HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Dec 12

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

CANBERRA - The federal government has announced $4.7 billion in spending on "nation
building" projects designed to stimulate economic activity. (Infrastructure Update)

Wrap and Analysis to come, with factbox, graphic



MELBOURNE - Police who shot dead a 15-year-old Melbourne boy during a confrontation
on Thursday night did everything they could to subdue him, Victoria Police say. (Shot
2nd Update, with pix)

MELBOURNE - The family of the 15-year-old boy shot dead by police have condemned the
force's actions as appalling and heavy handed. (Shot Family)

See also Shot Union, Shot Justice, Shot OFarrell.

Shot Wrap to come, with pix, timeline, factbox



CANBERRA - Allowing small businesses to defer part of their next tax instalment is
not a tax cut as suggested by the prime minister, the nation's largest business group
says. (Tax Update) Wrap to come



LOS ANGELES - Heath Ledger, Rachel Griffiths and Melissa George have been nominated
for Golden Globes, but Nicole Kidman, Baz Luhrmann, Hugh Jackman and their epic Australia
were snubbed at the Golden Globes nomination ceremony. (US Globes Aust) Wrap to come,
with factbox



SYDNEY - Tears mingled with the teeming rain at the Wollongong church where champion
marathon runner Kerryn McCann was farewelled on Friday as an ordinary person with extraordinary
ability. (McCann Funeral Update) Wrap to come, with pix



CANBERRA - The federal government is defending its record on improving childhood education
and services, saying it is investing hundreds of millions of dollars. (UNICEF Child Update)



SYDNEY - Brett Taylor was a generous man who was "on top of the world" before he was
killed in the Mumbai terror attacks, a memorial service in Sydney has been told. (Taylor)



LONDON - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for countries around the world
to unite in finding a solution to climate change as they simultaneously battle the global
economic crisis. (Climate UN)

SYDNEY - Australia needs to ensure it makes emissions cuts of at least 25 per cent
by 2020 to avoid more severe climate change, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF)
says. (Climate UN ACF)



SYDNEY - Convicted serial rapist John Alan Wilde says he has no concerns that he will
reoffend, after a judge ordered his strictly supervised release. (Wilde update) Wrap to
come



BRISBANE - A Queensland high school teacher who had a lesbian affair with a student
has been sentenced to seven and a half years' jail. (Thompson)



SYDNEY - Australian Open golf championship, Royal Sydney, second round (Golf Aust Wrap)
to come plus sidebars and Snapshot.

SYDNEY - PGA Tour of Australia officials may - or may not - have sanctioned John Daly
for smashing a fan's camera into a tree. (Golf Aust Daly Tour)



PERTH - Uncertainty continues to dog Rio Tinto Ltd's rights over a $US6 billion ($A8.9
billion) Simandou iron ore project in Guinea that is central to its expansion plans. (Rio
Tinto to come)



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