HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 15:30, April 10

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2001
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 15:30, April 10



CANBERRA - Top swimming coach Gennadi Touretski has been charged with possession of
anabolic steroids and suspended from the elite Australian Institute of Sport. (Touretski.

Nightlead to come.)



CANBERRA - Three Ansett aircraft could remain grounded until after Easter after the
discovery of serious cracks, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) said today. (Ansett
CASA. N/L to come.)



SYDNEY - A student at a New South Wales high school planned to kill several students
and teachers, according to details contained in his "massacre" diary, state parliament
was told today. (Massacre. N/L to come.)



CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard today defended the centenary of federation celebrations
planned for Melbourne and said the $3 million cost was reasonable. (Sitting Howard)



CANBERRA - Laotian authorities would have already laid charges against an Australian
couple if a strong enough case existed against them, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander
Downer said today. (Laos Danes Aust. N/L to come.)



CANBERRA - Economic growth in Australia may slow to one per cent this year, while unemployment
is already worsening, a senior economist at the country's leading bank said today. (ECONOMY
NAB. N/L to come.)



CANBERRA - The identity of the new governor-general would be announced in plenty of
time for the person chosen to prepare for the post, the Prime Minister said today. (Governor
General)



PERTH - Police who searched Lang Hancock's house on the day he died took away a blue
bag found in a kitchen cupboard, a gardener who worked at the house told a Perth inquest
today. (Hancock. N/L to come)



SYDNEY - Forget the image of teenagers and twenty-somethings being footloose and fancy
free - Australia's young women may party hard but they are the most stressed in the country.

(Women)



BRISBANE - Many young men saw university as a "girl thing" and "uncool for boys", according
to a survey released today. (Gender )



MELBOURNE - The central bank had cut rates quickly since February because the because
downside risks to the economy had increased, the central bank said today. (RBA to come.)



SYDNEY - Bill Harrigan was retained today as a top grade National Rugby League referee
despite being found at fault for a sin bin blunder on the weekend. (League Harrigan)



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