Vic: Students die in road smash

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2000
Vic: Students die in road smash

MELBOURNE, Aug 14 AAP - Two 17 year-old girls were killed in a single-vehicle accident
at Omea in Victoria's north-east today.

An ambulance spokeswoman said the students had been returning from a ski trip when
their four-wheel-drive left the road and plunged into a creek about 9.35am (AEST).

She said the adult driver and another student suffered chest and shoulder injuries,
and were taken to Omeo Hospital for treatment.

No other details were available.

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Fed: Accommodation earnings up over $1 blln in Spt qtr

AAP General News (Australia)
02-24-2000
Fed: Accommodation earnings up over $1 blln in Spt qtr

New figures show hotels and motels had a bumper winter last year, pulling in more than
$1 billion between July and September.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show accommodation services, including
guest houses and apartments, raked in $1,078 million over the September quarter.

They're the strongest figures ever for the period and takings were eight per cent higher
than in 1998.

The bureau says earnings were up across all states and territories, with the number
of room nights also …

Mai stories in ABC Radio s AM program, Thurs Dec 23

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-1999
Mai stories in ABC Radio s AM program, Thurs Dec 23

SYDNEY, Dec 23 AAP - The main stories in today's 8am (AEDT) edition of the ABC's AM program:

* The head of the ANZ bank John McFarlane has warned that continued rises in the 30-day
bill rate might lead to a half percentage point hike in mortgage rates early in the new
year. Access Economics director Chris Richardson said this was just one of the signs inflation
was emerging in the economy again.

* BHP's fight over individual contracts in Western Australia will move to NSW today
as 6,700 workers walk off the job in Port Kembla. Two meetings are planned in Port Kembla
today to decide whether to shut the works down for 24 hours in protest. BHP said it would
not give in.

* A report on the MRI scanner scam is expected to be released today. It is expected
dozens of radiologists will be prosecuted. The Health Insurance Commission has been looking
into allegations that the radiologists used inside Budget information or backdated contracts
to obtain subsidies for the purchase of magnetic resonance imaging machines. Interview
with opposition health spokeswoman Jenny Macklin.

* The battle over land-clearing has shifted to Western Australia, where the Environment
Protection Authority has proposed a ban on clearing native vegetation. Farmers are calling
for the state or federal government to start paying compensation if the proposal is adopted.

* Melbourne radio station 3AW has suspended presenter Bruce Mansfield after allegations
that he gave interviews in exchange for free goods and services. The Age newspaper has
claimed Mr Mansfield received a free holiday to England worth $23,000 in exchange for
on-air mentions and interviews. Interview with 3AW station manager Graham Mott.

* The federal government is set to introduce new legislation to allow the army reserves
to serve overseas in combat, peacekeeping or emergencies for the first time since World
War Two. The former chief of the reserves, Major General Denis Luttrell, says special
measures will be needed to compensate employers. Interview with Mr Luttrell.

* Prime Minister John Howard and Treasurer Peter Costello have been branded Scrooges
by an international campaign for the cancellation of Third World debt. Australia is owed
$65 million. Jubilee 2000 is criticising Australia for not cancelling the debts owed by
Nicaragua, Ethiopia and Vietnam. Interview with Jubilee 2000 spokesman.

* There is growing fear in the US of terrorism linked to the New Year celebrations.

The US government has warned Americans overseas to avoid large crowds over the holiday
period. Domestically, the government is taking preventative action to try to stop any
terrorist activities that may be planned.

* The five Queensland MPs who broke away from the One Nation Party have formed a new
party called the City Country Alliance. Interview with parliamentary leader of One Nation,
Bill Feldman.

* Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock is taking his campaign against illegal immigrants
to the Middle East. Mr Ruddock will attempt to let people know that they are not welcome,
the trip is dangerous and they will not be able to stay indefinitely. Interview with Mr
Ruddock.

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VIC: Leak to delay City Link tunnel opening until January

AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-1999
VIC: Leak to delay City Link tunnel opening until January

Unions say water leaking into a tunnel has delayed the opening of a section of Melbourne's
long-awaited new tollway system until next year.

Victoria's Trades Hall Council says the leaks in City Link's southern tunnel, close to the
city centre, mean the section can't be opened until January.

Water has reportedly been leaking through the floor of the tunnel for some months, causing
the bitumen to lift.

Trades Hall spokesman BRIAN BOYD says water pressure will have to be stabilised before the
floor can be resurfaced.

He says two previous attempts failed, with the surface bubbling up and the water pressure
lifting it in a number of areas.

The tunnel is due to be opened in August.

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NSW: Jury told accused murderer is fit to plead

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-1999
NSW: Jury told accused murderer is fit to plead

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SYDNEY, Feb 15 AAP - An intellectually disabled man accused of murdering a woman told a
psychiatrist he had put on the bloodstained clothes of the real killer, a jury was told today.

Giving evidence in the New South Wales Supreme Court, psychiatrist Dr Brian Westmore said
Graham Mailes told him the killer had shown him the woman's body and then the men swapped
clothes.

The jury has to decide whether 25-year-old Mailes is fit to be tried on a charge of
murdering 19-year-old Kim Meredith, who was stabbed to death after she left a hotel at Albury
on March 23, 1996.

Justice Peter Newman told the jurors if the accused was not capable of understanding and
participating in the trial, there was a grave risk of unfairness and he was entitled to a fair
trial.

If Mailes was found unfit, the case would go to the Mental Health Review Tribunal.

Dr Westmore, called by the crown, said Mailes was moderately disabled, independently minded
and he believed fit to be tried.

Average intelligence was rated about an IQ of 100, give or plus 10, while Mailes had an IQ
of between 50 or 60.

In a police interview played to the court, Mailes said he ran into a friend called Tony on
the night in question.

As Tony was only wearing shorts he took him to a St Vincent's clothes bin to get proper
clothing so the man could get into a hotel.

The man did not want the black tracksuit pants which Mailes got out of the bin, so Mailes
gave him his shirt and jeans and wore the pants himself.

Mailes told Dr Westmore that when he left the hotel the man called him down an alley and
said 'look at this".

"It was a dead body, I said 'you are fucking crazy' and he said 'I done it", Mailes told
the psychiatrist.

"Before I walked off I took my clothes off him ... there was blood all over it ... I should
not have put them back on," he said.

The hearing is continuing.

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FED:Qantas lifts fares on all flights

AAP General News (Australia)
02-02-2012
FED:Qantas lifts fares on all flights

SYDNEY, Feb 2 AAP - Qantas has increased its fares on all domestic and international
routes in response to increased fuel costs and carbon pricing schemes in Australia and
Europe.

International fares booked in Australia will rise by as much as $60 and domestic fares
will rise by between $3 and $6.

Qantas says jet fuel is its biggest operational cost and average prices in the financial
year so far are at their highest level in three years.

"Higher jet fuel costs and carbon pricing will impact future ticket prices for Qantas
and Jetstar passengers travelling domestically and internationally," the airline group
said in a statement.

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QLD:Ingham expecting widespread damage

AAP General News (Australia)
02-03-2011
QLD:Ingham expecting widespread damage

BRISBANE, Feb 3 AAP - Ingham mayor Pino Giandomenico expects daybreak will reveal widespread
damage after Category Yasi unleashed its fury on the north Queensland coast.

Yasi made landfall at Mission Beach about midnight, about 100km north of Ingham, as
a category five storm, packing winds of up to 290km/h.

Mr Giandomenico, a veteran of several cyclones, said the ferocity of the cyclone was
frightening in Ingham but it was too soon to say what damage the town had sustained.

"I've been through about half a dozen cyclones and this is the first one that …