VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-28-2000
VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE

Page 1 - Royal Women's Hospital aiming at providing sperm to single women and lesbians
for self-insemination. One in four children are living in homes receiving welfare support,
according to federal department statistics. Melbourne-Essendon players in the 1959 AFL
Grand Final look back.

Page 2 - Annual scramble for AFL Grand Final tickets results in annual heartache. Annual
football mass at St Patrick's Cathedral.

Page 3 - Alfred Hospital plans first surgical attachment of false leg. Fare evasion
falling, say public transport companies.

World - Xanana Gusmao quits as leader of East Timor political group. UN Commissioner
for Human Rights visits East Timor. Three Israeli soldiers die in shootout with Islamic
militants.

Finance - Companies reporting higher profits than expected. Boral managing director
warns of danger from hostile takeover. Smart investors could gain from housing slump,
say analysts.

Sport - Essendon defender Mark Johnson to play AFL Grand Final despite painful rib
injury. Religious restrictions to prevent Melbourne president, Joseph Gutnick, from watching
his team play Essendon in the AFL Grand Final.

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