NSW: The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2001
NSW: The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=2

The Australian:

P 1: The human face of Australia's rising tide of refugees; Piece by piece, gun smugglers
ply an evil trade; Busy nights in the country's casualty units as the federal health debate
continues.

P 2: Chikarovski rises from the ashes in the latest Newspoll results; Chronic bed shortage
is the real problem in the country's hospitals; PM to push trade deal on US visit; Promoters
of aggressive tax schemes would use their defeat of the tax office as a marketing tool
if it buckled under political pressure, according to the Tax Commissioner.

P 3: Gang rape terms "too lenient"; Divided on racism, united against violence as the
people of southwest Sydney believe they are being unfairly maligned; Fewer people are
tying the knot in Australia and the likelihood of divorce is continuing to rise, a new
study has found; Bid to end ethnic crime.

World: Arafat casts doubt over Israeli envoy; Tension festers in wake of farmers' release
in Johannesburg; Mugabe shuts border to halt currency problems in Harare; Bush gives in
to ranch revolt; The fiancee of the Norwegian crown prince has tearfully admitted a wild
partying past; Kennedy cared little for outer space, but wanted to be the first there,
tapes have revealed.

Business: AMP delivered a mea culpa over its recent disclosure practices yesterday;
Optus is turning up the heat on Telstra; AGL takes an unexpected bite from Dingo Blue;
ASIC has opened a new front on the company governance debate.

Sport: Waugh returns to take control; Gutted Slater can't face the music.

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