AAP General News (Australia) back issues from November 2008:
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers MELBOURNE, Nov 1 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers: HERALD SUN Page 1: Derby Day preview. Page 3: Australia rallies behind German ...
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers =2
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers =2 THE AGE: Page 1: Horsewoman Francesca Cumani is at the Melbourne Cup Carnival to assist her father's horses Bauer or Mad Rush to win. New commercial building ...
What Australian newspapers say on Saturday, November 1, 2008
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 What Australian newspapers say on Saturday, November 1, 2008 SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - Barack Obama and John McCain have passed a gruelling endurance test of the most reported presidential campaign in history, The Weekend Australian ...
0200 2UE HEADLINES
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 0200 2UE HEADLINES - There's more speculation the Bali bombers could be executed this weekend. - The Victorian government has intervened in the row of the German doctor who's been denied Australian residency because his ...
Qld: Grog ban on councils, not communities, says Bligh
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Qld: Grog ban on councils, not communities, says Bligh Private operators may be able to apply to run licensed premises on Aboriginal communities in Queensland. The Supreme Court in Cairns granted a temporary injunction ...
NSW: Rees labelled 'gutless' for hiding during metro scrapping
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Rees labelled 'gutless' for hiding during metro scrapping New South Wales is back from the future this weekend .. after Premier NATHAN REES' government canned bold new plans for a metro system to link Sydney to ...
NSW: Man in court on manslaughter charges over car crash
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Man in court on manslaughter charges over car crash A Sydney court's been told a woman and her teenage daughter died in a head-on collision with a stolen sports car driven by a man with a cancelled licence. Police ...
NSW: Medicos in training will get hospital places: Della Bosca
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Medicos in training will get hospital places: Della Bosca The Australian Medical Association is staging a public rally in Sydney today .. with hundreds of medical graduates expected to attend over fears there aren't ...
Vic: $8.1 million of cannabis seized in western suburbs
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Vic: $8.1 million of cannabis seized in western suburbs Police say they've seized more than eight million dollars worth of cannabis .. during an eight-month investigation targeting a Melbourne drug syndicate. Operation ...
Qld: Mother suspected daughter-teacher relationship: court
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Qld: Mother suspected daughter-teacher relationship: court A Brisbane court has been told a mother didn't report her suspicions that her teenage daughter was sexually involved with her female teacher because she had no ...
NSW: Roozendaal to face little action over bully claim: Oppn
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Roozendaal to face little action over bully claim: Oppn The New South Wales opposition says it expects no slap on the wrist for Treasurer ERIC ROOZENDAAL .. if the ombudsman finds he bullied a state transport agency....
ACT: Labor to form minority government in the ACT
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 ACT: Labor to form minority government in the ACT Labor will form minority government in the ACT after attracting the support of the Greens. Two weeks after the October 18 election .. the Greens announced last night ...
QLD: Thousands descend on Gold Coast for Masters Games
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 QLD: Thousands descend on Gold Coast for Masters Games Thousands of sports lovers have descended on the Gold Coast for the sixth Pan Pacific Masters Games. Almost 10-thousand competitors aged 30 and over .. will take to ...
Fed: Pressure on Canberra to reconsider doctor's status
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Fed: Pressure on Canberra to reconsider doctor's status There's growing pressure on the federal government to overturn an immigration department decision .. to deny Australian residency to a German-born doctor because his son has ...
Fed: Rudd won't take sides on next US president
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Fed: Rudd won't take sides on next US president Australia may be cheering on BARACK OBAMA .. but Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD is taking a diplomatic line and won't say who he favours in the United States presidential race. ...
Fed: Tasmania gives thumbs up to cannibal horror film
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Fed: Tasmania gives thumbs up to cannibal horror film Tasmanians hope a new Australian horror film about cannibals will encourage tourists and more movie makers to the apple isle. Despite Dying Bread portraying a remote ...
NSW: Ex-judge Einfeld admits lying over speeding fine
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Ex-judge Einfeld admits lying over speeding fine Former Federal court judge MARCUS EINFELD faces a lengthy jail sentence after admitting he lied when he claimed a dead woman drove his speeding car. Due to face a New ...
Qld: Qld MP continues calls to postpone bravery awards
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Qld: Qld MP continues calls to postpone bravery awards A senior Queensland Labor politician is maintaining his opposition to a planned bravery awards ceremony for police involved in 2004 Palm Island Riot .. despite Premier ANNA ...
Fed:Bank switching fully operational from today:Swan
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Fed:Bank switching fully operational from today:Swan The federal government's account switching scheme comes into full effect today .. allowing consumers greater freedom in changing their bank accounts. Treasurer WAYNE ...
Fed: National schools testing model like Tasmanian example
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Fed: National schools testing model like Tasmanian example The federal government says the proposed national model for ranking schools will be similar to the trailblazing Tasmanian example launched today. Premier DAVID ...
Events Diary for Saturday, November 1, 2008
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Events Diary for Saturday, November 1, 2008 EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED: ADELAIDE No items listed. BRISBANE 1200 - Aboriginal activists will stage a rally protesting the ...
WA: Eyes turn to the sky as Red Bull visits town
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 WA: Eyes turn to the sky as Red Bull visits town All eyes have turned to the sky .. as the Red Bull Air Race hits Perth's Swan River. Pilots in the international air race have started their practice runs and fly-bys ...
SA: Shark patrols begin this weekend
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 SA: Shark patrols begin this weekend Aerial shark patrols begin off the Adelaide coast this weekend. Emergency Services Minister MICHAEL WRIGHT says the state government has contributed $320-thousand dollars to cover the ...
FED: Obama could worsen world financial crisis - Murdoch
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 FED: Obama could worsen world financial crisis - Murdoch SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has warned that Barack Obama could worsen the world financial crisis if he is elected US president next ...
0400 2GB HEADLINES
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 0400 2GB HEADLINES - The threat of retaliation attacks over the execution of the three Bali bombers appear imminent. - With just days to go before the US headS to the polls the two contenders are racing around the ...
FED: Obama could worsen world financial crisis - Murdoch
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 FED: Obama could worsen world financial crisis - Murdoch News Corporation chairman RUPERT MURDOCH has warned that BARACK OBAMA could worsen the world financial crisis if he's elected US president next week and implements ...
FED: Obama could worsen world financial crisis - Murdoch
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 FED: Obama could worsen world financial crisis - Murdoch News Corporation chairman RUPERT MURDOCH has warned that BARACK OBAMA could worsen the world financial crisis if he's elected US president next week and implements ...
NSW: Economic crisis hits private schools
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Economic crisis hits private schools SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - The global economic crisis is forcing parents to pull children out of private schools and fall back on the state system. The Sydney Morning Herald says some ...
NSW: Economic crisis hits private schools
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Economic crisis hits private schools The global economic crisis is forcing parents to pull children out of private schools and fall back on the state system. Fairfax newspapers report some of Sydney's top private ...
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Nov 1
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Nov 1 BREAKFAST ROUND-UP: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430 INDON BOMBERS POLICE (JAKARTA) Police have tightened security across Indonesia as authorities brace for ...
NSW: Premier wants cashless tolls on all major Sydney roads
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Premier wants cashless tolls on all major Sydney roads SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - Premier Nathan Rees says he wants cashless tolls on all of Sydney's major roads so motorists pay varying fees at different times of the day - an ...
NSW: Premier wants cashless tolls on all major Sydney roads
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Premier wants cashless tolls on all major Sydney roads Premier NATHAN REES says he wants cashless tolls on all of Sydney's major roads so motorists pay fees at different times of the day .. an effective congestion tax to ...
0600 2UE HEADLINES
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 0600 2UE HEADLINES - Security has been stepped up in Indonesia with fears of terrortiss attacks in reaction to the execution of the three Bali bombers expected over the weekend. - Sydney's traffic gridlock could be eased ...
NSW: Police seize drugs and guns in four house raids
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Police seize drugs and guns in four house raids SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - Police have seized drugs and guns and charged three men after raiding raiding four properties in Sydney's north-west. The raids, which were carried ...
NSW: Police seize drugs and guns in four house raids
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Police seize drugs and guns in four house raids Police have seized drugs and guns and charged three men after raiding four properties in Sydney's north west. The raids .. which were carried out on Thursday .. come ...
NSW: P-plate driver allegedly led police on 85km chase
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: P-plate driver allegedly led police on 85km chase A 20-year-old P-Plate driver has been charged after allegedly leading police on an 85km high-speed car chase through the NSW Hunter Valley. Police say the chase ...
NSW: P-plate driver allegedly led police on 85km chase
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: P-plate driver allegedly led police on 85km chase SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - A 20-year-old P-Plate driver has been charged after he allegedly led police on an 85km high-speed car chase through the NSW Hunter Valley. Police ...
NSW: More than 17,000 pirated DVDs and games seized in raid
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: More than 17,000 pirated DVDs and games seized in raid Police and investigators from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft have seized more than 17-thousand pirated DVDs and video games after a raiding a shop in ...
NSW: More than 17,000 pirated DVDs and games seized in raid
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: More than 17,000 pirated DVDs and games seized in raid SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - Police and investigators from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) have seized more than 17,000 pirated DVDs and video games ...
NSW: Schoolgirl followed by convicted child sex offender
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Schoolgirl followed by convicted child sex offender A Sydney schoolgirl has been followed by a convicted child sex offender who allegedly made obscene gestures towards her. Police say a 15-year-old girl was followed ...
NSW: Schoolgirl followed by convicted child sex offender
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Schoolgirl followed by convicted child sex offender SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - A Sydney schoolgirl has been followed by a convicted child sex offender who allegedly made obscene gestures towards her. Police said a ...
Surf: Whitaker and Neve keep tour hopes alive
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Surf: Whitaker and Neve keep tour hopes alive IMBITUBA, Brazil, Oct 31 - Australian surfers Tom Whitaker and Dayyan Neve boosted their chances of world tour survival with second round wins at the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro ...
Surf: Whitaker and Neve keep tour hopes alive
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Surf: Whitaker and Neve keep tour hopes alive Australian surfers TOM WHITAKER and DAYYAN NEVE have boosted their chances of world tour survival with second round wins at the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro in Imbituba. The ...
NSW: Middle-aged man tries to lure teenage boy into car
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Middle-aged man tries to lure teenage boy into car SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - A middle-aged man has attempted to lure a teenage boy into a Mercedes as he was walking along a street in Sydney's north, police say. The ...
FED: Rudd sure-footed in world financial crisis - Murdoch
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 FED: Rudd sure-footed in world financial crisis - Murdoch News Corporation chairman RUPERT MURDOCH has praised KEVIN RUDD as very sure-footed .. in his handling of the financial crisis. And the media mogul has defended ...
Vic: Woman passenger dies in car crash
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Vic: Woman passenger dies in car crash MELBOURNE, Nov 1 AAP - A woman passenger died after the car in which she was travelling ran off the road and hit a tree in Melbourne's south-east this morning. The woman and three ...
NSW: Customs seize 14 tonnes of tobacco leaf in shipment
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Customs seize 14 tonnes of tobacco leaf in shipment SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - Customs have seized more than 14 tonnes of tobacco leaf in a shipment from the Philippines to Sydney. Officers found 14.2 tonnes of tobacco ...
NSW: Customs seize 14 tonnes of tobacco leaf in shipment
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Customs seize 14 tonnes of tobacco leaf in shipment Customs have seized more than 14 tonnes of tobacco leaf in a shipment from the Philippines to Sydney. Officers say they found 14.2 tonnes of tobacco leaf in the ...
NSW: Environmental protesters shut down power plant
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Environmental protesters shut down power plant Protesters have padlocked themselves to conveyor belts at one of Australia's largest power stations .. bringing energy production at the plant to a standstill. The ...
NSW: Environmental protesters shut down power plant
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Environmental protesters shut down power plant SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - Protesters have padlocked themselves to a coal conveyor belt at one of Australia's largest power stations, bringing electricity production to a ...
Vic: Melbourne house prices drop by 3.3 per cent
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Vic: Melbourne house prices drop by 3.3 per cent MELBOURNE, Nov 1 AAP - The median price of a house in Melbourne declined by 3.3 per cent in the September quarter, the Real Estate Institute of Victoria reported today. ...
Vic: Melbourne house prices drop by 3.3 per cent
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Vic: Melbourne house prices drop by 3.3 per cent The median price of a house in Melbourne has fallen by 3.3 per cent in the September quarter .. according to the Real Estate Institute of Victoria. It says the drop in ...
Qld: Unlicensed teenage driver killed in crash
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Qld: Unlicensed teenage driver killed in crash BRISBANE, Nov 1 AAP - Police believe a 16-year-old girl driver killed overnight in a crash on the Sunshine Coast had been drinking and was intoxicated. Maroochydore Police ...
NSW: Congestion toll plan will bring hardship: Greens
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Congestion toll plan will bring hardship: Greens The New South Wales Greens say Premier NATHAN REES's plan for a congestion toll plan for Sydney will bring financial hardship to commuters .. and won't relieve gridlock ...
NSW: Congestion toll plan will bring hardship: Greens
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Congestion toll plan will bring hardship: Greens SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - A congestion toll plan for Sydney will bring financial hardship to commuters and fail to relieve gridlock unless more public transport services are ...
Qld: Activists to call for Wotton's freedom
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Qld: Activists to call for Wotton's freedom BRISBANE, Nov 1 AAP - Aboriginal activists will carry a coffin marked with the "death of Queensland justice" at a Brisbane rally today in support of Palm Island riot ringleader Lex ...
Qld: Activists to call for Wotton's freedom
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Qld: Activists to call for Wotton's freedom Aboriginal activists will carry a coffin labelled "the death of Queensland justice" at a Brisbane rally today .. in support of Palm Island riot ringleader LEX WOTTON. ...
NSW: RAAF C-130 Hercules to fly over Sydney today
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: RAAF C-130 Hercules to fly over Sydney today Hercules planes will fly over parts of Sydney this evening .. to mark the 50th anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force's C-130 aircraft. Known as the work horse of ...
NSW: RAAF C-130 Hercules to fly over Sydney today
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: RAAF C-130 Hercules to fly over Sydney today SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - Hercules planes will fly over parts of Sydney late this afternoon to mark the 50th anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force's C-130 aircraft. ...
NSW: Councils post 15-week average plan approvals
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Councils post 15-week average plan approvals SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - NSW residents wait an average 74 days to have plans for new homes or renovations approved by their local council, new figures show. Results of the ...
Fed: RAAF celebrates 50 years of Hercules services
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 Fed: RAAF celebrates 50 years of Hercules services By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Nov 1 AAP - Fifty years ago this week, the RAAF accepted its first Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, a type which remains in RAAF ...
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Midday, Nov 1
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Midday, Nov 1 Midday Round-Up: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 1130 Indon Bombers (CILACAP) Indonesian authorities have given no word so far today .. about the impending ...
NSW: Union members protest electricity sell-off at ALP meeting
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Union members protest electricity sell-off at ALP meeting SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - About 40 United Services Union (USU) members protested against the state's retail electricity sell-off outside the ALP country conference in Port ...
NSW: Medical students demand intern training places
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Medical students demand intern training places SYDNEY, Nov 1 AAP - Young doctors and university medical students gathered on Sydney's lower north shore this morning to press the NSW government to guarantee jobs for new ...
NSW: Medical students demand intern training places
Nov 01, 2008 ... AAP General News (Australia) 11-01-2008 NSW: Medical students demand intern training places Young doctors and medical students have gathered on Sydney's lower north shore .. to press the New South Wales government to guarantee jobs for new medical graduates. ...