VIC:Main stories in the Melbourne newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
08-31-2010
VIC:Main stories in the Melbourne newspapers

THE AGE:

Page 1: The Victorian government has been caught trying to limit the options for residents
to have their say about a controversial new rail line that will destroy dozens of homes
in Labor's heartland in the western suburbs; Australian cricketers Shane Watson and Brad
Haddin were approached by a suspected Mumbai gangster with links to illegal bookmakers
during the tour of England last year.

Page 2: A map submitted by the state government to Canberra for a freeway linking the
Eastern Freeway with the Metropolitan Ring Road in Greensborough shows it running next
to the grounds of the Heide Museum of Modern Art in Bulleen.

Page 3: One of Australia's most experienced drug investigators says the fight against
the nation's crime bosses - including those behind huge international drug shipments -
is being hampered by a lack of resources and political will.

World: A colourful commercial strip in the Iraqi capital is an enclave of the nation's
Shi'ite majority, which has been in the ascendancy since the demise of the dictator, Saddam
Hussein.

Finance: Australian business has had a record surge of almost 20 per cent in profits
in the past quarter.

Sport: Mark Williams is the favourite to inherit the vacant Essendon coaching position,
but the man who sat alongside him in the Port Adelaide box this year is also a serious
contender.

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