What the Papers say - ABC Radio

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-2009
What the Papers say - ABC Radio

The Age

- Xenophon blocks stimulus package but prepared to negotiate

- Marysville blaze may have been deliberately lit



The Australian

- Poorer nations offering aid for bushfire victims

- Sydney Harbour swimming race to go ahead despite shark attacks



SMH

- Another shark attack, this time at Bondi Beach

- Manufacturer of the Esky, Nylex goes into receivership

- Two satellites collide leaving massive cloud of debris



Australian Financial Review

- Rudd government warns of consumer confusion and loss of business confidence after
rejection of its stimulus package

- Banks have used the government's funding guarantee to raise half of their required funds

- Rio Tinto and Chinalco promise to save jobs



West Australian

- Perth's public hospitals look at three per cent staff reduction

- Barnett says use of prescribed burning will increase in the state to protect lives
and properties



Courier Mail

- Police minister admits to pressuring police into pre election crime crackdown in her electorate

- Four Buddhist monks open dental practice



Adelaide Advertiser

- Torrens River Lake a muddy mess after accidental weir opening

- Petrol prices soar across Adelaide



Hobart Mercury

- Tasmanian amputee and business owner working on computerised arm

- Quick plans to challenge his former Labor party for the Greens



Canberra Times

- Lesbian couple wins the right to compensation after giving birth to unwanted IVF twin

- Navy diver fron Canberra who's lost his hand may also lose his leg



NT News

- Ramos Horta throws a tantrum after refusing security screening at Darwin

- Darwin's greatest book is an heirloom for NT family



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