HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, June 22011

AAP General News (Australia)
06-02-2011
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, June 22011

CANBERRA - Monks and rabbis have stood alongside Catholics and Anglicans in Canberra
to show support for the federal government's plan to tackle climate change. (Climate Religion)

CANBERRA - Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has challenged the prime minister
to visit workers at steel works and manufacturers in Labor-held electorates and talk to
them about the impact of her proposed carbon tax. (Climate Parly)

CANBERRA - Taxpayers subject to the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) on their motor vehicles
will now pay a flat rate of 20 per cent regardless of the kilometres they clock up. (Fringe
)

CANBERRA - Taxing alternative transport fuels will be another slug on struggling Australian
families, the federal opposition says. (Fuels)

JAKARTA - The United Nations remains on track to withdraw from East Timor at the end
of 2012 but says international partners will need to maintain a significant presence in
the country beyond next year's elections. (Timor )

AUCKLAND - His "dead possum" hairdo has made him the butt of bad jokes, but Kiwi politician
Peter Dunne has redeemed himself with a plank on live television. (NZ Planking)

ADELAIDE - Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben has asked for more time after failing to
comply with a bankruptcy order made against him. (Toben)

CANBERRA - The number of people claiming the disability support pension (DSP) has jumped
by more than 20,000 since June last year. (DSP)

CANBERRA - The Department of Treasury already has started making preparations for the
federal government's planned two-day tax forum in October. (Forum)

CANBERRA - Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has thrown down the gauntlet to Victorian
Premier Ted Baillieu just days ahead of a critical meeting that could determine the future
of Labor's health reform agenda. (Hospitals). Embargoed

CANBERRA - Almost a decade after the September 11 terror attacks in the US, many Americans
and Australians think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are not worth the cost. (Afghan
Aust) Embargoed until 0001 AEST Friday.

BRISBANE - The deaths of two rare dolphins found tied to a block of concrete have enraged
Great Barrier Reef conservationists. (Dolphins)

MELBOURNE - A Melbourne trio involved in an attack on prominent doctor Mukesh Haikerwal
which left him brain damaged and half an hour from death are appealing their jail terms.

(Haikerwal)

MELBOURNE - He needed to find a hotel and it looked like a nice road, so "why not"

skateboard through a busy Melbourne tunnel during the morning peak-hour, thought Swiss
tourist Dominic Emmenegger. (Skateboard Wrap (Pix Available))

MELBOURNE - No doubt the Victorian parliament can be a yawn, but the deputy Liberal
leader's shut-eye has capped off a horror run for the government. (Sleep Wrap)

MELBOURNE - Police believe a minor argument between a small group of people sparked
a shooting that left a Melbourne man fighting for his life. (Hip Wrap (pic available))

MELBOURNE - His good looks won him accolades, but an ugly assault outside a Melbourne
nightclub has earned him a jail term. (Musca)

MELBOURNE - A building union will pay more than half a million dollars in penalties,
costs and compensation for a blockade it held in Melbourne last year. (CFMEU)

SYDNEY - NSW MPs and unions are preparing for days of debate on the state government's
contentious public sector wages changes as the Greens and Labor dig their heels to delay
a vote on the bill. (Public NSW Wrap)

SYDNEY - More internet searches will be done on mobile phones than on desktop computers
by 2013 as Australians increasingly embrace smart phones, Google says. (Mobile)

SYDNEY - A second man has been charged with corruption following an investigation into
allegations police revealed secret information to criminals. (Constable)

SYDNEY - They come from opposite sides of federal politics but former MPs Robert Tickner
and Pat Farmer are united by the latter's dream to create history. (Run)

PERTH - A commonwealth official has told an inquest into the Christmas Island boat
tragedy that different police and rescue vessels may have been sent there had he known
of an objection by a marine rescue officer. (Boat Inquest)

PERTH - The man accused of murdering Perth millionaire Craig Puddy and fleeing to Queensland
will apply for bail this month while awaiting trial in September. (Mansell)

PERTH - A "trial of the issues" will be held for a man who pleaded guilty in court
to unlawfully killing another man at a party on Christmas Island but disputed the circumstances
surrounding the victim's death. (Jefford)

PERTH - West Australian Transport Minister Troy Buswell says the state will be relying
on revenue from the federal government's mining tax to help fund one of its major road
projects. (Gateway)

ADELAIDE - A South Australian Labor MP has launched another bid to decriminalise prostitution,
the latest in a handful of attempts to reform sex worker laws over the past 30 years.

(Sex)

ADELAIDE - South Australian Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has signalled a shift
in tactics as the Liberals move from a policy-free zone ahead of next week's state budget
and the next state election. (Liberals SA)

ADELAIDE - South Australian health authorities have rejected complaints made by protesting
paramedics about unacceptable patient delays. (Ambos)

MEDICAL

SYDNEY - A new Australian discovery could lead to the first ever drug treatment for
people battling the most aggressive form of breast cancer. (Breast)

ENTERTAINMENT

SYDNEY - Andrew Denton is hoping to inspire writers to think outside the box in the
same way his father Kit Denton encouraged him. (Denton)

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