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08-11-2000
NSW: The main stories in today s Sydney newspapers=2

THE AUSTRALIAN



Page 1: Reserve Bank warns that an electoral bidding war next year will be at the cost
of higher interest rates. Jobs growth a sign of economic times. Olympic fans to shell
out $3.50 for a Magnum or $3.30 a Cornetto.

Page 2: Labor's IVF conscious vote doomed as powerbrokers step up free vote action.

Corporal's death in East Timor triggers query on army issue rifle. One Nation registers
a comeback.

Page 3: Chinese businesswoman, Tina Liu, at the centre of the hunt for $100 million,
bet company money at casinos. Police fear for Mackay father and three children after going
camping on Wednesday and not returning. Woman who claims she was touched by Carlton Football
Club president John Elliott may press charges.

World: The love story of Eva Braun and Adolph Hitler is being told in storybook format
in a novel called Eva's Cousin. Al Gore's time has come. Hillary Clinton hopes Gore's
running mate, Joe Lieberman, will help her tap into Jewish votes.

Business: Pacific Dunlop will meet Goodyear to discuss closing local tyre plants. Coca-Cola
expects to increase sales in Australia, Oceania, Indonesia and South Korea this year.

North laments takeover by Rio Tinto as a sad day.

Sport: Karrie Webb will better Tiger's record if she wins the du Maurier Classic in
Canada. Australia's rivals undaunted at US trials even though the US swimmers didn't come
near Ian Thorpe's world record times.

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Diary addition for Wednesday, February 23, 2000

AAP General News (Australia)
02-23-2000
Diary addition for Wednesday, February 23, 2000

SYDNEY

1230 - Democrats Senator Natasha Stott Despoja will continue the campaign to have genetically
modified food labelled when she visits Orientation Week at the …

Qld: Application of tree clearing rules under fire from farmers

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-1999
Qld: Application of tree clearing rules under fire from farmers

By Barbara Adam

BRISBANE, Dec 21 AAP - Applications for five-year tree clearing permits for leasehold
land would be processed under tough new guidelines, no matter when they were lodged, the
Queensland government announced today.

The announcement angered the farming lobby, which had asked for applications to be
processed under the laws that were in place when the paperwork was filed.

The revised guidelines of the Vegetation Management Act, passed earlier this month,
will protect 30 per cent of original native vegetation on leasehold land from clearing.

Changes to leasehold land tree clearing laws came into effect last week.

Laws placing the same restrictions over freehold land will come into effect once a
compensation package for farmers is prepared.

Mr Beattie said today: "Those (leasehold tree clearing applications) still in the system
... will be subject to the new regulations - there is nothing unusual about that."

Queensland Farmers Federation (QFF) president Richard Armstrong said the government's
stand on the processing of applications was bad news for farmers.

Some of the applications for leasehold tree clearing permits had been lodged 12 months
ago, Mr Armstrong said.

"We don't believe that is the way a government should do business," he said.

"It's not open and honest and it's retrospective."

Mr Beattie said there had been a sharp increase in the number of applications for leasehold
tree clearing permits last month, covering a total of 120,000 hectares.

"That is an enormous amount of land when compared to the normal monthly average of
around 30,000 hectares," he said.

Opposition leader Rob Borbidge today renewed his pledge to rescind the new tree clearing
regulations if returned to government at the next election.

The Premier has promised to resolve the compensation package for farmers before proclaiming
the freehold tree clearing laws.

Mr Beattie is currently in a standoff with federal environment minister Robert Hill
over a $100 million compensation package for farmers affected by the new tree clearing
guidelines.

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FED: Lack of ideas main barrier to HIV vaccine: virologist

AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-1999
FED: Lack of ideas main barrier to HIV vaccine: virologist

SYDNEY, Aug 9 AAP - A lack of innovative ideas rather than funding was the greatest barrier
to developing a vaccine against HIV, a leading US virologist said today.

Researcher David Baltimore said in the United States there had been a massive injection of
funds to fight the virus.

Dr Baltimore said Microsoft founder Bill Gates had made a long-term commitment of more than
$US200 million for vaccine research, focusing on HIV but also including other diseases such as
malaria.

But he said the key to stopping HIV infection in humans remained elusive to scientists.

"At the research level we have exciting things happening but at the practical level we
don't have a lot to offer," he told a media conference after addressing the 11th International
Congress of Virology here.

"The greatest road block is new ideas. Over the next period of time we will see more
interesting and successful vaccines come along (but) we have a long way to go."

He said it was important researchers world wide were supported.

"We are dealing with the most important public health issue in the world," he said.

"Although we have put in massive amounts of money in the US, the right idea might come from
somebody who's working off in left field, in Tasmania, wherever."

AAP ls/bd/tsm/kr

KEYWORD: VIROLOGY HIV

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VIC: Autopsy to be conducted on body found in car boot

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-1999
VIC: Autopsy to be conducted on body found in car boot

MELBOURNE, Feb 13 AAP - An autopsy will be conducted today on the decomposing body of a
woman found in the boot of a car in Melbourne's north-west yesterday.

The car was last seen being driven earlier this month by Melbourne businesswoman Anita
Lesser, 48, who was reported missing by her business partner last Tuesday.

A police spokeswoman said no new information would be released until the autopsy was
completed, possibly this afternoon.

The body was discovered in the boot of a white two-door Mitsubishi Lancer at St Albans
Railway Station about 3.50pm.

Police earlier yesterday expressed fears for the safety of Ms Lesser, whose disappearance
without extra clothes or an explanation was described as out of character.

Ms Lesser, a former escort worker, was a partner in a chemical company at the time of her
disappearance on February 1.

Police have appealed to anyone who may have seen the white two-door car - registration OME
156 with the word Courier in blue paint on the side of the vehicle - to come forward.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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KEYWORD: LESSER (CARRIED EARLIER)

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Headlines on Wednesday's 0530 ABC 702 news

AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2012
Headlines on Wednesday's 0530 ABC 702 news

Main stories in Wednesday's 0530 ABC 702 news:

- The Greens say attempts by Australia's richest woman to get a greater share of Fairfax
should be a test case for media ownership laws.

- The Prime Minister will use a key speech today to outline Labor's plans for jobs creation.

- Russia has warned that a western-backed resolution on Syria to be considered by the
United Nations Security Council could lead to a civil war in the country.

- The opposition Syrian National Council has called for a day of mourning and anger
after almost 100 people died in spiralling violence ahead of the Security Council vote.

- In the US voting is underway in Florida in the biggest primary contest so far in
the Republican nomination race.

- The inaugural ACCTA awards have been announced in Sydney.

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KEYWORD: MONITOR 0530 ABC 702 SYDNEY

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QLD:15 are now dead in Qld flood disaster

AAP General News (Australia)
01-13-2011
QLD:15 are now dead in Qld flood disaster

BRISBANE, Jan 13 AAP - The official death toll from the Queensland flood disaster has
now reached 15, with the discovery of another body in the Lockyer Valley region, west
of …