What the Papers Say

AAP General News (Australia)
08-20-2010
What the Papers Say

MAIN STORIES IN TODAY'S PAPERS:



THE AUSTRALIAN:

- Julia Gillard is prepared to regulate a carbon price, if the community is ready,
and won't change her stance on same sex marriage

- Hundreds of Australians waiting for kidneys could receive organs from dead heart attack victims



THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:

- Tony Abbott's election marathon continues from city to city

- Stephanie Rice's race could be over because of a shoulder injury

- Sydney's growth impacts on air quality



THE AGE:

- Joe Hockey says a coalition government would revive a national access card for health
and welfare

- Iconic berets will no longer be worn by most of Australia's troops

- Organic produce continuing its march into mainstream food



THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW:

- The nation's leaders in desperate race for votes

- Labor polling shows five per cent anti Labor swing in key seats

- Bennelong likely to swing back to the coalition



THE WEST AUSTRALIAN:

- A Muslim woman has been told to remove her burqa in court

- Mother of a handicapped person distraught over sexual offence against handicapped child



THE BRISBANE COURIER MAIL:

- A Labor MP's in Queensland apologises for slur on the father of a disabled child

- New Brisbane travel guide for international students



THE ADELAIDE ADVERTISER:

- Australian Democrats feel betrayed over candidate who admitted to child sex offence

- Mt Gambier man arrested after 250 Kilometres car chase



THE HOBART MERCURY:

- A whale has given birth in the Derwent River

- Crown Princess Mary visiting Hobart



THE CANBERRA TIMES:

- A Canberra man has been found dead in the Mt Buller area in Victoria

- A wheel chair user is taking a Canberra bus company to court



THE NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS:

- The CLP in meltdown over a candidate's domestic violence issue

- Outgoing chief Justice Brian Martin says he doesn't know how jury notes ended up in public



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