HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 4

AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2009
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 4

SYDNEY - Power has been restored to Sydney's CBD, eastern and inner suburbs after the
second major outage in less than a week. (Cables 2nd Update)

SYDNEY - Power company EnergyAustralia has apologised for the second disruption to
the power supply this week which affected about 50,000 homes and businesses in parts of
Sydney on Saturday morning. (Cables EnergyAust)

SYDNEY - NSW Energy Minister Ian Macdonald has called for an urgent meeting and report
from EnergyAustralia after a second major Sydney power failure in less than a week. (Cables
Macdonald)

SYDNEY - The public is being urged to avoid Sydney's CBD as another power cable failure
blacks out parts of the CBD and surrounding suburbs, again trapping people in lifts, closing
the harbour tunnel and causing traffic chaos. (Cables Update)

MELBOURNE - About 50,000 homes and businesses in parts of Sydney's CBD and the eastern
suburbs are without power on Saturday after a major cable failed. (Cables)

Cables Wrap to come.

SYDNEY - An alleged bikie accused of murdering a man by shooting him in the head and
body in a quiet suburban street has been refused bail in a Sydney court. (Jacobs )

SYDNEY - A Hell's Angels bikie charged with gun possession offences was disqualified
from driving and on his L-plates when he was pinned to the road and arrested in a dramatic
daytime operation, a court has been told. (Birch)

SYDNEY - Police say they are investigating possible links between a Hells Angels bikie
arrested in Sydney and violence that has racked the city in recent weeks, including a
fatal brawl at Sydney Airport. (Bikies Police)



CANBERRA - The United Nations Human Rights Committee says Australia should take "urgent
and adequate measures" to ensure nobody is returned to a country where there's a risk
they may be killed, following reports "rejected" asylum seekers have been murdered after
being returned to Afghanistan. (Rights, to come)



CANBERRA - The United Nations says the federal government should "redesign" the Northern
Territory intervention so it complies with the Racial Discrimination Act and the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. (Intervention, to come)



CANBERRA - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has met with Chinese President Hu Jintao after
the G20 summit in London, amid intense speculation in Australia about the government's
relationship with the Asian superpower. (Rudd Hu)



SYDNEY - NSW Premier Nathan Rees has described as "tragic" the death of a baby boy
who died shortly after he was delivered in a NSW public hospital toilet. (Baby, to come)

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