VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-29-2000
VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE

Page 1 - Victims of crime will have greater scope to sue offenders and will win back
their right to be compensated for pain and suffering under a $60 million package to be
unveiled in next week's state budget; A policeman who is the main suspect in the murder
of Jane Thurgood-Dove fails a lie detector test; Simon Main, Bary Crocker's former step
son, is in an Italian jail on suspicion of being associated with the world's biggest ecstacy
haul; A senior Liberal who attended a function at Melbourne Aquarium was in a Perth Hospital
yesterday suffering suspected Legionnaire's disease.



Page 3 - Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has called for a three-way meeting
with Australian Prime Minister John Howard and East Timorese leader Jose "Xanana" Gusmao.



Page 5 - The federal government and the ACTU are at odds over pay rises and the underlying
causes of inflation following yesterday's sharp rise in cost-of-living figures.



World - London talks aimed at solving the Zimbabwe crisis collapsed on Thursday night
when the Harare delegation refused to give a commitment to end the violence (London);
New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani has prostate cancer, but does not know whether it will
affect his bid for a US senate seat; Philippines troops have advanced on a mountain hideout
of Islamic guerrillas holding 27 Filipino hostages.



Finance - Pressure is on banks around the world to respond to global inflation by raising
interest rates; AV Jennings will stop building in regional Victoria to focus more on profitable
city projects; Mitsubishi Motors has won praise for this week's frank disclosure on its
earnings and retrenchment plans.



Sport - AFL club Essendon's unbeaten run took its toll last night when several players
failed to train or complete a light training session; British police interviewed several
Brisbane players yesterday as part of an investigation into an alleged rape in London
last year.



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NSW: Cheap pork imports threatening Australian farmers

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2000
NSW: Cheap pork imports threatening Australian farmers

SYDNEY, Feb 11 AAP - Cheap pork imports are threatening the jobs of 1000 New South
Wales pig farmers, the Australian Labor Party claimed today.

Labor MP Wayne Smith, has called on the federal government to protect the state's $200
million pork industry after a sharp rise in imports from Canada and Denmark.

Industry figures released today show pork imports have reached an all-time high, with
3,530 tonnes of the meat entering the country last year.

"Australian pork producers are among the most efficient in the world, but they are
battling to compete with the heavy subsidies offered to Canadian and Danish companies,"

Mr Smith, the member for South Coast, said in a statement.

"If imports keep rising, Australia will be facing major job losses in the pork industry
in centres like the south coast, Tamworth, Forbes, Albury, Wagga Wagga, Cowra and Tweed."

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FED: Whale souvenirs could cost more than exepected says Hill

AAP General News (Australia)
12-11-1999
FED: Whale souvenirs could cost more than exepected says Hill

CANBERRA, Dec 11 AAP - Anyone bringing home bits of whale could end up in strife, the
government warned today.

Environment minister Robert Hill said Australian Customs officers had been seizing
a growing quantity of whalebone souvenirs brought home by Australian tourists returning
from the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Fiji.

Senator Hill said that included whale teeth and elaborate carvings made from the teeth
and whalebone from such species as Humpbacks, Gray, Southern Right and Killer Whales.

He said many of these whale products originated from northern Canada and Alaska where
the indigenous people, the Inuit, were permitted to take a limited number of whales.

"While it may be legal to purchase these items in the USA and Canada, all whale species
are protected under the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982
and imports of any product into Australia from whales, dolphins and porpoises are prohibited,"

he said in a statement.

Senator Hill said many tourists were falsely told the products were fossilised. In
true fossilised bones, the calcium is replaced by minerals and they are no longer considered
animal products and import permits are not required.

He said a recent example involved a whalebone carving which the vendor claimed was
fossilised but which still had pieces of dried flesh attached.

Senator Hill said customs officers would confiscate any whale products brought into
Australia as souvenirs.

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FED: Employers reluctant to use Job Network, says Abbott

AAP General News (Australia)
04-30-1999
FED: Employers reluctant to use Job Network, says Abbott

Employment Services Minister TONY ABBOTT says too many employers are still reluctant to use
the federal government's $1 billion Job Network employment system.

He has released figures on the scheme's first anniversary showing it is out-performing its
predecessor, the Commonwealth Employment Service, by almost 50 per cent.

But Mr Abbott says his hope for the next 12 months is that more employers break out of
their old ways and use Job Network.

He says it is a good system and early problems with the scheme have been overcome.

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NSW; Govt to move Workcover to central coast

AAP General News (Australia)
02-02-1999
NSW; Govt to move Workcover to central coast

GOSFORD, NSW, Feb 2 AAP - The New South Wales Government made a bid for central coast votes
today with a pledge to move WorkCover NSW's head office from Sydney to Gosford, bringing 350
jobs into the area.

Premier Bob Carr said in a statement the government would build a $12 million state office
building in Gosford to house WorkCover, creating a further 160 construction jobs.

Mr Carr's office released details of the plan today as state cabinet met in the Central
Coast Leagues club.

He said the building also would house a NSW government telecentre which allows government
employees living on the central coast to work in the region two to three days a week instead
of travelling to Sydney.

Mr Carr said the initiative and the plan to create 170 jobs at a police assistant's line
call centre, which will deal with minor calls to police, in Tuggerah showed the government
commitment to create jobs on the central coast.

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FED:The winners and losers of 2011

AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-2011
FED:The winners and losers of 2011

** AAP Senior Correspondent Doug Conway nominates Australia's winners and losers of 2011 **

WINNERS:

BRIAN SCHMIDT: Australian-based astronomer wins the Nobel Prize for physics, and urges
"policy people" to listen to scientists on climate change.

BEN ROBERTS-SMITH: SAS Corporal receives the Victoria Cross for gallantry for taking
on Taliban machine gun positions in Afghanistan, and urges Australians to remember the
digger "heroes" who do not come back alive.

WAYNE SWAN: Named world's best finance minister by Euromoney magazine, becoming the
only Australian winner since Paul Keating in 1984.

PETER SLIPPER: Embattled Liberal MP quits party to become Speaker of the House of Representatives,
replacing Labor's Harry Jenkins who goes to the backbench in a move that shores up the
numbers of the minority Gillard government.

BILL SHORTEN: The Gillard backer tipped as a future Labor leader is rewarded with a
cabinet post in a ministerial reshuffle along with TANYA PLIBERSEK and MARK BUTLER. Promotions
also arrive for MARK ARBIB and GREG COMBET, and NICOLA ROXON becomes the nation's first
female federal attorney-general.

BHP BILLITON: Posts an Australian record annual net profit of $22.46 billion.

PRINCE WILLIAM: Future king wins the hand of commoner CATHERINE MIDDLETON, marrying
at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony watched by billions worldwide.

SIMON MCKEON: Victorian lawyer, banker and philanthropist is named Australian of the Year.

BARRY O'FARRELL: Becomes NSW Premier in a record election victory, producing a statewide
swing of 16 per cent which decimates Labor. Former electrician and Unions NSW boss JOHN
ROBERTSON becomes opposition leader after KRISTINA KENEALLY falls on her sword.

JAY WEATHERILL: Former Education Minister becomes South Australian premier after power
brokers force MIKE RANN to stand down after 17 years as Labor leader.

LARA GIDDINGS: Sworn in as Tasmania's first female premier after the shock resignation
of DAVID BARTLETT.

TOM HOOPER: The King's Speech director wins one of five Aussie Oscars, along with short
animated filmmaker SHAUN TAN.

GUY PEARCE: Wins an Emmy for best supporting actor in a mini-series, Mildred Pierce,
and declares: "It was delightful. I got to have sex with Kate Winslet many, many times."

CADEL EVANS: Crowned Tour de France champion, the first Australian cyclist to win the
fabled 108-year-old road race.

SAMANTHA STOSUR: Becomes the first Australian woman in 38 years to win a US Open tennis title.

SALLY PEARSON: Wins the 100m hurdles world championship in 12.28s, the fastest time
for the event in 19 years.

JAMES MAGNUSSEN: Storms to victory in the 100 metres freestyle at the world swimming
championships in Shanghai.

MICHAEL CLARKE: Appointed 43rd Australian cricket captain, with SHANE WATSON named as his deputy.

MICKEY ARTHUR: The South African becomes Australian cricket's first non-Australian head coach.

FRANCE: Claims the Melbourne Cup for a second straight year as DUNADEN and replacement
jockey CHRISTOPHE LEMAIRE get home by a millimetre in the closest finish in the race's
151-year history.

GOLD COAST: Wins the right to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

MANLY: Lands its second NRL title in four years as brothers BRETT and GLENN STEWART
score tries that pilot the Eagles to a 24-10 victory over New Zealand's Warriors.

GEELONG: Claims its third AFL flag in five years by delivering a 38-point victory over
Collingwood for first year coach CHRIS SCOTT.

A-LEAGUE: Secures two of its biggest names ever in current Socceroos HARRY KEWELL (Melbourne
Victory) and BRETT EMERTON (Sydney FC).

LOSERS:

JULIA GILLARD: Poor opinion polls dominate her year. Her main consolation is that Opposition
Leader TONY ABBOTT fares little if any better. Despite political successes such as the
passing of carbon tax and mining tax legislation, primary support for federal Labor slumps
to record lows and remains in election-losing territory.

RUPERT MURDOCH: Loses his biggest-selling UK newspaper, the News of the World, shut
down over phone hacking allegations.

TIGER AIRWAYS: Grounded for six weeks by the Civil Aviation and Safety Authority over
serious safety concerns.

QANTAS: Grounded by itself, sparking two days of travel chaos worldwide as chief executive
ALAN JOYCE orders a lock-out to bring a protracted industrial dispute to a head.

KIM CARR: Dumped from cabinet in PM Gillard's reshuffle.

SIMON OVERLAND: Quits as Victoria's Chief Police Commissioner after the state ombudsman
says he was responsible for releasing misleading crime statistics before the last state
election.

CRAIG THOMSON: Federal Labor MP beset by claims he misused a union credit card to pay
for prostitutes, lavish meals and cash withdrawals.

BRENDAN FEVOLA: Troubled AFL star sacked by Brisbane Lions after a number of off-field incidents.

IAN THORPE: Australia's most successful Olympian flops, at least initially, in his
comeback aimed at the 2012 London Olympics.

NICK D'ARCY: Loses a $180,000 damages judgement in a civil case brought by former Australian
swim teammate SIMON COWLEY, whose jaw D'Arcy broke in an assault in 2008.

JULIAN ASSANGE: WikiLeaks founder loses British High Court appeal against extradition
to Sweden over claims of sexual assault. A further appeal will keep him in Britain until
next year.

BALI BOY: Fourteen-year-old Australian boy (name withheld) arrested for allegedly possessing
marijuana in Bali.

RYAN TANDY: Former Canterbury Bulldogs forward fined $4000 for trying to manipulate
the first scoring play of a 2010 Bulldogs v Cowboys match. Could face time behind bars
after also being found guilty of lying to the NSW Crime Commission.

JUDY MORAN: Gangland matriarch jailed for 26 years, along with her hired hitman GEOFFREY
ARMOUR, over the shooting murder of DESMOND "TUPPENCE" MORAN.

MATTHEW JOHNSON: Convicted of murdering cellmate and underworld assassin Carl Williams
by bashing him in Barwon prison, and jailed for life. A judge calls it "an appalling killing
by a man with an appalling history".

MARK STANDEN: Former top crime investigator jailed for at least 16 years over a plot
to import $120 million worth of drugs into Australia..

TONY KELLY: Former NSW Labor MP found to be corrupt by ICAC for forging a letter about
a property deal when he was lands minister. Now faces criminal charges carrying a maximum
10 years in prison.

PAUL "DOUG" PETERS: Arrested by an FBI SWAT team in the US and extradited to Australia
over his alleged involvement in the Madeleine Pulver collar bomb hoax in Sydney.

GRAEME REEVES: Gets a minimum two years in jail for removing a female patient's genitals
and indecently assaulting two other patients.

LIAN BIN "ROBERT" XIE: Charged with murdering five members of the Lin family in Sydney's
north west in 2009.

KELI LANE: Former water polo player sentenced to at least 13 years in jail for murdering
her newborn baby Tegan, who has never been found.

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Qld: Springborg shrugs off claims of fractured LNP

AAP General News (Australia)
02-24-2009
Qld: Springborg shrugs off claims of fractured LNP

By Jessica Marszalek

BRISBANE, Feb 24 AAP - The Liberal National Party (LNP) faced claims of disunity on
only the second day of the state election campaign on Tuesday.

An LNP member announced he would run as an independent and a media conference by party
backer Clive Palmer was called off.

Former LNP frontbencher Stuart Copeland announced he would run as an independent against
LNP incumbent Ray Hopper in the southwestern seat of Condamine.

Mr Copeland was left without a seat after his seat of Cunningham was abolished in …