Main stories in today's AM program

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2007
Main stories in today's AM program

SYDNEY, Aug 21 AAP - Main stories in today's AM program:

* The latest Newspoll shows voters are less confident about the coalition's economic
management. While the government says it will keep interest rates lower than Labor, the
poll shows most voters don't believe it.

* Jamaica and the Cayman Islands were spared direct hits, but Hurricane Dean is now
heading straight for Mexico and could make category five status before it hits land.

* Australian Federal Police are investigating a Qantas employee who worked as an aircraft
engineer for about a year using forged qualifications.

* Israel's Defence Forces, the IDF, are investigating six soldiers who commandeered
a Palestinian taxi, tied up the driver and then shot at random at workers outside a factory
on the West Bank.

* New Zealand apple growers are accusing Australia's government of using their apples
as election fodder.

* Victorian Premier John Brumby has asked the Law Reform Commission to advise on how
abortion can be removed from the Crimes Act and clarify when abortion is legal.

* The Australian Medical Association is calling for flu vaccine to be freely available
to all Australians from the age of six months.

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