AAP General News (Australia) back issues from October 2007:
NT: Inquest into police shooting starts today at Wadeye
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NT: Inquest into police shooting starts today at Wadeye DARWIN, Oct 1 AAP - An inquest into the death of a teenager shot by a police officer at Wadeye begins in the remote Northern Territory community today. The ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=2
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=2 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Page 1: Doctors in charge warn that every emergency unit in the NSW public health system is plagued with chronic management problems that ...
FED: Newspoll shows Labor in 12-point lead
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 FED: Newspoll shows Labor in 12-point lead The latest Newspoll shows Labor has a 12-point lead over the Coalition as speculation mounts about when the federal election will be called. News Ltd reports today the result ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=3
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=3 THE AUSTRALIAN: Page 1: The Howard government still faces annihilation, with a 12-point Labor lead in the polls. The Melbourne Storm was the best NRL team all season -- ...
Vic: Two charged over Sudanese migrant's death
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Vic: Two charged over Sudanese migrant's death MELBOURNE, Oct 1 AAP - Victorian homicide detectives have charged two men with murder over the Melbourne death of Sudanese migrant Liep Gony. The detectives flew to Adelaide ...
Vic: Search for missing woman, 72, to resumer at first light
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Vic: Search for missing woman, 72, to resumer at first light MELBOURNE, Oct 1 AAP - Police have postponed until first light today their search for an elderly woman missing for two nights north-west of Melbourne. The ...
FED: Newspoll shows Labor in 12-point lead
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 FED: Newspoll shows Labor in 12-point lead SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - The latest Newspoll shows Labor has a 12-point lead over the Coalition as speculation mounts about when the federal election will be called. The result comes ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=4
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=4 THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW: Page 1: Business and key states are demanding harmonisation of inconsistent state-based consumer protection and fair trading laws to ...
FED: Revision surgery after knee, hip replacements hits new low
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 FED: Revision surgery after knee, hip replacements hits new low Doctors say the need for follow-up surgery in cases of knee and hip replacements has hit a new low. The Australian Orthopaedic Association says the number ...
WA: Business wants to rid WA of archiac shopping hour rules
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 WA: Business wants to rid WA of archiac shopping hour rules The West Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the state's rules for retail trading hours are archaic .. and people would be better off without them. ...
Fed: Breast milk side effects for babies of allergic mums
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Breast milk side effects for babies of allergic mums Allergic mums .. who exclusively breastfeed their babies .. may be inadvertently increasing their infant's risk of developing asthma or eczema later in life. ...
Fed: Coonan warns Telstra over phone network
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Coonan warns Telstra over phone network Communication Minister HELEN COONAN has warned Telstra the government will protect the telco's mobile phone users. She says Telstra can only drop the CDMA network when the new ...
Fed: New citizenship test comes into effect today
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: New citizenship test comes into effect today Australia's new citizenship test comes into force today .. with 33 people due to be the first to take it. Aspiring citizens must correctly answer 12 out of 20 ...
News Diary events for Monday, Oct 1, 2007
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 News Diary events for Monday, Oct 1, 2007 Good Evening News Editors and Chiefs of Staff Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for tomorrow (not for publication). This is a guide only and stories, local times and locations are ...
NSW: Authorities warn of imminent storm season
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Authorities warn of imminent storm season Authorities are urging New South Wales residents to make their properties ready for the 100 or so severe storms expected to hit the state during the coming storm season. The ...
FED: Manly fans gutted as excitement rules in Melbourne
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 FED: Manly fans gutted as excitement rules in Melbourne Manly fans are waking up to a miserable Monday .. after watching their Sea Eagles last night lose plenty of feathers .. being thrashed by a relentless Melbourne Storm ...
SA: National convention to look at Indigenous male health
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 SA: National convention to look at Indigenous male health Indigenous leaders will gather in Adelaide this week to discuss Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander male health. The Fourth National Aboriginal and Torres ...
NSW: Opposition says tough crime laws are a beat up
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Opposition says tough crime laws are a beat up New South Wales Shadow Attorney General GREG SMITH says Premier MORRIS IEMMA'S proposed new laws for child killers are a beat up. The Iemma government will introduce ...
SA: Duke of Kent to arrive in Adelaide
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 SA: Duke of Kent to arrive in Adelaide The Duke of Kent is due in Adelaide today for a six-day visit .. focusing on science and education. The Duke .. cousin to both the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh .. will launch a ...
NSW: McKew admits Advance Australia fair not so easy
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: McKew admits Advance Australia fair not so easy MAXINE MCKEW openly admits to mumbling through parts of the national anthem .. but says that doesn't make her less Australian. The admission came yesterday at a ...
Qld: Today is decision day on Morgan Park
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Qld: Today is decision day on Morgan Park The Queensland government is waiting on a final nod today .. before it allows 250 horses and their owners .. stranded at an equestrian park in the state's south-east .. to finally go ...
Events Diary for Monday, October 1, 2007
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Events Diary for Monday, October 1, 2007 EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED: ADELAIDE No items listed. BRISBANE No items listed...
NSW: Tougher new minimum sentences to crack down on serious crime
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Tougher new minimum sentences to crack down on serious crime New South Wales Premier MORRIS IEMMA says tough new minimum sentences will force judges to come down hard on serious criminals. Mr IEMMA says the new laws ...
NT: Inquest into police shooting starts today at Wadeye
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NT: Inquest into police shooting starts today at Wadeye An inquest into the death of a teenager shot by a police officer at Wadeye begins in the remote Northern Territory community today. The 18-year-old was shot four ...
Vic: Suspended cop in alleged armed robbery
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Vic: Suspended cop in alleged armed robbery A 35-year-old Victorian police officer appears in Melbourne Magistrates' Court today .. after a failed robbery. The officer is charged with two counts of armed robbery .. two ...
Fed: Electricians able to work interstate with existing licence
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Electricians able to work interstate with existing licence EDS: Embargoed to 0300 AEST Monday, Oct 1 CANBERRA, Oct 1 AAP - Electricians can now work interstate without needing to obtain a new licence, ...
Fed: Electricians' licence now valid interstate
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Electricians' licence now valid interstate The prime minister says electricians can now work interstate without needing to obtain a new licence. JOHN HOWARD says federal and state governments have finalised ...
NSW: Chronic management problems in NSW hospitals: doctors
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Chronic management problems in NSW hospitals: doctors SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - Every emergency unit in the New South Wales public health system is plagued with chronic management problems that jeopardise patient care, doctors in ...
NSW: Chronic management problems in NSW hospitals: doctors
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Chronic management problems in NSW hospitals: doctors New South Wales doctors say every emergency unit in the New South Wales public health system is plagued with chronic management problems that jeopardise patient ...
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Oct 1
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Oct 1 Breakfast Round-Up: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430 Newspoll (SYDNEY) The latest Newspoll shows Labor has a 12-point lead over the Coalition as ...
NSW: Man stabbed and robbed through window of ute
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Man stabbed and robbed through window of ute SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - A man retaliated with a crowbar after being stabbed through the open window of his ute in Sydney, police say. The 54-year-old man was sitting in his ...
NSW: House fire leads to evacuation of 50 nearby residents
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: House fire leads to evacuation of 50 nearby residents SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - More than 50 residents were woken and asked to leave their homes early this morning after fire razed a house in southern Sydney, police say. ...
NSW: Fire in national park
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Fire in national park SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - Fire crews are battling a blaze in the Royal National Park, south of Sydney, on the first day of the official bushfire season. About five hectares of rugged bushland was ...
Fed: ADA says NT taskforce should be under civilian control
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: ADA says NT taskforce should be under civilian control CANBERRA, Oct 1 AAP - The controversial Northern Territory indigenous intervention taskforce should be moved from the army to civilian command, the Australia Defence ...
Vic: Weather bureau defends delayed tsunami warning
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Vic: Weather bureau defends delayed tsunami warning By Catherine Best MELBOURNE, Oct 1 AAP - The weather bureau has defended its decision to withhold a tsunami warning for Victoria following yesterday's earthquake off ...
NSW: Man stabbed and robbed through window of ute
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Man stabbed and robbed through window of ute A man who stabbed a man through the open window of his ute in Sydney's CBD .. got more than he bargained for last night .. when his 54-year-old victim retaliated with a ...
Vic: Weather bureau defends delayed tsunami warning
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Vic: Weather bureau defends delayed tsunami warning The weather bureau has defended its decision to withhold a tsunami warning for Victoria following an earthquake off New Zealand. The Bureau of Meteorology was alerted ...
Vic: Search for missing woman resumes
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Vic: Search for missing woman resumes MELBOURNE, Oct 1 AAP - A search has resumed for an elderly woman missing for two nights north-west of Melbourne. Police have concerns for the welfare of the 72-year-old, who suffers ...
NSW: House fire leads to evacuation of 50 nearby residents
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: House fire leads to evacuation of 50 nearby residents More than 50 people have had a rude awakening this morning when police evacuated them from their homes in a south-western Sydney suburb .. after fire ripped through a ...
NSW: Fire in national park
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Fire in national park On the first day of the official bush fire season .. crews are battling a blaze in the Royal National Park south of Sydney. About five hectares of rugged bush land continues to burn at Maianbar ...
Qld: State Govt to decide on daylight saving referendum today
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Qld: State Govt to decide on daylight saving referendum today Queensland Premier ANNA BLIGH will announce today whether the state will hold a referendum on introducing daylight saving. Government-commissioned independent ...
Vic: Search for missing woman, 72, to resumes
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Vic: Search for missing woman, 72, to resumes A search has resumed for an elderly woman missing for two nights .. north-west of Melbourne. Police have growing concerns for the 72-year-old .. who suffers health problems ...
Qld: Police gun fired in break and enter
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Qld: Police gun fired in break and enter BRISBANE, Oct 1 AAP - An inquiry will be launched into the firing of a police weapon at the scene of an alleged break-in in Brisbane's south overnight. Officers called to a break ...
Fed: Voters need to think hard about choices: Coonan
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Voters need to think hard about choices: Coonan CANBERRA, Oct 1 AAP - Australians need to think hard before voting for Labor at the coming election, Communications Minister Helen Coonan says. Senator Coonan said the ...
Fed: Voters need to think hard about choices: Coonan
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Voters need to think hard about choices: Coonan CANBERRA, Oct 1 AAP - Australians need to think hard before voting for Labor at the coming election, Communications Minister Helen Coonan says. Senator Coonan said the ...
Fed: Coonan says
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Coonan says Communications Minister HELEN COONAN has accused Telstra of King Kong-like antics .. and suggests they get on with providing consumers with services they need. Senator COONAN has rejected comments ...
Fed: Coonan tells Telstra to get on with business
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Coonan tells Telstra to get on with business CANBERRA, Oct 1 AAP - Communications Minister Helen Coonan today accused Telstra of "King Kong-like antics" and suggested the telco should get on with providing consumers with ...
Fed: Govt new citizenship test comes into effect today
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Govt new citizenship test comes into effect today More than 30 people hoping to become Australian citizens will take the federal government's controversial new citizenship test today. The computer based test .. will ...
Qld: Elderly people won't be "turfed out" of housing: Bligh
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Qld: Elderly people won't be "turfed out" of housing: Bligh Queensland Premier ANNA BLIGH says elderly people will not be turfed out of public housing .. under eligibility checks that has seen 188 households receive eviction ...
Fed: Coonan says Aust people need to think hard about choices
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Coonan says Aust people need to think hard about choices Communications Minister HELEN COONAN says Australian people need to think very hard before voting Labor at the coming election. Senator COONAN says the latest ...
Fed: Turnbull must release scientific report: Cousins
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Turnbull must release scientific report: Cousins CANBERRA, Oct 1 AAP - Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull must release a scientific report on the proposed Gunns pulp mill before he makes a decision on the ...
Fed: Turnbull must release scientific report: Cousins
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Turnbull must release scientific report: Cousins Anti-pulp mill campaigner GEOFFREY COUSINS says environment Minister MALCOLM TURNBULL must release a scientific report on the proposed Gunns pulp mill before he makes a ...
Qld: Elderly people won't be "turfed out" of housing: Bligh
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Qld: Elderly people won't be "turfed out" of housing: Bligh BRISBANE, Oct 1 AAP - Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says elderly people will not be "turfed out" of public housing under eligibility checks that have seen 188 ...
NSW: More lands protected on National Parks' 40th anniversary
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: More lands protected on National Parks' 40th anniversary SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - More NSW wetlands and floodplains are to be protected by the expansion of two national parks, the state government says. To mark today's ...
Qld: Govt to decide on daylight saving referendum
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Qld: Govt to decide on daylight saving referendum BRISBANE, Oct 1 AAP - Queensland Premier Anna Bligh will announce today whether her state will hold another referendum on introducing daylight saving. The cabinet today ...
Vic: Cats get stamp of approval
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Vic: Cats get stamp of approval Australia Post has caught Cats fever .. issuing AFL premiership team souvenir stamp sheets to commemorate Geelong's grand final win on Saturday. The stamp sheets will be available from ...
Fed: New citizenship test takes effect today
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: New citizenship test takes effect today CANBERRA, Oct 1 AAP - More than 30 people hoping to become Australian citizens will take the federal government's controversial new citizenship test today. The aspiring ...
Vic: Cats get stamp of approval
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Vic: Cats get stamp of approval MELBOURNE, Oct 1 AAP - Australia Post has caught Cats fever, issuing AFL premiership team souvenir stamp sheets to commemorate Geelong's grand final win on Saturday. The stamp sheets will ...
Fed: Yarrabah, govt to sign welfare deal
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Yarrabah, govt to sign welfare deal BRISBANE, Oct 1 AAP - The federal government will sign a landmark housing and welfare reform agreement with Australia's biggest Aboriginal community today. Indigenous Affairs ...
NSW: English, not citizenship tests key to integration: teachers
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: English, not citizenship tests key to integration: teachers The New South Wales Teachers Federation has attacked the government's citizenship test .. and says English language classes are the key to integrating migrants into ...
Fed: Yarrabah, govt to sign welfare deal
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: Yarrabah, govt to sign welfare deal The federal government will today sign a landmark housing and welfare reform agreement with Australia's biggest Aboriginal community. Indigenous Affairs Minister MAL BROUGH will ...
Fed: English, not citizen tests, key to integration: teachers
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Fed: English, not citizen tests, key to integration: teachers SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - English-language classes - not citizenship tests - are the key to integrating migrants into the Australian way of life, the NSW Teachers Federation ...
NSW: Sydney ferry crews apologise to annoyed passengers
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 NSW: Sydney ferry crews apologise to annoyed passengers Public transport workers are so ashamed of Sydney's failing network they are apologising to passengers. On a Sydney Ferries service to Neutral Bay on Friday a crew ...
Qld: Trio charged with drugs offences after weekend raid
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Qld: Trio charged with drugs offences after weekend raid BRISBANE, Oct 1 AAP - Three people will appear in court today after police seized drugs and cash from a unit in Brisbane's west over the weekend. Police searched ...
Qld: Stranded horse owners to find out their fate today
Oct 01, 2007 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2007 Qld: Stranded horse owners to find out their fate today Authorities in Queensland will today decide whether 250 horses stranded at an equestrian park .. south-west of Brisbane .. for the past five weeks will be allowed to leave ...