Qld: Courier Mail fronters

AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-2000
Qld: Courier Mail fronters

BRISBANE, April 18 AAP - Main stories in today's first edition of The Courier-Mail.

Page 1 - Australian investors bracing for another beating after a freefall in United
States technology and Internet stocks. Meter readers told to use umbrellas to fend off
vicious dogs after family pets were bashed with steel pipes and fence palings (local).

Two major construction projects have bypassed Queensland's new industrial laws and registered
in the federal arena.

Page 2 - Defence Minister John Moore has been spared a preselection battle after Liberal
Party figures prevailed on Michael Johnson to rule out a preselection bid (local). Triathlete
Brad Beven in hospital after being hit by a car on Saturday (Sydney).

Page 3 - Speed camera sites boosted in an Easter crackdown on speeding (local). A woman
who took a knife into a crowded gym and attempted to cut off her former lover's penis
jailed for six years (Townsville).

World - The wife of a white farmer killed in Zimbabwe's land war has vowed to stay
in the country to continue the political struggle (London). Russian President Vladimir
Putin arrives in London amid protests about human rights abuses by his soldier's in Chechnya
(London).

Finance: World markets balanced on a razor's edge awaiting the opening of the US stock
markets after $36 billion was wiped from the value of Australian shares.

Sport - New Zealand renews a bid to poach Queensland State of Origin rugby league utility
Tonie Carroll (Sydney). After withdrawing from the Australian rugby league team yesterday,
Newcastle's Andrew Johns said he would struggle to be fit for the first State of Origin
match on May 10 (Sydney).

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