HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Feb 1
DARWIN - Afghani asylum seekers won't be receiving an Australian government refundfor money they had paid to people smugglers, Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock saidtoday. (Afghan Ruddock amount. Nightlead to come.)
TOWNSVILLE - A British tourist in Queensland has become the first person in the worldto die after being stung by the tiny Irukandji jellyfish. (Jellyfish. N/L, Backgrounder,Factbox to come.)
CANBERRA - Defence Minister Robert Hill pitched for increased Budget funding for thedefence forces today, saying the September 11 terrorist attacks had brought unforeseenexpenses for Australia. (Budget Hill)
NEW YORK - Prime Minister John Howard has enlisted the help of some of the world'smost powerful business leaders in Australia's campaign for a free trade pact with theUnited States. (US Howard)
SYDNEY - A baby boy is being given a second chance at life after being flown 9,000km from Bali to Sydney overnight for life-saving surgery. (Baby Nightlead)
SYDNEY - Doctors today urged the federal government to review its mandatory detentionof asylum seekers, claiming it was harmful to their physical and mental health. (WoomeraDoctors. N/L to come, taking in Curtin.)
MELBOURNE - In what is believed to be a Victorian legal first a divorced father-of-twoaccused of helping his gay HIV-positive lover to die has pleaded guilty to assisting asuicide. (HOOD to come)
MELBOURNE - A Melbourne man has been ordered to stand trial for manslaughter afterthe van he was towing up hill broke free and killed and 80-year-old grandmother. (SOUTHWELLto come)
SYDNEY - Rodney Adler's FAI Insurance concealed details of how it used reinsurancecontracts to inflate its earnings from industry regulators, the HIH royal commission wastold today. (HIH. N/L to come.)
SYDNEY - A new exchange is set to make an appearance in Australia by the end of thefirst quarter of 2002, offering three different types of investment products. (Exchange)
MELBOURNE - Greg Norman made the sort of charge he hasn't produced in years today,shooting a five-under par 67 to be eight under after 36 holes of the Heineken Classicat Royal Melbourne. (GOLF AUST. N/L to come.)
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