NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2009
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers = 2

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Page 1: Most Australian voters support the federal government reintroducing the legislation
for its emissions trading scheme (ETS) in three months, a Herald/Nielsen poll shows. The
entire team of anaesthetists at St Vincent's Private Hospital is under investigation for
acting as a cartel. A Belgian WWI expert has described as a nightmare the methods used
by an English archeological firm to exhume the bodies of 300 Australians in northern France.

The Taliban has started the election with a bang.

Page 2: The Shooters Party MP Roy Smith is as emphatic as he is resolute, proving so
far unwilling to compromise.

Page 3: The best teachers would be given healthy pay rises and shared between schools
as part of a performance-based system, a government report says.

World: The US oil and natural gas lobby is planning to stage public events to give
the appearance of a groundswell of public opinion against legislation that is vital to
Barack Obama's climate-change strategy, say environmental campaigners.

Finance: Six of Australia's nine main banks have tightened the amount of money they
lend to first home buyers in response to claims that cash handouts are causing a bubble
in prices.

Sport: Fifth place. Sixth win in a row. Ten tries. Biggest win against Cronulla. Taniela
Tuiaki breaking the club record for tries scored in a season. But the most significant
milestone occurred before any of this had even happened.

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