NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers= 2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2006
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers= 2

THE AUSTRALIAN:

Page 1: Australia's new hardline refugee policy has failed to quell Indonesian anger,
with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono demanding further concessions from the Howard
government to resolve the escalating Papuan visa row; Liberal MP Petro Georgiou is back
in the fight to ensure women and children asylum-seekers are not forced into detention;
Queensland Nationals say a top bureaucrat or government MP should be appointed to the
AWB board to act as its moral conscience if the company is allowed to retain its monopoly
on wheat exports; Runner Adrian Mott, 20, walks away with $40,000 after winning the Stawell
Gift; OECD backs John Howard's insistence that the family benefit system is not a form
of middle-class welfare.

Page 2: Petrol prices will hit record levels this week after the global crude oil price
struck US$70 a barrel yesterday.

Page 3: Australia's war on obesity is being fought with outdated information that could
result in ineffective and expensive policies, according to a report commissioned by the
Health Department.

World: Republican senator Richard Lugar urges the Bush administration to begin direct
talks with Iran over its nuclear program; The Danube bursts its banks in Serbia, Romania
and Bulgaria, causing widespread destruction and raising fears of mass evacuations.

Finance: Telstra is preparing to take on its Foxtel partnership with internet-based
video services when its non-compete period with the group expires in 2008.

Sport: Bulldogs fullback Luke Patten has an "Easter showbag" of a game against Souths
- he is sin-binned, then makes a mistake on his goal line before atoning for his sins
by running the length of the field for a try.

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