Highlights of the AAP National wire at 15:30 April 20, 1999.

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-1999
Highlights of the AAP National wire at 15:30 April 20, 1999.

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard today renewed the war of words over the proposed GST,
saying the Premiers love the government's tax package. (TAX HOWARD, see also TAX BOSWELL, TAX
COLSTON, TAX NIGHTLEAD to come, TAX ANALYSIS to come)

PERTH - Prime Minister John Howard said today Australia would use whatever influence it had
to try to persuade the Indonesian government to exercise restraint over its armed forces.
(TIMOR HOWARD, see also TIMOR BEAZLEY, TIMOR AUST BROWN, INDON TIMOR DOWNER, TIMOR AMBASSADOR,
TIMOR AUST N/L to come, TIMOR HAWKE to come)



PERTH - Prime Minister John Howard said today he did not want to raise expectations that
captured Australian aid workers Steve Pratt and Peter Wallace would be released. (KOSOVO
HOWARD, see also KOSOVO CARE, KOSOVO AUST PHONES, KOSOVO CARE QUEEN, KOSOVO AUST N/L)



BRISBANE - Retrieval arrangements for the bodies of two RAAF airmen killed when their F-111
crashed in Malaysia early this week will be made in consultation with their families, the air
force said today. (F111 SECOND DAYLEAD, see also F111 PROBE, F111 N/L to come)



SYDNEY - A legal test case against Australia's big three tobacco companies by smokers who
allege they suffered diseases from smoking has become bogged down by a dispute between two big
law firms over who should run it. (TOBACCO)



MELBOURNE - Premier Jeff Kennett today said he was the victim of media misrepresentation,
denying he had urged an audience of Melbourne schoolgirls that women should procreate for the
sake of Australia's population. (BREED LEAD)



SYDNEY - Australia's central bank today declared it would not "dump" inflation targeting
despite continued low price rises, describing any such move as "shortsighted". (RBA INFLATION
N/L)



SYDNEY - New Zealand rugby league captain Quentin Pongia and reserve prop Tony Puletua have
been ruled out of Friday night's Anzac Test at Stadium Australia. (LEAGUE TEST NZ, see also
LEAGUE WARRIORS, LEAGUE STORM, LEAGUE TEST AUST N/L to come)



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