HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Aug 24

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2007
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Aug 24

ADELAIDE - Iraq's political reconciliation is moving too slowly, Foreign Affairs Minister
Alexander Downer says. (Iraq Aust)

CANBERRA - An injection of state and federal money into the public health system would
be more effective than a commonwealth takeover of public hospitals, Prime Minister John
Howard said today. (Health Labor Howard. Nightlead to come.)

BRISBANE - An Indian doctor who admitted to forging his resume has been dismissed from
his job at the Gold Coast Hospital. (Ali. N/L to come)

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard has denied ordering his staff or department to
edit entries on the Wikipedia website to remove details that might be damaging to the
government. (Wikipedia. N/L to come.)

SYDNEY - The head of the construction industry has met with Labor leader Kevin Rudd
amid concerns scrapping the federal government's industrial relations system would lead
to lower wages and a return to protracted union disputes.(WORKPLACE ACA. N/L to come)

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard says a plan supported by a Liberal to move the
site of Tasmania's pulp mill can't be considered until a federal decision is made on the
current proposal. (PULP Nightlead to come)

SYDNEY - Additional restricted zones for next month's APEC summit, including Sydney
Airport and parts of Kirribilli, were announced today by the NSW government. (APEC Zones.

N/L to come.)

MELBOURNE - A 45-year-old Melbourne man has been remanded in custody after appearing
in court today charged over sexual attacks on 24 women, including a string of offences
dubbed the Hot Chocolate rapes. (Barkas Remand. N/L to come)

SYDNEY - An intensive one-month deep sea search will commence as early as January to
find HMAS Sydney, the federal government says. (Sydney. N/L to come)

CANBERRA - A man accused of shoulder-charging an elderly woman just minutes before
she died has told a court it was not his fault (NICHOLLS N/L to come)

SYDNEY - Taking calcium tablets can cut an older person's chance of breaking a bone
by up to a quarter, an Australian study has found. (Calcium)

Sydney - Oil refiner and marketer Caltex Australia Ltd has reported an interim net
profit of $255 million for its first half year and says refinery margins are expected
to remain robust.

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