HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, April 29 = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-29-2010
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, April 29 = 2

ADELAIDE - Australians should keep one old mobile phone as a spare in case of emergency,
but any others lying around should be recycled, says a not-for-profit lobby group. (Phones
)



ADELAIDE - Microsoft will take advantage of the popularity of social networking with
the launch of its new web messenger. (Tech Messenger)



SYDNEY - She may be the darling of the British music scene, but singer-songwriter Ellie
Goulding finds it impossible to impress her biggest critic: herself. (Goulding)



SYDNEY - Dannii Minogue's partner Kris Smith is set to replace Brian McFadden as host
of Football Superstar. (Football)



SYDNEY - Paris is considered by many to be the centre of the fashion world, but for
Australian designer Collette Dinnigan it can feel a little isolated. (Dinnigan)



ADELAIDE - A tight rental market, housing shortage and a federal focus on homelessness
have uncovered a disturbing number of youths without roofs. (Homeless )



SYDNEY - Australia's continued decline in national productivity would cause the nation's
standard of living to deteriorate, a top level parliamentary committee has warned. (Productivity)



CANBERRA - Private hospitals should be part of the governing councils which will run
Kevin Rudd's local hospital networks, the sector says. (Hospitals Private)



CANBERRA - The federal government has rejected claims it has abandoned plans to introduce
mandatory internet filtering before the next election. (Internet)



CANBERRA - The federal government has been challenged to go further in its bid to get
people off the disability support pension (DSP) and into the workforce. (Disability. EDS:
EMBARGOED UNTIL 0001 AEST ON FRIDAY)



SYDNEY - Paramedic Des Campbell dumped his English fiancee by a text message which
"ripped" her heart out and destroyed her, a Sydney jury has been told. (Campbell Wrap)



SYDNEY - The mysterious murder of an elderly Sydney widow, whose body was found stuffed
in a wheelie bin, remains unsolved, with a coroner scathing of "untruthful" witnesses.

(Schweitzer)



SYDNEY - Tuesday was an unusual day that ended in tragedy for Sydney nurse Michelle
Beets. (Verandah Wrap)



SYDNEY - Sydney has become home to the first sewage powered hydro-electric plant in
Australia, as NSW energy managers continue to work to reduce the city's carbon emissions.

(Sewage Wrap (pics & video available))



SYDNEY - Bill Calabria's father made his first batch of wine in a bathtub, but his
offspring now export top drops to 30 nations. (Families)



MELBOURNE - Former News Limited managing director Julian Clarke agrees the floor of
the newsroom can be a tough place. (Guthrie)



MELBOURNE - Victoria Police has continued its apparent makeover to toughen up with
the announcement that officers will have new rapid fire semi-automatic guns. (Police Vic
Guns Wrap (Factbox graphic, video, pix))



MELBOURNE - Victorian Emergency Services Commissioner Bruce Esplin was on duty as the
Black Saturday fires killed 173 people despite having no official role and not being rostered
to work. (Teague)



MELBOURNE - A prestigious Melbourne school has been blasted by a student who was sexually
abused by the third member of staff to be charged with sex offences. (Smith Wrap)



MELBOURNE - Thousands of Victorian patients are waiting too long for emergency treatment
and surgery as public hospitals buckle under growing demand, the latest report card shows.

(Hospitals Vic Wrap)



MELBOURNE - A Melbourne heavy haulage company has been convicted and fined $130,000
after a truck driver was crushed and killed while loading a semitrailer. (Redline Wrap)



BRISBANE - Queensland Liberal National Party leader John-Paul Langbroek has delivered
his strongest statement yet that his party will not go down the privatisation path. (Assets
Qld Wrap (Pix and video available))

BRISBANE - Queensland has long been regarded as a maverick state when it comes to politics.

(Assets Qld. Analysis)



BRISBANE - Acting Queensland premier Paul Lucas says next month's national and literacy
tests will go ahead in the state, despite a public school teachers' planned boycott. (Schools
Qld)



BRISBANE - Dr Jayant Patel threatened to deprive the Bundaberg Base Hospital of his
"exceptional" surgical skills after hospital staff informed his patient's mother that
her son was dying, a court has been told. (Patel Wrap)



GOLD COAST - Brisbane has scored a culinary coup with one of France's top chefs joining
three of his Australian counterparts to prepare a lavish dinner in support of young home-grown
talent. (Chefs)



ADELAIDE - People dining out in South Australia will be able to take home unfinished
wine bottles from restaurants when laws change next week. (Liquor SA)



ADELAIDE - South Australia's wine producers should find it easier to do business and
promote their wares with new laws coming into effect next week, the state government says.

(Wine SA)



PERTH - Convicted pedophile Scott Zirus has penned a letter to an Australian newspaper
from his cell, denying ever abusing children and claiming he was tricked by United States
authorities into a confession. (US Zirus Letter)



HOBART - A Tasmanian man who forged divorce documents so he could remarry could not
bear to face his first wife again in the Family Court, his lawyer says. (Trikilis)

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