HighLights of the AAP National Wire = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2010
HighLights of the AAP National Wire = 2

SYDNEY - Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is on the receiving end of another
dishonourable award, after being dubbed Australia's dumbest politician in a magazine survey.

(Poll10 Dumbest)

SYDNEY - The South Australian town of Penola is full of spirit and will bounce back
after a windstorm which caused widespread destruction on Sunday, says Australia's Ambassador
to the Holy See Tim Fischer. (McKillop Fischer)

SYDNEY - Grave fears are held for a six-year-old girl who may have been abducted from
her home in Sydney's west. (Kiesha Update with pix) Outwatching for more.

SYDNEY - A man has been shot dead in a park in Sydney's southwest. (Shooting) Outwatching
for more.

SYDNEY - A 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg at a train station in Sydney's west. (Station).

SYDNEY - A unique $284 million action plan will tackle homelessness at a regional level
right across NSW, the state government says. (Homeless)

MELBOURNE - Controversial but reclusive Australian art photographer Bill Henson is
set to reopen the debate which raged two years ago over his photographs of naked teenage
children. (Henson)

MELBOURNE - Two men have died in separate crashes on Melbourne roads on Sunday, spiking
the road toll to 21 more than at the same time last year. (Toll Vic)

MELBOURNE - About 250 shoppers and 20 workers were evacuated after a small fire broke
out in a department store in Melbourne's west. (Highpoint)

BRISBANE - With a name like Black Diamond, you'd expect a 1100 kilogram bull to have
expensive taste and favour champers rather than beer. (Bull)

BRISBANE - Work on the billion-dollar Gold Coast Rapid Transit project has officially
begun. (Transit)

MEDICAL

SYDNEY - Doctors who haven't taken a holiday in the last year and are working long
hours are far more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression, a study has found. (Doctors)

SYDNEY - Most patients with fragility fractures are unaware they are at risk of osteoporosis
risk, a new study has found. (Osteoporosis)

SYDNEY - Heavy drinkers are taking a toll on their colleagues, forcing them to work
longer and harder while costing the Australian economy over $400 million each year. (Booze)

ENTERTAINMENT (under E category)

MELBOURNE - The nationwide search for Mary MacKillop is over with acclaimed Australian
soprano Joanna Cole cast in the title role for the new musical MacKillop to be staged
in Sydney and Melbourne as part of the canonisation celebrations. (MacKillop to come)

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