AAP General News (Australia) back issues from July 2008:
Fed: Govt always assumed Haneef had terrorist link, lawyers say
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Govt always assumed Haneef had terrorist link, lawyers say Eds: Embargoed until 0001 AEST Tuesday, July 1 By Drew Cratchley BRISBANE, July 1 AAP - Confidential government documents show the Howard ...
FED: Bowel cancer test a mystery to one in three Aussies
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 FED: Bowel cancer test a mystery to one in three Aussies Eds: Embargoed until 0001 AEST Tuesday July 1 By Tamara McLean, Medical Writer SYDNEY, July 1 AAP - More than a third of people at risk of bowel ...
Fed: Govt must include seniors in housing strategy: alliance
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Govt must include seniors in housing strategy: alliance EDS: Embargoed until 0001 AEST Tuesday, July 1 By Susanna Dunkerley CANBERRA, July 1 AAP - The federal government must develop housing ...
FED: Australians support emissions trading scheme - poll
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 FED: Australians support emissions trading scheme - poll A new poll shows Australians support an emissions trading scheme to fight climate change .. but are divided on whether petrol should be included .. a move which would likely ...
FED: Australians support emissions trading scheme: poll
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 FED: Australians support emissions trading scheme: poll SYDNEY, July 1 AAP - Australians support an emissions trading scheme to fight climate change but are divided on whether petrol should be included, a move that would ...
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers MELBOURNE, July 1 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers: HERALD SUN: Page 1: Man arrested after woman and her two grandchildren were killed in axe ...
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers =2
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers =2 THE AGE: Page 1: Last year was the worst financial year on the stock market since 1981-82. Elderly man who allegedly killed his wife and two grandchildren with an axe ...
Vic: Report throws doubt on theme park at Werribee Zoo
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Vic: Report throws doubt on theme park at Werribee Zoo MELBOURNE, July 1 AAP - Plans for a $220 million theme park at Werribee Open Range Zoo have been thrown into doubt, with a report warning it could cost taxpayers ...
Vic: Police to track down parole offenders
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Vic: Police to track down parole offenders Victoria Police will today launch a crackdown on parole breakers .. including murderers, sex offenders and armed robbers .. and throw them back behind bars. The statewide blitz ...
NSW: Amnesty announced for housing fraud
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Amnesty announced for housing fraud The NSW government has declared a three-month amnesty on public housing fraud .. ahead of tougher new laws which come into force on October 1. NSW Housing Minister MATT BROWN says ...
Vic: Police to track down parole offenders
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Vic: Police to track down parole offenders MELBOURNE, July 1 AAP - Victoria Police will today launch a crackdown on parole breakers and throw them back behind bars. The statewide blitz, dubbed Operation ROPE, is aimed at ...
NSW: New jury laws come into effect today
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: New jury laws come into effect today New laws giving NSW judges the power to discharge individual jurors without aborting a trial take effect today. The law is part of a package of reforms to the Jury Act .. passed ...
Vic: Jumps boss to table nine-point safety plan
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Vic: Jumps boss to table nine-point safety plan A plan to improve the safety of jumps racing .. after a disastrous weekend at Flemington .. will be tabled today. The Australian Jumps Racing Association last night ...
What Australian newspapers say on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 What Australian newspapers say on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 SYDNEY, July 1 AAP - Today's Newspoll shows voters are looking for leadership on climate change and are prepared to accept tough measures if they believe it will make a ...
NSW: Police get new powers for World Youth Day - report
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Police get new powers for World Youth Day - report Police have been given extraordinary new powers to arrest and fine people for causing annoyance to participants of World Youth Day .. as well to conduct partial strip ...
NSW: Police get new powers for World Youth Day: report
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Police get new powers for World Youth Day: report SYDNEY, July 1 AAP - Police have been given extraordinary new powers for World Youth Day, including being able to arrest and fine people for "causing annoyance" to ...
NSW: New jury laws come into effect today
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: New jury laws come into effect today SYDNEY, July 1 AAP - New laws giving NSW judges the power to discharge individual jurors without aborting a trial will come into effect from today. The law is part of a package ...
NSW: Amnesty for housing fraud
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Amnesty for housing fraud SYDNEY, July 1 AAP - The NSW government has declared a three-month amnesty on public housing fraud ahead of tougher new laws that come into force on October 1. NSW Housing Minister Matt ...
Vic: Report throws doubt on theme-park at Werribee Zoo
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Vic: Report throws doubt on theme-park at Werribee Zoo Plans for a 220 million dollar theme park at Werribee Open Range Zoo have been thrown into doubt .. with a report warning it could cost taxpayers dearly. An ...
Vic: Jumps boss to table nine-point safety plan
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Vic: Jumps boss to table nine-point safety plan MELBOURNE, July 1 AAP - A plan to improve the safety of jumps racing after a disastrous weekend at Flemington will be tabled today. The Australian Jumps Racing Association ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers SYDNEY, July 1 AAP - The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers: THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Page 1: Police have arrested alleged triple axe murderer John Walsh following ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =2
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =2 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Page 1: Extraordinary new powers will allow police to arrest and fine people for "causing annoyance" to World Youth Day participants. A ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =3
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =3 THE AUSTRALIAN: Page 1: Australians are prepared to pay higher energy bills to fight global warming but support wanes for petrol rises from emission trading. Alexander ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =4
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =4 THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW: Page 1: The states warn on carbon trading costs. Home loan growth hits a 17-year low. Posco has joined the battle for Macarthur ...
NSW: Man to be charged over triple axe murder
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Man to be charged over triple axe murder SYDNEY, July 1 AAP - A man suspected of killing his wife and two grandchildren with an axe and seriously wounding his police officer daughter in Cowra has been arrested and will be ...
Fed: Rudd computers plan to be high on COAG agenda
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Rudd computers plan to be high on COAG agenda CANBERRA, July 1 AAP - The federal government will go to this week's Council of Australian Government's (COAG) meeting relieved in the knowledge its computers in schools ...
Fed: RBA expected to sit tight on rates for 4th month
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: RBA expected to sit tight on rates for 4th month CANBERRA, July 1 AAP - Households look set to gain the full benefit of a new round of tax cuts which begin today as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is widely expected to ...
Qld: New financial year brings savings to some
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Qld: New financial year brings savings to some Queensland's first home buyers will benefit from state government changes beginning today .. but a range of other fees and charges will increase. The government's abolishing ...
Vic: Polak moved from intensive care
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Vic: Polak moved from intensive care The Alfred Hospital says AFL footballer GRAHAM POLAK has been moved out of intensive care overnight .. and into a ward. The hospital says POLAK was transferred at about 6.15 last ...
Fed: Tax relief to offset rising costs - Swan
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Tax relief to offset rising costs - Swan Treasurer WAYNE SWAN says Australians will receive some respite from the rising cost of living when the RUDD government's tax cuts take effect today. Labor's first budget in ...
Fed: Gov says working families will bennefit from July 1 changes
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Gov says working families will bennefit from July 1 changes Working families will benefit from a range of budget measures that come into effect today .. and with cost-of-living pressures rising, the RUDD government admits ...
Qld: Voting closed in Liberal Party merger ballot
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Qld: Voting closed in Liberal Party merger ballot Results in the Queensland Liberal Party's ballot on a proposed merger with the state's Nationals are expected this afternoon. The vote was to conclude on June 23 .. but ...
News Diary events for Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 News Diary events for Tuesday, July 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 ...
NSW: Blood donors needed for national shortage
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Blood donors needed for national shortage The Red Cross Blood Service is urging donors to come forward .. because blood stocks are at dangerously low levels. New South Wales and Queensland have just four days worth ...
Events Diary for Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Events Diary for Tuesday, July 1, 2008 EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED: ADELAIDE No items listed. BRISBANE 1015 - Qld Health Minister Stephen Robertson presser at ...
Fed: Govt always assumed Haneef had terrorist link, lawyers say
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Govt always assumed Haneef had terrorist link, lawyers say Lawyers for MOHAMED HANEEF say confidential government documents show the HOWARD government never considered the possibility the Gold Coast doctor WASN'T involved in ...
Fed: Keep your receipts, Rudd tells parents
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Keep your receipts, Rudd tells parents The Prime Minister says parents should start saving receipts from expenses relating to their children's education. Labor's 4.4 billion dollar Education Tax Refund announced in ...
Fed: Govt must include seniors in housing strategy: alliance
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Govt must include seniors in housing strategy: alliance A seniors group says the federal government must develop housing strategies for older people .. to prevent a looming crisis. The newly-formed Housing ...
Changes that come into effect from July 1, 2008
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Changes that come into effect from July 1, 2008 Budget measures that come into effect from July 1, 2008. * $46.7 billion worth of personal income tax cuts. * $4.4 billion Education Tax ...
TAS: Beaconsfield mine inquest resumes
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 TAS: Beaconsfield mine inquest resumes A coronial inquest into the death of miner LARRY KNIGHT in the Beaconsfield mine collapse resumes in Launceston today. Mr KNIGHT's family is expected to attend the preliminary ...
Vic: Harris to wobble on stage for Hall of Fame honour
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Vic: Harris to wobble on stage for Hall of Fame honour After seven years bunging on a fake English accent while seeking fame in London in the 1950s .. life for iconic Australian performer ROLF HARRIS changed forever when ...
Fed: Billy Elliot picks up 11 Helpmann Award nominations
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Billy Elliot picks up 11 Helpmann Award nominations It got the thumbs up from Sir ELTON JOHN .. now Billy Elliot the Musical looks set to sweep Australia's Helpmann Awards .. picking up 11 nominations including best ...
Fed: Overhaul of child support system begins tomorrow
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Overhaul of child support system begins tomorrow The biggest overhaul of the child support system for separated parents in more than two decades comes into effect from today. The federal government says while a few ...
FED: Bowel cancer test a mystery to one in three Aussies
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 FED: Bowel cancer test a mystery to one in three Aussies A survey's found more than a third of people at risk of bowel cancer have never heard of the government-funded test to help detect it early. New research shows ...
Qld: Local commissioners appointed for indigenous welfare reform
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Qld: Local commissioners appointed for indigenous welfare reform Local commissioners have been appointed to the Family Responsibilities Commission .. which is at the centre of an indigenous welfare reform on Queensland's Cape ...
Fed: Downer confirms he will take on UN job
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Downer confirms he will take on UN job Former foreign minister ALEXANDER DOWNER has confirmed he'll quit politics to take up a position with the United Nations .. paving the way for another by-election. Mr DOWNER's ...
Fed: NSW signs on for computers in schools scheme
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: NSW signs on for computers in schools scheme The prime minister's avoided an embarrassing delay to his computers in schools program .. after an 11th hour agreement between the federal and New South Wales governments....
FED: MS and kidney drug subsidised from July
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 FED: MS and kidney drug subsidised from July An expensive drug that slows the progression of debilitating multiple sclerosis is one of several blockbuster medications to be subsidised for Australians from today. About ...
NT: Territorians gear up for the biggest night of the year
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NT: Territorians gear up for the biggest night of the year NT locals celebrate the anniversary of self government with fireworks tonight .. and NT Chief Minister PAUL HENDERSON says it's part of the territory's unique ...
Fed: RBA expected to sit tight on rates for 4th month
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: RBA expected to sit tight on rates for 4th month Households look set to gain the full benefit of a new round of tax cuts which begin today .. while the Reserve Bank is widely expected to leave its cash rate unchanged ...
VIC: Police to start on-the-spot fine trial today
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 VIC: Police to start on-the-spot fine trial today Victorian police officers will have the power to issue on-the-spot infringements for minor offences from today. The three-year trial is designed to allow police to spend ...
TAS: Bass Strait travel cheaper from today
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 TAS: Bass Strait travel cheaper from today The cost of travelling across Bass Strait on board the Spirit of Tasmania vehicle ferries is cheaper from today. TT-line says the discount's been made possible by a ...
NSW: Truckies to stage go slow on F3 in fuel protest
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Truckies to stage go slow on F3 in fuel protest New South Wales truck drivers .. angry at the soaring cost of fuel .. will disrupt traffic in a go-slow protest on the F3 freeway this morning. A convoy of up to 100 ...
NSW: Countdown on to World Youth Day
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Countdown on to World Youth Day The final countdown to World Youth Day gets underway today .. with the start of the Walk of the Cross and Icon. The 3.8 metre World Youth Day Cross .. Icon of Our Lady .. and an ...
NSW: Man to be charged over triple axe murder
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Man to be charged over triple axe murder A man suspected of killing his wife and two grandchildren with an axe .. and seriously wounding his police officer daughter in Cowra .. has been arrested and will be charged this ...
0300 ABC 702 news headlines
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 0300 ABC 702 news headlines - African Union urged to suspend Mugabe until he allows free and fair elections; issue dominates Egypt meeting; - Malaysian Oppn leader Anwar Ibrahim has left Turkish Embassy saying government ...
NSW: Neal spat, swore and threatened bar employees, staff say
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Neal spat, swore and threatened bar employees, staff say Besieged MP BELINDA NEAL has been accused of spitting in the face of a manager .. during her now notorious altercation with staff at the Iguanas nightclub earlier this ...
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, July 1
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, July 1 Breakfast Round-Up: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430 Axe (SYDNEY) A man suspected of killing his wife and two grandchildren with an axe .. and ...
Main headlines on 2UE at 0500
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Main headlines on 2UE at 0500 - Former foreign minister ALEXANDER DOWNER has confirmed he'll quit politics to take up a UN job and some corporate work .. federal byelection on the way in Mayo in the Adelaide Hills - $46 billion of ...
NSW: Man to be charged over triple axe killings
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Man to be charged over triple axe killings A man's expected to be charged this morning over the axe killings of his wife and two grandchildren at Cowra in central western NSW. After a statewide manhunt .. police ...
Fed: Tax relief to offset rising costs - Swan
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Tax relief to offset rising costs - Swan Labor's 46 billion dollars worth of personal tax cuts take effect today. Treasurer WAYNE SWAN the cuts will provide some relief to those doing it tough because of rising ...
NSW: Truckies to stage go slow on F3 in fuel protest
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Truckies to stage go slow on F3 in fuel protest There'll be traffic chaos coming into Sydney on the F3 this morning .. with truck drivers staging a go slow protest over petrol prices. A convoy of up to 100 trucks is ...
NSW: NSW woman facing traffic sentencing jumps dock, escapes
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: NSW woman facing traffic sentencing jumps dock, escapes SYDNEY, July 1 AAP - A 30-year-old woman has jumped the dock and escaped from custody as she appeared in a NSW court on traffic-related charges. Police say ...
Fed: RBA expected to sit tight on rates for 4th month
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: RBA expected to sit tight on rates for 4th month Households are expected to be spared more interest rate pain .. when the Reserve Bank meets today. The RBA board's widely tipped to leave official rates unchanged for ...
NSW: Sydney man caught during money exchange robbery
Jul 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 NSW: Sydney man caught during money exchange robbery SYDNEY, July 1 AAP - A Sydney man has been caught red-handed after allegedly threatening staff at a money exchange until they opened the safe, which triggered an alarm and ...