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Aspinall (BRISBANE)
The Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane has rejected allegations of sexual misconduct,saying the allegations are distressing, damaging and false.
Archbishop PHILLIP ASPINALL says the allegations relate to events 20 years ago whenDr ASPINALL was a church youth group leader in Tasmania.
Dr ASPINALL says a member of the group claims he was sexually abused by a priest afterDr ASPINALL arranged for him to share the priest's bed.
The same man also alleges Dr ASPINALL and the priest were engaged in sexual activity.
Dr ASPINALL called an extraordinary media conference yesterday where he read a lengthystatement outlining the claims and totally rejecting them.
Hanson Family (GOLD COAST)
PAULINE HANSON's family have publicly supported her and have denounced the three-yearjail sentence she's been handed for election fraud.
The brothers and sisters of the former One Nation leader have called on voters to makethe Queensland government accountable for hunting their little sister like a dog.
JUDY SMITH and CAROLYN GREENE have joined brothers PETER and JOHN SECCOMBE urging supportersto bombard politicians around the country with complaints.
Meanwhile HANSON'S son ADAM has written a song for his mother called Innocence whichis to be used as a rallying tune for supporters.
And her daughter, 19-year-old LEE, says she wishes her mother had never entered politics.
Along with HANSON, former One Nation director DAVID ETTRIDGE was this week also jailedfor three years.
Cricket Warne (MELBOURNE)
A Melbourne mother and exotic dancer claims she had a three-month affair with disgracedAustralian cricketer SHANE WARNE.
ANGELA GALLAGHER has told Channel Seven in an interview to be screened on Monday thatWARNE pursued and romanced her with mobile phone messages of a sexual nature.
The revelation came yesterday as WARNE'S wife SIMONE stated publicly she stands byher beleaguered husband despite the sex scandals involving the champion cricketer.
WARNE yesterday announced he'll take no part in any formal cricket training until hisdrug ban ends in February.
WMD (CANBERRA)
An inquiry's been told the federal government sexed up intelligence on Iraq to deliberatelymislead Australians and build the case for war.
The claim's come from ANDREW WILKIE, a former intelligence analyst with the Officeof National Assessments.
He yesterday launched a blistering assault on the government's credibility and itsuse of intelligence before the Iraq war.
Mr WILKIE -- who quit just before the war -- says the government fabricated the truthto keep in step with its American allies.
Giving evidence to a parliamentary inquiry, he said Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD andForeign Minister ALEXANDER DOWNER were the chief cheerleaders of the invasion campaign.
Iraq (BAGHDAD)
The body of slain UN envoy SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO has been flown out of Baghdad.
VIERA DE MELLO was killed in a bombing on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdadon Tuesday that killed 22 others and injured more than 100.
Both UN and US officials say investigators suspect the bombers had inside help fromIraqi guards in carrying out the attack.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General KOFI ANNAN has warned that the Security Council probablywon't agree to send more troop reinforcements to Iraq unless the United States sharesmore control over the security operation.
Mideast (GAZA CITY)
About 100,000 Palestinians have turned out for the funeral of a slain militant leader,in a sign that the conflict with Israel seems headed for a major escalation.
Chanting anti-Israeli slogans and hoisting banners, the demonstrators packed the streetsof Gaza City for the funeral of ISMAIL ABU SHANAB.
He was killed in a volley of Israeli rocket fire two days after a suicide bombing ona Jerusalem bus that killed 20 people on Tuesday.
Since then, Palestinian hardliners have formally ended a seven-week-old truce, andIsrael has vowed to attack without mercy.
Net Sobig (LONDON)
Computer security experts are racing to beat the clock as the super-potent Sobig.Femail virus threatens to unleash a crippling barrage of data across the Internet.
Sobig infects Windows systems and uses them to send a deluge of junk mail.
But hidden within the virus is an instruction to infected machines to make contactat 5am (AEST) today with 20 home computers that host an unidentified program.
The sheer volume of Internet data converging on the 20 computer targets could slowthe Internet to a crawl.
Election Howard (ADELAIDE)
Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD says the Liberal Party will campaign on the strength ofits economic results at a federal election in the second half of next year.
Mr HOWARD has outlined some of his blueprint to be returned to power at a luncheon in Adelaide.
Mr HOWARD says elections are always very hard to win and the longer one is in government,the harder it gets.
Network (SYDNEY)
Federal Employment Services Minister MAL BROUGH says Job Network's woes are causedby non-compliance by welfare recipients, and not by structural problems within the system.
Mr BROUGH's comments come after the federal government announced a $30 million emergencybail-out to Australia's Job Network providers.
Mr BROUGH's told ABC's Lateline program the problem is that more than 60,000 unemployedAustralians haven't turned up to interviews scheduled for them, yet are receiving unemploymentbenefits.
Hours (MELBOURNE)
The ACTU's national congress has decided to press for a 48-hour cap on the working week.
The plan has been suggested as a way to reign in what unions describe as the ever-increasingnumber of hours people spend at work.
But both the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Australian IndustryGroup say employers would not agree to a cap on working hours.
Face (SYDNEY)
Two former New South Wales government staffers say they were instructed to help formergaming minister RICHARD FACE set up a private business consultancy.
The claims by the two unnamed former employees have lead to the Independent CommissionAgainst Corruption reopening its investigations into Mr FACE.
BRIEFLY...
Homicide police are investigating the deaths of four children over five years from theone Victorian family.
Police believe a 91-year-old woman has died in her Melbourne home because there wasno one left to care for her after her 67-year-old son died.
Queensland Police Commissioner BOB ATKINSON says a senior police officer who was shotand killed near Caboolture, north of Brisbane, had walked straight into an ambush.
The world's largest tiger shark in captivity has been returned to the wild from SeaWorld on the Gold Coast by Crocodile Hunter STEVE IRWIN.
AND IN SPORT...
LEAGUE DRAGONS (SYDNEY)
Melbourne halfback MATT ORFORD has left St George Illawarra needing a miracle to qualifyfor this year's NRL finals series, leading the Storm to a 22-14 win over the Dragons atWIN Stadium.
ORFORD had a hand in all four Melbourne tries in the opening half as they took advantageof a mistake-riddled Dragons side.
The Storm then held off a belated Dragons' fightback in the second half to move intofifth spot and ensure they'll qualify for the finals for the first time since 2001.
AFL HAWKS (MELBOURNE)
Hawthorn has continued its late-season rally by strolling to 74-point win over Carltonat the MCG.
The Hawks kicked 12 goals to three in the second half to win 20.18 (138) to 10.4 (64)before a crowd of more than 30,000.
NETBALL LEAGUE (Sydney)
Sydney Swifts have claimed the vital National Netball League second spot and doublechance on percentage from Adelaide Thunderbirds.
The Swifts scored a crushing 78-40 home win over Queensland Firebirds, while the Thunderbirdslost 49-46 at home to fourth-placed Melbourne Kestrels.
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