Highights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, Dec 122011

AAP General News (Australia)
12-12-2011
Highights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, Dec 122011

Highlights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, Dec 122011.

PORT MORESBY - The Supreme court of Papua New Guinea has ruled the election of Peter
O'Neill unconstitutional and restored the former Sir Michael Somare as Prime minister
in a narrow 3-2 decision.

(Legal: PNG Politics 2nd Update, Wrap to come)



CANBERRA - Prime Minister Julia Gillard says her reshuffled cabinet, which includes
three new faces, will give her Labor government extra "firepower" in 2012. (Ministry Wrap
(With Pix, Video, Factbox)

(See also Ministry Analysis, Ministry Women, Ministry Workplace, Ministry Shorten)

BRISBANE - A four-day manhunt for a former public servant accused of stealing millions
of dollars from Queensland Health ended when the fugitive was found semiconscious in his
Brisbane home. (Millions Wrap )

SYDNEY - Former NSW Labor minister Tony Kelly is facing criminal charges and party
expulsion after an inquiry ruled he acted corruptly over a land deal in the dying days
of the Keneally government. (ICAC Kelly Wrap)

BRISBANE - An election needs to be called so Queenslanders don't have to put up with
ministers who are coasting until their retirement, the Liberal National Party says. (Roberts
Wrap )

ADELAIDE - He's a fan of Cold Chisel but former South Australian treasurer Kevin Foley
is more likely to quote Frank Sinatra when describing his political career: "I did it
my way." (Foley Wrap (with pics))

NEWCASTLE, NSW - Fugitive Malcolm Naden may have been hiding out in unused bush cabins
near where an officer was shot in the arm in a remote part of northern NSW, police say.

(Naden Wrap)

CANBERRA - If the federal government is forced to offer fresh economic stimulus measures
in the face of a troubled Europe, the housing industry believes it should be channelled
its way as new data continued to point to a growing shortage of new homes. (Economy Wrap)

CANBERRA - A global agreement to create a successor to the Kyoto Protocol does nothing
to protect Australian businesses from labouring under an ill-formed carbon tax in the
meantime, industry bosses say. (Climate Wrap)

HOBART - Nothing will match the emotion behind the All Blacks' drought-breaking 2011
Rugby World Cup victory. But the New Zealand cricket team did their best by winning a
Test in Australia for the first time in 1985. (Cri Aust)

SYDNEY - Australian shares rose more than one per cent after US data topped market
expectations and a debt deal from Europe boosted hopes for the global economy. (Aust Stocks

Wrap)

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