NSW: Main stories in today s Sydney newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2000
NSW: Main stories in today s Sydney newspapers

SYDNEY, Aug 17 AAP - The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers:

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

Page 1: TV presenters Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes have been sacked over their off-screen
love affair. Sole parents will have to look for work or undergo training when their youngest
child turns 13 under federal government reforms.

Page 2: Record high petrol prices are handing the federal and state governments $1.38
million daily.

Page 3: Irena Hatfield has returned to her home in Lismore with a 60 Minutes television
crew in tow.

World: US President Bill Clinton has symbolically passed his leadership to Vice-President
Al Gore. An elderly woman has survived three days in her shattered car after it plunged
off a bridge into dense mangrove in the United States.

Finance: News Corp and Telstra dragged a reluctant market over the line to a record
close yesterday. The Cricketer's Club of NSW toppled into liquidation yesterday.

Sport: Rugby league fans have convinced Channel Nine to screen live coverage of the
Parramatta and Brisbane NRL match this weekend.

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