VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
07-29-2000
VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE

Page 1 - The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne has warned of a "whole generation of
stolen children" after a court ruled yesterday that single women in Victoria can have
IVF treatment. The nation's industrial watchdog has warned workers that they face instant
dismissal for accessing pornography at work via the Internet. More than 20 million users
flooded the Internet yesterday in a last-minute grab for free music as the website Napster
faced the sounds of silence. Fiji began its journey back to democracy yesterday with an
address by new prime minister Laisenia Qarase and the swearing in of a new ministry.

Page 3 - Six Victorian nursing homes are still operating despite being censured by
the Federal Government for posing a "risk" to the safety, health or wellbeing of elderly
residents.

Page 5 - All food sold in Australia and New Zealand containing genetically-modified
material will have to be labelled under a GM food code agreed to yesterday.

World - Researchers have caused eyes to grow in blind fish, simply by inserting a lens
from sighted fish (Washington). NASA plans to launch a $US300 million ($A510 million)
robot to Mars in 2003 to search for water (Los Angeles). more than 1,500 people attended
a memorial service in Paris for the victims of this week's Concorde crash (Paris).

Finance - Pay TV and Internet group Austar United Communications yesterday confirmed
it was in talks about buying the broadband cable network, Cable & Wireless Optus. Wine
and packing group Southcorp had about $1 billion debt capacity to fund acquisitions, joint
ventures and alliances, the company said yesterday. Newcrest shares slipped further yesterday
as the market digested news on the surprise suspension of operations at its Telfer gold
mine in Western Australia.

Sport - Carlton's injury blues worsened last night, with forward Aaron Hamill ruled
out of tomorrow's match against Port Adelaide. the eagerly awaited showdown between Cathy
Freeman and French superstar Marie-Jose Perec is unlikely to happen before the Sydney
Olympics.

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