HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Feb 13 = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-2007
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Feb 13 = 2

AUCKLAND - The parents of Australian adventurer Andrew McAuley are planning a farewell
ceremony for their son, who is believed to have perished at sea. (NZ Kayak 2nd Daylead
(file pix available))

SYDNEY - Andrew McAuley spent much of his final month looking at a photograph of his
three-year-old son Finlay. (NZ Kayak Backgrounder to come)



AUCKLAND - Five Australians charged with helping accused conman Peter Foster in Vanuatu
have had their cases adjourned after the prosecution failed to turn up to court in Port
Vila this morning, their lawyer said. (Foster Vanuatu)



NORFOLK ISLAND - Broken sunglasses were found on the road where Janelle Patton was
allegedly abducted, a Norfolk Island court was told today. (McNeill. N/L to come)



SYDNEY - Models feel like clothes horses stripped of their autonomy and happiness by
a lonely life strutting the catwalk, new research has revealed. (Models)



SYDNEY - Celebrities Sir Paul McCartney, Pamela Anderson and Pink support animal welfare
group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and now the group wants Australia's
super-star housewife Dame Edna Everage. (PETA)



SYDNEY - It was hard to find a winner in Today Tonight's paid exclusive interview with
Jodi Power, a former friend of convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, until today's
TV ratings were released. (Ratings)



LOS ANGELES - Sarah Jessica Parker and her Sex and the City co-stars are set to resurrect
their martini-sipping, bed-hopping characters for the big screen. (US Sex)



CANBERRA - Canned ABC comedy show The Glasshouse may have had its government critics
but some coalition members were crying into their glasses at its demise. (ABC Glasshouse
)



CANBERRA - Federal cabinet is considering a transition period for phasing out tax breaks
for farming investments after a backbench revolt. (Managed Lead. N/L to come)



CANBERRA - Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran has ruled out banning live sheep exports
to Egypt. (Sheep)



CANBERRA - The federal attorney-general's department has been placed under the microscope
over its dealings with members of the controversial religious group, the Exclusive Brethren.

(Brethren )



CANBERRA - Labor says it will oppose the federal government's smart card proposal if
the government does not amend the legislation. (Access)



CANBERRA - A 15 per cent drop in national road deaths during January was an encouraging
start to the new year but there was still concern about rising deaths among younger motorists,
federal Roads Minister Jim Lloyd said today. (Toll National)



CANBERRA - Deposed Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has no plans to return to
politics and may consider setting up a temporary home in Sydney. (Thaksin. ED: Embargoed
until 2120 (AEDT) today



SYDNEY - A coalition government will provide a $1,500 rebate to any NSW household that
installs a rainwater tank connected to the toilet or laundry, opposition leader Peter
Debnam says. (PollNSW Tank)



SYDNEY - An Australian woman forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese during World
War II will appear before a US Congressional hearing seeking an apology for her treatment.

(Comfort)



SYDNEY - More resources must be put into the care of terminally ill patients to ensure
they get the best possible treatment, the NSW Palliative Care Council says. (Mercy Palliative)



SYDNEY - A Sydney woman accused of binding her elderly father in cling wrap before
suffocating him is also facing charges of forging his will and intimidating a witness
ahead of an inquest into his death. (Beltrame)



MELBOURNE - Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has attributed a brawl between the police
union and the force's chief commissioner to their looming industrial negotiations. (Police
Vic Bracks)



MELBOURNE - A Melbourne father accused of killing his three-month-old daughter has
applied for bail so he can attend the girl's funeral. (Taylor. N/L to come)



MELBOURNE - A Melbourne church organist who bashed to death his controlling mother
with a hammer has been cleared of murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.

(Randall. N/L to come)



MELBOURNE - A man accused of murdering his baby son has the support of the mother of
their child, a Melbourne court has been told today. (Wells)



MELBOURNE - An appeal has been launched to provide emergency feed for more than 33,000
farm animals suffering through Victoria's record drought. (Drought Vic N/L)



MELBOURNE - Victoria's massive bushfires could have been less threatening if there
had been better fire control strategies in the lead-up to summer, state Nationals leader
Peter Ryan says. (Bushfires Vic Ryan)



BRISBANE - A motoring enthusiast planning to put the car in which Peter Brock died
on show in his museum says the racing legend would have approved of his plan. (Brock Lead)



BRISBANE - Queensland's attorney-general wants legal proceedings pursued by the state's
medical board against rogue surgeon Jayant Patel to be closed to the public. (Patel Shine.

N/L to come)



BRISBANE - The federal government's Work Choices legislation has hurt wages but helped
improve company margins, a business researcher has found. (Workplace Study)



BRISBANE - South-east Queensland has received a good drenching, but the rain again
failed to make an impact on the region's dams. (Storms Qld Daylead)



BRISBANE - The Queensland government today will unveil a plan for a new development
on the north bank of the Brisbane River in the city's CBD. (Northbank. N/L to come)



PERTH - A Liberal Party member of a Perth council said he was embarrassed to learn
he had unwittingly moved a planning amendment on behalf of disgraced former Labor premier
Brian Burke. (Burke)



PERTH - An alleged Nazi war criminal and an accused Irish fraudster told the full bench
of the federal court today West Australian magistrates did not have the power to extradite
them. (Zentai)



PERTH - A large bushfire which destroyed two homes in southern Western Australia has
now been contained, although a lot of mopping up remains to be done, fire authorities
say. (Bushfires WA 2nd Daylead)



PERTH - Police have found the body of a man who went missing in the Ord River, in Western
Australia's far north. (Ord Daylead)



PERTH - Federal Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane says Australian companies operating
overseas adopt the highest standards and legislation is not required to make them conform
to Australian practices. (APEC Macfarlane)



ADELAIDE - A 27-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving after Adelaide
cyclist Matthew Rex was knocked from his bicycle on Saturday night. (Cyclist)



ADELAIDE - A woman has been pulled from her car in a frightening car-jacking in Adelaide's
southern suburbs. (Carjack)



HOBART - An indigenous leader in Tasmania has accused the federal government of "bureaucratic
shirking" over a funding row to finance a landmark court case in London. (Artefacts)

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