis Burke today said he empathised with calls
for the reintroduction of the death penalty following the shooting murder of a policeman near
Darwin yesterday. (GUNMAN CAPITAL LEAD, see also GUNMAN IDENTITY)



HOBART - A woman told a Tasmanian court today that she had not complained about
international cricket umpire Steve Randell stroking her in class and in her bedroom because he
had power over her. (RANDELL N/L)



HOBART - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today launched a
preliminary inquiry into workers compensation premiums in Tasmania. (PREMIUMS)



CANBERRA - The federal government today moved to end a long-running dispute with the states
over carer support with a $150 million funding injection the opposition slammed as woefully
inadequate. (CARERS NIGHTLEAD, see also CARERS NEWMAN, CARERS ALP)



CANBERRA - Former National Party leader Tim Fischer today said he was saddened by former
prime minister Paul Keating's assessment that his political career was worth the high personal
cost. (KEATING FISCHER, see also FISCHER N/L to come)



CANBERRA - The federal government today unveiled the first stage of a comprehensive study
into the provision of legal aid services across Australia. (LEGAL)



CANBERRA - Australian wine exports hit a record monthly high in June as sales to Europe
soared but sales to troubled Asia dwindled. (WINE to come)



CANBERRA - Depression is shaping up to be the ailment of the 21st century, with young,
unmarried people most at risk, a new report has found. (DEPRESSION to come)



BRISBANE - Queensland's Criminal Justice Commission had one last chance to demonstrate
political impartiality by launching an immediate inquiry into the "Net bet" scandal, Liberal
leader David Watson said today. (NET CASINO WATSON)



BRISBANE - Queensland Premier Peter Beattie will ban government MPs, their families and
staff from owning shares in the TAB when it is privatised later this year. (TAB BEATTIE)



BRISBANE - One Nation's Queensland parliamentary leader Bill Feldman said the death in New
Zealand of former colleague Charles Rappolt was a clear indication of the pressure politicians
work under. (RAPPOLT LEAD)



BRISBANE - Australia has the oldest fern fossil in the world. (FOSSIL)



BRISBANE - The Queensland government may spend billions on moving powerlines underground in
the wake of a new report which found overhead wires had become suburban deathtraps.
(POWERLINES NIGHTLEAD to come)



BRISBANE - Drink driving starts at a young age in the country - and teenagers are learning
the behaviour from their parents, a new study shows. (DRIVING).



ADELAIDE - All orange juice would have to be pasteurised under a national standard being
considered by Australian and New Zealand health ministers. (JUICE)



ADELAIDE - The National Crime Authority (NCA) should be given greater powers to fight bikie
gangs' involvement in organised crime, the South Australian Opposition said today. (BIKIES
DAYLEAD)



ADELAIDE - Australian women will stage an attempt to set a world-first breastfeeding record
tomorrow. (BREAST to come)



ADELAIDE - South Australian police will be required to video tape strip searches under
proposed new laws introduced to state parliament today. (STRIP to come)



PERTH - West Australian Opposition leader Geoff Gallop has announced a major reshuffle of
portfolios in the opposition line-up. (RESHUFFLE)



PERTH - One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is set to join Western Australia's forests debate
in a bid to reignite the party's hopes for the next state election. (FORESTS WA NATION)



SYDNEY - A man who held police at bay during a day-long siege on the New South Wales south
coast gave himself up today, police said. (SIEGE 2ND D/L)



SYDNEY - A man who stabbed his mother after an argument over money and her being a
Christian was today found not guilty of her murder because he was mentally ill. (NIXON)



SYDNEY - The New South Wales government today backed down on a threat to scuttle a second
Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek by blocking vital infrastructure projects. (BADGERYS)



SYDNEY - A new trial for two men charged with murdering New South Wales MP John Newman is
expected to start next week. (NEWMAN)



SYDNEY - Qantas aircraft engineers have secured a ground-breaking salary sacrifice scheme
which they say leaves the door open for other unions to pursue similar deals under enterprise
agreements. (QANTAS ENGINEERS)



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