HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Dec 9 = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-2007
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Dec 9 = 2

BRECKENRIDGE - An Australian man facing assault charges for throwing a snowball at
a co-worker refused a plea bargain and instead insisted on a trial to clear his name,
his mother said. (US Snowball)



LONDON - She weighs 90,000 tonnes, cost nearly $A700 million and is heading to Australia's
east coast. (UK Victoria)



CANBERRA - Peter Shergold will leave his post as Australia's top public servant to
head a new social research centre at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). (Shergold.

Eds: Embargoed until midnight (AEDT) Sunday)



CANBERRA - Australians had recognised the role of trade unions by throwing out the
federal coalition and its Work Choices changes, ACTU secretary Jeff Lawrence says. (Workplace
Lawrence)



SYDNEY - A 22-year-old man has critical head injuries after an alleged road rage incident
on the M4 freeway, in Sydney's west, police say. (Rage. N/L to come)



SYDNEY - A Sydney man has been charged after police discovered more than $50,000 in
his car during a random breath test. (Cash)



SYDNEY - Please let your loved ones know you are OK is the Christmas message Australian
Federal Police want to sent to thousands of Australians who have gone missing. (Missing)



SYDNEY - Seven people have been taken to hospital after a balcony gave way and crashed
to the ground at a house party in inner Sydney. (Balcony)



MELBOURNE - Firefighters believe they will have the last of several bushfires burning
in Victoria under control by lunch time today. (Bushfires Vic. Outseeking more)



MELBOURNE - Two men have been charged with car theft and one faces a charge of endangering
life following a police car chase in Melbourne's south-east last night. (Seaford)



MELBOURNE - A man missing in Victoria's northeast has been found tired and disoriented
after covering himself in bark to keep warm overnight. (Whitfield Found)



BRISBANE - A new development has come to light in the case of an abducted man found
with his ears cut off in bushland on the Gold Coast hinterland, police say. (Motorcycle.

N/L to come)



BRISBANE - An 18-year-old man has been bashed and robbed after his car broke down in
Gladstone, on the central Queensland coast. (Robbery)



BRISBANE - A 25-year-old man has been run over and killed while apparently lying on
the road in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland. (Toll Qld)



BRISBANE - A recognition of native title rights announced today will hand the Eastern
Kuku Yalanji people in far north Queensland a major role in managing 126,900 hectares
in the Daintree. (Native. Eds: Embargoed until 1100 AEDT today)



BRISBANE - The rail line between Brisbane and the Gold Coast has been reopened after
a death of man on the tracks earlier today. (Track lead)



ADELAIDE - Owners of a tourist retreat on SA's Kangaroo Island are preparing to defend
their property as three major bushfires continue to burn out of control. (Bushfires SA.

N/L to come)



ADELAIDE - Five South Australian high school students will travel to the World War
One battlefields of the Western Front to commemorate Anzac Day next year. (Anzac)

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