HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, Dec 21

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2009
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, Dec 21

SYDNEY - Christmas cards and gifts posted after Monday may be trapped in industrial
limbo, as postal workers begin a strike on Tuesday that could last until Christmas Day.

(Posties)



MELBOURNE, Dec 21 AAP - They entered as one and left as two. (Conjoined Wrap)



MELBOURNE - A six-year-old Sudanese refugee boy has been killed, hit by a car while
playing in his front yard in Victoria's southeast. (Ryan Wrap)



PERTH - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd must come out of hiding in Kirribilli House and explain
the disappointing outcome of the Copenhagen conference on climate change, Opposition Leader
Tony Abbott says. (Summit Abbott)

Climate Wrap to come



CANBERRA - Motor vehicle sales raced to their highest level in 17 months in November,
fuelled by small business taking advantage of a tax break that is due to come to a halt
on December 31. (Economy Wrap)



CANBERRA - The federal opposition says it should be offered a copy of the Henry Tax
Review if there is to be a proper political debate on an overhaul of the nation's tax
system - the first in 50 years. (Tax)



MELBOURNE - A man accused of killing his three children by driving them into a dam
will be home for Christmas ahead of his new trial. (Farquharson Wrap)



SYDNEY - It could be days before murder charges can be laid against a man who set himself
on fire following the deaths of his father and a 12-year-old neighbour. (Body Wrap)



SYDNEY - Actor Steve Bisley's ex-wife has told a court "all hell broke loose" after
he became abusive and pushed her up against a wall in her Sydney home. (Bisley Wrap)



MELBOURNE - Superannuation growth funds are on track to deliver double-digit returns
of up to 12 per cent for calendar 2009 thanks to an equity market rally, according to
superannuation research consultants. (Super funds Wrap)



SYDNEY - Qantas Airways Ltd expects to post a pre-tax profit for the first half of
2009/10 as passenger numbers grow and yields pick up in the aftermath of the global recession.

(Qantas)



SYDNEY - Lend Lease Group has launched a new wholesale fund that will invest in regional
shopping centres and commercial property after receiving investor commitments totalling
$218 million. (Lend Lease)



MELBOURNE - Australia could be forced into a significant shuffle of their batting order
if Ricky Ponting's elbow injury keeps him out of the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan.

(Cricket Aust Wrap)

PERTH - Fiery paceman Doug Bollinger will realise a boyhood dream when he runs out
for Australia in the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan, starting at the MCG on Saturday.

(Cricket Aust Bollinger)



MELBOURNE - Striker Archie Thompson is set to return from nearly a year in the international
wilderness, while Brisbane Roar teenager Tommy Oar looms as the bolter in the Socceroos
squad for next month's Asian Cup qualifier against Kuwait. (Soccer Aust Wrap)

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