AAP General News (Australia) back issues from January 2008:
Fed: Easy access to abestos-disease drug from today
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Easy access to abestos-disease drug from today EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 A rare cancer and its troubled treatment: * Mesothelioma is a rare but fatal cancer of the ...
Fed: Living in 70s - an era of farmers, punk and rail tragedy
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Living in 70s - an era of farmers, punk and rail tragedy EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 - The trouble with Australia was that it was being run by ...
Fed: Menzies was horrified at Canberra casino idea - archives
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Menzies was horrified at Canberra casino idea - archives EDS: Reissuing, to correct date in fifth par EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Envisioning ...
Fed: Cabinet thought of banning CSU back in 1977 - documents
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Cabinet thought of banning CSU back in 1977 - documents EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 By Denis Peters CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - The federal government considered banning compulsory ...
NSW: Man stabbed at Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Man stabbed at Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations Ambulance officers say a man's been stabbed in Sydney's CBD .. during the city's New Year's Eve celebrations. They say the 22-year-old was stabbed in the chest ...
Fed: Living in 70s - an era of farmers, punk and rail tragedy
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Living in 70s - an era of farmers, punk and rail tragedy EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 - The trouble with Australia was that it was being run by ...
NSW: Changes to NSW tobacco, consent laws take efffect today
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Changes to NSW tobacco, consent laws take efffect today Eds: Embargoed to 0001 AEDT, Tuesday, January 1, 2008 SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - "Fruity" cigarettes are now banned, a new park has been declared, and the ...
Fed: Fraser uranium decision still the basis of current policy
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Fraser uranium decision still the basis of current policy EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Thirty years ago, the government of Malcolm Fraser gave the ...
Fed: Distrust and unease - Australia in 1977
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Distrust and unease - Australia in 1977 EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 By Denis Peters CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Newly-released cabinet documents from 1977 have revealed a country riven by ...
Fed: New Year's Day changes for the nation
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: New Year's Day changes for the nation EDS: Embargoed until 0001 January 1, 2008 By Kate Corbett and Jane Bunce CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Thousands of children struggling at school will have access ...
Qld: Bjelke-Petersen govt could have averted today's water woes
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Qld: Bjelke-Petersen govt could have averted today's water woes EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 By Roberta Mancuso BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - It was the year Queensland's popular "Sunshine ...
Fed: Howard and Keating - the class of 77
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Howard and Keating - the class of 77 EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Two figures made their appearance on the national political stage in 1977, both ...
Fed: Asbestos disease drug to be given govt subsidy from today
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Asbestos disease drug to be given govt subsidy from today EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 By Jane Bunce CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Sufferers of the asbestos-linked disease mesothelioma ...
FED: Hero's legacy is affordable mesothelioma treatment
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 FED: Hero's legacy is affordable mesothelioma treatment EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 By Jane Bunce CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - The legacy of asbestos disease campaigner Bernie Banton was ...
Fed: Hilton bombing still a mystery 30 years on - Cabinet papers
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Hilton bombing still a mystery 30 years on - Cabinet papers EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - On September 15, 1977 the military attache at the ...
Fed: Fraser government moves on boat people
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Fraser government moves on boat people EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) January 1, 2008 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - On April 26, 1976, a 17-metre fishing boat carrying five ...
NSW: Man stabbed at Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Man stabbed at Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations SYDNEY, Dec 31 AAP - A man has been stabbed in Sydney's city centre during the city's New Year's Eve celebrations. The 22-year-old was stabbed in the chest late ...
NSW: Fireworks turn night into day
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Fireworks turn night into day Billed as the biggest fireworks display ever .. it didn't disappoint the million or more people who lined the foreshores of Sydney Harbour on a balmy New Year's Eve. More than ...
NSW: Fireworks turn night into day as Sydney welcomes 2008
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Fireworks turn night into day as Sydney welcomes 2008 By Vincent Morello and Ilya Gridneff SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Billed as the biggest fireworks display ever, it did not disappoint the million or more people who lined ...
0100 2GB Sydney
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 0100 2GB Sydney - More than one million people have packed the Harbour foreshore to welcome in the New Year - Biggest fireworks Sydney's ever attempted - Stabbing in CBD - 15yo girl falls 10 metres in ...
Vic: Hicks says: "I'm doing fine"
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Vic: Hicks says: "I'm doing fine" Former Guantanamo Bay detainee DAVID HICKS was reunited with his father yesterday .. in secret. The 32-year-old's told Fairfax newspapers he's doing fine .. but has declined to ...
NSW: Heat in south, wild winds in north turn NYE upside down
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Heat in south, wild winds in north turn NYE upside down Australian revellers have seen in the New Year with the usual explosion of fireworks and popping of champagne corks .. but the weather had a say in many ...
FED: Heat in south, wild winds in north turn NYE upside down
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 FED: Heat in south, wild winds in north turn NYE upside down SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Australian revellers saw in the New Year with the usual explosion of fireworks and popping of champagne corks, but the weather had a say in many ...
0200 2GB Sydney Headlines
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 0200 2GB Sydney Headlines - Crowds head home and cleanup begins after New Year's celebrations - Harbour Bridge reopens but some streets still closed - Other NYE around Australia - Incidents during ...
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers MELBOURNE, Jan 1 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers: THE AGE: Page 1: David Hicks speaks to a journalist for the first time since his arrest in ...
NSW: Two boats up in flames on Sydney Harbour
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Two boats up in flames on Sydney Harbour Fire authorities say a teenage girl's been treated by paramedics .. after fire engulfed two boats moored at a Sydney Harbour marina. The brigade's firefighting boat was ...
What Australian papers say on Tuesday January 1, 2007
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 What Australian papers say on Tuesday January 1, 2007 SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Of all the issues that defied resolution over three decades, The Australian says in its editorial today, the most depressing must surely be the ...
NSW: Two boats up in flames on Sydney Harbour
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Two boats up in flames on Sydney Harbour SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - A teenage girl has been treated by paramedics after fire engulfed two boats moored at a Sydney Harbour marina, the NSW Fire Brigade says. The brigade's ...
NSW: Less than 50 arrests across Sydney on NYE
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Less than 50 arrests across Sydney on NYE New South Wales police have praised the behaviour of record numbers of revellers .. who've joined the New Year's Eve celebrations across Sydney. Operations Commander .....
Qld: Bjelke-Petersen govt could have averted today's water woes
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Qld: Bjelke-Petersen govt could have averted today's water woes Cabinet documents from 1977 .. released today under the 30-year rule .. reveal the attitude of JOH BJELKE-PETERSEN's coalition government towards women .. problems ...
Fed: Asbestos disease drug to be given govt subsidy from today
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Asbestos disease drug to be given govt subsidy from today Sufferers of the asbestos-linked disease mesothelioma will have access to cheap treatment from today .. ending a long campaign to secure government subsidy. ...
NSW: Editorial changes to top Australian women's magazines
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Editorial changes to top Australian women's magazines The new year will bring changes to editorial management at two of Australia's leading women's magazines. New Idea Editor-In-Chief ROBYN FOYSTER will leave the ...
Fed: Fraser uranium decision still the basis of current policy
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Fraser uranium decision still the basis of current policy 30 years ago MALCOLM FRASER's government gave the official go-ahead for commercial exploitation of a resource Australia possessed in abundance .. uranium. ...
News Diary events for Tuesday, Jan 1, 2008
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 News Diary events for Tuesday, Jan 1, 2008 Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for today (not for publication). This is a guide only and stories, local times and locations are ...
Fed: New Year's Day changes for the nation
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: New Year's Day changes for the nation Thousands of children struggling at school will have access to government-funded extra tuition from today. Millions of other Australians though will be paying more for ...
Fed: Doctors urge new years resolution to quit smoking
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Doctors urge new years resolution to quit smoking Smokers are being urged to kick the deadly habit as the New Year starts .. but to give themselves time to do it properly. Anti-smoking organisation Quit says taking ...
FED: Hero's legacy is affordable mesothelioma treatment
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 FED: Hero's legacy is affordable mesothelioma treatment The legacy of asbestos disease campaigner BERNIE BANTON has been firmly established today .. with mesothelioma victims across Australia given cheap access to treatment ...
Vic: Hicks says: "I'm doing fine"
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Vic: Hicks says: "I'm doing fine" Former Guantanamo Bay detainee DAVID HICKS was reunited with his father yesterday .. in secret. The 32-year-old's told Fairfax newspapers he's doing fine .. but has declined to ...
Fed: Menzies was horrified at Canberra casino idea - archives
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Menzies was horrified at Canberra casino idea - archives Former prime minister Sir ROBERT MENZIES once expressed his horror at a proposal to build a casino in the national capital .. which may explain why Canberra didn't get ...
Fed: Cabinet thought of banning CSU back in 1977 - documents
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Fed: Cabinet thought of banning CSU back in 1977 - documents Newly released cabinet documents have shown the federal government considered banning compulsory student unionism as far back as 1977. The coalition federal ...
NSW: Hens move easier, bus commuters more expensively
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Hens move easier, bus commuters more expensively Layer hens will move a little easier .. and Sydney bus commuters more expensively .. thanks to changes coming into effect in the next couple of days. Sydney ...
NSW: Changes to NSW tobacco, consent laws take efffect today
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Changes to NSW tobacco, consent laws take efffect today Fruity cigarettes are now banned .. a new park has been declared .. and the definition of consent in sexual assault cases has been amended as part of NSW legislative ...
Tas: Parents butt out as car smoking bans start
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Tas: Parents butt out as car smoking bans start Smokers will be forced to butt out in cars when children are on board .. under new anti-smoking laws that come into effect in Tasmania today. Lighting up in cars with ...
Events Diary for Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Events Diary for Tuesday, January 1, 2008 EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED: ADELAIDE - No items listed. BRISBANE - No items listed. CANBERRA - No items ...
NSW: Less than 50 arrests across Sydney on NYE
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Less than 50 arrests across Sydney on NYE SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - NSW police have praised the behaviour of record numbers of revellers who joined the New Year's Eve celebrations across Sydney. The New Years Eve ...
FED: Hicks speaks to father for first time since leaving jail
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 FED: Hicks speaks to father for first time since leaving jail ADELAIDE, Jan 1 AAP - Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has been secretly reunited with his father for the first time since leaving prison. He then ...
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Jan 1
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Jan 1 Breakfast Round-Up: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430 Eve National (SYDNEY) Australian revellers have seen in the New Year with the usual explosion of ...
0700 2GB Headlines
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 0700 2GB Headlines Aust welcomes in the NY with fireworks in every major city .. wrap. Hundreds treated for heat stroke in Melb. Man stabbed in Sydney CBD. Quiet night - 94 arrests in Sydney. 2 teens arrested over sexual ...
Vic: Woman's death first on Vic roads for 2008
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Vic: Woman's death first on Vic roads for 2008 EDS: AAP's Xmas/New Year road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 21 to 2359 January 4. Some state and territory police forces may use different road toll periods.)...
Vic: Woman's death first on Vic roads for 2008
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Vic: Woman's death first on Vic roads for 2008 EDS: AAP's Xmas/New Year road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 21 to 2359 January 4. Some state and territory police forces may use different road toll periods.)...
Vic: Person dies in unit fire
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Vic: Person dies in unit fire MELBOURNE, Jan 1 AAP - An unidentified person has died in a unit fire in Melbourne's north early today. Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) Commander Mick Swift said crews arrived at the ...
Vic: Person dies in unit fire
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Vic: Person dies in unit fire An unidentified person has died in a unit fire in Melbourne's north in the early hours of this morning. Metropolitan Fire Brigade Commander MICK SWIFT says crews arrived at Gardenia ...
NSW: Police praise NYE revellers after 94 arrests
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Police praise NYE revellers after 94 arrests SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Police have praised Sydney New Year's Eve revellers after 94 arrests were made during celebrations which focused on Sydney harbour and attracted more than a ...
NSW: Police praise revellers after 94 arrests
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Police praise revellers after 94 arrests Police have praised Sydney New Year's Eve revellers .. after just 94 arrests were made during celebrations which attracted more than a million people to the CBD and the ...
NSW: Two teenagers charged with sexual assault
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Two teenagers charged with sexual assault Two teenagers have been charged over the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl in a car in the Central west of NSW. Police say two 17-year-old boys assaulted the girl at ...
Vic: Western Victoria hit by power failures
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Vic: Western Victoria hit by power failures Extreme heat .. holiday crowds cranking up the air conditioners .. and a car crashing into a pole have combined to cut power to about 38 thousand people in western Victoria since ...
Vic: Western Victoria hit by power failures
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Vic: Western Victoria hit by power failures MELBOURNE, Jan 1 AAP - Extreme heat, holiday crowds and a car crashing into a pole have combined to cut power to about 38,000 people in western Victoria since ...
NSW: Search for missing bushwalker enters third day
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Search for missing bushwalker enters third day SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Police and SES volunteers have resumed their search for a woman missing for two days in the NSW northern tablelands. The bushwalker, aged in her ...
NSW: Search for missing bushwalker enters third day
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Search for missing bushwalker enters third day Police and SES volunteers have resumed their search for a woman who's been missing for two days in the NSW northern tablelands. The bushwalker .. in her 50s .. was ...
NSW: Two teenagers charged over sexual assault
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 NSW: Two teenagers charged over sexual assault SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Two teenagers have been charged over the sexual assault of a 17-year-old woman in a car in the NSW Central west. Police said two 17-year-old youths ...
Qld: Police praise revellers as weather keeps crowd numbers down
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Qld: Police praise revellers as weather keeps crowd numbers down Police have praised Queensland New Year's Eve revellers .. as wild weather kept crowd numbers down. Rain and strong winds forced the cancellation of many ...
Qld: Police praise revellers as weather keeps crowd numbers down
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Qld: Police praise revellers as weather keeps crowd numbers down BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - Police have praised Queensland New Year's Eve revellers as wild weather kept crowd numbers down. Rain and strong winds forced the ...
0800 2GB Headlines
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 0800 2GB Headlines Forget plans for a NY Day swim .. predictions all Sydney beaches will be closed today .. New Year celebrations injury wrap. 94 arrests in Sydney. Brendan Nelson - appeal to remember everyone who's ...
Qld: Man charged with stabbing murder
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Qld: Man charged with stabbing murder A man's been charged with murder .. after a young woman died after being stabbed in the chest in north Queensland. Police were called to a house in Herbert Street in Bowen .. after a ...
Qld: Man charged with stabbing murder
Jan 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2008 Qld: Man charged with stabbing murder BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - A man has been charged with murder after a woman died from a stab wound to the chest in north Queensland. Police were called to house in Herbert Street, Bowen, ...