Fed: Canberra fronters for Thursday, April 19

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2001
Fed: Canberra fronters for Thursday, April 19

CANBERRA, April 19 AAP - The main stories in The Canberra Times today:

Page 1: Major airlines became judges of their own safety standards and the Civil Aviation
Safety Authority lost control of airline safety, according to a damning internal report
on CASA's managerial procedures. The National Gallery of Australia is likely to get $43
million in the federal Budget to complete dramatic changes planned for the gallery's entrance,
interior and precinct. Hong Kong's Dairy Farm International Holdings expects to get about
$300 million for its loss-making Franklins supermarket chain. The European Union has no
choice other than to show leadership in the battle against global warming, EU External
Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten says. Geoff Clark is on the front foot ahead of today's
cricket match between the PM's XI and the ATSIC Chairman's XI.

Page 2: One million Australians now have diabetes, a landmark report says.

Page 3: The family of a drowned Queensland army cadet may launch legal action after
a scathing Defence Force report on safety breaches in the youth training corps.

World: Palestinians fire mortars at Jewish settlements and an Israeli army post in
the Gaza Strip, hours after the Israeli army withdraws from a piece of Palestinian Gaza.Offiicials
in Indonesian-ruled West Timor say the region is safe for foreign aid workers to return.

Former Fiji prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka confirms he is looking at a new political alliance
with the widow of the man he first overthrew in a coup.

Finance: Franklins says it expected to gain approval from Australia's competition watchdog
for its proposed managed sell-down.

Sport: Canberra Capitals and Opals basketball star Lauren Jackson will leave for the
United States after resolving a contractual dispute.

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