Main stories in today's 1200 ABC news

AAP General News (Australia)
08-31-2009
Main stories in today's 1200 ABC news

SYDNEY, Aug 31 AAP - Main stories in today's 1200 ABC news:

- Students have staged a mass walk-out from a high school on the NSW north coast after
the death of a teenager who was bashed.

- Authorities from the Education Department are visiting Mullumbimby High School to
talk to students and teachers.

- A formal ceremony has been held to repatriate the remains of two Australian air servicemen,
killed during the Vietnam war.

- Fire crews are using helicopters to waterbomb an out-of-control blaze on the NSW south coast.

- There are fears for the safety of Victoria's Water Minister Tim Holding who is missing
in Melbourne's northeast.

- The Newcastle Knights can cement their place in the NRL's top eight by beating the
Canberra Raiders on Monday night.

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