HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, April 52011

AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2011
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, April 52011

CANBERRA - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has refused to reveal whether she advised her
predecessor Kevin Rudd to kill off his government's emissions trading scheme. (Climate
Gillard)

See also Climate, MYOB, Labor Greens, Climate Garnaut, Climate Hockey, Climate Wong,
Climate Rally, Newspoll, Nespoll Turnbull.

CLIMATE Wrap to come



CANBERRA - RBA interest rates announcement (1430 AEST). ECONOMY Wrap to come.

SYDNEY - Company tax revenue that has supported the budget for the past eight years
is drying up, the federal government has been warned. (Budget)

CANBERRA - Small businesses are concerned they will have to deal with extra red tape
if a carbon tax is introduced, but nearly a third believe the levy should go ahead to
bring certainty. (MYOB)

CANBERRA - The World Trade Organisation is calling on the Australian government to
deliver large scale changes to the structure of the economy or face far-reaching consequences.

(Trade Aust) Embargoed until 10pm (AEST) Tuesday

SYDNEY - The Australian trade balance went into deficit in February, the Australian
Bureau of Statistics says. (Trade)

PERTH - Patrick Flannigan has quit as NBN Co's head of construction, the national broadband
network developer has confirmed. (NBN)

CANBERRA - A Defence facility in Tasmania will be used as a temporary detention centre,
the federal government has announced. (Detention Tas)

CANBERRA - Federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie says he is concerned about the Gillard
government's decision to open a temporary detention centre just outside his Tasmanian
electorate. (Detention Wilkie).

- Bowen presser 2pm, Morrison presser 2.30pm.

Detention Giddings, Detention Wrap to come.

CANBERRA - A key member of Labor's national executive has spoken out against the possibility
of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's former chief of staff running to become the party's
next federal secretary. (Labor Lampe Update, See also Chisholm)

Labor Wrap to come

SYDNEY - Relaxing Sydney Airport's curfew and its cap on flight traffic is not an option
to alleviate congestion, nor would it be a substitute for a much needed second airport
for the city, federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese says. (AIRPORT)



SYDNEY - Unions have condemned Qantas after it emerged that the airline has been flying
workers overseas as part of strike-busting contingency plans. (QANTAS)

Qantas Wrap to come, taking in plane checks following roof damage to Southwest Airlines 747-300

ADELAIDE - Embattled South Australian Police Minister Kevin Foley says he will quit
politics if his Labor colleagues want him to go. (Foley Update) Wrap to come.

FINANCE

SYDNEY - QBE Insurance Group Ltd says insurance profit before tax should rise by at
least 30 per cent in 2011 and the company will maintain or increase its dividend. (QBE
to come)

SPORT:

SYDNEY - Reigning Australian champion Eamon Sullivan is expecting tonight's 100-metres
freestyle final to go down to the wire at the national titles in Sydney.

LOS ANGELES - The American woman accused of the brutal murder and dismemberment of
10-year-old Australian cancer survivor Zahra Baker has collapsed during an emotionally-charged
hearing in a North Carolina court. (US Zahra)

AUCKLAND - New Zealand should draw on Australia's "substantial" mine safety knowledge
to prevent a repeat of a methane blast that left 29 men dead, an inquiry has been told.

(NZ Mine 2nd Update) Wrap to come.



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