Page 1: John Howard appears more determined to fight fifth federal election after negotiating fragile truce with Peter Costello; After conducting public slanging match through the media for three days, John Howard and Peter Costello finally come face-to-face to try to sort out differences; Foreign and domestic companies to be able to freely invest in television and newspaper interests as part of dramatic overhaul of Australia media laws likely to trigger wave of take-over activity. Page 2: Sharp increase in borrowing for housing, taking loans beyond levels seen at the peak of 2003 boom, raises prospects of further interest rate rises in coming months. Page 3: Aboriginal woman celebrating 25th birthday dies outside QLD hospital after nurses tragically mistake her distraught friend for violent drunk.