AAP Backgrounders and Analyses for the weekend of August 29/30

AAP General News (Australia)
08-28-2009
AAP Backgrounders and Analyses for the weekend of August 29/30
AAP BACKGROUNDERS AND ANALYSES FOR THE WEEKEND OF AUGUST 29/30
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CANBERRA - Brendan Nelson dropped bombshells on both sides of politics this week - one
deliberate and the other unwittingly. (Newscope Federal, AAP News Analysis, by Kate Hannon,
National Political Editor, about 800 words, on file)

CANBERRA - The federal government's budget forecasts are looking increasingly in need
of a major overhaul rather than usual tinkering around the edges. (Economy, AAP Backgrounder,
by Colin Brinsden, Economics Correspondent, about 1,000 words, on file)

SYDNEY - When Robert Menzies performed his "melancholy duty" in 1939, telling Australians
the nation was at war again, few could have imagined the death and destruction that lay
ahead. (WWII, AAP Newsfeature, by Senior Correspondent Doug Conway, about 1,000 words,
on file)

LONDON - When Ilene Adams began her career as a secretary, working in an underground bunker
alongside British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was probably the last place she expected
to end up. (WWII Adams, AAP Newsfeature, by Belinda Tasker, about 1,100 words, on file)

CANBERRA - I have cancer. I am 25 years old. First it was in my brain and now it's spread
to my spine. (Cancer, AAP Feature, by Peter Veness, about 800 words, on file)

SYDNEY - A year in and NSW Labor's gamble of installing Nathan Rees as premier has not
gone according to plan. (Rees Anniversary, AAP Backgrounder with timeline and quotes,
by Nick Ralston, about 1,000 words, on file)

BRISBANE - The jailing of Luke James Colless for 25 years has come after more than two
years of trauma for his victims and a break involving the luck of the Irish. (Colless,
AAP Newsfeature, by Paul Osborne and David Barbeler, 780 words, on file)

MILANG, SA - When the sun is shining it's happy hour, according to a sign in the public
bar at Milang's Pier Hotel. (Murray, AAP Newsfeature, by Larine Statham, about 800 words,
to come Friday afternoon)

HOBART - How can a car parts business with a needy customer like Ford fail, especially
after banking nearly $10 million in recent government handouts and industry help? (ACL,
AAP Backgrounder, by Paul Carter, about 900 words, on file)

ADELAIDE - It started with a Christmas present from his missus. (Brew, AAP Newsfeature,
by Steve Larkin, about 1,000 words, on file)

SYDNEY - The history of Thomas Keneally is vividly documented at his home on Sydney's
northern beaches which he shares with Judy, his wife of 45 years. (Keneally, AAP Feature,
by Judy Skatssoon, about 1,000 words, on file)

JAKARTA - The final chapter of Indonesia's occupation of East Timor began in a most unlikely
place: Thailand. (Timor Independence, AAP Backgrounder, by Adam Gartrell, about 1,200
words, on file)

SPORT
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LEAGUE
SYDNEY, AAP - It wasn't exactly a mid-life crisis, but Brett Kimmorley needed a change.

(League Kimmorley Sportsfeature by Steve Jancetic, 756 words with factbox, on file)

CYCLING
MELBOURNE - Amid the wreckage of his disastrous Tour de France campaign, Cadel Evans is
determined to salvage some good from 2009. (Cycling Evans Sportsfeature by Roger Vaughan,
850 words, on file)

WINTER GAMES
CARDRONA, New Zealand - In the fractured world of snowboarding it can be pretty difficult
to sort the wheat from the chaff. (Snowboard Aust Sportsfeature by Glenn Cullen, 777 words,
on file)

RACING
SYDNEY - Australia's newest Group One race holds pride of place as the first elite test
of the 2009-10 season. (Gallops Rose Sportsfeature by Caryl Williamson, 837 words, on
file)

ROUTINERS TO BE SENT FRIDAY
* The Week (includes * Milestones * Quotes * Oddities)
* Checkup medical column

* Postcards from London, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Auckland, Moresby and state based expected
Sunday, 1200.



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