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Highlights of the AAP National Wire at 13:30, April 1


AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2006
Highlights of the AAP National Wire at 13:30, April 1

LAGUNDRI BAY, Nias - On broken roads and dodging quake-shattered bridges sunk in rivers
swollen by the seasonal monsoon, a hardcore handful of Australian surfers still search
Nias for the island's legendary waves. (Indon Nias Surf Newsfeature). Indon Nias Nightlead
to come.



BRISBANE - Queensland Premier Peter Beattie expects Labor to lose today's Gaven by-election
on the Gold Coast but is hoping any anti-government swing is less than 10 per cent. (Gaven
Lead). Early Nightlead expectable around 1700 AEDT. 2nd N/L based on final count expectable
after 2200 AEDT.



MELBOURNE - A lawyer representing three men charged in Victoria with terrorist related
offences says they are members of the same Muslim prayer group as 10 others charged with
similar offences last November. (Terror Vic Lawyer)

MELBOURNE - Three men arrested in Melbourne last night and charged with terrorist offences
have been under police surveillance for four months as evidence was being collected against
them. (Terror Vic AFP). Terror Vic Nightlead to come.



CANBERRA - Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has slammed a cartoon published in The
Weekend Australian as tasteless and offensive, declaring the government did not condone
it in any way. (Boat Downer)



CANBERRA - Preview on visit of Chinese premier Wen Jiabao.



CANBERRA - Netherlands Prime Minister Dr Jan Peter Balkenende visits Australia next
week, the first official visit of a Dutch PM for nine years. (Netherlands Aust Lead)



SYDNEY - Three more Sydney train stations could contain potentially deadly asbestos
fibres, an audit of CityRail properties has revealed. (Asbestos)



PERTH - The West Australian Pilbara region has been spared from further flooding overnight,
but the clean up continues following cyclone Glenda. (Glenda)



BRISBANE - Wet weather is hampering power restoration in Cyclone Larry ravaged north
Queensland. (Larry Power)



SYDNEY - A young man has died in a motorcycle crash in Sydney's south-west. (Toll NSW)



SYDNEY - A man has died in Sydney after being stabbed in the neck. (Stabbed)



BRISBANE - A police search is continuing for a man who tried unsuccessfully to rob
a bank and a motel armed with a knife in Brisbane's north. (Umbrella Daylead)



SYDNEY - Two men have been arrested after a woman was sexually assaulted in Sydney. (Assault)



SYDNEY - A female NSW police officer had to be treated in hospital for injuries after
she was punched in the face and knocked to the ground by a man. (Punched)


IN SPORT:

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Adam Gilchrist said today the issue of a batsman refusing
to walk when a fielder claimed a catch would continue to raise its ugly head, and other
Test captains were to blame for not following Australia's lead. (Cricket Aust Nightlead).

See also Cricket Aust Safrica. Eds: 2nd N/L expectable after first session around 2130
AEDT.



MELBOURNE - BMW drivers Nick Heidfeld and Jacques Villeneuve have set the fastest times
this morning in a rain-affected final practice session for the Australian Formula One
Grand Prix in Melbourne. (Motor Prix). Nightlead to come.



ATLANTA, Georgia - Australia's Gavin Coles is primed to wipe out a US PGA Tour medical
restriction despite carding a level par 72 in the second round of the BellSouth Classic
in Atlanta. (Golf PGA Nightlead)



SYDNEY - The gold dust from the Commonwealth Games has barely settled, but Australia's
swimming team has already begun preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (Swim Aust)



SYDNEY - NSW coach Ewen McKenzie is demanding the Cheetahs preserve rugby union's integrity
against the Brumbies next Saturday after the desperate South Africans resorted to blatant
stalling tactics in Friday night's Super 14 match at Aussie Stadium. (Super Waratahs)

PERTH - Based in a state built on riches found beneath the ground, Western Force captain
Nathan Sharpe says his team is giving its fans two things this season - rocks and diamonds.

(Super Force)



MELBOURNE - The yo-yo and the proverbial dunny seat have nothing on Melbourne, which
has set the AFL benchmark for going up and down. (AFL Demons)



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