AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-2009
QLD: Main stories in today's The Courier-Mail:
BRISBANE, April 9 AAP - The main stories in The Courier-Mail today:
Page 1: Funding could be stripped from Australian aged care homes and vouchers of up
to $50,000 handed directly to residents in a radical aged care overhaul being examined
by the Federal Government.
Page 2: Continuation of aged care story.
Page 3: The Brisbane Lions have employed a private security firm to protect players
arriving and leaving the Gabba.
World: A salesman rescued a baby from a blaze ignited by a car bomb in a Shi'ite neighbourhood
in Baghdad yesterday, reaching through the shattered window and grabbing the boy after
the blast killed his mother and eight others.
Finance: Small unit holders in troubled toll road group BrisConnections were back in
the firing line yesterday after an attempt to relieve them of their massive liabilities
apparently foundered following a stand-off between the group's underwriters.
Sport: Wendell Sailor has labelled himself the Maroons' version of Winter Olympics
accidental hero Steven Bradbury, but his improbably Origin cameo is gaining steam.
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