Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news

AAP General News (Australia)
04-30-2009
Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news

SYDNEY, April 30 AAP - Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news



- The WHO has raised its public health alert level for swine flu from four to five.

- The US has reported the death of a 23-month-old boy, its first swine flu fatality.

- Federal health minister Nicola Roxon says the WHO decision does not automatically
mean there will be an increase in Australia's alert level. About 100 people in Australia
are being investigated.

- Chief medical officer Jim Bishop says it is important to remember that there are
no confirmed cases in Australia.

- Health authorities in NSW say anyone who has just arrived from Mexico or the US and
is experiencing flu symptoms, should call their GP rather than go in person.

- The swine flu will be discussed at today's COAG meeting to be held in Hobart.

- The COAG meeting will discuss a proposal to improve the energy efficiency of new
homes, lifting efficiency rates from five to six stars.

- The federal opposition says a new report reveals that the government has not done
enough work to understand the possible effects the emissions trading scheme could have
on jobs.

- The US economy shrank by more than 6 per cent in the first three months of the year.

- The Australian share market is expected to open higher today after Wall Street staged
a rally of more than 2 per cent.

- A crewman from the asylum seeker boat that exploded off Ashmore Reef said they had
set sail from an island near Lombok. He did not say whether the explosion was deliberate
or accidental.

- Two medallists are among the six athletes found guilty of doping during the Beijing Olympics.

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