Briefs Australia

AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2006
Briefs Australia
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While national service has been ruled out to help a shortfall in Australian defence
numbers .. a new plan to open up apprenticeships to 14 and 15 year olds has been met with
approval by the Defence Association.



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Police in Sydney are trying to identify a male youth .. who's unconscious after being
bashed on a street in the city's west overnight.

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And Australian animator ANTHONY LUCAS is up for an Oscar .. the 40-year-old Melbourne
man nominated for his short film .. The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello.



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