National Newslist for Sunday, April 9

AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-2006
National Newslist for Sunday, April 9
Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff.

AAP's National Newslist for today (not for publication).

This is a guide only and stories are subject to change.

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NATIONAL:
CANBERRA - Opposition leader Kim Beazley has backed Australian-Indonesian maritime patrols
to deal with Papuan asylum seekers.

CANBERRA - Opposition leader Kim Beazley declares an end to the Labor's internal row which
saw his leadership questioned.

- Labor has urged two cabinet ministers to give detailed accounts of their knowledge of
the AWB kickbacks scandal when they front a corruption inquiry next week.

CANBERRA - Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Channel Nine.

CANBERRA - Beazley on education.

CANBERRA - Education Minister Julie Bishop on ABC.

SYDNEY:
- NSW has foreshadowed a major overhaul of sexual assault court procedures, designed to
make it easier for victims to attain legal justice.

- A teenage P-plate driver has been caught driving at more than 200kph on the New England Highway.

- A P-plater was killed when he was thrown from his vehicle in a crash in Sydney.

- A man had his finger bitten to the bone during a fight in the toilets of a central Sydney pub.

- Sydney lifesavers are bracing for another busy day today as rough surf continues to
pound the coast.

- NSW taxpayers will contribute $20 million to help stage a gathering of the world's Catholic
youth in Sydney in 2008.

- Some NSW high school students will be able to start training in areas like construction,
primary industries and hospitality at an earlier age.

- Over half of the Australian Defence Force troops deployed to Pakistan in the wake of
the October earthquake have returned home.

- Justice Minister Tony Kelly to hold a press conference on jails.

- Roads Minister Eric Roozendaal to hold presser straight after.

- Royal College of Surgeons to hold conference on rising death toll.

MELBOURNE:
- Police are expected to charge a P-plater driver who crashed after a car chase in Melbourne's
south east this morning.

- Two people have been rushed to hospital after being stabbed in Melbourne this morning.

- The inaugural Herald Sun/City Link Run for the kids.

- Victorian Liberal Leader Robert Doyle and his transport spokesman Terry Mulder will
launch the Liberal's policy - A Fairer Deal for Motorists - from 12.15pm.

- Pro-choice protesters will meet at 11.30am to coincide with a Right to Life public march
in Elwood.

- Acting Victorian Premier John Thwaites will reply to the Opposition's motoring policy
and make an announcement about free travel on public transport for veterans on ANZAC Day.

1330.

BRISBANE:
- A 14-year-old boy on his way to the cinema with a friend was bashed and stabbed by a
group of men in an unprovoked attack on Queensland's Gold Coast.

- Two people were killed when a car hit a tree in south-east Queensland.

PERTH:
- Opposition Leader Paul Omodei announces new frontbench.

- Teenager stabbed in the neck in Northbridge.

- Thieves haul away an ATM in a ram raid in Mandurah, south of Perth.

DARWIN:

FINANCE:
SYDNEY - Preview of the share market this week.

SYDNEY - The corporate regulator does not intend to ban commissions paid to financial
advisors, but believes two per cent is an appropriate upper limit.

MELBOURNE - Annual general meetings are far from dead and will remain on the corporate
calendar for some time to come, although they could do with an overhaul.

SPORT:
LEAGUE
SYDNEY - Wrap of NRL round.

SYDNEY - Parramatta v Penrith, Parramatta Stadium, 1500; SYDNEY - Bulldogs v Canberra,
Canberra Stadium, 1430; AUCKLAND - NZ Warriors v Manly, Ericsson Stadium, 1200 AEST.

AFL
MELBOURNE - Wrap of AFL round
SYDNEY - Sydney v Port Adelaide, SCG, 1310; MELBOURNE - Hawthorn v Collingwood, Telstra
Dome, 1410; ADELAIDE - Adelaide v West Coast, AAMI Stadium, 1510 AEST.

RUGBY
SYDNEY - Wrap of Super 14 round
JOHANNESBURG - Cats v Qld Reds, Johannesburg, 0100 AEST.

GOLF
AUGUSTA, Georgia - US Masters, cover of rain-interrupted third round.

TENNIS
MELBOURNE - Davis Cup tie, Australia v Belarus at Kooyong, final day reverse singles, 1000

CRICKET
DHAKA - First Test: Australia v Bangladesh, first day.

SWIMMING
SHANGHAI - World shortcourse championships continue, final day.

RACING
SYDNEY - Follow up from Golden Slipper Day at Rosehill.

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