VIC: Main stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-1999
VIC: Main stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE

P1: Amid outrage over killings in East Timor, Indonesia was rethinking plans to allow the
former Portuguese colony to break away; The GST will face its first crucial test on the Senate
floor on Thursday.

P3: Premier Jeff Kennett told a group of private schoolgirls to go forth and multiply to
boost the nation's population; commercial radio has withdrawn state government advertisements
reassuring police numbers were adequate; A County Court judge called the Victoria Police
computer system a threat to justice.

P5: Federal government plans to protect children from Internet porn could be threatened by
parts of the Internet industry, Communications Minister Richard Alston said; Men who murdered
two Bega schoolgirls were outcasts, a judge said yesterday.

WORLD: East Timor's governor threatened to punish people who told the media a climate of
fear existed in East Timor; Labor has welcomed Prime Minister John Howard's tough approach to
Jakarta over East Timor; NATO is using photographs of Serb atrocities to build a war crimes
case against the Yugoslav leaders; Mr Howard and other foreign leaders condemning the jailing
of former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim were racists, Prime Minister Mahathir
Mohamed said.

FINANCE: ASEAN is considering a single unit of currency for south-east Asia; the Mining
Industry Council has rejected any move to tie the corporate tax rate to abolition of the
accelerated depreciation tax concession; Car importer Nissan Australia chalked up an after-tax
profit of $65.6 million; BHP Petroleum believes the recent rally in oil prices will not be
enough to stop a potentially severe short term contraction in Australia's exploration and
production industry.

SPORT: The AFL reprimanded Melbourne football manager Danny Corcoran over the Essendon
salary cap scandal; Kangaroos captain Wayne Carey could miss the match against St Kilda at the
SCG this weekend due to injury; Socceroo goalkeeper Mark Bosnich has reportedly agreed to sign
with Manchester United in a $125,000 a week deal; Embattled Collingwood coach Tony Shaw has
been given a 'please explain' over an incident in a reserves match last weekend.

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