VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2001
VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE

Page 1 - Prime Minister John Howard's prospects for re-election this year have been
dealt a stunning blow after the Labor Party swept into government in Western Australia;
Golfer Aaron Baddeley yesterday won the $2 million Greg Norman International.

Page 2 - A paramedic with 16 years' experience has been assigned to legal and reporting
work at Victoria's ambulance royal commission.

Page 3 - Federal Transport Minister John Anderson yesterday sacked two senior staff
members for their handling of a report that led to claims motorists were short-changed
by $2.9 billion in road funding.

World - Israel is coming under intense international pressure to save the Palestinian
Authority from economic collapse by releasing tax revenues cut off after the start of
violent clashes last September (Jerusalem); A book due to go on sale today will allege
that IBM, the world's sixth-largest company, had ties to the Third Reich (New York); Authorities
evacuated hundreds of villagers and sounded an eruption alert yesterday as Indonesia's
Mount Merapi belched hot lava before dawn (Jakarta).

Finance - An analyst has suggested Coles Myer shares could plumb depths not seen in
four years; Singapore Airlines is understood to be poised to take a direct shareholding
in Ansett Australia from owner Air New Zealand; In a bid to build on its dominance of
the on-line broking industry, market leader Commonwealth Securities has halved its fees
for frequent traders.

Sport - Cricket's first official Test championship will start in May; The Pakistan
cricket side has been boosted by the return of speedster Shoaib Akhtar for its tour of
New Zealand, captain Moin Khan said yesterday.

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