HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 15:30, April25 =2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2000
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 15:30, April25 =2



CANBERRA - New Zealand should remain committed to keeping a strong defence force and
any downgrading was a concern, Defence Minister John Moore said today. (Anzac Moore NZ)



CANBERRA - Australians are now treating financial planners like doctors, with more
than a third of the adult population seeking their advice. (Planners)



CANBERRA - Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said today Australia was taking
practical steps to avoid being isolated in Asia. (Asia Downer)



CANBERRA - Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's postponement of a visit to Australia
was not a snub, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today. (Indon Wahid
Aust)



SYDNEY - Australia's Easter holiday road toll stood at 26 as police urged motorists
heading home to take extra care today. (Toll National Third Daylead. N/L to come.)



BRISBANE - A number of Brisbane Lions AFL players are expecting to be interviewed tomorrow
by two British detectives over an alleged rape last October in London. (Lions)



BRISBANE - Queensland could soon join the rest of Australia by the end of the year
and legalise nude bathing, ending a police crackdown on the activity. (Nude)



BRISBANE - Five people spent a wet and windy night on Hinchinbrook Island after their
yacht ran aground, police said. (Marooned)



BRISBANE - Brisbane Airport Corporation Ltd will make a $7 million investment into
extra airfreight and warehousing distribution facilities, the company said today. (BAC)



ADELAIDE - Water supplies on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula were declared safe today
after a toxic algae scare last week. (Toxins Daylead)



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