Cop pleads guilty to possession, The Australian, 17 December, 2004.
Cop pleads guilty to possession: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Dec 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The police fact sheet said [Marek Edward Tarnowski] used his credit card to obtain membership to many pornography sites. There was also evidence he used search engines for words such […]
Freed pedophile lashes out, The Australian, 16 December, 2004.
Freed pedophile lashes out: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Dec 2004: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [Dennis Ferguson] can spend the next fortnight travelling unchecked within NSW before his next report. He has two weeks to return to his most recent address or inform authorities of a new place of […]
Still the cancer capital, but it’s no death sentence, The Australian, 15 December, 2004,.
Still the cancer capital, but it’s no death sentence: [1 All-round Country Edition] Sid Maher, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Dec 2004: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “This suggests that although we have more cancers, the health system seems to be performing relatively well in early diagnosis and treatment,” said Ian McDermid, author of the report, […]
Man on road rage charges, The Australian, 13 December, 2004.
Man on road rage charges: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Amanda Hodge, Additional reporting: Jennifer Sexton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T.[Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Dec 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Ben Sarkis], a father of two who worked as a draftsman, did not regain consciousness and died in hospital at 8.30pm on […]
Location wrong for Lawson St community health facility, The South Sydney Herald, December, 2004. Front Page.
My son Sam with his much loved dog Major and Redfern neighbour Craig Kentell and his two daughters.
Aussie under arrest ‘just seeking wife’, Weekend Australian, 11 December, 2004.
Aussie under arrest `just seeking wife’: [1 All-round Country Edition] Annabelle McDonald, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Dec 2004: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract He could think of no reason for the arrest. “Maybe he lost his money or his passport,” Mr Jamal said at home before leaving on a pilgrimage overseas. “He does […]
Laptop users in danger of deleting their sperm, The Australian, 10 December, 2004.
Laptop users in danger of deleting their sperm: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Dec 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “For a long time men seeking to have children, especially after some failed attempts, have been encouraged not to wear tight underpants and to allow a more natural […]
Summer arrives early on a blanket of hot air, The Australian, 29 November, 2004.
Summer arrives early on a blanket of hot air: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Nov 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The hottest parts of the continent yesterday were in South Australia, where Oodnadatta, Woomera and Moomba all notched 43C. Temperatures in northwest Western Australia soared well into the 40s, […]
Mother of all parenting dilemmas, The Australian, 26 November, 2004.
Mother of all parenting dilemmas: [1 All-round Country Edition] Sid Maher, Cindy Tahija, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Nov 2004: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The record low 2003-04 figure was down from 78 children a year earlier, and continues a dramatic 30-year decline in the number ofAustralian children being offered for adoption. The author […]
Adoption an option we’re giving up, The Australian, 26 November, 2004 Additional reporting
Adoption, an option we’re giving up: [2 All-round First Edition] Sid Maher, Cindy Tahija. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Nov 2004: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The record low 2003-04 figure was down from 78 children a year earlier, and continues a dramatic 30-year decline in the number of Australian children being offered for adoption. The […]
Asthma drug a killer, Senate inquiry hears, The Australian, 22 November, 2004.
Asthma drug a killer, Senate inquiry hears: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Nov 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A US trial last year involving Serevent and a dummy treatment was halted after 13 people taking Serevent died. GlaxoSmithKline was forced to place a warning on its packaging. Doctors said […]
Free rides for all on city trains, The Australian, 22 November, 2004.
Free rides for all on city trains: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Nov 2004: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract COMMUTERS on the CityRail network in and around Sydney, from north of Newcastle to Nowra in the south, are getting a free ride today after months of turmoil, including extensive delays […]
Commuters ride rail free, The Australian, 22 November, 2004.
Commuters ride rail free: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Nov 2004: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Long-suffering train commuters won the fare-free travel after the NSW Government caved in to a protest campaign for a “no-pay day” and Premier Bob Carr overruled rail executives who had threatened to fine fare evaders. Unions […]
In eye of heritage storm, The Australian, 19 November, 2004.
In eye of heritage storm: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Nov 2004: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The much-loved home of the notoriously cantankerous author, Highbury, in the Sydney suburb of Centennial Park, is expected today to be recommended for listing by the NSW Heritage Council. [Patrick White] lived at Highbury from 1964 until his […]
The Signal Station, Australian Volunteer Coast Guard, Original Copy & Notes, The Australian, 12 November, 2004.
Aussie for firing squad, The Australian, 8 November, 2004.
Aussie for firing squad: [1 All-round Country Edition] falseStapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Nov 2004: 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 40-60 seconds […]
‘Come home’ plea to our first hostage, The Australian, 17 September, 2004.
`Come home’ plea to our first hostage: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, John Kerin. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Sep 2004: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Word of Sheikh Naji’s kidnapping emerged following an intense effort by the Department of Foreign Affairs to contact all Australiansin Iraq after Monday’s report that an Islamic terror group had […]
The death rate of Child Support payers, Draft, 13 September, 2004.
I wrote this and floated it under the name of two other senior reporters on the paper. My intense dislike of both the Family Court and the Child Support Agency were well known on the paper and there were fears I might be biased.Not to mention that journalists who are not part of the feminist cheer […]
Lucid Rivkin back inside for the weekend, Weekend Australian, 11 September, 2004.
Lucid Rivkin back inside for the weekend: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Drew Warne-Smith. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Sep 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The director of periodic detention with the NSW Department of Corrective Services, Steve D’Silva, met Rivkin as he was inducted back into the hospital. Rivkin spoke lucidly and appeared in reasonable health, […]
G-G spins good line for organ transplant kids, The Australian, 9 September, 2004.
G-G spins good line for organ transplant kids: [1 All-round Country Edition] Jessica Tredinnick, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Sep 2004: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Governor-General Michael Jeffery was providing fishing tips to four special children from his private jetty at the back of Admiralty House in Kirribilli. “This is smelly — that’s […]
The Many Many Deaths Associated with the Child Support Agency, Originally for The Australian, 7 September, 2004.
Orthodox churches here mourn victims, The Australian, 6 September, 2004.
Orthodox churches here mourn victims: [1 All-round Country Edition] James Madden, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Sep 2004: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract At the Russian Orthodox church at Strathfield in western Sydney, a major part of the service was the panikhida, where prayers were said for the victims of Beslan. The unspeakable horror of Beslan may have taken place on the other […]
Olympian hugs for a team of heroes, The Australian, 2 September, 2004. Additional reporting.
Olympian hugs for a team of heroes: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Richard Sproull, additional reporting: Andrew McGarry, Duncan MacFarlane, John Stapleton, Dan Box and Paige Taylor. The Australian[Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Sep 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract TO the strains of Peter Allen’s I Still Call Australia Home, the two Qantas jets carrying the nation’s most successful Olympics team ever pulled […]
Hero’s welcome for our Olympians, The Australian, 2 September, 2004. Additional reporting.
Hero’s welcome for our Olympians: [1 All-round Country Edition] Sproull, Richard. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Sep 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract TO the strains of Peter Allen’s I Still Call Australia Home, the two Qantas jets carrying the nation’s most successful Olympics team ever pulled into theSydney airport hangar. At Adelaide airport, 2 1/2-year-old Jet Newbery waited excitedly for the arrival of mum […]
Libs step up attack on Carr over retail centre, The Australian, 23 August, 2004.
Libs step up attack on Carr over retail centre: [2 All-round First Edition] Drew Warne-Smith, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Aug 2004: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract An upper house inquiry into the Orange Grove centre is investigating whether there was any interference from rival retailer Westfield in the rezoning decision that will close […]
Coroner clears TJ Hickey case cops, The Australian, 18 August, 2004.
Coroner clears TJ Hickey case cops: [1 TC Edition] Louise Milligan, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 Aug 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW Coroner John Abernethy found police had followed [TJ Hickey] on his bike shortly before he was impaled on a fence but that they were not responsible for the 17-year-old’s death. Mr Abernethy […]
Premier orders Butler to crisis talks, The Australian, 9 August, 2004. Additional reporting.
Premier orders Butler to crisis talks – Governor in car chase through Hobart in fallout from staff exodus: [1 All-round Country Edition] Richard Gluyas, Matthew Denholm, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Aug 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract RICHARD Butler has 24 hours to prepare a convincing argument that he […]
Collette wakes up to a morning rush, The Australian, 9 August, 2004.
Collette wakes up to a morning rush: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Aug 2004: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract TONI Collette the actor became Toni Collette the environmentalist and fitness fan yesterday when she took part in Sydney’s annual City to Surf fun run as part of a Greenpeace team. When asked […]
Hardie ‘did not give court full facts’, The Australian, 5 August, 2004.
Hardie `did not give court full facts’: [1 All-round Country Edition] Ean Higgins, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Aug 2004: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The inquiry has heard allegations that [Hardie] misled NSW Supreme Court judge Kim Santow in 2001 when it sought approval to move its corporate operations to The Netherlands. Mr […]
Guard set for murder charge, The Australian 2 August, 2004.
Guard set for murder charge: [2 All-round First Edition 1] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Aug 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Angered by weekend reports on the death, police yesterday issued a dramatic ultimatum to Ms [Karen Brown] to attend the local station by 6pm last night. But she failed to show. Ms Brown shot […]
Called in by elders, 250 police swoop on Redfern’s dealers, Weekend Australian, 31 July, 2004.
Called in by elders, 250 police swoop on Redfern’s dealers: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Drew Warne-Smith. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 July 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract It was the first operational phase of Strike Force Allunga, formed in January after Aboriginal elders asked for help to rid the neighbourhood of […]
Guard back in hospital, The Australian, 30 July, 2004.
Guard back in hospital: [7 NSW First Edition] Drew Warne-Smith, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 July 2004: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Scans have already revealed Ms [Karen Brown] has a fractured skull and a broken nose, suffered when [William Aquilina], 25, attacked her with knuckle- dusters. Her barrister, Joseph Busuttil, has […]
Fireman lived for children … and died for one, The Australian, 28 July, 2004.
Fireman lived for children … and died for one: [1 All-round Country Edition] Jennifer Sexton, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 July 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract PHILLIP Viles lived for children, his own three boys, the under- 16s he trained in rugby league and the nippers with whom he enjoyed the surf. “He told the paramedics he […]
Critics close book on author, The Australian, 26 July, 2004.
Critics close book on author: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 July 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract GINA Yatim knew something was amiss when author Norma Khouri portrayed Jordan in her best-selling book as a country where “honour killings” were common. Doubts have been raised over the authenticity of Forbidden […]
Smoke and Mirrors, Dads on the Air, 26 July, 2004.
Warning to problem gamblers: clock off, Weekend Australian, 24 July, 2004.
Warning to problem gamblers: clock off: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 July 2004: 11. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “The problem is that what IPART is seeking, which is a simplification of the assessment procedure, might leave the door open for uncontrolled introduction of poker machines. Disadvantaged people in disadvantaged communities are […]
Surf star ‘concealed murder’, The Australian, 23 July, 2004.
Surf star `concealed murder’: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Caroline Keeping. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 July 2004: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract WORLD-RANKED pro surfer Koby [Jai Abberton] helped cover up his brother Jai’s murder of a standover man, a Sydney court was told yesterday. He said [Koby] acted as […]
Kersten feels pain of Eadie’s gain, The Australian, 21 July, 2004.
Kersten feels pain of Eadie’s gain: [1 All-round Country Edition] Peter Kogoy, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 July 2004: 18. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [Ben Kersten], 22, was named as [Sean Eadie]’s replacement in the sprint cycling team when Eadie lost his place pending an investigation into the Customs seizure of illegal substances which were sent […]
Wake-up drug uses causes concern, The Australian, 5 July, 2004.
Wake-up drug use causes concern: [1 All-round Country Edition] Jonathan Leake, Sarah Baxter, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 July 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Australian Medical Association vice-president Mukesh Haikerwal said the drug was available in Australia under the name Modavigil but was not widely prescribed by doctors here. Now the same thing may happen in Britain. The Medicines and […]
Cancer myths clearing, The Australian, 5 July, 2004.
Cancer myths clearing: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 July 2004: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Co-author of the report, Dr Owen Carter from the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer Control in Western Australia, said there was still room for improvement. She also said the proportion of Australians dying from […]
Allergy cure not to be sneezed at, The Australian, 5 July, 2004.
Allergy cure not to be sneezed at: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 July 2004: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract A group of researchers, largely from Stanford University’s School of Medicine in California, argue that while scientists have long known how an allergy attack is triggered, little is known […]
New Green keen to roll rocker, The Australian, 28 June, 2004.
New Green keen to roll rocker: [2 All-round First Edition 1] John Stapleton, Leisa Scott, Elizabeth Colman. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 June 2004: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract She said while the Greens welcomed Mr [Peter Garrett] to federal politics, voters should be clear that the former Midnight Oil frontman was now a member of the ALP. “If you […]
‘We won’t give in to butchers’, The Australian, 28 June, 2004.
`We won’t give in to butchers’: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Kerin, Helen Tobler, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 June 2004: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A MULTIPLE mortar attack on Australian soldiers in northern Iraq was the work of “mentally deranged butchers” and only reinforcedthe need to keep the troops in Iraq, Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson warned yesterday. The developments […]
Silence in the time of plague, Weekend Australian, 26 June, 2004.
Silence in the time of plague: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 June 2004: 22. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Researchers at the Centre for HIV Epidemiology and AIDS Research suggest that one bright spot, if it can be called that, is that Australia, unlike other countries, is showing low rates of […]
Secret of white whale is revealed, The Australian, 23 June, 2004.
Secret of white whale is revealed: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 June 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The regulations follow concern [Migaloo]’s celebrity status was causing it stress. The new viewing conditions, designed to ensure safe migration, mean boats and jet skis will have to stay at least […]
Whoops! Jetstar plane loses door on tarmac, The Australian, 22 June, 2004.
Whoops! Jetstar plane loses door on tarmac: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 June 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In the dramatic tarmac incident, Jetstar Flight 552, bound for the Gold Coast, started to move away from the terminal at about 7pm while it was still attached to the air bridge. Corporate relations manager for Jetstar […]
I just don’t know how it happened, The Australian, 22 June, 2004.
`I just don’t know how it happened’: [1 All-round Country Edition] Daniel Hoare, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 June 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [Kerry], who was driving when she witnessed the accident, was recalling the horror of the previous night when 17-year-old learner driver Brooke Ervin lost control of the family car on the wet road before swerving […]
‘My wife killed my son … she should be in jail’, The Australian, 21 June, 2004.
`My wife killed my son … she should be in jail’: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 June 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Despite originally asking the court for leniency, Craig Dawes revealed the extent of their marriage breakdown since the death of their 10-year-old son Jason. Mr Dawes said it would […]
Five dead in smash on rural highway, The Australian, 21 June, 2004.
Five dead in smash on rural highway: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 June 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Police said a husband and wife, both 46, and their two children, aged 12 and 17, from Bendigo, died when their car, driven by the teenager, collided head-on with a truck […]
Burns girl Sophie to go home at last, The Australian, 21 June, 2004.
Burns girl Sophie to go home at last: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 June 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Yesterday her delighted parents, Ron Delezio and Carolyn Martin, who have been constantly by their daughter’s side, paid tribute to themedical staff who ensured her survival and […]
ABC board chaos at leak, The Australian, 17 June, 2004
ABC board chaos at leak: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Sally Jackson, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 June 2004: 15. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract According to Media Watch, the monitoring came about as a result of a “chance” meeting three months ago at Parliament House between [Maurice Newman] and David Quilty, [Richard Alston]’s former adviser. Media […]
Soldiers go beyond call of duty – QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST, The Australian, 14 June, 2004.
Soldiers go beyond call of duty – QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 June 2004: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract His citation notes that his troops conducted more than 1700 patrols in extremely dangerous circumstances. “His achievements in this volatile combat environment have significantly contributed to the […]
Big Brother gets a dose of reality, The Australian, 14 Jun 2004.
Big Brother gets a dose of reality: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Neil Breen, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 June 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Instead of taking part in the eviction night discussion with host Gretel Killeen in front of a large audience, he sat in silence with black masking tape over his […]
Flashes and floods wash out big dry, The Australian, 11 June, 2004.
Flashes and floods wash out big dry: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 June 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract SPECTACULAR lightning displays, thunder and heavy rain struck centres from Sydney to Perth last night as a series of cold fronts moved across the continent. In Sydney, the comparatively heavy falls — 37mm […]
Teachers unhappy with 12pc pay boost, The Australian, 10 June, 2004.
Teachers unhappy with 12pc pay boost: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 June 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The commission yesterday awarded a 6.5per cent increase to be introduced in two tranches of 3per cent and 3.5per cent from July 1 this year and January 1, 2005.. […]
Reclusive Rivkin’s bid to go low-rent, The Australian, 9 June, 2004.
Recluse Rivkin’s bid to go low-rent: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 June 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Suffering from severe depression, [Rene Rivkin] has been a virtual recluse since the Australian Securities & Investments Commission began investigating his role in the scandal over Offset Alpine, the Sydney printing company that burnt down in 1993, […]
Killed chef was Aussie resident, The Austrsalian, 1 June, 2004.
The Retirement of Chief Justice of the Family Court Alastair Nicholson, June, 2004.
Despite considerable consultation with the then Editor in Chief of The Australian Chris Mitchell in the end the paper did not run this story.It morphed into The Final Days of Alastair Nicholson: Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia:
Celebrity chef’s death ‘a shock’, The Australian, 31 May, 2004.
Celebrity chef’s death `a shock’: [1 All-round Country Edition] Helen Tobler, John StapletonAuthor Information. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 May 2004: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract SYDNEY restaurateur, food consultant and artist Anders Ousback has been found dead in his home at scenic Wombarra, south of Sydney. Ousback, 52, was widely acknowledged as one […]
Daughter on murder counts, The Australian, 28 May, 2004.
Daughter on murder counts: [8 NSW Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 May 2004: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The bodies of Tudor Llewellyn Jones, 78, and his wife, Della, 79, were left under the house in Ingleburn for more than a year. Ms [Karen Leslie Kramer] is believed to have lived […]
Sorry Day’s in a sorry state, The Australian, 27 May, 2004.
Sorry Day’s in a sorry state: [1 All-round Country Edition] Misha Schubert, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 May 2004: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The first Sorry Day was held in 1998, acting on a recommendation from Bringing Them Home , which called for a day when the community would acknowledge the suffering caused […]
Volkers evidence ‘was not enough’, The Australian, 27 May, 2004.
Typical Media Alert. This one for Kevin Rudd. 27 May, 2004.
Jane McGrath cancer returns, The Australian, 24 May, 2004.
Jane McGrath cancer returns: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 May 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Mrs McGrath, who adheres to a diet of mainly organic food, says everyone in life has challenges. “This is one of mine and I’ll rise to the challenge, though you sometimes feel […]
Fairfax job cuts to ‘gut papers’, The Australian, 19 May, 2004.
Fairfax job cuts to `gut papers’: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 May 2004: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract SENIOR journalists will be offered redundancy at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald as part of an $8 million program that unions said would gut the Fairfax newspapers. Full Text TranslateFull […]
High-powered summit to save Mitsubishi plants, The Australian, 17 May, 2004.
High-powered summit to save Mitsubishi plants: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 May 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that Mitsubishi‘s engine plant or assembly factory, both located in Adelaide’s south, would close under Mitsubishi‘s rehabilitation plan to be detailed next Friday. The report came ahead of a […]
Needle Exchange Redfern The Australian 2004
John StapletonTHE NSW government has met with almost universal opposition to its proposals for a needle exchange and drug service opposite Redfern Station in inner-Sydney, the scene of major riots last year. The proposed multi-million dollar seven day a week service is to be set up in a building next door to where young children […]
Aussie sea crater may explain big extinctions, The Australian, 14 May, 2004. Page One.
Huge Holden recall, The Australian, 13 May, 2004.
Huge Holden recall: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 May 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract It affects 115,000 V8 and V6 cars sold in Australia, 11,000 V8s exported to the Middle East and 8500 V8 and V6 vehicles shipped to New Zealand. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on […]
Lawson Street, South Sydney Herald, 2004.
John Stapleton RESIDENTS, homeowners, police, shopkeepers and the aboriginal community of Lawson Street and the immediate surrounds have slammed the Carr Government’s determination to place an unwanted $1.5 million drug, alcohol and needle exchange service in a residential area to replace the Redfern’s old “needle bus”. News, via an announcement from the Premier Bob Carr, […]
24th gangland killing? The Australian, 11 May, 2004.
24th gangland killing?: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 May 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A MAN shot and dumped in a Melbourne street could be the 24th victim of Melbourne’s underworld killings with detectives from thePurana gangland taskforce called in to investigate. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on […]
Howard budget disaster for fathers and their children, With Rod Hardwick, John Flanagan, Warwick Marsh, Dads On The Air, 10 May, 2004.
Howard’s Budget disaster for fathers and their children, Dads On The Air, 10 May, 2004.
This is what a Cabcharge looked like, Nationwide News, 10 May, 2004.
Cabcharges were a a vital part of every working day, procuring them, using them, trying to store up an extra one or two for emergencies, justifying to the bosses why you needed them.The company would have periodic crackdowns on Cabcharges, only to realise that reporters needed to be able to get to jobs one way […]
Most see no hope for democratic Iraq – Voter’s Choice, Weekend Australian, 8 May, 2004 Additional Reporting
Most see no hope for democratic Iraq – VOTER’S VOICE: [1 All-round Country Edition] Bachelard, Michael. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 May 2004: 29. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Take Wanda Harris, 43, a management consultant from the marginal seat of Brisbane. She was “absolutely unequivocally against thewar in Iraq”, saying it was contrary to international law and the UN, […]
Woman killed as train hits car on crossing, The Australian, 5 May, 2004.
Woman killed as train hits car on crossing: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 May 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A NSW ambulance spokesman said several passengers in the front carriage received minor injuries. Countrylink spokesman Helen Willoughby said the train was a two-carriage Xplorer passenger service operating between Sydney […]
John Laws V Alan Jones, The Australian, 4 May, 2004.
Who wants to be a Big brother millionaire? The Australian, 3 May, 2004.
Who wants to be a Big Brother millionaire?: [7 NSW First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 May 2004: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract This year’s series, once again to be hosted by Gretel Killeen, is believed to cost $26 million, features 36 cameras, 66 microphones and 24-hour web streaming.The contestants include Aphrodite, […]
Minister to Jones: stay brave and true, The Australian, 30 April, 2004.
Minister to Jones: stay brave and true: [1 All-round Country Edition] Samantha Maiden, John Stapleton, Ian Gerard. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 Apr 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Veterans Affairs Minister Danna Vale wrote telling [Alan Jones] to “stay brave and true” yesterday, but faxed it by mistake to rival station 2UE, which […]
Labor honours pioneer leader, The Australian, 27 April, 2004. Page One.
Labor honours pioneer leader: [1 All-round Country Edition] Michael Bachelard, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Apr 2004: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract As [Chris Watson]’s political descendants — including Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke and Paul Keating — gather in Melbourne to celebrate the world’s first national labour government, Jacqueline Dunn, 77, will remember her […]
Watson’s girl goes for Latham, The Australian, 27 April, 2004. Page One.
Watson’s girl goes for Latham: [2 All-round First Edition] Michael Bachelard, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Apr 2004: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract As [Chris Watson]’s political descendants — including Whitlam, Hawke and Keating — gather in Melbourne to celebrate the world’s first national labour government, Jacqueline Dunn, 77, will remember her father and […]
University finds FAST way to put dads int he picture, The Australian, 26 April, 2004.
University finds FAST way to put dads in the picture: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Apr 2004: 16. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE pictures all tell a story. Young dads, old dads, hairy dads. Even ones with a few teeth missing. It’s all part of DadPics, coming under the umbrella of […]
4000 pay tribute at new London memorial – Anzac Day 2004, Honouring Our Heroes, The Australian, 26 April, 2004.
4000 pay tribute at new London memorial – ANZAC DAY 2004: HONOURING OUR HEROES: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Apr 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract FOUR thousand Australians from myriad backgrounds — — backpackers, tourists, business people and expatriates — gathered at thenew Australian memorial at Hyde Park Corner yesterday. “To see […]
Thousands Die Government Does Nothing, Dads On The Air, 26 April, 2004.
Defiant nuke whistleblower walks free, The Australian, 22 April, 2004. Page One.
Nice try Pat, but it’s a goal, The Australian, 19 April, 2004.
Nice try Pat, but it’s a goal: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Apr 2004: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract [PAT Rafter], one of Australia’s most popular sporting figures and a former Australian of the Year, has been struggling with retirement, missing the excitement of international tennis but not wanting to […]
Plumbers unimpressed by election pitch The Australian 2004
John Stapleton AS debate raged in parliament over who would and would not benefit from the Budget; the plumbers being held up as the archetype of the working Joe were largely unimpressed. There is the full range of political views at Mr Drains, from die-hard Howard supporters to die-hard Latham supporters. Most of the 14 […]
Foster takes on Cherie, The Australian, 6 April, 2004.
Foster takes on Cherie: [3 All-round Metro Edition] John Stapleton, David Nason. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Apr 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract FIRST he accused Tony Blair of having an affair with his one- time girlfriend, and now convicted conman Peter Foster has claimed the British Prime Minister’s wife, [Cherie], kept secret […]
MP’S supporters one-eyed, The Australian, 5 April, 2004.
MP’s supporters one-eyed: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Apr 2004: 16. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Students from a tiny bush school felt so sorry for Liberal backbencher Alby Schultz, who lost the sight in his eye last November, that they decided to do something for their local MP. Now, just […]
Truckies blockade ‘deadly’ highway, The Australian, 31 March, 2004.
Truckies blockade `deadly’ highway: [2 All-round First Edition] Michelle Gilchrist, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 Mar 2004: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract MOST road deaths on the Pacific Highway in NSW result from head- on collisions, with almost half of the major link between Sydney and Brisbane still to be upgraded to a four-lane dual carriageway […]
Uranium scare hits mine staff, The Australian, 25 March, 2004. Page One.
Uranium scare hits mine staff: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 Mar 2004: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract AUSTRALIA’S most controversial mine, Ranger in Kakadu National Park, was shut down yesterday following a uranium scare affecting 20 staff. The federal Government’s supervising scientist at Ranger, Arthur Johnston, whose field station […]
Faith embraced in times of trouble, The Australian, 24 March, 2004.
Faith embraced in times of trouble Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Mar 2008: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “Christians don’t believe that Easter is for Christians only, as Catholics don’t believe that Easter only brings salvation to Catholics,” he said. At St Andrew’s Cathedral, Anglican Dean of Sydney Phillip Jensen said: “Being […]
Fugitive Byrne murder ‘witness’ named, The Australian, 22 March, 2004.
Fugitive Byrne murder `witness’ named: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Mar 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE second man believed to have fled Australia after the 1995 death of model Caroline Byrne at a notorious Sydney suicide spot has been confirmed by The Australian as Gary Redding. Police are still trying to speak […]
Cleric named as terror recruiter, The Australian, 22 March, 2004. Page One.
Cleric named as terror recruiter: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Martin Chulov, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Mar 2004: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE Sydney-based Islamic preacher who married alleged terrorist Willie Brigitte and his Australian wife was named last night as thechief recruiter of an informal Australian terror network. Sheikh Abdul Salam Mohammed Zoud, Imam of the Lakemba prayer […]
Land council votes in rogue lawyer, The Australian, 22 March, 2004.
Land council votes in rogue lawyer: [1 All-round Country Edition] Elisabeth Wynhausen, John Stapleton, Steven Scott. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Mar 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract DISGRACED Aboriginal barrister Paul Coe may soon head Sydney’s Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, less than a decade after an indigenous legal service he ran as […]
Woman ‘paid’ for silence in AFL rape, The Australian, 19 March, 2004.
Woman `paid’ for silence in AFL rape: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Mar 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The players are alleged to have belonged to the Sydney Swans, the Brisbane Lions and Port Adelaide. Chief executive of the Port Adelaide Football Club Brian Cunningham last night confirmed that an undisclosed settlement had been […]
Qantas spies out help, The Australian, 19 March, 2004.
Qantas spies out help: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Mar 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract QANTAS had been forced to seek security intelligence from overseas because Australian agencies could not provide up-to-date information, one of theairline’s most senior security officers claimed yesterday. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search term navigation QANTAS had […]
The Secret mass resignation and recommissioning of Family Court judges, 19 March, 2004.
The battle scars of a Chief Justice, The Australian, 26 March, 2004.
The battle scars of a Chief Justice: [1 All-round Country Edition] Louise Milligan, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Mar 2004: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract As Alistair Nicholson prepares to retire with a farewell ceremony today, The Australian can disclose his battle scars come not just from disagreements with the Howard Government and parent groups, but also […]
Elderly driver injures children, The Australian, 11 March, 2004.
Elderly driver injures children: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Mar 2004: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Yesterday’s accident involved two brothers and a sister, who were sitting outside a shop at Carlingford in Sydney’s north when the woman’s Toyota Corolla mounted the kerb and ploughed into them. The […]
Bashir to be freed within weeks, The Australian, 10 March, 2004. Page One.
Surf star’s link to murder, The Australian, 9 March, 2004.
Surf star’s link to murder: [7 NSW First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Mar 2004: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Abberton, a member of the surfing gang the Bra Boys, from the beachside suburb of Maroubra, was granted bail in Waverley Local Court on charges including being an accessory after the fact of murder. One of the most prominent figures on the professional […]
Surf star linked to murder, The Australian, 9 March, 2004.
Surf star linked to murder: [B Qld First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Mar 2004: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract One of the most prominent figures on the professional surfing circuit, Abberton is the third person to be charged over the death of Anthony Hines, whose body was found at the bottom of a cliff at Mistral Point, Maroubra, […]
Did Family Court Judges Breach the Constitution en masse? 9 March, 2004.
Conman stands by Blair sex claims, The Australian, 8 March, 2004.
Conman stands by Blair sex claims: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Mar 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Peter Foster] said Ms Caplin was pregnant with his child in September 2002 when they had a blazing row over Mr [Tony Blair], and she miscarried the next day. “She and […]
We Stood At The Turning Point, Dads On The Air, 8 March, 2004.
A kind word re spots on the Tony Delroy Nightlife program, The Australian, 7 March, 2004.
As the great unread newspaper of Australia, writing for The Australian was like hitting tennis balls into a soft black sponge wall. There was no echo. While on the Sydney Morning Herald, I would often have to field calls from readers in the morning. There were few such calls after moving to The Australian, basically […]
League players in new sex claims, The Australian, 5 March, 2004.
League players in new sex claims: [3 All-round Metro Edition] John Stapleton, Chris Stedman, Martin Chulov. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Mar 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract With the NRL still reeling over the gang rape investigation that has embroiled the Bulldogs, based in Sydney’s southwest, Victorian police last night revealed they had interviewed two […]
Women’s bodies in river, The Australian, 4 March, 2004.
Women’s bodies in river: [2 All-round First Edition] Martin Chulov, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Mar 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE bodies of two women were yesterday found floating with their hands and feet bound in the Adelaide River, south of Darwin. The women, both of Asian appearance, were thought to be […]
Notes on the legal scandal of secret resignations and recommissions of Family Court Judges. 2 March, 2004.
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Family Court Judges Resign and Recommission Themselves in Secret, Original version, 2 March, 2004.
This story was leaked to me by a former Family Court judge.The paper only ran it in an extremely diluted form.Completely gutless if you want my view.The government ultimate claimed Cabinet secrecy, meaning the documentation would not be released for at least 20 years, if ever.
Action tales a page-turner to get boys back into print, The Australian, 1 March, 2004
For a time, one of my weekly chores was to edit the Education Page. Action tales a page-turner to get boys back into print: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Mar 2004: 16. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract `JOE Spencer was crazy about space movies. A star-fighter hung from the ceiling fan […]
Honour for White Mouse, The Australian, 23 February, 2004.
Honour for White Mouse: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Feb 2004: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Ms Wake has received more decorations than any other woman in the Allied forces, but they came from Britain, the US and France — including the French Medaille de la Resistance and Chevalier de Legion d’Honneur. Ms Wake […]
Bulldust, bullshit, and just plain bull: Eight long years of the Howard government, Dads On The Air, 23 February, 2004.
Hope the true victim on Redfern’s streets, Weekend Australian, 21 February, 2004.
Hope the true victim on Redfern’s streets: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Feb 2004: 22. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Thin, pale-faced, sweating, in that desperate hurry only a junkie knows, hundreds pour into the area every day to score in an already besieged community. That circumstance has been exacerbated by the Government’s […]
Two draft copies, Hope is the victim. Redfern riots… The Australian. 19 February, 2004.
The earlier draft copy: Draft copy Hope is the victim…Partially eaten by mice.For this story: https://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/2004/02/hope-true-victim-on-redferns-streets.html
Fishing for answers to angler questions, The Australian, 16 February, 2004.
Fishing for answers to angler questions: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Feb 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW Fisheries chief scientist Steve Kennelly said the $430,000 project was being driven in part by a growing wish among recreational anglers to be kind to the fish and to conduct themselves […]
Police hurt in riots over ‘freak’ death, The Australian, 16 February, 2004
Police hurt in riots over `freak’ death: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Feb 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract SIX police officers were injured last night following riots in the Sydney inner-city suburb of Redfern over the death of a teenager flung from his bicycle and impaled on a metal […]
What Now My Love, With Rod Hardwick and Mike Woods, Dads On The Air, 16 February, 2004.
Rivkin resigned to jail, The Australian, 10 February, 2004.
Rivkin resigned to jail: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Feb 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract His family said in statement yesterday that Rivkin had completed his first uninterrupted weekend of detention, in the hospital wing of Long Bay Jail, following a decision by the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal […]
Train chaos cripples city, The Australian, 6 February, 2004.
Train chaos cripples city: [2 All-round First Edition] Ian Gerard, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Feb 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract THE centre of Sydney was thrown into chaos yesterday afternoon when all city train stations were closed down for more than five hours after a mysterious gas leak. The City […]
Grim repair shop find, The Australian, 2 February, 2004.
Grim repair shop find: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Feb 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A MAN in his early 20s was found dead from multiple gun shot wounds at a smash repair shop in the Sydney suburb of Condell Park last night, the latest in a spate of […]
Nationals’ candidate exposed in Nazi links – QUEENSLAND DECIDES, The Australian, 30 January, 2004.
Nationals’ candidate exposed in Nazi links – QUEENSLAND DECIDES: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 Jan 2004: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Party officials were last night resisting pressure to disendorse Dan Van Blarcom, standing by the the Nationals’ candidate for the Labor-held seat of Whitsunday, despite the picture, which shows him wearing a swastika armband […]
Freak storms cause inner-city floods, The Australian, 30 January, 2004.
Freak storms cause inner-city floods: [H Vic Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 Jan 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract For the fourth time in six days, storms lashed the state, especially the southeast corner, producing high winds, hail and torrential rain. Graham Jones, the co-ordinator of Insurance Disaster Response Organisation Queensland, said there had been widespread […]
Rivkin health woes appear to worsen, The Australian, 26 January, 2004.
Rivkin health woes appear to worsen: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Jan 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A spokesman for St Vincent’s said she could neither confirm nor deny Mr [Rene Rivkin]’s presence at the emergency department. Attempts to contact Mr Rivkin and his family were unsuccessful. […]
Opportunity knocks for twin Mars probe, The Australian, 26 January, 2004.
Opportunity knocks for twin Mars probe: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Jan 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The unmanned six-wheeled rover landed shortly after 4pm AEST yesterday on the Meridiani Planum, one of the flattest parts of Mars. Scientists believe it is made up of a mineral known as gray […]
New charges for DIY bomber, The Australian, 23 January, 2004.
New charges for DIY bomber: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Jan 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [Mark Avery] is also charged with possessing an explosive substance (nitroglycerine) for a suspected unlawful purpose. Nitroglycerine is a highly explosive oily liquid used specifically in making dynamite. The court […]
‘Accident’ shows job’s dangers – DEATH OF A SPORTING LEGEND, The Australian, 21 January, 2004.
`Accident’ shows job’s dangers – DEATH OF A SPORTING LEGEND: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Jan 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Sebastian, who like other Kings Cross bouncers did not want to give his second name, said the clients could be a lawyer, politician or sports person, […]
Common ground in Kings Cross, The Australian, 21 January, 2004.
Common ground in Kings Cross: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Jan 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Sebastian, who like other Kings Cross bouncers did not want to give his second name, said the clients could be a lawyer, politician or sports person, but when they were drunk […]
Collusion and Corruption in Family Law, Dads On The Air, 19 January 2004.
http://www.dadsontheair.com.au/collusionandcorruption/ Collusion and Corruption in Family Law – John Stapleton One of the sickest jokes of the whole fiasco of the government inquiry into child custody, which reported on December 29th 2003, was the sight of the Family and Community Services Committee members warning the Chief Justice of the Family Court Alastair Nicholson to accept […]
Flooding chaos a ‘natural disaster’, The Australian, 19 January, 204.
Flooding chaos a `natural disaster’: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Cathy Pryor, Elizabeth Colman. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Jan 2004: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract TAMWORTH, Parry and Moree Plains shires were declared natural disaster zones by the NSW Government yesterday after four days of heavy rain and low-level flooding created chaos […]
ALP on final approach to second airport, The Australian, 14 January, 2004. Page One.
ALP on final approach to second airport: [1 All-round Country Edition] Patricia Karvelas, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 Jan 2004: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The party faces an internal fight as damaging as that which it suffered when it ditched Badgerys Creek last year if it chooses Wilton, 75 minutes’ drive from theSydney […]
Another on kill charge, The Australian, 13 January, 2004.
Another on kill charge: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Jan 2004: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The man, 21, was arrested at Villawood yesterday and interviewed by investigators from the Southeast Asian Crime Squad. He was charged with murder and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. He […]
Body appears to be missing teen, The Australian, 12 January, 2014.
Body in bag appears to be missing teen: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Jan 2004: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “The body is yet to be identified formally, although clothing and jewellery discovered on the body is consistent with jewellery and clothing that was on Lyndsay van Blanken at the time […]