HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 1930, April 18

AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-2001
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 1930, April 18



CANBERRA - A damning review of the aviation safety watchdog has found serious holes
in the way it monitored airline safety ahead of the decision to ground Ansett's fleet
of 767s.(Ansett Nightlead....see also Ansett Toomey Nightlead to come)



NEW YORK - Nicole Kidman has spoken publicly for the first time since her miscarriage
and split with actor Tom Cruise and confessed the past year had been "rocky". (US Kidman
lead....pix available)



SYDNEY - A trainee teacher who was left a quadriplegic after a tobogganing accident
during a school excursion was today awarded more than $7 million in damages. (Beck Nightlead)



MELBOURNE - Memorabilia marking the career of Australia's most decorated Olympian was
expected to remain in the country after it was sold at auction in Melbourne tonight.(Strickland
Lead...pics available) Nightlead to come



SYDNEY - Environmentalist and TV personality Mimi Macpherson today said she hoped she
stood as a warning to young people after being fined $550 and banned from the road for
nine months for drink driving. (Macpherson)



BRISBANE - Touch footy and thong-throwing could be among the unique Australian leisure
pursuits to die out because of globalisation, according to an Australian academic. (Leisure)



PERTH - A former maid decided to tell the truth about Rose Porteous' harsh treatment
of her late husband Lang Hancock after she was cast aside by the Philippine-born Perth
socialite, a court was told today. (Hancock)



SYDNEY - Australia's third largest supermarket chain Franklins will be carved up in
a $300 million deal delivering most stores to independent operators. (Franklins Fronter)



SYDNEY - Sydney today offered no defence against Brad Fittler's head-slamming tackle
as St George Illawarra reluctantly pleaded guilty to the same charge levelled at Trent
Barrett. (League Nightlead)



MELBOURNE - The David Schwarz-Justin Murphy racism case was resolved here today but
it has sparked a potentially nastier battle between league boss Wayne Jackson and Melbourne
president Joseph Gutnick. (AFL)



PERTH - A West Australian cricket player has reportedly failed a drug test. (Cricket drugs)



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