AAP General News (Australia) back issues from June 2008:
0000 2UE Headlines
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 0000 2UE Headlines - Train driver hit by rock in Sydney's north - Pilot crashes in aerobatics - 46 mill injection for NSW maternity services - Doctors reject claims childhood obesity is ...
Fed: Plan to drill for oil off NSW coast outrages green groups
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Fed: Plan to drill for oil off NSW coast outrages green groups SYDNEY, June 1 AAP - An Australian joint venture is planning to drill off the NSW coast in search of oil and gas in a move that has outraged green groups. ...
0100 2UE Sydney
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 0100 2UE Sydney - Police probing incident of rock hitting train - Fatal small plane crash being investigated - State oppn says maternity funding boost not enough - Nelson says NSW Liberals have never ...
Fed: Plan to drill for oil off NSW coast .. but Greens not happy
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Fed: Plan to drill for oil off NSW coast .. but Greens not happy An Australian joint venture is planning to drill off the New South Wales coast north of Sydney for oil and gas. The Sunday Telegraph says the venture ...
Vic: AMA urges govt to cut funds for films that feature smoking
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Vic: AMA urges govt to cut funds for films that feature smoking MELBOURNE, June 1 AAP - Films, plays and other arts projects that feature smoking would see their government funding extinguished under a radical proposal by the ...
Vic: Brumby cracks down on smoking
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Vic: Brumby cracks down on smoking The Australian Medical Association wants a government funding ban on films .. plays and other arts projects .. that feature smoking. The AMA says the state and federal governments ...
Vic: Police union says force is 3000 short
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Vic: Police union says force is 3000 short The Police Association will today launch a drive for an extra three-thousand operational police .. to fill gaps in a force overstretched by fast-growing suburbs and ...
Vic: Police union says Victorian force is 3,000 short
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Vic: Police union says Victorian force is 3,000 short MELBOURNE, June 1 AAP - Victoria's Police Association will today launch a drive for an extra 3,000 operational police to fill what it claims are gaps in a force ...
NSW: Train driver hurt in rock throwing incident
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW: Train driver hurt in rock throwing incident Police say a train driver was hurt during a rock throwing incident at Mount Kuring-Gai in Sydney's north last night. A police spokeswoman says the 53-year-old male driver ...
NSW: Train driver hurt in rock throwing incident
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW: Train driver hurt in rock throwing incident SYDNEY, June 1 AAP - A train driver has been hurt during a rock throwing incident in Sydney's north. A police spokeswoman said the 53-year-old male driver suffered ...
0200 3AW Headlines
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 0200 3AW Headlines - Hillary Clinton battling to keep in race - Vic police union wants 3000 more police - NSW govt warns rock throwers after latest ...
NSW: NSW Libs unveil reform package to end infighting
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW: NSW Libs unveil reform package to end infighting New South Wales Opposition leader BARRY O'FARRELL has unveiled a reform model he says will end the factional infighting that has split his party. His 14-point reform ...
NSW: Train driver hurt in rock throwing incident
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW: Train driver hurt in rock throwing incident Police say a train driver was hurt during a rock throwing incident at Mount Kuring-Gai north of Sydney last night. A police spokeswoman says the 53-year-old male driver ...
QLD: Brough elected as president of Qld Libs
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 QLD: Brough elected as president of Qld Libs Former HOWARD government minister MAL BROUGH has been elected as President of the Queensland Liberal Party. Delegates at the party's State Convention in Brisbane have voted ...
Fed: Rudd lists wife's company on pecuniary interest register
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Fed: Rudd lists wife's company on pecuniary interest register Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD has reportedly listed one of his wife's companies on his pecuniary interest register .. despite previously saying it wasn't necessary because ...
Vic: Brumby cracks down on smoking
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Vic: Brumby cracks down on smoking The Australian Medical Association wants a government funding ban on films .. plays and other arts projects .. that feature smoking. The AMA says the state and federal governments ...
Vic: Police union says force is 3000 short
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Vic: Police union says force is 3000 short Victoria's police union will today launch a drive for an extra three-thousand operational police .. to fill gaps in a force overstretched by fast-growing suburbs and ...
Fed: Plan to drill for oil off NSW coast .. but Greens not happy
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Fed: Plan to drill for oil off NSW coast .. but Greens not happy An Australian joint venture is reportedly planning to drill off the New South Wales coast north of Sydney for oil and gas. The Sunday Telegraph says the ...
Vic: First Victorian woman bishop ordained
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Vic: First Victorian woman bishop ordained Victoria's first female bishop will perform her first official duty by celebrating the Eucharist this morning. History was made in a Melbourne church yesterday when 60 year-old ...
FED: No "radical deviation", Nelson warns brawling Lib factions
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 FED: No "radical deviation", Nelson warns brawling Lib factions Federal opposition leader BRENDAN NELSON has warned his party will make no radical deviation in the post Howard years. Dr NELSON issued the ...
NSW: New president and VP for state Liberals
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW: New president and VP for state Liberals The New South Wales branch of the Liberal Party has appointed a new president and vice president .. following last week's resignations. It's voted NICK CAMPBELL as president ...
Vic: City gets extra 15 billion litres of water
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Vic: City gets extra 15 billion litres of water Fifteen billion litres of extra drinking water is heading to Melbourne three months earlier than planned. Melbourne Water says by the middle of next year .. hundreds of ...
Events Diary for Sunday, June 1, 2008
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Events Diary for Sunday, June 1, 2008 EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED: ADELAIDE No items listed. BRISBANE 0900 - Day two of Queensland ...
0300 4 BC Headlines
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 0300 4 BC Headlines - Fears lake in China will burst dams - Plans to drill off New South Wales coast for oil, gas - Rock throwing incident involving train ...
0400 3AW Headlines
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 0400 3AW Headlines - PM has released 2020 report - Vic police union wants three thousand more officers - Investigation into small plane crash in New South Wales - US says Burma's govt caused thousands of ...
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, June 1
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, June 1 BREAKFAST ROUND-UP: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430 DRILL (SYDNEY) An Australian joint venture is reportedly planning to drill off the New South ...
0500 2GB Headlines
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 0500 2GB Headlines - Train driver hurt by rock thrower - Barry O'Farrell unites New South Wales Libs - Patients walking out of NSW hospitals over poor service - Plane crashes on New South Wales ...
Fed: Oil platforms off NSW coast planned .. Greens not impressed
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Fed: Oil platforms off NSW coast planned .. Greens not impressed Whale and dolphin watchers on the New South Wales central coast may find oil and gas drilling platforms adorning the sea's horizon .. if an energy joint venture gets ...
Qld: Man dies after shooting at Gold Coast
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Qld: Man dies after shooting at Gold Coast A man's dead after a shooting incident on the Gold Coast. The Queensland Police Ethical Standards Command is investigating the incident .. which police say occurred early ...
Qld: Man dies after shooting incident on Gold Coast
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Qld: Man dies after shooting incident on Gold Coast BRISBANE, June 1 AAP - A 49-year-old man has died after a shooting incident on the Gold Coast. Police said the Ethical Standards Command was investigating the incident, ...
Fed: Rudd warned to slow down or break down
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Fed: Rudd warned to slow down or break down Federal government ministers .. staff and unions have reportedly told Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD to relax his workaholic attitudes and huge expectations .. or risk a ...
Fed: Rudd urged to relax his workaholic ways
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Fed: Rudd urged to relax his workaholic ways SYDNEY, June 1 AAP - Federal government ministers, staff and unions have reportedly told Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to relax his workaholic attitudes and huge expectations or risk a ...
QLD: Girl dies in quad bike accident
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 QLD: Girl dies in quad bike accident BRISBANE, June 1 AAP - A seven-year-old girl has died in a quad bike accident on a farm in south Queensland. Police believe the girl was riding the quad bike in a paddock on a ...
VIC: Man glassed in pub brawl
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 VIC: Man glassed in pub brawl MELBOURNE, June 1 AAP - A man has been hospitalised after a glass was smashed across the side of his head and neck during a brawl at a Melbourne pub overnight. Police say the incident ...
Qld: Girl dies in quad bike accident
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Qld: Girl dies in quad bike accident A seven-year-old girl's died in a quad bike accident on a farm in southern Queensland. Police believe the girl was riding the bike on a property at Condamine about ...
QLD: Fisherman dies after being washed off rocks
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 QLD: Fisherman dies after being washed off rocks BRISBANE, June 1 AAP - A fisherman has died after being washed off rocks on Queensland's Hamilton Island. Witnesses saw the 34-year-old man being smashed against the rocks ...
VIC: House damaged in suspected arson attack
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 VIC: House damaged in suspected arson attack MELBOURNE, June 1 AAP - A Melbourne house has been severely damaged in a suspected arson attack overnight. Firefighters were called to the unoccupied weatherboard house in ...
Qld: Fisherman dies after being washed off rocks
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Qld: Fisherman dies after being washed off rocks A fisherman's died after being washed off rocks on Queensland's Hamilton Island. Witnesses saw the 34-year-old man being smashed against the rocks after being swept into ...
Vic: Man glassed in pub brawl
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Vic: Man glassed in pub brawl A man's been smashed in the head with a glass .. in a pub fight in Melbourne overnight. The 33-year-old East Bentleigh man's undergoing surgery for injuries to his head and neck. A ...
VIC: Man glassed in pub brawl=2
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 VIC: Man glassed in pub brawl=2 He was later charged with several assault offences, including recklessly causing serious injury and intentionally causing serious injury, ...
Qld: Teenager killed in motorbike accident
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Qld: Teenager killed in motorbike accident A teenager riding an unregistered trail bike with no lights has been killed in a collision with a ute in Brisbane's south. Police say the Crestmead 17-year-old wasn't wearing a ...
QLD: Teenager killed in motorbike accident
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 QLD: Teenager killed in motorbike accident BRISBANE, June 1 AAP - A teenage motorcyclist riding without a crash helmet or lights on his unregistered trail bike has been killed in a collision with a ute in ...
NSW: Man stabbed repeatedly outside nightclub in Kings Cross
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW: Man stabbed repeatedly outside nightclub in Kings Cross SYDNEY, June 1 AAP - A 19-year-old man will undergo surgery after being repeatedly stabbed outside a nightclub in Kings Cross. An argument between two men on ...
QLD: Gold Coast resort worker missing in bushland
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 QLD: Gold Coast resort worker missing in bushland BRISBANE, June 1 AAP - Police are searching for a New Zealand woman missing in bushland on the Gold Coast. The 34-year-old was reported missing by the management of ...
NSW:Pilot dies performing aeronautical acrobatics
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW:Pilot dies performing aeronautical acrobatics A pilot's died in a fiery plane crash on the New South Wales South Coast. Police say the man .. believed to be a 54-year-old from the ACT .. reportedly lost control of ...
Vic: House damaged in suspected arson attack
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Vic: House damaged in suspected arson attack A Melbourne house has been badly damaged in a suspected arson attack overnight. Firefighters were called to the unoccupied weatherboard house in Essex Street in ...
Qld: Gold Coast resort worker missing in bushland
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Qld: Gold Coast resort worker missing in bushland Police are searching for a New Zealand woman missing in bushland on Queensland's Gold Coast. The 34-year-old was reported missing by the management of O'Reilly's Resort on ...
NSW: Pilot dies performing aeronautical acrobatics
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW: Pilot dies performing aeronautical acrobatics SYDNEY, June 1 AAP - A pilot has died after crashing into a beach while performing aerobatics in a Chinese-built ex-military aircraft on the NSW South Coast. The man, ...
NSW: Two teens wanted for rock throwing attack on train
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW: Two teens wanted for rock throwing attack on train EDS: Changes ke from Stone SYDNEY, June 1 AAP - Two teenage boys are believed responsible for a rock throwing attack on a train in north Sydney which ...
NSW: Two teens wanted for rock throwing attack on train
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW: Two teens wanted for rock throwing attack on train Police are looking for two teenage boys over a rock-throwing attack on a Sydney train that injured the driver last night. The southbound train with about six ...
Today's birthday, June 4, 2008
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Today's birthday, June 4, 2008 For pictures please call AAP Images on 9322 8708 or visit the website at www.aapimage.com (trans reference number (CAN105)) Today's birthday June 4: Angelina Jolie (1975 - ), American ...
FED: Nationals could consider ending coalition - Truss
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 FED: Nationals could consider ending coalition - Truss CANBERRA, June 1 AAP - The Nationals are considering ending their historic coalition with the Liberal Party, federal Nationals leader Warren Truss says. The two ...
Fed: Nationals could consider ending coalition - Truss
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Fed: Nationals could consider ending coalition - Truss Federal Nationals leader WARREN TRUSS says his party is considering ending its historic coalition with the Liberal Party. The two parties are looking at merging in ...
NSW: Man wrestles policeman after being refused entry to club
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW: Man wrestles policeman after being refused entry to club SYDNEY, June 1 AAP - A man has been arrested for assaulting a police officer after being refused entry to a club in Sydney's south west. The 33-year-old man ...
Fed: Public servants fed up with long hours: Truss
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Fed: Public servants fed up with long hours: Truss Federal Nationals leader WARREN TRUSS says public servants are fed up with working long hours to deliver reports to RUDD ministers who sit on them for weeks. The prime ...
FED: Public servants fed up with long hours: Truss
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 FED: Public servants fed up with long hours: Truss CANBERRA, June 1 AAP - Public servants are frustrated that they work long hours to deliver reports to the Rudd government, while ministers then sit on the documents for weeks ...
FED: Nationals could consider ending coalition - Truss=2
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 FED: Nationals could consider ending coalition - Truss=2 Mr Truss said different states had different views on which way to go. "In Queensland, there are moves towards a merger. In other states they're not nearly that ...
QLD: Missing Gold Coast resort worker found
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 QLD: Missing Gold Coast resort worker found A New Zealand woman missing in bushland on Queensland's Gold Coast overnight has been found. The 34-year-old was reported missing by the management of O'Reilly's Resort at ...
QLD: Missing Gold Coast resort worker found
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 QLD: Missing Gold Coast resort worker found BRISBANE, June 1 AAP - A woman missing in bushland on the Gold Coast has been found. The 34-year-old New Zealander was reported missing by the management of O'Reilly's Resort ...
QLD: Police shoot dead man on Gold Coast
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 QLD: Police shoot dead man on Gold Coast BRISBANE, June 1 AAP - Queensland police are today investigating the death of a 49-year-old man in a police shooting on the Gold Coast. Police and fire crews were called about ...
Qld: Police shoot dead man on Gold Coast
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 Qld: Police shoot dead man on Gold Coast Queensland Police's ethical standards command is this morning investigating a fatal police shooting on the Gold Coast. Police and fire crews were called to a home in Pacific Pines ...
NSW: Budget to include $10m boost in marrow transplant funding
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW: Budget to include $10m boost in marrow transplant funding There'll be an extra 10 million dollars for blood and marrow transplants .. in Tuesday's New South Wales state budget. Acting Health Minister JOHN ...
NSW: Budget to include $10m boost in marrow transplant funding
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 NSW: Budget to include $10m boost in marrow transplant funding SYDNEY, June 1 AAP - Tuesday's NSW budget will include a $10 million boost in funding for blood and marrow transplants, the state government says. The ...
FED: Downer still undecided about his future
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 FED: Downer still undecided about his future CANBERRA, June 1 AAP - Former foreign minister Alexander Downer says he's still undecided on whether to take up a position with the United Nations or stay in federal politics. ...
National Newslist for Sunday, June 1, 2008
Jun 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 06-01-2008 National Newslist for Sunday, June 1, 2008 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. AAP's news editor Nalita ...