HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 23

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2006
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 23

HONIARA - A member of the Solomon Islands parliament has been arrested after allegedly
breaching the lock-down curfew over the capital Honiara, police say. (Solomon Arrests)

HONIARA - A Chinese businessman fleeing violence-stricken Honiara says Australia should
be doing more to help the traumatised ethnic community. (Solomons Chinese)



CANBERRA - Australia is sending more troops and patrol boats to the troubled Solomon
Islands, Defence Minister Brendan Nelson says. (Solomons Nelson)

SYDNEY - Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says the Solomon Islands must strengthen
its legal institutions to deal with corruption. (Solomons Downer)

TO COME: Solomons Nightlead, Solomons Aust Nightlead to come



CANBERRA - The widow of an Australian soldier killed in Iraq has been invited to help
draft the terms of reference for a military inquiry into how he died, Defence Minister
Brendan Nelson says. (Iraq Aust Nelson. See also Iraq Aust Downer)

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard says the invitation to Jawad al-Maliki to form
a new Iraqi government is a welcome step towards securing stability. (Iraq Howard)

Iraq Aust Nightlead to come



SYDNEY - Hundreds of women who served as fire fighters while men were away at war are
forgotten heroes of World War II, a history researcher says. (Anzac Women)

Anzac Nightlead to come



BRISBANE - Residents of the remote north coastline and islands of Arnhem Land, in the
Northern Territory, are being warned to expect the worst brunt of category five Cyclone
Monica. (Monica 3rd Daylead)

Monica Nightlead to come



SYDNEY - High property taxes are pushing home ownership out of reach for many low to
middle income families, according to the nation's peak building industry body. (Property
Tax on finance wire)



CANBERRA - Family and Community Services Minister Mal Brough has called on his state
counterparts to do more to improve standards in child care centres. (Child Brough)

Child Nightlead to come



MELBOURNE - Liberal MP Petro Georgiou has fought off an internal challenge to win preselection
for the blue-ribbon Melbourne seat of Kooyong. (Georgiou Result Lead (Pix available))

Georgiou Nightlead to come



MELBOURNE - Scientists have discovered a bacteria-fighting compound 100 times more
effective than penicillin - in wallaby milk. (Wallaby)

Wallaby Nightlead to come



GOLD COAST - The long-running reality television series, Big Brother, launches its
sixth season tonight. (Brother to come. See also factbox)



LONDON - One of the world's rarest and most ancient trees, Australia's Wollemi pine,
has been planted in England as part of a worldwide conservation project. (UK Wollemi)



SYDNEY - Multiplex Group hopes to patch up some of the damage to its reputation over
its Wembley Stadium debacle in a major court battle set to begin in London on Tuesday.

(Multiplex)



PERTH - Wallaby star Matt Giteau has joined the Western Force in a three year deal,
the club has confirmed this morning, in a deal rumoured to be worth around $4.5 million.

(Super Force Giteau. Nightlead to come)

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