Qld: Courier Mail fronters

AAP General News (Australia)
08-31-2000
Qld: Courier Mail fronters

BRISBANE, Aug 31 AAP - Main stories in the first edition of the Courier-Mail:

Page 1 - Federal Opposition Aboriginal affairs spokesman Daryl Melham quits the Labor
frontbench over a federal-state ALP deal to introduce new native title laws covering Queensland
mining. US athletics team managers have called for a more visible uniformed police presence
as they train at Nudgee College.

Page 2 - A compromise between federal and state Labor on native title rights over mining
exploration would leave the mining industry in crisis and indigenous rights in disarray,
critics said.

Page 3 - Increased traffic from the inner city bypass would block Kingsford Smith Drive
in 10 years, a Brisbane City Council report said. A truck driver who tried to save a blazing
school library was punched in the stomach when he chased a youth believed to have started
the fire. A Finnish professional wrestler to face court for allegedly attempting to smuggle
performance-enhancing drugs through Brisbane airport.

World - Eleven-year-old girl in hospital with a bullet in her back is the latest victim
of Northern Ireland violence.

Finance - Telstra's share price hammered despite a record profit. Investors have slashed
nearly $1 billion in market value from the Commonwealth Bank after it failed to dazzle
with a $1.71 billion profit.

Sport - Pat Rafter loses to Spaniard Gaily Blanco in the first round of the US Open
tennis. Wayne Arthurs in an upset defeat of second seed Gustavo Kuerten in the first round
of the US Open. Tiger Woods wins the US PGA player-of-the-year award.

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