What the Papers Say

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2010
What the Papers Say

Main stories in today's papers:





THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN:

- widespread rain around the country threatening the rural recovery.

- Myer threatening to sell clothes online GST free because of the threat from overseas retailers.

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:

- Premier Kristina Keneally has begged for a second chance.

- only Australian to play professional football in Qatar has no doubt the country has
the money to realise its World Cup ambitions in 2022.

- reckless boys club inside the Anglican Church in Australia blamed for losing millions
of dollars.

THE AGE:

- whistleblowing Wikileaks forced to relocate online.

- savage recriminations have begun over the ALP's shock state election loss in Victoria.

- couple of police officers charged with drug offences after taking heroin on an off-duty bender.

THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW:

- Santa Claus rally - market up 2% on the week.

- signs Ireland and Portugal will stabilise.

- 2011 looks like a breakup of Telstra on the horizon, it's become a bit of a fashion
to demerger, with a number of major corporations doing it, including Fosters, Orica, Westfield.

- surge in apartment building approvals particularly in Melbourne.

THE WEST AUSTRALIAN:

- Ambulance response times getting worse in WA.

- Smart phone users suffering from bill shock.

THE BRISBANE COURIER MAIL:

- Queenslanders would be able to shop when and where they like if a push to overhaul
the state's retailing hours goes ahead.

- civil libertarians calling for a law to prevent private schools from expelling students
because of their parents.

THE ADELAIDE ADVERTISER:

- two of Labor's most powerful sectional bosses hold talks in public perhaps as a move
to hold succession talks for the Premier Mike Rann, who's currently in Mexico.

- SA police commissioner suggesting driving age should be lifted because teenagers
a little too reckless to be in charge of a `lethal weapon'.

THE HOBART MERCURY:

- Tasmania's peak motoring organisation opposed to lowering the state's blood alcohol limit.

- Tasmanian tattooist has developed a way to develop memorial tattoos using cremation ashes.

THE CANBERRA TIMES:

- a major ACT public building project has been abandoned due to the discovery of 90-thousand
tonnes of asbestos on the site.

- up to 90% of complementary medicines do not meet federal requirements according to
the Federal department of health.

THE NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS:

- NT government considering a plan that would eliminate cheap grog from shelves in the Territory.

- Territory's own dinosaur makes it way back home and will be re-showcased in a new exhibition.

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KEYWORD: MONITOR PAPERS (SYDNEY)

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