Highlights of the AAP National wire at 20:30 Dec 9, 1998.

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-1998
Highlights of the AAP National wire at 20:30 Dec 9, 1998.

MAJOR ITEMS MOVED ON THE AAP NATIONAL WIRE SINCE THE 1530 HIGHLIGHTS:

ADELAIDE - Mark Waugh and Shane Warne today apologised for plunging Australian cricket into
its biggest crisis in 20 years. (CRICKET BRIBES NIGHTLEAD, see also CRICKET BRIBES REACTION
N/L to come)

Also see CRICKET BRIBES MPS, CRICKET BRIBES VIEW, CRICKET BRIBES WARNE, CRICKET BRIBES
PRESS, CRICKET BRIBES PAK N/L, CRICKET BRIBES CROMPTON, CRICKET BRIBES SALIM, CRICKET BRIBES
BACKGROUNDER, CRICKET BRIBES STEWART N/L, CRICKET BRIBES MAY, CRICKET BRIBES QUOTES, CRICKET
BRIBES TAYLOR, CRICKET BRIBES ENGEL, CRICKET BRIBES CHRONOLOGY, CRICKET BRIBES CENTREBET,
CRICKET BRIBES HUGHES)



SYDNEY - Unions today threatened industrial action affecting Qantas and Ansett flights,
mail deliveries and Centrelink welfare offices during the Christmas season. (XMAS STRIKES)

BRISBANE - Australia Post was committed to reaching an enterprise bargaining agreement
(EBA) with Queensland postal workers this month and there was no threat of a strike disrupting
Christmas mail deliveries, a spokesman said tonight. (XMAS POST N/L)

MELBOURNE - Plans for a strike that would have halted Ansett flights on Friday are on hold
after a coalition of 12 unions and the company agreed to a week of talks before the Australian
Industrial Relations Commission. (ANSETT PAY N/L)



PERTH - Cyclone Thelma edged towards the northern tip of Western Australia tonight, sending
Aboriginal and pearling communities racing for shelter after it ripped a destructive path
through the Tiwi Islands overnight. (THELMA N/L, see also THELMA OPERATOR, THELMA OILFIELDS)



CANBERRA - A controversial air traffic experiment has been abandoned after safety
investigators today blamed it for two near misses and identified critical safety issues.
(AIRSPACE N/L)



CANBERRA - The federal government today acknowledged some companies were lifting the cost
of leasing a car in anticipation of the GST. (TAX N/L, see also TAX RETIREES, TAX BANKS, TAX
ARTS)



CANBERRA - The federal government today tried to embarrass Labor over its stance on the
proposed 30 per cent private health insurance rebate, dredging up comments by former health
minister Carmen Lawrence. (INSURANCE N/L, see also INSURANCE LAWRENCE)



MELBOURNE - Former Victorian Trades Hall Council secretary John Halfpenny falsely claimed
more than $26,000 in workers compensation while earning almost $60,000 as a consultant, a
court heard today. (HALFPENNY N/L)



SYDNEY - Thieves stole a rare set of Norman Lindsay artworks valued at almost $60,000 in a
pre-dawn raid in Sydney today which was over in less than a minute. (LINDSAY N/L)



CANBERRA - Signs of a dip in consumer confidence emerged today despite last weeks interest
rate cut and a day ahead of employment figures expected to reveal a rising jobless rate.
(ECONOMY N/L, see also ECONOMY RBA, HOUSING N/L, HOUSING ECONOMISTS, OIL)



MELBOURNE - A Melbourne business syndicate which bought Poppy Kings failing business will
make the lipstick queen chief executive of the new company. (POPPY)



MELBOURNE - Former US PGA champion Steve Elkington revealed today that the International
Team had virtually ruled themselves out of playing the 1998 Presidents Cup if it was again
held in the United States. (GOLF PRESIDENTS N/L, GOLF PRESIDENTS NICKLAUS, GOLF PRESIDENTS
BONDING, GOLF PRESIDENTS VENUE, GOLF AUST SENIOR, GOLF AUST N/L)



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