HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 25

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2007
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 25



Anzac Nightlead to come, with pix.

CANBERRA, April 25 AAP - Australian and New Zealand ministers today called on compatriots
at the dawn service in Gallipoli to use the Anzac spirit to help ease the world's conflicts.

(ANZAC GALLIPOLI N/L to come.)

BRISBANE - Anzac Day will retain its significance and secure an even more "hallowed"

position in the Australian psyche as years go by, Prime Minister John Howard has predicted.

(Anzac Howard)

MELBOURNE - A Vietnam veteran, who served 21 years in the Australian Defence Force
(ADF), today marked Anzac Day by saying Australians should not be calling for our troops
to be withdrawn from Iraq. (Anzac Vic Nightlead)

ADELAIDE - The original Anzacs would be saddened by the "indiscriminate slaughter"

of the Iraq war, but proud of all Australians now serving in the Middle East, Adelaide's
Anzac Day dawn service was told. (Anzac SA Nightlead)

BRISBANE - Some required the aids of walking sticks or wheelchairs while others were
chauffeured in Jeeps, taxis and golf buggies - but still Brisbane's veterans turned out
in great numbers to mark Anzac Day. (Anzac Qld March. N/L to come)

SYDNEY - There were cheers and a few tears at Sydney's Anzac Day march today as about
20,000 war veterans and their descendants honoured the sacrifice of those who have served
Australia in war. (Anzac NSW March. N/L to come.)

CANBERRA - Australians should work to regain the values of personal responsibility
and close communities that the Anzacs sacrificed their lives to preserve, Governor-General
Michael Jeffery says. (Anzac Parade Jeffery. N/L to come)

GOLD COAST - More than 15,000 people packed onto a Gold Coast beach this morning for
a controversial Anzac Day rock concert that had the blessing of former Defence Force chief
Peter Cosgrove. (Anzac Powderfinger)

SYDNEY - Around 200 people have recognised the efforts of indigenous servicemen and
women with an Anzac Day march through the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern today. (Anzac
Aboriginal March. N/L to come)

Also to come



Anzac Sandakan

CANBERRA - Australian soldiers in Afghanistan can look forward to an Anzac Day commemorated
with two cans of beer and a meal served up by their officers. (Anzac Afghan. Seeking more)

PORT MORESBY - Henry Sari Ume is 83 and one of a diminishing band of Papua New Guinean
war veterans who proudly commemorate Anzac Day but receive no government pension in recognition
of their war service. (Anzac PNG Vets)

AUCKLAND - Anzac Day marked the beginning of a bond between Australia and New Zealand
that had endured ever since, a remembrance service in Auckland was told today. (NZ Anzac)

SYDNEY - Anti-war graffiti on a war memorial labelling diggers "murderers" has galvanised
the NSW central west community of Bathurst, the local RSL says. (Anzac Vandal. N/L to
come.)

CANBERRA - Australian troops have again come under fire in Iraq as they tried to recover
an armoured vehicle destroyed during an earlier roadside bomb attack. (Iraq Aust. N/L
to come.)

CANBERRA - A leading economist has warned of serious consequences if the federal government
lowers taxes following the release of impressive inflation figures. (Inflation Access)

CANBERRA - Labor is continuing to resist pressure to outline details of its new industrial
relations policies, which will come under the microscope at the party's national conference
this weekend. (Workplace Gillard. More on merit)

BEVERLY HILLS - Rupert Murdoch held little back today as he gave a frank assessment
of US President George W Bush's lack of media skills, the rise of militant Islam and the
spread of nuclear weapons. (US Murdoch Nightlead)

SYDNEY - Australian Communications Media Authority accuses free to air networks of
abusing sports broadcasting laws. (To come.)

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