HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Feb 11 = 3

AAP General News (Australia)
02-11-2009
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Feb 11 = 3

LOS ANGELES - The producers of Oscar-winning animated film Happy Feet have ensured
their next big project will also have an Australian flavour. (US Guardians)



AUCKLAND - New Zealand's world famous war dance, the haka, has been officially given
to a Maori tribe to help protect it from commercial rip-offs. (NZ Haka)



LONDON - A rare Aboriginal relic is expected to stay in an English museum despite fears
it could spark an Australian backlash. (UK Remains)



PORT MORESBY - A senior Papua New Guinea judge has locked up one of his court officials
for sleeping on the job. (PNG Justice)



PORT MORESBY - Five Papua New Guinea villagers have been shot dead in a tribal fight,
just days after government ministers visited the area urging an end to their warring.

(PNG Tribal)



CANBERRA - An Australian army Black Hawk helicopter has been damaged in a hard landing
in East Timor. (Helicopter)



CANBERRA - Aviation giant Boeing has appointed a new Australian chief executive following
the departure of Craig Saddler. (Boeing)



SYDNEY - A body has been found at a tip in Sydney's southwest. (Tip. More to come)



SYDNEY - Angela Liati's claims that she was behind the wheel of former Federal Court
judge Marcus Einfeld's car have been rubbished as a "pack of lies" by the crown prosecutor
in his closing address at her trial. (Liati Update. Wrap to come)



SYDNEY - Three men have had a narrow escape after a train smashed into their car in
Sydney's south. (Tracks Update)



MELBOURNE - Victoria Police Detective Sergeant Peter Lalor is still being investigated
over an underworld murder despite the police union claiming on Wednesday he had been cleared.

(Lalor)



MELBOURNE - A toddler has died after being run over in the driveway of a Victorian
home. (Driveway)



THURSDAY ISLAND - Queensland's state coroner on Thursday will decide whether to recommend
criminal charges against the builder of an immigration department patrol boat which sank
in the Torres Strait, killing all five people aboard. (Malu)



BRISBANE - Lawyers have called on the Queensland government to pass new laws that would
review whether former judges convicted of serious offences should get pensions. (Judges.

Wrap to come)



BRISBANE - Redback spiders have infested an aged care centre in the southwest Queensland
town of Charleville. (Redbacks)



BRISBANE - The Queensland government has found 349 public service job vacancies for
miners sacked as a result of the global downturn. (Jobs Qld)



BRISBANE - Work has started on Brisbane's controversial new children's hospital. (Health Qld)



ADELAIDE - GM Holden will not be immediately impacted by a decision from General Motors
in the United States to cut white collar jobs from its global car making operations. (Holden
)



ADELAIDE - A teenage boy who is thought to have caught measles while overseas has sparked
a health warning in South Australia. (Measles)



ADELAIDE - Scams and get-rich-quick schemes sparked the most complaints to consumer
affairs officials in South Australia last year, the state government says. (Scams )



ADELAIDE - An agreement between the South Australian government and a wave energy developer
is great news for industries looking to buy sustainable energy, Premier Mike Rann says.

(Wave)



DARWIN - Traditional owners from four remote communities have agreed to give up control
of their land for the next 40 years under a lease agreement with the federal government.

(Indigenous Lease)

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