Australian Newspapers TODAY looks into major national news stories in the mainstream newspapers around the nation.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Politicians given plum overseas postings or lucrative positions on tribunals
under the Coalition could have their jobs terminated by Bill Shorten should he
become prime minister.
In the wake of the conviction of Cardinal George Pell the Archbishop of Sydney,
Anthony Fisher, has told his congregation "we must welcome the truth however
confronting it might be". But he urged the faithful in St Mary's Cathedral "not
to draw any final conclusion" until the cardinal's appeal had been considered.
As a fresh-faced Nationals MP who swept into NSW Parliament in the Coalition's
2011 landslide win, John Barilaro told colleagues he would only stick around for
two terms.
The Age
A new, multimillion-dollar security contract has been awarded to patrol a
controversial detention facility built in Port Moresby, but neither the
Australian nor Papua New Guinea governments want to talk about it.
Firefighters and residents were bracing for more homes to be lost to a massive,
out-of-control bushfire threatening at least seven Gippsland towns east of
Melbourne overnight.
Six former Liberal politicians turned - ambassadors could be recalled under a
Labor hit list.
The Australian
The Morrison government is weighing up new powers to prevent industry super fund
managers, responsible for $630 billion in retirement savings, from using their
financial leverage over corporate giants to advance the political objectives of
militant unions.
Warren Entsch, one of just 11 Liberal MPs to vote for Julie Bishop in the August
leadership spill, says he should have voted for Scott Morrison as colleagues
emphatically rejected her declaration she could have beaten Bill Shorten at the
upcoming election.
Liberal strategists will target three marginal Labor electorates amid fears the
NSW government's six-seat majority is in jeopardy, with as many as 10 Coalition
seats on a knife-edge.
The West Australian
A 26-year-old pulled from the wreckage of his Ford Mustang is fighting for his
life this morning after a drag race in Albany went horribly wrong. The vehicle,
which the driver has topped 230km/h in the past, failed to stop at the end and
slammed through a fence before bursting into flames.
Dodgy massage shops in Perth are offering customers sex as part of their health
fund-subsidised treatment. An undercover sting operation by WA's biggest private
health insurer HBF has discovered that several massage shops eligible for health
rebates are offering so-called "happy endings".
New guidelines for WA schools say they should include "gender neutral toilet
options" and that strict dress codes for school balls should be abandoned so
kids can "express their identity in whatever way makes them comfortable within
reason".
