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Main stories in Thursday's 0745 ABC news


AAP General News (Australia)
02-02-2012
Main stories in Thursday's 0745 ABC news

SYDNEY, Feb 2 AAP - Main stories in Thursday's 0745 ABC news:

- Evacuation warnings have been issued for parts of northern NSW, including Moree,
after heavy rain overnight.

- The director of engineering at Moree Plains Shire Council says council workers and
SES volunteers spent much of Wednesday filling around 3000 sandbags for use by those in
low-lying areas on Thursday.

- Residents in southern parts of NSW's mid north coast and around Taree are now on flood alert.

- The NSW government is looking for efficiencies to fund a wage increase granted to
community sector workers by Fair Work Australia.

- The Manufacturing Workers Union (MWU) says Holden has done workers at its Elizabeth
plant, in Adelaide's north, a disservice by not warning them of impending job cuts.

- Holden's managing director has blamed the job losses, estimated to be around 100,
on the high Australian dollar.

- The MWU has written to the federal opposition urging it to dump its policy to cut
half a billion dollars in subsidies for the car manufacturing industry.

- At least 70 people are believed to have been killed after a riot at a soccer stadium
in the Egyptian city of Port Said.

- The federal government says a landmark court case involving sports broadcasting rights
could have far-reaching consequences around the world.

- Futures trade indicates local shares will jump on Thursday after positive manufacturing
figures boosted global markets.

- SPORT: Australia has continued its dominance over India this summer, defeating the
tourists by 31 runs in the first of two Twenty20 cricket international in Sydney on Wednesday
night.

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