ACT: Main stories in The Canberra Times

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2001
ACT: Main stories in The Canberra Times

CANBERRA, Aug 17 AAP - The main stories in The Canberra Times today:

Page 1 - Volunteers call for Treasurer Peter Costello to loosen purse strings for volunteer
groups. Report clears defence force of widespread bastardisation. Elvis still pulls a
crowd at 24th anniversary of his death. Australian stem cell researchers seek funds.

Page 2 - Authorities brace for flood of asylum seekers after 348 reach Christmas Island
aboard fishing boat. Overcrowding forces prisoners to be kept at ACT court rather than
sent to remand centre.

Page 3 - Aboriginal Affairs Minister Philip Ruddock stands firm against stolen generation
compensation tribunal. Canberra researchers win British grant to study policing. Fifteen-year-old
Sydney schoolgirl faces court for murder of her lover.

World - New Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri outlines vision for nation.

Taliban cabinet refuses access to detained aid workers. US and Russia push to stop Middle
East violence. US firemen battle blazes across the nation. British troops expected to
arrive in Macedonia to spearhead UN peace force.

Finance - Airline discounting and high fuel prices cut Qantas profits. Share market
closes down after News Corp reports reduced earnings.

Sport - Wallaby winger Joe Roff makes faster than expected recovery from ankle injury.

Athlete Nathan Deakes says bright Australian uniforms makes walkers more of a target for
officials.

AAP mb/mgN

KEYWORD: FRONTERS ACT

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