QLD: Major stories in today's Courier Mail

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2001
QLD: Major stories in today's Courier Mail

BRISBANE, Aug 3 AAP - The major stories in today's Courier-Mail:

Page 1: A tough privacy regime is being established by the Beattie government to protect
the Health Department from litigation and prevent public scrutiny of hospital mistakes;
Students face an extra year of schooling if the state government goes ahead with plans
to make preschool compulsory; DNA on t-shirt worn by British tourist Joanne Lees belonged
to a third person.

Page 2: Academic and businessman described as an "extraordinary Australian" was jailed
yesterday for Queensland's biggest recorded tax evasion; Thieves steal Gai Waterhouse's
Golden Slipper trophy.

Page 3: Thousands of motoring industry workers will continue to be laid off across
the country after striking staff of a small Sydney car component factory yesterday refused
to return to work; Student who shot himself at an Adelaide high school had two bags containing
an array of weapons; Dozens of extra parking officers patrolling Brisbane's streets and
delivering the City Council a record windfall.

World: US House of Representatives rejects a move to ban oil exploration in an Alaskan
wildlife refuge; US gridiron player dies of heat exhaustion; "Kidnapped" Brazilian nun
gives birth; Northern Ireland peace process days from meltdown; Queen Mum gets emergency
blood transfusion for anaemia.

Business: Tax and competition laws restricting growth in Australian companies so severely
they risked stagnation and were vulnerable to foreign takeovers, BHP Billiton Don Argus
chairman Don Argus says; National Foods now considers New Zealand's new dairy giant Global
Co the stalker to watch; Conrad Black would grab Fairfax if media laws were changed; Growing
confidence among foreign investors buoys local blue chips; Rio Tinto's half-year earnings
jump 24 per cent to record US $US841 million.

Sport: Pat Rafter survives in Montreal Masters; British Open champion David Duval rejects
approach to play this year's Australian Open at the Gold Coast in November; Allan Langer
has quit Warrington after it was slow with contract payments and will take up a marketing
position with Brisbane Broncos next year.

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KEYWORD: FRONTERS QLD

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