ACT: Main stories in today's Canberra newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2007
ACT: Main stories in today's Canberra newspapers

CANBERRA, Dec 14 AAP - The main stories in The Canberra Times today:

Page 1: The ACT opposition hopes its new leader, 30-year-old Zdenko Seselja, can take
the party to an election win next year; The federal government will lay out the groundwork
for a $600 million blitz on elective surgery waiting lists; The European Union has criticised
Australia over its apparent ambiguity at climate talks in Bali.

Page 2: ACT employment growth has fallen over the past year; Study finds North Pole
arctic ice melted at a record rate last year.

Page 3: Press gallery journalist Matthew Price was farewelled in a service at Parliament
House yesterday; Former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfield will face trial next year
for 13 perjury and traffic offences.

World: US Democrat Hillary Clinton will take on her party foe Barrack Obama in the
last debate of the year; Officials say Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf will lift
the state of emergency if the constitution guarantees he will not face court.

Finance: Qantas Airways' share price soared when the airline lifted its annual profit
forecast; Outgoing Westpac Banking Corporation boss David Morgan says the chance of a
US recession is an "even money bet".

Sport: The Australian Rugby Union Board is yet to name a new coach for the Wallabies;
Unknown American Lee Williamson has taken the lead in the opening round of the Australian
Golf Open.

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