AAP General News (Australia) back issues from May 2009:
Fed: Target bans plastic bags as national campaign launched
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Target bans plastic bags as national campaign launched EDS: Embargoed until 0001 AEST Friday May 1 SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - Department store Target will stop giving customers plastic bags at the checkout from ...
NSW: Fourth person arrested in Sydney over nth Queensland murder
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Fourth person arrested in Sydney over nth Queensland murder A fourth person has been arrested over the murder of a north Queensland man. Police found skeletal remains .. believed to be those of 34-year-old LANCE ...
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers MELBOURNE, May 1 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers: HERALD SUN Page 1: A defiant Jeff Kennett has fired a parting shot in a war of words with ...
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers =2
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers =2 THE AGE: Page 1: The Chinese government is bristling at reports that tomorrow's Australian Defence Force white paper will call for a big build-up of naval and air ...
Vic: Car driver dies in collision with truck
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Vic: Car driver dies in collision with truck MELBOURNE, May 1 AAP - A car driver has died in a fiery crash with a truck in Victoria's southwest. The car and a B-double truck carrying sheep collided head-on on the Princes ...
NSW: Flu plan calls for stockpiles - report
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Flu plan calls for stockpiles - report SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - Australians should be stockpiling enough supplies to last two weeks on the back of an increase in the swine flu alert level, according to a federal ...
NSW: State budget in turmoil - report
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: State budget in turmoil - report SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - NSW government revenues have dropped by $1.7 billion with just three months to go before the end of the financial year, treasury figures show. Monthly account ...
NSW: Plan calls for flu stockpiles - report
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Plan calls for flu stockpiles - report A federal government pandemic plan suggests Australians should be stockpiling enough supplies to last two weeks .. on the back of an increase in the swine flu alert level. The ...
NSW: State budget in turmoil - report
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: State budget in turmoil - report NSW Treasury figures show government revenues have dropped by 1.7 billion dollars .. with just three months to go before the end of the financial year. The Daily Telegraph ...
Vic: Car driver dies in collision with truck
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Vic: Car driver dies in collision with truck One person has died in a fiery collision between a car and a truck in Victoria's southwest. Police say a car .. and a B-double truck carrying sheep .. collided head-on on ...
What Australian newspapers say on Friday, May 1, 2009
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 What Australian newspapers say on Friday, May 1, 2009 SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - Labor should boost productivity via welfare-to-work and not lower the bar for single-parent pensions, The Australian says in its editorial today. ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers: THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Page 1: Billionaire Richard Pratt has been farewelled by hundreds of mourners ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=2
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=2 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Page 1: Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull will call for the rejection of a bid by Chinese state-owned Chinalco to increase its share in the ...
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=3
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=3 THE AUSTRALIAN: Page 1: The recession will throw a million people into unemployment, according to Treasury forecasts to be included in the federal budget. Fiji's military ...
Fed: Youth and under 25s targeted as unemployment set to rise
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Youth and under 25s targeted as unemployment set to rise The government says teenagers must earn or learn .. while jobless under-25s will be guaranteed a training place .. as the federal government prepares Australia for ...
Fed: Economists sees property bubble bursting .. soon
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Economists sees property bubble bursting .. soon An Australia National University academic has warned the government's housing grant is encouraging Australians to jump into the sinking ship of an over-priced property ...
NSW: Nature inspires at Fashion Week shows
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Nature inspires at Fashion Week shows Nature proved to be a big inspiration to designers at Australian Fashion Week yesterday. Sydney label ROMANCE WAS BORN presented a whimsical underwater-themed collection ...
Fed:Underinsured face tough times if worst happens
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed:Underinsured face tough times if worst happens A group speaking for insurers and investment companies says Australians are underinsured .. and risk more financial difficulties if there's a death in the family. The ...
NT: Aboriginal health won't improve without nationwide shakeup
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NT: Aboriginal health won't improve without nationwide shakeup The Northern Territory government says indigenous health will only improve if the federal government overhauls the system used to recruit doctors to the bush....
Fed: Farmers want Canberra to control water agenda over states
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Farmers want Canberra to control water agenda over states Farmers want the federal government to take control of national water reform .. after the issue was overlooked at a meeting of the nation's leaders yesterday....
Fed: High Court finds against Seven Network
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: High Court finds against Seven Network The Seven Network says it's disappointed with a decision by the High Court .. which has found one of its television current affairs programs breached trade practices laws. ...
Fed: PM urges hand washing as airports install flu scanners
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: PM urges hand washing as airports install flu scanners The war against the swine flu virus is in full swing .. at airports with thermal scanners and new health questionnaires .. testing of suspected cases across the nation .....
SA: Businesses urged to close door to bikies
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 SA: Businesses urged to close door to bikies A Liberal state politician says South Australian businesses should close their doors to Rebels bikie gang members this weekend. About 700 members of the Rebels from throughout ...
Fed: COAG begins national reform of legal profession
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: COAG begins national reform of legal profession DONE The inconsistent regulation of Australia's legal profession will come under the microscope in a 12-month reform process set up by the Council of ...
Fed: Political writing prize bolsters journalism, democracy: PM
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Political writing prize bolsters journalism, democracy: PM Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD says a new prize for political writing .. honouring the life of Labor figure JOHN BUTTON .. will foster emerging talent in journalism and ...
Events Diary for Friday, May 1, 2009
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Events Diary for Friday, May 1, 2009 EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED: ADELAIDE - No items listed. BRISBANE 1800 - Community Dialogues on Coal Report. Six Degrees launch ...
Fed: Sports stars look to conquer Australia's highest peaks
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Sports stars look to conquer Australia's highest peaks Cricketing legend MARK WAUGH knows all about being at the top of his game .. but today he'll try a new feat .. to be king of the mountain. The former Test ...
SA: Rann challenges Liberals over fake documents
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 SA: Rann challenges Liberals over fake documents South Australian Premier MIKE RANN says the state's Liberal Party leader should go to the police about forged fake documents that sought to smear the premier. South ...
Qld: Lacey jury expected to consider verdict today
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Qld: Lacey jury expected to consider verdict today A jury is expected to retire today to consider its verdict in the Brisbane Supreme Court trial of a Gold Coast millionaire's son accused of murder. DIONNE MATTHEW LACEY ...
Fed: Target bans plastic bags as national campaign launched
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Target bans plastic bags as national campaign launched Department store Target will stop giving customers plastic bags at the checkout from next month .. a move which will save 100 million bags from landfill each ...
News Diary for Friday, May 1, 2009
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 News Diary for Friday, May 1, 2009 GOOD MORNING NEWS EDITORS AND CHIEFS OF STAFF Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for today Friday 1 May (not for publication). This is a guide only and stories, local times and locations are ...
SA: Almost perfect Penfolds Grange to be released
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 SA: Almost perfect Penfolds Grange to be released Critics say it's almost perfect .. and at around 550 dollars a bottle .. so it should be. The latest vintage of the Australia's iconic wine .. Penfolds Grange .. will be ...
0300 2UE news headlines
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 0300 2UE news headlines - European Union has moved not to ban travel to Mexico despite some nations wanting a ban; - Thermal scanners start to screen passengers around Australia, targeting swine flu; - Chrysler ...
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, May 1
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, May 1 Breakfast Round-Up: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430 Flu WHO Wrap (GENEVA) The World Health Organisation will begin referring to the swine flu virus as ...
0500 2GB news headlines
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 0500 2GB news headlines - Governments across globe acting to prevent cases of swine flu; - Fed gov't plan says Aussie should stockpile supplies for two weeks; gov't plays down plan; - Chrysler files for Chapter 11 ...
NSW: Pedestrian killed in four-car collision: police
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Pedestrian killed in four-car collision: police A pedestrian has been killed during a multiple car collision in Sydney. Police say a 31-year-old man was struck during a four-car collision about seven o'clock last ...
NSW: Pedestrian killed in four-car collision: police
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Pedestrian killed in four-car collision: police SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - A pedestrian has died after being struck during a multiple car collision in Sydney. Police say a 31-year-old man was struck during a four-car ...
0600 702 2BL news headlines
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 0600 702 2BL news headlines - Students worried they'll be left out of pocket under new federal gov't scheme for vocational training; ACOSS also says problematic; - World Health Org says no immediate plans to raise alert ...
NSW: Man and woman arrested after crossbows seized
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Man and woman arrested after crossbows seized SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - A man and a woman have been charged after police seized handguns, crossbows and the drugs ice and cannabis during a home raid in Sydney. Police and ...
NSW: Man and woman arrested after crossbows seized
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Man and woman arrested after crossbows seized Drugs and weapons .. including crossbows and handguns .. have been discovered during a police raid in Sydney's inner west. Police say a man and a woman have been charged ...
NSW: Man charged over series of indecent offences
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Man charged over series of indecent offences SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - Police have arrested a man accused of multiple indecent offences spread over a week in NSW's northeast. Throughout a week in April, Armidale police ...
NSW: Man charged over series of indecent offences
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Man charged over series of indecent offences A 28-year-old man faces a string of sex and stalking charges .. after reports of indecent assaults over a week in northeastern New South Wales. Armidale police allege a ...
Qld: Pedestrian killed on Qld highway
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Qld: Pedestrian killed on Qld highway A male pedestrian has been killed in central Queensland. Police say the man .. aged in his 20s .. was hit by a car on the southbound lanes of the Capricorn Highway .. near the ...
Qld: Pedestrian killed on Qld highway
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Qld: Pedestrian killed on Qld highway BRISBANE, May 1 AAP - A man has been run over and killed on a central Queensland highway. Police said the man, in his 20s, was hit by a car on the southbound lanes of the ...
Fed: A tall poppy who stayed that way, despite everything
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: A tall poppy who stayed that way, despite everything By Mike Hedge, Senior Correspondent MELBOURNE, May 1 AAP - What should a nation make of a man like Richard Pratt? For the past couple of weeks it has heard ...
Vic: Signs are good for bumper snow season
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Vic: Signs are good for bumper snow season By Jeff Turnbull MELBOURNE, May 1 AAP - The signs are looking good for another bumper ski season. There has been a heavy dump of snow in the alps six weeks ahead of the ...
Fed: Australian restaurants at boiling point
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Australian restaurants at boiling point By Larine Statham ADELAIDE, May 1 AAP - Australian restaurateurs are doing it tough. Consumers feeling the strain of the financial crisis are tightening their budgets ...
Fed: No greater joy than to serve the Anzacs, say nurses
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: No greater joy than to serve the Anzacs, say nurses By Doug Conway, Senior Correspondent SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - Like the gallant Anzacs whose wounds they treated, they were all volunteers, they suffered sickness and ...
Fed: Mane event becomes global tale
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Mane event becomes global tale By Paul Osborne BRISBANE, May 1 AAP - While most Aussies dropping into Harrods would be content with a souvenir shopping bag, Anthony "Ace" Bourke and John Rendall bought a ...
Fed: Depression misery still a long way off
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Depression misery still a long way off By Don Woolford CANBERRA, May 1 AAP - Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan say we're facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Perhaps, but when it comes to ...
ACT: Main stories in today's Canberra newspapers
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 ACT: Main stories in today's Canberra newspapers CANBERRA, May 1 AAP - The main stories in today's Canberra Times: Page 1: Airline passengers arriving in the country will today have to pass through thermal scanners and ...
News Diary for Friday, May 1, 2009
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 News Diary for Friday, May 1, 2009 Good Evening 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 are subject to ...
NSW: Man charged with manufacturing amphetamine
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Man charged with manufacturing amphetamine Police have charged a man from central New South Wales over an alleged drug manufacturing and supply operation in Sydney. Police say detectives raided a home in Eglinton .....
Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news: - The federal budget is expected to show that the recession will force unemployment above 8 per cent next ...
Fed: Swan doorstop at 8.55am
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Swan doorstop at 8.55am CANBERRA, May 1 AAP - Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan will hold a brief ...
Fed: Fed govt investigates nursing home mice plague
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Fed govt investigates nursing home mice plague BRISBANE, May 1 AAP - The federal government has demanded an investigation into a state-run nursing home in southwest Queensland where elderly residents have been badly bitten ...
NSW: Man charged with manufacturing amphetamine
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Man charged with manufacturing amphetamine SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - Police have charged a man from central western NSW over an alleged drug manufacturing and supply operation in Sydney. A 29-year-old man was arrested and ...
Fed: Swan doorstop at 0855
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Swan doorstop at 0855 Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan will hold a brief doorstop outside the New South Wales government ...
NSW: Brawl involving 90 young people sends two to hospital
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 NSW: Brawl involving 90 young people sends two to hospital SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - Two teenagers have been taken to hospital after a large brawl involving up to 90 young people broke out at a western Sydney rail station. ...
Main stories in today's AM program
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Main stories in today's AM program SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - Main stories in today's AM program * The Mexican swine flu outbreak is now on the brink of sparking a global pandemic but there is still confusion about ...
Fed: Qld told to stockpile food in case of flu outbreak
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Qld told to stockpile food in case of flu outbreak By Jessica Marszalek BRISBANE, May 1 AAP - Queensland residents have been asked to stockpile food in their homes in preparation for the possibility of swine flu ...
Qld: Fed govt investigate handling of nursing home mice plague
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Qld: Fed govt investigate handling of nursing home mice plague The federal government says it's investigating staff response to a mice plague at a Queensland nursing home .. where residents have been gnawed by the rodents. ...
Fed: Qld told to stockpile food in case of flu outbreak
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Qld told to stockpile food in case of flu outbreak Queensland residents have been asked to stockpile food in case the worldwide outbreak of swine flu hits Australian shores. 10 people suspected of having the flu are ...
WA: Kiwi recaptured after escaping from detention centre
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 WA: Kiwi recaptured after escaping from detention centre PERTH, May 1 AAP - A New Zealand man who escaped from an immigration detention centre in Perth on Wednesday by kicking out the bars to his cell window has been ...
Fed: Revenue shortfall of $115 billion to February: Swan
May 01, 2009 ... AAP General News (Australia) 05-01-2009 Fed: Revenue shortfall of $115 billion to February: Swan SYDNEY, May 1 AAP - Australia will register a revenue write-down in the federal budget of more than $115 billion due to the global financial crisis, Treasurer Wayne Swan ...