VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
04-11-2000
VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers

MELBOURNE, April 11 AAP - Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers:

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Page 1 - Australian government accuses Kosovars of fabricating stories of persecution
in a bid to stay in the country; Collingwood's Anthony Rocca suspended for two weeks.

Page 2 - Juveniles to be kept out of jail under a deal between Prime Minister John
Howard and the Northern Territory on mandatory sentencing; Victorian Aboriginal leader
believes indigenous athletes will suffer because of Charles Perkins' Olympic Games war
cry; Melbourne City councillors want a $22,000 pay rise.

Page 3 - Thousands of families who have babies after July 1 could be eligible for special
GST compensation, according to the federal government.

World - Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis says his ruling socialist party's narrow
election win is an important political victory; Squatters' invasion of white Zimbabwe
farms worsens.

Finance - National Australia Bank pays nearly $5 billion for Lend Lease; Amcor investors
endorse plan to split its packaging and paper divisions; Australian Infrastructure Fund
launches $292 million takeover bid for Infratil Australia.

Sport - Collingwood's Anthony Rocca says he was temporarily blinded by lights during
an unsuccessful bid to beat a striking charge; Carlton's Fraser Brown faces three charges
at the AFL tribunal tonight.

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