HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Dec 23

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2008
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Dec 23

SYDNEY - Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland admits mistakes were made at the
highest level in the bungled Haneef affair, but says no action will be taken against Australian
Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty or any other agency head. (Haneef Report)

CANBERRA - The Australian Federal Police have accepted the findings of an inquiry into
the bungled handling of the Mohammed Haneef case. (Haneef AFP)

CANBERRA - The Howard government minister who cancelled Mohamed Haneef's visa says
a judicial inquiry into the bungled case was a waste of $4 million despite it vindicating
him. (Haneef Andrews. Update after presser)

SEE ALSO: Haneef Timeline

TO COME: Haneef Wrap, Haneef Analysis, Haneef Federal, Haneef Response, Haneef Russo Update



CANBERRA - The mining industry might have secured significant concessions in the government's
plan for emissions trading, but fresh data shows it is becoming a worse greenhouse gas
polluter with each passing year. (Energy)



PERTH - Western Australia is set to proceed with trials of genetically modified canola
resistant to the pesticide Roundup, produced by global seed and pesticide giant Monsanto.

(GM Canola)

GM Canola Wrap to come



CANBERRA - The federal government says Toyota's contract to build a hybrid car factory
in Melbourne is secure despite the company posting a record operating loss. (Toyota Aust)

ADELAIDE - Toyota will become the first Australian carmaker to export 100,000 vehicles
in a calendar year when a shipment leaves Melbourne on Wednesday. (Toyota Exports )

CANBERRA - The federal government says Holden's new four-cylinder car will match the
fuel efficiency of any on the market. (Holden Carr)



SYDNEY - The NSW government has announced a three-month amnesty for unregistered and
unlicensed firearms, in a crackdown on gun crime across the state. (Guns Wrap)



SYDNEY - The mysterious death of a toddler on a north-west NSW farm is a kick in the
guts for the local community, one resident says. (Toddler 2nd Update)

Toddler Wrap to come



PERTH - Residents of Broome and other communities on Western Australia's Dampier Peninsula
have been warned to expect winds up to 100km/h from Cyclone Billy. (Billy 2nd Update)

Billy Wrap to come



CANBERRA - Anti-whaling activists engaged in a chase through Antarctic waters have
just one wish for Christmas day - that no whales are killed on that day. (Whaling)



MELBOURNE - An illegal immigrant who threatened to cause an environmental disaster
in Victoria has been apprehended after five years on the run. (Turtle)



LONDON - Mourners lined the streets of a market town as the body of an Australian killed
in Afghanistan while serving with the British military returned to the UK on Monday. (Afghan
Aust Wrap)



SYDNEY - Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd has raised $175 million in a share sale, to
become the latest lender to raise capital to bolster its finances during the economic
slowdown. (Bendigo to come)



CANBERRA - Ever since she was a child Chantelle Murray dreamed of one day sailing the
Sydney to Hobart. (Sail SydHob Carers. Pix available)



MELBOURNE - Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz's hopes of earning a recall to the Australian
side would not have been buoyed by the words of MCG curator Cameron Hodgkins ahead of
the Boxing Day Test against South Africa. (Cricket Aust Curator)

Cricket Aust Wrap to come

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