Qld: Top stories in Brisbane's Courier-Mail
BRISBANE, Dec 20 AAP - The main stories in today's Brisbane's Courier-Mail newspaper:
P1 - More than 300 extra commandos will be recruited to give Australia more "hittingpower" and better prepare the nation for any terrorist attack; Local councils have threatenedto campaign against sitting Labor MPs if the Beattie Government pushes ahead with itsplan to add an $85-a-year ambulance levy to annual rate bills; At least 25 Queenslandcountry race clubs face extinction early next year under voluntary cutbacks to funding.
P3 - The families of 11 backpackers who died in the Childers hostel fire will sue for"nervous shock" citing the negligence of authorities in not enforcing fire safety standards;The mother of a Gold Coast man who died mysteriously in a Gold Coast canal this week saidhe was definitely attacked by a shark.
P5 - Queensland's National and Liberal parties will begin negotiations in the new yearon resolving their policy differences after agreeing on a historic carve-up of the state's89 electorates.
WORLD - The US has set the last week of January as the deadline to ask the UN SecurityCouncil to authorise the use of force against Iraq if it is in violation of resolution1441, the Washington Post said yesterday.
BUSINESS - National Australia Bank yesterday upheld its earnings forecast and laidto rest investor concerns about the likely slowdown in the economy.
SPORT - An unbeaten century by Martin Love put Queensland in the driver's seat againstTasmania yesterday, but opener Brendan Nash was the talking point when he almost brokea 56-year-old slow-batting world record at Bellerive Oval.
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KEYWORD: FRONTERS QLD
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