Main stories in Thursday's 0500 2GB news

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08-11-2011
Main stories in Thursday's 0500 2GB news

SYDNEY, Aug 11 AAP - Main stories in Thursday's 0500 2GB news:

- The father of a man killed in England's riots can't understand why the country has
been plunged in to violence.

- A man has been arrested over the hit and run which police are treating as murder.

- PNG's prime minister has reportedly given his support to re-opening Manus Island
detention centre.

- The Opp is dem the gov come clean about the number of companies to be slugged by
the carbon tax.

- A man's been charged over the stabbing death of a woman in Lailor Park.

- Australians are opting to build smaller, more efficient homes, moving away from so-called
McMansions.

- The O'Farrel government's industrial relations laws come in to effect today.

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Vic: One dollar inheritance for two ex wives: millionaire

AAP General News (Australia)
02-18-2006
Vic: One dollar inheritance for two ex wives: millionaire

An eccentric Melbourne millionaire who died in bizarre circumstances last year has
left one dollar each to his two ex-wives.

The body of 56-year-old PETER SHELLARD was allegedly found bound and gagged inside
his heritage-listed mansion .. Rosecraddock .. in the leafy Melbourne suburb of Caulfield
North last May.

The Herald Sun's reported he's left most of his 10 million dollar fortune to his three
children .. 22-year-old JENNIFER .. 13-year-old SARAH and 11-year-old CLAIRE.

But his ex-wives DEBORAH JANE SHELLARD and ELIZABETH ANNE SHELLARD were each bequeathed
the tiny sum.





30-year-old SOPHIE STOUPIS and 42-year-old STANLEY CALLINOCOS .. as well as Mr SHELLARD'S
38-year-old girlfriend SHIRLEY WITHERS .. have been charged with his murder.

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FED:No funds for foetal alcohol research

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-2011
FED:No funds for foetal alcohol research

CANBERRA, April 14 AAP - The future of research into foetal alcohol syndrome in the
isolated West Australian community of Fitzroy Valley is at risk.

Just nine months ago the federal government committed $1 million to research the impact
of the syndrome which often leaves newborn children with severe mental handicaps.

Now, as researchers move into the second phase of the study, there is no money.

"Funding for the next stage of the Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Research project is yet
to be secured but I am hopeful that this will be achieved through negotiation with the
Australian and Western Australian governments," co-ordinator general for remote indigenous
services Brian Gleason said in a report.

When federal Indigenous Health Minister Warren Snowdon announced the initial funding
in July 2010, he described it as part of government efforts to reduce violence in indigenous
communities.

"A key aim of this agenda is to tackle alcohol abuse - the primary risk factor in indigenous
family violence - by working with communities to stem the supply of alcohol where it leads
to high levels of alcohol abuse," Mr Snowdon said at the time.

The lack of funding for the research comes at the same time as doctors and researchers
protest reports the May 10 budget will cut medical research funding by $400 million over
the coming three years.

Comment was sought from Mr Snowdon and Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin.

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NSW:Beached whale rescuers wait for high tide

AAP General News (Australia)
12-26-2010
NSW:Beached whale rescuers wait for high tide

Rescue workers are hopeful a whale found beached on the New South Wales' south coast
today will survive.

The 12-meter Bryde's whale was discovered on Seven Mile Beach near Shoalhaven Heads
.. just before midday.

Whale rescue organisation ORRCA and National Park rangers are assisting the animal
by keeping it moist and shaded.

ORRCA volunteer SHONA LORIGAN says crews will remain with the whale throughout the
night and are hoping with the high tide at 1.30 tomorrow morning it will be able to make
its own way out to sea.

Another Bryde's whale recently became stranded at Iluka on the state's north coast
.. but it died within a few hours of being found.

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QLD:Life imitates art for Rudd's daughter

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2010
QLD:Life imitates art for Rudd's daughter

A year before Labor's factional warlords plotted KEVIN RUDD's downfall .. his daughter
plotted a similar political coup .. in her first novel.

JESSICA RUDD's debut novel Campaign Ruby features a prime minister who's rolled by
his female treasurer.

The main character is Ruby .. a policy adviser to the federal leader of the opposition
before the treasurer's coup and the announcement of an early election.

Ms RUDD says she could never have imagined the dramatic parallels of her book and her
father's political fate.

She admits asking her publisher for a sealed section version of the book for her Dad
to avoid the raunchy bits .. but says he's two thirds of the way through the novel and
has enjoyed it so far.

The book's due to be launched in Brisbane tonight.

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News Diary for Friday April 9, 2010

AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-2010
News Diary for Friday April 9, 2010
Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff

Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for Friday (not for publication).

This is a guide only and stories, local times and locations are subject to change. In
some cases times and locations may not be available. Story coverage is subject to staffing.

TOP STORIES
- Outwatching for more on hospitals debate; Nicola Roxon in Tasmania Friday
- More on outcome of Tas election after governor directs caretaker premier David Bartlett
to recall parliament and test his numbers in the lower house

COURTS
SYDNEY
0930 - Steven Wayne Spaliviero, Charlotte Lindstrom's former boyfriend, drugs charges.

Downing Centre District Court
0930 - Adnan Safwan, involved in fatal boat crash. Downing Centre District Court
1000 - Daniel Clayton Scott, brothel owner who arranged bungled kidnapping/robbery causing
death of co-owner Victor Elliot. Supreme Court
1100 - Sentencing hearing for Nanthagopal Lechmana, strangled wife days after marriage
counselling session. Supreme Court
MELBOURNE
1000 - Committal hearing continues for Judy Moran and three others over the death of her
brother-in-law Des Moran
1030 - Sentence of two bouncers over an attack at Hungry Jack's last July that left promising
footballer Luke Adams with a fractured skull, County Court
ADELAIDE
- Alleged computer hacker accused of unleashing a virus on thousands of bank accounts
worldwide from Adelaide in court
- Policeman Roger Sketchley to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court charged over attempts
to perform an exorcism on a teenager at a church youth camp
- A man will face sex charges in Adelaide court
BRISBANE
- Jayant Patel trial continues.

ADELAIDE
- Senate inquiry into liquidators and administrators at Parliament House

BRISBANE
- Man dies and two others seriously injured after falling two storeys from a Gold Coast
nightclub; Seeking more

CANBERRA
- Monitoring Kevin Rudd's visit to Gladstone; Tony Abbott in Victoria
0915 - Unveiling of Ted Kenna VC. Hall of Valour, Australian War Memorial.

DARWIN
- Turning the sod for NT's first medical school in partnership with Flinders University in SA

HOBART
- More on outcome of Tas election
- Monitoring federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon's visit to Tasmania

MELBOURNE
1000 - Deputy prime minister Julia Gillard opens National Centre Against Bullying (NCAB) conference.

- Police presser announcing reward for information on 2003 homicide of Steve Gulyas and
Tina Nhonthachith, couple killed at their farm (1100)
- Chasing more on report that Melbourne doctor is being investigated over the infection
of 12 patients, including some who were pregnant, with hepatitis C from his own blood

PERTH
- No items listed

SYDNEY
- Outwatching for more central NSW house, fitted with insulation under govt's troubled
scheme, which went up in flames, killing two; Abbott commenting on insulation scheme in
radio interview
1000 - Australian adventurer Don McIntyre and crew visit relics of William Bligh, whose
journey they will recreate. State Library
- Victorian man arrested in cross-border police operation after allegedly grooming girls
for sex using the internet
- Premier Kristina Keneally, Police Minister Michael Daley and NSW Police Commissioner
Andrew Scipione policing announcement at Hyde Park (1100)

ENTERTAINMENT
- Powderfinger press conference to announce major tour (with pix, video)

FINANCE
- No items listed

SPORT
GOLF
AUGUSTA, Georgia - Round one action from the US Masters

AFL
MELBOURNE - Wrap of AFL news
MELBOURNE - St Kilda v Collingwood, 1940 Etihad Stadium
SYDNEY - Preview of Sydney v Richmond
MELBOURNE - Preview of Carlton v Essendon
MELBOURNE - Preview of North Melbourne v West Coast
ADELAIDE - Preview of Port Adelaide v Brisbane
MELBOURNE - Media conference with Richmond coach Damien Hardwick, 0945, Punt Rd
MELBOURNE - Media conference with Melbourne coach Dean Bailey, 1135 Junction Oval

LEAGUE
SYDNEY - Wrap of league news
WOLLONGONG - St George Illawarra v Brisbane, 1935, WIN Stadium
GOLD COAST - Gold Coast v Melbourne, 1935 Skilled Park
SYDNEY - Preview of South Sydney v Newcastle
SYDNEY - Preview of Canterbury v Warriors
BRISBANE - Preview of North Queensland v Wests Tigers

RUGBY
Super 14
HAMILTON - Chiefs v Bulls, 1735 (AEST)
PERTH - Preview of Highlanders v Western Force
SYDNEY - Preview of Crusaders v Waratahs
BRISBANE - Preview of Brumbies v Cheetahs
BRISBANE - Preview of Lions v Reds

SURFING
BELLS BEACH, Vic - Action continues at the Rip Curl Pro

TRIATHLON
SYDNEY - World champions Emma Snowsill and Jan Frodeno at media conference with Laureus
Foundation ahead of world championships series opener on Sunday, 1300 Intercontinental
Hotel

NETBALL
SYDNEY - Preview of weekend action in ANZ Championship

TENNIS
HOUSTON - Lleyton Hewitt is finally scheduled to plays his first match in three months
at US Clay Court Championships

RACING
SYDNEY - Looking at Saturday's AJC Australian Derby.

SYDNEY - Throw forward to the other Group Ones at Randwick, the Sires' Produce Stakes
and TJ Smith Stakes.

MELBOURNE - Preview of racing at Flemington on Saturday.

BRISBANE - Looking at the Doomben program on Saturday.

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Tas: Auto industry at risk

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2009
Tas: Auto industry at risk

The federal government says the collapse of Automotive Components Limited will have
a knock-on affect in the nation's car industry.

The bearings and gaskets maker went into voluntary administration today .. less than
two months after the federal government announced a seven million dollar bail out of the
company.

Industry Minister KIM CARR has told the ABC .. the collapse affects tens of thousands
of workers and could harm production at Ford and Toyota.

Grant Thornton Melbourne has been appointed receivers and managers of ACL and will
try to sell it.

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Vic: Victorian ski fields casuals underpaid by $22,000

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2009
Vic: Victorian ski fields casuals underpaid by $22,000

MELBOURNE, April 17 AAP - Victorian ski resorts will fork out $22,000 to almost 40
casual employees who were underpaid during last year's snow season.

The state's Workplace Ombudsman launched an investigation into snowfields employers
after it received complaints from casual workers during the 2007 ski season.

Workplace Ombudsman Victorian Director Rhonda Murray said the complaints included failure
to pay minimum rates, unlawful deductions from wages and termination issues.

The ombudsman's office also sent out information to employers at Mount Buller, Falls
Creek, Mount Hotham, Dinner Plains and Mount Baw Baw as part of the campaign.

Workplace inspectors from Bendigo and Traralgon offices then randomly audited 45 hospitality
and service industries at the Victorian snowfields between June and September last year.

Ms Murray said inspectors found 38 casual workers had been underpaid a total of $22,000,
which was being paid voluntarily by the businesses involved.

"Given that the snowfields attract many young, unskilled and inexperienced workers
who could be vulnerable to exploitation, it was felt that a targeted education and compliance
campaign was warranted," she said.

Ms Murray said random spot audits would be undertaken again this year during the snow season.

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Fed: Govt defends record on childhood services

AAP General News (Australia)
12-12-2008
Fed: Govt defends record on childhood services

Eds: reissuing to remove hold in takekey



CANBERRA, Dec 12 AAP - The federal government is defending its record on improving
childhood education and services, saying it is investing hundreds of millions of dollars.

Australia ranks near the bottom of a list of OECD countries for childcare services,
a new report finds.

Australia met just two of 10 benchmarks - accreditation for early learning staff and
provision of subsidised childcare services for at least 25 per cent of children under
three - set by UNICEF.

Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard said the deficiencies would not be fixed overnight.

"You can't overcome more than a decade of neglect in a single day or in a single year,"

she told ABC Radio.

The government had invested more than half a billion dollars in universal pre-school
education and more than $100 million in new workforce development to help train early
learning teachers.

UNICEF says countries, such as Australia, should be spending at least one per cent
of their gross domestic product on childhood services.

Australia was spending less than half a per cent by failing to have a paid parental
leave scheme, insufficient staff training and inadequate staff to children ratios.

Ms Gillard said the report was rightly critical of Australia's record, but she blamed
the problems on the previous Howard government.

Sweden ranked number one in the world for childcare with ticks in every box. It was
followed by Iceland. Denmark, Finland, France and Norway.

Australia ranked 22 of 24, ahead of Canada and Ireland but behind the US, UK and Mexico.

The report, titled The Child Care Transition, says poor quality care had the potential
for both immediate and long-term harm to children.

It warned that some nations provided childcare in an ad-hoc way with minimal assurances
of quality.

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FED: Milestones of the Week

AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2008
FED: Milestones of the Week

SYDNEY, Aug 8 AAP - Milestones of the week:



HONOURED - Veteran rower James Tomkins who was selected to carry the Australian flag
at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.



RELEASED - An ACCC report into Australian grocery prices, recommending the compulsory
display of unit prices for retailers.



SMASHED - Major international drug ring, with world's single largest seizure of ecstasy
in Melbourne and arrest of 16 people.



CALLED - September 6 selection for Western Australia after Troy Buswell quit as opposition
leader.



DIED - Country music legend Reg Lindsey in a Newcastle Hospital, aged 79.



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WA: Brothers jailed for sex offences against young girls

AAP General News (Australia)
02-14-2008
WA: Brothers jailed for sex offences against young girls

By Nicolas Perpitch

PERTH, Feb 14 AAP - Two brothers have been jailed for multiple sexual assaults against
young girls in a remote community in Western Australia's Kimberley region.

Matthew Charles Waina, 42, and his brother Bruno Waina, 34, had pleaded guilty to the
charges and were sentenced in the West Australian District Court today.

Matthew Waina was charged with four counts of indecently dealing with a child and seven
counts of sexually penetrating a child.

The Perth Magistrates Court was told in July last year he had lured two girls aged
11 and 14 to his bedroom with the promise of cigarettes, showed them a pornographic DVD
and then had sex with them.

Today he was sentenced to three-and-a-half years prison.

Bruno Waina was sentenced to four-and-a-half years prison for 12 counts of sexually
penetrating a child under 13, five of indecently dealing with a child under 13, and two
counts of showing offensive material to a child.

Both men were made eligible for parole and could be freed after serving half their sentences.

Twelve people from Kalumburu have been charged with child sex offences.

The state government has launched a special police task force to tackle alleged paedophilia
in the Pilbara town of Halls Creek and other northern communities, including Kalumburu.

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Vic: Two injured when car smashes into bottle shop

AAP General News (Australia)
08-28-2007
Vic: Two injured when car smashes into bottle shop

Two people were injured .. and Geelong's Grovedale Hotel suffered serious structural
damage .. when a car crossed through a T-intersection and smashed into its bottle shop.

Police say the accident happened on the Surf Coast Highway at Grovedale shortly before
10 o'clock (AEST) last night.

Geelong traffic management unit Senior Constable RON GRAY says someone could have been
killed or seriously injured .. as the car came to rest in the shop's cool room.

Senior Constable GRAY says it's fortunate there was no fatality .. as a staff member
was supposed to be doing stocktake at the time of the accident.

The driver .. a 42-year-old Grovedale man .. and a 30-year-old diner inside the hotel
.. from Belmont .. were taken to Geelong Hospital with minor injuries.

The driver will be charged on summons with driving offences.

The building suffered serious structural damage.

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Fed: PM says VIctoria won't get special deal on water plan

AAP General News (Australia)
04-13-2007
Fed: PM says VIctoria won't get special deal on water plan

CANBERRA, April 13 AAP - Victoria will not be offered any more than the other states
have been offered to get them to accept the Murray-Darling basin water plan, Prime Minister
John Howard says.

Mr Howard today said he had been talking to Victorian Premier Steve Bracks during the
week and there appeared to have been some progress.

He said he was surprised to hear today that Mr Bracks wasn't budging.

Mr Howard said the water plan wasn't on the agenda for today's COAG meeting so failure
to reach agreement would not spell its demise.

He said NSW, the ACT, Queensland and South Australia had all agreed.

"It has been left to Victoria and the commonwealth to separately discuss Victoria's
position," he told Southern Cross radio in Victoria.

"We are not going to give Victoria something that we haven't given or won't give to
the other states."

NSW, Queensland, South Australia and the ACT agreed at a special water summit in February
to cede their powers over the Murray-Darling Basin to the commonwealth in exchange for
a huge upgrade of irrigation infrastructure.

Victoria opposed the package but there have been ongoing negotiations with the commonwealth
since the meeting.

Mr Howard said Victoria should sign up because the plan could not proceed without the state.

"It is like a three-legged horse," he said.

"I notice that the National party in Victoria, which has previously been holding out,
has now signed up. I hope the Victorian farmers will now do the same. That is a matter
for them.

"This is a huge opportunity for Victoria."

Mr Howard said talks with Mr Bracks in the week suggested they were making progress.

"I will continually to take him at his word in that private conversation," he said.

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NSW: Industrial recycling project to save 5 billion litres a year

AAP General News (Australia)
12-12-2006
NSW: Industrial recycling project to save 5 billion litres a year

Recycled water from Sydney's Botany aquifer will begin flowing to nearby industrial
plants today .. as part of a state government project to save up to five billion litres
of drinking water a year.

Premier MORRIS IEMMA and Minister for Water Utilities DAVID CAMPBELL will open the
valves at Botany's industrial park in Sydney's east .. at 10.15 this morning (AEDT).

Mr IEMMA says major projects like these will boost recycled water use from 15 billion
litres to 70 billion litres by 2015.

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Qld: Baby humpback had inflammation of brain

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2006
Qld: Baby humpback had inflammation of brain

GOLD COAST, Aug 4 AAP - An autopsy has found a baby humpback whale which was put down
after becoming stranded on a northern NSW beach had inflammation of the brain.

Sea World vet David Blyde said the whale's condition, known as encephalitis, was likely
to be the reason behind it stranding on Cabarita Beach on July 18.

"This situation highlights the importance of thoroughly investigating the death of
marine animals in order to continue learning and understanding more about them," Dr Blyde
said.

"In the case of the baby whale, investigations also showed the animal had never suckled.

"The autopsy confirms that euthanasia was the best decision made on behalf of this animal."

About 8,000 humpbacks travel north from Antarctica each winter along the eastern coast
of Australia in search of warmer waters to breed.

A dead female dolphin found at North Stradbroke Island earlier this week was taken to Sea World.

The dolphin, which was heavily lactating, appeared to have suffered an impact to the
head, probably from a boat, and died suddenly.

But a New Zealand fur seal brought to the theme park a fortnight ago has been given
a clean bill of health and is responding well to its new environment.

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NSW: XPT train services back on track

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2006
NSW: XPT train services back on track

New South Wales' XPT trains are back on track today .. after safety testing cleared
the trains of major safety concerns.

All XPT services were suspended after an XPT locomotive with a cracked axle derailed
near Harden .. in southern New South Wales .. last Thursday.

RailCorp says all XPT trains have been checked.





The Rail Tram and Bus Union says it's concerned the poor condition of some country
rail lines could be damaging trains.

Union secretary .. NICK LEWOCKI .. says the New South Wales government should conduct
a safety audit of the state's country train tracks to determine if extra maintenance is
needed.

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