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

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2009
Vic: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers =2

THE AGE

Page 1: Overcrowding at Christmas Island has forced the Rudd government to move 30
Afghan youths to Melbourne to speed up processing of their claims for asylum; Mentally
ill inmates at Thomas Embling Hospital will still be allowed to use knives, live together
and go out on leave, following a review of two stabbing deaths at the facility.

Page 2: Australia should adopt only a 5 per cent 2020 emissions cut after a weak outcome
at the Copenhagen climate summit, according to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

Page 3: Victorian women will be able to give birth at home - with hospital back-up
for the first time - under a pilot project starting at three hospitals next year.

World: Evidence that the British Army subjected prisoners in Northern Ireland to waterboarding
during interrogations in the 1970s is emerging after one of the alleged victims launched
an appeal against a conviction for murder.

Finance: Macarthur Coal has set its sights on becoming Australia's dominant independent
coal producer, launching a $1.2 billion bid to take over NSW miner Gloucester Coal and
buy key assets from Hong Kong commodities trader Noble Group.

Sport: Australia has been given a sobering snapshot of the looming challenge to keep
its best cricketers in baggy greens, with one in five of the nation's star players revealing
they would consider knocking back a Cricket Australia contract to pursue a freelance career.

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