What the Papers Say

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2010
What the Papers Say

Main stories in today's papers:



THE AUSTRALIAN:

- The worst border clash in four years between Israel and Lebanon has erupted .. over
a tree!; four people are dead.

- A Newspoll indicates Queensland and NSW voters are turning on Labor.



THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:

- Tony Abbott will tomorrow unveil a cash splash on older employees aged over 50, with
employers to get $3000 for workers engaged for six months.

- Welfare agencies had fears about the missing six-year-old girl at Mount Druitt in
Sydney's west, and also concerns about substance abuse in the home.

- The David Jones case is set to be a watershed in sexual harassment for corporations.



THE AGE:

- Business has criticised Tony Abbott's revamped parental leave scheme.

- Taxpayer-funded hospitals have hired lobby firms to try to attract extra funding.

- Alcohol-related ambulance attendances have tripled in 10 years.



THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW:

- Labor is facing growing antagonism from smaller mining companies to its revamped
mineral resources rent tax.

- The coalition is planning a mini-budget to implement its claimed $24bn in savings.

- Julia Gillard has tried to turn the government's past spending into a positive.

- David Jones' chairman has extended an olive branch to the woman, suing the company
for $37m, saying it's open to negotiations and hopes a settlement can be reached.



THE WEST AUSTRALIAN:

- A woman's right to wear a burqa while giving evidence in a court case is being questioned,
in what could set an Australian precedent.

- A father of two has died, while reportedly trying to break up a workplace fight,
in a fall from a semi-trailer.



THE BRISBANE COURIER MAIL:

- Mount Isa parents are being advised to test their children for lead poisoning.

- Teenagers addicted to the internet are more than twice as likely to suffer depression,
according to a new study.



THE ADELAIDE ADVERTISER:

- The Clipsal 500 super car event has so far injected $285m into the South Australian economy.

- Deputy SA Opposition Leader Mitch Williams has cut short a visit to Darwin to return
to the tornado hit parts of his electorate.



THE HOBART MERCURY:

- Southern Tasmanian mayors are crying foul over the bulk of federal road funding over
25 years going to the state's north.

- The Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania is urging the government to stop petrol price
gouging by the major supermarkets.



THE CANBERRA TIMES:

- Canberra's arts landscape will be transformed if the ACT Government adopts recommendations
of a sweeping review.

- Canberra's economy is facing a timebomb, with close to half of the workforce approaching
retirement age.



THE NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS:

- A long serving NT police officer has fallen to his death in the Andes.

- A well-endowed kangaroo is stalking women near Tennant Creek.



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