Good evening, Tony Chambers, updating ABC News.
Gun control campaigners have accused Canberra of allowing some states to break ranks on
the National Firearms Code.
Justice Minister Amanda Vanstone today received a briefing on proposed changes in Victoria
and said afterwards fine-tuning by the states could actually improve the Code.
The anti-gun lobby has accused her of weakening the agreement to appease conservative voters
in the bush.
Mine safety investigators and police are at the Olympic Dam site investigating the death
of a 39-year-old man this morning.
The man was working 460 metres underground near a horizontal conveyor employed as a belt
runner.
The man had worked at the site for just three months and was crushed when his head was caught
between a diverter box which catches the ore and a metal guard.
Workers at the nearby construction site walked off the job after the accident.
And life on the moon is a step closer with the discovery of large quantities of water
on the lunar surface.
Pockets of ice have been found beneath the surface of the moon's north and south poles.
And there's enough for a permanent space base, an ideal launching pad for the exploration
of other planets.
And the weather for tomorrow and Sunday fine with a top of 25 degrees.
Join me for a full bulletin tomorrow night at 7.
Good night.
But day began with a shooting game.
All the questions.
It was an accident.
Ah, but was it an accident?
It ended with a career shot to pieces.
Maybe I am trying to cover up for one of my own.
Pie in the Sky, 7.30 Saturday.
Adopt the bastard you worship.
That's my own, Mrs. Wilkins.
From the BBC, Henry Fielding's timeless classic.
You are commanded to leave the house forthwith.
Tom Jones, available now on video.
Keep the rascal away from my house and I will go and lock up the wedge.
The misadventures in a young man's pursuit of love, lust and happiness.
I have thrown away my heart on a man who has forsaken me.
With trouble at every turn.
Down you, you rascal.
Tom Jones, available now on video from ABC shops, ABC centres and video retailers.
McFeast Live.
Very, very live.
McFeast Live, coming soon to ABC.
Premiering Saturday, a new series charting the changing face of the British aristocracy.
The first Marquis of Anglesey led the cavalry charge Waterloo.
The lesser known fifth Marquis was not a military man.
The extravagant demands of high society left many aristocrats deep in debt.
You can say about the aristocracy in two words, they're a spent force.
The aristocracy, series premiere 9.30 Saturday.
This is David Hardacre, next on Four Corners.
Basically, it was done on the hand, it was done in secrecy.
The intrigue.
Well, they indicated that they had transcripts of discussion, of negotiations.
The battle.
It's a standover operation, it's a bullying operation.
The waterfront.
That report by David Hardacre on Four Corners, 8.30 Monday.