AAP audio advisory 01Dec2003

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2003
AAP audio advisory 01Dec2003
AAP audio advisory Monday, December 1, 2003
Audio editors today: Rosemary Triggs and Sheree Went
Tel: +61 2 9322 8722
http://aap.com.au/audio
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Health Minister Tony Abbott defends his Medicare Plus package in parliament, saying every
doctor will have their income improved under the proposed measures. AAP
Duration : 19.009
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Health Minister Tony Abbott tells parliamentary question time the take up of its $100
million IT system, HIC Online, will increase once the Medicare Plus changes are implemented.

AAP
Duration : 26.323
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Australian sharemarket closes down half a per cent with the banking stocks holding the
average down with the sector nervous ahead of a likely interest rate rise on Wednesday.

Garry Josling from the AAP finance desk reports. AAP
Duration : 111.283
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Opposition Leader Simon Crean reserves special mention for Mark Philippoussis after his
spectacular win to clinch the Davis Cup in Melbourne at the weekend. AAP
Duration : 16.466
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Prime Minister John Howard opens parliamentary question time by congratulating the Australian
Davis Cup tennis team on the win in Melbourne at the weekend. AAP
Duration : 18.344
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Trade Minister Mark Vaile speaks of the benefits to regional Australia of having an automotive
component included in the United States free trade agreement. AAP
Duration : 17.724
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Speaking on the US free trade agreement, Trade Minister Mark Vaile tells parliament the
Australian film and television industry already has good access into the US and a trade
deal is aimed at helping farmers gain the same access. AAP
Duration : 17.163
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Prime Minister John Howard says the law will be amended if that's what's needed to block
convicted heroin dealer Francesco Dominico La Rosa from claiming a $220,000 tax deduction
for money he lost during a drug deal. AAP
Duration : 18.611
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Trade Minister Mark Vaile says a $90,000 grant to a television company with links to a
former head of the collapsed Pyramid Building Society would have been granted on merit.

AAP
Duration : 19.589
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Trade Minister Mark Vaile discusses the work done by Geelong-based company World Wide
Entertainment which lists Bill Farrow, the former head of the failed Pyramid Building
Society, as one of its directors. AAP
Duration : 12.263
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Trade Minister Mark Vaile says he was prevented by law from intervening in a $90,000 grant
to a company linked to the former head of the collapsed Pyramid Building Society under
the Export Market Development Grants scheme. AAP
Duration : 38.165
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Prime Minister John Howard commits in parliament an additional $250,000 to Hazel Hawke's
Alzheimer's disease fund to help the ex-wife of former prime minister Bob Hawke to improve
community perception of the disease. AAP
Duration : 20.791
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Prime Minister John Howard tells parliamentary question time about the provisions the
government has made to assist Hazel Hawke, the ex-wife of former prime minister Bob Hawke,
with support for her community work. AAP
Duration : 39.477
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Prime Minister John Howard tells parliamentary question time about the government's programme
for community release of children who are detained on the mainland and are in the company
of their mothers. AAP
Duration : 25.153
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In parliamentary question time, Prime Minister John Howard says the decision taken by
the parents of children in immigration detention is the principle reason for their children's
plight. AAP
Duration : 21.943
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Dan Senor, spokesman for coalition authorities in Iraq, says attacks on Japanese and Spanish
personnel haven't deflected a commitment to fighting terrorism. AP
Duration : 19.408
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Director of The Lord of the Rings Peter Jackson tells reporters in New Zealand it's sad
that the group of people who've made the Rings trilogy are together for the last time.

AAP
Duration : 15.972
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Lt Col William MacDonald, US Army 4th Infantry Division spokesman in Iraq, says says it
appears some of those killed in the city of Samarra were part of a militia loyal to Saddam
Hussein. AP
Duration : 21.891
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Nelson Mandela, former South African president, says tells a concert audience that AIDS
is claiming more lives than wars, famines and floods, and is reducing people to mere numbers.

AP
Duration : 38.334
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Labor frontbencher Kevin Rudd, who's withdrawn from the ALP leadership contest, tells
Sky News that former party leader Kim Beazley has the experience to campaign for Labor,
to win the election, and to govern as prime minister. AAP
Duration : 50.641
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Labor frontbencher Kevin Rudd, who's withdrawn from the ALP leadership contest, tells
Sky News that Labor must present the voters with the option of a fair go -- in contrast
to the government of John Howard. AAP
Duration : 34.019
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Labor frontbencher Kevin Rudd, who's withdrawn from the ALP leadership contest, tells
Sky News the three main things he thinks the public want from a Labor government. AAP
Duration : 33.257
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Labor frontbencher Kevin Rudd, who's withdrawn from the ALP leadership contest, tells
Sky News he can raise the votes to win, so he wants to let the party chose between top
contenders Kim Beazley and Mark Latham. AAP
Duration : 37.009
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Israeli justice minister Yosef Lapid says Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie is not
in a situation to set conditions on any meeting he holds with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon. AP
Duration : 19.412
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Saeb Erekat, Palestinian Cabinet minister, says the goal of his meeting with the chief
of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office is make sure a meeting between Sharon
and Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia is fruitful. AP
Duration : 13.191
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Aussie tennis champ Mark Philippoussis tells the Nine Network the way whole Davis Cup
team played brought Australia the cup. AAP
Duration : 11.815
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Colonel Jim Hickey, US Army commander in Iraq, says it's possible the Japanese diplomats
killed by Iraqi insurgents had stopped their car for some reason. AP
Duration : 16.169
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Colonel Jim Hickey, US Army commander in Iraq, says gunmen have ambushed and killed two
Japanese diplomats, and wounded a third person. AP
Duration : 16.796
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Aussie tennis champ Mark Philippoussis tells Fox Sport he doesn't know how he won the
Davis Cup with his injured chest muscle. AAP
Duration : 7.949
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Labor leadership contender Mark Latham tells reporters that whoever wins the ballot, he
hopes they can shake hands and get on with the job of beating Coalition leader John Howard.

AAP
Duration : 9.168
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Labor frontbencher Kevin Rudd tells reporters he won't stand for the leadership of the
ALP this week, but will throw his weight behind Kim Beazley. AAP
Duration : 10.19
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Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, the US military deputy director for operations in Iraq,
says attacks on military personnel are lessening. AP
Duration : 21.55
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Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, the US military deputy director for operations in Iraq,
describes the incident in which two U-S soldiers from the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment
died in an attack on their convoy. AP
Duration : 14.445
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US Colonel Joe Anderson, commander of the Second Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division,
says it appears enemy fire was to blame for a helicopter collision that killed 17 soldiers
in Iraq earlier this month. AP
Duration : 21.864

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