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

AAP General News (Australia)
12-30-2007
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Dec 30

MELBOURNE - Safety inspectors are retrieving a helicopter that crashed into Melbourne's
Yarra River last night, killing pilot Edward Geldard. (Helicopter Daylead (submitted pic
available)) Nightlead to come



ADELAIDE - Confessed terrorism supporter David Hicks remains in hiding after being
released from a maximum security Adelaide jail. (Hicks Daylead) Nightlead to come

ADELAIDE - David Hicks won't be taken seriously until he renounces terrorism, a prominent
human rights lawyer says. (Hicks Newhouse)



SYDNEY - A team of four rowers has set foot on Australian soil after completing the
first trans-Tasman row in 31 days. (Kayakers. Nightlead to come, with pix)



SYDNEY - The national holiday road toll has risen to 33 with the deaths of a cyclist
in Queensland and car accidents in NSW and Western Australia. (Toll National Second Lead)
Nightlead to come

SYDNEY - The NSW holiday road toll has risen to six with the death of a man in a four-car
collision near Chinderah on the North Coast. (Toll NSW) Nightlead to come

BRISBANE - Queensland's holiday road toll has risen to four after a cyclist crashed
into a tree while riding down a steep hill. (Toll Qld Lead)

PERTH - Western Australia's Christmas holiday road toll has risen to seven with the
deaths of two women on country roads. (Toll WA)



SYDNEY - NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has warned New Year's Eve revellers
in Sydney that if they play up they'll be locked up. (Eve NSW)

BRISBANE - Queensland police are urging New Year's Eve revellers to be mindful of their
personal safety, with bad weather tipped to concentrate crowds in Brisbane's city areas.

(Eve Qld to come)

Eve National Nightlead to come



BRISBANE - Wind gusts of up to 110km/h are expected to hammer parts of Queensland's
Fraser Island today as an intensifying low pressure system moves closer to the coast.

(Weather Qld Daylead) Nightlead to come

PERTH - Category two tropical cyclone Melanie continues to run parallel to the West
Australian Pilbara coast today but is unlikely to dump much rain. (Melanie) Nightlead
to come



CANBERRA - The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed a man being held
in Bulgaria over an alleged fatal stabbing is Australian. (Bulgaria Stabbing DFAT)

LONDON - A man believed to be an Australian is expected to be charged with murder following
the stabbing death of a Bulgarian in the capital, Sofia. (Bulgaria Stabbing Daylead)

Nightlead to come



SYDNEY - A couple of newlyweds had their car seized on the way home from church following
a street racing incident in western Sydney, police say. (Newlyweds)



MELBOURNE - Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has no need to worry that the Indian
batsmen don't know who he is after an excellent first cricket Test performance at the
MCG. (Cricket Aust Nightlead to come)



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