SA: Main stories in today s Adelaide Advertiser

AAP General News (Australia)
02-16-2001
SA: Main stories in today s Adelaide Advertiser

ADELAIDE, Feb 16 AAP - Main stories in today's Adelaide Advertiser:

Page 1 - The South Australian government has one week to improve a pay offer to nurses
or face widespread industrial action throughout public hospitals.

Page 2 - A serious division within one of the state's biggest unions, the Australian
Workers Union, has emerged in the lead-up to its election; Nick Grono, the chief of staff
who allegedly warned a female federal ministerial adviser for "sleeping with the enemy",
had a lengthy affair with a woman working for the Australian Democrats; Mitsubishi Motors
Australia boss Tom Phillips has returned from Japan optimistic about the Adelaide car
company's prospects for future growth.

Page 3 - A father was trying to kill himself and his four children when he deliberately
drove his vehicle over a 26m cliff at Crafers, a lawyer acting for his teenage daughter
told the Coroners Court yesterday; South Australia's natural resources, such as the River
Murray, will be brought under the control of three senior ministers to ensure their increased
protection.

World - The killing of eight Israelis by a Palestinian in the worst attack in Israel
in years has sparked fears the violence that has escalated since Ariel Sharon was elected
Prime Minister could worsen (Jerusalem); The father of James Bulger was yesterday asking
the High Court to overturn a decision which could see the toddler's killers freed in the
near future (London); Educators reinstated the theory of evolution in the Kansas state
curriculum yesterday, reversing a decision 18 months ago and thwarting religious conservatives
who want students to learn the biblical theory of creation (Overland Park, Kansas).

Finance - Australian companies face a difficult six months but the worst is almost
over for weaker earnings, according to analysts; Investors had fallen in love with the
greenback all over again, Macquarie foreign exchange dealer Jo Masters said yesterday.

Sport - AFL clubs and their players are on a collision course over the management of
abuse on Internet sites from fans.

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