6.30 NEWS AND TOP HALF. MONDAY 11/11/1985

News, sport and weather.
Main stories:
NZ place pressure in the cricket test in Brisbane and after 3 days an innings victory is likely.
Government is to break the monopoly enjoyed by the four main trading banks.
Government has admitted it has miscalculated the speed at which interest rates would drop.
Doctors to get a big raise in government subsidies for providing maternity care.
A stop smoking clinic is set up in Wellington Hospital.
Report states 40 people who died in car crashes would have lived if seat belts had been used. New campaign is underway to change peoples attitudes.
Consortium drilling for gas off Shag Point in Otago is to be plugged.
Car insurance claims are now costing more due to the cost of imported parts.