AAP General News (Australia) back issues from March 2009:
Main headlines from Radio National
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Main headlines from Radio National - Fed government applauds Obama's plans to pull out most troops from Iraq to allow more focus on Afghanistan. - Victoria warned to be ready for fire danger on Tuesday. 4 fires still ...
Vic: Bushfire burns victim looks forward to homecoming
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Vic: Bushfire burns victim looks forward to homecoming A 65-year-old Black Saturday bushfire victim is returning home today from The Alfred hospital's burns unit in Melbourne. BILL HILL will be greeted by his wife .....
NSW: Flood waters expect to add to rubbish for Clean Up Aust Day
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: Flood waters expect to add to rubbish for Clean Up Aust Day Recent flooding caused by rain is expected to increase the amount of rubbish in coastal areas and along waterways .. as volunteers stage today's Clean Up Australia ...
WA: Tropical low crossing the coast near Port Headland
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 WA: Tropical low crossing the coast near Port Headland Widespread heavy rain's expected in the east Pilbara overnight and significant flooding .. with a tropical low now crossing the coast near Port Hedland. The weather ...
Events Diary for Sunday, March 1, 2009
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Events Diary for Sunday, March 1, 2009 EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED: ADELAIDE No items listed. BRISBANE 0900 - National "Clean Up" day. Old batteries will be welcome ...
FED: Global crisis resulting in more money scams: taskforce
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Global crisis resulting in more money scams: taskforce The Australian Consumer Fraud Taskforce says money fraud is up 60 per cent in the last 12 months .. as scammers use the global financial crisis as an excuse to contact ...
FED: Fitzgibbon wins support of Beazley after attacking Defence
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Fitzgibbon wins support of Beazley after attacking Defence Former Labor leader KIM BEAZLEY says the special forces pay bungle and departmental infighting that have engulfed Defence Minister JOEL FITZGIBBON .. can be blamed on ...
NSW: Work continues to secure scaffolding in Sydney CBD
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: Work continues to secure scaffolding in Sydney CBD Work continues to remove partially collapsed scaffolding from a major construction site in Sydney's CBD today .. that's led to the closure of a main street. The ...
NSW: Gov't says it is acting after another Rosemeadow incident
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: Gov't says it is acting after another Rosemeadow incident The New South Wales government says it will do whatever's necessary to ensure the safety of residents in a troubled Sydney housing estate after another incident .. in ...
FED: Search for Aussie missing in Japanese snow called off: DFAT
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Search for Aussie missing in Japanese snow called off: DFAT Japanese authorities have called off the search for Brisbane man SCOTT MCKAY .. who disappeared from a ski resort nine days ago. The 27-year old IT ...
NSW: New laws take effect to slash lawyer fees in will disputes
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: New laws take effect to slash lawyer fees in will disputes The days of lawyers charging high fees to settle disputes over wills are over in New South Wales .. with new laws taking effect today. They require the ...
FED: Banks warn customers about looming ATM fee changes
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Banks warn customers about looming ATM fee changes Australia's banks say customers could be caught out by higher ATM fees from this week if they're not careful. From Tuesday .. people withdrawing money from an ATM ...
NSW: Flood waters expect to add to rubbish for Clean Up Aust Day
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: Flood waters expect to add to rubbish for Clean Up Aust Day The Greens in New South Wales want people to pay a ten cent deposit for the plastic bottles they buy drinks in .. because of the pollution they cause. The ...
Fed: Govt provides further $20 million to Gaza reconstruction
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: Govt provides further $20 million to Gaza reconstruction The federal government's giving another 20 million dollars to help the recovery and reconstruction of Gaza. The new funding is an addition to 10 million ...
Vic: Soldiers search for bodies as bushfires threat continues
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Vic: Soldiers search for bodies as bushfires threat continues Fresh teams of soldiers are joining the search for the remains of at least 37 people still missing .. three weeks after the deadly February 7 Victorian ...
FED: Mistresses can claim maintenance under new laws
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Mistresses can claim maintenance under new laws SYDNEY, March 1 AAP - Cheating husbands will be open to divorce-style litigation from their mistresses under new laws. News Ltd says mistresses can now claim income ...
Main headlines 0300 Radio National
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Main headlines 0300 Radio National - Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announces extra 20 mln dollars for reconstruction of Gaza. - Leaders of ASEAN have been criticised over exclusion of activists from civil rights ...
FED: Mistresses/lovers can claim maintenance under new laws
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Mistresses/lovers can claim maintenance under new laws Cheating wives and husbands will be open to divorce-style litigation from their long-term lovers under new laws. News Limited says lovers and mistresses of at ...
Main headlines 3AW 0400
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Main headlines 3AW 0400 - Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announces extra 20 million dollars for rebuilding in Gaza. - Obama's thrown down the gauntlet to the big end of town with his plans to change health care, energy ...
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, March 1
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, March 1 Breakfast Round-Up: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430 Bushfires Vic (MELBOURNE) Fresh teams of soldiers are joining the search for the remains of at least 37 ...
NSW: 16-year-old boy charged with attempted murder
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: 16-year-old boy charged with attempted murder SYDNEY, March 1 AAP - A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder following a serious assault in Sydney's inner-west that's left a man on life support. ...
NSW: 16-year-old boy charged with attempted murder
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: 16-year-old boy charged with attempted murder A 16-year-old boy's been charged with attempted murder .. following a serious assault in Sydney's inner-west that's left a man on life support. Police went to a derelict ...
Vic: Fire destroys family home
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Vic: Fire destroys family home MELBOURNE, March 1 AAP - Fire investigators will examine the cause of a blaze that completely destroyed a Melbourne family home, causing an estimated $300,000 damage. A Metropolitan Fire ...
Vic: Fire destroys family home
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Vic: Fire destroys family home A Melbourne family has escaped unhurt from an early morning fire that gutted their home. The fire brigade says the father awoke to the sound of crackling just after six this morning .. and ...
NSW: Young man attacked by shark at Avalon
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: Young man attacked by shark at Avalon A young man has been attacked by a shark off Sydney's northern beaches. A NSW Ambulance spokesman says he was attacked at the northern end of Avalon beach about 6.45 this ...
NSW: Young man attacked by shark at Avalon
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: Young man attacked by shark at Avalon SYDNEY, March 1 AAP - A young man has been attacked by a shark on Sydney's northern beaches, the NSW Ambulance says. He was attacked in the water at the northern end of Avalon ...
Vic: Four fires still burning across Victoria
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Vic: Four fires still burning across Victoria MELBOURNE, March 1 AAP - Firefighters are working to contain control lines at four major bushfires burning across Victoria ahead of severe weather conditions forecast early this ...
NSW: Young surfer suffers severe leg lacerations in shark attack
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: Young surfer suffers severe leg lacerations in shark attack A young surfer has suffered severe leg lacerations in a shark attack off Sydney's northern beaches. He's being airlifted from Avalon Beach to Royal North ...
NSW: Young surfer suffers severe leg lacerations in shark attack
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: Young surfer suffers severe leg lacerations in shark attack SYDNEY, March 1 AAP - A young surfer has suffered severe leg lacerations in a shark attack on Sydney's northern beaches. A NSW ambulance spokesman said a ...
Vic: Four fires still burning across Victoria
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Vic: Four fires still burning across Victoria Firefighters are strengthening control lines around four major bushfires still burning in Victoria today .. ahead of more severe fire conditions on Tuesday. Temperatures are ...
Fed: Aust welcomes US plan to withdraw troops from Iraq
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: Aust welcomes US plan to withdraw troops from Iraq CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - The US plan to withdraw troops from Iraq will sharpen America's focus on the conflict in Afghanistan, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says. ...
Fed: Aust welcomes US plan to withdraw troops from Iraq
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: Aust welcomes US plan to withdraw troops from Iraq Defence Minister JOEL FITZGIBBON has welcomed the US plan to withdraw troops from Iraq .. saying it'll help sharpen the focus on the conflict in Afghanistan. ...
Fed: Govt launches Fresh Ideas for Work and Family program
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: Govt launches Fresh Ideas for Work and Family program FAMILY GILLARD CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - Small business can apply for federal grants of up to $15,000 to boost work-life balance initiatives. The federal ...
FED: Gillard fails to give details on executive salary plan
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Gillard fails to give details on executive salary plan CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been unable to outline details of how the government plans to deal with community anger over lavish ...
FED: Gillard fails to give details on executive salary plan
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Gillard fails to give details on executive salary plan Deputy Prime Minister JULIA GILLARD says she wants to see action over lavish executive salaries. But when pushed on exactly what the government's going to do about ...
FED: Gillard confident 'we will come through' financial crisis
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Gillard confident 'we will come through' financial crisis CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - Federal Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard says she is not aware of any more planned job cuts from major companies as the global ...
FED: Gillard confident 'we will come through' GFC
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Gillard confident 'we will come through' GFC Federal Workplace Relations Minister JULIA GILLARD says she's not aware of any more major companies planning job cuts .. as the global financial crisis lengthens ...
Fed: Govt launches Fresh Ideas for Work and Family program
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: Govt launches Fresh Ideas for Work and Family program FAMILY GILLARD REISSUING Eds: reissuing to correct website address CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - Small business can apply for federal grants of up to ...
Fed: Govt launches Fresh Ideas for Work and Family program
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: Govt launches Fresh Ideas for Work and Family program FAMILY GILLARD (CANBERRA) Small business can now apply for federal grants of up to 15 thousand dollars to boost work-life balance initiatives. The federal ...
Fed: New medicines listed on PBS
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: New medicines listed on PBS CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - People who suffer high blood pressure or vision impairments caused by glaucoma will benefit from newly listed government-subsidised medicines. From Sunday, people ...
FED: No one will block workplace laws: Fielding
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: No one will block workplace laws: Fielding CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - Key crossbench senator Steve Fielding believes no one will block the government's draft workplace laws. Despite the opposition warning it may move ...
NSW: Teenager undergoing emergency surgery after shark attack
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: Teenager undergoing emergency surgery after shark attack There's been a third Sydney shark attack in as many weeks .. this time a 15-year-old boy who was surfing with his father on the northern beaches. The ...
ACT: Body found in scrubland
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 ACT: Body found in scrubland CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - ACT police are investigating a suspicious death after a man's body was found in scrubland in southern Canberra. ACT police have yet to identify the man, believed to be ...
Qld: Leaders campaigning in the Whitsundays
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Qld: Leaders campaigning in the Whitsundays The paths of Queensland's political leaders are set to cross today for the first time since the March 21 state election was called. Premier ANNA BLIGH and Opposition Leader ...
NSW: Teenager undergoing emergency surgery after shark attack
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 NSW: Teenager undergoing emergency surgery after shark attack By Kim Christian SYDNEY, March 1 AAP - A teenager will undergo emergency surgery after being attacked by a shark on Sydney's northern beaches. The ...
FED: Aust offers $20mln for Gaza rebuild
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Aust offers $20mln for Gaza rebuild CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - The federal government has promised $20 million to rebuild Gaza after large swathes of the territory were destroyed in the new year's war with Israel. ...
Qld: Leaders campaigning in Whitsundays
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Qld: Leaders campaigning in Whitsundays By Tony Bartlett BRISBANE, March 1 AAP - Queensland's political leaders will cross paths on Sunday for the first time since the March 21 state election was called. ...
Fed: SAS soldiers could resign over pay dispute:Hockey
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: SAS soldiers could resign over pay dispute:Hockey The federal opposition says there's a massive risk the nation's elite soldiers will leave the SAS because of a pay bungle. It wants Defence Minister JOEL FITZGIBBON ...
ACT: Body found in scrubland
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 ACT: Body found in scrubland Police are still trying to identify a man in his 30s found dead in scrubland in southern Canberra. They're treating the death as suspicious. The man was wearing blue jeans .. a ...
FED: Fielding - no one will block workplace laws
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Fielding - no one will block workplace laws Key crossbench senator STEVE FIELDING believes no one will block the federal government's draft workplace laws. Despite the opposition warning it may move amendments and ...
Fed: Opp wants shareholders to have more say on exec paypackets
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: Opp wants shareholders to have more say on exec paypackets The federal opposition says shareholders should have more say over executive pay packets. The call follows news that clothing conglomerate Pacific Brands is ...
Fed: SAS soldiers may resign over pay dispute: Hockey
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: SAS soldiers may resign over pay dispute: Hockey CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - The nation risks losing elite soldiers from the SAS because of a pay bungle, the federal opposition says. The opposition want Defence Minister ...
Qld: Woman killed child injured in Cairns smash
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Qld: Woman killed child injured in Cairns smash A woman's been killed and a child seriously injured in a two vehicle crash at Cairns in far north ...
Fed: New medicines listed on PBS
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: New medicines listed on PBS People who suffer high blood pressure or the eye disease glaucoma will benefit from newly listed medicines on the PBS from today. Patients who have ...
Fed: Hockey says mum would come at very expensive price
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: Hockey says mum would come at very expensive price Opposition frontbencher JOE HOCKEY says his mum would come at a "very expensive price" .. after a Liberal colleague described him as the type who would make the ...
Fed: Hockey says shareholders should determine exec payouts
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: Hockey says shareholders should determine exec payouts CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - News of rising executive salaries is jarring for Australians who are struggling to make ends meet, opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey ...
FED: Tanner backs a rise in the pension
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Tanner backs a rise in the pension The head of the federal government's budget razor gang says he supports an increase in the single aged pension. It's widely anticipated the pension will rise by 35 dollars in the ...
National Newslist for Sunday, March 1 2009
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 National Newslist for Sunday, March 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 02 ...
FED: Tanner backs a rise in the pension
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 FED: Tanner backs a rise in the pension CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner says he supports a rise in the single aged pension. It has been widely anticipated the government will raise the pension by ...
Qld: Two searches resume for missing men
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Qld: Two searches resume for missing men Queensland emergency rescue crews are involved in two searches for missing men today. SES volunteers have joined NSW police looking for a 19-year-old who disappeared ...
Fed: Govt running out of fuel for economic downturn:Hockey
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: Govt running out of fuel for economic downturn:Hockey JOE HOCKEY says the RUDD government's running out of fuel to get the economy through the global financial crisis. The opposition treasury spokesman says the ...
Qld: Bligh ambushed in Airlie Beach
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Qld: Bligh ambushed in Airlie Beach AIRLIE BEACH, Mar 1 AAP - Pro-airport protesters have ambushed Queensland Premier Anna Bligh on the election campaign trail in the Whitsundays. But Ms Bligh must have anticipated their ...
Qld: Labor announces 'green army' plan
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Qld: Labor announces 'green army' plan AIRLIE BEACH, Mar 1 AAP - School leavers and newly unemployed people will be able to get a job in a new "green army" if Labor is re-elected in Queensland, the state ...
Fed: Govt running out of fuel for economic downturn:Hockey
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Fed: Govt running out of fuel for economic downturn:Hockey CANBERRA, March 1 AAP - The federal government is running out of `fuel' to get the economy through the global financial crisis, opposition treasury spokesman Joe ...
Qld: Labor announces 'green army' plan
Mar 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 03-01-2009 Qld: Labor announces 'green army' plan Premier ANNA BLIGH has promised to mobilise a "green army" to combat the global financial crisis .. if Labor's re-elected in Queensland. She's announced a 57 million dollar plan to ...