HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:00, Dec 14 =2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2003
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:00, Dec 14 =2



WELLINGTON - New Zealand may make the list of countries up for free trade agreement
negotiations with the United States but it will not be before 2005, Australian Foreign
Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said today. (NZ Downer)

TIMARU - Climbers have been told to avoid a hazardous area of New Zealand's Aoraki-Mt
Cook National Park following the rescue of two Australian climbers yesterday. (NZ Climbers)

CANBERRA - People trafficking will be high on the agenda of Justice Minister Chris
Ellison's meetings with his counterparts in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia
this week. (Boat Ellison)

CANBERRA - Parents giving their children access to the internet for Christmas have
been urged to make use of filters and talk to children about potential online dangers.

(Internet)

SYDNEY - A man was under police guard in hospital after plummeting from the roof of
a burning building in inner-city Sydney during a fire which threatened a nearby backpackers'
hostel. (Fire Nightlead)

SYDNEY - A man was today refused bail after being charged over a drive-by shooting
in western Sydney that injured a father and son. (Gain Nightlead)

SYDNEY - A three-day police blitz has uncovered 126 people working illegally in inner
Sydney. (Vikings)

SYDNEY - A pregnant woman and her unborn child were fatally injured in a horrific road
crash in NSW which left eight other people injured including at least five children, authorities
said today. (Toll NSW)

MELBOURNE - Needy children can look forward to a merry Christmas following a huge charity
toy collection by motorcyclists in Melbourne and Sydney. (Toys Nightlead)

BRISBANE - The Australian Democrats faced a voter backlash at the next federal election,
but embattled leader Andrew Bartlett was not entirely to blame, a political analyst said
today. (Bartlett )

PERTH - Parents could be made to attend parenting classes under a new plan being touted
by the Western Australian government. (Parenting)

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