What the Papers Say

AAP General News (Australia)
12-11-2009
What the Papers Say

Main stories in today's papers:



THE AUSTRALIAN:



Former NSW Premier Nathan Rees keeps taxpayer funded chauffeur driven car after 15
months in top job; fastest job growth signals peak in unemployment and an acute labour
shortage;



THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:



Private health fees tipped for 200pc rise; Barack Obama in Norway to pick up his Nobel
Peace Prize amid controversy over Afghan troop increase; Aussie also picks up prize for
cancer research; Ultimo site gets ultimate US architect, Frank Geary;



THE AGE:



Barnaby Joyce believes US gov't may default on its debt, warning it could be economic
armageddon; art exhibition featuring North Korean artists proves controversial; price
of garlic goes through roof in China because of belief it can ward off swine flu;



THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW:







THE WEST AUSTRALIAN:



Western Australia gov't under pressure to scrap plans to build HQ for fire department;
protester upset at council plans to chop down tree spends fourth day of living in it;



THE BRISBANE COURIER MAIL:



Doctors blame alcohol-fuelled violence for doubling of facial surgeries and reconstructions;
call for more security for ambulance officers after another attack on paramedic;



THE ADELAIDE ADVERTISER:



Use of DNA evidence in police prosecutions will continue despite small percentage of
matches; drunken thugs will be target of crack down on alcohol-fuelled violence;



THE HOBART MERCURY:



Bartlett gov't bows to pressure to do backflip on land tax; police criticise dangerous
driving around school leavers' formal dinners;



THE CANBERRA TIMES:



ACT gov't to release 1,000 housing sites after criticism of housing affordability strategy;
Senior Counsel Louise Donahoe to investigate allegations against head swimming coach;



THE NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS:



Territory coastal communities bracing for first cyclone this season; more than $100,000
spent on bringing comedians, scientists etc for gov't event;



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