Main stories in today's 1700 ABC 702 News

AAP General News (Australia)
04-15-2009
Main stories in today's 1700 ABC 702 News

SYDNEY, April 15 AAP - Main stories in today's 1700 ABC 702 news:

- The federal government is again facing stiff opposition to permanently increase the
tax on alcopops.

- The federal government says parents and employees of collapsed ABC Learning centres
have to accept that some centres will close.

- The ABC says it's disappointed Fiji's military backed regime has shut down some of
its transmitters.

- New figures show food is the number one item stolen by shop lifters.

- A Sydney Court has dismissed an appeal against the leniency of the manslaughter sentence
given to an illegal street racer.

- Police have closed their investigation into a reported abduction attempt on the Central
Coast on the weekend .. adding it's illegal to falsely report a crime.

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