HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 15:30, April 2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-02-2000
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 15:30, April 2

CANBERRA - Paul Keating was a politically dead former prime minister trying to maintain
relevance and "would be better off walking naked down the street", East Timorese Nobel
laureate Jose Ramos-Horta said today. (Keating Horta Lead)



CANBERRA - East Timor and its people would have been abandoned to their fate if Paul
Keating was still prime minister, his successor John Howard said today. (Howard Keating)



CANBERRA - It was dubious whether East Timor could ever reconcile itself, let alone
rebuild, as a result of violence after its independence vote, former prime minister Paul
Keating said today. (Timor Keating. Also see Keating Asia, Republic Keating)

Timor Aust N/L to come



CANBERRA - Interest groups taking human rights complaints overseas had contributed
to a government decision to review Australia's relationships with the entire UN committee
system, a senior minister said today. (UN Mandatory Newman. Also see Mandatory Brown)



CANBERRA - Likening the stolen generation of Aboriginal children to victims of the
Holocaust was disgraceful, federal Family and Community Affairs Minister Jocelyn Newman
said today. (Stolen Newman)

Mandatory N/L to come



CANBERRA - The federal government would trial programs for particular groups of welfare
recipients aimed at getting them into work, Family and Community Affairs Minister Jocelyn
Newman said today. (Welfare)

Welfare N/L to come



BRISBANE - Doctors are falling down in their duty to notify health authorities about
infectious diseases, a study showed. (Diseases)



ADELAIDE - Paramedic Pat Stevenson is a reluctant hero. (Rescue Pat)



MELBOURNE - Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd could fork out as much as $1 billion for
a stake in Air New Zealand, Qantas chief executive James Strong hinted today. (Qantas)



MELBOURNE - Australian resources giant BHP Co Ltd today said it was on the lookout
for offshore acquisitions to bolster its petroleum operations, with United States' targets
heading the wish list. (BHP)



MELBOURNE - All eyes will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) this week, with
another interest rate hike by Australia's central bank on the cards. (MARKETS PREVIEW
to come)



HAMILTON, New Zealand - The Australian opening partnership failed again today when
Michael Slater was out cheaply in the third Test against New Zealand in Hamilton. (Cricket
Aust. N/L and sidebars to come)



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