HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:00, April 12

AAP General News (Australia)
04-12-2004
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:00, April 12

MAJOR STORIES MOVED SINCE THE 14:45 NATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS



CANBERRA - Australia's rich are enjoying $8.2 billion in tax breaks every year at the
expense of programs for families, a new report has found. (Tax - embargoed)



PERTH - A Perth model who sold intimate details of her alleged affair with soccer star
David Beckham to a British tabloid has gone to ground, leaving her family devastated.

(UK Beckham Marbeck N/L. Pix available)



CANBERRA - Opposition Leader Mark Latham was unmoved today after the United States
government took the unusual step of formally rejecting his claims about the state of the
US-Australia alliance. (US Latham N/L)



CANBERRA - Fresh doubts have been raised over how long Australian troops will remain
in Iraq after Defence Minister Robert Hill admitted they were not committed for the full
rebuilding of the country. (Iraq Aust N/L)



MELBOURNE - The Victorian government should legislate to stop the matriarch of one
of Melbourne's most notorious crime families from profiting from a book, a victims of
crime group said today. (Moran N/L)



CANBERRA - Labor called on Treasurer Peter Costello today to immediately release a
Productivity Commission housing report supporting a review of tax breaks for property
investors. (Property)



BRISBANE - Queensland's new alcohol restrictions have engulfed another high-profile
victim, with the chairman of the Aboriginal Coordinating Council facing charges of breaching
the laws. (Booze)



MELBOURNE - A day before he pleads his case to the AFL, Essendon captain James Hird
today publicly apologised to field umpire Scott McLaren. (AFL Hird N/L)



MELBOURNE - Barbados sprinter Jason Hunte upset raging favourite Chris Tuohy to win
the historic Stawell Gift today. (Aths Gift 2nd N/L)



SYDNEY - Single mothers should ensure their sons have positive male role models so
they do not become violent towards them and others, the Australian Family Association
said today. (Parents)



SYDNEY - Deaths in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia today pushed the national
Easter road toll to 12. (Toll National N/L)



SYDNEY - The NSW Easter road toll was down on last year but people were still driving
like morons, police said today. (Toll NSW N/L)



SYDNEY - An eyewitness description of an alleged gunman may give NSW police their strongest
lead yet in their hunt for the killer of Sydney solicitor Tom Williams. (Williams N/L)



SYDNEY - Alzheimer's disease could be related to a deficiency of key nutrients such
as iron and Vitamin E, a new study has suggested. (Alzheimers)



SYDNEY - Los Angeles rockers Maroon 5 could have given up and would have been forgiven
for doing so. (Maroon)



CAIRNS, Qld - Police have defended the use of capsicum spray to subdue a man who later
collapsed and was today in a critical condition at Cairns Base Hospital. (Collapse N/L)



BRISBANE - A ban on serving troops making the annual pilgrimage to Gallipoli this Anzac
Day was a sad indictment of the times, Australian Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett said
today. (Gallipoli Democrats)



ADELAIDE - Two canoeists are trying to walk 50km across Lake Eyre in South Australia's
far north after an expedition went wrong. (Canoeists N/L)



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