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

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

CANBERRA - There will be winners and losers come Sunday afternoon, but Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd says an overhaul of Australia's tax system is in the best interest of the nation.

(Henry Wrap, With Henry Predictions Factbox)



CANBERRA - Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will not be opposing the government's new
anti-smoking measures despite spurning it as a tax grab rather than genuine health reform.

(Tobacco Wrap)



MELBOURNE - An oversized gold casket, as loud and as brash as Carl Williams himself,
is the last Melbourne will see of its most notorious gangland killer. (Williams Wrap.

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SEE ALSO: Williams Dhakota, Williams Priest



MELBOURNE - A prominent lawyer who has represented gangland figures, including slain
killer Carl Williams, will be the key prosecution witness against a former Victorian detective
charged with murder. (Dale Wrap)



CANBERRA - Authorities have yet to get to the bottom of the flu vaccine scare in Western
Australia, with tests so far showing no signs of abnormalities. (Flu)



PERTH - West Australian teachers say Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has misled
people by saying other unions should follow its lead and ignore calls to boycott national
literacy and numeracy tests. (Schools WA)

BRISBANE - A planned Queensland teacher boycott of the national literacy and numeracy
tests has been declared illegal by the state's industrial umpire. (Schools Qld Wrap)



SYDNEY - A NSW coroner wants a new criminal negligence offence to apply to home swimming
pool deaths after investigating eight "preventable" child drownings. (Pools Wrap)



MELBOURNE - "Fictitious" circulation figures, the snubbing of a princess and underplaying
major news stories. (Guthrie Wrap to come)



SYDNEY - Aussie rockers AC/DC's album Back in Black has topped a poll of the 100 greatest
rock albums of all time. (Rock. With factbox)



MELBOURNE - Fewer writedowns and improved market conditions drove Macquarie Group Ltd's
full year 2010 profit 21 per cent higher, with its shares bouncing four per cent. (Macquarie
Wrap)



BRISBANE - It's open season on in-demand Israel Folau after the young Brisbane star
declined to take up a contract option with the club for the 2011-12 NRL seasons. (League
Wrap)

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