SBS Korean Progam anslyeses and sums up the top stories featuring today in the Australia's mainstream newspapers.
The Australian
The Greens are attempting to shortcircuit Scott Morrison's protection of
Australia Day citizenship celebrations by exploiting what they claim is a legal
loophole that would enable their MPs to conduct ceremonies on behalf of
protesting councils.
Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash has called for an investigation into Bernard
Tomic's incendiary allegations that Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt was
favouring certain Australian players who were given lucrative wildcards into the
Australian Open.
Australians have overwhelmingly rejected a push by the left-wing lobby to change
the date of Australia Day, with almost 80 per cent of voters claiming to be
proud to celebrate the landing of the First Fleet on January 26.
The Sydney Morning Herald
One of the architects of compulsory superannuation and a former secretary of the
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Bill Kelty, has told Labor leader Bill
Shorten to stand up to industry super funds, warning the alternative prime
minister he had a duty to protect workers' savings over the vested interests of
"loud underperformers".
The suspected overdose deaths of five young people in as many months at NSW
music festivals will come under the judicial microscope next week as the
Coroner's Court conducts a public hearing into the high-profile cluster of
fatalities.
Labor's plans to increase capital gains tax and limit negative gearing will hit
the nation's wealthiest and largely Liberal-held electorates, sparing those in
low income rural areas or comfortably held by the ALP.
The Herald Sun
Flight attendants were used as mules to smuggle more than $20 million worth of
deadly illicit drugs into Melbourne, police say. Authorities say they have
smashed a major organised crime syndicate's operation, in which masses of high-
grade heroin and methamphetamine were flown in from Malaysia by cabin crew.
The workplace umpire has criticised a union's attempt to control whether
Metropolitan Fire Brigade staff can work part-time. Fair Work Commission deputy
president Val Gostencnik said he could not approve a new workplace agreement for
firefighters because of the restrictions it placed on staff seeking flexible
work.
The worst suburbs for children being locked in hot cars have been revealed. It
comes as emergency services say they received about six calls a day about the
dangerous offending in Victoria last summer. Authorities made another desperate
plea to parents last night to never leave children unattended in vehicles.
The Canberra Times
Looming government funding changes to private education will hit Canberra
parents in the hip pocket as schools raise fees for 2019.
Canberra is tipped to swelter through another three days of 40-degree heat (or
higher) until a change on Saturday, but even then we're in for a 31-degree day.
Canberra Airport recorded a high of 39.5 degrees at 4pm yesterday.
The ACT government has rejected claims reforms to tenancy laws in Canberra could
drive the cost of rents up, saying the changes aimed instead to protect tenants
from excessive rent increases.
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority have cast doubt on claims that a million fish
were killed in this month's mass die-off in the Murray-Darling system and
rejected accusations that they triggered the environmental catastrophe.
