13 October 2003 14:46
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Oct 13
KUTA BEACH - Australian foreign affairs officials were today at a loss to explain how three wallets belonging to bomb
victims were apparently left in an Indonesian police safe for 12 months. LONDON - A sombre but rousing rendition of
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot rang out at a London service today commemorating the first anniversary of the Bali bombings
which killed 28 Britons. CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard today said he was moved to tears when he met families of
the victims of the Bali bombings at yesterday's commemorative services in Bali. CANBERRA - The war against
terrorism would go on for years, but the fact it was ongoing was not a sign of failure, Prime Minister John Howard said
today. CANBERRA - Health Minister Tony Abbott today urged doctors to keep working with the federal government to find a
solution to the current medical indemnity crisis. CANBERRA - Doctors were confident that talks with the federal
government over medical indemnity insurance were heading in the right direction, Australian Medical Association (AMA)
head Bill Glasson said today. GOLD COAST - Doctors aren't the only ones suffering a medical indemnity crisis with
the Australian Private Hospitals Association airing its own concerns at a conference on the Gold Coast today. BRISBANE -
Submissions received by a Queensland probe into the abuse of children in foster care showed a high level of
maladministration in the state's Families Department, an inquiry was told today. BRISBANE - Another Australian
swimming coach has been accused of having inappropriately dealt with an underage female swimmer. CANBERRA - Olympic
shooting gold medallist Michael Diamond has withdrawn from this week's World Cup final after being charged with
assaulting his girlfriend and breaking gun laws, the shooting association said today. MELBOURNE - A group of
conservationists is suing the nation's peak forestry union over claims they were held hostage for five days at a
logging coupe in remote Otways forest in Victoria's south west. SYDNEY - Psychiatrists have sounded a warning after
a study found one in three GPs are recommending the herbal treatment St John's Wort for depression. MELBOURNE -
Rare hand-written witness statements from the murder trial of bushranger Ned Kelly will go to auction tonight. SYDNEY -
Shares in AMP Ltd charged through the $7.00 barrier in early trade today as chief executive Andrew Mohl began updating
analysts on details of the group's demerger plan. PERTH - Australia finally finished off Zimbabwe on the fifth
morning of the first cricket Test at the WACA Ground today, winning by an innings and 175 runs. (Cricket Aust Lead
Close) PERTH - Australia has named a 14-man squad for the second cricket Test against Zimbabwe with New South Wales pair
Simon Katich and Nathan Bracken the surprise inclusions. SYDNEY - Fiji will rely on a plea for leniency when wing
sensation Rupeni Caucaunibuca faces a Rugby World Cup judiciary hearing in Sydney tonight. CANBERRA - The Australian
Federal Police will set up a specialist team targeting sex slavery. CANBERRA - Building activity fell in the June
quarter for the first time in more than two years, new figures released today showed. CANBERRA - The last time Australia
had such low unemployment coupled with such low inflation was in 1968, Treasurer Peter Costello said today. CANBERRA -
Companies which rejected their responsibilities to the community, environment and workers would risk failure as
consumers became more savvy, former Liberal leader John Hewson said today. CANBERRA - A Labor government would spend $25
million over four years tackling childhood obesity, opposition health spokeswoman Julia Gillard said today. CANBERRA -
Prime Minister John Howard today said it was entirely appropriate to recall federal parliament next week to hear
addresses by the presidents of the United States and China. CANBERRA - Supermodel Sarah O'Hare today lured federal
politicians out of their lairs for a cancer fundraiser, but disappointed them by saying she was unlikely to move back to
Australia any time soon. SYDNEY - The NSW Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will appeal against the 36-year jail
sentence imposed on a man convicted of murdering a Sydney policeman. SYDNEY - A decision by the NSW DPP to appeal the 36
year sentence given to the murderer of police officer Glen McEnallay, was welcomed by the state opposition today. SYDNEY
- Arming security guards with capsicum spray would not stop violent and aggressive behaviour in NSW hospitals, acting
health minister Frank Sartor said today. SYDNEY - Security guards at Sydney hospitals should be issued with capsicum
spray to help them deal with increasing violence, NSW Opposition leader John Brogden said today. SYDNEY - Three humpback
whales have taken a small detour from their southerly migration to frolic in Sydney Harbour. SYDNEY - A University of
Newcastle lecturer today appeared in court charged with possessing rare zoological specimens suspected to have been
stolen from the Australian Museum. SYDNEY - Archbishop Peter Jensen to give presidential address at Anglican Synod.
SYDNEY - More than 1,390 disputes about credit card accounts were referred to the banking ombudsman in 2002/03, although
the number of overall disputes fell. MELBOURNE - The Australian who survived a terrorist siege in a Moscow theatre a
year ago will return to Russia, despite friends warning him to stay away. MELBOURNE - Soaring public liability insurance
costs were threatening all Victorian businesses, with premiums jumping 85 per cent, according to a new survey. MELBOURNE
- The Australian Kidney Foundation (AKF) is trying to cope with an alarming shortfall in donor organs. MELBOURNE - Three
Victorian detectives and a former detective were today ordered to stand trial on charges that they stole then sold
cannabis worth $100,000. MELBOURNE - Former prime minister Paul Keating will join surfing champion Layne Beachley, sex
discrimination commissioner Pru Goward, and economist Alan Oster as speakers at a three-week national conference of
business professionals starting tomorrow in Melbourne. MELBOURNE - Thirteen people died in Australia over the past three
years while using car jacks, with most deaths occurring in Victoria, according to new figures. PERTH - Two possible
Australian destinations for the Cormo Express, still in Kuwait with more than 50,000 sheep aboard, have been given no
notice by the government to expect the vessel soon. PERTH - Euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke today will show the
latest versions of his assisted suicide device at a series of workshops in Perth. PERTH - The shortage of qualified
teachers in Western Australia was at crisis point, an education union said today as a pay row headed to an industrial
court. PERTH - The launch of a new advisory body would give indigenous women in Western Australia a greater say in the
running of state government, Women's Minister Sheila McHale said today. PERTH - A website appeal for a young
footballer who suffered a stroke after being injured during a game in Sydney has been launched online. PERTH - Police
probing the deaths of two children who drowned when their parents' four-wheel drive was swept away in a river in
Western Australia have asked for public help to aid the investigation. ADELAIDE - An Adelaide man today pleaded not
guilty to attempted murder after allegedly using a meat cleaver to attack a former Australian kickboxing champion.
ADELAIDE - More than half of the Adelaide householders affected by flooding in June were still waiting to be compensated
by the state government, the South Australian opposition said today. ADELAIDE - Consumer confidence in South Australia
is at an all-time high, according to the latest BankSA survey. ADELAIDE - Parents with serious drug problems would be
made to undergo rehabilitation or have their children taken away under legislation proposed by a South Australian
independent MP today. ADELAIDE - The South Australian government is to spend $28.4 million trying to improve school
retention rates. HOBART - Wildlife experts will gather tomorrow to tackle the deadly disease afflicting Tasmanian
devils. CANBERRA - Military and civilian police today conducted a drug raid on a barracks in Darwin, the Defence Force
said. BRISBANE - A jealous spurned lover tried to kill her ex-defacto's new American girlfriend in a frenzied knife
attack as she answered the front door, a court was told today. BRISBANE - National Party launches campaign to promote
leader Lawrence Springborg. AAP mo
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