What the Papers Say

AAP General News (Australia)
12-15-2009
What the Papers Say

Main stories in today's papers:



THE AUSTRALIAN:

- Healthier children are resulting from income management by authorities in indigenous
communities.

- A new Newspoll indicates changing premiers in NSW has done little to help the state
Labor government.



THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:

- Mary MacKillop could be approved by Saturday as Australia's first saint, with her
canonisation to take place in autumn.

- Water levels reach a record low at Lake Cargelligo in central western NSW, sparking
moves to build a pipeline to hook up with nearby towns.

- Drug traffickers in Mexico are syphoning off petrol.



THE AGE:

- 10 months after the 'black Saturday' bushfires, Victoria has only three bushfire refuges.

- A year long review of superannuation reveals people take little interest in where
their money is invested.

- When looking for a wife, look at the ring finger. If long, she's very good at reading
maps, parking and running meetings etc.



THE WEST AUSTRALIAN:

- There is an ID plan to curb welfare cheats via a giant new national database.

- A weekend sweep during Operation Unite has nabbed two off-duty police in WA for alcohol
related issues.



THE BRISBANE COURIER MAIL:

- Left wing unions are staging a revolt over privatisation and asset sales.

- Returning servicemen are turning to illicit drugs and alcohol.



THE ADELAIDE ADVERTISER:

- Domiciliary care is facing budget cuts in South Australia.

- The state's judges have been granted a three per cent rise.



THE HOBART MERCURY:

- Eight cars have been clamped under new laws in Tasmania to target speeding and drink-driving.

- Forestry Tasmania has been accused of manipulation over arrests in an exclusion zone.



THE CANBERRA TIMES:

- A fridge cooling endangered frogs was turned off because it was too noisy for a TV
crew, ending in the deaths of Corroboree frogs and tadpoles.

- A man facing changes has thrown a phone teleconference unit at a judge.



THE NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS:

- Fences are to be built at outlying cemeteries to stop dogs digging up graves.

- NT's new Police Commissioner promises to spend one of his first days on duty in uniform
on New Year's Eve.



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