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

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2009
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=3

THE AUSTRALIAN:

Page 1: Emergency services were not able to warn residents in bushfire-prone areas
via telephone of impending danger on the weekend because of privacy laws and interstate
bickering among politicians.

Page 2: CSIRO scientists have studied houses lost in every major Australian bushfire
since Ash Wednesday to devise guidelines on where and how to build a home to withstand
bushfires. Green movement blamed for severity of Victorian fires through their opposition
to prescribed burning.

Page 3: Greg Annand, assumed killed in fires, is alive. LaTrobe University professor
among people killed in fires.

World: Stalemate between politicians Benjamin Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni leaves Israel in limbo.

Finance: Chinese exports have suffered their biggest fall in more than a decade. Australian
banks are being investigated over concerns some are misleading consumers with advertisements
for high-interest online savings accounts.

Sport: Swimming: Geoff Huegill confesses that fear was his first response to the idea
of contesting the 100m butterfly at this weekend's NSW championships.

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