FED:What the Papers Say

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2011
FED:What the Papers Say

Main stories in today's papers:





THE AUSTRALIAN: Australia's $60bn CSG industry may not be worth the cost to the environment
according to a report. Childcare fees would need to rise by about 15 per cent under government
reforms to the sector. A leading bank is warning the economic turmoil in Europe and the
US is heading to catastrophic circumstances.





THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:Labor MPs from the right say they won't be voting in favour
of gay marriage even if the ALP changes its policy. A former senior police investigator
is outraged at a murderer's parol bid, convicted over a murder in the 1970s. A Central
Coast doctor has been swindled by a dating agency.





THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW: The ACCC will be forced to overhaul how it assesses
merges following a court decision involving Metcash. The value of houses and apartments
fell for the 10th consecutive month in October. Samsung Electronics tablet could be on
sale in Australia as early as next week after a court overturned a previous ruling in
a case involving Apple.





THE WEST AUSTRALIAN: House prices across Perth fell for the 11th consecutive month
in October. Margaret River has been recognised as the nation's best tourist town.





THE BRISBANE COURIER MAIL: As millions of dollars cut from federal funds, federal MPs
are set for a pay hike. Local bakers are waging a war against cheap mass-produced supermarket
loaves of bread.





THE ADELAIDE ADVERTISER: The premier says South Australia won't be signing up to an
inadequate plan to save the river Murray.





THE CANBERRA TIMES: Another prisoner has contracted Hepatitis C at the Canberra prison.

Four teenagers accused of holding up a service station at gunpoint have been remanded.





THE NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS: An 81-year-old man who shot his son-in-law in the back
says it was only a warning. Darwin City Council is spending at least $50,000 to change
its name.





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