ACT:Main stories in Tuesday's newspaper

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2010
ACT:Main stories in Tuesday's newspaper

CANBERRA, Dec 21 AAP - The main stories in Tuesday's Canberra Times:

Page 1: The release of the NBN business plan fails to quell dissenting opinion that
the network will cost too much. WikiLeaks reveals Australia rates China's anti-satellite
capabilities against the US and other western countries. Australia contemplates a white
Christmas after a December of wild weather. ACT authorities back down over contentious
plans for housing sites in new Gungahlin suburbs and clarifies building heights at the
Kingston foreshore.

Page 2: The federal government refuses to double Australia's humanitarian intake of
refugees despite calls in the wake of last week's Christmas Island boat tragedy.

Page 3: A university student from Canberra is fined $3000 for bashing a former lover
with a meat tenderiser until she heard his head crack.

World: North Korea says it won't hit back following South Korea's live-fire exercise
near the disputed border despite its earlier threats of deadly retaliation.

Finance: Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand wait for the final green light from the New
Zealand government for their proposed trans-Tasman alliance.

Sport: St Kilda is rocked by the publication of nude photos of skipper Nick Riewoldt
and teammate Nick Dal Santo, put up by an aggrieved 17-year-old girl.

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