HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 30

AAP General News (Australia)
08-30-2011
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 30

CANBERRA - Prime Minister Julia Gillard says union leaders are confused if they think
Labor is considering holding an inquiry into Australia's ailing manufacturing sector.

(Manufacturing Wrap); see also Manufacturing Smith, Manufacturing Abbott.

WOLLONGONG, NSW - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reassured Illawarra steelworkers
about the region's economic future as hundreds prepare to lose their jobs at the Bluescope
Steel site. (Illawarra).

Illawarra Wrap to come.

CANBERRA - Wikileaks has published details of 23 Australians believed to have links
to a radical Yemeni cleric with ties to an offshoot of terrorist group al-Qaeda. (Wikileaks
Terrorists)

CANBERRA - United States officials described former prime minister Kevin Rudd's handling
of the 2009 Oceanic Viking asylum seeker crisis as heavy-handed and awkward. (Wikileaks
Viking)

CANBERRA - The Rudd government defied departmental advice telling it to support Israel
in a 2010 United Nations vote after Israeli spies used forged Australian passports in
a political assassination, leaked US embassy cables suggest. (Wikileaks Passports)

JAKARTA - Indonesia was "almost effusive" in its response to the 2007 election of former
prime minister Kevin Rudd with the impression in Jakarta that he would introduce a greater
policy focus on Asia, according to US officials. (Wikileaks Indon Rudd to come)

Wikileaks Wrap, on merit, to come.

CANBERRA - Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan will remind policymakers in Hong Kong and China
that market-based currencies are one of the structural reforms needed to cure imbalances
in the global economy. (China Aust); see also Budget, Building Approvals

Economy Wrap to come.

MELBOURNE - Police cordoned off a section of a busy Melbourne street after a pile of
white powder was left outside Labor senator David Feeney's office. (Feeney Wrap with pix)

SYDNEY - Gary Ticehurst saw the "bloody goodness" in everything he did during a four-decade
career as a helicopter pilot, which included rescuing stricken sailors. (Ticehurst Wrap
to come).

CANBERRA - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has launched a scathing attack on The Australian
newspaper for publishing false allegations about her connection to a former boyfriend's
fraudulent activities. (Milne)

SYDNEY - NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell and his Queensland counterpart Anna Bligh have
committed to expanding cooperation on health, policing, primary industries and disaster
management along the length of the border. (Border with video)

SYDNEY - A tenth horse has died from the Hendra virus in NSW, bringing the total number
of nationwide deaths this year to 21. (Hendra); see also Hendra Qld

Hendra Wrap to come

WELLINGTON - New Zealand's national news agency, the New Zealand Press Association
(NZPA), will close its doors after 131 years on Wednesday, the latest victim of media
consolidation in the digital age. (NZPA on foreing wire)

FINANCE

PERTH - Macarthur Coal has advised its shareholders to accept a revised, $4.8 billion
joint takeover offer by the world's largest steel maker, ArcelorMittal, and US coal miner
Peabody Energy. (Macarthur to come)

SYDNEY - Retailer Harvey Norman says it remains cautious into fiscal 2012 due to global
volatility and weak domestic conditions after posting a nine per cent increase in full
year profit. (Harvey Norman to come with graphic)

SPORT

NEW YORK - Bernard Tomic advanced within one victory of a possible third round showdown
with Roger Federer at the US Open. (Ten Open Aust Wrap)

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