Main stories in today's 0745 ABC News

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2006
Main stories in today's 0745 ABC News

SYDNEY, Dec 6 AAP - Main stories in today's 0745 ABC News:

- Fiji's military commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama is expected to move to wind
up operations of the previous government today.

- Laisenia Qarase says he is not under house arrest and believes he is still the legitimate
prime minister of Fiji.

- Commonwealth secretary-general Don McKinnon says Fiji is likely to lose its membership
of the organisation.

- Coalition backbenchers increase pressure on the federal government to bring Guantanamo
Bay detainee David Hicks back to Australia.

- Meanwhile, David Hicks' legal team apply for an urgent hearing in the Federal Court
in Sydney in an effort to bring the accused terrorist back to Australia before Christmas.

- Negotiations continue within the Labor party ahead of tomorrow's caucus vote to chose
a new front bench.

- The wife of the former prime minister Gough Whitlam, Margaret, says she is pleased
the Labor party has resolved its leadership issues.

- Opponents of therapeutic cloning will launch a last ditch attempt to amend the embryonic
stem cell legislation today in a move that has the potential to scuttle the bill altogether.

- A man and a woman are expected to face court today charged over the killing of a
baby in northern NSW.

- The convicted child killer John Lewthwaite writes an open letter claiming there's
been political interference to keep him behind bars until after the March election.

- England will fly to Perth today and try and regroup after yesterday throwing away
the second Ashes cricket Test in Adelaide with Australia taking a 2-nil series lead.

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