Vic: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-2005
Vic: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers

MELBOURNE, Aug 9 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers:

THE HERALD SUN

Page 1: Australian astronaut Andy Thomas will spend another tense 24 hours in space
after NASA last night aborted a re-entry and landing.

Page 2: More than 1.6 million workers have won the right to seek family-friendly job
conditions, after a ruling by the Industrial Relations Commission.

Page 3: Maria Korp's mother asks for her daughter's body to be flown back for burial in Portugal.

World: Japan is facing a snap general election after legislation crucial to Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi failed to pass the upper house.

Finance: About 40 per cent of all employers failed to hand their workers Super Choice
forms by the July 28 deadline.

Sport: Ashes legend Ian Botham has urged England to doctor the wicket in Manchester
to nullify the threat of a Shane Warne-inspired comeback.

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