AAP General News (Australia)
08-20-2004
Fed: Top stories in today's Canberra Times
CANBERRA, Aug 20 AAP - Top stories in today's Canberra Times:
Page 1: Canberra faces stage 3 water restrictions from September 1; ACT Health Minister
Simon Corbell reveals his battle with depression; Jana Pittman has cleared the fitness
hurdle in her battle to race at the Olympics.
Page 2: An ACT report into aged care finds there are scant resources in place for people
living in nursing homes; The building industry and a competitor have lent support to Totalcare,
which is in the spotlight over the way it won government tenders.
Page 3: Labor steps up its campaign against Prime Minister John Howard over his credibility
on the children overboard affair.
World: US tanks tightened their ring around Moqtada al-Sadr's base in Najaf as the
Iraqi government threatened an imminent offensive.
Finance: Qantas unveils a record profit but warns rising oil prices could be a catalyst
for a ticket surcharge.
Sport: Petria Thomas claims silver in the 200m butterfly; Five weightlifters banned
from the Olympics for testing positive for drugs.
AAP so/cmc
KEYWORD: FRONTERS ACT
2004 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.
No comments:
Post a Comment