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

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

SYDNEY - Australia's stevedore company Patrick Corp Ltd has agreed to a revised takeover
bid by transport group Toll Holdings Ltd. (Patrick)

SYDNEY - Transport group Toll Holdings Ltd has increased its takeover offer for Patrick
Corp Ltd by up to $500 million to $5.81 billion to clinch its acquisition of the stevedore.

(Patrick Lead)

PATRICK Nightlead to come

CANBERRA - The federal government has indicated its tough new asylum policy is aimed
squarely at appeasing Indonesia, despite the prime minister denying he is pandering to
Jakarta. (Papua Daylead)

CANBERRA - Australia could breach its international obligations if it sends all asylum
seekers arriving by boat offshore, Amnesty International says. (Papua Second Daylead)

MELBOURNE - A Papuan man will use a Good Friday church service in Melbourne today to
describe the trauma he endured before escaping from Indonesia to seek asylum in Australia.

(Easter Papua. Seeking more)

PAPUA Nightlead to come

SYDNEY - A man has died in a head-on collision in northern NSW, bringing the national
Easter holiday road toll to four. (Toll National)

TOLL NATIONAL Nightlead to come. See also state-based sidebars.

MELBOURNE - Easter holidaymakers were spared an expected petrol price rise today, with
prices remaining steady across Melbourne. (Petrol VIC)

PETROL N/L to come

SYDNEY - Activists will today converge on Sydney's Holsworthy Army Barracks for the
start of a weekend-long protest against new hard-line refugee policies. (Villawood Daylead)

VILLAWOOD Nightlead to come

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard believed Iraq was rorting a UN aid program as
long as four years ago, but says he never suspected an Australian company was part of
the corruption. (AWB Daylead)

CANBERRA - A billboard depicting a bloody, crucified lamb has been refused space above
Sydney's roads this Easter, an animal rights group says. (Easter Mulesing to come)

SYDNEY - Easter Show expects huge numbers to attend its traditionally most busy day
on Good Friday (SHOW)

See also EASTER WRAP to come

MELBOURNE - Aboriginal protesters in Melbourne's Kings Domain say they are being targeted
by drunks and "provocateurs" after their tents were removed yesterday. (Tent Daylead)

TENT Nightlead to come

BRISBANE - Portable homes are to be transported to far north Queensland to help families
still struggling to find accommodation after Cyclone Larry. (Larry Daylead)

LARRY Nightlead to come

MELBOURNE - A rare collection of Australian rules football cards has been stolen from
the Carlton Football Club in Melbourne. (Cards)

CARDS Nightlead to come

BRISBANE - Rescue crews have resumed an air and sea search for a missing fisherman
in far north Queensland. (Search Daylead)

SEARCH Nightlead to come

BRISBANE - Food drops start in Queensland's Gulf region due to flooding. (Flood to come)

MELBOURNE - A P-Plater has been clocked driving more than 80 kilometres an hour over
the speed limit on a motorway in Melbourne's east. (Speed)

MELBOURNE - Police have urged drivers to slow down and be responsible after two p-plate
drivers were caught travelling well above the speed limit overnight. (Speed Lead)

SYDNEY - A fisherman who drowned in Newcastle harbour north of Sydney may have died
after becoming tangled in his boat's propellor, NSW police say. (Boat Lead)

MELBOURNE - Regional Victorians are more likely to volunteer, feel valued and safe
and take an active role in their communities than their city counterparts, a new study
shows. (Regional Vic)

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