Highlights of the AAP National wire at 15:30 =2 Sydney

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-1999
Highlights of the AAP National wire at 15:30 =2 Sydney



CANBERRA - The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is to charter a high-speed catamaran to be
based in Darwin and able to carry up to 500 fully equipped troops, Defence Minister John Moore
announced today. (CATAMARAN)



SYDNEY - One third of the new members of the New South Wales upper house will
be from minor parties. (POLLNSW UPPER. Seeking more.)



SYDNEY - Royal Australian Navy personnel have arrived on the New South Wales central coast
to help end Australia's worst-ever outbreak of animal disease. (NEWCASTLE)



SYDNEY - A claim that the New South Wales government has spent just $50,000 helping Sydney
storm victims has been dismissed by state Treasurer Michael Egan. (HAILSTORM EGAN. N/L to
come.)



SYDNEY - The New South Wales Ambulance Service will meet with union officials this week
over reports that some officers are refusing to use new $70,000 ambulances for front line
emergency work. (AMBULANCES)



SYDNEY - A 31-year-old man died after being stabbed in the neck and stomach at a nightclub
in Sydney's south-western suburbs early this morning. (KITCHEN)



MELBOURNE - Two men clinging to the hull of their overturned boat watched helplessly as
their mate lost his grip on a rope and drifted away to his death. (DROWNING)



BRISBANE - Police dive teams probed Rockhampton's Fitzroy River today as the search for a
missing nine-year-old girl entered its third day. (SCHOOLGIRL RIVER. N/L to come.)



BRISBANE - Federal Environment Minister Robert Hill has sent a shudder
through Australia's seafood industry by threatening to ban some fish from export, Queensland
fishermen said today. (SEAFOOD)



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