ACT: The main stories in The Canberra Times today

AAP General News (Australia)
12-18-2007
ACT: The main stories in The Canberra Times today

CANBERRA, Dec 18 AAP - The main stories in The Canberra Times today.

Page 1: Centro Property Group announced yesterday it was struggling to refinance $1.3
billion of maturing debt. Legislation to destroy Work Choices will be introduced to federal
parliament in its first week next year. Water restrictions in the ACT and Queanbeyan have
been eased. The first indigenous law student has graduated through the University of Canberra's
Ngunnawal Centre.

Page 2: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has put a tight deadline on COAG to help him realise
Labor's major election promises.

Page 3: Canberra is the drink-driving capital of south-eastern Australia.

World: Turkey has launched the biggest attack on Iraq since the 2003 US invasion.

Finance: Shares in BHP dropped 4 per cent yesterday after the mining giant suspended
a share buyback. Rio Tinto and Mitsui and Co will spend more than $1 billion to expand
Queensland's Kestrel coalmine.

Sport: ACT bookmakers have blamed a scheduling change for an estimated 50 per cent
drop in turnover from Sunday's Canberra Cup.

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KEYWORD: MONITOR FRONTERS ACT

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