HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 15:30, April20

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2000
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 15:30, April20

MELBOURNE - Air travellers face flight chaos over the Easter break unless talks between
airport refuellers, maintenance workers and their employers are resolved today. (EASTER
TRAVEL CHAOS, see also EASTER TRAVEL, NIGHTLEAD to come)

SYDNEY - The oil refinery at the centre of an industrial dispute claims Easter holiday
makers in New South Wales will be hit by fuel shortages by as early as next Monday. (CALTEX
NIGHTLEAD to come)

SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard today warned that sharemarket volatility is something
investors have to accept. (HOWARD STOCKS DAYLEAD, see also ECONOMY HOWARD, INFLATION,
SKILLED LEAD, WAGES, ECONOMY NIGHTLEAD to come)

SYDNEY - Share investors may be nervous going into the Easter long weekend, but analysts
say there's no need to be, despite continued volatility in the market. (STOCKS WEEK, see
also STOCKS to come)

SYDNEY - The Australian dollar is at a crossroads, precariously poised for how events
in the global marketplace pan out over the Easter break. (DOLLAR OUTLOOK, see also DOLLAR)

MELBOURNE - The family of the Australian man who was killed in yesterday's Philippines
air disaster along with his wife and two children, was still coming to terms with the
tragedy today. (PHIL PLANE VIC, see also PHIL PLANE AUST D/L, NIGHTLEAD to come)

CANBERRA - The federal government would pursue a total ban on Internet gambling, Prime
Minister John Howard said today. (GAMBLING HOWARD, see also GAMBLING HAMILL, GAMBLING
CARR, GAMBLING NIGHTLEAD to come)

PERTH - Category four Cyclone Rosita missed the remote town of Broome by just 35 kilometres
while crossing the north-west coast of Western Australia early today. (ROSITA THIRD D/L,
see also ROSITA TOURISTS, ROSITA FUEL, ROSITA SURPRISE, CYCLONES WA FACTBOX, ROSITA NIGHTLEAD
to come)

CANBERRA - A Senate inquiry will investigate an incident in which the pilot of an Ansett
Airlines freight aircraft was overcome by engine fumes during a flight from Sydney to
Melbourne. (FUMES, see also FUMES CASA, FUMES N/L to come)

DARWIN - The atmosphere in Darwin's legal arena is poisonous following court action
to have the chief magistrate, Hugh Bradley, step aside from hearing a criminal case. (MANDATORY
MAGISTRATE to come)

PERTH - Esmeralda maintains its silence on Tisza disaster despite apparently favourable
UN report that finds design problems, bad weather to blame. (HUNGARY CYANIDE ESMERALDA)

CANBERRA - An Australian gold-mining firm that contributed to environmental havoc in
Eastern Europe got off lightly in a United Nations investigation, green groups said today.

(HUNGARY CYANIDE)

SYDNEY - The Easter holiday period has claimed its first casualty on the nation's
roads. (TOLL NATIONAL, see also TOLL WA, EASTER ROADS NSW, TOLL SA, TOLL QLD, TOLL VIC)

SYDNEY - Motoring giant NRMA said today it will be keeping watch on petrol prices over
the Easter weekend. (PETROL)

SYDNEY - Impulse Airlines Pty Ltd has fired the first shot in the battle for Australia's
skies, today accusing Qantas Airways Ltd of forcing it out of the competitive Newcastle
to Melbourne service. (QANTAS to come)

SYDNEY - South African cricket boss Ali Bacher has claimed two matches at last year's
World Cup were fixed. (CRICKET FIX BACHER)

CANBERRA - International match fixing allegations were not tainting Australia's cricketing
reputation, Prime Minister John Howard said today. (CRICKET FIX HOWARD)

CRICKET FIX NIGHTLEAD to come

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