FED:What the Papers Say

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2011
FED:What the Papers Say

What the papers have to say today:





THE AUSTRALIAN:



Kevin Rudd ends gravy train for overseas aid advisors; American budget deficit to hit
$1.65 trillion;



THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:



Billions spent on climate change programs over past decade delivering small results;
one of Sydney's busiest corridors, Parramatta Road, could soon get a billion dollar makeover;
Joe Hockey looks for new friend for Sunrise program;



THE AGE:



Senator Barnaby Joyce another flood victim, having driven his gov't car into a creek;
US launches legal pursuit of Julian Assange; further WikiLeaks files shows Marius Kloppers
takes personal credit for derailing Chinese investment in Rio Tinto;



THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW:



Gillard faces another challenge to health reform as two state leaders vow to maintain
control of their health portfolios; David Stewart from leighton Holdings advocates more
cautious strategy; any backlash to NBN could put projected revenues at risk;



THE WEST AUSTRALIAN:



Leading demographer suggestes Western Australia double population to five billion for
the nation's sake; entire family convicted for stabbing single man to death in Bunbury;



THE BRISBANE COURIER MAIL:



Insurance companies may be regulated more closely in wake of Qld floods; fishing ban
on snapper slapped as ad hoc science by some fishermen;



THE ADELAIDE ADVERTISER:



Decade of uni studies show nearly 1/3 of accidents reduced by one kilometre an hour
speed reduction; South Australia taxpayers spending more than $6m on abolished positions;



THE HOBART MERCURY:



Distinguished turn out for Richard Atkinson funeral in Launceston; outcry over approval
of walking track in state's south;



THE CANBERRA TIMES:



Man shot dead by police was shot in similar circumstances; ACT Treasury's predictions
wrong over last 10 years;



THE NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS:



Low hovering over Top End could form into cyclone by Thursday; senior member of Territory
gov't spent more than $4000 on taxpayer funded trip to Canberra.



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