NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
04-03-2008
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:

Page 1: Ratepayers face service cutbacks and higher rates as councils confront losses
of up to $400 million from the investment market meltdown in the US.

Page 2: NSW public hospital food was so "atrocious" that half of all patients were
"starving", an inquiry hears.

Page 3: A second athlete has come forward with claims he was attacked by Olympic swimmer
Nick D'Arcy.

World: There is a real sense that Robert Mugabe - the 84-year-old leader of Zimbabwe's
brutal regime - is about to be swept, or ushered, from power.

Finance: The federal government's plans for an $8 billion-plus national broadband network
were thrown into jeopardy yesterday after Optus demanded cast-iron guarantees about the
tender process.

Sport: NSW Rugby Union board members are in dispute over the decision not to renew
Waratahs coach Ewen McKenzie's contract.

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