QLD: Main stories in todays Courier Mail

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-1998
QLD: Main stories in todays Courier Mail

BRISBANE, Dec 1 AAP - The main stories in todays Courier-Mail are:



Page 1 - The Howard Government is under growing pressure to wind back national competition
policy to quell a looming backbench revolt (Canberra). Former millionaire Phillip Harold Bell
has been convicted of 28 child sex charges (Sydney). Wildman speedster Jason Gillespie defied
gravity and the might of English cricket yesterday in driving Australia to a thundering second
Test victory in Perth (Perth). Mobs attacked and burnt mosques in West Timor yesterday as
Indonesias ethnic and religious violence took a dangerous new turn (Jakarta). Former Prime
Minister Paul Keating and his wife Annita will separate after 23 years of marriage (Sydney).
The junior staffer at the centre of a CJC probe into allegations involving Childrens
Commissioner Norm Alford has been suspended on full pay (local).

Page 2 - Promised falls in car prices from the GST are set to be delivered in one hit with
the federal governments tax consultative committee unable to settle on a formula to phase in
the price cuts (Canberra). Queensland One Nation president has voluntarily stood aside from
the position in the party due to ill health (local). Tennis ace Patrick Rafter last night was
named Queensland Young Achiever of the Year (local). A White Toyota Landcruiser was parked
beside the Flinders Highway near Julia Creek with two people in it the night before its owner
was found shot and bashed, Townsville Magistrates Court was told yesterday (Townsville).

Page 3 - An attempt to rescue an Australian cameraman from a remote island in frozen
Siberia had to be called off yesterday because of more bad weather (Canberra). A serial sex
offender was captured after his ex-girlfriend recognised him on the television program
Australias Most Wanted and called police, a court heard yesterday (local). Paul and Annita
Keating last night announced they would separate after a 23-year marriage they described as
"for the most part very happy" (Sydney). A teenager allegedly endured a terrifying 20-hour
ordeal of rape and assault after being abducted and imprisoned down a disused mine shaft
(Ballarat).

WORLD - A Malaysian court yesterday temporarily suspended a three-month jail sentence given
for contempt of court to a lawyer defending sacked finance minister Anwar Ibrahim (Kuala
Lumpur).

FINANCE - Shares in the telecommunication sector soared to record levels yesterday, as
investor attention switched to high-tech stocks after takeover speculation in the bank sector
evaporated (Sydney).

SPORT - Crickets wild colonial boy Jason Gillespie yesterday tore the heart out of
Englands Ashes campaign but couldnt get a guarantee he would play the next Test (Perth).

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