QLD: Main stories in today's Brisbane newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
12-11-2006
QLD: Main stories in today's Brisbane newspapers

BRISBANE, Dec 11 AAP - The main stories in today's Courier Mail:

Page 1: Federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd has included Kim Beazley supporters on his
front bench, including Queenslander Wayne Swan. Nick O'Hern has won the Australasian PGA
Championship at Coolum.

Page 2: Federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd and Premier Peter Beattie have accused Prime
Minister John Howard of wasting billions of dollars on duplications in the health system
and have discussed the possibility of the federal government taking over state health
systems.

Page 3: Former minister Gordon Nuttall tried to overthrow Premier Peter Beattie in
a leadership challenge in 2004.

World: Poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko thought he would be safe in
Britain, his widow says.

Finance: The Business Council of Australia has ramped up its push for tax reform, releasing
a study showing the burden on Australian companies has risen.

Sport: Andrew Flintoff has spoken of his pain at a summer gone wrong after England
losses at Brisbane and Adelaide.

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