AAP General News (Australia) back issues from January 2009:
Fed: What to do with plutonium buried in SA outback
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Fed: What to do with plutonium buried in SA outback EDS: EMBARGOED TO 0001 (AEDT) JANUARY 1, 2009 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Buried deep in the South Australian red dirt outback was ...
Fed: Fraser govt gives go ahead for new parliament house
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Fed: Fraser govt gives go ahead for new parliament house Eds: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT), January 1, 2009 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - By 1978, Australia's fine old parliament house was ...
QLD: Church and state in historic clash
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 QLD: Church and state in historic clash Ed: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT), January 1, 2009 The release under the 30-year rule of 1978 cabinet documents of the Queensland government show a Bjelke-Petersen ...
Fed: Boat people arrivals turn from trickle to flood
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Fed: Boat people arrivals turn from trickle to flood EDS: EMBARGOED TO 0001 (AEDT) JANUARY 1, 2009 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Less than two years after the first Vietnamese ...
QLD: Govt interferes in school curriculum with course bans
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 QLD: Govt interferes in school curriculum with course bans Eds: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) on Thursday, January 1, 2009 By Steve Gray BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - Queensland cabinet documents released on ...
Fed: Chaney rejects accusation that Fraser squibbed it
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Fed: Chaney rejects accusation that Fraser squibbed it Eds: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT), January 1, 2009 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Twenty-five years after the defeat of prime minister ...
QLD: 1978 Bjelke-Petersen cabinet antics
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 QLD: 1978 Bjelke-Petersen cabinet antics Eds: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) Thursday, January 1, 2009 By Steve Gray BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - Newly-released cabinet documents show that 1978 was a year ...
Fed: Import price parity makes cheap Aust oil expensive
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Fed: Import price parity makes cheap Aust oil expensive Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT), January 1, 2009 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - In 1978, the government of Malcolm Fraser adopted one ...
Qld: Beer and pokies off breakfast menu
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: Beer and pokies off breakfast menu BRISBANE, Dec 31 AAP - The days of having a beer with brekky and a flutter on the pokies in Queensland are over. At midnight on Wednesday, the state's liquor and gambling laws ...
FED: Archives from 1978 a reminder of a turbulent time
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 FED: Archives from 1978 a reminder of a turbulent time Eds: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT), January 1, 2009 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Of all the events of 1978, the one that still resonates is ...
Fed: Cabinet of 1978 considered beef for Alfas deal
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Fed: Cabinet of 1978 considered beef for Alfas deal EDS: Embargoed until 0001 (AEDT), January 1, 2009 By Max Blenkin CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Of all the weird trade deals in Australia's long mercantile ...
NSW: Paris parties in Sydney
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: Paris parties in Sydney By Katherine Field and Aletha McHalick SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Guests waited for hours in Sydney for international party princess Paris Hilton to arrive for a New's Year Eve party. ...
Fed: Australian revellers party like it's 2009
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Fed: Australian revellers party like it's 2009 Australians have seen in the New Year in a flurry of fireworks .. hugs and popping champagne corks .. focussing on fun rather than the economic gloom. Sydney again turned on ...
Fed: Australian revellers party like it's 2009
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Fed: Australian revellers party like it's 2009 SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Australians have seen in the New Year in a flurry of fireworks, hugs and popping champagne corks, focusing on fun rather than economic gloom.Sydney again ...
Vic: Hundreds of thousands welcome 2009 in Melbourne
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Vic: Hundreds of thousands welcome 2009 in Melbourne By Jamie Duncan MELBOURNE, Jan 1 AAP - Hundreds of thousands of Melburnians welcomed 2009 with hugs and cheers as a fireworks extravaganza lit up the sky above the ...
FED: Fungal infection sufferers to benefit from PBS listing
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 FED: Fungal infection sufferers to benefit from PBS listing EDS: Embargoed until 0100, Thursday Jan 1 2009 CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Thousands of Australians who suffer from potentially deadly fungal infections ...
NSW: Sydney rings in 2009 with a creation storm
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: Sydney rings in 2009 with a creation storm More than a million revellers have ushered in 2009 in Sydney .. watching in wonder as spectacular bursts of fireworks lit up the night sky .. culminating in a giant glowing sun on ...
NSW: Sydney rings in 2009 with a creation storm
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: Sydney rings in 2009 with a creation storm SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - More than a million revellers have ushered in 2009 in Sydney, watching in wonder as spectacular bursts of fireworks lit up the night sky, culminating in a ...
Vic: Hundreds of thousands welcome 2009 in Melbourne=2
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Vic: Hundreds of thousands welcome 2009 in Melbourne=2 Victoria Police spokesman Senior Constable Wayne Wilson said revellers had been well behaved so far. "Around the city our initial reports are that things are going ...
Vic: Hundreds of thousands welcome 2009 in Melbourne=2
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Vic: Hundreds of thousands welcome 2009 in Melbourne=2 Victoria Police spokesman Senior Constable Wayne Wilson said revellers had been well behaved so far. "Around the city our initial reports are that things are going ...
0200 2UE HEADLINES
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 0200 2UE HEADLINES - It's Western Australia's turn to see in the arrival of the new year with fireworks going off in Perth. - Victorian police say new years revellers have been generally well behaved. - It's ...
Vic: Hundreds of thousands welcome 2009 in Melbourne
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Vic: Hundreds of thousands welcome 2009 in Melbourne Hundreds of thousands of Melburnians welcomed 2009 with hugs and cheers as a fireworks extravaganza lit up the sky above the Yarra River. The weather stayed fine and ...
FED: Dance music tops the charts in '08
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 FED: Dance music tops the charts in '08 In 2008 Australian music stepped out of the pub and onto the dance floor. Dance and electro acts like The Presets .. Cut Copy and Sneaky Sound System topped the charts at home and ...
News Diary events for Thursday, Jan 1, 2009
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 News Diary events for Thursday, Jan 1, 2009 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 ...
Events Diary for Thursday, January 1, 2009
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Events Diary for Thursday, January 1, 2009 EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED: ADELAIDE No items listed. BRISBANE No items listed. CANBERRA No items ...
Qld: Government bans humanist school courses
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: Government bans humanist school courses Queensland cabinet documents released today under the 30-year rule show a BJELKE-PETERSEN government at its peak in 1978 .. willing to take on Canberra and impose its ...
NSW: Police determining cause of siege on mid-north coast
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: Police determining cause of siege on mid-north coast NSW Police are still trying to determine the cause of yesterday's siege which saw a gun wielding man hold five hostages captive for 12-hours on the mid north coast. ...
FED: Stay optimistic in tough 2009: Rudd
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 FED: Stay optimistic in tough 2009: Rudd KEVIN RUDD's urged Australians to enter 2009 with optimism and energy .. but says it'll be a tough year. In his new year's message .. the prime minister says his government's ...
Fed: Holiday road remains at 47
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Fed: Holiday road remains at 47 There's been no change to the national holiday road toll .. which remains at 47 .. after a fatality free new year's eve. Two people .. who died in hospital in Victoria and the Northern ...
NSW: Man missing after dramatic river plunge
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: Man missing after dramatic river plunge A search is due to resume at 6.30 this morning (AEDT) for a man who jumped from a bridge into a river north of Sydney in a dramatic New Year's Eve family tragedy. Police say ...
FED: Fungal infection sufferers to benefit from PBS listing
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 FED: Fungal infection sufferers to benefit from PBS listing Thousands of Australians who suffer from potentially deadly fungal infections will benefit from a new listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. From today ...
Qld: Beer and pokies off breakfast menu
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: Beer and pokies off breakfast menu The days of having a beer with breaky in Queensland .. along with a flutter on the pokies .. are over. As of midnight last night .. the state's liquor and gambling laws changed ....
Fed: Australian revellers party like it's 2009
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Fed: Australian revellers party like it's 2009 Australians have seen in the New Year in a flurry of fireworks .. hugs and popping champagne corks .. focussing on fun rather than the economic gloom. Sydney again turned on ...
Qld: 1978 Bjelke-Petersen cabinet antics
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: 1978 Bjelke-Petersen cabinet antics Newly-released Cabinet documents show Queensland in 1978 was a year of continued confrontation over the BJELKE-PETERSEN government's street march ban. It also marked the ...
NSW: 2009: The Year NSW actually does something?
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: 2009: The Year NSW actually does something? The New South Wales government knows 2009 is the year it must prove it's more than a scandal-ridden rabble .. paralysed by infighting and indecision. Premier NATHAN REES ...
NSW: Sydney rings in 2009 with a creation storm
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: Sydney rings in 2009 with a creation storm More than a million revellers have ushered in 2009 in Sydney .. watching in wonder as spectacular bursts of fireworks lit up the night sky .. culminating in a giant glowing sun on ...
Qld: New on-the-spot fines target public pests
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: New on-the-spot fines target public pests On-the-spot fines for public nuisance offences will be trialled in Queensland from today. Under the new system .. police will have the power to issue fines of up to 300 ...
Fed: 2008 a great year for pollies behaving badly
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Fed: 2008 a great year for pollies behaving badly The year 2008 is one that some politicians may be eager to leave behind .. with memories of criminal and corrupt activities .. sexually-charged incidents .. and belligerent ...
Vic: Searchers hunt for missing teenagers
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Vic: Searchers hunt for missing teenagers Fears are growing for the fate of two nineteen year old men who are still missing in bushland in south-west Victoria. HARRY WILD and RYAN HURLEY are believed to have been heading ...
Vic: Brumby's year of sex, thugs and alcohol
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Vic: Brumby's year of sex, thugs and alcohol As Victorians look back at 2008 .. this year will be remembered as the year of sex .. thugs and alcohol. It's JOHN BRUMBY's first full year as premier of Victoria .. and he ...
Vic: Hundreds of thousands welcome 2009 in Melbourne
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Vic: Hundreds of thousands welcome 2009 in Melbourne Hundreds of thousands of Melburnians welcomed 2009 with hugs and cheers as a fireworks extravaganza lit up the sky above the Yarra River. The weather stayed fine and ...
NSW: New sex offence laws from January 1
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: New sex offence laws from January 1 New measures aimed at safeguarding adults and children from sexual predators come into force today. NSW Attorney General JOHN HATZISTERGOS says it's the most significant crackdown ...
What Australian newspapers say on Thursday, January 1, 2009
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 What Australian newspapers say on Thursday, January 1, 2009 SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - It is difficult to summon much optimism for 2009 when confronted with the latest bad news about the NSW government, says The Sydney Morning Herald in ...
0400 2GB HEADLINES
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 0400 2GB HEADLINES - Sixty people have been arrested so far this new years and police have praised the behaviour of revellers. - Among the arrests is a woman caught drink driving with her child in the car. - ...
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Jan 1
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Jan 1 BREAKFAST ROUND-UP: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430 EVE NATIONAL WRAP (SYDNEY) Australians have seen in the New Year in a flurry of fireworks .. hugs and ...
NSW: Man charged over siege on NSW mid-north coast
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: Man charged over siege on NSW mid-north coast A Sydney man has been charged with multiple offences and is due to face court on New Year's Day following a siege lasting almost 13 hours on the NSW mid-north coast. A ...
NSW: Man charged over siege on NSW mid-north coast
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: Man charged over siege on NSW mid-north coast SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - A Sydney man has been charged with multiple offences and is due to face court on Thursday following a siege lasting almost 13 hours on the NSW ...
Qld: Accidents mar NYE celebrations
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: Accidents mar NYE celebrations New Year's celebrations in south-east Queensland have been marred by several accidents. On the Gold Coast .. an 18-year-old Broadbeach Waters man is being treated for ...
Vic: Motorcycle death kicks off Vic 2009 road toll
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Vic: Motorcycle death kicks off Vic 2009 road toll A motorcyclist has become the first Victorian road toll fatality for 2009. Police say the accident happened about 1.20am (AEDT) this morning when a ...
Qld: Accidents mar NYE celebrations
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: Accidents mar NYE celebrations New Year's celebrations in south-east Queensland have been marred by several accidents. On the Gold Coast .. an 18-year-old Broadbeach Waters man is being treated for ...
Vic: Motorcycle death kicks off Vic 2009 road toll
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Vic: Motorcycle death kicks off Vic 2009 road toll MELBOURNE, Jan 1 AAP - A motorcyclist who was not wearing a helmet has become the first Victorian road toll fatality for 2009. Police said the accident happened about ...
Vic: Vic police pleased with NYE crowd behaviour
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Vic: Vic police pleased with NYE crowd behaviour Melbourne police say they've had no major trouble with crowd behaviour as Victorians called in the new year .. despite the large numbers of people at various venues. ...
Qld: Juvenile on stab charges
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: Juvenile on stab charges BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - A 16-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of unlawful wounding after an altercation in South Brisbane. Police said at around 10.10pm (AEST) on Tuesday a group ...
Qld: Accidents mar NYE celebrations
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: Accidents mar NYE celebrations BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - A series of accidents has marred New Year's celebrations in south-east Queensland overnight. On the Gold Coast an 18-year-old Broadbeach Waters man was ...
NSW: Sydney recovers from spectacular yet tumultuous night
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: Sydney recovers from spectacular yet tumultuous night Sydney is recovering from a spectacular yet at times tumultuous New Year's Eve .. with police kept busy by illegal fireworks displays .. drunks on harbour boats and ...
Qld: Woman critical after boat, dinghy crash
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: Woman critical after boat, dinghy crash BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - A 24-year-old woman is in a critical condition in hospital after two boats collided near Bribie Island, north of Brisbane. Police said at around 8.40pm ...
Qld: Woman critical after boat, dinghy crash
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: Woman critical after boat, dinghy crash EDS: Reissuing inserting category BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - A 24-year-old woman is in a critical condition in hospital after two boats collided near Bribie Island, ...
Qld: Woman critical after boat, dinghy crash
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: Woman critical after boat, dinghy crash A 24-year-old woman is in a critical condition in hospital after two boats collided near Bribie Island .. north of Brisbane .. last night. Police say a large boat collided ...
Vic: Vic's 2009 road toll jumps to three with double fatality
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Vic: Vic's 2009 road toll jumps to three with double fatality Victoria's 2009 road toll has jumped to three .. with a double fatality near Geelong in the state's south-west. Ambulance Victoria says two men believed to be ...
Qld: On the road again, they just kept coming
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: On the road again, they just kept coming Queensland experienced a spate of roadside births earlier this week. No less that three impatient babies were born in roadside deleiveries on Tuesday night. The first ...
NSW: Sydney recovers from spectacular yet tumultuous night
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: Sydney recovers from spectacular yet tumultuous night By Caroline Berdon SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Sydney is recovering from a spectacular yet at times tumultuous New Year's Eve, with police kept busy by illegal ...
Vic: Vic's 2009 road toll jumps to three with double fatality
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Vic: Vic's 2009 road toll jumps to three with double fatality MELBOURNE, Jan 1 AAP - Victoria's 2009 road toll has jumped to three with a double fatality near Geelong in the state's south-west. Ambulance Victoria ...
NSW: Police investigating two overnight building fires.
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: Police investigating two overnight building fires. SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Police are investigating two separate fires that caused extensive damage to a Sydney business and a NSW funeral parlour overnight. Locals ...
NSW: Police investigating two overnight building fires.
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 NSW: Police investigating two overnight building fires. Two separate fires caused extensive damage to a Sydney business and a New South Wales funeral parlour overnight. Locals alerted emergency services to a pine ...
Qld: Juvenile on stab charges
Jan 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 01-01-2009 Qld: Juvenile on stab charges A 16-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of unlawful wounding after an incident on the Victoria Bridge at South Brisbane on Tuesday night. Police say a group was allegedly walking ...