NSW:Main stories in Friday's papers=3

AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2011
NSW:Main stories in Friday's papers=3

THE AUSTRALIAN:

Page 1: Julia Gillard says her party must learn from its NSW election rout. Greens
leader Bob Brown is under mounting pressure to rein in senator-elect Lee Rhiannon as she
intensifies her support for a radical boycott of Israel. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has
promised tough new measures to curb profit raids on the state's electricity businesses.

Page 2: The Gillard government has told business and industry not to expect any more
commercial compensation for a carbon tax beyond what Kevin Rudd offered in 2009. Julia
Gillard's chief climate change adviser Ross Garnaut has hit back at claims he acted outside
his brief when he took on electricity pricing. The head of Australia's biggest business
group has attacked Julia Gillard's planned carbon pricing regime as "upheaval, not reform".

Page 3: Fears terrorists could easily obtain the floor plans of Australian embassies
abroad has forced the government to review its security procedures at overseas missions.

The co-pilot of a plane that crashed in the mountains of Kokoda in 2009 had worked for
six consecutive days resulting in fatigue "akin to intoxication".

World: (Washington) Barack Obama is believed to have authorised covert CIA operations
inside Libya.

Finance: Better than expected news in Australia's retail sector sent the dollar to
new highs yesterday.

Sport: NSW Waratahs will be hoping to have the best of both worlds with Kurtley Beale
when they play the Chiefs in Sydney tonight.

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