NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =3

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2008
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =3

THE AUSTRALIAN:

Page 1: Consumer spending and bank lending have slumped to recession levels, putting
pressure on the RBA to start cutting interest rates.

Page 2: The Rudd government is considering broad criteria for its $500 million green
car fund so that it can help component-makers find global markets, as part of a new plan
that will use federal assistance to try to restructure the struggling Australian car industry.

Page 3: Swiss mining giant Xstrata will for the first time face daily independent monitoring
of its lead emissions over Mount Isa.

World: Prosecutors early today formally charged former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan
Karadzic with 11 counts of genocide.

Finance: The road and tunnel project BrisConnections lost 60 per cent of its value
after floating yesterday.

Sport: Fresh from signing spearhead Brendan Fevola until the end of 2011, Carlton will
pursue a wish list of key players.

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