HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2010
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30

CANBERRA - Consumers appear to have shunned shops and cafes during October, and even
before the hefty rise in mortgage rates the following month, new data released on Thursday
suggests. (Economy Update)

Economy Wrap to come



SYDNEY - The launch of the revamped MySchool website has been pushed back until 2011
because of inaccurate financial data about independent schools, the federal government
says. (MySchool Update with video)

BRISBANE - Julia Gillard will hold her first community cabinet in Queensland on Thursday
in the only marginal seat Labor managed to hold in the state at the last election. (Gillard
Cabinet)

Federal Wrap and Gillard Cabinet Wrap to come



CANBERRA - A battle is looming between credit unions and the big banks as the federal
government prepares measures to establish a fifth pillar for the banking sector. (Banks
Update)

MELBOURNE - Australians need to be able to easily switch accounts between banks to
take advantage of better deals if a "fifth pillar" of banking is created, a newly-formed
advocacy group says. (Banks Integrity)



AUCKLAND - A jet engine, flown in from Australia, has been fired up in a bid to smother
a blaze in a New Zealand mine so crews can begin to recover the bodies of 29 men entombed
underground. (NZ Mine)

See also NZ Mine Service

NZ Mine Wrap to come on world wire



LOS ANGELES - North Carolina police have confirmed DNA taken from human remains found
near a river bank last month match 10-year-old Australian girl Zahra Baker. (US Zahra
on world wire)



MELBOURNE - The Victorian Liberal-National coalition government has been officially
sworn in by state Governor David de Kretser at Government House. (PollVic Governor)

PollVic Wrap to come with pix and video



SYDNEY - MPs or their staff accessed nine sites containing sexually explicit images
of young people on their NSW parliamentary computers, an independent investigation has
found. (Porn NSW)

Porn NSW Wrap to come



SYDNEY - The production of child pornography has emerged as a "disturbing trend" in
Australia, police say. (Porn)



SYDNEY - A man who is believed to be one of the first punters to place a bet on an
allegedly rigged Bulldogs and Cowboys NRL game has been seen on CCTV footage. (League
Betting 2nd Update with pix and video)



SYDNEY - Agricultural chemicals supplier Nufarm Ltd says it expects operating profit
in the first half of 2010/11 to be $10-20 million, as it says its first quarter earnings
have been "well ahead" of the previous corresponding half. (Nufarm to come)



SYDNEY - Leighton Holdings Ltd subsidiary Thiess has won a $5.5 billion coal mine development
contract in India. (Leighton to come)



ZURICH, Switzerland - Bid boss Frank Lowy believes Australia's prospects of staging
the World Cup may have increased on the eve of the hosting announcement in Zurich. (WC22
Aust AM Update)



ADELAIDE - Paceman Mitchell Johnson has been dropped from Australia's side for the
second cricket Test against England. (Cricket Aust Update)

Cricket Aust Wrap to come



SYDNEY - Despite a heavy heart, rising Victorian golfer Matthew Griffin seized the
clubhouse lead with a flawless opening round at the Australian Open at The Lakes on Thursday.

(Golf Aust)

SYDNEY - Age may have wearied Greg Norman's enthusiasm for the practice tee, but he
remains a wonderful striker of the golf ball. (Golf Aust Norman with pix)

Golf Aust Wrap to come with pix

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