The main stories on today's 1700 ABC 702 news

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2011
The main stories on today's 1700 ABC 702 news

SYDNEY, Aug 4 AAP - Main stories in today's 1700 ABC 702 news:

- Police confirm extortion was behind the bomb hoax yesterday in Sydney's north

- A 32-year-old woman remains in custody after making a bomb threat in a plane at Sydney airport

- The bodies of two Australians killed in a helicopter crash in Indonesia have been
taken to a police hospital

- A group of asylum seekers have arrived at Christmas Island and yet to be told they'll
go to Malaysia

- Bill Shorten has described a report into the retail sector as a wake up call for change

- The state and federal governments are at odds over the impact of the carbon tax

- Santos says it has a big job ahead to explain the benefits of coal seam gas to New South Wales

- The fourth instalment in the Mad Max movie won't be filmed in Broken Hill

- Japan is to sack three senior officials over the nuclear crisis

- The United Nations is to publish the impact of an oil spill in Nigeria

- The difference of the number of people travelling to and from Australia hits record

- FINANCE: Australian stocks have again dropped sharply lower

- SPORT

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