HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Dec 13

AAP General News (Australia)
12-13-2009
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Dec 13

SYDNEY - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a surprise visit on Sunday morning to the memorial
chapel dedicated to Mother Mary MacKillop, whose sainthood could be imminent. (MacKillop
to come)

SYDNEY - The NSW government hopes more than 600 arrests in a weekend police crackdown
on alcohol-related crime will ram home one simple message ... "don't get smashed and behave
like a moron". (Blitz NSW Update)

MELBOURNE - More than 200 people were arrested for drunkenness in Victoria under the
Operation Unite crackdown on alcohol-related violence. (Blitz Vic)(See also AFL Pendlebury)
Blitz Vic Wrap to come.

DARWIN - The second night of Operation Unite in Darwin turned "ugly", with police condemning
a mix of Christmas parties and "vertical drinking" as a recipe for disaster. (Blitz NT)

CANBERRA - A blitz on drunken behaviour in Canberra has resulted in 45 people being
arrested over the weekend. (Blitz ACT)

ADELAIDE - Police media conference to release the latest operation unite statistics.

(Blitz SA to come)

To come Blitz WA, Blitz Qld, Blitz Tas.

Blitz Wrap to come.

COPENHAGEN - Australia has formally warned the Copenhagen climate summit that negotiations
to save the planet are not on track. (Summit Aust)

COPENHAGEN - Denmark's Prince Frederik has thrown himself into the Copenhagen climate
conference, hobnobbing with UN chiefs and business leaders. (Summit Frederik)

COPENHAGEN - A police crackdown on climate protesters in Copenhagen in which hundreds
were arrested was preplanned and apparently without justification, according to an Australian
eyewitness. (Summit Protests Aust);See also,

SYDNEY - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd should downsize his Copenhagen bandwagon if he's
serious about cutting emissions, says the federal opposition says. (Climate Hunt)

CANBERRA - Treasurer Wayne Swan says Australia continues to outperform other nations
even as the impact of the global financial crisis continues to wash through the economy.

(Economy Wrap to come.)

CANBERRA - Kevin Rudd is expected to receive the report from his landmark international
commission on nuclear disarmament during his visit to Japan on Tuesday. (Nuclear Aust
to come)

SYDNEY - New figures showing more than 80 per cent of NSW in drought paint a really
bleak picture for farmers, says NSW Premier Kristina Keneally. (Drought)

BRISBANE - Darwin is mopping up, with the nation's first cyclone for the season dumping
a month's worth of rain on the city. (Laurence)

BRISBANE - One person has died and seven others have been airlifted to hospital after
a four-wheel-drive rolled over on Fraser Island in southeast Queensland. (Rollover Update)

HOBART - Paddy Pearl, the widow of celebrated writer and journalist Cyril Pearl, has
sold one of Tasmania's oldest homes and donated the sale proceeds to charity. (Campania)

SYDNEY - The Australian stock market is expected to open higher on Monday despite a
mixed set of leads from overseas markets during weekend offshore trading. (Market Preview)

SYDNEY - Bank of Queensland chief executive David Liddy says the Australian banking
sector is heading towards a "retail style oligopoly". (BankQld to come)

SYDNEY - Mick Fanning clinched his second world championship tour surfing title when
fellow Queenslander Joel Parkinson was eliminated from the third round of the Pipeline
Masters in Hawaii on Sunday morning, (AEDT) (Surfing World Update)

Surfing World Wrap to come.

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