Rudd on a mission for homeless, Weekend Australian, 1 December, 2007. Page One.

Rudd on a mission for homeless: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stephen Lunn, John Stapleton, Additional reporting: Sarah Elks. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Dec 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “We really have to roll up our sleeves here,” he said on ABC radio yesterday. “The turn-away rate for people who are in all sorts of distress […]

Bernie Banton, The Australian, 28 November 2007

28 NOVEMBER 2007 John Stapleton Bernie would be up in heaven, looking down at all the tributes and smiling, his widow Karen said yesterday. The day after Bernie Banton’s death his family gathered for the launch of the Bernie Banton Centre, a new Asbestos Diseases Research Institute on the campus of Concord Hospital in Sydney’s […]

Libs lose points with fake flyers – ELECTION 2007, The Australian, 26 November, 2007.

Libs lose points with fake flyers – ELECTION 2007: STATE OF THE NATION: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Nov 2007: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Treasurer Peter Costello said today the leaflets scandal was an “isolated, stupid thing in one seat” but added: “The blanket coverage just squeezed the oxygen out of any […]

Shooting manhunt, The Australian, 26 November, 2007.

Shooting manhunt: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Nov 2007: 14. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Just before 9.30pm on Saturday, the two men allegedly became involved in an argument outside a house at Lassiter Avenue, in Woonona. The victim, a coalminer, was shot in the chest and died at the scene. Full Text TranslateFull text […]

Lack of big-bellied boys sparks pregnant pause, The Australian, 24 November, 2007.

Lack of big-bellied boys sparks pregnant pause: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Nov 2004: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The seahorses’ struggle for survival is not limited to Tasmania, with the NSW Government announcing yesterday a new project to examine the effectiveness of using a system of marine parks to protect the species. […]

Bail for charged parents denied, The Australian, 19 November, 2007.

Bail for charged parents denied: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Nov 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In refusing bail, registrar Neil Langstaff noted there was a presumption against bail in murder cases and considering the history of thecase, including that the couple had been found to be using a false […]

PM’s blitz on welfare for addicts, The Australian, 19 November, 2007. Page One.

PM’s blitz on welfare for addicts: [2 All-round First Edition] Patricia Karvelas, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Nov 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract Translate Abstract Mr [John Howard] said Labor’s preference deal with the Greens, who were “soft” on drugs, showed the ALP was not as strict on the issue. […]

Quarantine chief admits ignorance, Weekend Australian, 17 November, 2007.

Quarantine chief admits ignorance: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Nov 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Counsel for the Australian Racing Board Garry Rich asked Ms Sims: “How can you make sensible decisions … if you do not know what staff are required to do on a daily basis? You don’t […]

PCs to put all students in the same class, The Australian, 16 November, 2007.

PCs to put all students in the same class – COMPUTERS – ELECTION 2007: [2 All-round First Edition] Caroline Overington, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Nov 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract It certainly isn’t at Abbotsleigh, an Anglican girls’ school in Sydney’s north, which is totally “wired”, meaning it has both […]

Buyers stay clear of Rover paintings, The Australian, 15 November, 2007.

Buyers stay clear of Rover paintings: [2 All-round First Edition] Corrie Perkin, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Nov 2007: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract After viewing the image via email, the trustee and executor of Mowaljarlai’s estate, Hannah Rachel Bell, said she was concerned about the painting’s authenticity. “Nobody’s doubting ([David Banggal Mowaljarlai]’s) been in the Dandenongs with Neil,” she […]

Nation unites in remembrance, The Australian, 12 November, 2007

Nation unites in remembrance: [8 NSW Metro Edition] John Stapleton, Paul Maley, Additional reporting: Siobhain Ryan. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Nov 2007: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Under the traditional words, “Lest We Forget” and “To Our Glorious Dead”, wreaths were laid at cenotaphs around the country by everyone from John Howard to ordinary citizens, from premiers and a […]

City bids farewell to much-loved MP – ELECTION 2007, Weekend Australian, 10 November, 2007.

City bids farewell to much-loved MP – ELECTION 2007: [7 NSW First Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Nov 2007: 10. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Political colleague Borry Gartrell described him as a man who was “of the people, for the people”. Tim Payne and Tim Mahony, who worked for Mr [Peter Andren] in […]

Towns evacuated after wild storms, The Australian, 5 November, 2007.

Towns evacuated after wild storms: [2 All-round First Edition] Richard Kerbaj, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Nov 2007: 10. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “We’ve had over 100mm of rain up in the ranges north of the catchments in Gippsland and currently Southern Rural Water are releasing water from Glenmaggie Weir, which is going to […]

New grandad dies after fight over water wastage, The Australian, 2 November, 2007.

New grandad dies after fight over water wastage: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Nov 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Neighbours described Mr Proctor as a “top bloke”, “a typical Australian”, a popular and helpful neighbour who liked a beer, a punt, was a devoted follower of the South Sydney […]

Wake-up warning for big brands, The Australian, 30 October, 2007.

Wake-up warning for big brands: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 Oct 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Top prize went to Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceuticals for producing a sleeping pill, Rozerem, targeted at children. The tablets were marketed in the US under the tagline “Back to School” but the advertising did not mention the health warnings that state: […]

Taking the Journey, Dads On The Air, 30 October, 2007.

This show was particularly controversial with some of our more conservative followers. Then again, by no means all. Enough said. Taking the Journey TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2007 AT 10:30AM With special guests: Gary Hodson, president of GAMMA – Gay and Married Men’s Association. GAMMA is a group of dedicated men who identify as Gay or Bisexual and who […]

Valley where 400 million-year-old fish surface, The Australian, 29 October, 2007. Page One.

Valley where 400 million-year-old fish surface: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Oct 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract A number of locals have formed a tourism group to campaign for a world-class centre for local and international tourists and the scientific community to protect the site but still give them […]

Candles and balloons farewell lake angel Dean, Weekend Australian, 27 October, 2007.

Candles and balloons farewell lake angel Dean: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Oct 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [Dean]’s father, Paul Shillingsworth, thanked the community of NSW for their support. “God bless you all,” he said. “To Dean’s family, your little boy was such a beautiful child,” […]

Daunting times for Blaxland jobless – THE CENSUS, The Australian, 26 October, 2007.

Daunting times for Blaxland jobless – THE CENSUS: [2 All-round First Edition] John Stapleton, Sanna Trad. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Oct 2007: 10. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “You get a lot of people coming in over the week looking for any work: washing dishes, working in the kitchen,” Mr [Charles Obeid] said. “We take their phone numbers […]

Straight from his cell, Dean’s dad pays respect, The Australian, 25 October, 2007. Picture James Croucher.

Straight from his cell, Dean’s dad pays respect: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Dan Box. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 Oct 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “It has been pretty sad,” Mr [Paul Shillingsworth] said. “I can’t explain it. I just lost my son. I am never going to see him again.” […]

Tug-of-love before suitcase boy died, The Australian, 22 October, 2007.

This story was a classic government stuff-up and we had all the documentation to prove it. Much of the detail could not be published due to Australia’s extreme restrictions on reporting of court stuff ups in relation to children, restrictions which serve to protect self-serving lawyers and dysfunctional institutions, not children.  Tug-of-love before suitcase boy […]

Adler denies book, TV plans, The Australian, 15 october, 2007.

Adler denies book, TV plans: [2 All-round First Edition] Anthony Klan, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Oct 2007: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “While there has been intense media interest in Mr [Rodney Adler]’s release and many requests for interviews, none has involved discussion of any payment whatsoever and none will,” the statement said. […]

Drought hotline calls up by almost half, The Australian, 11 October, 2007.

Drought hotline calls up by almost half: [2 All-round First Edition] Asa Wahlquist, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Oct 2007: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “We pay a hell of a lot of tax in the good years; so I don’t have any problem seeking assistance,” she said. “But the older generation especially find […]

Family Law in the U.K., Dads On The Air, 9 October, 2007.

DADS ON THE AIR Tuesday 9th October 2007, 10.30am to 12 midday 2GLF FM 89.3 in Sydneyand ONLINE via live streaming at http://www.893fm.com.au or in MP3 format at http://www.dadsontheair.net FAMILY LAW IN THE U.K. With special guest… Ray Barry, Religious and Political Co-ordinator for Fathers 4 Justice and Party Leader for the Equal Parenting Alliance. Ray spoke to Greg Andresen when he visited […]

Patient dies after wait of 4 hours, The Australian, 8 October, 2007.

Patient dies after wait of 4 hours: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Oct 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “It is now a legal matter,” she said. “We cannot give any more detail because the matter has been referred to the coroner’s for investigation.” “This is getting so dangerous now […]

Drought farmers ‘drowning in forms’, The Australian, 8 October, 2007.

Drought farmers `drowning in forms’: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Selina Mitchell, Additional reporting: Asa Wahlquist. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Oct 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Paula Rutter at the Deniliquin Rural Counselling Service fills out forms for locals. “There would be a hell of a lot of farmers who wouldn’t […]

Pig farmers looking at going down the trough, Weekend Australian, 6 October, 2007.

Pig farmers looking at going down the trough: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Oct 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “From a personal point of view, you are talking about a bloke with two young kids who owns a well-managed farm,” he said. “We have very good genetics, […]

Rene’s watches up for sale, The Australian, 4 October, 2007.

Rene’s watches up for sale: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Oct 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract WATCHES figured large in Rene Rivkin’s life as displays of wealth and as gifts for his many acquaintances. The watches represent thelast of the tangible assets of Rivkin’s estate and his notoriously ostentatious lifestyle. […]

Minister who likes to be beside the sea, The Australian, 1 October, 2007.

Minister who likes to be beside the sea: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Oct 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell yesterday said Ms Meagher’s failure to fulfil her promise to live in her own western Sydney electorate of Cabramatta, instead choosing to live in […]

Orchard blossoms disguise hard reality, The Australian, 1 October, 2007.

Orchard blossoms disguise hard reality: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Asa Wahlquist. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Oct 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “We are pretty confident that if you want cherries on your table at Christmas you will have them,” he said. “If we don’t get rain, it will be a […]

Deadlys present a positive indigenous image, The Australian, 28 September, 2007.

Deadlys present a positive indigenous image: [6 NSW Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 Sep 2007: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Co-presenter Rhoda Roberts said the Deadlys were like a mix of the Arias and the Logies, and were “incredibly important” for indigenous people. “This is recognition amongst the community of sports and […]

$150,000 planting gamble withers to dust – ELECTION 2006, The Australian, 27 September, 2007.

$150,000 planting gamble withers to dust – ELECTION 2007: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Asa Wahlquist. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Sep 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “He hasn’t seen anything but drought,” Mr [Greg Whiteley] said. Mr Whiteley admits he would reconsider leaving “before our assets were completely eaten”. “That keeps […]

Examining Misandry, Dad s On The Air, 25 September, 2007.

Examining Misandry TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2007 AT 10:30AM With special guests: Dr. Paul Nathanson and Dr. Katherine Young, authors of two very important books that uncover the underlying contempt for men and boys in our culture today: Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture and Legalizing Misandry: From Public Shame to Systemic Discrimination Against Men. Simon […]

Crunch time for towns as wealth dries up, Weekend Australian, 22 September, 2007.

Crunch time for towns as wealth dries up: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Asa Wahlquist. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Sep 2007: 10. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “We haven’t had good general rain since 2000,” said Mr [Ashley Wielinga]. “This year we are facing a totally failed grain crop. Farmers are putting their […]

Not happy, John: battlers’ home truths The Austtralian 20 September 2007.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/news/not-happy-john-battlers-home-truths/story-e6frg6no-1111114459342 Not happy, John: battlers’ home truths JOHN STAPLETON THE AUSTRALIAN SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 12:00AM Print Save for later “FOR Sale” signs dot the front yards of the classic suburban houses in Cranebrook, in the heart of the electorate of Lindsay in far western Sydney. The residents of this marginal seat have one simple message for […]

Abuzz over a bee virus, The Australian, 19 September, 2007

Abuzz over a bee virus: [1 All-round Country Edition] Leigh Dayton, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Sep 2007: 26. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract FEDERAL Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran has dismissed calls from a US senator for an immediate ban on the export ofAustralian bees after research suggested they could be responsible for the deaths of hundreds of […]

Nothin’ so lonesome as a pub with no pokies, The Australian, 17 September, 2007.

Nothin’ so lonesome as a pub with no pokies: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Sep 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Unbeknown to the Scuttis, the legislation passed by the NSW parliament in 2001 meant the poker machine entitlements adhered to the licensee of a hotel rather than to the landlord. In many cases, including the Scuttis, those entitlements were worth more […]

Howard on home turf, but there’s still double trouble, The Australian, 17 September, 2007. Additional Reporting. Page One.

Howard on home turf, but there’s still double trouble: [6 NSW Country Edition] James Madden, Nicola Berkovic, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Sep 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “My position was outlined last week, and you know me, it hasn’t changed,” he said. “All elections are tough, and I […]

Pub with no pokies may close The Australian 17 September 2007

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/news/pub-with-no-pokies-may-close/story-e6frg6o6-1111114434509 Pub with no pokies may close JOHN STAPLETON THE AUSTRALIAN SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 12:00AM Print Save for later BRING back our pokies, declare the citizens of Carrathool, NSW. The poker machines were central to their local pub’s viability and without them it is in serious danger of closing down. That means their town, like hundreds […]

Family Court Hell, Dads On The Air, 11 September, 2007.

DADS ON THE AIR Tuesday 11th September 2007, 10.30am to 12 midday 2GLF FM 89.3 in Sydneyand ONLINE via live streaming at http://www.893fm.com.auor in MP3 format at http://www.dadsontheair.net FAMILY COURT HELL With special guests… Mark Harris, the English father who was jailed for waving at his daughters as they drove past in the family car, and author of […]

The week that wasn’t for CBD business – APEC 2007, The Australian, 10 September, 2007.

The week that wasn’t for CBD business – APEC 2007: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Sep 2007: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “CBD businesses need patronage back up to normal levels real quickly — and if there are any ideas from the state government, such as fare-free days, or a […]

Bilingual Rudd wins credit for talking the talk – CHINA – APEC 2007, Weekend Australian, 8 September, 2007.

Bilingual Rudd wins credit for talking the talk – CHINA – APEC 2007: [1 All-round Country Edition] Patricia Karvelas, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Sep 2007: 9. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “You speak fluently in Chinese and you know Chinese inside and out,” Mr [Hu] told Mr [KEVIN Rudd], a former diplomat in Australia’s […]

Four banned by police lose appeal – APEC 2007, The Australian, 7 September, 2007.

Four banned by police lose appeal – APEC 2007: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Nicola Berkovic, Dan Box, Additional reporting: John Stapleton, AAP. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 Sep 2007: 11. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The court’s decision came after a convoy of people travelling to Sydney for this weekend’s APEC protests was pulled […]

Socialist convoy searched for drugs – PROTEST – APEC, The Australian, 7 September, 2007.

Socialist convoy searched for drugs – PROTEST – APEC 2007: [1 All-round Country Edition] Dan Box, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 Sep 2007: 11. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “They were doing a drug search, they have a dog. They have said it’s APEC-related,” Mr [Stephen Jolly] said. “They wanted to […]

Millions at stake as horse flu hits the heartland, The Australian, 6 September, 2007. Picture Vanessa Hunter.

Millions at stake as horse flu hits the heartland: [1 All-round Country Edition] Justine Ferrari, John Stapleton, Additional reporting: James Madden. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Sep 2007: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said the latest infections had put a halt to plans to allow limited breeding to occur between […]

Valerie reluctant to give up the ghost town The Australian 3 September 2007

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/news/valerie-reluctant-to-give-up-the-ghost-town/story-e6frg6po-1111114327539 Valerie reluctant to give up the ghost town JOHN STAPLETON THE AUSTRALIAN SEPTEMBER 03, 2007 12:00AM Print Save for later NOT many people own their own ghost town. Valerie Lhuede does. Since the 1940s, Ms Lhuede, 84, has invested time, love and considerable amounts of money in the preservation and restoration of the uniquely atmospheric […]

APEC 2007 Leaders Week, Media Identification Badge, The Australian.

Airport security too much for Whitlam, Weekend Australian, 1 September, 2007.

Airport security too much for Whitlam: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Sep 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract I wear orthotics to help me walk, but they would have made me take my shoes off, and I’m buggered if I’m going to do that,” Mr [Gough […]

Johns drug use ‘worst-kept secret’ The Australian, 1 September, 2007 Page One

Johns drug use `worst-kept secret’: [1 All-round Country Edition] Peter Lalor, John Stapleton, Additional reporting: Peter Kogoy, AAP. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Sep 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Hide highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “I’m not justifying it, but the reality is you can go out any night in the week and you will see people all over the place on amphetamine, cocaine, ecstasy,” […]

Outbreak is greyhounds’ big break on TAB and TV – RACING CRISIS, The Australian, 27 August, 2007.

Outbreak is greyhounds’ big break on TAB and TV – RACING CRISIS: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Aug 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Yesterday this obscure dog race — 400km southwest of Sydney – – was beamed into pubs and clubs around Australia. Wagga Wagga […]

Record wheat price gives farmers hope, The Australian, 27 August, 2007.

Record wheat price gives farmers hope: [6 NSW Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Aug 2007: 31. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Peter McBride, spokesman for the Australian Wheat Board, said the high prices were adding to the optimism. Coming off a drought, growers would have planted “hell or high water”. “The current estimates are extremely positive, but spring rain […]

Cancer council backs solarium crackdown, Weekend Australian, 25 August, 2007.

Cancer council backs solarium crackdown: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 Aug 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “In a nation that has for many years had the world’s highest skin cancer incidence and mortality rates, it is unacceptable that we significantly increase our risk of a potentially deadly disease through […]

Horse flu fears cause suspension of Cup betting, Weekend Australian, 25 August, 2007.

Horse flu fears cause suspension of Cup betting: [2 All-round First Edition] John Stapleton, Tony Arrold. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 Aug 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “This is potentially the biggest threat the thoroughbred and horse industry in Australia has ever faced, and nobody is going to take any risks,” he said. Mr [Peter […]

Dissident Voices, Dads On The Air, 21 August, 2007.

DADS ON THE AIR Tuesday 21 August 2007 10.30-12.00 2GLF FM 89.3 and ONLINE http://www.dadsontheair.net 2GLF FM 89.3 in Sydneyand ONLINEvia live streaming at http://www.893fm.com.auor in MP3 format at http://www.dadsontheair.net DISSIDENT VOICES As always there’s been plenty going on at Dads On The Air. First up, don’t miss the redesign and relaunch of our website, coming up soon. And […]

Heavy rain greets drought reports, The Australian, 20 August, 2007.

Heavy rain greets drought reports: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Additional reporting: AAP. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 Aug 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract In NSW, however, areas around Condobolin and Coonabarabran, which officially fell back into drought yesterday, remained dry despite the heavy falls in other parts of the state. Grain […]

Body in pink pyjamas found floating off beach, The Australian, 17 August, 2007.

Body in pink pyjamas found floating off beach: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Aug 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “At this stage we think it is death by misadventure,” Inspector George said. “We’ve had a post-mortem conducted today and there are no obvious signs of […]

Magnet hazard forces Barbie recall, The Australian, 16 August, 2007.

Magnet hazard forces Barbie recall: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Rowan Callick, Additional reporting: Lauren Wilson, Reuters, AAP. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Aug 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “Having to check that toys are safe when you buy them for your kid’s birthday, it’s terrible,” she said. “Kids put so much […]

Speech at Lone Father’s Conference, Canberra Parliament House, Have Howard’s Family Law Reforms Been A Success?

Speech at Lone Father’s Conference, Canberra Parliament House. Have Howard’s Family Law Reforms Been A Success. Here are links to the videos for a speech on behalf of Dads On The Air. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcOfsqIaUss&t=308s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVtHrP14hxY Australia’s leading radio program for fathers, Dads on the Air (dadsontheair.net), has slammed the Australian government’s family law reforms as an […]

Have Howard’s family law and child support reforms been a success? Speech at the Lone Fathers Conference, Commonwealth Parliament House, Canberra, 9 August, 2007.

http://www.dadsontheair.com.au/lfaconference Audio Speech Presented by Dads on the Air To the Lone Fathers Conference Commonwealth Parliament House in Canberra 9 August 2007 Have Howard’s family law and child support reforms been a success? As the media outlet which has followed these issues closer than anyone else in the country, Dads On The Air is very […]

Dads On The Air Backgrounder, 8 August, 2007.

Cash crop as boomers buy up boutique farms, The Australian, 7 August, 2007

Cash crop as boomers buy up boutique farms: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 Aug 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “There’s everything you could possibly want here,” Mr [Ian Mack] said, adding that it was only an hour away from a major airport near Newcastle. On the other side of the country, […]

Soldiers’binge OK: Howard, The Australian, 6 August, 2007.

Soldiers’ binge OK: Howard: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Aug 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract He said the conduct was “abhorrent and inappropriate” and “not in the least” common, and the army would launch an inquiry to determine what action if any should be taken. “Let’s just wait until the Chief of Army and the military investigate the matter […]

Of droughts and flooding rains: the nation’s farmers count their blessings, Weekend Australian, 4 August, 2007. Page One. PIctures Sam Mooy.

Of droughts and flooding rains: the nation’s farmers count their blessings: [7 NSW First Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Aug 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Nearly eight weeks later, the cattle farmer simply shrugs at the memory of the floods and the damage they caused. Like other old farmers in the region, Mr [Bill Lantry] knows floods bring blessings in […]

Welfare, Debt, Credit, Bureaucracy and Betrayal: the Howard Years, Dads On The Air, 31 July, 2007.

Welfare, Debt, Credit, Bureaucracy and Betrayal: the Howard Years TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2007 AT 10:30AM Julie Owens MP With special guests: Peter Saunders, senior researcher, Centre for Independent Studies Scott Garman from New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Men, the only Commission for Men anywhere in the world Tony Miller, founder of Dads In Distress Tom Mok on Child Support […]

And the loser is: Sydney’s APEC pull, The Australian, 30 July, 2007.

And the loser is: Sydney’s APEC pull: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 July 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Meanwhile, an argument has erupted over comments by Australia’s ambassador to APEC, senior DFAT bureaucrat David Spencer, who claimed Sydney’s hotel rates had risen “100-fold” and a “shitfight” had […]

Hunting in Packs, A Critical Look at the Media, The South Sydney Herald, July, 2007.

Jessica’s happy, but it’s not all good news for Seven, The Australian, 24 July, 2007.

Jessica’s happy, but it’s not all good news for Seven: [2 All-round First Edition] Michael Bodey, Amanda Meade, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 July 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “The fact is, she’s not pushing anyone aside,” Mr [Peter Meakin] said of [Jessica Rowe]. “If there are any complaints, I […]

Muslims, Jews allied over burial plot plight, The Australian, 24 July, 2007.

Muslims, Jews allied over burial plot plight: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Sanna Trad. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 July 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “It is scary for old ladies and young kids to go out there, it is not a nice atmosphere,” Mr [Wasim Raza] said. “For a […]

Harry’s broom sweeps all before it, The Australian, 23 July, 2007. Additional Reporting.

Harry’s broom sweeps all before it: [6 NSW Country Edition] Steven Swinford, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 July 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Even as tired youngsters leafed through pages to discover the outcome of the showdown between the boy wizard and his nemesis, bookmaker Ladbrokes was cutting the odds on there being an eighth […]

The long and winding road to citizenship, The Australian, 23 July, 2007.

John Stapleton. THEY may have been born overseas to Australian mothers, but for tens of thousands of people scattered around the world and born before 1949, that wasn’t enough for them to become Australian citizens. Now, the remaining historical sexual discrimination has been swept away and those who have been denied for decades are eligible to become citizens. Clive Pillinger, born to an Australian, […]

Labor paints a brighter childcare picture, The Australian, 19 July, 2007.

Labor paints a brighter childcare picture: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 July 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “Over the last year, 11 per cent less people are now engaged in household savings. In other words, people are having to dip into their savings or go into debt in order […]

No bail for $6m tank man, The Australian, 17 July, 2007.

No bail for $6m tank man: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 July 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Police allege he used the privately owned Trojan armoured personnel carrier to destroy seven mobile phone towers and fences in Sydney’s western suburbs. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search term navigation […]

Multiple inquiries into rail deaths, The Australian, 17 July, 2007.

Multiple inquiries into rail deaths: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 July 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Investigations by several government bodies were launched, including by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, the Australian Rail Track Corporation, which manages the lines, and Comcare, the federal safety watchdog. NSW Police are also investigating. Transport Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mark […]

Mortgage stress swings the vote, The Australian, 16 July, 2007. Page One. Picture Amos Aikman.

Mortgage stress swings the vote: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T]16 July 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “This is a swinging electorate, I am a swinging voter and I am swinging against [John Howard],” Mr [Matthew Pepar] told The Australian. “My friends aren’t buying houses; they’re continuing to rent, […]

House Worries Swing the Vote, The Australian, 16 July, 2007. Page 1.

John Stapleton THE Pepar family, with two kids, two dogs and a charming little house in the heart of the Parramatta electorate, are exactly the sort of aspirational voters John Howard needs to keep onside if he is to win thenext election. Anna and Matthew Pepar, both 30, are professional people on above- average incomes and would generally be considered natural Howard voters. But the couple — parents […]

UK Special – Fathers Direct, Dads On The Air, 3 July, 2007.

UK Special – Fathers Direct TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2007 AT 10:30AM Adrienne Burgess With special guest: Adrienne Burgess, author of Fatherhood Reclaimed, and Policy and Research advisor to Fathers Direct – the UK National Information Centre on Fatherhood. This week Dads on the Air interviews Adrienne Burgess from the UK. In 1992, Random House commissioned Adrienne to write Fatherhood Reclaimed: the making […]

Help, not jail, credited for drug victories, Weekend Australian, 30 June, 2007.

Help, not jail, credited for drug victories: [5 Travel Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 June 2007: 25. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “If you are standing in the dock, what you want is options,” he says. “Addiction is a sickness of the mind. I am pleading for greater recognition that addiction is an illness.” He says […]

McKew ready to stare down PM – KEY MARGINAL, The Australian, 29 June, 2007. Picture Renee Nowytarger.

McKew ready to stare down PM – KEY MARGINAL: [6 NSW Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 June 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Labor takes heart from the Liberals’ attempt at ambush marketing. The poster is a sign the Prime Minister’s marginal and ethnically diverse electorate of Bennelong, in Sydney’s north, will be closely fought. “Right […]

PM’s heartland loses WASP-ISH sting, The Australian, 28 June, 2007. Page One. Additional Reporting.

PM’s heartland loses WASP-ish sting: [6 NSW Country Edition] Imre Salusinszky, George Megalogenis, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 June 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “Mr [JOHN Howard] might be making a big deal out of his relationship with the Chinese community now, when his seat is marginal,” Mr Li said. “My […]

River divides water winners, losers, The Australian, 25 June, 2007. Page One.

River divides water winners, losers: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 June 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “They resent it,” he said. “Young blokes with families have big debtsand no cash. They should waive the fees.” “State Water, who bill us, are a government utility under enormous pressure from Treasury […]

Tears for five lost in a storm, The Australian, 19 June, 2007.

Tears for five lost in a storm: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 June 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Jarrod Newman] provoked laughter and tears as he told of Mr [ADAM Holt] and Ms Bragg’s love for their children and each other, recalling stories about the “full-on” […]

Four men saved from river as dam starts to fill at last, The Australian, 18 June, 2007.

Four men saved from river as dam starts to fill at last: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 June 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “I will be seeking to meet with the organisers of the Edinburgh Awards to discuss any future events which are planned in these conditions which could potentially put the lives […]

Disease a threat as floods overflow sewage systems The Australian 11 June 2007

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/disease-a-threat-as-floods-overflow-sewage-systems/story-e6frg6nf-1111113722813 Disease a threat as floods overflow sewage systems JOHN STAPLETON AND JAMES MADDEN THE AUSTRALIAN JUNE 11, 2007 12:00AM Print Save for later OVERFLOWING sewage systems and flooding have sparked fears of disease in the aftermath of the savage holiday weekend storms across the NSW Central Coast, the Hunter and Sydney. Video: Leader tour flood […]

Telstra work culture 17 June 2007 The Australian

17 JUNE 2007:John StapletonA radical revamp of the the work culture at Telstra, which employs 40,000 people, could have contributed to the suicides of at least two people, according to an expose to run tonight on the ABC’s Four Corners program. The program tells of a transformed corporate ethic creating anger and distress amongst employees […]

Flooding plan to save Murray red gums, Weekend Australian, 16 June, 2007.

Flooding plan to save Murray red gums: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 June 2007: 12. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “The property is right in the middle of the Perricoota system, with a state forest on one side and the river on the other,” Ms [Wendy Craik] said. “We are proposing to construct a channel and […]

Lamente for romantic corner’s loving couple, Weekend Australian, 16 June, 2007.

This was a particularly difficult story to do. The town had closed ranks and was refusing to speak to the media. No one would come near us at the Bowling Club. Luckily, we ordered lunch, and the cook was talkative. Lament for romantic corner’s loving couple: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, […]

Don’t mention the war: new mufti muzzled by minders, The Australian, 12 June, 2007. Additional reporting.

Don’t mention the war: new mufti muzzled by minders: [7 NSW First Edition] Cameron Stewart, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 June 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The extraordinary intervention came during Sheik Fehmi’s inaugural press conference, in which the 79-year-old Melbourne cleric promised not to repeat the “haphazard” public comments of […]

Pioneer black rocker dead at 50, The Australian, 11 June, 2007.

Pioneer black rocker dead at 50: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 June 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract HUNDREDS of people gathered on Elcho Island off Arnhem Land last night to mark the passing of renowned indigenous musician George Rrurrumbu Burarrawanga, whose Warumpi Band opened the gates for the success of a string of […]

Overwhelmed emergency workers plead for public patience, The Australian, 11 June, 2007. Picture Renee Nowytarger.

Overwhelmed emergency workers plead for public patience – FLOOD CRISIS: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 June 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “People are being very good,” SES spokesman Ian Campbell said. “They understand just how serious this emergency has been.” Eleven NSW Fire Brigade special […]

Searchers recover bodies of 9 victims, The Australian, 11 June, 2007.

Sheik Hilali,The Australian, 11 June 2007.

11 JUNE 2007:By John StapletonMIND, heart and speech are the three elements that make up a mufti, the position as leader of Australia’s muslims. They are qualities that lie within the man, and Australia’s resigning mufti, Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, said he retained all three. He may no longer technically be mufti but Sheik al-Hilali […]

Four CSL ships will fly Aussie flag The Australian 11 June 2007

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/four-csl-ships-will-fly-aussie-flag/story-e6frg8zx-1111113718864 Four CSL ships will fly Aussie flag JOHN STAPLETON THE AUSTRALIAN JUNE 11, 2007 12:00AM Print Save for later A CANADIAN shipping company has taken over a fleet of three coastal bulk carriers from Cement Australia to put shipping back into the bulk freight business between Queensland, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. Canadian Steamship Lines Australia, […]

Seven missing after cars washed away, Weekend Australian, 9 June, 2007.

Seven missing after cars washed away: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Sarah Elks, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 June 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “We are standing by for the first abatement in weather conditions for rescuers to move in and try and locate the persons who may have been with this vehicle,” Superintendent […]

St George gives staff grandparents’ leave, The Australian, 8 June, 2007.

St George gives staff grandparents’ leave: [2 All-round First Edition] Brad Norington, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 June 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The move marks growing recognition of grandparents’ role in bringing up children. St George already provides 13 weeks’ paid parental leave. The legal minimum is 12 months’ unpaid leave. […]

Cement Australia ships The Australian 7 June 2007

7 JUNE 2007John Stapleton MORE than 70 fulltime crew on board three ships owned by Cement Australia arrived in port yesterday to find they had lost their jobs. The three ships, Goliath, Cementco and the Alcem Calaca, transport cement and gypsum between Queensland, NSW and Tasmanian ports. The union, Australian Institute of of Marine and […]

Church denies links with failed company, The Australian, 4 June, 2007.

Church denies links with failed company: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 June 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Members of a group of Christadelphians meeting at Chatswood in Sydney’s north yesterday denied any knowledge of ACR. “There is no involvement with the two gentlemen from ACR in any [Christadelphian] facility, […]

Three ships’ Aussie crews fear sack, The Australian, 4 June, 2007.

Three ships’ Aussie crews fear sack: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 June 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers claimed yesterday the crew of the ships owned by Cement Australia — the Goliath, Cementco and Alcem Calaca — have been told to be […]

Burrow salutes wharfie picket – IR BATTLEGROUND, Weekend Australian, 2 June, 2007

Burrow salutes wharfie picket – IR BATTLEGROUND: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 June 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract ACTU president Sharan Burrow yesterday lent her support to picketing wharfies at Wollongong’s Port Kembla, telling them to stand their ground or shipping companies would be encouraged to replace local stevedores […]

Port Kembla The Australian 1 June 2007

JUNE 1 John Stapleton Wharf Six at Port Kembla South of Wollongong has become an unexpected flashpoint for Howard’s industrial relations revolution. President of the ACTU addressed demonstrators addressed hundreds of unionists gathered at the wharf yesterday to support a permanent picket by the Maritme Union of Australia aimed at blocking the use of foreign […]

Jail for drink-driving TV Chief, The Australian, 1 June 2007

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/jail-for-drink-driving-tv-chief/story-e6frg6nf-1111113655553 Jail for drink-driving TV chief JOHN STAPLETON THE AUSTRALIAN JUNE 01, 2007 12:00AM Print Save for later THE current affairs shows he oversees find it hard to say sorry when they overstep the mark, but the Seven Network’s news chief apologised to everyone yesterday when he was sentenced to 14 months of weekend detention following […]

Shipowners take MUA to court – IR BATTLEGROUND, The Australian, 31 May, 2007. Picture Graham Crouch.

Shipowners take MUA to court – IR BATTLEGROUND: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Tracy Ong. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 May 2007: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr Sorensen said the ship used automated equipment to unload cargo and all that was stopping the crew unloading was the refusal of the MUA to move a […]

Battlers in Kelly country changing their tune, The Australian, 29 May, 2007.

Battlers in Kelly country changing their tune: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 May 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract Translate Abstract “Interest rates have gone up, petrol prices have gone up, mortgages, house expenses, everyone is coming in complaining, people don’t have money to spend any more,” […]

Education Geography 28 May 2007 The Australian

MAY 28 2007John StapletonJustine FerrariTHESE eight boys are all alarmed about the future of the planet; their heads full of concerns about climate change, globalisation, terrorism, the impact of of Western development on the Third World, racism, the extinction of plant and animal species and the numerous threats to arid, wetland and urban environments. Amongst […]

Pressure forces Kelly out – Federal MP quits politics for family – HOWARD VS RUDD, Weekend Australian, 26 May, 2997.

Pressure forces Kelly out – Federal MP quits politics for family – HOWARD VS RUDD: [2 All-round First Edition] D.D. McNicoll, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 May 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract CITING pressure on her family from the public spotlight and a desire to spend more time with her children, Jackie Kelly […]

Motel boss’s hell after Gillard attack, The Australian, 25 May, 2007. Page One. Picture Alan Pryke.

Motel boss’s hell after Gillard attack: [2 All-round First Edition] John Stapleton, Cath Hart. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 May 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “It is not how I operate as a person,” Ms [JOANN Doolan] said. “We are good people. I need my side of the story to be put, otherwise people would […]

Ray Seidler The Australian 25 May 2007

MAY 25 2007 John StapletonONE of the country’s leading experts on drug addiction, Dr Raymond Seilder, has found himself at the centre of controversy following an expose of the state’s methadone program on the ABC last night. Dr Seilder has been working in the field for more than 25 years, has written widely on the subject […]

Victoria ‘holding NSW farmers to ransom’, The Australian, 24 May, 2007. Picture Richard Cisar-Wright

Victoria `holding NSW farmers to ransom’: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 May 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “We are running on empty,” Mr [Doug Miell] said. “We have as bad a problem as has ever been confronted in the [Murray-Darling], and we’ve got Stephen Bracks playing politics.” “The drought has […]

Released boy denies school killings plot, The Australian, 24 May, 2007.

Released boy denies school killings plot: [6 NSW Country Edition] John Stapleton, Tracy Ong, Additional reporting: AAP. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 May 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “I don’t think he (his friend) really sent any emails, he just generally talked about it here and there,” he said. “People took it the […]

Caution: pork barrels ahead, The Australian, 22 May, 2007. Page One. Picture Alan Pryke.

Caution: pork barrels ahead: [2 All-round First Edition] The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 May 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “Labor should tell the public which of the projects the Australia Government is funding (that) it does not support,” the spokesman said. “It proves Labor just doesn’t understand the economy — the Liberal-Nationals Government is […]

Reward for ‘Aussie Madeleine’, The Australian, 21 May, 2007.

From drought to drenched in two days, The Australian, 18 May, 2007. Page One. Picture Renee Nowytarger.

Whales The Australian 18 May 2007

MAY 18 2007John Stapleton WHALES are being needlessly slaughtered because of the Howard government’s indifference and it’s failure to act on legal advice which could bring whaling to a stop either through the International Court of Justice or the International Tribunal Law of the Sea. Shadow Environment Minister Peter Garrett made the claim after arriving […]

Farm rain reaction The Australian 2007

ex John StapletonJames MaddenCol Thomson, a citrus grower from Mildura, on the NSW-Victoria border, said the 24mm of rain that fell on the town yesterday had come at just the right time for the community’s drought-stricken farmers. “We just hope it continues. I hope this is the beginning of the break in the drought _ […]

Repatriation Ceremony The Australian 2007

Date uncertain John StapletonTWO Australian soldiers missing in action for 42 years after being killed during the Vietnam conflict have been offically welcomed back to Australian soil in a moving repatriation ceremony at Richmond Airbase in Sydney. After being transported on board a Hercules military aircraft from Hanoi via Darwin, the coffins of Lance Corporal […]

Uphill work to preserve mountain huts, The Australian, 9 July, 2007.

Uphill work to preserve mountain huts: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 July 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “It is not just the huts — it’s the people as much as anything,” Mr [Harry Hill] said. “I am painfully aware this is heritage that is fast disappearing. Megan Bowden, the senior ranger responsible for the huts, […]

APEC Sydney The Australian 2007

John StapletonWITH international delegates to next month’s APEC meeting confirmed as being a third less than originally predicted, the hotel industry has lashed out at APEC organisers over the debacle which has left them with thousands of empty hotel rooms. The industry is facing the loss of more than 12,000 hotel nights, after the number […]

ETS: Taxing cows for doing what comes naturally The Australian

Destined for front page, pulled at last minute and a cutdown version run on inside page… John StapletonIt all boils down to one simple question: will cows be taxed for burping and farting?The complex debate about the introduction of an emissions trading scheme to tackle climate change is causing panic amongst farmers across the country. […]

Boys step up to fight schoolyard abuse, The Australian, 15 May, 2007.

Boys step up to fight schoolyard abuse: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 May 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “When I was in primary school they would ask for money, take my personal stuff, it was probably because I had a funny name,” he said. “I don’t get […]

Typical early morning summons to attend Prime Minister’s Press Conference, 14 May, 2007.

Typical morning summons to appear at a Press Conference for the Prime Minister whenever they were in Sydney. They usually came through about 7am, leaving us and every other organisation scrambling to get to whatever location they were spruiking their wares at. The rationale for such short notice was “security concerns”, but particularly if there […]

Last ovation for ‘little black duck’ Saunders, The Australian, 14 May, 2007.

Last ovation for `little black duck’ Saunders: [6 NSW Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 May 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Host, Aboriginal actor Aaron Pedersen, described her as a pioneer of the industry and joked: “I can hear her saying, just get on with it.” A new generation of indigenous actors, […]

I need miracle, says modest Maxine, The Australian, 14 May, 2007.

I need miracle, says modest Maxine: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 May 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “[John Howard]’s profile is undoubtedly higher than mine. I’ve got a job ahead of me. I’ll be out and about, and I’ll be doing all sorts of campaigning.” “They have open […]

Hunting in Packs State Election South Sydney Herald 2007

Hunting in Packs John Stapleton The Liberal Coalition was out-spent, out-spun and out-maneuvered. Once again Labor showed just how brilliant they are on the campaign trail. There have now been 26 state and federal elections since there was a change of government in Australia. Iemma used incumbency to full effect, spending $100 million of your […]

Hunting in Packs, South Sydney Herald, 2007.

HUNTING IN PACKSJohn StapletonDuring the last year, in the not so cool depths of the media currents,a giant shoal of fish changed direction all at once, to the right, orwas it the left, they veered sharply, as if controlled by one mind.It’s hard to believe that only a year ago to be green was entirelypasse, […]

PM’s water threat ‘a reality’, Weekend Australian, 12 May, 2007.

PM’s water threat `a reality’: [S WA Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 May 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract MURRAY-Darling Basin farmers are running out of time, with only a couple of weeks left to score the “substantial” rainfall that will stop John Howard switching off the taps. Mr Howard warned a month ago that if […]

Fairfax managers run gauntlet of strikers, The Australian, 11 May, 2007 Picture James Croucher.

Fairfax managers run gauntlet of strikers: [2 All-round First Edition] Nick Tabakoff, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 May 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The bosses had to run the gauntlet, with staff manning a picket line from 8am. Dozens of angry reporters brandished placards spelling out their grievances: “Sydney Mourning Herald”, “SOSMH Save Our […]

‘I knew Balibo reporters targeted’, The Australian, 10 May, 2007.

`I knew Balibo reporters targeted’: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 May 2007: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Gordon Jockel] said he thought it unusual that raw intelligence in the form of intercepts of Indonesian military communiques was being transmitted directly to the prime minister’s office. “It was our job to evaluate […]

Research suggests dementia reversal, The Australian, 8 May, 2007.

Research suggests dementia reversal: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 May 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “Don’t retire, don’t go to live on the Gold Coast and your brain is likely to do much better,” said Professor Ian Hickie, executive director of the Brain and Mind Research Institute in Sydney. “This research […]

Airline’s staff don’t know if they’re coming or going, The Australian, 7 May, 2007.

Airline’s staff `don’t know if they’re coming or going’: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 May 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “Will they get rid of assets, sack staff? We have no idea. I like Qantas, I like working for Qantas, it has been running well for the […]

Staff who fear for the future dead against takeover, The Australian, 7 May, 2007.

Staff who fear for the future dead against takeover: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 May 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “It has gone on way too long, everything has been dragged out, the people who work at Qantas don’t know whether they’re coming or going,” said Mr [Ian Sherwood], 49, a […]

Role model for corporate achievers, Future Summit 2007: Shaping the future, Weekend Australian, 5 May, 2007

Role model for corporate achievers – FUTURE SUMMIT 2007: Shaping the future: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 May 2007: 35. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract ADC is an Australian-owned not-for-profit non-political organisation that promotes leadership and business excellence. TheAustralian is the Media Partner for Future Summit 2007. The Leadership Awards are an important part of Future […]

Dad leads TV crew to missing children, The Australian, 4 May, 2007.

Dad leads TV crew to missing children: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 May 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “I could never harm my children. In fact, I could never harm anybody,” he told Nine. Nine’s Sydney news director John Chouiefate defended the network’s conduct of the case, saying the federal police had been kept informed […]

Howard Cricket Team The Australian 3 May 2007

MAY 3 2007: Not wanted at last minute:John StapletonTHE Australian cricket team made a triumphant return to Australia yesterday, showered with superlatives by politicians and mobbed by ordinary fans. The team landed in Sydney shortly after five am from their history making third successive World Cup win.After passing through customs at Sydney airport team captain Ricky […]

Safety fears for kids missing with father, The Australian, 3 May, 2007.

Safety fears for kids missing with father: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 May 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Their mother, Brisbane journalist Philippa Yelland, took part in several media interviews yesterday in the hope of being reunited with her children. “I still sometimes wake up and think it’s a […]

Refugee protests The Australian 2 May 2007

MAY 2 2007 web only.John Stapleton A dozen refugee activists picketed the Department of Immigration office in Sydney at lunchtime today to bring attention to the fate of four Chinese detainees on a hunger strike who are facing deportation. The four began refusing food on the 28 March after the deportation of a woman Falun […]

Abolition agenda ‘barking up wrong tree’, Weekend Australian, 19 May 2007.

Abolition agenda `barking up wrong tree’: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Sarah Elks. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 May 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “You can make more money this way,” Mr [Stephen Lewis] said. “If you are prepared to put in the hard work, if you look after the boss, he’ll look after you. You […]

Police officer arrested after siege, The Australian, 1 May, 2007.

Police officer arrested after siege: [7 NSW First Edition] John Stapleton, Dan Box. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 May 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Dozens of NSW police officers armed with riot gear and automatic weapons were called to Earlwood police station, in Sydney’s inner west, about 2.15pm yesterday. A spokeswoman […]

Libs launch $19m health campaign, The Australian, 30 April, 2007

Libs launch $19m health campaign: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 Apr 2007: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Health Minister Tony Abbot said private health products had been a “nightmare” for consumers. He said the system needed to be clearer and more transparent. “As the population ages and demands on the health system increase, a […]

Snoop kept out ‘for good reason’, Weekend Australian, 28 April, 2007

Snoop kept out `for good reason’: [6 NSW Country Edition] Iain Shedden, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 Apr 2007: 9. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract JOHN Howard doesn’t know a lot about American rapper Snoop Dogg, but he knows enough to back the decision to refuse him an entry visa to Australia this weekend. Speaking on […]

Downpours raise farmers’ hopes, Weekend Australian, 28 April, 2007. Additional Reporting. Page One.

Downpours raise farmers’ hopes: [2 All-round First Edition] Ean Higgins, Rick Wallace, Additional reporting: Sarah Elks, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 Apr 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “The key factor of El Nino has ended,” said Blair Trewin, of the National Climate Centre at the Bureau of Meteorology, referring to the drought-causing weather […]

Former captain of the Wallabies The Australian 27 April 2007

27 APRIL 2007.John StapletonFORMER captain of the Wallabies John Eales told the NSW Supreme Court yesterday he had rung broadcaster Alan Jones to tell him accusations he had made against head of the Australian Olympic Committee John Coates following an incident with rower Sally Robbins during the 2004 Olympics were incorrect. Mr Eales acted as a […]

Anzac Day Ceremony The Australian 26 April 2007

26 APRIL 2007John StapletonDESPITE torrential downpours, thousands of people were crowded into Martin Place for 4am for the dawn service; many families brought their wide-eyed children. Amongst the crowd were few elderly diggers from the Second World War, now fewer and fewer in number. Ronald Hanton, 87, travelled from Adelaide for the occasion but said there […]

Bay to Baghdad, Diggers done proud, The Australian, 26 April, 2007.

Bay to Baghdad, Diggers done proud – ALP CONFERENCE: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stuart Rintoul, Additional reporting: Greg Roberts, Dan Box, Sarah Elks, John Stapleton, Verity Edwards. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Apr 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract At Byron Bay, the dawn service was attended by surfies in boardshorts and bare-footed hippies in sarongs […]

PM praised for $150m ice package’s focus on rehabilitation, The Australian, 23 April, 2007.

PM praised for $150m ice package’s focus on rehabilitation: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Apr 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “Nice to see you,” Mr [JOHN Howard] told one former addict, Paul, wishing him good luck with his recovery. Mr Howard listened while another addict, Cain, told him […]

Gang leader isolated, The Australian, 23 April, 2007.

Gang leader isolated: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Apr 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The NSW Government announced that Bassam Hamzy, 28, serving 21 years for murder, was transferred in the early hours of yesterday in a convoy of specially secured vehicles from the “Supermax” jail in Goulburn, NSW, to a high-security […]

New Zealand Special, Dads On The Air, 17 April, 2007.

New Zealand Special TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007 AT 10:30AM With special guests: Celia Lashlie, author, He’ll Be Okay: Growing Gorgeous Boys into Good Men Jim Bailey, outspoken critic of the government-promoted mistreatment of fathers at the hands of the judiciary and the bureacracy Jim Bagnall, chairman of the Separated Fathers Support Network Celia Lashlie was the first woman prison […]

War Treasures Uncovered, The Australian, 9 April, 2007.

George Lambert’s work in Gallipoli and Palestine is part of our psyche, writes John Stapleton THERE are the bright colours of harsh Middle Eastern deserts, riderless horses, empty white tents, and the famous beaches of Gallipoli, where to this day the hills speak of the thousands who died so pointlessly. Somehow, you can still feel the heat and the flies of that long ago war. The Australian War Memorial has […]

We stood at the Crossroads, Dads on The Air, 9 April, 2007.

The changes were not accepted with good heart by the court; and this reluctance to accept reform was no more clearly evidenced than at their great tribal gathering in 2006, the National Family Law Conference held in Perth. The retiring Justice Richard Chisholm, who had done much to set the tone of the court, showed how little […]

Ferris Wheel The Australian 4 April 2007

4 APRIL 2007John StapletonBenjamin MarksAFTER five million dollars and a massively complex shipping operation, the world’s largest transportable ferris wheel will tomorrow  take its first paying customer at the opening of Sydney’s Royal Easter Show. Designed for Australian conditions, the SkyView Wheel is the world’s only ferris wheel with individually air conditioned gondolas. Weighing 200 tonnes […]

Tiger in tank over fracas at Slipper, The Australian, 2 April, 2007.

Tiger in tank over fracas at the Slipper: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Apr 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract WESTS Tigers rugby league forward Bryce Gibbs is expected to continue playing despite being charged with five offences following a fracas with police and security staff at Rosehill […]

Tigers star to play on, The Australian, 2 April, 2007.

Tigers star to play on: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Apr 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract WESTS Tigers rugby league forward Bryce Gibbs is expected to continue playing despite being charged with five offences following a fracas with police and security staff at Rosehill Gardens […]

Driver still in hospital after bus-stop crash, The Australian, 29 March, 2007.

Driver still in hospital after bus-stop crash: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, James Madden. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Mar 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The 42-year-old, who screamed hysterically after the fatal crash at Kogarah, in Sydney’s south, is in a satisfactory condition in St George Hospital, receiving treatment for shock. Ms […]

Indonesian flight alert, The Australian, 26 March, 2007.

Indonesian flight alert: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Mar 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Among airlines to be given three months to improve their standards are Metro Batavia, Kartika Airlines, Trans Wisata Air and AdamSky Connection Airlines. Full Text TranslateFull text A WARNING has been issued to Australian travellers […]

Unemployment amongst the vision impaired The Australian 26 March 2007

26 MARCH 07.John StapletonTHE unemployment level among blind or vision impaired people is more than five times the national average.New research to be released on Monday by Vision Australia shows a staggering 69 per cent of working age vision impaired are unemployed. The survey is the largest ever done on employment levels amongst blind. “Even […]

Industrial heartland’s not the sure thing it used to be – NSW DECIDES, The Australian, 26 March, 2007.

Industrial heartland’s not the sure thing it used to be – NSW DECIDES: [1 All-round Country Edition] Imre Salusinszky, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Mar 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The seat where Labor haemorrhaged least dramatically was Swansea. Robert Coombs, a Sydney union official who grew up in the area, will retain the seat with […]

Little more for Iemma to do against Mr Impossible – ELECTION DAY, Weekend Australian, 24 March, 2007.

Little more for Iemma to do against Mr Impossible – ELECTION DAY: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Mar 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE party leaders spent the final day of the election campaign doing what they have been doing for the past five weeks — Peter Debnam working to achieve the seemingly impossible […]

Rail report gives Coalition free ride, The Australian, 22 March, 2007.

Rail report gives Coalition free ride: [6 NSW Country Edition] Imre Salusinszky, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Mar 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Premier Morris Iemma and his deputy, John Watkins, were forced on to the back foot yesterday by revelations CityRail had buried an expert report that gave Sydney’s rail system failing grades on […]

Robert Black Farmer The Australian 21 March 2007

21 MARCH 2007John StapletonA man accused of bashing Sydney teenager Lauren Huxley, binding her with electrical chord, dousing her in petrol and leaving her for dead in a burning garage has been committed to stand trial. The five charges against Robert Black Farmer which arose the attack included  causing grievous bodily harm with intent to […]

Sword out of hiding as Queen’s woman reopens dream bridge, The Australian, 19 March, 2007.

Sword out of hiding as Queen’s woman reopens dream bridge: [1 All-round Country Edition] Peter Lalor, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Mar 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract At yesterday’s anniversary celebrations, Premier Morris Iemma set things right, stepping back and asking the Queen’s representative, Governor Marie Bashir, to cut the ceremonial ribbon. After […]

Cultural dimension of tomorrow’s leadership, Future Summit, The Australian, 17 March, 2007.

Cultural dimension of tomorrow’s leadership — FUTURE SUMMIT 2007 – CREATING A BETTER FUTURE: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Mar 2007: 26. Full text Abstract/Details Hide highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Victorian Opera’s general manager [Anne Frankenberg], 39, says technology is helping elite art forms such as opera assume their rightful place in the lives […]

Another headache as thousands are left stranded, The Australian, 15 March, 2007.

Another headache as thousands are left stranded: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Mar 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Last night’s problems, coming just 10 days before the state election, resulted in severe delays for an estimated 35,000 people. A police spokesman said it had been “a nightmare with crowds […]

Whiteley vista sells for $1.5m, The Australian, 14 March, 2007.

Whiteley vista sells for $1.5m: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 Mar 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Bidding in the grand ballroom of the Sofitel Wentworth Hotel, in Sydney’s CBD, rose rapidly in $50,000 lots to reach $1.25 million — that’s $1.5 million when the 20 per cent […]

Outside the cities, owners go to town in real estate boom, The Australian, 13 March, 2006.

Outside the cities, owners go to town in real estate boom: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Maurice Dunlevy. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Mar 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The trend is no more apparent than in NSW. Margaret Dixon paid $76,000 for a 0.80ha block outside Otford, just south of Sydney, in […]

Bridge walked booked out, The Australian, 13 March, 2007.

Bridge walk booked out: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Mar 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract ORGANISERS have closed bookings to walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday after more than 200,000 people registered online for the opportunity to celebrate the bridge’s 75th anniversary. Full Text TranslateFull […]

Greens mix with Brown to offer vision of hope – NSW DECIDES, The Australian, 12 March, 2007.

Greens mix with Brown to offer vision of hope – NSW DECIDES: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Mar 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE grimy, inner-western Sydney suburb of Newtown may seem an odd place for the Greens to launch their NSW election campaign, but the spiritual home of urban greenies gave […]

Reptiles as pets The Australian 11 March 2007

11 MARCH 2007John Stapleton APART from his parents, the one thing in life James Stimson, 6, truly, utterly and completely loves is his bright yellow bearded dragon “Prickle”. Most times, wherever he is in the house, whatever he’s doing, Prickle is sitting on his shoulder taking it all in.James is one of an increasing number […]

Hep C policies failing as drug users fall ill, Weekend Australian, 10 March, 2007.

Hep C policies failing as drug users fall ill: [5 Travel Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Mar 2007: 27. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “We had no idea it was going to be this high,” said professor Lisa Maher from the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research based at theUniversity of NSW. The team studied […]

High cholesterol? Try a Big Mac with fries, The Australian, 7 March, 2007.

High cholesterol? Try a Big Mac with fries: [6 NSW Country Edition] Peter Wilson Lipkoning, Sweden, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 Mar 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In Dr [Fredrik Nystrom]’s experiment, the first to apply laboratory conditions to [Morgan Spurlock]’s experience, the subjects did not suffer depression and on average their cholesterol profiles actually […]

Pru Goward Special, Dads On The Air, 6 March, 2007.

TUESDAY 6 MARCH 2007 11-12.00 AM AND ONLINE – Saturday, February 10, 2007 Our show for the 6 March is a Pru Goward special. The former Sex Discrimination Commissioner is running in this month’s NSW election for the Liberal Party in the seat of Goulburn. We ask why any bloke would vote for Goward. As Commissioner […]

Country lags on baby tests, The Australian, 5 March, 2007.

Country lags on baby tests: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Mar 2007: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A study by the University of Queensland and Queensland Health, published today in the Medical Journal of Australia, looked at themother’s place of residence and type of antenatal care for all Down syndrome births […]

Country lagging in baby tests, The Australian, 5 March, 2007.

Country lagging in baby tests: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Mar 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “Economic analyses have shown that population-based screening probably represents value for money,” the authors wrote. “When the costs of screening are offset against the lifetime costs of caring for a person […]

One-stop childcare, The Australian, 5 February, 2007.

One-stop childcare: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Feb 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Labor spokeswoman for childcare Jenny Macklin said parents knew how time-consuming it was to call up numerous childcare centres to go on their waiting lists. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search […]

Autism The Australian 4 March 2007

4 MARCH 2007John StapletonMORE than 10,000 Australian children suffer from some form of autism, according to new research.An exhaustive three year study, commissioned by the Australian Advisory Board on Autism Spectrum Disorders and funded by the Commonwealth Government, set out to determine exactly how many people suffer from autism in Australia. The study, led by […]

Big dry ends in hail, lightning and torrential rain, The Australian, 1 March, 2007.

Big dry ends in hail, lightning and torrential rain: [1 All-round Country Edition] Brendan O’Keefe, Additional reporting: Selina Mitchell, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Mar 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Lightning strikes stopped trains on the South Coast line and forced the closure of a pedestrian bridge. More than a dozen international flights were delayed […]

Hawach dad’s long wait to see children, The Australian, 27 February, 2007.

Hawach dad’s long wait to see children: [2 All-round First Edition] falseStapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Feb 2007: 5. 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 […]

Interview with father of Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks, Dads On The Air, 27 February, 2007.

Show: 27 February 2007 Interviewing: Terry Hicks, A special father who loves his child unconditionally, and has dedicated his life to help protect his son David Hicks, from harm and appeals for “a fair go”  for his child.              Click here (MP3)      Terry Hicks, father of David Hicks is this Tuesday’s (27/2) guest on Dads on the Air.http://www.dadsontheair.net Dads On The AirTuesday 27 February 2007 2GLF FM 89.3 11.00-12.00am and ONLINEmailto: [email protected] reborn Dads On The Air is going from strength […]

German tourists following email trail found Hawach children, The Australian, 26 February, 2007.

German tourists following email trail found Hawach children: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Feb 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Melissa Hawach said they had seen Hannah, 6, and Cedar, 3, at her estranged husband Joseph’s villa north of Beirut after being sent an email of their photographs […]

I’d do it again, says mile-high hostie, The Australian, 26 February, 2007.

I’d do it again, says mile-high hostie: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Feb 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract FORMER Qantas stewardess Lisa Robertson says she has few regrets over the “mile-high” tryst in a business-class toilet with movie star Ralph Fiennes. Entranced by the romantic images from Fiennes’s movie The English […]

Family still fear for tug-of-love kids, The Australian, 26 February, 2007.

Family still fear for tug-of-love kids: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Feb 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Lawyer Chris Jurd] believed the action taken by Ms Hawach in the NSW Supreme Court last year to begin suing the family for emotional distress was in fact a “blind” so she could organise the return of […]

Pilot dies in glider accident The Australian 26 February 2007

Pilot dies in glider accident JOHN STAPLETON THE AUSTRALIAN FEBRUARY 26, 2007 12:00AM Print Save for later A GLIDER pilot was decapitated yesterday when his aircraft hit a barbed-wire fence in northern NSW. The 38-year-old Sydney man was learning to fly and was being towed by another plane when his glider was prematurely released, sending him […]

National Museum takes top honour, Weekend Australian, 24 February, 2007.

National Museum takes top honour: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Feb 2007: 10. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Northern Territory’s Discovery EcoTours Australia won the Heritage and Cultural Tourism award for its small group tours covering Uluru, the Olgas, theMacDonnell Ranges, Kakadu National Park and the Cobourg Peninsula. Tourism Minister Fran Bailey, who attended last night’s […]

Free holidays for farmers hits snag, Weekend Australian, 24 February, 2007.

Free holidays for farmers hits snag: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Feb 2007: 10. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The NFF promoted the offer late last year through its state member organisations and commodity councils, including Wool Producers and the Cattle Council of Australia, as well as through the federation’s weekly […]

Islam before nation: Willie’s ex, The Australian, 24 February, 2007.

Islam before nation: Willie’s ex: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Feb 2007: 10. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Ms [Melanie Brown] met and married [Willie Brigitte] in 2003 while he was visiting Australia. He was suspected of planning to bomb Australia’s electricity grid and is reported to have questioned […]

Tunnel to open as polls close – NSW DECIDES, Weekend Australian, 24 February, 2007.

Tunnel to open as polls close – NSW DECIDES: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Feb 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Roads Minister Eric Roozendaal said his Government had wanted the Lane Cove tunnel open “as soon as possible”, that they had never suggested a specific opening date […]

Brough defends housing move, The Australian, 23 February, 2007. Picture Lindsay Moller.

Brough defends housing move: [1 All-round Country Edition] Patricia Karvelas, John Stapleton, Additional reporting: Anthony Klan. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Feb 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract MORE than $100 million a year would be slashed from Aboriginal housing in urban areas under a Howard Government plan aimed at ending corruption by indigenous […]

Disaster plan not quite shipshape, The Australian, 22 February, 2007.

Disaster plan not quite shipshape: [1 All-round Country Edition] Imre Salusinszky, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Feb 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The NSW Government, facing an election on March 24, apologised yesterday for the major delays and traffic chaos that locked down Sydney for much of Tuesday after tens of thousands of […]

What the farmer buys, the Government takes away, The Australian, 22 February, 2007. Picture Stuart McEvoy.

What the farmer buys, the Government takes away: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Feb 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract GIL Ackerly feels thoroughly ripped off. He grows lucerne for a living and after paying for water, the NSW Government first cut what it was giving him by 52 per […]

Iemma’s shipshape state exposed – NSW Decides, The Australian, 22 February, 2007.

Iemma’s shipshape state exposed – NSW Decides: [2 All-round First Edition] Imre Salusinszky, John StapletonAuthor Information. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Feb 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The NSW Government, facing an election on March 24, apologised yesterday for the major delays and traffic chaos that locked down Sydney for much of Tuesday after tens of […]

Mobiles destroying childhood, parents warned, The Australian, 19 February, 2007.

Mobiles destroying childhood, parents warned: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Feb 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract WHILE the average parent usually buys their child a mobile telephone with security in mind, researchers at the Australia Institute have condemned the marketing of mobiles to children as promoting consumerism and destroying childhood. Researchers […]

Youngsters call pot black, The Australian, 19 February, 2007.

Youngsters call pot black: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Feb 2007: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The latest Pfizer Australia Health Research Report, due for release today, shows that 78per cent of those younger than 30 believed there were social problems associated with cannabis and 77 per […]

Corby ‘took the fall’for relative, The Australian, 16 February, 2007.

Corby `took the fall’ for relative: [2 All-round First Edition] John Stapleton, Paige Taylor. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Feb 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract On Monday, Jodie Power betrayed Schapelle and her sister Mercedes, telling Seven’s Today Tonight in a paid interview there was a history of drug use in the[Corby] family before […]

Corby claims light up ratings, The Australian, 16 February, 2007.

Corby claims light up ratings: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Feb 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Today Tonight also featured a woman with her face obscured claiming to be a former Centrelink worker who remembered Schapelle because of her unusual name and the reasons why she was […]

Victims say it’s too little, too late, The Australian, 16 February, 2007.

Victims say it’s too little, too late: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Feb 2007: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Terry Miller, 64, who has spent seven years supporting other asbestos victims, said there was a new generation of sufferers in their 40s dying from mesothelioma, the lethal and […]

Tokyo demands apology for princess book, The Australian, 15 February, 2007.

Tokyo demands apology for princess book: [1 All-round Country Edition] Peter Alford, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Feb 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Hills writes about the travails of Princess Masako — a fast- rising diplomat when she married Crown Prince Naruhito — pressures she suffered, particularly from the Imperial Household Agency, her […]

Flight attendant ‘just doing her job’, The Australian, 15 February, 2007.

Flight attendant `just doing her job’: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Feb 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Graham Robertson said his daughter [Lisa Robertson], 38, was a “good kid” who had done nothing wrong. The Qantas colleagues who claimed to have seen Ms Robertson leaving the same toilet as [Ralph Fiennes] were […]

Family at war over Kovco death ruling, The Australian, 13 February, 2007.

Family at war over Kovco death ruling: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Feb 2007: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Kovco’s mother [Judy Kovco] believes there has been a cover-up over the death of her son in Baghdad in April, and says that, contrary to the finding of a military inquiry, he did […]

Corby The Australian 12 February 2007

FILED FOR WEB AND THEN PULLED FOR LEGAL REASONS 12 FEB 2007John StapletonStephen FitzpatrickTHE CORBY family were by no means the innocents they pretended to be during the Indonesian trials of Schapelle Corby, according to explosive revelations by a former close family friend Jodi Power. The woman has claimed that Schapelle’s sister Mercedes had directly […]

Dust and death comes with eerie glow, The Australian, 12 February, 2007.

Dust and death comes with eerie glow: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Feb 2007: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract WHILE the east coast was yesterday buffetted by rain, leading to flash flooding and the collapse of a shopping centre roof in Sydney, in the central and southern parts of NSW wind and […]

Stem cells used for ‘natural’ boob jobs, The Australian, 12 February, 2007.

Stem cells used for `natural’ boob jobs: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Feb 2007: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract It has no immediate implications for women already diagnosed with breast cancer, but Dr [Chenevix-Trench] said researchers expected to unearth similar genes which women could eventually be screened for. […]

Leaders plan to dump Hilali, The Australian, 8 February, 2007. Additional reporting. Page One.

Leaders plan to dump Hilali: [1 All-round Country Edition 1] Richard Kerbaj, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Feb 2007: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract Translate Abstract The talks at the Lakemba Mosque last Thursday came after the Lebanese Muslim Association indefinitely banned Sheik Hilali — whose community support base […]

Aussie photographer killed in Himalaya avalance The Australian 8 February 2007

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/aussie-photographer-killed-in-himalaya-avalanche/story-e6frg6nf-1111112960504 Aussie photographer killed in Himalaya avalanche JOHN STAPLETON AND AGENCIES THE AUSTRALIAN FEBRUARY 08, 2007 12:00AM Print Save for later AUSTRALIAN skiier and mountain climber Shaun Kratzer was killed yesterday pursuing his passion in the Himalayas. Mr Kratzer, 31, died while skiing at Gulmarg, a tourist resort north of the Indian city of Srinagar, renowned […]