AAP audio advisory 30Aug2002

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AAP audio advisory 30Aug2002

AAP audio advisory

FRIDAY AUG 30 2002

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AAP MultiMedia +61 2 9322 8000-----------------------Interim rugby league Bulldogs CEO Steve Mortimer says he's doing the best he can to redressthe club's problems. AAPDuration : 7.653-----------------------Sir Richard Branson, speaking to the Seven Network, confirms Virgin is considering enteringthe credit card market in Australia. AAPDuration : 15.625-----------------------Sir Richard Branson says one of the main reasons he's in Sydney is to ensure Sydney Airporthonour a handshake agreement with Virgin Blue airlines over terminal access. AAPDuration : 16.924-----------------------Bioethicist Dr John Fleming tells Network Seven's Sunrise program that he fully supportssplitting the bill on embryonic stem cell research, and says it's important for parliamentto clarify the terms under which cells could be used. AAPDuration : 58.187-----------------------Sheila Royles from the Advancement of Medical Research Coalition tells Seven's Sunrisethat splitting the embryonic stem cell bill is reasonable, but could delay the overalldecision. AAPDuration : 25.067-----------------------Sir Richard Branson tells Sky TV that Virgin Blue had a handshake agreement Sydney Airportover terminal access, and he hopes this will be honoured by its new owners. AAPDuration : 32.67-----------------------US President George W Bush says America needs its allies in the fight against terrorists. APDuration : 12.326-----------------------Top government officials have decided to drop a proposal to keep foreign air carriersfrom flying over the three September eleventh crash sites. Tracy Johnke reports. APDuration : 35.134-----------------------St George-Illawarra Dragons fullback Ben Hornby says the Sydney Roosters are the formteam of the NRL competition, ahead of their round 25 clash at Aussie Stadium on Sunday.

The Media GameDuration : 11.706-----------------------Bulldogs prop Willie Mason says players from his NRL team have less chance of making nationalselection this year because they won't be playing finals football. AAPDuration : 15.356-----------------------British businessman Richard Branson tells Network Nine's Today he's very happy to meetwith Sydney Airport officials to attempt to break the deadlock over access to the formerAnsett terminal. AAPDuration : 36.114-----------------------British businessman Richard Branson, speaking on Nine's Today show, says he's confidentVirgin Blue can expand services while keeping fares at a low and accessible price. AAPDuration : 40.273-----------------------Sir Richard Branson tells Nine's Today show that Virgin Blue has been one of the mostsuccessful of the Virgin companies, and there's a lot to celebrate on its second birthday.

AAPDuration : 46.183-----------------------Stocks struggled on today's US markets and finished mixed. Doug Whiteman reports. APDuration : 52.061-----------------------US Vice President Dick Cheney says US President George W Bush will consult with Congressand US allies before deciding whether to strike Iraq. APDuration : 23.431-----------------------Mohammed al Fayed, father of Dodi Fayed, says he believes his son and Diana, who he sayswas pregnant, were murdered. (Audio from video provided by Mohammed al Fayed) APDuration : 16.082-----------------------US President George W Bush warns Americans to prepare for a long war on terrorism. APDuration : 18.921-----------------------US Vice President Dick Cheney renews a warning that Iraq's Saddam Hussein is trying todevelop nuclear weapons to use against the US. APDuration : 17.632-----------------------Mohammed al Fayed, father of Dodi Fayed, says the British government is pressuring theUS to keep secret information about his son and Diana. (Audio from video provided by Mohammedal Fayed) APDuration : 20.07-----------------------Prime Minister John Howard, during parliament, says he's listened to the debate for andagainst splitting the embryonic stem cell bill, and thinks splitting is a desirable move.

AAPDuration : 30.136-----------------------Head of the Anglican Church in Australia, Peter Carnley, says the stem cell debate hasbeen hijacked. AAPDuration : 22.375-----------------------Bulldogs prop Willie Mason says the team is just playing for pride now, but at the endof the season they'll be the real NRL minor premiers. AAPDuration : 12.976-----------------------NRL prop Willie Mason says last week was a tough one for the Bulldogs players but thisweek they are ready to get back into rugby league. AAPDuration : 19.721-----------------------NSW Aboriginal Affairs Minister Andrew Refshauge says Aboriginal languages need to berevived to make Aboriginal culture stronger. AAPDuration : 16.459-----------------------Schoolgirls Ashleigh Walker, 13, Michaela Fitzgerald, 14, and Alkira Fitzgerald, 13, singin their traditional Gumbainggir tongue at the launch of a new NSW policy to revive Aboriginallanguages. AAPDuration : 26.261-----------------------Airservices Australia chief executive Bernie Smith says the national air traffic controlorganisation doesn't know what gripes air traffic controllers have. AAPDuration : 23.113-----------------------Airservices Australia chief executive Bernie Smith, after being told air traffic controllershave called off industrial action, says the decision allows the issues to be negotiatedwithout a threat hanging over the head of the travelling public. AAPDuration : 15.239-----------------------Justice Minister Chris Ellison tells reporters are shipment of Chinese honey seized bycustoms contained a dangerous antibiotic. AAPDuration : 39.124-----------------------Pathology laboratories that pose a risk to public health and safety will be named andshamed under new measures announced by federal Health Minister Kay Patterson. AAPDuration : 28.557-----------------------Airservices Australia chief executive Bernie Smith says the national air traffic controlorganisation will try to sort out industrial issues with air traffic controllers but ithasn't got buckets of money to throw at a shopping list of claims. AAPDuration : 25.141-----------------------Justice Minister Chris Ellison tells reporters the seizure of four kilograms of heroinat Melbourne Airport means 16,000 hits of the drug won't reach the streets. AAPDuration : 32.16-----------------------ACTU president Sharan Burrow tells a news conference 467 Hilton Hotel workers have beentold they have lost their jobs from November. Some will get 8 weeks redundancy pay butcasuals will only get one week, provided they stay until then. AAPDuration : 37.007-----------------------ACTU president Sharan Burrow tells a news conference the peak union body is launchinga test case to create a new national standard on redundancy entitlements. AAPDuration : 58.342-----------------------Foreign Minister Alexander Downer tells question time the government has been trying tohelp Sydney woman Le My Linh, who has been sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug possession,since she was arrested last November. AAPDuration : 26.852-----------------------Foreign Minister Alexander Downer tells question time the government is grateful to Vietnamfor fighting the drug trade but hopes that a death sentence there for Sydney woman LeMy Linh for drug possession will be replaced with a jail term. AAPDuration : 34.344-----------------------Financial columnist Garry Josling explains why investors shouldn't get too carried awayby an expected business boom. AAPDuration : 257.459-----------------------Senator Brian Harradine says he hopes the facts about embryonic stem cell research willemerge from a Senate committee examining the matter. AAPDuration : 19.214-----------------------Veterans Affairs Minister Danna Vale tells questions time that war veteran pensionershaving trouble with doctors not honouring Gold Cards for treatment should contact herdepartment. AAPDuration : 32.854-----------------------Senator Brian Harradine says the embryonic stem cell research barrow is being pushed bycommercial and drug company interests. AAPDuration : 16.967-----------------------Veterans Affairs Minister Danna Vale tells questions time that most GPs and specialistsare honouring Gold Card commitments to treat war veteran pensioners and will continueto do so. AAPDuration : 14.857-----------------------Senator Brian Harradine says he expects more evidence to emerge of misrepresentationsby scientists promoting embryonic stem cell research. AAPDuration : 16.474-----------------------Federal Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop tells reporters what has influenced her most in thestem cell research debate is hearing from people with disabilities and their familiesand friends. AAPDuration : 15.175-----------------------Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says Australia's told the US it's agreed in principleto allow the US to refuse to surrender its citizens to the international court on warcrimes. AAPDuration : 15.062-----------------------Foreign Minister Alexander Downer explains why Australia must agree to let the US refuseto surrender its citizens to the international court on war crimes. AAPDuration : 62.849-----------------------Ousted Australian Democrats leader Natasha Stott Despoja says she's saddened by recentevents, she'll enjoy supporting the new leader and concentrating on the field of biotechnology.

AAPDuration : 30.518-----------------------Ousted Australian Democrats leader Natasha Stott Despoja rules out standing for her party'sdeputy leadership position. AAPDuration : 15.359-----------------------Ousted Australian Democrats leader Natasha Stott Despoja says both contenders for herpost are good men and would make fine leaders. AAPDuration : 54.331-----------------------Senator John Cherry, one of the gang of four who toppled leader Natasha Stott Despoja,rules out standing for the deputy leadership and says he'll work with whoever's electedleader. AAPDuration : 12.039

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KEYWORD: AUDIO ADVISORY 30AUG2002