AAP General News (Australia) back issues from October 2008:
FED: Trends in sleep among young Australians
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 FED: Trends in sleep among young Australians Eds: Embargoed until 0001 AEST Wednesday, October 1. Trends in sleep among young Australians: * The average nine-year-old gets about 10 hours ...
FED: Lack of sleep making Aussie kids fat: Study
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 FED: Lack of sleep making Aussie kids fat: Study Eds: Embargoed until 0001 AEST Wednesday, October 1. By Tamara McLean, Medical Writer SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - Australian kids are making themselves fat with ...
Vic: Australians drinking cheaper booze - and more: survey
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Vic: Australians drinking cheaper booze - and more: survey EDS: PLEASE NOTE STORY EMBARGOED UNTIL 0001 (AEST) WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1 MELBOURNE, Oct 1 AAP - Tougher economic times might put a bottle of Grange out of ...
Fed: Joker No 2 on all-time movie characters
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Fed: Joker No 2 on all-time movie characters Eds: Embargoed until 0001 AEST Wednesday October 1 SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - Heath Ledger's haunting Joker has been voted as the second greatest movie character of all ...
Fed: Joker No 2 on all-time movie characters
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Fed: Joker No 2 on all-time movie characters Eds: Embargoed until 0001 AEST Wednesday October 1 Empire Magazine's 100 greatest characters of all time 1 Indiana Jones 2 The Joker 3 Darth ...
2400 2GB HEADLINES
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 2400 2GB HEADLINES - US Congress has been given an ultimatum from President George W Bush to pass his bailout plan. - Meantime Wall Street has opened stronger. - Passengers have been thrown about carriages at ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW: Page 1: Key US congressional leaders are scrambling to revive the $US700 billion brank rescue plan after a divided congress rejected the ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers SYDNEY, Sept 30 AAP - The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers: THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Page 1: Australian families should not expect a cent from any official rates ...
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers MELBOURNE, Oct 1 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers: HERALD SUN Page 1: The world hopes for a recovery on markets as panic selling wipes $US2 ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =2
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =2 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Page 1: Australian authorities have moved to an `q1economic war footing in the expectation that the US is heading into a long ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =3
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =3 THE AUSTRALIAN: Page 1: The Reserve Bank is preparing to slash interest rates by half a percentage point next week as central banks worldwide struggle to stop the credit ...
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers =2
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers =2 THE AGE: Page 1: Reserve Bank poised to cut interest rates by as much as half a per cent next week. Climate change adviser Ross garnaut urges government to cut ...
Vic: Epworth to employ controversial surgeon
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Vic: Epworth to employ controversial surgeon Embattled surgeon THOMAS KOSSMANN .. suspended from working at The Alfred hospital .. has been thrown a lifeline by the Epworth Hospital. Professor KOSSMANN was suspended last ...
Vic: Epworth to employ controversial surgeon
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Vic: Epworth to employ controversial surgeon MELBOURNE, Oct 1 AAP - Embattled surgeon Thomas Kossmann, suspended from working at The Alfred hospital, has been thrown a lifeline by the Epworth Hospital. Professor Kossmann ...
NSW: Shots fired into suburban Sydney home
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Shots fired into suburban Sydney home Police are investigating an attempted drive by shooting with shots fired into a suburban home in Sydney's north-west. Officers were called to the home in Gladesville .....
What Australian newspapers say on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 What Australian newspapers say on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - The Australian says American politicians must own this global credit meltdown. The paper says financial failure is being compounded by political ...
NSW: Shots fired into suburban Sydney home
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Shots fired into suburban Sydney home SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - Shots have been fired into a suburban home in Sydney's north-west, and police are investigating. Officers were called to the home in Pile Street, ...
What Australian newspapers say on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 What Australian newspapers say on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - The Australian says American politicians must own this global credit meltdown. The paper says financial failure is being compounded by political ...
NSW: Shots fired into suburban Sydney home
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Shots fired into suburban Sydney home SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - Shots have been fired into a suburban home in Sydney's north-west, and police are investigating. Officers were called to the home in Pile Street, ...
0200 2UE HEADLINES
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 0200 2UE HEADLINES - There's been a recovery of sorts the day after the biggest single day drop on the US stock market. - Meantime Bush has reassured Americans the rejection of the bailout doesn't spell the end to a ...
Fed: Climate change will "haunt humanity": Garnaut
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Fed: Climate change will "haunt humanity": Garnaut Top climate adviser ROSS GARNAUT wants Australia to commit to a deep .. fast cut to greenhouse emissions .. provided other countries do the same. Professor GARNAUT ...
FED: Lack of sleep making Aussie kids fat: Study
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 FED: Lack of sleep making Aussie kids fat: Study New research says Australian kids are making themselves fat with rollercoaster sleeping patterns .. that leave them starved of shut-eye by the time the weekend arrives. ...
Fed: Joker no.2 on all time movie characters
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Fed: Joker no.2 on all time movie characters HEATH LEDGER'S haunting Joker has been voted as the second greatest movie character of all time behind Indiana Jones in a new poll. The list .. out today in Empire Magazine .....
Fed: Big rate cut looking likely as market turmoil persists
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Fed: Big rate cut looking likely as market turmoil persists There's now a suggestion the reserve bank may have to slash the cash rate by a half of percentage point next week because of mounting turmoil in global financial ...
Qld: Qld welcomes record cruise ship season
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Qld: Qld welcomes record cruise ship season Queensland's tourism industry has received good news .. with the state about to experience a record cruise season. Carnival Australia chief executive ANN SHERRY says a record ...
News Diary events for Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 News Diary events for Wednesday, October 1, 2008 GOOD MORING 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 ...
FED: Supermarket chains reach consensus on new food labelling
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 FED: Supermarket chains reach consensus on new food labelling Australia's major supermarket chains have thrown their support behind a simpler food labelling initiative. Woolworths .. Coles and Franklins have agreed to ...
Fed: Govt announces appointment of chief scientist
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Fed: Govt announces appointment of chief scientist The nation's next chief scientist has identified climate change .. water and sustainable energy as the biggest scientific challenges confronting Australia. Professor ...
Fed: Joker no.2 on all time movie characters
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Fed: Joker no.2 on all time movie characters Empire Magazine's 100 greatest characters of all time 1 Indiana Jones 2 The Joker 3 Darth Vader 4 Captain Jack Sparrow 5 ...
FED: Trends in sleep among young Australians
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 FED: Trends in sleep among young Australians Trends in sleep among young Australians: * The average nine year old gets about 10 hours sleep a night every night .. in line with expert recommendations ...
Events Diary for Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Events Diary for Wednesday, October 1, 2008 EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED: BRISBANE 1000 - Federal Inquiry into Obesity in Australia public hearing. Committee to hear ...
Vic: Late night pre-paid taxi fares begin tomorrow
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Vic: Late night pre-paid taxi fares begin tomorrow Late night pre-paid taxi fares come into force in Victoria today to weed out passengers who ride and run. The new scheme will make it compulsory for passengers to pay ...
Vic: Epworth to employ controversial surgeon
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Vic: Epworth to employ controversial surgeon Embattled surgeon THOMAS KOSSMANN .. suspended from working at The Alfred hospital .. has been thrown a lifeline by the Epworth Hospital. Professor KOSSMANN was suspended last ...
Fed: Garnaut's key recommendations
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Fed: Garnaut's key recommendations Professor ROSS GARNAUT'S final recommendations: * Australia should push for a tough global climate pact to hold atmospheric carbon levels to 450 parts per million. This would ...
Qld: Search continues for man feared taken by 5.5m croc
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Qld: Search continues for man feared taken by 5.5m croc Authorities fear a normally shy five-and-a-half-metre crocodile .. named Charlie .. may have snatched a holidaymaker from a riverside campsite in North ...
TAS: Ripples of Riverdance, Australian Irish dancing Hobart
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 TAS: Ripples of Riverdance, Australian Irish dancing Hobart The five-day Australian National Irish Dancing Championships begin in Hobart today. More than 12-hundred dancers and their chaperones .. packing colourful frocks ...
Vic: Australians drinking cheaper, more booze: survey
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Vic: Australians drinking cheaper, more booze: survey Tougher economic times might put a bottle of Grange out of reach .. but that hasn't stopped Australians drinking cheaper booze more often. The national survey of ...
NSW: Health front and centre for Rees at COAG
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Health front and centre for Rees at COAG New South Wales Premier NATHAN REES wants health funding to be front and centre at this week's Council of Australian Governments' meeting in Perth. Mr REES says every ...
NSW: Dog badly burned in new case of animal cruelty
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Dog badly burned in new case of animal cruelty There's been another case of animal cruelty .. with the discovery of a dog that's been deliberately set on fire. The badly-burned male Terrier cross was found by a ...
0400 2GB HEADLINES
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 0400 2GB HEADLINES - Stocks on Wall Street are bouncing back after yesterday's record drop. - Police are investigating a suspected drive-by shooting in Sydney's North. - A train driver has been forced to slam on ...
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Oct 1
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Oct 1 BREAKFAST ROUND-UP: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430 US FINANCIAL CRISIS WRAP (WASHINGTON) A recovery of sorts on world markets as US President GEORGE W BUSH ...
NSW: $63,000 cannibis found in south-west Sydney raid
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: $63,000 cannibis found in south-west Sydney raid A man will face court today after a police raided a hydroponic cannabis operation in Sydney's south west. Police found 21 cannabis plants worth $63-thousand dollars ...
NSW: $63,000 cannibis found in south-west Sydney raid
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: $63,000 cannibis found in south-west Sydney raid SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - A man will face court today after police raided a hydroponic cannabis operation in Sydney's south west. Police found 21 cannabis plants worth ...
0600 2UE HEADLINES
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 0600 2UE HEADLINES - Despite the rejection of the US bailout plan finance markets appear to be holding their nerve this morning. - Australian investors meantime are being urged to hold tight and weather the current ...
NSW: Three injured in barn explosion
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Three injured in barn explosion Three men have been seriously injured when a barn heater exploded on a southern NSW rural property. The men were inside the barn near Goulburn when the gas cylinder attached to a ...
NSW: Three injured in barn explosion
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Three injured in barn explosion SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - Three men were seriously injured when a barn heater exploded on a southern NSW rural property. The men were inside the barn on Windellama, south of Goulburn, when ...
Vic: Suspicious fire leaves man seriously injured
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Vic: Suspicious fire leaves man seriously injured A man's in a serious condition in hospital after a suspicious fire in the beachside town of Rosebud .. south of Melbourne .. last night. The Country Fire Authority and ...
NSW: Second man charged over $1 million cannabis raid
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Second man charged over $1 million cannabis raid A second man's been charged over a million dollar cannabis bust in Sydney earlier this year. More than $1 million of cannabis was seized in the raid on the home .. in ...
NSW: Second man charged over $1 million cannabis raid
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Second man charged over $1 million cannabis raid Eds: Takes in Hydroponic SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - A second man has been charged over a $1 million Sydney cannabis bust earlier this year. The cannabis was ...
ACT: The main stories in The Canberra Times today
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 ACT: The main stories in The Canberra Times today CANBERRA, Oct 1 AAP - The main stories in The Canberra Times today. Pg 1: Crashing world financial markets have sparked the possibility of interest rates being ...
Vic: Suspicious fire leaves man seriously injured
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Vic: Suspicious fire leaves man seriously injured MELBOURNE, Oct 1 AAP - A man is in a serious condition in hospital after a suspicious fire in the beachside town of Rosebud, south of Melbourne, last night. The Country ...
Vic: One dead, two injured after pedestrians hit
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Vic: One dead, two injured after pedestrians hit MELBOURNE, Oct 1 AAP - One man is dead and another seriously injured after being hit by a car in central Melbourne early today. Just before 1am (AEST), a car travelling ...
Vic: Firearms and weapons amnesty to be held this month
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Vic: Firearms and weapons amnesty to be held this month MELBOURNE, Oct 1 AAP - Victoria Police are holding a firearms and weapons amnesty this month to coincide with Community Safety Month. People with any unwanted or ...
0700 2UE Headlines
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 0700 2UE Headlines - A recovery of sorts on world markets as President Bush went on national television, vowing to fight to rescue the US economy. - Terrier dog found set alight in SW Sydney, in 2nd case of cruelty in a ...
Vic: Motorcyclist killed after collision with truck
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Vic: Motorcyclist killed after collision with truck MELBOURNE, Oct 1 AAP - A motorcyclist is dead after being involved in a collision with a truck in Melbourne's north-east this morning. The ...
Qld: Search resumes for suspected crocodile victim
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Qld: Search resumes for suspected crocodile victim The search for a man believed to have been dragged into a far north Queensland river by a crocodile will resume this morning. ARTHUR BOOKER .. from Logan south of ...
Qld: Search resumes for suspected crocodile victim
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Qld: Search resumes for suspected crocodile victim BRISBANE, Oct 1 AAP - The search for a camper believed to have been dragged into a far north Queensland river by a crocodile will resume this morning. Arthur Booker, 62, ...
NSW: New NSW political donations laws come into force
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: New NSW political donations laws come into force New NSW laws forcing developers to disclose political donations have come into force .. seven months after Wollongong Council was sacked over the cash-for-developments ...
Qld: Police investigate "suspicious" Gold Coast unit fire
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Qld: Police investigate "suspicious" Gold Coast unit fire BRISBANE, Oct 1 AAP - Queensland police are investigating a suspicious fire at a vacant block of units on the Gold Coast. The blaze is believed to have started ...
Fed: LaPaglia injured in Balibo film shoot
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Fed: LaPaglia injured in Balibo film shoot SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - Australian actor Anthony LaPaglia was injured in an explosives accident during filming for the political thriller Balibo, in Darwin. LaPaglia was hurt when ...
NSW: New NSW political donations laws come into force
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: New NSW political donations laws come into force SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - New NSW laws compelling developers to disclose political donations have come into force - seven months after Wollongong Council was sacked over the ...
Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news: - The US stock market has rebounded strongly after yesterday's massive sell off. - A US financial analyst says he ...
QLD: Main stories in today's The Courier Mail
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 QLD: Main stories in today's The Courier Mail BRISBANE, Oct 1 AAP - The main stories in today's The Courier Mail: Page 1: Banks may not pass on an expected cut to official interest rates because of economic turmoil in ...
NSW: Second man charged over $1 million cannabis raid
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 NSW: Second man charged over $1 million cannabis raid (Eds: Reissuing to fix paragraph break in intro) Eds: Takes in Hydroponic SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - A second man has been charged over a $1 ...
FED: Supermarket chains reach consensus on new food labelling
Oct 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 10-01-2008 FED: Supermarket chains reach consensus on new food labelling SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - Australia's major supermarket chains have thrown their support behind a simpler food labelling initiative. Woolworths, Coles and Franklins ...