WA: Main stories in The West Australian newspaper

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2005
WA: Main stories in The West Australian newspaper

PERTH, Dec 5 AAP - Main stories in The West Australian newspaper today:



Page 1: Peter Costello wants to take welfare payments away from parents who neglect
their children and give the money to other, more responsible adults in the family.

Page 3: The Commonwealth Bank is under fire for promoting a beauty pageant culture
at work by issuing employees with detailed grooming guidelines, including advice for youthful
looking skin and the brand and colour of underwear staff should buy.

Page 5: The chairwoman of a state parliamentary inquiry into food labelling, Labor
backbencher Jaye Radisich, has vowed to maintain pressure on the government to get WA
a voluntary state-of-origin scheme.

World: A lawsuit to be filed in US courts this week is likely to show the role of the
Central Intelligence Agency in secretly flying people suspected of being terrorists to
countries where torture is allowed (Washington); Iraqi authorities have uncovered a plot
by a Sunni insurgent group to attack the trial of former leader Saddam Hussein when it
holds its third hearing today, the government's national security Adviser says (Baghdad);
Sixteen workers have been killed and 42 trapped in two separate coalmine accidents in
China (Beijing).

Business: Australia's top corporate watchdog has vowed to keep the investigation of
James Hardie Industries as a top priority despite the building materials group striking
an agreement with the NSW government to pay victims. The value of Australian takeover
activity has plunged this year from a bumper harvest for corporate financiers and advisers
in 2004, but the number of mergers and acquisitions increased to the highest levels recorded
this decade. The Qantas board is expected to approve the launch of Jetstar International
on Wednesday and allow a $20 billion order for up to 100 long-haul aircraft.

Sport: Anthony Mundine landed the first blow yesterday in the build-up to his much-anticipated
clash against WA's Danny Green in the eastern states next year by securing top billing
on Sunday's card at Challenge Stadium.

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