HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Dec 202010

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2010
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Dec 202010

PERTH - Residents of the West Australian town of Carnarvon remain on high alert despite
authorities reporting water levels are beginning to drop after the town's worst floods
in 50 years.



AUCKLAND - Gas levels at a New Zealand mine - where 29 men lay entombed - have risen
sharply, forcing an evacuation at the hillside site. (NZ Mine)

CANBERRA - Food manufacturer Sanitarium has been told to lift its game after dudding
customers with fruit cereals containing barely any fruit. (Sanitarium)

MELBOURNE - A woman was shot twice in the face and stabbed before her body was dumped
in bushland in Melbourne's outer east, the Melbourne Magistrates Court heard on Monday
(GIBSON WRAP to come, See also Gibson Updates).

MELBOURNE - Police have confirmed a senior constable has been suspended amid allegations
he had sex with a teenager who lodged a sexual misconduct complaint against AFL players.

(Suspended)

MELBOURNE - A six-year-old has foiled a burglar who picked the wrong home in Melbourne's
east. (Burglary)

MELBOURNE - Police hold grave fears for the safety of a missing teenage girl who suffers
from severe anorexia. (Anorexia)

MELBOURNE - Sexual Crime Squad detectives are searching for two men who sexually assaulted
a woman on the Frankston Beach boardwalk in the early hours of Melbourne Cup day. (Boardwalk)

MELBOURNE - A woman has died after her car collided with a truck at Timmering, in Victoria's
north-west. (TOLL VIC) Toll National Wrap to come

MELBOURNE - An increase in Chinese travellers through Melbourne Airport is expected
to continue in December, with three additional airlines operating direct daily flights.

(AIRPORT VIC)

ADELAIDE - Marathon Resources will get a new licence to explore for uranium in South
Australia's Flinders Ranges if it agrees to tougher conditions. (Marathon Wrap)

ADELAIDE - A serial paedophile, already serving an 18-year jail sentence, is facing
more jail time for another string of offences. (Cave)

SYDNEY - Almost $20 million worth of the drug ecstasy has been uncovered inside a van
in northern NSW. (Van)

SYDNEY - Police intelligence analyst Terry Gregoriou had a job compiling information
to help catch crooks, but now he will be serving a sentence for leaking documents to his
best mate - a bikie associate. (Gregoriou)

SYDNEY - NSW's AAA credit rating has been maintained, state Treasurer Eric Roozendaal
says. (Rating)

SYDNEY - People driving during the Christmas break have been urged to slow down, not
drink and drive, and take regular breaks, as police launch their annual holiday road blitz.

(Xmas Road)

SYDNEY - A man has fired a flare at a packed Sydney nightclub, narrowly missing a number
of revellers. (Flare)

SYDNEY - A woman was allegedly seven times over the legal drink-drive limit when she
was found slumped over her steering wheel on the NSW Central Coast on Sunday. (Drunk Update)

SYDNEY - A ute driver allegedly recorded almost five times the drink-drive limit after
swerving across lanes, mounting median strips and hitting a roundabout sign in Sydney's
west. (Drunk)

SYDNEY - A young woman has been grabbed off the street by three men who tried to sexually
assault her in the back of a van. (Assault)

SYDNEY - A spike in fraud and theft offences across Sydney in the lead up to Christmas
has sparked a security reminder from police. (Lightfingers)

SYDNEY - Shane Warne has again found himself in a spin, with the former test star's
social networking skills, or lack thereof, dashing hopes of another innings with Liz Hurley.

(Warne)

BRISBANE - A man has been jailed after bashing and robbing Indian students in two separate
incidents. (MAYEN to come)



BRISBANE - A new sentencing advisory council will ease community concerns about lenient
jail terms, the Queensland attorney general says. (SENTENCING to come)



BRISBANE - Indigenous hunters could be jailed for up to two years if they kill wildlife
in cruel ways. (Hunting)

BRISBANE - Two environmental activists have been fined over a "dangerous" protest stunt
on the roof of Queensland's Parliament House. (Smith)

BRISBANE - It's the symphonic equivalent of Mt Everest - a classical behemoth so complex
it's only been performed a handful of times. (GOTHIC)

BRISBANE - Queensland police are searching for a man who went missing in the Brisbane
River on Monday. (Missing)



PERTH - West Australian Health Minister Kim Hames must apologise to the family of a
16-year-old boy who died after being sent home from a hospital without seeing a doctor,
the state opposition says. (Allan)

DARWIN - The health clinic at the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu will
"in all likelihood" reopen soon after staff return to the troubled township. (Yuendumu)

DARWIN - The federal government has approved the master plan for Darwin International
Airport. (Airport NT Update)

DARWIN - One in every 63 drivers pulled over in the Northern Territory during Operation
Unite was over the limit, police say. (Unite NT)

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