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

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2007
Vic: Main stories in today's 1200 3AW news

MELBOURNE, April 19 AAP - Main stories in today's 1200 3AW News:

- Prime Minister John Howard has issued a grim warning that the Murray-Darling irrigators
will run out of water unless it rains within weeks.

- Victorian Farmers Federation president Simon Ramsey says the irrigation crisis is
already well understood by farmers.

- Drivers will soon be banned from changing lanes in CityLink tunnels as part of a
range of new safety measures.

- The shooter responsible for 32 murders at Virginia Tech has blamed others in a video
manifesto sent to media in the US.

- Five residents from the Broughton Hall nursing home remain in hospital this morning
following the fatal gastro outbreak.

- Ford workers face the prospect of stand downs from late tomorrow unless a dispute
is resolved at a supplier.

- The AFL Bulldogs will unveil two recruits tomorrow night, with Tom Williams and
Jared Harper to make their debuts against the Tigers at the MCG.

- The mother of a prisoner shot dead while trying to escape has settled her legal claim
against the state of Victoria and the prison guard who fired the shot.

- Police have smashed a drug ring in Warrnambool.

- A deadly wave of car bomb attacks across Baghdad has claimed nearly 200 lives.

- Finance, the sharemarket has taken a breather following a monster run this week,
while the dollar is buying 83.51 US cents.

- Injured all-rounder Shane Watson has trained strongly and is pushing hard to regain
his place in the Australian side for their cricket World Cup Super Eight clash with New
Zealand.

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