VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2000
VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE

Page 1 - The partner of a gay man bashed to death was relieved over the reversal of
the decision to let the killers walk free; the number of students failing final year in
government schools in Melbourne's outer suburbs has reached alarming levels.

Page 2 - Ten things to do; Easyfind guide to the classifieds.

Page 3 - The health minister compares IVF for lesbians to a facelift; the Victorian
government will refer the IVF access issue to the Law Reform Commission.

World - George W. Bush used the full force of his personality to sell his vision for
the presidency; Montenegro fears Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic will try to provoke
a crisis and seize control of the republic; hopes for an early resolution to Zimbabwe's
land crisis are in tatters this week.

Finance - Amid the talk this week of dot-com cash burn, David Gold says his nerve is
holding; people have followed the Packers in stocks, but now there's a new investing force
- the Lowys; rival telecommunications carriers have Telstra under siege over a host of
pricing and access issues.

Sport - Adam Gilchrist is the son the Australian Cricket Board always wanted to have;
the VFL is set to introduce 100 random drug tests across all its clubs next season; Fraser
Gehrig is leaning towards the Swans or the Pies as his preferred club for next season.

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