Main stories in ABC 702

AAP General News (Australia)
12-18-2008
Main stories in ABC 702
SYDNEY, Dec 18 AAP - The main stories in today's 1200 ABC 702:

- Two people are dead after their plane crashed near Casula .. after colliding mid-air
with another plane.

- Forensic police have arrived at the site of a drive-by shooting in Sydney`s west
.. a three year old boy was injured in the attack.

- The Prime Minister will visit Australian sailors in the Middle-east later today after
spending time with soldiers in Afghanistan overnight.

- A major overhaul of Australian quarantine and bio-security systems could cost the
government 500 million dollars a year.

- An industry survey has found business sentiment has dropped to its lowest levels
since the 1990s.

- NAB's outgoing CEO is warning shareholders to brace for a worse year in the sector for 2009.

- The lawyer representing the man accused of murdering his wife and abandoning his
daughter in Melbourne has criticised New Zealand's legal system.

- The Independent Commission Against Corruption has made findings against two former
and one current employee of the New South Wales Fire Brigade.

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