AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2010
The main stories on today's 1900 ABC TV news
The main stories on ABC television's 1900 news:
1. The AFP is closing in on the people smuggler who launched the asylum seekers on
their fateful journey to Christmas Island. The notorious Iranian people smuggler is known
to authorities in Indonesia and Australia. Meanwhile protests have broken out among the
detainees and survivors on Christmas Island. The protest is believed to be about food
and air conditioning. And rescuers have searched the ocean all day and found two more
bodies. They'll decide whether to continue the search tomorrow.
2. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is out of jail and back online after being granted
bail by a London court. He's vowed to continue publishing sensitive US cables and fighting
his innocence against Swedish sexual assault charges. Meanwhile Australian Federal police
have cleared the WikiLeaks group of any breaches of Australian law over the release of
the cables.
3. Nearly two months after his arrest, Sydney property developer Ron Medich has been
granted bail. He's accused of masterminding the killing of businessman Michael McGurk.
4. Seven former non-executive directors of James Hardie are now free to sit on company
boards after winning an appeal against their bans and fines.
5. One of Australia's most-loved authors, Ruth Park, has died at 93. She was a child
of the Great Depression and chronicler of that time, although her career spanned 50 years.
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