Main stories in today's 1200 ABC news

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2009
Main stories in today's 1200 ABC news

SYDNEY, Aug 3 AAP - Main stories in today's 1200 ABC news:

- The federal government has dismissed the opposition leader's principles on an emissions
trading scheme as nothing more than wilted fig leaves to cover up the fact that his party
is dominated by skeptics.

- A court has heard that a Sydney teenager accused of murdering his father and stabbing
his mother also planned to kill two classmates.

- An 11-year-old Sydney girl is suing fast food chain KFC for more than $10 million,
claiming she was poisoned at one of its restaurants.

- The federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has brushed aside criticism from within
his party that the coalition hasn't done enough to work out what went wrong at the last
election.

- It is expected to be several hours before Sydney residents evacuated after a factory
fire on Sunday can return home.

- Investigations are underway into drug taking allegations against a Brisbane Broncos player.

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