Highlights of the AAP National Wire at 20:30 Dec 6 = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-1999
Highlights of the AAP National Wire at 20:30 Dec 6 = 2

CANBERRA - Federal MPs should support Virgin Airline's planned entry into the Australian
aviation market by boycotting the two existing carriers, maverick Labor backbencher Mark
Latham today said. (Virgin Latham)



SYDNEY - John Marsden today called Channel 7's barrister "the most disgusting human
being I've ever met" after debate over the solicitor's wish to attend the funeral of a
former lover who suicided. (Marsden)



SYDNEY - Three workers suffered life-threatening burns when an explosion ripped through
a grain silo at a margarine factory in the New South Wales Hunter Valley today. (Silo)



SYDNEY - A pilot of a skydiving plane who smelt fumes coming from the engine but continued
on the journey before the engine stalled, is being questioned by the Civil Aviation Safety
Authority (CASA). (Aircraft)



SYDNEY - So what do the guys behind one of the scariest, most talked about and profitable
movies of the year do for an encore? (Witch)



SYDNEY - The parents of an Aboriginal man who hanged himself in jail will hold last
ditch peace talks with the coroner's office tomorrow after their representative was barred
from attending their son's autopsy. (Russell)



BRISBANE - Premier Peter Beattie today promised a resolution to Queensland's tree clearing
crisis by the end of the week after remarking about the extent of burn-offs across the
state. (Trees)



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