Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-2009
Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news

SYDNEY, Dec 9 AAP - Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news:

- The climate conference in Copenhagen has been rocked after a draft of the final agreement
was leaked to a British newspaper.

- Bangladesh has appealed to be allocated at least 15 per cent of the money that rich
countries put forward to help developing nations.

- The World Meteorological Organisation presented findings that the current decade
has been the warmest since records began 160 years ago.

- A series of car bombs have killed at least 130 people in Baghdad in what officials
say is a bid to destabilise Iraq.

- More than 40 out of 100 fires across NSW are burning out of control.

- NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has called a special meeting with her ministers on
Wednesday to discuss the government's plans for the next 15 months.

- Unions NSW says it hopes the move by the state government to negotiate an agreement
on how to work together could see less industrial action.

- TAFE teachers are expected to attend a stop-work meeting on Wednesday morning to
call on the new premier to resolve a pay and conditions dispute.

- Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the government will re-run its 2007 election
campaign if the coalition tries to re-embrace aspects of WorkChoices.

- Federal opposition leader Tony Abbott has brushed off criticism over bringing back
former Howard government ministers to the frontbench.

- Australian paceman Peter Siddle is in doubt for next week's third and final cricket
Test against the West Indies in Perth.

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