HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-02-2004
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 2

AUCKLAND - Opposition Leader Mark Latham today left open the possibility of Australia
continuing to help rebuild Iraq, but he still wants Australian troops home by Christmas
if elected to government. (Iraq Aust Latham Lead)

CANBERRA - Government heavyhitters were out in force today to maintain the attack on
Opposition Leader Mark Latham over his pledge to bring Australian troops home from Iraq
by Christmas. (Iraq Aust Second Daylead)

IRAQ AUST NIGHTLEAD to come

CANBERRA - The company at the heart of the waterfront dispute could face million dollar
fines after being found guilty of criminal breaches of worker safety. (WATERFRONT to come)

MELBOURNE - A long time ally of murdered crime family patriarch Lewis Moran was today
recovering under police guard in a Melbourne hospital after being shot alongside his friend
earlier this week. (Gangland Third Daylead, NIGHTLEAD to come)

PERTH - A State Emergency Service (SES) volunteer who was part of a search party for
two tourists remains missing today after being washed down a gorge by a flash flood in
a remote West Australian national park. (Gorge Lead, NIGHTLEAD to come)

SYDNEY - Former NRMA director Nicholas Whitlam has lashed out at the corporate watchdog
after the High Court today upheld a ruling which returned him to the boardroom. (Whitlam)

SYDNEY - Civil libertarians, child psychologists and children's rights advocates were
today divided over the use of smacking, following the conviction of a woman who hit her
child. (Smack Reaction)

SYDNEY - Parents who are gobsmacked should make sure their kids aren't. (SMACK ANALYSIS to come)

SMACK NIGHTLEAD to come

HOBART - It was not the role of a vice-regal representative to make partisan political
comments, Prime Minister John Howard said today. (Butler Howard)

CANBERRA - For the better part of a half a century, they lived in suburban obscurity,
he working at a Melbourne printing firm and she as as a factory secretary. (Petrov)

CANBERRA - One of the minor but enduring mysteries of Australian political history
is just what did happen to Evdokia Petrov's shoe. (PETROV SHOE to come)

MELBOURNE - Drivers of hotted-up vehicles prized them more than their partners and
believed their cars boosted their sex appeal, an Australian auto survey has found. (Cars)

MELBOURNE - Australian clothing and homewares maker Pacific Brands Ltd debuted at $2.60
on the Australian Stock Exchange today, a premium to its issue price of $2.50. (PACIFIC
BRANDS to come)

SYDNEY - Michelle Engelsman has shifted the limelight from her teenage opponents by
smashing the Australian record in the 50m freestyle heats at the Olympic trials today.

(Swim Aust Lead, NIGHTLEAD to come after tonight's finals)

SYDNEY - Punters are expected to splurge $30 million tomorrow on Golden Slipper day.

(SLIPPER FRONTER to come, see also SLIPPER NIGHTLEAD to come)

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