HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 15:30, April27

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2000
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 15:30, April27



SYDNEY - The price of long distance and international phone calls is set to fall after
the ACCC found Telstra's competitors are paying too much for the use of its network. (TELSTRA
to come.)



ADELAIDE - Mitsubishi Motors said it would slash 600 jobs from its Australian workforce
after posting a $130 million loss for 1999. (Mitsubishi to come.)



CANBERRA - Drinkers have won a reprieve with the Australian Democrats today vowing
to block excise changes which would add 20 to 30 cents to the cost of a glass of beer.

(TAX BEER to come. N/L to follow.)



CANBERRA - Average weekly earnings jumped 1.4 per cent in the three months to February,
further increasing the pressure for another rise in interest rates, possibly as soon as
next week. (Wages. See also Wages economists. Economy Nightlead to come.)



CANBERRA - Governor-General Sir William Deane has accepted an invitation to take part
in the presentation ceremony for the national reconciliation document. (Reconcile Deane.

See also Howard Reconciliation, Reconcile Nossal. N/L to come.)



SYDNEY - State Labor industrial relations ministers remain divided over the federal
government's employee entitlement scheme, Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith said
today. (Payouts Reith)



BRISBANE - A Brisbane man may be charged with stalking after using the Internet to
send threatening e-mails, including death threats, to a young woman. (Stalker )



CANBERRA - Many Aboriginal communities are living without reliable power and water
supplies or working sewerage systems, new figures show. (Indigenous housing. N/L to come.)



CANBERRA - The film American Psycho would be the next challenge for censorship authorities,
new chief censor Des Clark said today. (PSYCHO to come)



BRISBANE - Fear of looking stupid in front of others should be treated as a medical
problem, say psychiatric experts. (Phobia)



MELBOURNE - A coroner criticised the former Kennett government and the operator of
Victoria's privately run prison today for not removing hanging points from cells before
the jail opened in August 1997. (Prison Deaths Finding. See also Prison Deaths Firm. N/L,
Prison death Family, to come.)



SYDNEY - England has turned to Sir Donald Bradman to help it regain the heights of
international cricket. (CRICKET BRADMAN)



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