WA: Main stories in The West Australian

AAP General News (Australia)
04-06-2001
WA: Main stories in The West Australian

PERTH, April 6 AAP - Main stories in today's edition of The West Australian:

P.1: Picture story of life being a full house for Graham Hansen who is a dad to 14
children. City visitors could pay 50 per cent more to park under a Perth City Council
plan to buy and run the convention and exhibition centre carpark.

P.3: From page one: Mr Hansen, a single parent to 14 children, still has all his hair
but reckons the grey bits are hidden. Police have escalated the school bully debate by
charging two boys in Merredin who sexually terrorised girls by touching their legs and
genitals ... and pinching their buttocks.

WORLD: The crew of a US navy spy plane held on a Chinese island were being questioned
over breaking the law in their midair collision with a Chinese fighter jet, Chinese officials
said yesterday (Beijing). US President George Bush has suffered his first legislative
setback as the Senate voted to slice his $3.2-trillion tax cut by nearly a third to provide
more funds for education and debt reduction (Washington).

FINANCE: Former SGIO Insurance chief Ian Brown has emerged at the head of troubled
NRMA Insurance after boardroom upheaval claimed the scalp of its managing director. Former
Telstra subsidiary QPSX yesterday filed a writ in the District Court of Germany claiming
$115 million from Siemens and Deutsche Telekom. Shareholders of besieged Rural Traders
Company are expected to demand that directors reveal the company's true financial position
today when the group holds its first annual meeting in more than two years.

SPORT: AFL West Coast full forward Scott Cummings has made such a remarkable recovery
from injuries that he was named last night in the team to play Sydney on Sunday. Locals
Andrew Sheridan and Rique Smith continued their march through the field in the Wet Dreams
Masters at Surfers' Point, near Margaret River yesterday.

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