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** CKPT RUNDOWN FOR MONDAY MARCH 20****
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1700 to 1707 NEWS
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AUSTRALIA - CYCLONE LARRY hits Queensland and thousands of frightened people forced to take shelter or evacuate homes as winds of up 290 kph lash coast. Small coastal town of Innisfail, population 8,000 bears brunt. Comment from motel owner Amanda Fitzpatrick; ambulance crews have trouble reaching injured and spokesperson Tim Irving says they've been treating people by telephone; PM John Howard says federal govt ready to assist; i/v with Innisfail pharmacy owner Brett Christoffels about damage; mayor Neil Clarke says no reports of serious casualties but damage is widespread - i/ved.
FORD STEERING WARNING - more than 2,000 owners of pre-1980 Ford trucks, buses and motor homes told to stop driving vehicles immediately because of fears about faulty steering. Warning follows investigation of Southland school bus crash 2 weeks ago which revealed accident was caused by broken steering component that had been cracked for some time.
Live i/v with Andy Knackstedt of Land Transport New Zealand.
ELECTRICITY PRICES - anger building in heavy manufacturing and processing sector as high prices again make production uneconomic. Some manufacturers face choice of disappointing customers by denying them products or keeping them served but making a loss and are angry it has come to this. (Eric Frykberg)
COMMONWEALTH GAMES - BUS ATTACKED - official in NZ team injured in attack on Games bus in Bendigo. Grant Chapman was showered in glass and it appears the injury was caused by children throwing rocks, police say. Grant Chapman i/ved live.
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1720 BUSINESS NEWS WITH RICHARD SCOTT
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1730 HEADLINES
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SPORTS NEWS WITH MARK CROSSLEY
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MEDICATION ERRORS - some patients with serious heart conditions readmitted to hospitals with heart failure because they were sent home with wrong medication. Mistakes highlighted in study which found doctors make errors when writing out medication lists for patients about to be discharged from hospital. One of study's authors is Dr Peter Black of Auckland Univ School of Medicine - i/ved live.
DAVID PARKER ROW - cabinet minister steps down as Attorney General after claims made in Investigate magazine relating to company in which he's a shareholder. Investigate alleges Mr Parker filed false documents with Companies Office by stating in annual returns that shareholders had passed unanimous decision not to appoint an auditor. Magazine says
that's disputed by another shareholder, Russell Hyslop, who say he was never asked to approve the resolution. Live i/v with Parliamentary chief reporter Clare Pasley.
YOUTH PAY RATES - group of high school students storm Auckland fast food restaurant during unruly protest over youth pay rates. Police called to control students staging march through central Auckland and 2 people arrested for disorderly behaviour. Hundreds of students walked out of school to take part in protest organised by Radical Youth group
with support from Unite Union which represents low-paid workers. (Conan Young)
AUSTRALIA - CYCLONE LARRY - thousands of Queenslanders face major clean-up. Small coastal town of Innisfail bore brunt of storm but cyclone affected as many as quarter million people from Cairns to Townsville. I/v with NZer Malcolm Hills who lives in Mission Beach near
Cairns; live i/v with ABC's Cairns reporter Liam Fox.
CPR TECHNIQUE - with fewer people learning to perform Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation, St John Ambulance says it's devised way to make job safer and easier to learn. From now, people will be taught to focus more on chest compressions and less on mouth-to-mouth breathing. Advisory group chair Tony Smith says it's significant change - i/ved.