Fed: Canberra fronters for Monday, December 11

AAP General News (Australia)
12-11-2000
Fed: Canberra fronters for Monday, December 11

CANBERRA, Dec 11 AAP - The main stories in The Canberra Times today:

Page 1: A sharply divided United States Supreme Court deals a stunning blow to Democrat
Al Gore's White House bid, halting Florida recounts ordered just a day earlier (Washington).

Claims SouthCare was pressured into diverting to Tumut to pick up an injured Canberra
doctor are denied. Shaming violent young offenders instead of putting them before the
courts has dramatic success in a Canberra study that is a model for cities across the
world. Australian Defence Force chief Admiral Chris Barrie may visit Jakarta in the next
year, possibly signalling a new military relationship between Australia and Indonesia.

Page 2: The Howard government is likely to attract more temporary skilled workers to
Australia next year by improving incentives for overseas IT specialists, accountants and
nurses to work here.

Page 3: The Australian Federation of Airline Pilots says Civil Aviation Safety Authority
director Mick Toller may have misled parliament.

World: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak submits his resignation and calls elections
for his post in a surprise move after 10 weeks of violence in which 300 people have died
(Jerusalem). New Zealanders who move to Australia will not have to pay for their children's
education despite Australia's plan to toughen up on welfare payments, Prime Minister Helen
Clark says. Suspected separatist rebels in the Indonesian province of Aceh launch a grenade
attack on the governor's home.

Finance: President Bill Clinton brushes aside Republican warnings of a coming recession,
predicting US economic expansion will continue, albeit at a slower pace (Washington).

Sport: The Canberra Cosmos have got out of jail in the dying seconds of several matches
this season but never more dramatically than at Edensor Park when Toplica Popovich scores
a spectacular stoppage-time equaliser in the National Soccer League.

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