FED:AAP Backgrounders Analyses

AAP General News (Australia)
08-12-2010
FED:AAP Backgrounders Analyses
Eds: The Weekend Reads list of AAP backgrounders and analyses sent on Thursdays and repeated
on Fridays has been renamed News Review and will be sent under this keyword from Thursday,
Aug 12.

AAP BACKGROUNDERS AND ANALYSES
For further information please contact Newseds on (02) 93228610/11.

POLL10
CANBERRA - Newscope federal (Poll10), AAP News analysis, By Sandra O'Malley, about 600
words, to come Friday.

SYDNEY - No matter who wins the federal election, there's likely to be a stranger in the
house. (Poll10 Partners, AAP Newsfeature, By Doug Conway, about 1200 words, on file)

SYDNEY - Have two leaders ever had to duck so much "friendly fire" during an election
campaign? (Poll10 View, by senior correspondent Doug Conway, 600 words, to come Friday)

BRISBANE - Queensland is poised to deliver the Australian Greens a sixth senator on August
21. (Poll10 Senate Qld, by Paul Osborne, 447 words, on file)

ADELAIDE - Family First has a glimmer of a chance getting a South Australian senate seat
thanks to preference flows and a well-known candidate with deep pockets. (Poll10 Senate
SA, by Liza Kappelle, about 400 words, on file)

HOBART - The Liberals and ALP will battle it out for the sixth Tasmanian Senate seat up
for grabs on August 21, in a race set to mirror the closely fought March state election.

(Poll10 Senate Tas, by Patrick Caruana. about 400 words, on file)

PERTH - Rising star of the Liberal Party's right wing, Mathias Cormann, will face voters
for the first time this election. (Poll10 Senate WA, by Josh Jerga, about 460 words, on
file)

OTHERS
SYDNEY - Most parents can only speculate and worry about what their kids are up to on
a Saturday night, and dream of installing them with a tracking device.(Watson, Newsfeature,
By Katelyn Catanzariti, about 930 words, on file)

SYDNEY - Not even an Australia Day honour will coax 84-year-old Owen Campbell to talk
about the atrocities he and 2,400 other prisoners of war suffered in North Borneo in 1945.

(Sandakan, AAP Backgrounder, by Doug Conway, about 620 words, on file)

SYDNEY - David and Julie Rosewall are about to bring about an important change in the
law which will help hundreds of ordinary Australian families in times of grief. (Rosewell,
AAP Newsfeature, by Miles Godfrey, about 800 words, to come Thursday)

SPORT
EDS NOTE - For further information on sports reads please contact AAP sports desk on (02) 9322 8756

BRISBANE - Why Brisbane is re-emerging as the major power in the NRL. (League Broncos,
AAP Sportsfeature) by Wayne Heming, to come Friday)

BRISBANE - Wallabies kingpin Quade Cooper aims to strike the right balance between flashy
and dependable. (Rugby Aust, AAP Sportsfeature, By Jim Morton, to come Friday.)

SYDNEY - New Socceroos coach Holger Osieck loves a challenge. (Soccer Aust, Analysis,
by Doug Conway, about 400 words, on file)

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