HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2010
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30

CANBERRA - Navy Chief Vice Admiral Russ Crane says he doesn't believe navy personnel
are treated any differently to anyone else when they enter Australia. (Sailors Crane)



CANBERRA - An Australian soldier wounded during a foot patrol in Afghanistan remains
in a serious condition in a German hospital. (Afghan Aust)



CANBERRA - Former prime minister Kevin Rudd's proposal for a new Asia-Pacific group
was "hastily rolled out", a diplomat told US officials in leaked cables. (Asia Aust)



CANBERRA - The Commonwealth has been accused of breaking human rights laws in a landmark
case filed against it in the ACT Supreme Court. (Rights)



SYDNEY - Seven more natural disaster areas have been declared in NSW as the worst flooding
in years shows no signs of letting up over Christmas. (Floods NSW)

Floods NSW Update to come



SYDNEY - More than $100,000 of illegal fireworks have been seized by police in the
lead-up to the New Year celebrations. (Fireworks)



SYDNEY - An emotional appeal by the brother of a cyclist who went missing in northern
NSW two months ago has shed new light on the case. (Trevett)



SYDNEY - Dozens of non-English speaking immigrants across NSW have been underpaid more
than half a million dollars by a petrol station business, a court has found. (Workplace
Petrol)



SYDNEY - A man who crashed into another car, killing a father of two, was not a "careless
or bad driver" and doesn't deserve to spend time behind bars, judges say. (Townsend)



SYDNEY - A 24-year-old man has died after being hit by a truck in NSW's central west. (Toll NSW)



SYDNEY - Two teenagers have been seriously injured in a crash that split their vehicle
in two. (Crash)



SYDNEY - A Sydney P-plater caught street racing at speeds of up to 160km/h had a seven-month
old baby on his back seat. (Speed)



MELBOURNE - A teenage boy has been charged with a violent stabbing in Victoria's north
that left a 63-year-old man fighting for his life. (Intruder)



MELBOURNE - Police are hunting two armed men who forced their way into house and demanded
money from the two occupants. (Armed)



MELBOURNE - A 35-year-old man has been arrested and charged following a stabbing and
siege in Lilydale in Melbourne's east overnight. (Stab)



MELBOURNE - A husband and wife have been rescued after they were stranded on a cliff
for more than eight hours in the Grampians mountain ranges in Victoria's west. (Climbers)



BRISBANE - A man accused of shooting an innocent father during a sniper-style attack
on his old Gold Coast workplace will spend Christmas in jail, after his bail application
was adjourned. (ElMasri Wrap)



GOLD COAST - Queensland's holiday road toll has jumped to seven with another two deaths
on the state's roads. (Toll Qld)



GOLD COAST - A small fire has been extinguished at an oil refinery in Brisbane. (Refinery)



GOLD COAST - They're ugly, toxic, and a plague on Australia's wildlife, but a Queensland
uni student is hoping to redeem cane toads using the very poison which kills so many native
animals. (Venom)



PERTH - A Perth man has been charged over the death of a 31-year-old woman after police
found her body in an inner suburban residence. (Body)



HOBART - Police divers have recovered the body of a man who was tipped into the Derwent
River when his boat overturned and sunk in the early hours of Friday morning. (Dinghy
Update)

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