Highights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, Dec 222011

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2011
Highights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, Dec 222011
Highlights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, Dec 222011.

CANBERRA - Labor will talk to Nauru about reopening an asylum seeker processing centre
there if the coalition agrees to pass the government's amendment to the Migration Act
without changes. (Boat Bowen Update)

BOAT WRAP to come

CANBERRA - Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan says the reaffirmation of Australia's triple-A
credit rating by ratings agency Moody's proves the economy is strong and the federal opposition
is wrong to talk it down. (Economy Wrap)

SYDNEY - A man has broken into the family home of Ed Cowan, a day after he was selected
in the Australian cricket team for the first time. (Cowan) Chasing more and chasing reaction.

MELBOURNE - A bloodied man dumped a body outside a Melbourne hospital minutes after
a late-night home invasion ended in gunshots. (Body Wrap)

MELBOURNE - The yuletide message of peace and goodwill appears to be lost on many Victorians,
with police responding to a report of family violence every 10 minutes on Christmas Day.

(Xmas Violence Vic Wrap)

SYDNEY - Bad weather in NSW will see board games trump board shorts as the gift of
choice in the lead-up to Christmas. (Xmas Sales NSW)

AUCKLAND - The rest of the world has caught on - a couple of years late - to what Aucklanders
already knew: their city was home to the world's creepiest Christmas icon. (NZ Santa)

SYDNEY - Aussies will face showers, thunderstorms and large coastal swells over Christmas
and Boxing Day, forecasters say. (Xmas Weather National)

GOLD COAST - With cyclone swells expected to create waves up to three metres during
Christmas, some of Queensland's most popular beaches could be closed on the normally busiest
days of the year. (Xmas Beaches Qld)

SYDNEY - NSW police are urging other states to follow their lead and bring in Christmas
holiday double demerit points to curb dangerous drivers. (Toll National)

PERTH - About 20,000 people have been caught speeding by a newly established, and much
publicised, speed camera on a Perth freeway in the past week. (Xmas Roads WA)

SYDNEY - The 1.5 million revellers expected to flock to Sydney Harbour on New Year's
Eve will be treated to a $6.3 million show including a fireworks display set to an all-Australian
soundtrack. (Eve)

SYDNEY - Kathmandu has become the latest victim of weak Christmas trading. (Kathmandu
Wrap (with factbox and graphic))

MELBOURNE - Former Australian captain Mark Taylor says India's stellar cast of batsmen
could be exposed on Australia's quicker, bouncier pitches after being spoiled by flat
tracks at home. (Cri Aust Wrap) See also sidebars

SYDNEY - History-making Sydney to Hobart competitor Adrienne Cahalan says Jessica Watson
needs to be calm and have confidence in her decisions as she prepares to lead the youngest
crew in the event's history. (Sai SydHob Wrap)

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