National Newslist for Sunday, April 13, 2008

AAP General News (Australia)
04-13-2008
National Newslist for Sunday, April 13, 2008
Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff
AAP's National Newslist for today (not for publication):
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CANBERRA:
- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd arrives back in Canberra after 18-day overseas trip; expected
to attend 2020 Youth Summit
- Treasurer Wayne Swan says ailing global economy will make Rudd government's first budget
tight; International Monetary Fund calls for strong action and close cooperation to combat
the financial crisis battering the world economy
- Nationals leader Warren Truss gives glowing assessment of embattled Opposition Leader
Brendan Nelson; frontbencher Andrew Robb says there is no general push within the federal
opposition to oust Nelson as leader
- Truss says a merger with the Liberals is on the cards in Queensland but doubts that
other states are prepared to make that move
- Second day of 2020 Youth Summit
- Sports Minister Kate Ellis again urges pro-Tibetan activists not to disrupt the Canberra
leg of the Olympic torch relay; Voice of Tibet Australia group says the protests that
have dogged the relay were fantastic
- Chasing more on reports that federal government may be on the verge of introducing a
national FuelWatch scheme

SYDNEY:
- Premier Morris Iemma unveils financial rescue package to help struggling families cope
with interest rate rises and higher living costs (press conference 1000 AEST)
- New nationwide survey reveals thousands of bike riders are riding at night without proper lights
- Man to face court today charged with attempted murder following a shooting incident
at Doonside in Sydney's west
- Man arrested at a Sydney naval base, and charged with sexual assault and robbery
- Five people injured in a head-on smash involving a car and a van on NSW's central coast

MELBOURNE:
- Victorian Liberal state council meeting continues
- Victorian traders have achieved the highest accuracy rate in a nationwide audit of shop prices
- Three people hospitalised with minor burns after backyard explosion in small port town
east of Melbourne
- Man bashed and robbed of mobile phone and car in attack at a Melbourne railway station car park

BRISBANE:
- Premier Anna Bligh calls for a national education curriculum
- Queensland's 2020 Summit delegates meet at state parliament today to discuss next weekend's
summit in Canberra, 1030
- Five men rescued after boat sank in waters off Mackay
- Police officer struck with a block of wood and colleague bitten on the hand in incident
on Brisbane's southside
- Body of man found at scene of housefire in north Queensland
- Police investigate death of man whose body was found lying on a road at the Gold Coast
- Man charged after allegedly stalking and harassing a woman for two weeks after raping
her on the Gold Coast

FINANCE:
- Markets preview
- Monitoring business programs
- Baby boomers retirement story (embargoed until 0001 AEST Monday)

SPORT:
AFL
MELBOURNE - Wrap of news and Snapshot of AFL 4th round
AFL 4th rd matches:-
MELBOURNE - Hawthorn v Adelaide, Aurora Stadium, 1310
MELBOURNE - Carlton v Collingwood, MCG, 1410
PERTH - Fremantle v Richmond, Subiaco Oval, 1640AEST
Follow ups from North Melbourne v Melbourne, Sydney v West Coast, Port Adelaide v Brisbane

LEAGUE
SYDNEY - Wrap of NRL news following round 5 Sunday matches, plus Snapshot of round to date.

NRL round 5 matches:
AUCKLAND - NZ Warriors v Bulldogs, Mt Smart Stadium, 1200AEST
CANBERRA - Canberra v Wests Tigers, Canberra Stadium, 1400
NEWCASTLE - Newcastle v Brisbane, EnergyAustralia Stadium, 1500
Preview for South Sydney v Cronulla
Follow ups from St George Illawarra v North Queensland, Penrith v Sydney Roosters

RUGBY
SYDNEY - Australian-angled wrap after round 9 of Super 14
Super 14 round 9 match:
PRETORIA - Bulls v Hurricanes, 0105AEST
Follow ups from Western Force v NSW Waratahs, Blues v Brumbies

GOLF
AUGUSTA, Georgia - Cover of Aussies in US Masters, third round.

TENNIS
TOWNSVILLE - Davis Cup, Asia-Oceania zone second round tie: Australia v Thailand, final
day (reverse singles), 1100.

NETBALL
ANZ Championship round 2 matches:
MELBOURNE - Melbourne Vixens v Qld Firebirds, SNHC, 1330
ROTORUA, NZ - Waikato Magic v Northern Mystics, 1530AEST

DIVING
HOBART - Olympic selection trials, Hobart Aquatic Centre, day 3

SWIMMING
MANCHESTER, England - Cover of Aussies as world shortcourse championships continue.

MOTORSPORT
ESTORIL, Portugal - Casey Stoner in third round of world MotoGP championship at Estoril.

TRIATHLON
ISHIGAKI ISLAND, Japan - Aussies in World Cup third round.

ROWING
SYDNEY - Final Olympic selection trials continue

RACING
SYDNEY - Follow up from Group one Rosehill Guineas meeting.

MELBOURNE - Follow up from Moonee Valley meeting
BRISBANE - Follow up from of Doomben meeting

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