VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2009
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE:

Page 1: Fire chief Russell Rees and the CFA failed to protect Victorians from the Black
Saturday bushfires and should be forced to take greater responsibility to avoid a repeat
disaster, the Bushfires Royal Commission has said; Melbourne's remaining vintage W-class
trams will be phased out on all routes except the City Circle line, despite a new campaign
to get hundreds of the dilapidated trams restored and back on the tracks.

Page 2: The federal government has given the opposition one concession on the renewable
energy target legislation, as both sides move towards a compromise to pass it quickly.

Page 3: Police have set up a new multi-agency unit to expose the hidden links between
racing and organised crime in a major racing industry.

World: When he arrived on the world stage in his coat of many colours in 2001, Hamid
Karzai was hailed as the saviour of his traumatised nation, but he is now betraying the
ideals for which so much Western blood has been spilled in Afghanistan.

Finance: Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals has rocked iron ore exporters by striking
a sweetheart deal that links its supply of discounted iron ore to the Chinese steel industry
with up to $US6 billion ($A7.2 billion) in cheap Chinese loans.

Sport: Brad Scott can today begin re-shaping North Melbourne after being released from
his assistant-coaching contract at Collingwood.

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