ACT: Main stories in Canberrra Times for Wednesday April 17
CANBERRA, April 17 AAP - Main stories in today's Canberra Times:
Page 1: Community leaders have called for a major funding boost for mental health servicesin the wake of three deaths among ACT Mental Health clients in the past week; Thirty prisonersarmed with broken table legs and mop handles attacked and injured seven prison guardsduring a riot at NSW's maximum security Goulburn jail; Immigration officials admit asylumseekers at the centre of the children overboard affair were kept in the dark about theirdestination when they were taken to Papua New Guinea.
Page 2: New figures have revealed Australian taxpayers are forking out more than $400a day for every asylum seeker being detained in Papua New Guinea.
Page 3: The Howard government has rejected a call from the Anglican church for a royalcommission into child sex abuse cases that would have involved Governor-General PeterHollingworth.
World: Pope John Paul has summoned US cardinals to the Vatican for a crisis meetingover sexual abuse allegations involving the church in the US
Business: Woodside Petroleum has left open the possibility of developing the $US5.1billion ($A9.7 billion) floating liquefied natural gas project in the Timor Sea withoutthe support of key US stakeholder Phillips Petroleum; ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhopehas opened the door to closer ties between Canberra and Beijing in the leadup to the 2008Olympics; A new survey shows Australian business conditions remained robust in the Marchquarter, led by retail and wholesale sectors.
Sport: Tennis ACT is set to launch a bid to stage Australia's Davis Cup world groupqualifier against India in Canberra later this year.
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KEYWORD: FRONTERS ACT
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