Highlights of the AAP National wire at 15:30 Aug 18, 1999

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-1999
Highlights of the AAP National wire at 15:30 Aug 18, 1999

CANBERRA - Republicans were today boosted by a qualified endorsement from Australian
cricket captain Steve Waugh for the Yes case at November's referendum. (REPUBLIC WAUGH, see
also REPUBLIC ALSTON, REPUBLIC HAYDEN, REPUBLIC NIGHTLEAD to come)



CANBERRA - The Turkish community in Australia is waiting for news of family and friends who
may be victims of the massive earthquake in their homeland. (QUAKE TURKEY AUST SECOND DAYLEAD,
see also QUAKE TURKEY APPEAL, QUAKE TURKEY HAKINS, QUAKE TURKEY BEAZLEY to come, QUAKE TURKEY
AUST N/L to come. Also see extensive coverage on world wire)



BRISBANE - Pauline Hanson's One Nation party may lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in
election funding after a court decision today found its leadership committed electoral fraud.
(NATION SHARPLES LEAD, see also NATION APPEAL, NATION SHARPLES FOLEY, NATION FEDERAL, NATION
BEATTIE)



MELBOURNE - Federal Court judge Ron Merkel has asked to be removed from hearing a crucial
appeal over a big native title claim in northern Victoria and southern New South Wales. (YORTA
JUDGE, see also YORTA D/L, YORTA RALLY, YORTA N/L to come)



PERISHER - Police are satisfied that two hot spots picked up by thermal imaging in the
search for four missing snowboarders in the Snowy Mountians are wildlife. (SNOWBOARDERS 3RD
D/L, see also SNOWBOARDERS NIXON, SNOWBOARDERS SHOVEL, SNOWBOARDERS N/L to come)



MELBOURNE - Outgoing ACTU secretary Bill Kelty is coy about his future but has ruled out
three possibilites - running a gardening, clothing or hairdressing store. (KELTY CONFERENCE
LEAD, see also KELTY HAWKE, KELTY HUBBARD, KELTY COOMBS, KELTY KENNETT, KELTY N/L to come)



CANBERRA - The federal government will next week introduce urgent legislation to provide a
$6.3 million entitlement payout for the 125 Oakdale miners sacked in June. (OAKDALE 2ND D/L,
see also OAKDALE COUNCIL, OAKDALE PINNOCK, OAKDALE BRADDY, OAKDALE REITH, OAKDALE UNION,
OAKDALE BEAZLEY. To come: OAKDALE N/L, OAKDALE ANALYSIS, OAKDALE PRECEDENT)



PERTH - A missing US adventurer may have been avoiding his rescuers as part of a spiritual
quest in the West Australian desert, police said today. (CYCLIST to come)



SYDNEY - Australia's population has reached 19 million, but the nation's annual growth rate
remains among the lowest in the world. (POPULATION, N/L to come)



SYDNEY - Quality Australian art is fetching even higher prices than it did during the
excesses of the 1980s. The big difference now is who is doing the buying. (ART to come, see
also CHRISTIES D/L)



SYDNEY - The Reserve Bank of Australia had seen no need to change official interest rates
since last December, the central bank said in its quarterly statement today. (ECONOMY RBA to
come)



SYDNEY - Wine and packaging company Southcorp Ltd is looking for wine acquisitions after
today reporting a lower profit for 1998/99 (SOUTHCORP to come)



MELBOURNE - There may be two rounds to play in the AFL season but the eight finalists have
already been decided according to punters. (AFL FINAL EIGHT, see also AFL DEMONS to come, AFL
N/L to come)



Also see EMBARGOED list of BRAVERY AWARDS and stories BRAVERY SHOTGUN, BRAVERY CHEA,
BRAVERY SMITH and, to come: HEROIN



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