HIGHLIGHTS AAP National wire at 15:30 April 18, 1999.

AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-1999
HIGHLIGHTS AAP National wire at 15:30 April 18, 1999.

CANBERRA - On the eve of the Senate GST debate tomorrow, Prime Minister John Howard said he
was hopeful rather than over-confident of getting the government's tax reforms through
parliament. (TAX HOWARD. Also see TAX CREAN. TAX NIGHTLEAD to come.)



CANBERRA - Allegations by a senior Yugoslav official that two Australian aid workers were
guilty of spying were a disturbing development, Prime Minister John Howard said today. (KOSOVO
HOWARD)



CANBERRA - Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser says he is confident he will be granted a
visa to enter Yugoslavia and argue for the release of two Australian aid workers being held
there. (KOSOVO CARE FRASER. KOSOVO CARE N/L to come.)



SYDNEY - A father's three-day bedside vigil ended today when his "miracle baby", delivered
as her mother lay dying from a gunshot wound, lost her fight for life. (SHOT NIGHTLEAD)



ADELAIDE - The body of a woman lay unnoticed in the front garden of an old police station
until last night, despite a 000 emergency number call to police six days ago which could have
led them to it. (GARDEN NIGHTLEAD)



MELBOURNE - A snatched kiss from another man's girlfriend sparked a savage bashing which
left a man dead in a Melbourne nightclub early today. (CLUB LEAD. N/L to come.)



CANBERRA -Prime Minister John Howard had breached his ministerial code by lying in a
televised address about income tax levels in Australia, opposition treasury spokesman Simon
Crean said today. (TAX OECD. LEAD to come.)



SYDNEY - More poultry farms are being tested for Newcastle disease after a deadly outbreak
was found on three properties on the New South Wales central coast. (NEWCASTLE)



BRISBANE - Queensland farmers fear the state's multi-billion dollar rural industry could be
destroyed by exotic diseases brought in by illegal boat people. (BOAT DISEASES)



CANBERRA - The Indonesian government and its military must act decisively to stop the
violence in East Timor, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today (INDON TIMOR DOWNER. Also
see INDON TIMOR HOWARD and INDON TIMOR BRERETON. INDON TIMOR AUST N/L to come.)

BRISBANE - Doctors have reported Australia's first successful pregnancy following a
combined pancreas and kidney transplant. (TRANSPLANT)



LONDON - The Australian government has begun negotiations with Britain and Buckingham
Palace for Prince William to attend the Sydney Olympic Games, it was reported today. (OLY
ROYALS)



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