Highlights of the AAP National wire at 20:00 Feb 2, 1999.

AAP General News (Australia)
02-02-1999
Highlights of the AAP National wire at 20:00 Feb 2, 1999.

MAJOR ITEMS MOVED ON THE AAP NATIONAL WIRE SINCE THE 1530 HIGHLIGHTS:



SYDNEY - The biggest heart in Australian cricket is no longer in it. (CRICKET TAYLOR
NIGHTLEAD, see also CRICKET TAYLOR HOWARD, CRICKET TAYLOR SUCCESSOR, CRICKET TAYLOR QUOTES,
CRICKET TAYLOR REACTION, CRICKET TAYLOR FUTURE, CRICKET AUST WAUGH, CRICKET RATINGS)



SYDNEY - A major corporate sponsor of the Sydney Olympics today expressed serious concern
at the ongoing controversy surrounding the bidding process for the 2000 Games. (OLY BRIBES
HOLDEN, see also OLY BRIBES AUST 2ND N/L to come soon from LAUSANNE about IOC clearing Sydney
bid of any wrongdoing)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The Olympic movement's crucial regrouping session warmed up tonight
with the announcement of a new ethics committee as it struggled to stop its drug summit from
being overwhelmed by the ongoing corruption scandal. (OLY DRUGS N/L)



CANBERRA - Twenty tonnes of Australian beef has been rejected by South Korea after harmful
levels of agricultural chemicals were detected by quarantine officials, South Korea today
revealed. (KOREA BEEF N/L to come)



CANBERRA - The Australian Electoral Commission today ruled out any immediate action to
investigate the source of $4.5 million of secret funding to the Liberal Party. (GREENFIELDS
N/L)



LONDON - Australian nanny Louise Sullivan was at high risk of a psychiatric breakdown once
she was struck by the full impact of her killing of a six-month-old baby in her care, a court
was told. (UK NANNY N/L, Note - Sullivan expected back in court about 2130 AEDT)



CANBERRA - Australia recorded its best monthly trade position in more than a year after a
pick-up in sales to major Asian trading partners helped slice its deficit in half. (ECONOMY
N/L, see also ECONOMY NAB)

SYDNEY - Official interest rates are widely tipped to remain unchanged in the wake of
today's monthly board meeting by the Reserve Bank of Australia. (RATES RBA)



CANBERRA - The government's tax reforms would force the poor to rely heavily on
compensation which would soon run out, Australia's most influential welfare group warned
today. (TAX N/L, see also TAX UNDIES, TAX AGED, TAX VECCI)



SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard must take the lead on drug reform as state politicians
were ducking for cover on the issue, New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions Nick
Cowdery said today. (HEROIN COWDERY N/L, see also HEROIN N/L, SYRINGES QLD)



GOLD COAST, Qld - A local hero "with a build like Arnold Schwarzenegger" plucked seventies
rocker and song writer Brian Cadd from a flooded Gold Coast creek in the dark after the
torrent washed his car off a causeway. (FLOODING CADD N/L)



SYDNEY - The Greek consul-general in Sydney is suing a Greek-language newspaper that she
claims accused her of having an extramarital affair with a journalist from a rival
publication. (IEREMIA)



DARWIN - Northern Territory opposition Labor leader Maggie Hickey today announced her
resignation, saying she wanted to help nurse her sick husband who has a brain tumour. (HICKEY)



SYDNEY - Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) is considering tapping the
investor mania for the Internet in a new stockmarket float while expecting better times ahead
for the company's television and magazine operations. (PBL, see also PBL COLOUR)



SYDNEY - Greg Norman hopes something can be salvaged from the "unfortunate" collapse of the
World Golf Club venture, which he lent his name to as captain. (GOLF NORMAN N/L, see also GOLF
NORMAN LANGER)



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