HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 192011

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2011
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 192011

ADELAIDE - No survivors are expected from the helicopter that crashed in a fireball
in remote South Australia with three veterans of ABC News aboard. (Helicopter 6th Update)
See also HELICOPTER TICEHURST, HELICOPTER LOCKYER, HELICOPTER BEAN, HELICOPTER OFARRELL,
HELICOPTER ABBOTT, HELICOPTER BLIGH.

HELICOPTER TRIBUTES Wrap, HELICOPTER Wrap to come.

CANBERRA - Prime Minister Julia Gillard is facing a hostile COAG meeting with a bloc
of three Liberal premiers pushing for her to scrap the planned carbon tax. (COAG Update)
pix available. See also COAG OFARRELL, COAG BAILLIEU, COAG RANN, COAG BLIGH, COAG BARNETT.

COAG Wrap to come with factbox

CANBERRA - Leading mental health experts have urged the prime minister, premiers and
chief ministers gathering in Canberra they need to adopt a "10-year reform roadmap". (COAG
MENTAL to come)

SYDNEY - NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says the federal government's carbon tax will
cost tens of thousands of jobs in the state's Hunter Valley, despite the creation of jobs
in alternative energy industries. (Climate OFarrell)

CANBERRA - A protest convoy could leave much of Canberra in gridlock on Monday, ACT
police warn. (Convoy) See also CONVOY BRISBANE, CONVOY NSW to come

CANBERRA - Embattled Labor MP Craig Thomson has denied any wrongdoing, as a scandal
threatened to engulf Julia Gillard's minority government. (Thomson Update) See also THOMSON
ABBOTT.

THOMSON Wrap to come

CANBERRA - Federal ministers have warned all of the world's major economic groupings,
such as G20 and APEC, will need to coordinate their efforts to tackle imbalanced growth
and jittery global markets. (ECONOMY Wrap to come). See also Economy ANZ on finance wire.

CANBERRA - The Australian Medical Board has told a parliamentary inquiry the current
system of supervising overseas trained doctors in Australian hospitals isn't up to scratch.

(DOCTORS to come)

SYDNEY - NSW motorists could face up to a year in jail if they refuse to remove their
burqa, niqab or helmet when asked by police. (VEIL) Wrap to come.

LOS ANGELES - The extradition process for Australian collar bomb suspect Paul Douglas
Peters could take years if he decides to fight it, an American legal expert says. (Peters)

MELBOURNE - A double homicide in a Melbourne smash repair workshop is the result of
a failed business deal involving the two dead men and a third who was shot in the same
incident, police say. (Shooting Update) Wrap to come, with video

BRISBANE - Police divers have returned to the search for Daniel Morcombe's body, spurred
on by the missing teen's family. (Morcombe) Wrap to come

CANBERRA - Defence Minister Stephen Smith says he is "satisfied" the nation has the
necessary ships for disaster or humanitarian issues despite fewer vessels available. (Manoora
Smith)

FINANCE

SYDNEY - ANZ Banking Group is on track for full year earnings growth of 17 per cent
to $5.6 billion despite the impact of volatile financial markets. (ANZ to come with factbox
and graphic) See also ECONOMY ANZ on file.

SPORT

GREENSBORO, North Carolina - Stuart Appleby found some sorely-needed form to shoot
a flawless six-under-par 64 opening round at the US PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship. (Gol
PGA)

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