ACT: Main stories in today's Canberra newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
08-13-2009
ACT: Main stories in today's Canberra newspapers

CANBERRA, Aug 13 AAP - The main stories in today's Canberra Times:

Page 1: Authorities begin to recover the bodies of 13 people who died in the Kokoda
Track plane crash. The federal government's emissions trading scheme risks destroying
public willingness to cut emissions by making individual efforts irrelevant, a policy
think tank says. The captain of HMAS Sydney made "almost inexplicable" errors of judgment
which led to the boat's sinking in 1941. A man who died in Canberra's new jail yesterday
pleaded for bail on medical grounds three weeks before his death. The federal government
plans to strengthen Australia's terror laws to give greater powers to police and create
new terrorism offences.

Page 2: Australia has seen a record rise in consumer confidence, increasing 3.7 per
cent in August to levels just below its 2007 average.

Page 3: China appears to have dropped its claims of espionage against Rio Tinto executive
Stern Hu, but he could still face seven years in prison.

World: Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi plans to appeal against her detention
by the ruling junta.

Finance: BHP Billiton's annual profit has dropped for the first time since the company
was created eight years ago from a merger.

Sport: NSW State of Origin prop Justin Poore will lead St George Illawarra against
the Raiders at Canberra Stadium on Saturday after having a dangerous throw charge downgraded.

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