AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Evening, April 29

AAP General News (Australia)
04-29-2007
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Evening, April 29
Evening Round-Up: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 1630


Labor Climate Rudd (SYDNEY)

Families will be able to borrow up to 10 thousand dollars in low interest loans ..

under a Labor plan to boost the uptake of rain water tanks .. solar panels .. and other
initiatives to combat climate change.

Opposition leader KEVIN RUDD's announced the 300 million dollar plan to make homes
greener .. at Labor's national conference in Sydney today.

He says it's practical bread and butter stuff that the Labor Party is so good at.

However .. Australian Green's leader BOB BROWN says the package doesn't go far enough
.. and has urged the ALP to put a stop on coal exports.



Labor Rudd (SYDNEY)

Labor leader KEVIN RUDD has launched a direct personal attack on JOHN HOWARD .. for
claiming that only he has the experience needed to lead the country.

Earlier today .. Mr HOWARD said Mr Rudd was too inexperienced to be prime minister
.. and accused him of failing to have a plan for safeguarding the nation's economy.

Mr RUDD's returned fire on the floor of the ALP national conference in Sydney .. attacking
Mr HOWARD for taking the country to war in Iraq and for failing to tackle climate change.

He's told cheering delegates .. if that's experience .. then let's have something else.



Nuclear Abbott (SYDNEY)

Health Minister TONY ABBOTT says any Australian nuclear power plants will probably
be located near existing coal-burning power stations .. in areas which already have planning
and environmental approvals.

Mr ABBOTT declined to comment on how he would feel about having a nuclear power plant
in his electorate of Warringah .. which encompasses some of Sydney's northern beaches.

He's labelled Labor's new policy to expand the mining of uranium for export .. but
not to use it .. as illogical.



Stress (SYDNEY)

The AMA says suicide by returned Australian soldiers may be on the rise and needs urgent
government action.

Veteran activists say up to five soldiers have committed suicide after returning from
Iraq and Afghanistan.

The claims follow reports from the federal government which says two soldiers killed
themselves after returning from duty in the Middle East.



Royals Harry (LONDON)

Prince HARRY has reportedly told friends he's a nervous wreck ahead of his much publicised
posting to Iraq as a British army officer.

The News of the World has reported him telling friends of his fears .. but also his
desire to serve his country.

Commanders are reportedly reconsidering their decision to allow the prince to fight
in Iraq because of fears that his presence could endanger other soldiers.



Tillman Move (SYDNEY)

A child sex offender has been moved to a new address by parole officers for an undisclosed
reason.

KENNETH TILLMAN .. who has a 30-year history of sex offences .. was released from Sydney's
Long Bay Jail this month .. after serving 10 years for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old
girl.

The 45-year-old has consistently refused to attend intensive treatment for sex offenders
while in custody and three psychologists have said they believe he is at high risk of
reoffending.

Parole officers visited TILLMAN's address last week and accompanied him to a new location.

A NSW Department of Corrective Services spokesman says TILLMAN wasn't originally located
near a school or near premises where children frequent .. but she could not disclose the
reason why he was relocated.



Labor Workplace (SYDNEY)

Labor leader KEVIN RUDD says he's never expected big business to approve of his new
industrial relations policy.

But the Opposition Leader has denied the plan to restore collective bargaining and
abolish individual contracts .. will damage Labor's relationship with industry.

The Business Council of Australia has labelled the new policy as retrograde and a step
backwards .. but Mr RUDD says his priority is to ensure fairness for workers and their
families .. not get a big ticks from the BCA.



Shark (BRISBANE)

Police in Queensland have warned locals not to swim near a community jetty after a
13-year-old girl was bitten by a shark.

The say the teenager had been swimming in waters off Mornington Island .. in the Gulf
of Carpentaria .. on Thursday when the attack happened.



Heart (SYDNEY)

The Heart Foundation says it's worried thousands of Australians would risk dying from
a heart attack .. rather than call an ambulance.

Research commissioned by the foundation for Heart Week .. shows 61 per cent of those
surveyed wouldn't call triple-0 if they thought they were having a heart attack.

It shows 35 per cent of people were too afraid of wasting the ambulance officers' time
if it turned out to be false alarm .. while 15 per cent said they'd just be too embarrassed.

Heart Foundation national chief executive LYN ROBERTS says the results are frightening
.. and too many people are losing loved ones unnecessarily.



Briefly in other news ..




Foreign Minister ALEXANDER DOWNER's condemned what's believed to be an Al-Qaeda bombing
in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala .. which has left 60 people dead.




One of Qantas' key institutional shareholders says he won't accept the current 11 billion
dollar takeover bid because it falls a long way short of a reasonable price.




Almost one in four women in NSW are putting their health at risk by failing to have
regular pap smears .. according to new figures.



in Sport ..



League Souths (SYDNEY)

New Zealand Warriors winger TODD BYRNE has scored a try with 36 seconds remaining to
snatch an amazing 18-16 NRL victory from South Sydney at Telstra Stadium today.

Five-eighth MICHAEL WITT kicked to the corner with the Warriors' last roll of the dice,
BYRNE sprinting unopposed to ground the ball and sink the hearts of the Rabbitohs.

Souths had come from 8-0 down to lead 16-8 with 12 minutes remaining before the New
Zealand side stole it at the death with two tries in the final three minutes.



AFL Hawks (MELBOURNE)

The superior skills of the Western Bulldogs have allowed them to hold off a wayward
Hawthorn for a 16.14 (110) to 13.15 (93) win in their AFL match at the MCG.

The Bulldogs led by 30 points at the last change, with the Hawks kicking the only three
goals of the final term to briefly give themselves hope of a comeback victory.

Veteran midfielder SCOTT WEST starred with 41 disposals for the Bulldogs, in a tireless
display, while ROBERT MURPHY and SHAUN HIGGINS kicked three goals each.

Key forward LANCE FRANKLIN starred with six goals for the Hawks.




AFL FARMER (PERTH)

JEFF FARMER has been suspended and fined by his AFL club Fremantle after being arrested
and charged with common assault for allegedly punching a security guard at a Perth nightclub
last night.

The Dockers have suspended FARMER until round 13, at which point the club's board will
assess his playing future.

They've also fined him five thousand dollars.



WC07 Aust (BRIDGETOWN, Barbados)

World Cup match referee JEFF CROWE has admitted that Sri Lanka had been mistakenly
asked to come back on the field for a final three overs in the rain-reduced World Cup
final against Australia.

Australia were celebrating their third consecutive World Cup victory after the Sri
Lanka batsman had gone off for bad light when the teams were told they would have to complete
the final three overs or come back on Sunday to finish the match.

The game was already completed because Sri Lanka had batted the minimum 20 of their
reduced allotted of 36 overs.



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