AAP audio advisory 08Dec2003

AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2003
AAP audio advisory 08Dec2003
AAP audio advisory Monday, December 8, 2003
Audio editors today: Christina D'Mello and Jason Staines
Tel: +61 2 9322 8722
http://aap.com.au/audio
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The Australian stock market has dipped late in the session and ended lower today, Gary
Josling reports. AAP
Duration : 125.016
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Governor of the RBA Ian MacFarlane says borrowers attitudes partly determined the interest
rate rises. AAP
Duration : 22.845
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RBA Governor Ian MacFarlane says the low inflation and stable interest rates have contributed
to the ease of doing business in Australia. AAP
Duration : 25.789
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Governor of the RBA Ian MacFarlane says the interest rate rises won't put too much pressure
on the average home-owner because most of them have been making more than the minimum
repayments. AAP
Duration : 20.914
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Opposition Leader Mark Latham says his new front bench has a good range of skills across
portfolios. AAP
Duration : 7.044
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Virgin chief Richard Branson says he couldn't be more pleased with the float of discount
airline Virgin Blue on the stock exchange AAP
Duration : 13.569
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Treasurer Peter Costello says it is possible to reduce unemployment and lock it below
six per cent. AAP
Duration : 19.333
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Treasurer Peter Costello leaves open the option of more tax cuts to flow through to high
income earners going into the next election. AAP
Duration : 47.413
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Treasurer Peter Costello says a price correction has begun in the housing market, particularly
with units in some major cities. AAP
Duration : 20.789
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Treasurer Peter Costello says there is no sign new inflationary pressures are emerging. AAP
Duration : 30.471
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Treasurer Peter Costello says inflation will continue to fall in 2004/2005. AAP
Duration : 27.56
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Treasurer Peter Costello says Australia's current account deficit should improve over
the next financial year. AAP
Duration : 41.554
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Treasurer Peter Costello says the fiscal outlook shows the government remains on track
to record a surplus in the current financial year. AAP
Duration : 57.317
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Virgin Blue founder Sir Richard Branson was asked on the Seven Network whether it is beyond
what he expected when the airliner's initial public offer of shares was oversubscribed
more than 10 times. AAP
Duration : 16.066
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Robert Allenby, who won a four-way play-off with a birdie on the second extra hole to
claim his first Australian Masters title at Huntingdale, tells the Nine Network you need
a lot of luck to win. AAP
Duration : 18.992
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Robert Allenby, who won a four-way play-off with a birdie on the second extra hole to
claim his first Australian Masters title at Huntingdale, tells the Nine Network the chip
from behind the green on 17 was his toughest shot. AAP
Duration : 38.44
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Robert Allenby, who won a four-way play-off with a birdie on the second extra hole to
claim his first Australian Masters title at Huntingdale, talks to the Nine Network about
winning the tournament. AAP
Duration : 27.949
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Acting Democrats party leader Lyn Allison says the party would suffer only temporary damage
from Andrew Bartlett's altercation with Liberal Senator Jeannie Ferris in the Senate late
on Thursday. AAP
Duration : 6.369
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Australian Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett, who yesterday fronted the media holding his
two-year-old daughter Lillith, has said he had a personal health issue to deal with over
the coming year and would seek help. AAP
Duration : 11.21
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Democrats acting party leader Senator Lyn Allison refuses to comment on Senator Andrew
Bartlett's future as party leader. AAP
Duration : 8.002
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Mohamed Nazzal, senior Hamas official, tells AP in Cairo, Egypt, that Hamas isn't ready
to call a halt to all fighting. AP
Duration : 11.583
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Senator Hillary Clinton, in an interview with CBS's Face the Nation program, says she
has nothing but a positive response to US President George Bush's trip to Iraq, but says
in the end it's just a sidebar to a bigger issue. AP
Duration : 14.706
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, with reporters aboard a plane flying from Iraq,
says Iraqi security forces need to be more than adequate so a sovereign Iraqi government
can take over next summer. AP
Duration : 16.721
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, with reporters aboard a plane flying from Iraq to
a refuelling stop in Ireland, says he has doubts about whether the current goal of about
220,000 Iraqi security forces will be adequate. AP
Duration : 19.329
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld tells reporters he wants US commanders to reconsider
how many Iraqi security forces are needed, because they may be locked into their current
estimate by budget constraints. AP
Duration : 7.257
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, with reporters aboard a plane flying from Iraq to
a refuelling stop in Ireland, says the troops need rest and fresh training, that does
not mean they are not ready for further combat. AP
Duration : 24.301
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Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of coalition forces in Iraq, in a news conference
in Baghdad, says ridding Iraq of the explosives used to attack soldiers is a daunting
task. AP
Duration : 20.485
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Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of coalition forces in Iraq, in a news conference
Baghdad, says coalition forces are hunting for Saddam Hussein. AP
Duration : 16.704
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Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of coalition forces in Iraq, in a news conference
in Baghdad, says the search for Saddam Hussein is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

AP
Duration : 19.385
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Labor Party leader Mark Latham has said we should not have incidents like the one on Thursday
night involving Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett. AP
Duration : 5.962
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Prime Minister John Howard, in Nigeria for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting,
has described Democrats leader Senator Andrew Bartlett's behaviour towards government
whip Jeannie Ferris as unacceptable. AAP
Duration : 11.593
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Senator Andrew Bartlett, who fronted the media holding his two-year-old daughter Lillith,
yesterday again offered an unconditional apology to Liberal Senator Jeannie Ferris, with
whom he had an altercation in the Senate. AAP
Duration : 15.143

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