HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, April 1

AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2010
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, April 1

CANBERRA - With the clock ticking down to COAG, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will have
to work overtime to win over a new Tasmanian leader to his health and hospitals reform
plan. (Election Wrap). Second Wrap to come, including new Tasmanian premier-elect's comments
on hospitals



CANBERRA, April 1 AAP - Health Minister Nicola Roxon has defended her $436 million
sweetener for diabetic care from claims it would be open to rorting by doctors, who could
earn $10,000 bonuses under the scheme. (Hospitals Wrap)

SYDNEY - After a frosty meeting last month, the ice seems to have thawed between Prime
Minister Kevin Rudd and NSW Premier Kristina Keneally. (Hospitals NSW Wrap)

ADELAIDE - Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon's birthday wish sounds simple in theory
- it has nothing to do with family or friends - she wants the states to sign up to national
health reforms. (Hospitals Roxon)

HOBART - The man who expects to become Tasmania's next premier, Liberal leader Will
Hodgman, has been in contact with federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon about her government's
hospitals funding reforms. (Hospitals Tas)



HOBART - Unlikely bedfellows the Liberals and the Greens have been coupled in Tasmania
by caretaker premier David Bartlett in his strategic decision to yield power after the
state election. (PollTas Wrap)

HOBART - Tasmania's caretaker Premier David Bartlett has given former federal Labor
powerbroker Graham Richardson a spray for calling him "silly". (PollTas Richardson)



CANBERRA - Householders holding out for a new $1000 rebate on roof insulation may have
their hopes dashed as the federal government lurches towards another crisis. (Insulation
Wrap)



CANBERRA - Easter weekend celebrations may be somewhat tainted for homeowners with
the risk of another interest rate increase when they head back to work next week. (Economy
Wrap)



PERTH - Former West Australian premier turned lobbyist Brian Burke has been found guilty
on one count of lying to the state's Corruption and Crime Commission. (Burke Wrap)



GOLD COAST - Gold Coast mayor and Olympian Ron Clarke says Sri Lanka's decision to
bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games could play right into Australia's court. (Com18 Wrap)



CANBERRA - Australia has expressed its alarm as support grows internationally for a
pact to legalise whaling. (Whaling Wrap)



LOS ANGELES - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is in hot water with the governor
of Alabama for his response to comedian Robin Williams' "Australians are basically English
rednecks" jibe. (Williams Rudd Update)

SYDNEY - Comedian Robin Williams says he loves Australia and has laughed off criticism
from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, poking fun at him in the process. (Williams Rudd 2nd Update)



PERTH - A Perth woman who received a controversial second liver transplant after her
first failed due to drug addiction has died in a Singapore hospital. (Liver)



CANBERRA - Croatia has expressed concern that a man it wants to try for war crimes
is at large in Australia. (Vasiljkovic)



MELBOURNE - A Victorian magistrate has written a "please explain" to corrections officers
after gangland widow Judy Moran claimed she was injured when she was flung around in a
prison van on the way back from court. (Moran Wrap)



MELBOURNE - A convicted killer who allegedly was hired to kill a man at the wedding
of underworld figure Mick Gatto's son is on the run after skipping bail. (Potter Wrap)



MELBOURNE - Family First party leader Steve Fielding says the federal government plans
on calling an early election to get rid of him. (Fielding)



SYDNEY - A NSW Supreme Court jury found Abdullah Ahmadi an extortionist and persecutor
who threatened to abduct a man and kill him and his family if he wasn't paid $5000. (Ahmadi)



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