HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 1

AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2008
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 1

WASHINGTON - Kevin Rudd has won praise from Democratic presidential rivals Hillary
Clinton and Barack Obama as a leader who will promote the Australia-United States alliance
and be a force for good in the Asian region. (Rudd Nightlead (Pix available))

CANBERRA - Homebuyers have received a minor reprieve with the Reserve Bank of Australia
(RBA) leaving its key official interest rate unchanged after today's monthly board meeting.

(Rates RBA. ECONOMY (Nightlead to come)

ADELAIDE - Child sexual abuse is widespread, reporting rates are low and the effects
can be devastating and last a lifetime, a report into the sexual abuse of children in
South Australia has found. (Abuse. N/L to come, with reaction, possible sidebars and factboxes.)

SYDNEY - The grocery industry is long overdue for reform and shoppers deserve a better
understanding why food prices continue to rise in Australia, the Australian Consumers
Association (ACA) says. (Grocery. N/L to come)

CANBERRA - The federal government has begun delivering on a pre-election promise to
deliver an additional 450,000 training places aimed at countering Australia's skills crisis.

(SKILLS to come)

TROWBRIDGE - A lawyer for Australia's first serviceman killed in Iraq hopes the British
inquest into his death serves as a warning to airmen considering transferring to the Royal
Air Force. (UK Pardoel Nightlead. 2nd N/L to come tonight after inquiry resumes.)

SYDNEY - Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson's listening tour of Australia is a thinly-veiled
attempt to shore up his own position at the head of the Liberal party, Leader of the House
of Representatives Anthony Albanese says. (Listening. N/L to come.)

SYDNEY - A new internet search engine will deliver tomorrow's news today, airline passengers
willing to stand can buy cheap "no chair fares", and the Pope will celebrate a mass for
gays in Australia, according to reports on the one day of the year when the date is as
important as the story. (FOOL N/L to come)

DARWIN - Dots of blood could help police catch two thieves who stole seven Aboriginal
paintings worth more than half a million dollars from a museum in Darwin. (Gallery. N/L
to come.)

SYDNEY - The number of debts referred for collection rose 12 per cent in 2007, as the
global credit crunch and tougher business environment began to affect repayments, a new
survey shows. (DB Default)

SYDNEY - Left-arm wrist-spinner Beau Casson has been rewarded for a strong domestic
season by being called up to the Australian squad for the Test tour of the West Indies.

(Cricket Aust Lead. Nightlead and sidebars to come.)

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