NSW: The main stories in today s newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2001
NSW: The main stories in today s newspapers

SYDNEY, April 19 AAP - The main stories in today's newspapers:

THE AUSTRALIAN:

Page 1: The Civil Aviation Safety Authority had lost control of the big airlines and
they were effectively regulating themselves, a leaked internal CASA document claimed yesterday.

Page 2 - Oil giant Mobil refused yesterday to answer questions about its contingency
plan to fly strike-breakers into its Adelaide refinery, with one manager telling unions
he did not want to lie.

Page 3 - If you don't like Nicole Kidman or don't want to see Moulin Rouge, you'd better
move to the country because the film's distributors plan to paint Australian cities with
her face in the lead-up to the release next month.

World - Bowing to US pressure, Israeli forces withdrew from palestinian land in the
Gaza Strip yesterday, only hours after an Israeli general warned they would stay there
for days, weeks or even months.

Business - A $300 million sell-off of Franklins' 287 supermarkets is under threat from
competition watchdog concerns that Woolworths will end up with too many stores.

Sport - A simmering feud between Joseph Gutnick and the AFL has finally erupted into
open warfare, with the Melbourne president yesterday vowing to fight in court any attempt
by the league to fine him for speaking out on a racial vilification case.

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KEYWORD: FRONTERS NSW

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