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HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:00, Dec 21


AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2003
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:00, Dec 21

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard called for more housing land to be released as
the debate over how to make homes cheaper heated up today. (Housing Nightlead)

CANBERRA - A refugee group has questioned the credentials of one of the men being sent
to Nauru to help end a hunger strike by 35 detainees. (Detention)

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard favours a multiple choice package of options
over paid maternity leave as the centrepiece of his government's long-awaited "work and
family" election campaign policy. (Maternity)

CANBERRA - Australian restaurants and motels are feeling the pinch from the drought
as prices for red meat continue to climb. (Meat)

CANBERRA - Australia's pursuit of bilateral trade deals could end up costing the nation's
companies in costly red tape, a new report has found. (Trade - embargoed)

MELBOURNE - Former left wing unionist and former communist John Halfpenny, who died
in Hobart yesterday, was praised by labour leaders and politicians today as a true working
class hero. (Halfpenny Nightlead. See also Obit)

SYDNEY - A service station attendant obeyed the demands of armed robbers only to be
stabbed repeatedly in the back and left to die. (Attendant Nightlead)

SYDNEY - The survival of Czech tourist Zuzana Stevichova was today labelled extraordinary
by rescuers who spent four days searching for her in rugged terrain in the NSW Snowy Mountains.

(Czech Nightlead)

MELBOURNE - After four years fighting unsuccessfully to win refugee status in Australia,
the Kadem family were desperate to be finally heading home to Iraq. (Kadem )

SYDNEY - Over-cautious doctors may be cutting moles and raised freckles out of young
Australian women at unnecessarily high rates, a new study has found. (Lesions)

SYDNEY - Seriously ill and injured Australian travellers have suffered difficulties
and delays in obtaining urgent medical treatment despite holding adequate travel insurance.

(Evacuation)

SYDNEY - While blasts from the past caused some volatility on global equity markets
this week, economists remain confident that major indices will continue to rise into the
new year. (Markets Preview)

RYE - Peter Lonard won the Australian Open golf championship with a typically solid
performance at Moonah Links today. (Golf Aust Lead)

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