Exhausted classics run again, The Australian, 31 December, 2003

Exhausted classics run again: [1 All-round Country Edition] Michelle Giglio, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 Dec 2003: 23. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Professor [Tony Hassall] said many university lecturers here and overseas who taught Australian fiction faced the ongoing problem of not being able to get older texts. When he heard about Classic Australian Works, he put [Jessica […]

Airline relaxed on flight scare, The Australian, 26 December, 2003

Airline relaxed on flight scare: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Dec 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract TENSIONS between air traffic controllers and the federal Government have deepened following allegations a Virgin Blue flight with 120 passengers on board came within 70m of colliding with a light aircraft near Launceston. […]

Fathers in Waiting: History in the Making, With Michael Green, Dads On The Air, 22 December, 2003.

Cut-price Santa comes early for shoppers, Weekend Australian, 20 December, 2003. Additional reporting. Page One.

Cut-price Santa comes early for shoppers: [2 All-round First Edition 1] Jimenez, Katherine. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 Dec 2003: 1. AFull text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Fellow shopper Carol Maxine rarely used to do her Christmas shopping in department stores. This year, the 30-year-old from Parramatta has bought the bulk of it at upmarket department store David Jones and […]

The man who knows where the bodies are, The Australian, 17 December, 2003.

The man who knows where the bodies are: [T WA First Edition] Steven Scott, Alison Rawle, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Dec 2003: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The most infamous of these involved Charles Abbott, a non- executive director of HIH and long-time colleague of the insurer’s final chief executive, Randolph Wein. Abbott’s last […]

The Weight of Evidence, with Roland Foster and John Flanagan, Dads On The Air, 15 December, 2003.

Quake shakes highlands, The Australian, 12 December, 2003.

Quake shakes highlands: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Dec 2003: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The earthquake, which measured 4.3 on the Richter scale, was felt as far away as Sydney and Canberra. Its epicentre was thought to be between Bargo and Mittagong. Full Text TranslateFull text HOUSES […]

Playing a lonely card at sales, The Australian, 11 December, 2003.

Playing a lonely card at sales: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Dec 2003: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract At an auction in the Sydney beach suburb of Coogee last night only four out of the 10 properties sold — three of them prior to auction. The only property that sold last […]

Drive-by targets were drug dealers, The Australian, 10 December, 2003.

Drive-by targets were drug dealers: [1 All-round Country Edition] Louise Perry, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Dec 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract On Sunday night, gunmen killed Sayed Frangieh, 59, on his front verandah in Merrylands. Police said the gunmen were targeting theFrangieh brothers, who were inside the family home. The brothers were arrested in […]

Fatal shooting linked to gun-crime rampage, The Australian, 8 December, 2003.

Fatal shooting linked to gun-crime rampage: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Dec 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE wave of shooting murders sweeping southwest Sydney claimed another victim last night — a man in his 50s gunned down at point- blank range at his home in […]

30 shots in pub gunfight, The Australian, 8 December, 2003.

30 shots in pub gunfight: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Dec 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract More than 30 shots were believed to have been fired after an altercation broke out between a number of men “of Middle Eastern appearance” in the beer garden of the Kings Head Tavern […]

200 swimmers rescued, The Australian, 8 December, 2003.

200 swimmers rescued: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Dec 2003: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The swim, from Bondi to Bronte, was to celebrate 100 years of surf life saving in Australia and was supposed to finish at Bronte Surf Life Saving Club, which claims to be the world’s […]

Dream comes true in a ‘scary’ market, The Australian, 4 December, 2003.

Dream comes true in a `scary’ market: [G Vic First Edition] Alison Rawle, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Dec 2003: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract She figures it was her good fortune to be bidding on a night when the day’s interest rate rise had frightened off many potential bidders and taken […]

Scary time for $1.5m buy, The Australian, 4 December, 2003.

Scary time for $1.5m buy: [2 All-round First Edition] Alison Rawle, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Dec 2003: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract She thinks it was her good fortune to be bidding on the night when the increase in loan rates frightened off bidders and took some of the frenzy out […]

Family Man the latest hat on ALP’s anointed head, The Australian, 3 December, 2003. Page One.

Family Man the latest hat on ALP’s anointed head: [1 All-round Country Edition] Misha Schubert, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Dec 2003: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Flanked by his wife, Janine Lacy, and two young sons — Oliver, 3, and Isaac, who turns 1 on Saturday — an emotional Mr [Mark […]

US does deal on Hicks, Habib, The Australian, 26 November, 2003.

US does deal on Hicks, Habib: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Sophie Morris, Rebecca DiGirolamo, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Nov 2003: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract DAVID Hicks would serve any sentence imposed on him by the US in Australia, under a deal struck by the Howard Government that gives the terror suspect and […]

Illegal vitamins recalled, The Australian, 25 November, 2003.

Illegal vitamins recalled: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 Nov 2003: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract She said the vitamins were not registered in Australia and their US manufacturer, Pharmavite LLA, had not been approved by Australian authorities under theGood Manufacturing Practice Program. They were brought into Australia for market research purposes by NW […]

Aussie held over links to Saddam, The Australian, 24 November, 2003.

Aussie held over links to Saddam: [3 All-round Metro Edition] John Kerin, John Stapleton, Peter Wilson. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Nov 2003: 9. Full text Abstract/Details Hide highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Alwan]’s teenage son Bilal told The Australian last night that his father was not a [Saddam Hussein] loyalist and had been “in thewrong place at the wrong time”. Bilal, 17, said […]

Old age bugs even the toughest of roaches, The Australian, 21 November, 2003.

Old age bugs even the toughest of roaches: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Nov 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In the first detailed study on insect ageing, researcher Angela Ridgel and her colleagues at the Case Western Reserve University in Ohio noticed that when cockroaches reach old age they spend about 40 […]

Shots hit house, The Australian, 19 November, 2003.

Shots hit house: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Nov 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract SHOTS were fired into a house at Busby near Sydney’s Liverpool late on Monday night, the latest in a series of drive-by shootings in the city’s southwest. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search term […]

Freeze on zoo killings, The Australian, 13 November, 2003.

Freeze on zoo killings: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Nov 2003: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A NORTHERN Territory court today granted an injunction to prevent the shooting of thousands of rare and exotic animals at a private zoo once owned by property developer Warren Anderson. The territory Supreme Court granted the injunction […]

Cannabis clinic close, The Australian, 10 November, 2003.

Cannabis clinic close: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Nov 2003: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The clinic is the first in a $2.4million program that will establish cannabis clinics in western and southern Sydney, the NSW central coast and the state’s central west. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search term navigation AUSTRALIA’S first detoxification […]

Hanson suicidal in jail, The Australian, 10 November, 2003. Page One.

Hanson suicidal in jail: [1 All-round Country Edition] Jamie Walker, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Nov 2003: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Screening of the interview, for which Ms [Pauline Hanson] was reportedly paid up to $150,000 by Nine’s owner, PBL, came on the heels of an opinion poll yesterday that indicated she would be comfortably […]

Gumboot legend dies, The Australian, 3 November, 2003.

Gumboot legend dies: [3 All-round Metro Edition 1] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Nov 2003: 11. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract On ABC News last night, Sid Young recalled his older brother’s dedication to training along the steep gravel roads around his farm. “I used to, at odd times, take him down a […]

Refugee student wins visa reprieve, The Australian, 3 November, 2003.

For the Record, with Barry Williams, Andrew Evans, Geoffrey Greene and Rod Hardwick, Dads On The Air, 3 November, 2003.

Aussie ‘shot by Israelis’, The Australian, 27 October, 2003.

Aussie `shot by Israelis’: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Oct 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A US activist was also injured in the incident last Friday. Canberra-based ISM activist Michael Shaik said he believed the two were wounded when Israeli soldiers drove into the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Full […]

Exposing the Infrastructure, Dads on the Air, With Noel Giblett of LifeLine, 27 October, 2003.

Protesters hit streets of three cities – Bush & Hu, The Australian, 23 October, 2003.

Protesters hit streets of three cities – Bush & Hu: [2 All-round First Edition] Brendan O’Keefe, John Stapleton, Ashleigh Wilson. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Oct 2003: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THOUSANDS of demonstrators gathered and marched in three cities last night to protest against the visits of George W. Bush and Hu Jintao, both […]

Fan letter for Dads On The Air show, 20 October, 2003.

Stranger than Fiction, The Australian, 17 October, 2003.

Stranger than fiction – John Stapleton: [3 All-round Metro Edition] The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Oct 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract THE colourful descriptions of the life of Australia’s latest Booker Prize winner, DBC Pierre, are all true, he claims. DBC (Dirty But Clean) Pierre, born in Australia as Peter Warren Finlay, was a […]

Suffering pontiff lives his teachings: Pell, The Australian, 17 October, 2003

Suffering pontiff lives his teachings: Pell: [2 All-round First Edition] John Stapleton, Vanessa Walker. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Oct 2003: 10. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract GEORGE Pell, shortly to become the nation’s seventh cardinal, made his final public appearance last night as Archbishop of Sydney before leaving for Rome for his elevation to the College of Cardinals. […]

The Disaster of Child Support, With Alsion Pearce and Paul Henman, Dads On The Air, 13 October, 2003.

The Inquiry Special, With Special Guest Chairwoman Kay Hull MP, 6 October, 2003.

Family perishes in holiday disaster, The Australian, 2 October, 2003. Page One.

Family perishes in holiday disaster: [2 All-round First Edition 1] Amanda Hodge, John Stapleton, Vanessa Walker. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Oct 2003: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Piper Aztec plane had just taken off at about 11.40am when witnesses heard a bang and saw smoke rising from scrub about 2km from the Mareeba airstrip on the Atherton […]

Museum theft ‘not for cash’, The Australian, 30 September, 2003.

Museum theft `not for cash’: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 Sep 2003: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The controversy over Mr van Leeuwen’s collecting mania spilled over into the Independent Commission Against Corruption, whose investigations eventually uncovered his identity and enveloped the museum and its director, Mike Archer. Mr van Leeuwen, a passionate […]

Forbes wins heaven’s game for club victims, The Australian, 29 September, 2003.

Forbes wins heaven’s game for club victims: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Sep 2003: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A YEAR on from Bali and things are starting to look up for the [Forbes] rugby union club in NSW’s central west. “Forbes were never going to be beaten […]

Sydney’s Pell made prince of church, The Australian, 29 September, 2003.

Sydney’s Pell made prince of church: [1 All-round Country Edition] falseStapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Sep 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract Translate AbstractUndo Translation TranslateUndo Translation Press the Escape key to close FromArabicChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)EnglishFrenchGerman ItalianJapaneseKoreanPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishTurkishToArabicChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)FrenchGermanItalianJapaneseKoreanPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishTurkish Translate Translation in progress… [[missing key: loadingAnimation]] The full text may take […]

Four in finals for UN award, The Australian, 26 September, 2003.

Four in finals for UN award: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Sep 2003: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Australian‘s European correspondent Peter Wilson and photographer John Feder are finalists in the Best Print and Photo Journalism categories for their work in Iraq. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search term navigation FOUR […]

Nelson flags single senior certificate, The Australian, 25 September, 2003.

Nelson flags single senior certificate: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 Sep 2003: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract FEDERAL Education Minister Brendan Nelson has flagged replacing the eight different Year 12 qualifications with a single certificate, in another move towards nationalising the state-based school system. In Queensland Education Department director-general Ken Smith said […]

Handgun buyback widens, The Australian, 22 September, 2003.

Handgun buyback widens: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Sep 2003: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The scheme began on July 1 and there has been a staggered start from the states. Latest available figures show that 2702 firearms have been bought back in Queensland, 2094 in Victoria, 569 in WA, […]

Reforming Divorce Law and the Status of Fatherhood, Dads on the Air, 22 September, 2003.

As the co-founder and program director of Dads On The Air, and as the only one o the small band of volunteers with a journalistic background, for a decade from 2000-2009 I wrote the weekly flyers. With the passing of time, they are becoming hard to locate.

Carnley call for diversity, The Australian, 19 September, 2003.

Carnley call for diversity: [3 All-round Metro Edition] John Stapleton, Vanessa Walker. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Sep 2003: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Primate Peter Carnley, the Archbishop of Perth, seen as a liberal within the deeply divided church, will be one of 38 primates attending the meeting with theArchbishop of Canterbury to try to avoid a schism in the church. At […]

I went to kill a Bali bomber, The Australian, 16 September, 2003.

I went to kill a Bali bomber: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Sep 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Louie Zervos], from the eastern Sydney suburb of Kingsford, told the program he had written his will and had not expected to return to Australia after themurder. In June outside the Bali court, he held […]

Hospitals blamed for deaths, The Australian, 15 September, 2003.

Hospitals blamed for deaths: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Sep 2003: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract A TEAM of clinical experts has been sent into two southwestern Sydney hospitals by the NSW Health Department after allegations of medical malpractice were linked to several deaths. NSW Health Minister Morris […]

The Role of Fathers in Child Protection, With Damien HIckman, Sue Price and Geoffrey Greene, Dads On The Air, 15 September, 2003.

Shattering the Myths, With Dr Sanford Braver, Dads On The Air, 8 September, 2003.

ALP’s brothel owner charged, Weekend Australian, 6 September, 2003.

ALP’s brothel owner charged: [1 All-round Country Edition] Monica Videnieks, Brendan O’Keefe, Megan Saunders, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Sep 2003: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Neville Hilton] — president of the ALP’s nearby Albion Park branch and the Throsby Federal Electorate Council, junior vice-president of the chamber of commerce and a long-serving Australian Workers Union official — was the ALP’s […]

Mild winter puts a spring in our step, The Australian, 1 September, 2003.

Mild winter puts a spring in our step: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Louise Perry. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Sep 2003: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract At the opposite end of the scale, there have been plenty of smiles from resort operators, with the alpine areas reporting good falls of snow. Yesterday Charlotte Pass in NSW, […]

Travel alert for Greece, The Australian, 29 August, 2003,

Travel alert for Greece: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Aug 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Australians planning to go to the 2004 Olympics in Athens are being encouraged to get access to travel advice updates. Australiansin Greece are warned to be alert to their own security. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn […]

Man dead, two missing as wind wreaks havoc, The Australian, 25 August, 2003.

Man dead, two missing as wind wreaks havoc: [2 All-round First Edition 1] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 Aug 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract An ambulance spokeswoman described the scene at Towradgi, a suburb of Wollongong, as “a battlefield”. An 80-year-old man was seriously injured after being blown off his roof […]

Constitutional Crisis: The Family Court caught out? With Geoffrey Greene, Sue Price, Dads On The Air, 25 August, 2003.

Baby bash: new charge, The Australian, 21 August, 2003.

Baby bash: new charge: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Aug 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Lloyd Penrice] again went to Maroubra police station yesterday morning where he spoke to detectives. He was subsequently charged with affray, maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm in company […]

Bittersweet for brothers in arms – The Verdict, The Australian, 8 August, 2003.

Bittersweet for brothers in arms – The verdict: [1 – All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Caitlin Fitzimmons. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Aug 2003: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “He’s got his just desserts,” Mr Howard said. “The sooner he’s off this world, the better.” Jane Mavroudis, who lost her brother Dave, said she felt numb. “Whatever […]

Helping The Government Manage their Responsibilities: Child Support Agency Costs, With Richard Cruickshank, Dads On The Air, 4 August, 2003.

Ruddock summit with Muslim head, The Australian, 1 August, 2003.

Ruddock summit with Muslim head: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Trudy Harris, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Aug 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract IMMIGRATION Minister Philip Ruddock travelled to Sydney’s Muslim heartland last night to meet its spiritual leader following concerns extremist Islamic speakers were visiting Australia. [Sheikh Hilaly] also said […]

Detainee starts labour, The Australian, 30 July, 2003.

Detainee starts labour: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Thea Williams, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 July 2003: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract HEAVILY pregnant immigration detainee Roqia Bakhtiyari was airlifted yesterday from Port Augusta hospital to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide in premature labour, refugee advocates claim. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn […]

Teachers planning national strike, The Australian, 30 July, 2003. Page One.

Teachers planning national strike: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 July 2003: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Teachers unions in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia plan the first co-ordinated interstate walkout on September 17, blaming frustrated pay claims and state governments ignoring demands for smaller class sizes and better conditions. […]

Public teachers stop work to vote on three-state strike, The Australian, 29 July, 2003.

Public teachers stop work to vote on three-state strike: [6 – NSW Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 July 2003: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Ms [Maree O’Halloran] said members were also reporting increased incidents of abuse and violence from a small number of students, and she would be […]

Achieving Common Sense: The Case for Shared Parenting, with Michael Green, Dads On The Air, 28 July, 2003.

Copyright Agency Limited payments, 25 July, 2003.

These payments, which are for students mostly photocopying works in libraries, would arrive once a year. They were never a great deal, but they were a handy bit of pocket money.

Pay up, Coldplay star told, The Australian, 22 July, 2003.

Pay up, Coldplay star told: [3 – All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 July 2003: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract COMPENSATION is all it would take for Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin to avoid having to return to Australia to face charges of malicious injury to property after […]

Russell crowing: he’s to be a dad, The Australian, 22 July, 2003.

Russell crowing: he’s to be a dad: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 July 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [Ray Martin] and [RUSSELL Crowe], who clearly know each other well, kept up a genial banter. The interview opened with the two pretending to be on a date, a send-up […]

Domestic Violence: The Great Debate, With Anne Lewis, Dads On The Air, 21 July, 2003.

Paltrow’s rock star charged, The Australian, 21 July, 2003. Page One.

Paltrow’s rock star charged: [8 – NSW Metro Edition] John Stapleton, Sophie Tedmanson. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 July 2003: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract If [Chris Martin] was upset by the alleged incident he was not showing it last night, when Coldplay closed the Splendour in the Grass music festival in Byron Bay. “We love this festival, it is […]

New archbishops tipped as orthodox, The Australian, 17 July, 2003.

New archbishops tipped as orthodox: [3 – All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 July 2003: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Church insiders say the appointments of two auxiliary bishops in Sydney and a new bishop for the Australian Defence Force reshapes the Australian College of Bishops. The numbers now favour theological orthodoxy […]

Quiz man loses second chance, The Australian, 15 July, 2003.

Quiz man loses second chance: [3 – All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 July 2003: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Contestant Jerry McBrien was reinstated on the Nine Network’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire after the revelation that the High Court believed the program erred when host Eddie McGuire claimed a full bench of the court has seven members, […]

Typical anti-Iraq War poster, Circa 2003.

Typical anti-Iraq War poster, Circa 2003.Being on general news, I dutifully interviewed the protesters.But they never got much of a run at Rupert Murdoch’s The Australian.Murdoch was shamelessly pro-war.As the saying went, only one of his 350+ plus newspapers worldwide editorialised against the war, and that was New Guinea’s Highland Gazette.Apparently they didn’t get the […]

Family Courts: Their History, Their Impacts, With Professor Stephen Baskerville, Dads On The Air, 7 July, 2003.

Fire fear sparks mass dive for safety, The Australian, 3 July, 2003.

Fire fear sparks mass dive for safety: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Steve Creedy * Aviation writer, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 July 2003: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract FRIGHTENED and confused Qantas passengers were injured yesterday after hundreds were ordered on to inflatable escape chutes to evacuate a jumbo jet thepilot feared had caught […]

On the road to a cure for motor neurone disease, The Australian, 30 June, 2003.

On the road to a cure for motor neurone disease: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Ian Gerard, John StapletonAuthor Information. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 June 2003: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Family friend David Hyde, 20, is about to set off on a 2260km walking and cycling trek called the Salt Sea to Summit Expedition […]

Living in Interesting Times, With Raymond Lenton, Dads On The Air, 30 June, 2003.

Malice and Money: How to Survive the Family Court of Australia, A Proposal, 28 June 2003.

Till death do us part a real risk for men The Weekend Australian 28 June 2003

The Australian28 June 2003The Weekend Australian28 June 2003, Page C14Till death do us part a real risk for menBy John StapletonBreaking up is hard to do. But for some Aussie men it can be deadly.John Stapleton reports.The country’s leading research facility for men’s health is urginggeneral practitioners to be more aware of the poor health and high […]

Pushed to point of no return, Weekend Australian, 28 June, 2003.

Pushed to point of no return: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 June 2003: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The best-known CSA suicide victim was Canberra man Warren Gilbert. The 28-year-old with three young children was found dead in a car clutching a letter from the CSA. He was losing more than 80 […]

Child Support agency ignored threats, Weekend Australian, 28 June 2003. Page One.

Child agency ignored threats: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Michael McKinnon * FOI editor, Christine Jackman, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 June 2003: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The agency received 184 suicide threats, 320 client-to-client threats, 48 bomb threats, with four bomb incidents, and 453 harassment calls between 1996-97 and 2001-02. But security […]

Prices soar, but egg industry cracks, The Australian, 26 June, 2003.

Prices soar, but egg industry cracks: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 June 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract South Australia and Queensland have been hardest hit, with the price of a carton of eggs on supermarket shelves rising by as much as 60c to more than $3, while Western Australian has […]

Cross delivers message in a brothel, The Australian, 25 June, 2003.

Cross delivers message in a brothel: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 June 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract BUSINESS owners in Kings Cross have reacted with disbelief to a move by Sydney Lord Mayor Lucy Turnbull to stop further development of the sex industry. A number of […]

Leaders critical of ‘missed chance’, The Australian, 23 June, 2003.

Leaders critical of `missed chance’: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 June 2003: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract LACK of consultation, the missed opportunity to appoint the first woman as governor-general and questions over the appointment of a military figure were common criticisms yesterday, but there was none against former major-general Michael Jeffery. Opposition […]

Exposing The Truth. With Dr Jean Lennane, Whistleblowers Australia, 23 June, Dads On The Air, 2003.

Out of Iraq and into a city’s embrace, Weekend Australian, 21 June, 2003.

Out of Iraq and into a city’s embrace: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 June 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract WIDE-EYED and weary, 6500 American servicemen, many touching land for the first time since Iraq, poured off five US warships in Sydney yesterday eager to experience all the local […]

Fluffy’s a head of her time, The Australian, 18 June, 2003

Fluffy’s a head of her time: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 June 2003: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Workers spent yesterday taking the skeleton apart and packing it in boxes ready to be sent from her long-time home at the Australian Museum in Sydney to a new museum being built in the central western […]

Knowledge is Power: How the Internet has Changed Gender Politics, With Lindsay Jackel, Dads On The Air, 16 June, 2003.

Accused denied parents’ cash, The Australian, 13 June, 2003.

Accused denied parents’ cash: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 June 2003: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Sef Gonzales, 22, has been charged with the murders of his parents, Teddy and Loiva Gonzales, and his 18-year-old sister, Clodine, who were found hacked to death in their Sydney home […]

Inviting Social Chaos, With Expert in Public Sector Ethics Dr Robert Kelso, Dads On The Air, 6 June, 2003.

Men and Relationships, With Special Guest Ross Cameron MP, Dads On The Air, 2 June, 2003.

Submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Child Custody, Dads On The Air, 2003. Pages 1-10.

Submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Child Custody, Dads On The Air, 2003. Pages 11-20.

Submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Child Custody, Dads On The Air, 2003. Pages 21-28.

Lawyers insist: there is no crisis, The Australian, 26 May, 2003.

Lawyers insist: there is no crisis: [3 – All-round Metro Edition] John Stapleton, Julie Smith. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 May 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract GUY Green will remain administrator of the commonwealth for the immediate future and, despite Dr [Peter Hollingworth]’s resignation under unprecedented circumstances, the nation is not suffering a constitutional crisis, […]

Book Proposal, Horror Stories: The Child Support Agency, Dads On The Air with The Shared Parenting Council of Australia.

Government Funds Multi-Million Dollar War on Fathers, With John Flanagan and Sue Price, Dads On The Air, 19 May, 2003.

Time to quit, say top legal brains – The Hollingworth crisis, The Australian, 12 May, 2003.

Time to quit, say top legal brains – The Hollingworth crisis: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 May 2003: 002. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract Translate Abstract Constitutional expert George Williams, from the University of NSW, said Dr [Hollingworth] was clearly entitled to the presumption of innocence and […]

Cosgrove, Fischer top list for No 24 – The Hollingworth crisis, The Australian, 12 May, 2003.

Cosgrove, Fischer top list for No24 – The Hollingworth crisis: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 May 2003: 003. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract They include defence force chief Peter Cosgrove and former deputy prime minister and National Party leader Tim Fischer. “I happily spent the day with my wife, Judy, […]

DNA and Paternity, With Tony Border, Reliable Parents, Dads On The Air, 5 May, 2003.

Homeless and Helpless, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 May, 1993. Picture Patrick Cummins.

ActivePaper ArchiveSydney Morning Herald, 3/05/1993

DNA and the Control of Paternity Testing, With Brian Opeskin, Sue Price, Dads On The Air, 14 July, 2003.

The Beginning of Hope, with reform advocate Ken Ticehurst MP, Dads On The Air, 14 April, 2003.

Turnbull to be first woman at city helm, The Australian, 8 April, 2003.

Turnbull to be first woman at city helm: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Apr 2003: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The last council minute presented by Mr [Frank Sartor] as Lord Mayor, at a council meeting last night, recorded his gratitude to family, friends, staff and Ms […]

Dads In Distress, With Founder Tony Miller, Dads On The Air, 7 April, 2003.

Championing whale shark conservation – MATTHEW FLINDERS CIRCUMNAVIGATION VOYAGE 1803-2003, Weekend Australian, 5 April, 2003.

Championing whale shark conservation – MATTHEW FLINDERS CIRCUMNAVIGATION VOYAGE 1803-2003: [1 – All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Apr 2003: 014. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract In 2001, Mr [BRAD Norman], 35, submitted a successful nomination to the Government to have the whale shark listed as a threatened species, and therefore protected in […]

Interview with Dads in Distress founder Tony Miller, Dads On The Air, 7 April, 2003.

Pakistan to free Australian ‘al-Qa’ida trainee’ – War on Iraq, The Australian, 3 April, 2003.

Pakistan to free Australian `al-Qa’ida trainee’ – WAR ON IRAQ: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Apr 2003: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Jack Thomas, a 29-year-old former Melbourne taxi driver who became known as “Jihad” after converting to Islam, was arrested in Pakistan in January on suspicion of […]

The Despised Child Support Agency: A Social Disaster, with Wayne Miller and Bill Rogan, Dads On The Air, 31 March, 2003.

The Despised Child Support Agency: A Social Disaster, With Wayne Miller and Bill Rogan, Dads On The Air, 31 March, 2003.

Conduct cloud on navy doctor – COUNTDOWN TO WAR, The Australian, 13 March, 2003.

Conduct cloud on navy doctor – COUNTDOWN TO WAR: [3 All-round Metro Edition] John Stapleton, Patricia Karvelas. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Mar 2003: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Deputy Chief of Navy, Rear Admiral Rowan Moffitt, told ABC TV last night the navy was aware of the allegations against Dr [McKenzie], but were confident theclaims were unrelated to his ability […]

Bali heroine makes Blair sweat, The Australian, 12 March, 2003.

Bali heroine makes Blair sweat: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Mar 2003: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract HANABETH Luke has confronted horror few could imagine. And the young Australian student, who not only survived the Bali bombings but was heroic in rescuing others, confronted Tony Blair yesterday in a bid […]

Notes for a never completed book Red Fern of the Apocalypse, about life in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern, 2003.

Notes for a never completed book Red Fern of the Apocalypse, about life in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern, 2003. More to follow.

The Commissioning and Recommissioning of Family Court Judges. 2003.

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Notes from Our Informant, the commissioning and recommissioning of Family Court judges and the retirement of Alastair Nicholson, from a former Family Court Judge..

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The Retirement of Alastair Nicholson, Chief Justice, Family Court of Australia. 2003.

Achieving Critical Mass: The Shared Parenting Council of Australia, with Geoffrey Greene, Dads On The Air, 10 March, 2003.

Thalidomide doctor McBride battling for life, The Australian, 6 March, 2003.

Thalidomide doctor McBride battling for life: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Mar 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE doctor who alerted the world in the 1960s to the birth defects linked to thalidomide, William McBride, was fighting for his life, after suffering a brain haemmorage. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search […]

Cyber skirmish begins as jihad goes off line – Countdown to war, The Australian, 4 March, 2003.

Cyber skirmish begins as jihad goes off line – Countdown to war: [6 NSW Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Mar 2003: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The expertise of jihadists and Osama bin Laden’s supporters took the US by surprise, and their websites were influential in radicalising Muslims around theworld. “Increasingly governments are taking […]

The Disaster of DOCS: How Bob Carr betrayed the parents and children of NSW, with Brad Hazzard MP, Dads On The Air, 3 March, 2003.

State schools ban for pedophile MP, The Australian, 27 February, 2003.

State schools ban for pedophile MP: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Feb 2003: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract CONVICTED pedophile and former Labor MP Keith Wright was banned yesterday from operating his literacy business in Queensland schools. Ms [Anna Bligh] has ordered education director-general Ken Smith […]

Mensline Australia: The Crisis Amongst Men, With Terry Melvin, Dads On The Air, 24 February, 2003.

Original copy, Michael Chamberlain, The Australian, 21 February, 2003. Half eaten by mice.

The making of a reluctant politician, The Australian, 21 February, 2003.

The making of a reluctant politician: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Feb 2003: 12. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Looking at Chamberlain, it is impossible not to think back to the 1980s: to Azaria and Lindy Chamberlain and the dingo, to the days when Chamberlain was themisunderstood father swathed in a thousand camera flashes, the husband standing loyally […]

Monitoring of Islamist websites, The Australian, 20 February, 2003.

Hanson puts hat in ring for upper house, The Australian, 19 February, 2003.

Hanson puts hat in ring for upper house: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Monica Videnieks, David Brearley, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Feb 2003: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Ms [Pauline Hanson] — who has put her Queensland home on the market and is living in the southern Sydney suburb of Sylvania Waters — told The Australianlast night she […]

Men’s Confraternity, with Brett Kesner and Kerry Searcy, Dads On The Air, 17 February, 2003.

Qantas to charge credit card fees, The Australian, 10 February, 2003.

Qantas to charge credit card fees: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Feb 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Qantas spokesman John Borghetti said credit card merchant fees were a significant and increasing cost to Qantas. Opposition finance spokesman Stephen Conroy condemned Qantas for introducing the surcharge without providing a discount for cash. “Unless surveillance powers are granted […]

The Fathering Forum, From Parliament House, Canberra, with Brendan Sullivan and Ron Hellyer, Dads On The Air, 10 February, 2003.

100 schools need asbestos removal after further finds, The Australian, 4 February, 2003.

100 schools need asbestos removal after further finds: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Feb 2003: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract AT least 100 schools in NSW will need work to remove asbestos material or fibro fragments, the NSW Government announced yesterday. NSW Education and Training Minister John Watkins said that in cases […]

The Sexual Abuse of Males, with Gabrielle Owen and Matilda Bawden, Dads On The Air, 3 February, 2003.

Villages evacuated as blaze breaks defence lines – Summer terror, The Australian, 27 January, 2003.

Villages evacuated as blaze breaks defence lines – Summer terror: [3 All-round Metro Edition] John Stapleton, Misha Schubert. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Jan 2003: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Authorities in Jindabyne rehoused more than 150 people from the tiny hamlets and farming districts of Penderlea, Tigers Hill, Moonbah, Gullies Road and theGatton Trout Hatchery area. […]

Domestic Violence; Relationship Conflict; The Great Experiment, with Richard Torning, Dads On The Air, 27 January, 2003.

Experiments in Social Engineering: The Fatherless Family, with Matilda Bawden, Dads On The Air, 6 January, 2003.

Rare beetles in airport seizure, The Australian, 3 January, 2003,

Rare beetles in airport seizure: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Jan 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract There is a huge demand for stag beetles in Japan, where collecting them is a hobby akin to keeping koi carp or bonsai. The highest known price paid so far is about $150,000 […]

Scare halts Qantas jet, The Australian, 3 January, 2003.

Scare halts Qantas jet: [U WA Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Jan 2003: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A SECURITY scare grounded a German-bound Qantas flight from Sydney last night, stranding hundreds of passengers at the airport for hours as federal authorities examined the plane. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search term navigation A SECURITY scare grounded […]

Road toll hits 57, The Australian, 2 January, 2003.

Road toll hits 57: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Jan 2003: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW recorded its first road fatalities for 2003 with two people killed, one on the state’s mid-north coast and another on the far south coast, bringing the state’s holiday road toll to 11. Full Text TranslateFull […]

Road toll hits 55, The Australian, 2 January, 2003

Road toll hits 55 – John Stapleton – ASYLUM RAGE: [1 All-round Country Edition] The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Jan 2003: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Hide highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW recorded its first road fatalities for 2003 with two people killed, one on the state’s mid-north coast and another on the far south coast, bringing the state’s holiday road toll to 11. […]

Breakout foiled, fifth refugee centre burns, The Australian, 1 January, 2003. Page One.

Breakout foiled, fifth refugee centre burns: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Kathryn Shine, Andrew McGarry, Sophie Morris, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Jan 2003: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Villawood and Christmas Island arsons were the latest in a sequence that started on Saturday night when detainees set fire to the Baxter facility, at Port Augusta in […]

Bondi attack possible, The Australian, 1 January, 2003.

Brits beach all thoughts of terror: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Jan 2003: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Andrew Wood, 27, from Yorkshire, said you could go absolutely anywhere and still get yourself killed. “They could hit Bondi, they could hit New York, they could hit nowhere. I […]