National Newslist for Monday, April 21, 2008

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04-21-2008
National Newslist for Monday, April 21, 2008
Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff
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NATIONAL:
SUMMIT
- Kevin Rudd says the hard work now begins of deciding which ideas from the 2020 summit
will be implemented and which will be discarded; says "healthbook" idea is practical but
needs to be foolproof.

- Co-chair Glyn Davis says ignoring new ideas from the summit would be politically risky for govt.

- Summiteer, actor Rhys Muldoon, says critics should reserve comment until Rudd has had
time to review the ideas.

- Monarchists say summit was stacked with pro-republicans, liken republic vote to Robert
Mugabe's Zimbabwe elections.

OLY08 FLAME
- Route for the Canberra leg of the torch relay unveiled; will go within 100m of Chinese
embassy but not directly past it.

- Rudd unsure whether Chinese Olympic personnel will run alongside the torch in Canberra,
but says they won't be playing a security role.

- Gill Hicks, who lost both legs in the 2005 London bombings, will carry the Olympic torch
in Canberra.

ECONOMY
- ABS Producer Price Index for March quarter.

OTHERS
- Fuel giant Exxon Mobil tells Garnaut review that petrol prices could rise by 17 cents
a litre and gas by 30 per cent under emissions trading scheme.

- South Korea resumes imports of US beef - what does this mean for Australian farmers?

- National health policy roundtable, 1330.

- Peter Garrett and GetUp executive director Brett Solomon to launch new single inspired
by apology to stolen generations.

- Former US assistant secretary of state James A Kelly at ANU seminar.

- Unions call for reassurance over job security and asbestos compensation amid speculation
James Hardie will close its Australian operations.

ENTERTAINMENT:
- SBS to present new-look brand across all platforms (1230 AEST).

- ASTRA Awards and red carpet in Sydney (from 1845)

COURTS:
SYDNEY - Swimmer Nick D'Arcy to face court over assault of Simon Cowley.

SYDNEY - Trial of Robert Farmer for attempted murder of Lauren Huxley continues.

SYDNEY - Sentence of Michael Ibrahim for manslaughter of brother of Fat Pizza actor.

MELBOURNE - Supreme Court trial continues for Evangelos Goussis, charged with the murder
of Lewis Moran in the Brunswick Club in 2004.

MELBOURNE - Supreme court trial of 12 men accused facing various terrorism related charges
continues.

MELBOURNE - Man arrested over shooting incident last night to face court.

CANBERRA - HIV-positive male prostitute Hector Scott in court.

SYDNEY:
- Morris Iemma and Andrew Scipione announcement on air safety.

- World Youth Day events in July will reportedly cost NSW taxpayers $86 million in transport,
accommodation, traffic management, security and emergency medical workers; Lee Rhiannon
media conference at 1100 AEST.

- Two-year-old boy in pyjamas found wandering through foyer of inner-Sydney hotel.

- Up to 60 taxis will ferry war veterans in a VIP motorcade to the CBD on Anzac Day, with
a 100-year-old digger in the lead car.

- Head-on car crash that killed female police officer and left her policeman fiance in
hospital with spinal fractures happened the day after the couple were engaged.

MELBOURNE:
- Dredging of Melbourne's Yarra River to start today as part of controversial $1 billion
Port Phillip Bay channel deepening project.

- Vic govt considers aligning Catholic and state school systems.

- Govt to make announcement on taxis.

- New website set up for Melbourne residents to check how long it takes ambulances to
respond to incidents in their suburbs.

- Police investigate death of man in an underground carpark.

- Geoff Polites, US-based chief executive of Jaguar and Land Rover, dies in Melbourne
during visit to his hometown for the birth of his first grandchild.

BRISBANE:
- State cabinet to meet. Expect press conference this afternoon.

- Teachers union to discuss stop-work campaign over remote accommodation.

- Military inquiry resumes into death of Private Ashley Baker in East Timor.

- Unions to meet with Fisher and Paykel over factory closure.

- Unions seeking meeting with government over private involvement in running public schools.

ADELAIDE:
- SA govt says it's gaining traction with campaign to lure Brits to move to Adelaide.

PERTH:
- Alan Carpenter will lead state trade and investment delegation to Russia.

- Cyclone watch issued for Christmas Island as tropical low heads towards it.

FINANCE:
ECONOMICS NEWS:
SYDNEY - Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Producer Price Indexes data for March quarter.

SYDNEY - ABS sales of New Motor Vehicles for March.

SYDNEY - Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) report on Reform of Australia's Payments System:
Preliminary Conclusions of the 2007/08 Review.

SYDNEY - Australian Office of Financial Management announces details of Treasury bond tender.

EQUITIES NEWS:
SYDNEY - Australia's second biggest supermarket owner Wesfarmers Ltd plans to raise $2.5
billion in an equity to help refinance a bridging facility set up to acquire retailer
Coles Group.

SYDNEY - Qantas Airways is to form an engine maintenance joint venture with repair organisation
Lufthansa Technik AG in an effort to increase its access to international customers.

MELBOURNE - Beconwood Securities vs ANZ Banking Group in Federal Court of Australia.

ROUTINERS:
Stocks, Dollar, Credit.

SPORT:
SWIMMING
SYDNEY - Nick D'Arcy in Downing Centre Local Court on assault charge, 0930.

AFL
MELBOURNE - Wrap of AFL news
MELBOURNE - Tribunal and injury updates

LEAGUE
SYDNEY - Wrap of NRL news
SYDNEY - Judiciary and injury updates
NRL round 6 match:
CANBERRA - Canberra Raider v Melbourne Storm, Canberra Stadium, 1900.

RUGBY
SYDNEY - Wrap of Super 14 news

NETBALL
BRISBANE - Qld Firebirds v Auckland Mystics, Brisbane Convention Centre, 1900.

CHRISTCHURCH - Canterbury Flames v Otago Southern Steel, Westpac Centre, 1700 AEST.

SOCCER
SYDNEY - Olyroos coach Graham Arnold teleconference on Olympic soccer draw, 1100.

BASKETBALL
BEIJING - Aust v Cuba women's Olympic Test event, 2200 AEST.

MOTORSPORT
LONG BEACH, California - Australian driver Will Power won the final race of the Champ
Car World Series on the streets of Long Beach.

RACING
SYDNEY - Looking ahead to Derby-Doncaster day at Randwick on Saturday
MELBOURNE - Looking ahead to Friday's VRC St Leger at Flemington

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