VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2000
VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers

THE AGE

Page 1 - The Victorian Labor caucus is set for a fiery debate over the IVF issue; the
US has joined the EU in a threat to haul Australia before the WTO over the ban on most
foreign TV at the Olympics.

Page 2 - A $1,000-$3,000 safety device would have prevented the power cutoff at Sydney
Airport; John Howard went back to his primary school yesterday.

Page 3 - National regulations will be designed to reduce food poisoning in Australia's
130,000 food businesses; an undercover police pistol, missing for 10 months, has been
found inside the drug squad.

World - Some Israeli Labor Party members contemplate dumping PM Barak if he fails to
secure a peace treaty with the Palestinians; Sri Lanka introduced a new constitution to
parliament in a bid to end the civil war; Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has undertaken
to move his supporters from most of the 1,600 farms they have occupied.

Finance - Rio Tinto has launched a $3.5-billion counter-attack to the Japanese steel
industry's plan to deliver control of North to Anglo-American; More heated mudslinging
in the telecommunications industry with Telstra accused of illegal behaviour; Telstra
is expected to emerge with a 20 per cent stake in a new US-based communications company.

Sport - the Kangaroos have revealed a radical plan to become Australia's first national
football team; if the Australian Cricket Board decides to replace Shane Warne as vice-captain,
the new man will not necessarily be Steve Waugh's successor.

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