Vic: Main stories in today's 1200 3AW news

AAP General News (Australia)
08-25-2006
Vic: Main stories in today's 1200 3AW news

The main stories in today's 1200 3AW news

- A tram driver has been booked for speeding in his tram.

- A Melbourne man who allegedly tried to murder his ex-girlfriend by setting fire to
a house has made a brief appearance in court.

- A student pilot and his instructor have walked away from an emergency landing at
Moorabbin Airport.

- Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has praised emergency services after a man with a
backpack entered a rail tunnel in central Melbourne today.

- Victoria's leading political figures have been ordered by Prime Minister John Howard
to silence a row over the leadership of Victorian Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu.

- Police have re-opened a three-year-old attempted murder case.

- AFL boss Andrew Demetriou says it's now unlikely that pay-TV will play any role in
AFL football coverage from next year.

- Police want help to find a man who attacked another motorist in a road rage attack.

- The long-awaited announcement on the full sale of Telstra could still be weeks away
as relations between the federal government and the telco further deteriorate.

- The Victorian government says it's powerless to stop private schools poaching the
best and brightest students after revelations Haileybury College has offered lucrative
scholarships that deprived a state school of an entire volleyball team.

- The all ordinaries index was up 28 points to 4991 shortly before noon (AEST). The
Australian dollar is buying 76.11 US cents.

- Australian golfer Adam Scott is leading the World Golf Championships Bridgestone
Invitational in Ohio.

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