National Newslist for Sunday, August 5, 2007

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08-05-2007
National Newslist for Sunday, August 5, 2007
Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff
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NATIONAL:
ECONOMY -
- Finance Minister Nick Minchin indicates he does not believe an expected interest rate
rise this week is warranted.

- Doubling the first home buyers grant will increase house prices unless the state governments
release more land for housing, Minchin says. Aussie Home Loans boss says it's a bandaid
solution.

INTERNATIONAL:
LOS ANGELES - A self-proclaimed paedophile who admitted to attending a Wiggles concert
and other public events in the US to watch and photograph young girls has been booted
out of California.

CANBERRA:
- Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews says he has no regrets about the way he handled the
Mohamed Haneef case.

- Andrews says there's no special immigration program to help Iraqis who work with Australians
in Iraq, despite fears they could be special targets because of the work.

- Government is finalising the costing for its radical intervention into NT Aboriginal
communities and is likely to reveal the price tag in the coming weeks, Minchin says.

- Foreign Minister Alexander Downer addresses NZ National Party conference in Auckland;
targeted by protesters over government's indigenous measures.

- Andrews comments on his links to a pro-life lobby group which advocates economic boycotts
of companies which produce contraceptives.

- Chasing more on report taxpayers have funded a luxury holiday for federal Human Services
Minister Chris Ellison and his family every year since 2001.

- Chasing more on report Australian soldiers have posted a video on the internet featuring
wild drinking games and images of one dressing as a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

SYDNEY:
- Two charged over street racing in St Marys, a week after two people were killed after
an alleged drag race in the same suburb.

- NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos press conference to be held at Silverwater jail
about prison contraband (1200).

- Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock and NSW Police Minister David Campbell to outline
APEC aviation support.

- Doorstop with federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull after former Liberal Party
president John Valder endorsed Labor candidate George Newhouse in the Sydney seat of wentworth.

- Woman charged with high-range drink driving after allegedly crashing her car into a
creek near Newcastle.

- Man's thumb severed by sword
- Four women charged over violent robbery
- L-Plater clocked at 70km/h over speed limit.

- Hiroshima Day March in central Sydney.

MELBOURNE:
- Launch of national missing persons week.

- Police are searching for a gunman and his accomplice after a teenager was shot in the
arm in Melbourne's north. Seeking more.

- Car owners will suffer delays getting their vehicles serviced if skill shortages in
the auto industry do not improve, says Victoria's peak industry body.

- Firefighters in small town NE of Melbourne find body after extinguishing a fire.

- Former Australian Rules star Warwick Capper is now the star of an X-rated porn film.

- Melbourne's West Gate Bridge is to undergo repair work costing up to $240 million to
eliminate structural weaknesses.

BRISBANE:
- Police hunt three men who allegedly bashed and robbed a 16yo boy in Brisbane's inner-north
last night.

- Cairns office building damaged and a shipping container full of stock destroyed in a
suspected arson.

MEDICAL:
- Chasing more on report that Australian heart specialists have found a revolutionary
treatment that helps heart tissue to repair itself.

- The obesity epidemic is hitting rural Australia hard, according to new reports showing
more than two thirds of the population is overweight or obese. - Extremely obese bodies
are becoming a safety hazard in mortuaries, according to pathologists who are calling
for new "heavy duty" autopsy facilities as Australians get fatter.

- Doctors have called for the controversial abortion drug RU486 to be made nationally
available so that Australian women are not disadvantaged.

FINANCE:
- Markets Preview
- Australia's mortgage market is unlikely to suffer the same pain experienced in the US
in the last fortnight, according to National Australia Bank's CEO.

- Alumina chief executive John Marley admits recent profit results were disappointing.

- New Brambles chief executive Michael Ihlein says the company's CHEP division has huge
opportunity for US expansion.

- The number of jobs advertised on the internet is setting records despite threats of
an interest rate rise this week and global share market uncertainty, a survey shows.

- The historic WA town of Kalgoorlie will play host to hundreds of mining executives and
investment types this week as the annual Diggers and Dealers talkfest kicks off.

SPORT:
AFL
MELBOURNE - Wrap of news after round 18 matches
Round 18 matches:
CANBERRA - Melbourne v Sydney, Manuka Oval, 1310
MELBOURNE - Hawthorn v Essendon, MCG, 1410
PERTH - West Coast v Fremantle, Subiaco Oval, 1640 AEST
Follow ups from Brisbane v Kangaroos, Adelaide v Port Adelaide.

LEAGUE
SYDNEY - Wrap of news after Sunday's round 21 matches
Round 21 matches
SYDNEY - Sydney Roosters v NZ Warriors, Sydney Football Stadium, 1400.

BRISBANE - Brisbane v Manly, Suncorp Stadium, 1500
Follow ups from Gold Coast v Wests Tigers, North Queensland v Canberra, Penrith v South Sydney.

Preview Cronulla v Melbourne match Monday night

SOCCER
SYDNEY - Wrap of A League pre-season comp semi-finals Central Coast v Perth and Adelaide
v Queensland looking toward the final

NETBALL
SYDNEY - Wrap of national league round

GOLF
AKRON, Ohio - Wrap of Aussies competing in WGC Bridgestone Invitational third round
ST ANDREWS, Scotland - Wrap of Aussies competing in Women's British Open third round round

RACING
SYDNEY - Follow up from Rosehill race meeting
MELBOURNE - Follow up from Caulfield race meeting
BRISBANE - Follow up from Doomben race meeting

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