Govt asks TV networks to show restraint
The Federal Government has asked television news directors to
exercise restraint in their war coverage, in the interests of
children.
The Minister for Children, Larry Anthony, says he is concerned about the
negative impact of the graphic images on young people.
"People controlling the major TV networks [should] just show a
little bit of restraint and particularly during those high peak hours
where children may be watching TV," he said.
Public denied access to
Parliament
Security officials have closed public access to Parliament
House in Canberra while around 200 protesters blocked the front entrance.
Member of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy led the protesters to the doors of
where a double line of police officers are protecting the entrance.
Anti-war protesters clamber on to Parliament House
Anti-war protesters have climbed across a roof to drape a
peace symbol over the coat of arms on the front of Parliament House in
Canberra.
Two protesters clambered across a perspex roof to the national coat of
arms where they draped a rainbow flag bearing a peace symbol.
They remained there for about half-an-hour, shouting anti-war messages to
about 50 people below.
Earlier, about 200 people blocked the main entrance to the Parliament
where they set fire to a pile of leaves and threw a terra cotta pot at
the building.
Police say three people have been arrested.
Meanwhile, an anti-war protester has been given a good behaviour bond
after he threw a balloon with red paint at the Prime Minister's residence
in Canberra.
Daniel Tokarev, 29,from Victoriawas arrested early this morning outside
The Lodge with several more paint-filled balloons in a backpack.
He told the ACT Magistrates Court he could not stand by and do nothing
while there was a war in Iraq.
Tokarev was also ordered to pay $300 for cleaning costs.
Man set himself alight over visa
rejection fears, court hears
The Australian Capital Territory Coroner's Court has heard
a Pakistani refugee set himself on fire outside Parliament House when he
thought visa applications for his family would be rejected again.
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Parliament interrupted by anti-war
protesters
The start of Question Time in Federal Parliament has been
delayed by several peace protesters. Prime Minister John Howard was about
to answer a question from Opposition leader Simon Crean when several
people in the public gallery shouted anti-war slogans.
Calls for release of health study of
Gulf War veterans
There are renewed calls for the release of the health
study of 1991 Gulf War veterans. The Opposition says the Federal
Government has had the final report for four months, but a spokeswoman
for the Veterans Affairs Minister, Dana Vale, says it is still being
considered and will be released as soon as possible.
Row developing over wheat supplies to
Iraq
A stoush has erupted between Australia and the United
States over wheat supplies to post-war Iraq. The US has angrily rejected
suggestions it is trying to steal Australia's market in Iraq by sending
in 600,000 tonnes of wheat as food aid.
Police detain man linked to fatal stabbing at
abattoir
Police have found a man they believe was involved in a fatal
stabbing at Yarrawonga in northern Victoria this morning.
One man was killed and two seriously injured in a series of stabbings at
a local abattoir.
A 47-year-old man has extensive neck and chest injuries, while the other
man has back and chest wounds.
Both have been airlifted to Melbourne's Alfred Hospital and are in a
serious but stable condition.
A man believed to be involved in the incident has been found in a nearby
paddock and is not posing a threat to police.
Further to this the guy was said to have worked in the halal slaughter
section and police said forensics would have their work cut out for
them.
Don't send negative emails to Aust
troops: Govt
The Federal Government says negative messages from the
public will not be passed on to Australian troops in the Middle East.
US-led attack on Iraq not 'making any
dent at all': NZ PM
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said the US-led
attack on Iraq was not "making any dent at all" and stood by
her decision to keep her country out of the conflict.
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The train wreck IS developing rather nicely.
