HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, April 21

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2010
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, April 21

CANBERRA - The federal government has left the door open to changing the amount of
GST it takes back from the states and territories as part of its health and hospital reforms.

(Hospitals 2nd Update)

PERTH - The federal opposition will not support legislation that involves breaking
promises on private health insurance rebates under the Labor government's new hospitals'
plan, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says. (Hospitals Abbott Update)

SEE ALSO: State by state Hospitals sidebars

TO COME: Election Wrap, Hospitals Wrap



SYDNEY - Qantas flights bound for Frankfurt and London will depart from Asian airports
on Wednesday evening following the reopening of European airspace. (Volcano Qantas Update)

Volcano Aust Wrap, Factbox to come



MELBOURNE - Victorian Premier John Brumby says Carl Williams was a serial killer and
a royal commission into his death would be a waste of taxpayers' money. (Williams Brumby)

Williams Wrap to come



CANBERRA - Economic growth this year looks set to accelerate at a faster pace than
predicted by the Reserve Bank, keeping pressure on the central bank to raise interest
rates again. (Economy)

TO COME: Economy Wrap, IMF. (EDS: IMF releases World Economic Outlook at 2300 AEST.

AAP cannot issue IMF story under under embargo, will be on the wire at 2300)



HOBART - Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett has unveiled his full cabinet, which includes
a Greens minister for the first time in Australian history. (PollTas Cabinet. See also
factbox. Pix to come)

PollTas Wrap to come



SYDNEY - Mark Wilhelm may have been technically and morally responsible for Dianne
Brimble's cruise ship death. (Wilhelm Wrap. Pix and timeline available)

More to come after expected 1400 AEST presser with ex-husband in Brisbane



SYDNEY - When two warring families planned a shootout in the carpark of a suburban
Sydney KFC, passing truck driver Bob Knight paid the ultimate price, police allege. (Knight

Update)

Knight Wrap to come



MELBOURNE - A man charged with murdering a young Melbourne woman more than 15 years
ago has denied knowing her and will fight the accusations. (Bond Wrap)



CANBERRA - Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is standing by his suggestion the dole should
be taken off young people who can get a job, despite strong criticism of the idea. (Dole
2nd Update)

PERTH - Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has laughed at a centrefold pin-up of
his head superimposed onto a Speedo wearing model bearing a tattoo on his groin in a satirical
university newspaper. (Prosh Abbott)

Dole Wrap to come



PERTH - The federal opposition has unveiled a mobile billboard showing the number of
boats that have arrived since the Rudd government came to power. (Boat Abbott)

Boat Wrap to come



WELLINGTON - A decades-old case of Anzac identity theft has been uncovered 95 years
after the landings at Gallipoli. (Anzac Film)



MELBOURNE - BHP Billiton Ltd is cooperating with US authorities in an investigation
into possible corruption involving government officials. (BHP Corruption)



MELBOURNE - St Kilda star Lenny Hayes disagrees with his coach's call to shorten AFL
games because he likes how the Saints wear opposition down. (AFL Saints Wrap)

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