HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 82011

AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2011
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 82011

SYDNEY - The refugee lawyer who secured an injunction preventing the immediate transfer
of asylum seekers to Malaysia insists the case is a matter of life or death. (Boat Malaysia)
See also Boat Oppn, Boat Manne, Boat Protest to come.

BOAT Wrap to come

CANBERRA - The Australian stock market dropped more than two per cent at the opening
after global rating agency Standard & Poor's cut the rating of the US from AAA for the
first time in it history. (Economy Update) See also Economy Oppn, Jobs ANZ, Economy Swan.

AUST STOCKS to come with fronter and graphic

ECONOMY Wrap to come

MELBOURNE - Australia's most decorated World War II servicewoman Nancy Wake has died.

(Wake Update) See also Wake Obit, Wake Truss, Wake Tributes.

WAKE Wrap to come

MELBOURNE - A Melbourne court has erupted as a torrent of abuse was hurled at a pedophile
Christian Brother jailed for more than 14 years for abusing young boys. (Best Update)
See also Best Victim.

BEST Wrap to come



BRISBANE - An Australian naval officer has been found guilty of sexually abusing four
boys while serving in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. (VanDerZyden)

ADELAIDE - South Australia's premier-in-waiting Jay Weatherill has arrived at cabinet
offices for an expected showdown with current Premier Mike Rann. (Rann). See also Rann
Date.

RANN Wrap to come.

CANBERRA - The imminent despatch of a cattle shipment to Indonesia is an encouragement
to the beleaguered northern Australian industry, but it will take much longer to fully
restore the trade, the opposition says. (Cattle Truss )

CANBERRA - Indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin says problems highlighted in a
new report had developed over many years and not just under Labor. (Indigenous)

SYDNEY - The 18-year-old victim of last week's fake bomb threat in Sydney has returned
to school, hoping to resume a normal life and begin her trial HSC examinations. (Bomb)
Bomb Trauma

BOMB Wrap to come

SYDNEY - Authorities are investigating a suspicious powder which spilled from a parcel,
sparking the evacuation of a post office in the NSW Hunter Valley and the hospitalisation
of three workers. (Parcel Update) Watching for more, on merit.

FINANCE

SYDNEY - The retail sector is preparing for a rocky ride as falling prices and an uncertain
future hang over the big chain stores, including one of the nation's top retailers JB
Hi-Fi, which reported a decline in profit. (RETAIL to come) See also JB HIFI to come with
factbox and graphic.

SPORT

AKRON - Adam Scott stormed to his first World Golf Championships win with an impressive
four shot victory in the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Ohio. (Gol
PGA Update) Wrap to come. See alos Gol PGA Presidents.

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