VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2007
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE

Page 1: The nation's leading scientific body, the CSIRO, has undermined Prime Minister
John Howard's position on climate change by advising that big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions
appear to be both inevitable and affordable for Australia; Broughton Hall's failure to
meet basic health standards contributed to the deaths of five elderly patients, federal
Minister for Ageing Christopher Pyne said yesterday.

Page 2: In an Anzac Day embarrassment, Victorian Premier Steve Bracks appears to have
been shamed into attending a suburban dawn service today.

Page 3: Commuters using some of Melbourne's busiest inner and middle-suburban stations
are being left behind on platforms because of over-crowding on the rail system.

World: US President George W Bush and the Democratic-controlled Congress are heading
for a confrontation over Iraq this week, with the Democrats vowing to force him to accept
a timetable for the withdrawal of US combat forces.

Finance: Inflation has dropped below Reserve Bank forecasts as weaker than expected
results stunned economists and forced markets to all but rule out an interest rate rise
next week.

Sport: West Coast Eagles AFL footballer Ben Cousins could face regular drug tests and
a public admission of drug use if he hopes to play football after his reported early return
from drug rehabilitation in Los Angeles.

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