Main stories in tonight's Seven News at 1800

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2006
Main stories in tonight's Seven News at 1800

SYDNEY, Aug 17 AAP - Highlights of tonight's Seven News at 1800:

- Lack of limit on federal politicians' phone bills revealed as part of a Channel Seven's
look at MP's expenses.

- A youth accused of plotting a Columbine style massacre with a bomb in a Sydney school
has been found not guilty.

- A Victorian father will stand trial for the murder of his three sons, killed when
his car plunged into a dam.

- Child killer Kathleen Folbigg is seeking access to a document that could hold the
key to a fresh appeal against her conviction.

- A US man arrested in Bangkok has apparently confessed to the murder of US child beauty
queen JonBenet Ramsey.

- Schappelle Corby has her jail sentence cut by two months.

- Bulldogs player Rene Maitua is banned from driving for 18 months and fined $2,800
for drink driving.

- Qantas passengers are to be hit with higher prices as the airline's profits tumble
amid soaring fuel costs.

- Opposition Leader Kim Beazley breaks down during a tribute to Vietnam war veterans
in parliament and the PM apologises for the behaviour they received when they returned
home.

- Sydney shoppers are being hit as manufacturers charge the same prices for smaller products.

- Wine industry legend Len Evans dies.

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