Highlights of the AAP National wire at 15:30 = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-1999
Highlights of the AAP National wire at 15:30 = 2

CANBERRA - Australia's economy would grow at more than three per cent in 1999/2000,
Treasurer Peter Costello said today. (ECONOMY COSTELLO to come, see also LOANS, ECONOMY
CONSUMER, ECONOMY N/L to come)



CANBERRA - One Nation's first senator today demanded that all migrants assimilate, saying
multiculturalism would destroy Australia. (MAIDEN HARRIS. Also to come: MAIDEN TCHEN, MAIDEN
N/L)



CANBERRA - No final decision had been made on a proposed 30 per cent company tax rate,
Prime Minister John Howard said today. (TAX HOWARD, see also TAX BEAZLEY, TAX N/L to come)



CANBERRA - The economic growth rate could make it more difficult for Australia to reach
greenhouse gas emissions levels it agreed to at the 1997 Kyoto conference, Environment
Minister Robert Hill said today. (GREENHOUSE to come)



CANBERRA - A proposed insurance scheme to protect worker entitlements should go very close
to paying out every dollar owed, Opposition Leader Kim Beazley said today. (OAKDALE 2ND D/L)



SYDNEY - The Danish architect who designed the Sydney Opera House is to finally have his
say on the interior of the building more than 30 years after he resigned from the project.
(OPERA)



SYDNEY - New South Wales Fire Brigades management was risking lives by refusing to roster
on all available personnel during the current work bans, the firefighters' union said today.
(FIREFIGHTERS)



SYDNEY - Four heroin addicts died after dropping out of a one-year trial of the anti-heroin
drug naltrexone, but 60 per cent were clean after six months on the program. (HEROIN
NALTREXONE N/L)



SYDNEY - Pierce Brosnan today confirmed he would renew his licence to kill in a fourth
James Bond film. (BROSNAN BOND)



SYDNEY - Smoking will be banned in spectator areas inside Olympic or Paralympic venues next
year under a policy approved by SOCOG today. (OLY SMOKING, see also OLY MAYOR)



MELBOURNE - The Kennett government today scored a win when the Victorian Court of Appeal
blocked the release of documents that detail the competing bids for Melbourne's casino,
overturning a tribunal's decision. (CASINO VIC LEAD, also to come CASINO VIC KENNETT, CASINO
VIC N/L)



MELBOURNE - A shortage of beds in Melbourne public hospitals has become critical, with
patients waiting up to three days on trolleys in emergency departments. (HOSPITALS VIC, see
also HOSPITALS KENNETT, HOSPITALS N/L to come)



MELBOURNE - The snail-mail myth is dead - Australia Post today posted its best performance
in 10 years with more than 94 per cent of standard letters being delivered early or on time.
(POST)



MELBOURNE - A drill operator today told an inquest into the death of a workmate on a
tollway construction site that he believed the young man could have been rescued. (OCONNOR)



MELBOURNE - A Victorian trucking company convicted today for poor safety systems placed
unrealistic expectations on its drivers who used amphetamines to keep their jobs, the
WorkCover Authority said. (WATSON LEAD)



BRISBANE - Victorian food processor SPC Ltd was today considering legal action against
Peter Beattie over his call for a boycott of the company, saying the Queensland Premier was
"ethically corrupt". (PINEAPPLES to come)



BRISBANE - One Nation Queensland Senator Len Harris has postponed a motion calling on
politicians to provide proof they had no allegiance to a foreign country. (NATION)



BRISBANE - Queensland researchers are recruiting asthmatics and elderly people suffering
from the 'flu for further trials of the anti-influenza drug zanamivir. (INFLUENZA)



BRISBANE - Tourists have stolen so many male clusters dangling from the seven life-like
statues of bulls in Rockhampton, the mayor has decided to auction a complete set of spares to
aid charity. (TESTICLES)



DARWIN - A member of the stolen generation today recalled the "flogging of her life" as a
teenager living on a mission in Darwin which has left her breast permanently scarred. (STOLEN)



ADELAIDE - A vocal crowd of about 8,000 people rallied here today to protest against the
federal government's so-called "second wave" of workplace reforms. (INDUSTRIAL SA)



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