National Newslist for Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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08-26-2008
National Newslist for Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff
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NATIONAL
OLYMPICS
- Australian Olympic team is welcomed home at Sydney airport.

- Kevin Rudd says Australia will consider using lottery revenue to boost Olympic funding.

- Maybe it was the excitement of the rock star welcome home, but six-time Olympian James
Tomkins has again indicated he's not quite ready to give up on his Olympic career.

SENATE/PARLY
- Government says it's prepared to deal with cross benches; Greens confirm government
is starting to talk.

- Opposition describes as a "complete exaggeration" government claims the budget surplus
is under threat from the Senate; reports budget surplus will exceed $21.7 billion forecast.

- New senators sworn in today as coalition loses control of the upper house.

- Opposition parties meet to finalise position on luxury car tax and changes to oil condensate tax.

- House of Representatives sits from 1400 (AEST); Senate sits from 1200 (AEST)
- Parliamentary farewell to governor-general.

LIBERALS/NEWSPOLL
- Tony Abbott warns his party not to knife leader Brendan Nelson; other MPs say no leadership
battle happening.

- Newspoll shows Nelson and Liberals continue to languish behind Rudd and Labor.

OTHERS
CANBERRA - Labor MP critical of "media" announcement of new welfare truant policy; govt
says children who fail to attend school have no chance in life.

CANBERRA - East Timorese PM Xanana Gusmao and General Peter Cosgrove meet again at war memorial.

CANBERRA - Therese Rein will host a special indigenous literacy function at The Lodge today.

CANBERRA - Launch of new survey results on hearing loss.

CANBERRA - Former coalition chief of ops lecture on Iraq War.

CANBERRA - Health minister Nicola Roxon opens Catholic Health Australia conference.

CANBERRA - Corporate Law Minister Nick Sherry to come on new share-trading deal with US.

CANBERRA - Labor senator Kate Lundy, former construction union official, to come on govt
plans for industry workplace watchdog.

ADELAIDE - National Seniors Australia presser to call for rise in the pension to head
off cost of living pressures.

INTERNATIONAL
SOMALIA/BRISBANE - Checking on status of Brisbane-based freelance photographer kidnapped in Somalia.

PORT MORESBY - Hundreds of mourners gather for funeral of Mike Manning, one of PNG's leading
anti-corruption voices.

MEDICAL
- Study shows public knowledge around child sex abuse is very poor.

ENTERTAINMENT
- Interview with Underbelly actor Les Hill about the telemovie Scorched.

- Pamela Anderson press conference, with pics.

COURTS
SYDNEY - Opening statement in trial of Gordon Wood for murder of Caroline Byrne.

SYDNEY - Trial of Belal Khazaal for terrorism offences continues.

BRISBANE - Committal hearing for daughter charged with murder and attempted murder of parents.

MELBOURNE - Medical board hearing for late-term abortion specialist Dr Mark Jerry Schulberg.

SYDNEY
- Police presser on man bashed at Coogee two weeks ago and still in critical condition.

- Dick Smith returns from round-the-world trek.

- Report children left home alone outside school hours while their parents work are stressed
and some fear being kidnapped or attacked.

- Report financial pressures are forcing mums to work despite more than two-thirds preferring
to be at home with their children.

- Man charged with aggravated sexual assault of 80yo woman.

MELBOURNE:
- Premier John Brumby to launch skills program.

- Report Health Minister Daniel Andrews refuses to investigate claims hospital patient
records have been falsified to attract extra government funding.

- Report Ford Australia has put new pressure on the federal government for more financial
assistance to remain competitive if tariffs on imported cars are halved beyond 2010.

- Report Kenworth Trucks to cut 80 manufacturing staff from its Melbourne factory in further
blow to Australia's automotive industry.

- Metropolitan Fire Brigade's most senior operational firefighters warn low morale threatens
the long-term future of the service; union presser later today.

- Woman arrested following aggravated burglary in which she doused another woman with petrol.

BRISBANE
- Queensland Olympians due to arrive in Brisbane before noon.

- Lisa Curry-Kenny returns to hospital with infection.

- State parliament sits.

- Primary school starts teaching philosophy to students.

- Preview of river symposium.

- Quarantine lifted on Redlands clinic affected by Hendra virus.

- Man charged with attempted murder after Brisbane video shopkeeper was stabbed.

- Grocery giants Coles and Woolworths seek to extend trade from 6am until midnight seven
days on the Gold Coast.

ADELAIDE
- Shooting death of a man declared a major crime.

- Adelaide roofing company to face prosecution by the Workplace Ombudsman.

PERTH
- New policy announcements and other developments in WA poll.

FINANCE
ECONOMICS
Sydney - Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) assets and liabilities of Australian securitisers
data for June
Sydney - ABS government financial estimates for 2008/09
Sydney - ABS manufacturing industry data for 2006/07

EQUITIES NEWS:
SYDNEY - Suncorp Metway Ltd has reported a 47.7 per cent slide in annual profit after
frequent bad weather and choppy investment markets hammered its bottom line, but affirmed
guidance for the current year.

SYDNEY - Fosters Group Ltd has reported an 88 per cent fall in annual profit but has declined
to provide guidance for the 2009 financial year while the company conducts a strategic
review continues of its wine operations.

SYDNEY - Woolworths Ltd expects slower profit growth this fiscal year after posting a
25.7 per cent jump in annual profit.

SYDNEY - Fairfax Media Ltd says it will cut five per cent of its workforce under a new
business improvement program to save costs; reax to come.

SYDNEY - Travel group Flight Centre Ltd has lifted its annual profit by 18 per cent but
says it expects earnings to grow at a slow pace this financial year.

SYDNEY - BlueScope Steel Ltd will sell its New Zealand iron sands mining and export operation
to Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd for $NZ250 million ($A204.2 million).

MELBOURNE - Medical centres and diagnostics operator Primary Health Care Ltd says it has
a strong long-term outlook and anticipates higher earnings in the current financial year.

SYDNEY - Drilling services provider Boart Longyear Ltd has significantly increased its
first half profit, after benefiting from a robust exploration sector,
Sydney - Babcock and Brown Infrastructure Ltd annual results
Sydney - APA Group annual results
Melbourne - Rio Tinto Ltd interim results
Melbourne - Toll Holdings Ltd annual results

ROUTINERS:
Stocks, Dollar, Credit.

SPORT
AFL
MELBOURNE - AFL injury list and update
MELBOURNE - Latest AFL club news
PERTH - Dockers story
MELBOURNE - 9.45am Shannon Grant presser on 300th game
MELBOURNE - 11.30am Melbourne presser with two players
MELBOURNE - Midday Richmond coach Terry Wallace available
MELBOURNE - Paul Medhurst available at Collingwood
MELBOURNE - AFL Tribunal latest, Geelong decides whether to challenge charge against Max
Rooke at the Tribunal
SYDNEY - Swans presser with Jude Bolton

RUGBY LEAGUE
SYDNEY - Latest on Greg Bird situation/overall look at problems in the NRL in centenary year
SYDNEY - Follow-up to last night's win by Melbourne over Penrith, with Panthers coach
Matt Elliott denying there was anything sinister behind Frank Pritchard's non-appearance
for the second half.

SYDNEY - NRL Teams story
SYDNEY - Wests Tigers training/story on whether axe set to fall on some players next year

RUGBY UNION
DURBAN - Latest from Wallabies camp as they prepare for Tri Nations Test against South
Africa in Johannesburg. Sam Cordingley and Timana Tahu available.

CRICKET
BRISBANE - Australian player available ahead of Bangladesh one day series

SOCCER
PERTH - Perth Glory presser
SYDNEY - Seeking Sydney FC/Central Coast Mariners story

TENNIS
NEW YORK - US Open starts at Flushing Meadows

RACING
SYDNEY - Final field declared for Saturday's $1 million Golden Rose.

SYDNEY - Preview Canterbury races Wednesday
MELBOURNE - Preview Wednesday's Moonee Valley races
BRISBANE - Preview Wednesday's Eagle Farm meeting

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