VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2000
VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE

Page 1 - Victorian Liberal MPs have been subjected to an unprecedented performance
review. Only three Victorian clubs now remain in the race for the AFL premiership cup.

Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has said he won't be moving to Canberra. Richard
Hatch has won the $1 million prize on the US TV show, Survivor.

Page 3 - A Christian Brothers school in Geelong has publicly apologised to former students
for sexual abuse inflicted by staff.

Page 5 - Wealthy parents who send their children to government schools should pay extra
fees, a principal of a leading private school said yesterday.

World - A senior UN prosecutor investigating war crimes in East Timor will compile
a report on atrocities committed after Indonesia's 1975 invasion (Dili). opposition leader
Aung San Suu Kyi has confronted Burma's military regime in a bid to secure her right to
freedom of movement (Bangkok). scientists have found that wild dolphins communicate one-on-one
(Washington).

Finance - Dozens of corporate prosecutions can resume after Canberra and the states
agreed yesterday to a medium-term solution to the Corporation Law crisis. higher oil prices
underwrote an improvement in Caltex Australia's first-half earnings. St George Bank will
sack 1,450 staff.

Sport - The Brownlow medals of South Melbourne great Herbie Matthews will become the
fourth lot of Australian Rules football's greatest individual honour to be offered for
auction. Essendon ruckman John Barnes was absent from the training track last night on
the eve of the side's AFL preliminary finals clash.

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