VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-1999
VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers

MELBOURNE, Dec 21 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers:

HERALD SUN

Page 1 - Thousands of Australians have had their benefits slashed for refusing to work-for-the-dole;
Australian musicians prepare for Dili concert.

Page 2 - A crowd of 100,000 expected for parade for Davis Cup team.

Page 3 - Trains, trams to be free New Year's Eve.

World - Religious and separatist unrest claims eight lives in two Indonesian trouble
spots; NASA launches space shuttle Discovery.

Finance - Packer lays groundwork to build Australia's largest discount broker after
his ecorp forges alliance with United States investment house Charles Schwab Corporation;
ANZ declares it is courting St George Bank (Agencies).

Sport - Collingwood ready to farewell a decade from hell, ending with an overdraft
of more than $1 million.

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