6.30 NEWS & TOP HALF. 27/03/1986

News, sport and weather.
Main stories:
18 injured in a car bombing incident outside the Victorian State Police Headquarters in Melbourne Australia.
New leader of the National Party, Jim Bolger, is to sort out his parliamentary line up during the Easter break.
Interview with Bolger’s wife Joan.
The Sunday Club pledges support for Bolger.
The New Zealand Party to merge with the National Party.
Motorists will have to pay $90 to register their cars this year. AA complain.
Roger Douglas has produced 12 new principles to guide government organisations in the spending of their money.
Homosexual Law Reform Bill makes significant steps in Parliament, age of consent to be set at 16 whilst homosexual acts will remain illegal in the armed services.
Doctors predict a massive rise in the cost to patients in the next year.