Main stories in Tuesday's World Today

AAP General News (Australia)
02-08-2011
Main stories in Tuesday's World Today

SYDNEY, Feb 8 AAP - Main stories in Tuesday's World Today:

* As parliament resumes in Canberra, Treasurer Wayne Swan has come under fire from
the opposition for apparently suggesting the Australian economy will deliver a negative
quarter in March due to the flow-on impact of Cyclone Yasi. An internal row brewed within
the Liberal cabinet meeting on Monday after Opposition Leader Tony Abbott floated the
idea of cutting Australia's foreign aid budget to Africa.

* Residents in the north Queensland town of Tully, where more than a third of homes
may have been …