FED:HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Dec 52010

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2010
FED:HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Dec 52010

CANBERRA - Any price on carbon must be high enough that it kick starts a move from
fossil fuels to renewables, the Australian Greens say. (Climate Greens)



CANBERRA - Australia has answered Israel's call for assistance to fight bushfires which
have claimed over 40 lives and razed thousands of acres of land. (Israel Fire Aust)



SYDNEY - An investigation has been launched after a party boat crashed at Sydney Harbour,
injuring eight people. (Boat 3rd Update)



BRISBANE - Police are hunting a BMW driver who may have been responsible for two drive-by
shootings on the Gold Coast. (Driveby). Wrap to come.



MELBOURNE - The largest test of Victoria's bushfire preparedness this fire season will
see hundreds of firefighters converge on Melbourne's northern fringe. (Bushfires Vic)



BRISBANE - A Queensland desalination plant is set to be mothballed as part of sweep
of state government water grid reforms to cut rising household water bills. (Water). Wrap
to come.



SYDNEY - Police are warning protestors attending this weekend's Climate Camp 2010 to
stay within the law following the arrest of two protesters at a Hunter Valley mine site.

(Protest)



SYDNEY - A theatre walk honouring 21 legends of Australian stage and screen has been
unveiled in Sydney. (Theatre)



ADELAIDE - The body of a young man has been found on a South Australian road just outside
the Eyre Peninsula town of Streaky Bay. (Body)



MELBOURNE - A 91-year-old Melbourne man has been savagely assaulted during a burglary
at his home. (Assault). Wrap to come.



SYDNEY - A 12-year-old boy carried out an armed robbery at a petrol station in the
NSW Hunter region before he was locked inside and fell through the ceiling, police say.

(Boy)



SYDNEY - A man has been stabbed in the abdomen in inner Sydney, police say. (Stab)



SYDNEY - An elderly woman has died in a car crash on the NSW north coast, the fourth
person to die on NSW roads this weekend. (Toll NSW Update)



MELBOURNE - A woman suffered burns to about 40 per cent of her body after her car caught
fire when she lit a cigarette while driving in Tatura, north of Melbourne. (Cigarette)



SYDNEY - A truck driver ran a red light before crashing into a car and tipping the
truck on its side in Sydney's south, police say. (Truck)



MELBOURNE - Victorian water police say having an inexpensive GPS unit on board a boat
can save lives. (Vessels)



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