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0700 NEWS UNLEADED PETROL - concern mounting, with oil companies receiving more than 50 complaints from people experiencing problems with new high-octane fuel, including 3 whose cars have caught fire. Live i/v with BP PR manager Beppie Holm. GAZA - Palestinian police arrest 3 top members of Hamas' military wing w responsible for recent bombings in Israel. Understood names of 3 were given to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat by the CIA. live i/v with Jerusalem correspondent Paul Adams. GREENPEACE returning to Mururoa to get back 5 protest ships seized by France last year. Comment from spokeswoman Stephanie Mills. (Alannah Kalafatelis) LABOUR PARTY caucus has approved policy package of bigger tax cuts for family on average wage than National's. Risk of seeming to produce election bribes? Live i/v with Finance spokesman Michael Cullen. ALLIANCE starts task of shaping party list for election, with Liberal Party leader Frank Grover already a casualty. Live i/v with Political reporter Anna Hughes.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS illegible CREEK victims' families instruct lawyer to sue govt, tired of waiting for govt to compensate them. Live i/v with lawyer Grant Cameron; live i/v with Attorney General Paul East. IRA - British, Irish, and American politicians bringing more pressure to bear on IRA to restore ceasefirwe. Another bomb explodes in London over weekend. Anti-terrorist squad uncovers plot to blow up Houses of Parliament. (Keith Chalkley) MAHURANGI COLLEGE staff and pupils begin process of restoring school's reputation after former teacher Thomas Edward Leigh pleads guilty to 28 charges involving rapes, indecent assaults, and unlawful sexual connection at the school. Commissioner for Children, Education Review Office, and Human Rights Commission to investigate school's current policies and practices. Live i/v with principal Rex Gray. CAMBODIA's leader King Norodom Sihanouk diagnosed with brain lesion, may soon step down as head of state. (BBC)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER SECONDARY TEACHERS - significant number are incompetent, according to research conducted for Education ministry. Live i/v with Francis Wevers, managing director of Wevers and Co who did the research, and PPTA president Martin Cooney. FIRE SERVICE - row breaks out again between Commission and union, on eve of announcement on where new "community safety" teams will be placed. Comment from union's Derek best, Jeff Summers of the Commission. (Alannah Kalafatelis) UNLEADED PETROL - concern that new high-octane petrol is reacting with rubber seals on some cars, allowing petrol to leak out. Oil companies say they're working on the problem but AA and Land Transport Safety Authority want urgent answers. Live i/v with AA secretary general George Fairbairn and Rob Martin of the Authority. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES HOSPITALS - 900 cleaners, caterers and orderlies employed by collapsed company Tempo have work for another week to 10 days. Rival company P and O wants to pick up the work but Mark Gosche, Service Workers' Union, says future looks grim. He's i/ved live.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS CRICKET - India beats reigning world champions Pakistan by 39 runs, England loses to Sri Lanka by 5 wickets. I/v with commentator Brian Waddle. (Mng Rpt) TIBET - day of action marks 37th anniversary of 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. Demonstrators promise to keep pressure of Chinese govt. Comment from Chris Mathieson, Free Tibet Movement, and anonymous person from Chinese embassy in WN. (Mark Henderson) illegible COLLEGE - how did Thomas Leigh's crimes remain undetected for so long? Rape Crisis national spokeswoman Toni Allwood not surprised case took so long to reach courts and says she wouldn't be surprised by similar cases at other schools. She's i/ved live. MONDAY OZ SPOT- trial starts today in NSW of Ivan Milat, accused of murdering 7 tourists. Live i/v with Phil Kafcaloudes. COMMENT GEORGE BURNS dies aged 100. Live i/v with Los Angeles correspondent Richard Arnold.