VIC; Main stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-1999
VIC; Main stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE

Page 1 - Qantas has raised the possibility of setting up a separate budget airline
as part of a response to the raid on Australia's domestic air routes by the Virgin group;
After seven years for 14 wins and just two losses, doubles tennis partners Todd Woodbridge
and Mark Woodforde are likely to be seen no more at Davis Cup level; Bishopcourt, one
of Melbourne's most important heritage properties, is up for subdivision.

Page 2 - Prime Minister Howard has rejected assertions by Indonesian President Abdurrahman
Wahid that Australia failed to raise concerns about people-smuggling rackets before making
the complaint public.

Page 3 - Plans are under way for a $14 million world class art museum on Arthurs Seat
on the Mornington Peninsula.

WORLD - Mounting frustration among young East Timorese about unemployment has turned
to violence, requiring intervention by the territory's armed peacekeepers (Dili); At least
31 people have been killed in clashes between Muslims and Christians on an island in Indonesia's
Maluku province, police said yesterday (Jakarta); Sir Cliff Richard beat the Pope and
the Archbishop of Canterbury to be voted the best-known living Christian in a survey published
yesterday (London).

BUSINESS -The collapse of the World Trade Organisation conference in Seattle has dashed
hopes of an agreement among member countries to extend permanently a moratorium on e-commerce
tariffs; The Macquarie Bank-controlled Horizon Energy will list on the Australian Stock
Exchange later this month despite admitting that the struggling Victorian generator it
partly owns will breach its debt covenants and could go broke; Victorian wine will be
introduced to thousands of Germans next year, after a landmark deal was signed last month.

SPORT - Shane Warne's management has reacted with dismay to another report that his
Australian teammate Scott Muller still blames him for the "can't bowl, can't throw" controversy;
Zimbabwe has captured two early wickets to have Sri Lanka 2/22 at lunch on the second
day of the third test in Harare.

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