ABC 702's What The Papers Say

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2010
ABC 702's What The Papers Say

What the papers say today:



THE AUSTRALIAN:



Taxpayers face billion dollar bill to pay for fed gov't's botched home insulation scheme;
Aust Fed police called to Afghan Embassy last month allegedly to rescue young Australian
woman being held hostage; Ambassador plays down claims and says no incident and man no
longer working there and returned to Afghanistan;



SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:



NSW treasurer accused of misleading parliament over sale of NSW Lotteries; stigma of
cancer is killing Aborigines says cancer council; Aust honours Timorese war hero in death;



THE AGE:



Future of Melb Storm rugby league squad in doubt after dual book salary cap scandal
breaks; Rudd gov't breaks key election promise on child care by announcing won't build
new child care centres; Aust Antarctic scientists say whale faeces mitigating climate
change;



THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW: (Weekend Edition)



Investment tips on property market; economists say GDP growth puts pressure on interest
rates with RBA expected to overshoot in coming months; nervousness still in Europe with
figures from Britain and Ireland terrible; eco friendly house in WA gets a nine-star rating;



THE WEST AUSTRALIAN:



WA gov't urgently suspending flu shots for children after they became ill and taken
to Princess Margaret hospital - no reports of similar cases in other states; report accuses
hospital staff of stealing drugs;



BRISBANE COURIER-MAIL:



Disabled woman killed in a suspicious house fire; security guards brought in after
payroll staff receive threats;



ADELAIDE ADVERTISER:



Riverland cereal farmers say they'll be forced off land as locusts destroy crops; Holden
Elizabeth plant forges ahead with second shift;



HOBART MERCURY:



Hobart court hears man accused of killing woman admitted watching horror movie and
listening to psychopathic rap music;



CANBERRA TIMES:



Bungled update of Mac windows file shuts down Coles supermarkets in WA and Commonwealth
bank branches in ACT - similar to cases in US; 14-year-old Dakota Smith, wearing Robin
Hood gear and using longbow without modern gadgets, wins two archery titles;



NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS:



Top Territory footballer seriously injured after being attacked by four pig hunting
dogs; NT's top achiever in Country Liberal Party farewelled at state funeral in Alice
Springs;



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