Highlights of the AAP National wire at 19:30 April 18, 1999.

AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-1999
Highlights of the AAP National wire at 19:30 April 18, 1999.

MAJOR ITEMS MOVED ON THE AAP NATIONAL WIRE SINCE THE 1530 HIGHLIGHTS:

CANBERRA - On the eve of the Senate GST debate tomorrow, Prime Minister John Howard
rejected calls for greater compensation. (TAX NIGHTLEAD)



CANBERRA -Prime Minister John Howard was caught on the back foot today when he was accused
of misleading the public over an international report on the state of Australia's tax system.
(TAX OECD NIGHTLEAD)



CANBERRA -Australia today accused the Indonesian military of deliberately turning a blind
eye to murderous rampages in East Timor by pro-Indonesian militia and demanded the immediate
disarming of the paramilitaries. (INDON TIMOR AUST NIGHTLEAD)



CANBERRA -Claims by Yugoslav authorities that two Australian aid workers were guilty of
espionage drew an angry response from all sides of politics in Australia today. (KOSOVO AUST
NIGHTLEAD)



SYDNEY - Olympic organisers could be forced to rethink plans to hold Olympic beach
volleyball at Sydney's Bondi Beach, in the face of virulent public protest. (OLY VOLLEYBALL
NIGHTLEAD)



MELBOURNE - The national leadership of Australia's media and entertainment union is to face
a challenge for the first time since 1992, amid claims it has led the union into financial
strife and membership chaos. (MEDIA NIGHTLEAD)



BRISBANE - Weather forecasters today continued to watch a low pressure system in the Gulf
of Carpentaria that could possibly develop into a cyclone in the next few days. (CYCLONE
NIGHTLEAD)



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