Main stories in today's 1200 ABC News

AAP General News (Australia)
04-11-2006
Main stories in today's 1200 ABC News

SYDNEY, April 11 AAP - Main stories in today's 1200 ABC News:

- AWB's former managing director Andrew Lindberg denies deliberately concealing knowledge
from the Australian government about Iraqi ownership of the trucking company.

- There are conflicting reports about how many detainees at the Villawood immigration
detention centre in Sydney are refusing to leave.

- Qantas to close its Cairns-based subsidiary Australian Airlines.

- The federal government defends its industrial relations laws after Victorian construction
workers were docked half-a-day's pay for taking a short break to collect money for a colleague's
widow.

- The head of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it will be a lost
opportunity if next month's federal budget fails to deliver tax reforms.

- Australia needs another 83 runs with four wickets in hand to avoid the follow-on
when play resumes on the third day of the first test against Bangladesh in Dharka this
afternoon.

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