VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-13-1999
VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE

Page 1 - Liberal Party dissidents will seek a purge of the party's organisational wing
after Labor's historic win in Saturday's Burwood by-election; Swimmer Michael Klim and
cricketer Shane Warne are back to their exciting best; The AFL has decided to put off
the closure and sale of Waverley Park until at least the end of next football season amid
concerns that industrial problems will delay the opening of Colonial Stadium; Ministerial
interventions in planning disputes will have to be explained in writing under changes
to be revealed today by State Planning Minister John Thwaites.

Page 2 - The arrival of Colonial Stadium will sound the death knell for the MCG as
a concert venue, according to music promoters.

Page 3 - An overhaul of Australia's savings and retirement income will be the federal
government's next big economic reform, Treasurer Peter Costello said yesterday.

WORLD - Brutish and primitive wars are devastating the lives of the world's poorest
people, the United Nations Children's Fund says in a new report (New York); A top commander
of Russian forces in Chechnya warns that the Russian military is determined to destroy
the Islamic militants in Grozny by the end of winter; A Portuguese passenger plane carrying
35 people slammed into a mountain in the mid-Atlantic Azores Islands on Saturday (Lisbon).

FINANCE - With just over six months to go, there appears to be widespread confusion
and concern about the cost and administration of the GST; Sino Securities is preparing
a $75 million float of its free Internet service provider, GoConnect; Australia could
end up with no domestic airlines if the federal government pushed aviation industry competition
too hard, Qantas chief James Strong warned yesterday.

SPORT - New Zealander Greg Turner has won the Australian PGA golf tournament by two
strokes; Australia is to seek a meeting with the Pakistan Cricket Board over allegations
of excessive sledging by the home team during the recent three-test series here.

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