AAP General News (Australia) back issues from February 2009:
Vic: Cooler conditions dampen Vic bushfires
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Vic: Cooler conditions dampen Vic bushfires TRARALGON, Feb 1 AAP - Cooler conditions in Victoria's east on Sunday are expected to aid firefighters in their battle to control a 6,000-hectare bushfire. Temperatures are ...
0200 2UE HEALDINES
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 0200 2UE HEALDINES - Firefighters in Victoria continue to batter blazes in the Gippsland area. - Six Victorians have now succumbed to the heatwave and more are expected. - Police are investigating two separate ...
0200 2UE HEALDINES
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 0200 2UE HEALDINES - Firefighters in Victoria continue to batter blazes in the Gippsland area. - Six Victorians have now succumbed to the heatwave and more are expected. - Police are investigating two separate ...
FED: Warning on teenage drinking
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Warning on teenage drinking SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - New federal government guidelines warn that there's no safe alcohol consumption level for teenagers under 18 and that they should delay drinking for as long as ...
Vic: Property losses rising in Gippsland fires
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Vic: Property losses rising in Gippsland fires More than 20 homes and about 30 sheds have been destroyed by bushfires in Victoria .. that have razed more than six thousand hectares in three days and are now threatening a major ...
NSW: Police officers investigated over drug dealing, extortion
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 NSW: Police officers investigated over drug dealing, extortion Two Sydney police officers are reportedly being investigated over alleged drug dealing .. armed robbery and extortion offences. The Seven Network reports the ...
FED: Warning on teenage drinking
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Warning on teenage drinking New federal government guidelines warn that there's no safe alcohol consumption level for teenagers under 18 and that they should delay drinking for as long as possible. The National ...
Events Diary for Sunday, February 1, 2009
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Events Diary for Sunday, February 1, 2009 EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED: ADELAIDE - No items listed. BRISBANE 1000 - Jobs summit, Ibis ...
SA: Rann wants report on power in the heat crisis
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 SA: Rann wants report on power in the heat crisis South Australian Premier MIKE RANN says there'll be an inquiry into how the national power regulator has handled the state's heatwave .. which may have claimed the lives of more ...
Vic: Heat-wave claims lives
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Vic: Heat-wave claims lives Police say the record-breaking heatwave across southeast Australia has caused the deaths of at least six Victorians .. but probably more. Victoria Police deputy commissioner KIERAN WALSHE says ...
News Diary for Sunday, Feb 1, 2009
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 News Diary for Sunday, Feb 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 subject to ...
Fed: Low-income earners expected to benefit from tax cuts
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Fed: Low-income earners expected to benefit from tax cuts Low-income earners will reportedly benefit from tax cuts .. expected to be announced by the federal government as part of a stimulus package to boost the deteriorating ...
Fed: Don't play with fire: PM
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Fed: Don't play with fire: PM KEVIN RUDD has expressed sympathy for the victims of Victoria's bushfires .. urging everyone to be very careful as the heat wave persists. The prime minister says he thinks ...
Vic: Cooler conditions dampen Vic bushfires
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Vic: Cooler conditions dampen Vic bushfires Cooler conditions in Victoria's east today are expected to aid firefighters in their battle to control a six thousand hectare bushfire. Temperatures are expected to drop to ...
FED: Banks use high-pressure tactics to maintain profits: report
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Banks use high-pressure tactics to maintain profits: report SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - Banks have been accused of using high-pressure sales tactics to maintain profits. The Sun-Herald newspaper says up to 170 bank workers ...
FED: Banks use high-pressure tactics to maintain profits: report
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Banks use high-pressure tactics to maintain profits: report Banks have been accused of using high-pressure sales tactics to maintain profits. The Sun-Herald newspaper says up to 170 bank workers each month are filing ...
0400 3AW HEADLINES
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 0400 3AW HEADLINES - Cooler conditions in Victoria's Gippsland region should help firefighters bring fires under control. - An Antigua man has been charged over the shooting death of a 38-year-old Australian yacht ...
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Feb 1
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Feb 1 BREAKFAST ROUND-UP: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430 TAX (SYDNEY) Low-income earners are expected to benefit from tax cuts to be announced by the ...
0600 2GB HEADLINES
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 0600 2GB HEADLINES - A P-plater is fighting for his life in hospital after a car crash overnight. - Three men have been injured in two separate shootings overnight. - A man's been charged with the shooting death ...
NSW: Three shot, one stabbed in night of violence
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 NSW: Three shot, one stabbed in night of violence SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - Three men have been shot and one stabbed in a night of violence in Sydney. Two men are in hospital after being shot at Glendenning in Sydney's west late ...
Vic: Cooler conditions dampen Vic bushfires
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Vic: Cooler conditions dampen Vic bushfires Cooler conditions in Victoria's east are helping fire crews to control a devastating blaze that's destroyed at least 28 homes. Hundreds of firefighters worked through the night ...
NSW: Girl dead after quad bike flips
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 NSW: Girl dead after quad bike flips SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - An 11-year-old girl has died after being thrown from a quad bike which flipped while going up a steep hill on a rural property on the NSW mid-north coast, police ...
NSW: Girl dead after quad bike flips
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 NSW: Girl dead after quad bike flips An 11-year-old girl has died after being thrown from a quad bike on the NSW mid-north coast. Police say two girls were on the vehicle when it flipped going up a steep hill on a rural ...
Fed: Swan says budget deficit inevitable
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Fed: Swan says budget deficit inevitable CANBERRA, Feb 1 AAP - The global downturn means a budget deficit is inevitable, Treasurer Wayne Swan said today. He said that was because of the unwinding of the mining boom and ...
Fed: Swan says budget deficit inevitable
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Fed: Swan says budget deficit inevitable Treasurer WAYNE SWAN says the budget will go into deficit due to the global downturn. He says it's inevitable because of the unwinding of China and the mining boom .. with a 50 ...
Qld:Reinforcements sent to community after attack on police
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Qld:Reinforcements sent to community after attack on police Police reinforcements are being sent to an Aboriginal community in central Queensland this morning .. after four officers were injured in a domestic disturbance....
FED: Swan says budget deficit inevitable
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Swan says budget deficit inevitable CANBERRA, Feb 1 AAP - The global downturn means a budget deficit is inevitable, Treasurer Wayne Swan says. Mr Swan says the unwinding of the mining boom and the Chinese economy, ...
FED: Swan says budget deficit inevitable=2
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Swan says budget deficit inevitable=2 That follows a prediction from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week that the economy would contract, shrinking by 0.2 per cent in 2009. But the average deficit across ...
Qld: Reinforcements sent to community after attack on police
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Qld: Reinforcements sent to community after attack on police BRISBANE, Feb 1 AAP - Reinforcements from Rockhampton were being sent into the nearby Woorabinda community on Sunday morning after four local police were attacked during ...
NSW: New legislation to govern funeral industry
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 NSW: New legislation to govern funeral industry SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - Consumer concerns about the practices of funeral directors have prompted new legislation to govern the NSW industry, including requirements for ...
FED: Swan won't rule targeted tax cuts in or out
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Swan won't rule targeted tax cuts in or out CANBERRA, Feb 1 AAP - Treasurer Wayne Swan won't rule tax cuts for low income earners in or out. News Limited reports on Sunday the government is considering targeted tax ...
Fed: Swan says budget deficit inevitable
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Fed: Swan says budget deficit inevitable Treasurer WAYNE SWAN says a budget deficit is inevitable due to the global downturn. He says it's the medicine the country needs to deal with the impact of the worldwide recession ...
Fed: The 'Great Dissenter' who'll leave big hole in High Court
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Fed: The 'Great Dissenter' who'll leave big hole in High Court By Don Woolford CANBERRA, Feb 1 AAP - Michael Kirby will leave a huge hole when he leaves the High Court of Australia after 13 years of unprecedented, ...
Fed: Swan won't rule targeted tax cuts in or out
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Fed: Swan won't rule targeted tax cuts in or out Treasurer WAYNE SWAN is being cagey about reports of tax cuts ahead for low income earners. The government is said to be considering targeted tax cuts in the hope the money ...
National Newslist for Sunday, February 1, 2009
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 National Newslist for Sunday, February 1, 2009 AAP's National Newslist for today (not for publication). This is a guide only and stories are subject to change. AAP's news editors Joanne Williamson and Nalita Ferraz can be contacted on ...
VIC: Gippsland fire now within containment lines
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 VIC: Gippsland fire now within containment lines CHURCHILL, Victoria, Feb 1, AAP - A bushfire which has razed 6,300 hectares in Victoria's east is now burning within containment lines. Twenty-eight houses and 60 sheds ...
VIC: School bell rings for 500,000 Vic govt school students
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 VIC: School bell rings for 500,000 Vic govt school students MELBOURNE, Feb 1 AAP - School's back for more than 500,000 Victorian government school students on Monday - and it's a nervous first day for 43,500 prep kids. ...
Vic: Gippsland fire now with containment lines
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Vic: Gippsland fire now with containment lines A bushfire that's destroyed about 30 homes and 60 sheds .. and razed more than six thousand hectares in Victoria's east .. is now burning within containment lines. Incident ...
FED: Bishop says there must be tax cuts in stimulus package
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Bishop says there must be tax cuts in stimulus package CANBERRA, Feb 1 AAP - Broad-based tax cuts rather than policies that rely on a temporary spending boost should be the focus of a second economic stimulus package from the ...
QLD: Premier orders mozzie repellent roll-out
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 QLD: Premier orders mozzie repellent roll-out BRISBANE, Feb 1 AAP - Premier Anna Bligh has ordered a mozzie repellent roll-out in north Queensland to fight the dengue fever epidemic. The state government will hand out ...
Fed: Bishop says there must be tax cuts in stimulus package
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Fed: Bishop says there must be tax cuts in stimulus package The federal opposition says a second economic stimulus package must include broad-based tax cuts. There are reports today the government's considering tax cuts for ...
FED: NSW firefighters offer assistance to Victoria
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: NSW firefighters offer assistance to Victoria SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - NSW firefighters are on standby to help their Victorian counterparts battling blazes in Victoria. Some relief is in sight, with temperatures expected ...
NSW: NSW firefighters offer assistance to Victoria.
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 NSW: NSW firefighters offer assistance to Victoria. NSW firefighters are on standby to help battle bushfires still burning in Victoria. Cooler conditions in Gippsland in Victoria's east are helping crews who are ...
FED: Bishop says govt must say how it will return to surplus
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Bishop says govt must say how it will return to surplus CANBERRA, Feb 1 AAP - If the government is planning to take the budget into deficit, it must now spell out how it plans to return to surplus, says Opposition treasury ...
AAP 30-day diary from February 2 to March 3
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 AAP 30-day diary from February 2 to March 3 AAP 30-DAY DIARY FROM FEBRUARY 2 TO MARCH 3 MONDAY FEBRUARY 2 ADELAIDE: BRISBANE: CANBERRA: ...
AAP 30-day diary from February 2 to March 3=3
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 AAP 30-day diary from February 2 to March 3=3 MONDAY FEBRUARY 16 ADELAIDE: BRISBANE: CANBERRA: DARWIN: ...
AAP 30-day diary from February 2 to March 3=2
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 AAP 30-day diary from February 2 to March 3=2 MONDAY FEBRUARY 9 ADELAIDE: BRISBANE: CANBERRA: DARWIN: HOBART: ...
AAP 30-day diary from February 2 to March 3=4
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 AAP 30-day diary from February 2 to March 3=4 MONDAY FEBRUARY 23 ADELAIDE: BRISBANE: CANBERRA: DARWIN: ...
FED: Get out and renovate, say architects
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Get out and renovate, say architects CANBERRA, Feb 1 AAP - Australians could help kick start the economy out of recession by getting out and renovating, architects say. Robert Caulfield, managing director of ...
FED: Aussie couples sign up for designer baby technology
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Aussie couples sign up for designer baby technology By Danny Rose, Medical Writer SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - Australian couples are flocking to a US fertility clinic that allows them to chose not only the sex of their ...
QLD: Oppn must rein in financial backer: Fraser
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 QLD: Oppn must rein in financial backer: Fraser TOWNSVILLE, Feb 1 AAP - Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser says the opposition must rein in its chief financial backer, who has threatened to sue the premier. Mining ...
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Midday, Feb 1
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Midday, Feb 1 Midday Round-Up: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 1130 Economy Swan (CANBERRA) Treasurer WAYNE SWAN has revealed for the first time the budget will go into ...
Fed: Bishop says govt must say how it will return to surplus
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Fed: Bishop says govt must say how it will return to surplus The federal opposition says if the government chooses to take the budget into deficit .. it must spell out a strategy to return to surplus. Coalition treasury ...
NSW: Addressing the folly of youth on our roads
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 NSW: Addressing the folly of youth on our roads Five teenage boys on a roundabout trip home. A wet road, a speeding car. Four die in the crash and the P-plate driver is charged over their deaths. Crystal Ja asks how ...
FED: Call in child protection for overweight kids: doctor
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Call in child protection for overweight kids: doctor By Danny Rose, Medical Writer SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - Child protection authorities should be called in to handle "extreme" cases where parents allow their kids to ...
FED: Serious assault injuries double in six years
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 FED: Serious assault injuries double in six years By Danny Rose, Medical Writer SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - Attacks and violent bashings, especially of young Australian men, have doubled over a six year period, according to new ...
NSW: Chinese visitors bullish on their visit for Year of the Ox
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 NSW: Chinese visitors bullish on their visit for Year of the Ox BY Nick Ralston SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - Hundreds of performers visiting Australia for the biggest Chinese New Year Festival outside of Asia aren't just here to ...
Qld:Premier orders mozzie repellent roll-out
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Qld:Premier orders mozzie repellent roll-out Premier ANNA BLIGH has ordered a mozzie repellent roll-out in north Queensland to fight the dengue fever epidemic. Free insect repellent will be distributed to all schools in ...
VIC: Students face teacher shortages: union
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 VIC: Students face teacher shortages: union By Katie Bradford MELBOURNE, Feb 1 AAP - As 500,000 public school students head back to the classroom, the teachers' union says there are massive teacher shortages and the ...
Fed: Get out and renovate say architects
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 Fed: Get out and renovate say architects With another interest rate cut expected this week .. architects say there's never been a better time to renovate. And they say doing so .. particularly with Australian products .....
SA: Slight relief in sight for Adelaide
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 SA: Slight relief in sight for Adelaide ADELAIDE, Feb 1 AAP - Slight relief is in sight for Adelaide residents this week, with forecasters predicting temperatures will drop below 40 degrees Celsius for the first time in ...
NSW: Sir John Fuller dies, aged 91
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 NSW: Sir John Fuller dies, aged 91 SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - Former NSW minister in the Askin government, Sir John Fuller, has died after a long battle with cancer. Sir John, 91, held the portfolios of planning and environment ...
SA: Slight relief in sight for Adelaide
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 SA: Slight relief in sight for Adelaide For those sweltering in the Adelaide heatwave .. forecasters are predicting temperatures below 40 degrees Celsius for the rest of the week. The city's recorded at least 28 possible ...
NSW: Sir John Fuller dies in Sydney, aged 91.
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 NSW: Sir John Fuller dies in Sydney, aged 91. Sir JOHN FULLER .. a former NSW minister in the ASKIN government .. has died of cancer .. aged 91. Sir JOHN held the planning and environment portfolios before becoming the ...
NSW: Chinese New Year parade kicks off at dusk in Sydney
Feb 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 02-01-2009 NSW: Chinese New Year parade kicks off at dusk in Sydney SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - Dragons, giant lanterns and a fireworks display are all part of the twilight parade in Sydney to celebrate Chinese New Year. More than 600,000 ...