Deaths in three states drive toll to 40, The Australian, 31 December, 2002.

Deaths in three states drive toll to 40: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 Dec 2002: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract AUSTRALIA’S holiday road toll stands at 40 after deaths in NSW, South Australia and Western Australia yesterday. The toll is down from 44 for the same period last year. NSW […]

The Good The Bad The Ugly: 2002 The Year That Was, Dads On The Air, 30 December, 2002.

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Jihad sites target prayer centre veto – War on Terror, The Australian, 27 December, 2002.

Jihad sites target prayer centre veto – War on Terror: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Patricia Karvelas. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Dec 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE decision by Sydney’s Baulkham Hills Council to reject an application for a Muslim prayer centre has been highlighted on some international jihad […]

Ex-detainees die as road toll hits 20, The Australian, 26 December, 2002.

Ex-detainees die as road toll hits 20: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Andrew McGarry. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Dec 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract TWO former Woomera detention centre inmates on their way from Adelaide to Melbourne for a holiday were killed instantly when their car hit a tree near theVictoria-South Australia […]

Merry Christmas! Even if you are a Separated Dad, With Matilda Bawden and Mark Bourne, Dads On The Air, 24 December, 2002.

PM’s plane forced down, The Australian, 20 December, 2002

PM’s plane forced down: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 Dec 2002: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract AN RAAF plane carrying Prime Minister John Howard and Defence Force chief Major-General Peter Cosgrove from Perth to Sydney was forced to turn back to Perth last night. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on […]

Proposal to monitor jihad sites, The Australian, 20 December, 2002.

Radical Islam websites recruit for jihad, The Australian, 19 December, 2002. Page One.

Radical Islam websites recruit for jihad: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Patricia Karvelas, Martin Chulov. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Dec 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract An Islamic website regarded as a credible source for al-Qa’ida information has canvassed the possibility of Australia — which it says “persecutes” Muslims — becoming an Islamic state. […]

Transport operator pulls out, The Australian, 17 December, 2002.

Transport operator pulls out: [3 All-round Metro Edition] The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Dec 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A LEADING operator of Victoria’s privatised transport system announced yesterday that it would be handing back to the state Government control of significant parts of the metropolitan train and tram network, along with the country passenger lines, two days […]

False Allegations, Moral Panic and Anti-male Hysteria: That’s Australia today, Dads On The Air, 16 December, 2002.

Business bagged for over-use of plastics, The Australian, 16 December, 2002.

Business bagged for over-use of plastics: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Dec 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “Australians are using more than 6.9 billion plastic shopping bags every year, with many of these bags only being used once to get the shopping home,” Dr [David Kemp] said. “Although 53 per […]

Invitation, Korean Festival, The Australian, 14 December, 2002.

Dancing in streets as down it came, The Australian, 11 December, 2002.

Dancing in streets as down it came: [1 All-round Country Edition] Kevin Meade, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Dec 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Gosford on the NSW central coast had 55mm of rain between 9am and 6pm. The highest rainfall in the previously parched Hunter Valley, the scene of massive […]

DNA: Science and the War on Men, With DNA Solutions’ Vern Muir, Dads On The Air, 9 December, 2002.

Daughters’ beach tribute for mother – War on Terror, The Australian, 9 December, 2002.

Daughters’ beach tribute for mother – War on Terror: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Simone Pitsis. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Dec 2002: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE ashes of Robyn Webster were scattered off-shore yesterday from Sydney’s Bronte Beach as hundreds of friends, family and survivors of the Bali bomb attack looked […]

Cool change forecast, The Australian, 9 December, 2002.

Cool change forecast: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Dec 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting the cooler southerly change to pass through Sydney about 10am, with conditions beginning to warm up again by Wednesday. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search term navigation […]

Firefighters brace for inferno in gale threat, The Australian, 6 December, 2002. Page One.

Firefighters brace for inferno in gale threat: [1 All-round Country Edition] Benjamin Haslem, John Stapleton, Elizabeth Colman. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Dec 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Rural Fire Services Commissioner Phil Koperberg warned that the fires ringing Sydney would stop “either when there’s nothing left to burn or it rains”. Weather forecasters do […]

City under siege from ‘unstoppable’ firestorm, The Australian. 5 December, 2002. Page One.

City under siege from `unstoppable’ firestorm: [1 All-round Country Edition] Benjamin Haslem, John Stapleton, Louise Milligan. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Dec 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “Under these conditions fires cannot be stopped,” NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Phil Koperberg said last night after the worst day so far in what is already a […]

Al-Qaída team ‘plotted attack’ on Olympics – WAR ON TERROR, The Australian, 4 December, 2002.

Al-Qa’ida team `plotted attack’ on Olympics – WAR ON TERROR: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Sophie Morris, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Dec 2002: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Straits Times quoted regional intelligence sources saying that Hambali, otherwise known as Riduan Isamuddin, was bitterly disappointed that the Jemaah Islamiah chief in Australia, Abdul Rahim, […]

Tougher controls for pilot training – WAR ON TERROR, The Australian, 3 December, 2002.

Tougher controls for pilot training – WAR ON TERROR: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Dec 2002: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract All pilots will be required to obtain photo identification and cabinet yesterday discussed the issue of further baggage screening for international flights and new screening of all […]

Ecstasy turns to bust on mean streets, The Australian, 3 December, 2002.

Ecstasy turns to bust on mean streets: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Dec 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Three men were being interviewed at the Sydney Police Centre last night following the seizure of tablets believed to be ecstasy. Police estimated their value at about $27,000. With ecstasy, or […]

The Crisis Amongst Separated Men, With Ross Cameron, Dads On The Air, 2 December, 2002.

Wool chief to quit without payout, The Australian, 28 November, 2002.

Wool chief to quit with payout: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 Nov 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract New AWI chairman Ian McLachlan announced Mr [Dorber]’s departure, and wished him well. Former AWI chairwoman Maree McCaskill said the termination of Mr Dorber’s contract raised concerns about whether his removal had […]

Typical communique for story, from memory ended up on the front, Friends of the 15th Brigade, The Australian, 27 November, 2002.

Bushfire danger rising with the mercury, The Australian, 25 November, 2002.

Bushfire danger rising with the mercury: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Benjamin Haslem. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 Nov 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Wilcannia in western NSW was the hottest place in the state yesterday, with a maximum of 43 degrees. Temperatures in western Queensland reached 42 at Urandangie, while at Marree in South Australia the maximum […]

The NSW Child Sex Abuse Court: Another Insanity? With Rod Hardwick and Sue Price, Dads On The Air, 25 November, 2002.

OECD predicts robust growth, The Australian, 22 November, 2002.

OECD predicts robust growth: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Nov 2002: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Paris-based organisation of developed nations forecast Australia’s economy to grow by 3.5 per cent in 2002, accelerating to 3.7 per cent in 2003. This is a slight drop from the previous OECD forecast of […]

Typical injunction that would greet me on the night shift, The Australian, 22 November, 2002.

Typical injunction that would greet me on the night shift:

Farmhand gives back $500,000, The Australian, 21 November, 2002

Farmhand gives back $500,000: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Nov 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “AWI applied unacceptable pressure to the Red Cross to firstly impose conditions on the donation and then later, to have it refunded. The AWI has sought to change those guidelines … We have received donations from thousands of Australians. No […]

Hizb ut-Tahrir, from The Australian, 2002. Republished as below on the Ummah website.

Hizb ut–Tahrir, which operates legally in Australia and elsewhere in the West, sees proselytism as the path to a world of Islam, reports John Stapleton THERE’S a simple reason governments of all stripes are alarmed by Hizb ut–Tahrir. The radical Islamic transnational political party stridently advocates their overthrow. In the place of corrupt Muslim regimes and decadent capitalist governments will […]

Stressed Crowe years for role closer to home, The Australian, 19 November, 2002.

Stressed Crowe yearns for role closer to home: [1 All-round Country Edition] Sophie Tedmanson * Entertainment reporter, Ian Gerard, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T.[Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Nov 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [RUSSELL Crowe] may have to appear as a witness in a NSW Supreme Court case as a result of […]

The National Launch of Dads in Distress, with Eric Trasize, Kerry Babbage & John Dimond, Dads On The Air, 18 November, 2002.

Zealots’ quest for purity, Hizb ut-Tahrir, The Australian, 19 November, 2002.

Olympic-sized WTO war looms, The Australian, 14 November, 2002. Page One. Picture Lindsay Moller.

Olympic-sized WTO war looms: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Louise Perry, Benjamin Haslem. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 Nov 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Heavy presence: Police gather at Homebush before the World Trade Organisation forum Picture: Lindsay MollerFighting words: Mr [Len Kanaar] at the social centre Picture: Jeremy Piper; Photo: Photo The centre, at […]

Brave Tom loses his fight for life – Terror hits home, The Australian, 13 November, 2002.

Brave Tom loses his fight for life – Terror hits home: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Nov 2002: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Family friend Michelle Schofield said [Tom Singer], suffering severe burns to more than 60 per cent of his body and severe shrapnel wounds, had fought valiantly for […]

Achieving Critical Mass: The Creation of the Shared Parenting Council of Australia, Dads On The Air, 11 November, 2002.

Draft for feature on Hizb ut-Tahrir, 8 November, 2002.

Banned extremist party recruiting in Australia, Terror Hits Home: Repercussions, The Australian, 8 November, 2002.

Banned extremist party recruiting in Australia – TERROR HITS HOME: REPERCUSSIONS: [2 Edition] John Stapleton and Patricia Karvelas. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Nov 2002: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract EXTREMIST Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir is actively recruiting members in Australia, despite being banned across much of the rest of the world. Telling the story of […]

MPs puzzled but horray Henry, The Australian, 5 November, 2002.

MPs puzzled but hooray Henry: [1 Edition] John Ellicott, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Nov 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Danielle Spencer, girlfriend of Russell Crowe, will sing the national anthem at Flemington. She’s opted for Jardines Lookout “because it would be nice for both the horse and his mate, [Henry] the pony”. Full Text TranslateFull text […]

Muslims told to avoid Jews, Christians and gays, The Australian, 4 November, 2002.

Muslims told to avoid Jews, Christians and gays: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Nov 2002: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “That is to say that Jews, Christians, Hindus, homosexuals, capitalists, communists and Muslims should be in a free and equal association and that each of them constitutes part of the whole.” Full […]

Boys Education: The Great Stoush, with Rod Sawford MP, Bettina Arndt, Jennifer Buckingham, Christopher Smyth, Dads On The Air, 4 November, 2002.

Boys Education: The Great Stoush, Dads On The Air, 4 November, 2002.

Station comes with castle, The Australian, 1 November, 2002.

Station comes with castle: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Nov 2002: 30. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Kings Plains Station is 38km west of Glen Innes and 42km east of Inverell. The station, which has rich basalt soil, was first settled in 1835 by William Vivers, an immigrant from Dumfries in […]

The Festival of the Damned: Visiting International Family Court Judges, with Geoffrey Greene, Dads On The Air, 28 October, 2002.

Rain gives firefighters a break … for now, The Australian, 28 October, 2002.

Rain gives firefighters a break … for now: [1 Edition] Leisa Scott, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 Oct 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract A southerly change brought lighter winds, and temperatures up to 20 degrees cooler than in recent days allowed firefighters to bring the fires at Withcott, White Mountain, Tara […]

Idyll on the snowline, The Australian, 25 October, 2002.

Idyll on the snowline: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 Oct 2002: 24. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Snowline Ranch is 516ha of natural Alpine country, located in the Moonbah Valley near Jindabyne in the Snowy Mountains. Snowline Ranch sits on the designated snowline in the Moonbah Valley, next to the Kosciuszko National Park. The Lasts bought Snowline Ranch from a failed businessman […]

The Academy Awakes, with Dr David Crawrford, Dads On The Air, 21 October, 2002.

Relief boils up to anger at airport – TERROR HITS HOME – AMID THE WRECKAGE, The Australian, 17 October, 2002.

Relief boils up to anger at airport – TERROR HITS HOME – AMID THE WRECKAGE: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Oct 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract Translate Abstract At Sydney airport last night, one man off a Qantas flight from Denpasar ended up in an altercation with a […]

Hope fades as the day passes – TERROR HITS HOME – COUNTING THE TOLL, The Australian, 15 October, 2002.

Hopes fade as the day passes – TERROR HITS HOME – COUNTING THE TOLL: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Oct 2002: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Michelle Dunlop, 30, a Sydney investment banker with Westpac, was still missing last night. The family went through an emotional roller coaster yesterday when another woman […]

Is The Government Finally Starting to Listen? With Ken Ticehurst, MP, Dads On The Air, 14 October, 2002.

Interview Ken Ticehurst, Is the Government Finally Starting to Listen? Dads On The Air, 14 October, 2002.

Double win pure poetry, 11 October, 2002

Double win pure poetry: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Oct 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract AUSTRALIAN poet Peter Porter has won Britain’s top poetry award – – his second major gong this year. The award means Porter has won the two most prestigious British poetry prizes this year, after earlier collecting the Queen’s Medal for […]

Blazing omen of killer summer – Ten homes razed in earliest start to fire season in 40 years, The Australian, 9 October, 2002. Page One.

Blazing omen of killer summer – Ten homes razed in earliest start to fire season in 40 years: [1 Edition] Benjamin Haslem, Cathy Pryor, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Oct 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract More than 80 fires burned in NSW yesterday — about 50 in the Sydney area alone […]

Men: Fully Alive or Fully Fleeced, Dads On The Air, 8 October, 2001.

The Child Support Agency: A Total and Complete Social Disaster, With Richard Cruickshank and Sue Price, Dads On The Air, 7 October, 2002.

In the Child’s Best Interests???? Says Who???? With researcher Bruce Smyth, Dads On The Air, 30 September, 2002.

Golden fleece holds a silver lining, Weekend Australian, 28 September, 2002.

Golden fleece holds a silver lining: [1 Edition] Benjamin Haslem, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 Sep 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract FOR the first time in more than a decade the adage that rural Australia rides on the sheep’s back has a semblance of truth, with booming wool prices providing welcome income to many farmers fighting crippling […]

New blood wanted for Vizard stud, The Australian, 27 September, 2002.

New blood wanted for Vizard stud: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Sep 2002: 29. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Alongside famous [Steve Vizard] is brother Andrew Vizard, who is strategic director at Roxby Park. Andrew is an associate professor of veterinary science at the University of Melbourne and internationally recognised as […]

Scandal engulfs top spies, The Australian, 26 September, 2002.

Scandal engulfs top spies: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Sep 2002: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The document, prepared by a group of senior intelligence officers, claims the DSD is an organisation in decline because of theimproper sexual behaviour of some of its managers, incompetence among senior ranks and illegal management procedures. […]

No disguising zoo’s hatch-22, The Australian, 24 September, 2002.

No disguising zoo’s hatch-22: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Sep 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract JUST three weeks old and only 4cm long, the latest spring arrivals represent a first for Taronga Zoo. Reptile expert at the zoo, Dion Hobcroft, said all the staff were “really excited about the Jackson births, as it is the first time […]

Real Dads: The Very Personal Experience of Fatherhood, with author Angus Holland, Dads On The Air, 23 September, 2002.

Right across the nation, the rain has stayed away – THE BIG DRY, The Australian, 23 September, 2002.

Right across the nation, the rain has stayed away – THE BIG DRY: [1 Edition] Bruce Montgomery * Science writer, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Sep 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Whether the current drought is a sign that the continent as a whole is getting drier is a matter of debate. As researchers continue […]

Worker crushed under tonnes of steel, The Australian, 20 September, 2002.

Worker crushed under tonnes of steel: [2 Edition 1] Jeremy Roberts, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 Sep 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A MAN died after 200 tonnes of steel girders crashed on to a demolition team when a building on a derelict BHP site at Newcastle collapsed yesterday. The close-knit demolition team were […]

Illness claims an ‘old school’ Labor Leftie, The Australian, 18 September, 2002.

Illness claims an `old school’ Labor Leftie: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 Sep 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Jack Ferguson], father of federal Labor frontbenchers Laurie and Martin, was a member of the NSW parliament from 1959 to 1984, serving as deputy to premier Neville Wran from 1976-84. […]

Storms fuel bushfires, blast half the nation, The Australian, 16 September, 2002.

Storms fuel bushfires, blast half the nation: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Sep 2002: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The State Emergency Service reported more than 50 bushfires raging across South Australia as trees were uprooted, houses unroofed and powerlines brought down. Port Lincoln, Whyalla and Port Augusta were all badly […]

Children in Focus, with Lawrie Moloney, Dads On The Air, 16 September, 2002.

Rider jumps a continent into the sunrise, Weekend Australian, 14 September, 2002.

Rider jumps a continent into the sunrise: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 Sep 2002: 35. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract FROM the age of nine Kate Pither knew she wanted to be a showjumper. Now the renowned horsewoman is making another equally fundamental decision: she’s selling up her operations in Western Australia and heading east […]

The Hatred of Men, with Senior Lecturer Michael Woods, Dads On The Air, 9 September, 2002.

Drought-hit farmers rush to market, The Australian, 6 September, 2002.

Drought-hit farmers rush to market: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Sep 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract For an unprecedented third week in a row, saleyard figures in the NSW regional hub of Wagga Wagga reached 50,000 animals yesterday. Australian sheepmeat exports have broken the $1billion barrier for the first time, hitting $1.1billion last financial year. Full […]

The Hatred of Men, Dads On The Air, 9 September, 2002.

I wrote these weekly flyers for the community radio program, and conducted many of the interviews, between 2000 and 2009.

Kimberley collection offers the legend, The Australian, 6 September, 2002.

Kimberley collection offers the legend: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Sep 2002: 25. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Lissadell Station: 117,250ha with an additional 47,000ha of Waters and Rivers Commission lease fronting Lake Argyle and including 18,000 cattle. Springvale, Alice Downs and the southern portion of Mabel Downs stations: 383,980ha in total with […]

Fels to step down for daughter’s sake, The Australian, 3 September, 2002. Page One.

Fels to step down for daughter’s sake: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Sep 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Professor [Allan Fels], 60, was first appointed head of the Prices Surveillance Authority in 1989 and became the first ACCC chairman in 1995. Treasurer Peter Costello said Professor Fels had been an energetic and effective […]

Screams lead to mother’s rescue, The Australian, 2 September, 2002.

Screams lead to mother’s rescue: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Sep 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Two-year-old Maddison told her father “mummy’s in the bush” when the toddler was found in Kathleen Barron’s abandoned car on a road at Coffs Harbour, on the NSW mid-north coast, last Tuesday. Coffs Harbour Detective Senior Constable […]

Blokes and the Blokes Porgram, with Michael Green QC, Dads On The Air, 2 September, 2002.

Splendour in the rich grasslands, The Australian, 30 August, 2002.

Splendour in the rich grasslands: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 Aug 2002: 25. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Although the Gunnedah district, like much of the state, is suffering drought at the moment, in good times lagoons dot Ruvigne, adding to its scenic quality and providing water holes for stock. Scottish family Jim and Joanna Cochran, who […]

I’ll do anything for Cate but cast her, The Australian, 29 August, 2002 Page One

I’ll do anything for Cate but cast her: [2 Edition 1] Sophie Tedmanson * Entertainment reporter, John Stapleton, John McCallum. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Aug 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract -NOTES- The Australian, Edition 1 FRI 30 AUG 2002, Page 002Cate Blanchett CorrectionIN An Article In The Australian Yesterday About The Premiere Of The […]

Well Well Well: Fathers Go Free! Dads On The Air, 26 August, 2002.

Rainfall barely settles the dust, The Australian, 23 August, 2002.

Rainfall barely settles the dust: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Aug 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The Darling Downs, Brisbane and the Gold Coast were all drenched and there were falls on the parched New England tablelands of between 15 and 30mm, with scattered falls of up to 25mm as far […]

Big birds and a charm farm, The Australian, 23 August, 2002.

Big birds and a charm farm: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Aug 2002: 27. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract About 50km from Adelaide, on the southern slopes of the Adelaide Hills, lies Emu Retreat. At the southern end of the MacLaren Vale wine-growing area, the property was part of Judy and Malcolm Dispain’s retirement plans. The original 1850s house was […]

Greig a Generation Xer with a cause, The Australian, 23 August, 2002.

Greig a Generation Xer with a cause: [2 Edition] John Stapleton, Colleen Egan. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Aug 2002: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Born in Fremantle, Senator [Brian Greig] grew up in the small fishing village of Lancelin, two hours north of Perth, where his father worked as a professional crayfisher. At 13 he […]

Decision to stand aside lauded – CHURCH IN CRISIS, The Australian, 21 August, 2002.

Decision to stand aside lauded – CHURCH IN CRISIS: [2 Edition] Thea Williams, Monica Videnieks, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Aug 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract THE Catholic Church official who drafted the document setting out procedures to deal with sex abuse allegations last night described George Pell’s decision to stand aside as […]

Marriage Strike, Dads On The Air, 19 August, 2002.

Trend to big farms likely to continue, The Australian, 16 August, 2002.

Trend to big farms likely to continue: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Aug 2002: 26. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Over the past 40 years, the number of commercial farms in Australia has almost halved, from around 200,000 in 1961 to just over 100,000 in 2001. At the same time, the average area of land operated by these broadacre […]

Questions for Larry Anthony over the Child Support Agency and related Death Toll, The Australian, 14 August, 2002.

The direct link between the ruthless bureaucratic harassment of separated fathers by the Australian Child Support Agency remains one of the greatest scandals of Australian public administration. Concerned about the female vote and saddled with an administration bred on cultural Marxism, successive politicians have done nothing about it. This was part of an exercise to […]

The Amazing Success of Dads In Distress, with Tony Miller, Dads On The Air, 12 August, 2002.

The Child Support Agency, Death toll, Draft, The Australian, 7 August, 2002.

I had a great deal of difficulty interesting the paper in this story.Ultimately it morphed into a front page story on the CSA ignoring clients who rang them up threatening suicide.

Child Support Agency Death Toll, The Australian, 7 August, 2002.

This story eventually morphed into this front page story: https://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/child-agency-ignored-threats-p1.html There were many drafts along the way: https://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/2002/02/the-child-support-agency-disastrously.html The link between the Australian Child Support Agency and the high death rates and poor outcomes for separated parents, most particularly but not always fathers, is undeniable. The CSA remains a disgrace to the Australian Public Service.

Our web site is under construction, Dads On The Air, 5 August, 2002.

Parkes. Member John Cobb. The Australian Political Almanac, 2002/ .

POLITICAL ALMANAC JIM LLOYD THE AUSTRALIAN 2002

Picturesque and productive, The Australian, 2 August, 2002

Picturesque and productive: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Aug 2002: 24. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The first owners of Swatchfield, the Stevensons, were renowned for the quality of their Clydesdales, which were sold in Dubbo and were one of the bases of the Australian wheat industry prior to mechanisation. [William Kater] was only two when his father bought Swatchfield in […]

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Men’s Line Australia, with Terry Melvin, Dads On The Air, 29 July, 2002.

Gatecrash subject charged, The Australian, 25 July, 2003.

Gatecrash suspect charged: [6 – NSW Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 July 2003: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A 22-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after a six-week investigation into the party gatecrashing death of teenager Nathan Garriock. Detectives tracked the 22-year-old man, who is believed to have been the driver of the car, to a property […]

Nicholson Resigns, Nation Celebrates, Dads On The Air, 22 July, 2002.

Seduced by a dell-ightful place in the country, The Australian, 19 July, 2002.

Seduced by a dell-ightful place in the country: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 July 2002: 24. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract If you live in Sydney and answered yes to both these questions, you may be interested in Cherry Dell, at Exeter outside Bowral on the Southern Highlands. Cherry Dell is part of the break-up […]

Apprehended Violence Orders: A Lawyer’s Festival, A Social Disaster, Dads On The Air, 15 July, 2002.

The Travesty of Apprehended Violence Orders: A Lawyer’s Festival, A Social Disaster, Dads On The Air, 15 July, 2002.

Wilful colour-blindness and its damage to media health, The Australian, 11 July, 2002.

Wilful colour-blindness and its damage to media health: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 July 2002: M.09. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In Coloring the News, [William McGowan] provides examples of what he sees as the diversity crusade distorting coverage, from promoting hysteria over AIDS while ignoring the sexual practices most implicated in its spread, to […]

Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair, Dads On The Air, 8 July, 2002.

Stay Away From The Court, So Says The Attorney General, So Say All Of Us, Dads On The Air, 7 July, 2002.

Evans lied about Kernot affair, The Australian, 4 July, 2002. Page One. Picture Alan Pryke.

Evans lied about Kernot affair: [2 Edition] Steve Lewis * Chief political reporter, John Stapleton, Jamie Walker. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 July 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Gareth Evans], now living in Brussels as head of the International Crisis Group, had persuaded Ms Kernot to join the ALP with the promise of a […]

Reactor springs radioactive leak, 3 July, 2002

Reactor springs radioactive leak: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 July 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A SMALL leak of radioactive water at Australia’s nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights in southern Sydney has led to renewed condemnation from anti-nuclear campaigners. Industry regulator, the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency reported yesterday that […]

Questions and Answers from the Attorney General Daryl Williams, Dads On The Air, 1 July, 2002.

Lost City an outback jewel, The Australian, 28 June, 2002.

Lost City an outback jewel: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 June 2002: 27. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The property has numerous permanent waterholes and open woodlands, with black soil plains spreading to red loam soils. The station complex is on the banks of the 26m-deep Broadmere waterhole. Ms [Alison Ross] estimates that, fully developed, Broadmere Station is […]

Dream ends for Korean giant-killers, The Australian, 26 June, 2002. Page One.

Dream ends for Korean giant-killers: [2 Edition] Robert Lusetich * Seoul, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 June 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract For the millions of fans who watched the game on giant screens erected in Korean cities, this was anything but a defeat. And from the kick-off, no matter theresult, many justifiably felt they had won already. […]

Shopkeepers fear terminal rent rises, The Australian, 26 June, 2002. Picture Glenn Campbell.

Shopkeepers fear terminal rent rises: [1 Edition] Cathryn Jimenez, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 June 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Andrew Schaffer, of Sunglasses @ Sydney, said: “From word of mouth, I have got the feeling that it might be good.” Optimistic: Mr Schaffer, from Sunglasses @ Sydney, reflects on news […]

Not Mine? Won’t Pay! The Australian, 25 June 2002. Page One pointer.

The Australian, Edition 1       TUE 25 JUN 2002, Page 009      Not mine? Won’t pay!By: John Stapleton DNA testing is popular with men who suspect they’ve been wrongly lumbered with child support payments, John Stapleton reports MEN have been cuckolded since the beginning of the human species. Many have proved, knowingly or unknowingly, to be good fathers to children not […]

Variants on final drafts of DNA controversy published as Not Mine? Won’t Pay, The Australian, 25 June, 2002.

Common Sense Drifts to the Political Margins, Dads On The Air, 24 June, 2002.

For Sale sign up as Big Dry hovers, The Australian, 21 June, 2002.

For Sale sign up as Big Dry hovers: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 June 2002: 24. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Tatyoon was acquired five years ago, in better times, to complement the Buster operations centred on Bourke in western NSW. The Buster family, who came to Australia from the US in the 1960s, are regarded as one […]

Cheers and tears for World Cup’s Asian rivals, The Australian, 19 June, 2002. Page One.

Federation and an age of change – THE CENSUS, The Australian, 18 June, 2002.

Federation, and an age of change – THE CENSUS: SNAPSHOT OF A NATION: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 June 2002: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In the early days of Federation, there was considerable debate over the inclusion of the indigenous population in the Census. Aboriginal people have been included since 1971 and the last Census counted 410,000 people of […]

Post needs approval for 5c hike, The Australian, 18 June, 2002.

Post needs approval for 5c hike: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 June 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The roadshow was in Brisbane yesterday, where five people showed up for the forum. It is in Townsville today and will be in Sydney tomorrow, Adelaide on Thursday and Perth on Friday. Next week, it […]

A hundred years, a ton of difference, The Australian, 18 June, 2002.

While fathers die and children suffer Family Court judges frolic in the sun, Dads On The Air, 17 June, 2002.

Here’s why we love a sunburnt country, The Australian, 14 June, 2002.

Here’s why we love a sunburnt country: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 June 2002: 29. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Further into the poem, further than many Australian schoolchildren may have ventured, are the lines directly inspired by Torryburn: “Over the thirsty paddocks, Watch, after many days, The filmy veil of greenness, That thickens as we gaze.” [Jenny Ferguson] said they […]

Media Kit, Dads On The Air, 2002.

How Much We Have Surrendered, Dads On The Air, 10 June, 2002.

Stations fetch beefed-up prices, The Australian, 7 June, 2002.

Stations fetch beefed-up prices: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 June 2002: 25. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Rosella Plains was bought by Jack Scholes and his sons, a well- known grazing family from Julia Creek in western Queensland. The purchase included 5000 cattle. The station is half breeding and half basalt finishing country, […]

Giant effort for a baby pygmy, The Australian, 5 June, 2002. Picture Peter Clarke.

Giant effort for a baby pygmy: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 June 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract After the whale — a distant cousin of the great sperm whale made famous in the novel Moby Dick — was discovered by local surfers at 6am, volunteers rallied to its rescue […]

Questions and Answers, Larry Anthony, Minster for Children, Dads On The Air, 4 June, 2002.

The Family Court’s Travel Budgets: How Your Taxes are being spent, Dads On The Air, 4 June, 2002.

Government moves to legalise paternity fraud as judges tour at our expense, Dads On The Air, 3 June, 2002.

Pell admits cash offer for silence, The Australian, 3 June, 2002.

Pell admits cash offer for silence: [2 Edition] John Stapleton, Nicole Strahan. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 June 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract CATHOLIC Archbishop of Sydney George Pell has admitted offering the family of two child sex abuse victims $50,000 if they kept silent about the assaults by a cleric. Supporters of Dr Pell rallied outside […]

Cronje’s death spares nation new trauma, The Australian, 3 June, 2002. Page One.

Fairness in Child Support, Fairness in Family Law, Don’t Hold Your Breath, with John Flanagan, Dads On The Air, 2 June, 2002.

Ceaseless pleas for an upgrading, The Australian, 2 June, 2002.

Fifteen years I worked for The Australian.Not a single pay upgrade in all those years.Sometimes I would become so frustrated I would put in a request for an upgrade every fortnight. In the end, although I kept showing up for work, I became very dispirited.I couldn’t leave because I had two young kids to support. Rupert Murdoch’s […]

There’s no staying out of farm’s way for some, The Australian, 31 May, 2002.

There’s no staying out of farm’s way for some: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 May 2002: 24. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract CASH rich and time poor? There are enough such people out there looking for everything from a lifestyle hobby farm to a serious rural investment to justify the formation […]

Starting over at the small end of town, The Australian, 30 May, 2002.

Starting over at the small end of town: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 May 2002: 26. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The ideas among the small group gathering on Sydney’s north shore are diverse. There’s the chap who wants to take control of his life by setting up a business, Abraham Sculptures, selling his creations directly […]

Aussies held in Brunei, The Australian, 27 May, 2002.

Aussies held in Brunei: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 May 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract British papers report that the group of 13 were consultants to Global Evergreen, a company set up by the Brunei Government to deal with problems caused by the collapse of the Amedeo Group, which belonged to the younger brother of the Sultan of Brunei. Full Text […]

Bias and Bigotry at the Australian Institute of Family Studies, Dads On The Air, 27 May, 2002.

Midwives forced to stop work, The Australian, 21 May, 2002.

Midwives forced to stop work: [1 Edition] Thea Williams, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 May 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Australian College of Midwives national chief executive Alana Street said training of midwives was under threat after insurance was withdrawn for students on placement in Victoria. The threat to agency staff, and midwifery […]

John Gorton, larrikan PM, dead at 90, The Australian, 20 May, 2002. Page One.

John Gorton, larrikin PM, dead at 90: [2 Edition] John Stapleton, Don Greenlees. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 May 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract After a tumultuous period of leadership he was challenged by Billy McMahon and both men drew equal votes in the party room ballot. Sir John voted against himself and […]

Glimmers of Hope and The Failure to Reform, with Peter Marsh and Steve Graham, Dads On The Air, 20 May, 2002.

Tributes and praise pour in for an ordinary hero – Anzac Tribute, The Australian, 17 May, 2002.

Tributes and praise pour in for an ordinary hero – Anzac Tribute: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 May 2002: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “The wonderful thing is thatthespirit andthetradition is growing stronger astheyears go by. It must have been a source of enormous comfort and reassurance and pride for somebody […]

Sharks steal Perth’s glory, The Australian, 13 May, 2002. Page One.

Sharks steal Perth’s glory: [1 Edition] Scott Coghlan, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 May 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract IT was the battle of the richest men in Australian soccer, and it was Olympic’s quartet of Greek owners that were celebrating last night after the Sharks upset Perth Glory in yesterday’s National Soccer League grand final. It was the second time […]

After the party no more ecstasy as psychosis sets in, The Australian, 13 May, 2002.

After the party no more ecstasy as psychosis sets in: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 May 2002: 9. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [Ben] is one of an increasing number of young people enmeshed in the mental health system after coming a cropper on the latest generation of street or recreational drugs — ice, shabu […]

State of Play, with Barry Maley, Centre for Independent Studies, Dads On The Air, 13 May, 2002.

Bethungra Park farm to sell INXS of $3m, The Australian, 10 May, 2002.

Bethungra Park farm to sell INXS of $3m: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 May 2002: 24. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract FORMER INXS manager Chris Murphy and his family of four children are selling their NSW rural retreat, Bethungra Park. “I hate to see a beautiful place like Bethungra Park sit […]

Riding on the sheep’s back, The Australian, 10 May, 2002.

Riding on the sheep’s back: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 May 2002: 24. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Garnocks had two sons, both of whom had originally planned to go on the land. Thus, while maintaining South Bukalong as their base, they bought Corrowong to provide for the future of one of their two sons. […]

Mid-air collision kills family of four, The Australian, 6 May, 2002. Page One.

Mid-air collision kills family of four: [1 Edition] Benjamin Haslem, John Stapleton, Sarah Bryden-Brown. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 May 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The family, from Sydney’s west, were returning from Wagga Wagga at the time of the accident. A spokeswoman for the charter company, Clamback and Hennesy, said the father was an experienced pilot. Bankstown airport is Sydney’s second-busiest […]

Mystery of mid-air suburban tragedy, The Australian, 6 May, 2002. Page One.

Mystery of mid-air suburban tragedy: [2 Edition] Benjamin Haslem, John Stapleton, Sarah Bryden-Brown. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 May 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The student pilot and an instructor in the second small plane walked away from the collision unscathed when they landed at Bankstown airport, as the other chartered plane, a Piper Cherokee, piloted by a father, his […]

Fairness in Child Support, Fairness in Family Law: Don’t Hold Your Breath, With John Flanagan, Dads On The Air, 6 May, 2002.

Four killed in mystery bus crash, The Australian, 23 May, 2002.

What is the matter with Boys? What is the matter with DOCS? What is the matter with our Judiciary? Dads On The Air, 3 May, 2002.

The prognosis: return to theatre for now, The Australian, 2 May, 2002.

The prognosis: return to theatre for now: [2 Edition 1] Vanessa Walker, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 May 2002: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Dr [MICHAEL Besser], the head of neurosurgery at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred hospital, said he would gladly return to work on private patients for the duration of the guarantee — but ultimately he wanted the Government […]

Corrowong Station, The Australian, 2 May, 2002.

David joins list of those who wait, The Australian, 1 May, 2002. Page One.

SYSTEM COPY:

Gorton hit by pneumonia, The Australian, 30 April, 2002.

Gorton hit by pneumonia: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 Apr 2002: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Throughout his public life, Sir [John Gorton] was known as a lovable larrikin whose informal manner endeared him to ordinary Australians. He was Liberal prime minister from 1968 to 1971 and is credited with […]

Costa cops more flak over Ryan job, The Australian, 29 April, 2002

Costa cops more flak over Ryan job: [1 Edition] John Stapleton, Natasha Bita. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Apr 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Peter Ryan]’s appointment is understood to have met with some opposition from Greek police. The Greek government, acting partly on Mr Ryan’s advice, recently passed legislation to centralise the command of its […]

Love Your Kids, Be Justifiably Outraged, Take Action, Dads On The Air, 29 April, 2002.

First, the good Noosa – if you have a cash stash, The Australian, 19 April, 2002.

First, the good Noosa – if you have a cash stash: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Apr 2002: 24. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Owner Sean Rothsey, 42, largest landholder in the Noosa shire, is moving his operation, known as Merkin Pastoral Land, to the Lake District of the Brisbane Valley, where he purchased the station Eskdale West earlier […]

Greenpeace bids to block reactor, The Australian, 18 April, 2002.

Greenpeace bids to block reactor: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 Apr 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) approved a licence for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) to build the reactor earlier this month. The original Lucas Heights reactor began operating in 1958 and the isotopes obtained from it […]

What is the matter with Boys? What is the matter with DOCS? What is the matter with our judiciary? Dads On The Air, 15 April, 2002.

No picnic at Black Rock: owners must sell, The Australian, 12 April, 2002.

No picnic at Black Rock: owners must sell: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Apr 2002: 28. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract AS a boy, former Australian prime minister Ben Chifley used to live and play on Black Rock, a fine wool-grazing property 36km north of Bathurst. “It has a great historical feel while […]

Ice, electric shock treatment and the many abuses of the mental health industry, The Australian, 12 April, 2002.

Had a lot of trouble convincing the features editor that the continuing use of electric shock treatment on people with drug issues was a good story. Don’t think it ran in the end. The Australian could be a very frustrating paper to work for.

Ice, Electric Shock Treatment and Psychiatric Abuses, The Australian, 19 April, 2002.

Although a lot of work went into it I could not convince them to run this story.

$60m payout to seniors, The Australian, 9 April, 2002

$60m payout to seniors: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Apr 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Hide highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The measure means seniors who earn $20,000 a year or less and couples who earn $16,306 each pay no tax. Over these income levels the offset reduces by one dollar for every eight dollars […]

Lamb back in fashion, The Australian, 8 April, 2002.

Where To From Here? With author of Fathers After Divorce Michael Green QC, Dads On The Air, 8 April, 2002.

Anzac taxi ban ‘rank’, say old diggers, The Australian, 5 April, 2002.

Anzac taxi ban `rank’, say old diggers: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Apr 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The taxi drivers get up early to wash their cabs, decorate them with Australian flags, ferry the veterans in the march and then provide them with dinner at theRSL club in Dee Why before returning them home. Full-time taxi […]

A plot with the lot in the country, The Australian, 5 April, 2002.

A plot with the lot in the country: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Apr 2002: 26. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Burnewang North, 180km from Melbourne and 60km from Bendigo, is expected to fetch more than $4 million at auction later this month. In 1884, Burnewang North was bought and redeveloped […]

My mate the Queen Mum, The Australian, 3 April, 2002. Page One.

My mate the Queen Mum: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Apr 2002: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE decades-long friendship began innocuously enough. In the 1970s, the now retired Anglican bishop of Wangaratta, Robert Beal, began sending telegrams to the Queen Mother on her birthday. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search term navigation THE decades-long friendship began […]

Stay Away From The Court: So Says The Attorney General, So Say All Of Us, Dads On The Air, 1 April, 2002.

Students stabbed in wild gang fight, The Australian, 28 March, 2002.

Questions and Answers: Minister Larry Anthony and the Child Support Agency, Dads On The Air, 28 March, 2002.

Mosque lunch poisons hundreds, The Australian, 26 March, 2002.

Teen crime taken by force, The Australian, 25 March, 2002.

Teen crime taken by force: [1 Edition] Martin Chulov, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 Mar 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Alleged incidents causing concern include the firebombing of a deputy principal’s car, a student bringing a 9mm handgun to school and the alleged recruitment of students into a Red Dragon gang, one of […]

Women soon to be fertile into 50s, The Australian, 25 March, 2002.

Elites At Play, The Tenth Family Law Conference, with Barry Williams, Dads On The Air, 25 March, 2002.

Peanut butter snack proves deadly for boy, The Australian, 22 March, 2002.

Priests make sex confessions, The Australian, 18 March, 2002

Priests make sex confessions: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 Mar 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The study by Anthony Cumming, a priest and psychologist, surveyed 93 male clergy from two Australian metropolitan dioceses. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search term navigation A THIRD of all Anglican priests believe they have engaged […]

Minister for Children Attacks Fathers, Dads On The Air, 18 March, 2002.

Fight against intolerance the theme of Kirby’s life, The Australian, 13 March, 2002.

Fight against intolerance the theme of Kirby’s life: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Mar 2002: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract JUSTICE Michael Kirby, who will turn 63 on Monday, is an Australian judge with a reputation for activism. In an unprecedented move last year, John Howard condemned Justice Kirby for intervening in the debate over public […]

The Family Court’s Travel Budgets: How Your Taxes are being spent, Dads On The Air, 11 March, 2002.

Producers hope for rural policy shift, The Australian, 8 March, 2002.

Producers hope for rural policy shift: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Mar 2002: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “If the approach [John Anderson] has outlined was adopted, it would unleash an era of co-operation and volunteerism from farmers that would significantly and rapidly improve the sustainability of natural resource management in Australia,” he said. “JohnAnderson’s […]

Emotions take flight at staff farewell parties, The Australian, 5 March, 2002.

Emotions take flight at staff farewell parties: [2 Edition] Nicole Strahan, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Mar 2002: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In Melbourne, amid chants of “Ansett, Ansett, Ansett”, hugs to long-time friends and autographing of each others’ uniforms, more than 1000 workers farewelled a part of Australian history. There were similar […]

Shared Parenting: Has the Family Court Got It All Wrong, with Greg Cairns, Dads On The Air, 4 March, 2002.

Summer cancelled due to the weather, The Australian, 1 March, 2002.

Summer cancelled due to the weather: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Mar 2002: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The most memorable images were of hot, dry westerlies fanning the NSW bushfires, while snow fell in the mountains, but for many parts of the country, summer ended with some of the wettest conditions on record. In Sydney, rain fell on […]

Cream of farmland goes to market, The Australian, 1 March, 2002.

Cream of farmland goes to market: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Mar 2002: 28. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Agent John Bambling of Hallmark Real Estate Services at Noosa Heads said Durramboi was an important sale because of theproperty’s historic value and also because it is high-quality grazing country. “It is a very versatile […]

Domestic Violence: The Great Debate, Dad On The Air, 25 February, 2002.

Anti-father Bias: The Abuses of Government, The Failure to Reform, With Sue Price, Dads On The Air, 24 February, 2003.

The Child Support Agency: Disastrously Mismanaged, Highly Damaging Australian Government Public Policy, 2002.

Former NSW governor Roden Cutler, VC, dies at 85, The Australian, 22 February, 2002.

Former NSW governor Roden Cutler, VC, dies at 85: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Feb 2002: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW Premier Bob Carr paid tribute to Sir [Roden Cutler], who served as governor of the state from 1966 to 1981. Sir Roden was born in Manly in 1916 and attended […]

Citrus growers fight squeeze, The Australian, 22 February, 2002.

Citrus growers fight squeeze: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Feb 2002: 32. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Growers estimate there are around 3000 citrus growers remaining, with hundreds of growers having left the industry over the past decade. The Australian Citrus Growers Association claims the majority of remaining growers are finding survival “very […]

Spotlight on all dioceses, The Australian, 21 February, 2002.

Spotlight on all dioceses: [2 Edition] Leisa Scott, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Feb 2002: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE furore in which Peter Hollingworth has been embroiled has thrown the spotlight on other Anglican dioceses across Australia and all capital city dioceses except Perth, which would not comment, say they have […]

Paracetamol ban no effect on overdoses, The Australian, 18 February, 2002.

Paracetamol ban no effect on overdoses: [2 Edition 1] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 Feb 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Poisons specialist Corrine Balit, along with a team from the NSW Poisons Information Centre and the Department of Clinical Toxicology at Newcastle Mater Hospital, discovered that during the shortage of paracetamol there was a significant increase in […]

50 hurt in bus crash, The Australian, 18 February, 2002.

50 hurt in bus crash: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 Feb 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract FIFTY people, most of them elderly, were rushed to hospital yesterday after a bus collided with a car in western Sydney. Most of the victims were taken to hospitals in western Sydney, including […]

Lives ON Their Hands: The Mess of Family Law and the CSA, with John Flanagan and Rex Finch, Dads On The Air, 18 February, 2002.

Wetlands going, going …., The Australian, 15 February, 2002.

Wetlands going, going …: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Feb 2002: 28. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The impact of Queensland cotton growing on the river flows, and therefore on the natural flooding of Narran Lakes and its environs, has been a touchpoint for environmentalists since the 1980s. Agent John Peden of Elders says he does not believe the environmental controversy that […]

Spy tells of plot to kill Mugabe, The Australian, 14 February, 2002

Spy tells of plot to kill Mugabe: [2 Edition] David Nason, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 Feb 2002: 9. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Ari Ben-Menashe, now a principal of the Montreal-based political consultants Dickens and Madsen, said an associate of Mr [Morgan Tsvangirai] had asked him to arrange the [Robert Mugabe] killing at a […]

Bewildered local tipped for UN job, The Australian, 11 February, 2002

Bewildered local tipped for UN job: [1 Edition] Stephen Romei * New York correspondent, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Feb 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract AUSTRALIAN aid expert Bruce Davis has denied reports that he is the frontrunner to head the World Food Program, the UN’s frontline agency in the war on global hunger. Despite the speculation, a spokesman for Mr [Alexander […]

Carr hails the gold, gold, gold of being Olympic host, The Australian, 11 February, 2002.

Carr hails the gold, gold, gold of being Olympic host: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Feb 2002: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW reaped substantial economic rewards from the Olympics, Premier Bob Carr claimed yesterday at the release of preliminary findings of a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr Carr identified several companies which had gained international […]

Lost: The Only Refuge for Men and their Children in the Country, with Steve Graham, Dads On The Air, 11 February, 2002.

Firefighters get paid for lost income, The Australian, 8 February, 2002.

Firefighters get paid for lost income: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Feb 2002: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW Premier Bob Carr praised the Government’s action. “These volunteer firefighters did not hesitate to answer the call,” Mr Carr said. “Many left their families on Christmas Day and gave up their holidays.” The […]

Vaccine promises yearly hay fever jab, The Australian, 7 February, 2002.

Vaccine promises yearly hay fever jab: [2 Edition] Sarah Stock, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 Feb 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The vaccine, the brainchild of husband-and-wife team Prem Bhalla and Mohan Singh of Melbourne University, could mean people need only an injection each year before the hay fever season to ward off the allergy. It could also […]

Australian fatigue, The Australian, 6 February, 2002.

We’re back: More entertaining and more outraged than ever, Dads On The Air, 4 February, 2002.

Weather map offers no relief – DAY 11: NO RESPITE, The Australian, 4 January, 2002.

Weather map offers no relief – DAY 11: NO RESPITE: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Jan 2002: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Temperatures in Sydney reached 28C on the coast and 30C in the western suburbs yesterday. Today is expected to be much thesame — dry, gusty and reasonably hot, with 26C on the coast […]