AAP Backgrounders and Analyses for the weekend of April 17/18

AAP General News (Australia)
04-16-2004
AAP Backgrounders and Analyses for the weekend of April 17/18

AAP BACKGROUNDERS AND ANALYSES FOR THE WEEKEND OF APRIL 17/18



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CANBERRA - John Howard went to Ballina, Mark Latham went to Perth, but the debate stayed
firmly in Iraq this week. (Newscope Federal, 822 words, on file)



CANBERRA - Lance Collins was the model Army officer. So why did he become so disappointed
with his career that he turned to Prime Minister John Howard for help? (Intelligence Backgrounder,
736 words, on file)



SYDNEY - Regardless of the exact reasoning behind Telstra Corp chairman Bob Mansfield's
decision to quit, Ziggy Switkowski is now in a lonely place. (Telstra Analysis, 722 words,
on file)



CANBERRA - The 14-year experiment that is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Commission has come to an end. (ATSIC Analysis, 427 words, on file)



PERTH - Backgrounder on Opposition Leader Mark Latham's tour of the Pilbara, and Perth.

(LATHAM WA BACKGROUNDER to come, about 600 words)



SYDNEY - What do Prince Charles, Shane Warne and David Beckham have in common? All
have fallen foul of the most essential tool of modern love-making - the mobile phone.

(SMS Analysis, 473 words, on file)



CANBERRA - Proving a drought is not as easy as pointing to the brown, parched earth
and saying it hasn't rained in months. (Drought Backgrounder with Factbox, 960 words,
on file)



SYDNEY - Katherine Cummings has always known she's a woman. (Sexchange Backgrounder,
880 words, on file)



SYDNEY - To members of Sydney's Assyrian community, Froggy.com founder Karl Suleman
looked and walked like a king. (Suleman Backgrounder, 563 words, on file)



MELBOURNE - Paranormal researchers who investigate hauntings at prominent Victorian
historic properties have released images which they claim prove the existence of ghosts.

(GHOSTS NEWSFEATURE, 1,000 words to come, with pix)



MELBOURNE - The abduction and murder of schoolgirl Sheree Beasley in June 1991 changed
forever the lives of students, their parents and staff of Rosebud Primary School. (Crisis
Book Newsfeature, 750 words, on file)



ADELAIDE - Ben Kozel trekked the Amazon River in a rubber raft and the Yenisey River
in a leaky boat - so it was hardly surprising this week when his first helicopter ride
proved a let down. (Canoeists Analysis, 477 words, on file)



BRISBANE - Grog bans in Queensland's indigenous communities are a poison chalice for
the state government - but one which it must drink from. (Newscope Qld, 588 words, on
file)



AUCKLAND - There's no place New Zealand resident Whitney Thurlow would rather be than
in the mountains. (NZ Climbers Backgrounder, 839 words, on file)



BRISBANE - If it's a do or die battle on the football field, off-field the competition
between AFL clubs for sponsorship is no less savage. (AFL LIONS SPORTSFEATURE to come,
about 600 words)



MELBOURNE - Regrets, he's had a few. (Sheedy Sportsfeature, 636 words, on file with factbox)



SYDNEY - Former mentor Peter McNamara believes Mark Philippoussis is at the crossroads
of his tennis career. (Tennis Philippoussis Sportsfeature, 936 words, on file)



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