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

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2006
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers = 2

THE AUSTRALIAN:

Page 1: A massive $1-billion roads package to fix the nation's deadly highways will
be announced in next month's budget as a pre-election downpayment designed to restore
the popularity of the Nationals; Two of the last surviving Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels will join
the pre-dawn Anzac service north of Wollongong; Petro Georgiou believes his landslide
election victory in the seat of Kooyong is a win for his support of asylum-seekers; Australian-led
security forces lock down the Solomon Islands parliament.

Page 2: Big tax cuts in the May budget could force interest rates up half a per cent.

Page 3: Sugar-filled soft drinks will be banned from school canteens in Victoria next year.

World: A tough-talking Shi'ite politician was asked to form a government of national
unity in Iraq yesterday, ending four months of political deadlock (Baghdad).

Finance: Multiplex will make a bid for vindication in a London court this week when
it argues that its former subcontractor, Cleveland Bridge, was at least partly responsible
for the horrendous problems that have dogged its rebuilding of the iconic Wembley Stadium.

Sport: The multimillion-dollar Gitea deal pushed Rugby Union to the brink of another
revolution, with NSW and the ACT exploiting their financial muscle.

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