HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-02-2010
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 2

MELBOURNE - A woman who stole nearly $20 million from electrical retailer Clive Peeters
contributed to the collapse of the company, a court has heard. (Causer). Wrap to come.



SYDNEY - A female publicist whose complaints led to the resignation of David Jones
chief executive Mark McInnes is suing him and the department store for more than $37 million.

(FraserKirk)



HOBART - ABC presenter Andy Muirhead has faced a Hobart court on a charge of accessing
child pornography. (Muirhead)



MELBOURNE - A former junior football coach who sexually assaulted two boys after games
of strip jack naked has been jailed, 38 years after he molested the children. (Murray)



ADELAIDE - A policeman will contest allegations he created a profile for his former
girlfriend on an internet dating website and encouraged men to pursue her for sex. (Clohesy)



SYDNEY - A coronial inquest into the death of a woman whose body was found near Sydney's
most notorious suicide spot will consider "a number of possibilities". (Ploy)



MELBOURNE - A junior footy dad punched another in the face during a fight sparked by
his son not getting off a trampoline, a court has heard. (LewisSmith). Wrap to come



BRISBANE - A judge has asked for clarification on issues relating to the Doomadgee
death in custody and its fallout. (Doomadgee)



SYDNEY - A baby boy who died from severe brain injuries after his life support was
switched off may have been deliberately hit, a coronial inquest has heard. (Baby)



ADELAIDE - A prisoner who slashed a fellow inmate's throat with a homemade weapon because
he was convinced the man had drugged his drink will now serve an extra three years in
jail. (Toombs)



BRISBANE - Hairdresser Stefan is suing an international financial services giant and
an adviser for sharemarket losses. (Stefan). Wrap to come.



MELBOURNE - An alleged drug kingpin has been denied bail after a magistrate declared
him an unacceptable risk to the community. (Barbaro)



ADELAIDE - A learner driver who was jailed for four years for a crash that claimed
the lives of two of his friends has been granted leave to appeal against his jail term.

(Harkin)



SYDNEY - An investigation is underway after a woman who was jailed two months ago for
killing her sister, following rows about internet access and a hair straightener, was
found dead in prison. (Worrall Update)



PERTH - The Australian government will provide $5 million in aid to Pakistan after
the country was devastated by the worst flash floods in more than eight decades. (Pakistan
Floods Aust)



BRISBANE - They may come from different sides of the political fence, but Julia Gillard
and Tony Abbott's families bear notable similarities. (Poll10 Genealogy)



SYDNEY - Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities Bill Shorten has lashed out at federal
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott for his remark that talking about access to the cinema for
disabled people is "waffle". (Poll10 Shorten)



GOLD COAST - Adventurer and conservationist David de Rothschild has branded Australia's
two major political parties "almost" climate change deniers. (Poll10 Rothschild)



BRISBANE - New rules aimed at improving the integrity of Queensland politicians and
public servants will be introduced in parliament this week. (Integrity). Wrap to come.



SYDNEY - Mine operator Thiess is negotiating with the construction workers union to
resolve a strike of around 200 workers at the Collinsville coal mine in Queensland. (Thiess)



BRISBANE - The world is facing the monumental challenge of doubling its food production
by 2050 with fewer resources, scientists say. (Soil Wrap)



ADELAIDE - Penola is counting its blessings no one was killed when a tornado destroyed
parts of the town linked to Australia's first saint Mary MacKillop. (Penola Wrap)



HOBART - Hobart has had its warmest July on record, coupled with a continuing dry spell,
the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) reports. (Weather Tas)



BRISBANE - Queensland's police chief says there are good reasons why officers need
the freedom to snoop on commuters' movements. (GoCard)



CANBERRA - Aid organisations are calling on the next federal government to increase
Australia's overseas spending. (Poll10 Aid)



ADELAIDE - Irrigators along the Murray in South Australia are to get more water. (Murray SA)



ADELAIDE - The construction industry union says safety on large South Australian building
sites has plunged in recent weeks. (Building)



BRISBANE - Optus cable users in three capital cities along the east coast will have
access to "supersonic" broadband speeds, according to the telco. (Tech Optus)



BRISBANE - Pixies and Empire Of The Sun brought the curtain down on the biggest ever
Splendour In The Grass festival - but it was a less than triumphant debut from Richard
Ashcroft. (Splendour)



MELBOURNE - A rugby league player's frustration over a hard hit during a heated finals
game flared violently when he stormed off the field and returned with a knife. (Knife)



GOLD COAST - Police are questioning a man after a woman was found dead in the bedroom
of a house in the Gold Coast hinterland. (Body Update)



SYDNEY - One man is dead and a man and boy are in hospital after three shootings in
Sydney in six hours. (Shooting)



BRISBANE - A man suffered horrific injuries to his feet when he was run over by a sugarcane
train in north Queensland. (Cane)



MELBOURNE - A man rescued from a greasy ventilation shaft at Melbourne's Crown Casino
has been charged by police. (Shaft)



HOBART - Police are treating as suspicious a boarding house fire north of Hobart, in
which 12 people had to be rescued. (Flint Update)



HOBART - A man has escaped with guns after smashing the front window of a hardware
store in northern Tasmania, police say. (Firearms)



BRISBANE - Police are seeking three boys aged around 12 or 13 after an armed robbery
in Townsville. (Boys)



PERTH - A munitions expert has gone to a school in the West Australian city of Geraldton
to check out what teachers say is a military projectile brought to class by a student.

(Projectile)



CANBERRA - A man has died in hospital after his car veered off the road and into the
front yard of a home in northern Canberra. (Toll ACT)



BRISBANE - A woman suffered back injuries when a runaway water tank rolled over her. (Tank)



SYDNEY - A family's plan to drive the entire width of Australia ended in disaster when
their satnav system led them astray, forcing them to spend three nights trapped on a boggy
road in northwest NSW. (Bogged)



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