FED: AM summary

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-1998
FED: AM summary

CANBERRA, Dec 10 AAP - The main stories in todays 0800 (AEDT) edition of the ABCs AM
program:

* Pakistani High Court judge Justice Mohammad Qayyum says Pakistan's probe into alleged
match-fixing by some of its star cricket players, including former Pakistani captain Salim
Malik, has been compromised by accusers Shane Warne and Mark Waughs admission to taking
secret payments from a bookmaker in return for information.

* Australian Cricket Board chief Malcolm Speed says the board considers the matter now
closed and there will not be another inquiry. He says he has full confidence that Australian
cricket players are now above board. Interview with Mr Speed.

* Mixed reaction in Britain to the news of Warne and Waughs misdemeanour. Former England
captain Mike Gatting says the world doesnt know about every incident on tour, that the
players have been punished and the matter is now closed. International Cricket Council chief
David Richards says the ACB asked them to keep the matter confidential, so they did.

* Last minute talks between the federal government and Senator Brian Harradine may now see
the Independent support the coalitions private health insurance legislation. Senator
Harradine says he supports the 30 per cent rebate, but does not want to see it swallowed up by
greedy doctors fees.

* Teachers and Aboriginal groups in the Northern Territory are fighting a decision to dump
an Aboriginal bilingual education program. Linguistics professor Stephen Wern says the program
is important in preserving lesser known languages.

* One Nation campaign director for the Victorian seat of Corio, Horst Pfeiffer says some
members of his branch are considering a class action against One Nation leaders Pauline
Hanson, David Oldfield and David Ettridge to recover their money spent on funding federal
election campaigns.

* A 16-year-old Palestinian boy has been killed by Israeli troops during the worst day of
violence since the signing of the Oslo accords. About 90 Palestinians were injured during the
clashes which come a week ahead of a visit by US president Bill Clinton.

* The White House has wrapped up its defence of United States President Bill Clinton before
the House Judiciary Committee, but the president and his defenders seem resigned to the fact
the Republican-dominated panel will vote on Saturday for articles of impeachment.

* The South Australian Liberal Party is attempting to expel rebel backbencher Peter Lewis,
a harsh critic of Premier John Olsen. Mr Lewis says expelling him will not solve the problem
of whether the public can rely on information provided by ministers to the parliament,
particularly relating to the investigation of the Motorola contract. Interview with Mr Lewis.

* Scientists have uncovered the oldest intact skeleton of a hominid in a cave near
Johannesburg, South Africa. The ape-man skeleton could be as old as 3.2 to 3.6 million years.

AAP et/daw

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