Main stories in Wednesday's 1200 ABC new

AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-2010
Main stories in Wednesday's 1200 ABC new

SYDNEY, Aug 11 AAP - Main stories in Wednesday's 1200 ABC news:

- Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Labor will make significant changes to the welfare
system to ensure all Australians who can work are doing so.

- Labor's announcement for a train link between Parramatta and Epping has been received
with some scepticism in Sydney's northwest, with commuters at Epping Station saying similar
promises have been made before.

- Ms Gillard says the government can afford its promise of funding 80 per cent of a
proposed new train line for Sydney.

- Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he won't allow procrastination from the states
to get in the way of his $750 million plan for the Murray Darling Basin.

- The Commonwealth Bank says Australian banks have been the backbone of the nation's
solid economic performance amid the global financial crisis.

- Football Federation Australia will name Pim Verbeek's successor as coach of the Socceroos
on Wednesday afternoon.

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KEYWORD: MONITOR 1200 ABC NEWS SYDNEY

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