QLD: Major stories in today's Courier-Mail

AAP General News (Australia)
04-16-2004
QLD: Major stories in today's Courier-Mail

BRISBANE, April 16 AAP - The major stories in today's Courier-Mail are:

Page one: Government to axe ATSIC. Fatigue blamed as babies die in fiery crash. First
Australian charged on home soil with training as a terrorist arrested in Sydney. Swim
coach Scott Volkers will not face sex charges.

Page two: ATSIC leaders plan Senate campaign against abolition. Loss of confidence
a long, sorry tale of ATSIC. Search on for new Telstra chairman.

Page three: Olympic committee gives Ian Thorpe the all-clear for 400m race. Home loan
borrowing dips but not enough to appease Reserve Bank fears of too much debt. Court told
of victim's bravery in rape ordeal. Eddie McGuire refuses to change his call on umpire.

World news: Tape attributed to bin Laden offered a truce to European countries that
refrain from aggression towards Muslims. Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry
keeps US guessing on Hillary Clinton as a running mate. George W Bush angers Palestinians
with policy swing to Israel.

Business: Telstra chief Ziggy Switowski under renewed pressure to quit his post. Dissident
National Australia Bank director Catherine Walter blasts lawyers' report into Pricewaterhouse
Coopers' independence. Daily Mail group bids $106 million for FM licence. Jail sentence
ordered for Froggy founder.

Sport: Battle of halfbacks in Townsville tomorrow night. Loss of two points won't bother
Broncos. Nathan Williams prepares for his new role as Reds flyhalf.

AAP rad/drp

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