FED:What the Papers Say

AAP General News (Australia)
12-15-2011
FED:What the Papers Say

Main stories in today's papers:





THE AUSTRALIAN: The governor general in Papua New Guinea has been suspended after refusing
to swear in two prime ministers in one day. The review into broadcasting has found websites
should not be treated any differently than traditional broadcasters.





THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Private schools have all but vanished from the top ten performing
schools. Liberals have vowed to fight for a conscience vote on gay marriage. An academic
says Shaira Law is good in some areas.





THE AGE: Labor MP Craig Thomson has written a report after an overseas study trip but
the words aren't his. Victoria Police are reeling after a court today released video of
a brutal bashing. A baby fur seal has made itself at home on a couch in New Zealand.





THE WEST AUSTRALIAN: James Packer has challenged the federal government to increase
investment in tourism. Almost 2000 lives could be saved each year if West Australians
led more healthy lives to avoid preventable cancers.





THE BRISBANE COURIER MAIL: Fresh concerns have emerged over the QLD government's ability
to vet staff after revelations a third public servant with a criminal history has been
discovered this year. A Gold Coast tourism leader has taken the weather bureau to task
for raining on the Gold Coast's trade.





THE ADELAIDE ADVERTISER: SA Police expect to rake in more than $100 million in fines
this financial year. People in Rundle Mall could be fined $120 for feeding a hot chip
to a bird.





THE HOBART MERCURY: It looks like the end is nigh for Lara Giddings. National house
figures show cheap prices within 10 kilometres of Hobart.





THE CANBERRA TIMES: Median house prices in Canberra's cheapest suburbs are $100,000
higher than the most affordable suburbs in other capital cities. A Navy lieutenant has
been sentenced to jail over the spanking of a female colleague.





THE NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS: NT bureaucrats have ordered the closure of a business
run by a good samaritan's widow. Talks to save the Darwin to Mandorah ferry service have
collapsed.





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