HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 3

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2009
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 3

CANBERRA - The auditor-general's report into the OzCar fake email affair is due to
be released on Tuesday. (Dealers Report)

Dealers Wrap to come



CANBERRA - It will be federal Opposition Leder Malcolm Turnbull's fault alone if the
government's planned emissions trading scheme (ETS) fails to materialise, Climate Change
Minister Penny Wong has told a climate policy conference. (Climate Wong)

Climate Wrap to come



CAIRNS - Climate change, economic development and Fiji are expected to be top of the
agenda this week when leaders from Pacific island nations meet in Cairns. (Forum)

Forum Wrap to come



CANBERRA - Australians are the most optimistic they have been about local employment
in more than 10 years, a poll has found. (Economy Poll)

Economy Wrap to come



GOLD COAST - Malcolm Turnbull has brushed off criticism by former treasurer Peter Costello
that the Liberal Party still hasn't properly analysed its defeat in the 2007 federal election.

(Costello Turnbull. More on merit, plus merits coveragoe of Turnbull on Australian Story
at 2000 AEST)



SYDNEY - The health of pigs diagnosed with swine flu in NSW is improving and none are
likely to die, the NSW Department of Primary Industries says. (Flu Piggery DPI. SEE ALSO:
Flu Qld Wrap and Flu NT

Flu Piggery Wrap to come



MELBOURNE - The father of a man accused of beating his two-year-old daughter to death
says he knows from the bottom of his heart his son did not harm the toddler. (Toddler
Grandfather)

Toddler Wrap to come



SYDNEY - The family of a Sydney girl is suing Kentucky Fried Chicken, claiming she
became brain damaged and crippled from salmonella poisoning after eating a twister wrap
from a KFC restaurant in the city's west. (Samaan)

Samaan Wrap to come



SYDNEY - A Satan-worshipping 16-year-old who heard the devil's voice planned to kill
his parents, two school friends and finally himself, a court has been told. (Satanism
Wrap)



BRISBANE - Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has urged all sides of politics to consider
banning fundraising functions with businesses. (Fundraiser Update)

GOLD COAST - Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says it's fine for the Queensland
premier to suddenly "get religion" over business people paying for access to government
ministers, but what the country needs is national reform at every level of government.

(Donation Turnbull)

Fundraiser Wrap to come



SYDNEY - Radio announcer Chris Page is filling in for 2Day FM hosts Kyle Sandilands
and Jackie O after their show was taken off air. (Polygraph. Outseeking more)



SYDNEY - Supermarket giant Woolworths Ltd has introduced a no-frills mobile phone service
saying other telco services in Australia are "confusing and intimidating". (Woolworths
to come)



BIRMINGHAM - Australia's Ashes defence is unravelling after England moved in for the
kill on a fiery fourth day of the third Test at Edgbaston. (Cricket Aust 2nd Update)

Play scheduled to begin about 2000 AEST

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