AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, May 9

AAP General News (Australia)
05-09-2011
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, May 9
Breakfast Round-Up: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430


Detention Malaysia (JAKARTA)

Malaysian Prime Minister NAJIB TUN RAZAK says an asylum-seeker transfer deal with Australia
will send a strong signal to people smugglers.

Under the deal .. 800 asylum seekers who make their way to Australia by boat could
be immediately taken to Malaysia to have their claims processed.

In return .. Australia will take four thousand people already living in Malaysia as
genuine refugees.

The timing of the exchange is yet to be finalised .. but the announcement comes as
the Association of South-East Asian Nations also agreed to boost co-operation in dealing
with transnational crime.



Budget11 Workplace (CANBERRA)

Migration reform will be a key focus of tomorrow's federal budget .. as Labor works
to stop the mining boom being stymied by a chronic skills shortage.

An all-in-one migration initiative to address skills shortages for multi-billion-dollar
projects will be a feature of the budget.

Prime Minister JULIA GILLARD says skilled migration 457 visa reforms will end rorting
.. and get skilled labour to employers who need it and allow continued economic growth.

But Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union WA state secretary KEVIN REYNOLDS
has urged the government to boost family migration .. rather than use temporary migrants
.. and provide removal and housing assistance so east coast residents can take jobs in
the west.



Budget11 Fin GDP (SYDNEY)

All economists in a survey conducted ahead of the federal budget say they think the
government will return the budget to surplus .. in line with its forecast.

This comes despite a fall in economic growth .. the rising Australian dollar .. and
natural disasters .. which have all hit the federal budget bottom line.

The median forecast of 13 economists surveyed by AAP is an underlying cash deficit
of 16 billion dollars for the 2011/12 financial year .. or about one per cent GDP.

That's up from the deficit forecast in last year's budget .. and the Mid Year Economic
and Fiscal Outlook in November.



Police Vic (MELBOURNE)

The Victorian Police Association will hold a meeting today to decide on a no-confidence
motion on the state police chief SIMON OVERLAND .. over his handling of the resignation
of deputy Sir KEN JONES.

It comes as Mr OVERLAND denies he's lost control of the force .. after ordering his
deputy Sir KEN JONES to leave his post.

Sir KEN announced his resignation last Monday .. and planned to finish up in August
.. but during a meeting with Mr OVERLAND on Friday he was told to pack up immediately.

Police Association secretary GREG DAVIES says Sir KEN'S marching orders were as good
as a dismissal.



Syria (DAMASCUS)

A 12-year-old boy is among several people killed .. as Syrian troops hunted down opponents
of President BASHAR AL-ASSAD in two restive cities .. despite world anger over the bloody
crackdown.

Activists say tanks rumbled into several districts of the central industrial city of
Homs yesterday .. and deployed in the northwestern coastal city of Banias .. two flashpoint
protest hubs.

Meanwhile .. justice authorities have charged prominent dissident and former MP RIAD
SEIF .. a 64-year-old who suffers from cancer .. with violating a ban on protests .. his
lawyer says.



Ecstasy (SYDNEY)

A new report shows ecstasy use in Australia is falling .. but the popularity of several
new designer drugs may be on the rise.

The survey of about 700 ecstasy users by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
in Sydney found that ecstasy use in Australia has slumped considerably in the past five
years.

A drop in purity may be behind this .. but the report's identified a new range of designer
drugs entering the Australian market .. including mephedrone .. known as "miaow" or "bubbles"

.. which for a time could be purchased legally online.

Research centre director .. Professor MICHAEL FARRELL .. is calling for greater internet
monitoring .. so dangerous substances can be brought under control once detected.



Trail (SYDNEY)

A 14-year-old boy has died while trail bike riding in NSW's central west.

The teenager set off from a campsite with two mates along a dirt track in Sunny Corner
State Forest, east of Bathurst .. about nine o'clock yesterday morning (AEST) but he became
separated from the others.

His friends returned to the campsite about 40 minutes later .. and the boy's father
found him about 45 minutes after that.

An ambulance was called but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.



Obesity (CANBERRA)

A coalition of health groups is calling on governments to introduce tough new laws
to crack down on junk food advertising .. targeted at children.

The Obesity Policy Coalition wants to restrict television, internet and print advertising
.. and company sponsorship of sporting events.

Coalition policy adviser JANE MARTIN says implementation would play a huge role in
decreasing children's exposure to junk food marketing .. and reducing Australia's burden
of obesity.

The Coalition's blueprint is backed by the Australian Medical Association .. the Australian
Dental Association and Cancer Council Australia.

The federal government last year rejected calls from its own preventative health taskforce
to ban junk food advertising on TV at certain times.



BRIEFLY IN OTHER NEWS:


Libya (MISRATA)

Libyan regime forces laying siege to Misrata have intensified their assault on the
lifeline port .. as smoke billowed from a fuel depot bombing .. attacks a rights group
say may amount to an atrocity.



Rose (SYDNEY)

Australia's boxing community is in mourning .. following the death of legendary fighter
LIONEL ROSE .. aged 62.



IN FINANCE:


Markets Preview (SYDNEY)

The Australian share market is set for a positive start to the week .. in which attention
will be focused squarely on the future of the economy.

The week will be dominated by tomorrow's Federal budget and its economic forecasts
.. but it's not expected to directly impact shares.

Surprisingly strong jobs data out of the United States on Friday saw overseas shares
rise at the end of an otherwise a poor week for equity markets.

Commonwealth Securities senior analyst CRAIG JAMES says local shares stand to make
modest gains when trade opens today .. with the lift in US jobs taking away some of the
negativity from its market.

He says the Aussie dollar at lower levels will also be encouraging for our market.



AND IN SPORT:


AFL WRAP (BRISBANE)

St Kilda will try to ignite their flagging AFL season when they take on Carlton tonight.

Grand finalists in the past two seasons, the Saints are currently in the bottom four,
with just one win and one draw from five matches.

Yesterday, Adelaide suffered their biggest loss since 2004 ... going down to Melbourne
22.17 (149) to 8.5 (53).

Essendon beat West Coast by 16 points.



RL WRAP (BRISBANE)

Manly will be out to sneak back into the NRL top four when they host Canberra to close
out round nine tonight.

North Queensland's 22-8 loss to leaders St George Illawarra yesterday opened the door
for the Sea Eagles to snare fourth spot.

The Warriors moved up to eighth when they beat Gold Coast 34-14.



MOT F1 (ISTANBUL)

Defending world champion SEBASTIAN VETTEL has won the Turkish Grand Prix, beating Red
Bull teammate MARK WEBBER by more than eight seconds.

Ferrari's FERNANDO ALONSO was third.



SOC ENGLISH (LONDON)

Arsenal have slumped to a 3-1 defeat against Stoke .. extinguishing the Gunners' faint
English Premier League title hopes.

Leaders Manchester United beat second-placed Chelsea 2-1, putting United on the brink
of a 19th title.

In the early game, Wolves edged closer to survival with a 3-1 victory over West Brom.



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