OK son, let’s say Rollback to rebate – Election 2001, The Australian, 29 October, 2005.
OK son, let’s say Rollback to rebate – Election 2001 – LIBERAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: [1 Edition] Sarah Stock, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Oct 2001: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Labor-voting Enza Sanders from Leichhardt in the safe Sydney ALP seat of Grayndler says the payment will not alter her vote. She and her […]
ACOSS chief’s last bout, The Australian, 25 October, 2001
ACOSS chief’s last bout: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 Oct 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Michael Raper] has been a thorn in the side of the Prime Minister for the past four years, criticising John Howard on Centrelink policies, the impacts of the GST and mutual obligation. Both Mr Raper and the PM will attend the ACOSS congress “Leaping the Chasm”, in Melbourne today. Full Text […]
Outcasts lost on way to a better life – TRAGEDY AT SEA, The Australian, 24 October, 2001.
Outcasts lost on way to a better life – TRAGEDY AT SEA: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Oct 2001: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Saadi said last night he pleaded with his aunt, Bhaji, and his three cousins, Ardish, Zimond and Ghadder, not to try to get to Australia by […]
Public Policy: Our Disastrous Heritage, with Mark Latham MP, Dads On The Air, 22 October, 2001.
Promises, promises, promises, With Andrew Thompson, Dads On The Air, 15 October, 2001.
Leaders push strength in adversity, The Australian, 15 October, 2001
Leaders push strength in adversity – Election 2001: [2 Edition] John Stapleton, Luke McIlveen. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Oct 2001: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Kim Beazley agreed with Mr [John Howard]’s comments on the strength of our nation. “He was right when he said one of the things we need is a community.” This got a heated […]
Green laws top poll issues in bush, The Australian, 12 October, 2001.
Green laws top poll issues in bush: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Oct 2001: 26. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract South Australian Farmers’ Federation president Dale Perkins said his organisation would seek to ensure all political parties focused on inequities in farmers’ property rights during the election campaign — including water rights, native […]
Pioneer homestead overlooks Swan River, The Australian, 5 October, 2001.
Pioneer homestead overlooks Swan River: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Oct 2001: 26. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract On the southern end of the subdivision is an unusual hill formation overlooking the upper reaches of the Swan River, with views all the way back to Perth. This is the site of the old Shady Hills homestead, being sold for $1.55 million with 59ha of surrounding […]
Notice, Michael Green QC author of Fathers After Divorce, Early Evolution of Dads On The Air, 3 October, 2001.
Dads On The Air, With Rod Hardwick and Peter Marsh, Dads On The Air, 1 October, 2001.
Elvis, school holidays and the dilemmas of modern fatherhood, with Rod Hardwick and Peter Marsh, Dads On The Air, 29 September, 2001.
Dream opportunity for lovers of wombats, The Australian, 28 September, 2001.
Dream opportunity for lovers of wombats: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 Sep 2001: 16. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract They settled on Grunty Fen. The sign outside their property declares that it is exactly 66km to Mudgee and 66km to Lithgow. Grunty Fen is now on the market for $420,000, reflecting […]
Developers fall to pier pressure, The Australian, 26 September, 2001.
Infamous stockpile bails out, The Australian, 26 September, 2001.
Men Fully Alive, With Michael Woods and Rod Hardwick, Dads On The Air, 24 September, 2001.
Hotels face $200m losses – DEATH OF ANSETT – THE FDALLOUT, The Australian, 24 September, 2001.
Hotels face $200m losses – DEATH OF ANSETT – THE FALLOUT: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Sep 2001: 10. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In a statement released yesterday, Australian Hotels Association head Richard Mulcahy said the global travel crisis sparked by theterrorist attacks in the US, combined with the collapse of Ansett, had cost the hotel industry about $15million in the first week […]
Warming up to a long, hot summer, The Australian, 23 September, 2003. Page One.
Warming up to a long, hot summer: [2 All-round First Edition] Louise Perry, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Sep 2003: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In Victoria, Mildura topped a 1965 September record of 35.6C with 37.4C. Birdsville, in southwest Queensland, topped the lot with 42.4C, its hottest September day. As Birdsville […]
Racial unity important – WAR ON TERROR, The Australian, 18 September, 2001.
Racial unity important – WAR OF TERROR – IN MEMORIAM: [1 Edition] falseStapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 Sep 2001: 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 […]
Fund good News for families – WAR ON TERROR: SHATTERED NATION, The Australian, 18 September, 2001.
Fund good News for families – WAR OF TERROR: SHATTERED NATION: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 Sep 2001: 9. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NEWS Corporation, publisher of The Australian, has donated $1.96million to the Twin Towers Fund, set up to support the families of the firefighters, police and emergency service workers killed in the New York disaster. Mr [Rupert Murdoch] […]
Into the Wilderness, Dads On The Air, 17 September, 2001.
Pioneer of ethnic radio in Australia dies on American Airlines Flight, The Australian, 17 September, 2001.
Australian Victims: War of Terror, The Australian, 14 September, 2001 Page One
Australian victims – WAR OF TERROR: [2 Edition] Trudy Harris, Mark Whittaker, John Stapleton, Adam Daff. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T]14 Sep 2001: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Mrs [Yvonne Kennedy] never returned home to Sydney. The 62-year-old widow and Red Cross worker was among three Australians confirmed killed when her aircraft ploughed into the […]
More turns in the Maze: With Rod Hardwick, Peter Marsh and DJ Uncle Buck, Dads On The Air, 10 September, 2001.
What was known of the Australian dead, Compiled 9 September, 2001.
More Haze In The Maze: Was the Family Pathways Report worth the money or the angst??? Dads On The Air, 3 September, 2001.
Kirby ups ante on education, The Australian, 31 August, 2001.
Kirby ups ante on education: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 Aug 2001: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract VOCAL High Court judge Michael Kirby has renewed his attack on the federal Government’s education policies, saying Australia is abandoning the goal of providing free, secular and compulsory education to all. Speaking at a ceremony in Sydney […]
Proposal to Make Page Two of Property a Dedicated Rural Page, The Australian, 27 August, 2001.
A few thoughts, for Dads On The Air, 26 August, 2001.
Tensing and the Sherpas of Everest, the Dalai Lama and Sir Edmund Hillary, The Australian, 15 August, 2001.
Over the hill at 97, no worries, The Australian, 13 August, 2001.
Over the hill at 97, no worries: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Aug 2001: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Four Tanzanian athletes led the field: John Msuri, who won in 40min 24sec, followed by Rogat Stephen, Tlehema Benedict and Daniel Sipe. Once Heartbreak Hill was out of the way, nothing could stop him. Mr [Philip Rabinowitz] […]
700 million ways to take a snapshot, The Australian, 8 August, 2001.
700 million ways to take a snapshot: [1 Edition] Vanessa Walker * Social affairs writer, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Aug 2001: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract While the 14th census mostly ran smoothly, it did not go off without hitches. On Monday night, the ABS hotline received 13,000 calls from people without a […]
Syringe prick forces jumbo to cancel trip, The Australian, 7 August, 2001.
Syringe prick forces jumbo to cancel trip: [2 Edition] Nicholas Harling, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 Aug 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The pilot informed 300 disgruntled passengers on board United Airlines flight UA816 that he would have to turn back after a woman was pierced by a syringe. Other passengers protested on learning […]
Car strike ‘treasoin’to spread, The Australian, 3 August, 2001. Page One.
Car strike `treason’ to spread: [1 Edition] Michael Bachelard * Work writer, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Aug 2001: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Strikers at Tristar, the NSW steering components manufacturer that supplies all four Australian car-makers, voted to stay out until at least Monday, causing a chain reaction that the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries says […]
Principles justifes the pain of missed mortgage payments – CAR INDUSTRY CRISIS, The Australian, 3 August, 2001.
Principle justifies the pain of missed mortgage payments – CAR INDUSTRY CRISIS: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Aug 2001: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract JEFFREY Creak has been on strike for 11 days and will not make his mortgage payment this week. The 28-year-old is not looking forward to the phone call he will […]
Financial pain of fighting for a principle – CAR INDUSTRY CRISIS, The Australian, 3 August, 2001.
Financial pain of fighting for a principle – CAR INDUSTRY CRISIS: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Aug 2001: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [JEFFREY Creak] has worked at car component manufacturer Tristar since he left school 11 years ago. Mr Creak said the strongest feeling among the close-knit community of Tristar workers was […]
Protesters attack nuclear Star Wars – OLD ALLIES GET TOGETHER, The Australian, 31 July, 2001.
Protesters attack nuclear Star Wars – OLD ALLIES GET TOGETHER: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 July 2001: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In Sydney, where the building of a new nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights in the city’s south is a contentious issue, about 50 observers watched in drizzling rain as protesters delivered speeches […]
Chance discovery alerts wine industry to a disaster in the wind, The Australian, 25 July, 2001.
Chance discovery alerts wine industry to a disaster in the wind: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 July 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Identification of the pustules as grapevine leaf rust, a fungus endemic in northern Asia that kills leaves and retards vine growth, has rung alarm bells around the country. Federal chief plant […]
Three injured in office-block blast, The Australian, 23 July, 2001.
Three injured in office-block blast: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 July 2001: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The explosion occurred in the air conditioning plant of Plessey House, near the corner of Arthur and Mount streets overlooking the northern approaches to theHarbour Bridge. The blast is believed to have occurred at 9.54pm. Firemen, who took six minutes to arrive […]
Battle looms on future of ‘roo farming, The Australian, 13 July, 2001
Battle looms on future of ‘roo farming – RURAL: [1 Edition] John Stapleton, Jane Mulkerrins. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 July 2001: 36. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Protecting indigenous animals was an outdated idea that damaged Australia’s ecology, he said. Farming native animals adapted to thelocal environment was far easier on the Australian landscape than farming cattle and […]
You could fill your dance card at Nyamup village, The Australian, 6 July, 2001.
You could fill your dance card at Nyamup village: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 July 2001: 36. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract YOU can still buy a house in Sydney for $650,000. But go west to the other side of the country and you could be the proud owner of the 26ha Nyamup Holiday Village, complete with […]
Pilliga lock-up attacked, The Australian, 6 July, 2001.
Pilliga lock-up attacked: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 July 2001: 36. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE traditional functions of NSW’s historic Pilliga forest, which has been home to the cypress pine industry for more than a century, are under threat from state government moves to lock up the area in national parks and […]
Farewell to the outback: we’re moving to suburbs and the beach, The Australian, 4 July, 2001.
Farewell to the outback: we’re moving to suburbs and the beach: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 July 2001: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [Casey] is quintessential suburbia — quarter-acre blocks, barbecue areas and large shopping centres, amid the undulating green of theDandenong foothills. “This place contains pretty much all the average Australian could want,” Mr Salt said. […]
All signs are good in Rachael’s silent world, The Australian, 2 July, 2001.
All signs are good in Rachael’s silent world: [1 Edition] Liz Johnston, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 July 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract EIGHTEEN months ago, sweet-faced Rachael Hunter was terrorising the tiny Queensland desert town of Birdsville. Today, Rachael, 8, can not only communicate through sign language, she has confounded […]
After four generations, Coonawarra cattlemen go grape, The Australian, 29 June, 2001.
After four generations, Coonawarra cattlemen go grape: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 June 2001: 36. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE Reschke family owns the largest privately held block of land in the Coonawarra. The irony is that although the Coonawarra region in south-east South Australia is renowned for its wine, the Reschke family has largely only run cattle. The recent boom in Australian wine […]
Fresh alert on tax deals, The Australian, 29 June, 2001.
Fresh alert on tax deals: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 June 2001: 36. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Last year the ATO declared that the pre-1998 schemes, which involved borrowing money to create tax deductions, were illegal. Investors were hit with tax assessments of up to $100,000. Investors told a Senate inquiry they had been […]
Second jobs prop up farming life, The Australian, 29 June, 2001.
Second jobs prop up farming life: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 June 2001: 36. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Instead, according to NSW Farmers policy adviser Mick Keogh, farmers are coping with historically lower returns by increasing their reliance on diversification and off-farm income. “Our research shows that despite vast differences […]
Struth … Mahathir makes plain a disdain for strine, The Australian, 25 June, 2001
Struth … Mahathir makes plain a disdain for strine: [1 Edition] Kimina Lyall * South-East Asia correspondent, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 June 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract FROM acerbic to vaudeville: Mahathir Mohamad’s frequent attacks on Australia have descended to the theatrical, with the Malaysian Prime Minister now giving an impromptu performance of a […]
THE BUSH BOUNCES BACK, The Australian, 22 June, 2001.
THE BUSH BOUNCES BACK: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 June 2001: 39. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The ABARE report predicts a strong export performance, with total farm exports to rise 3.7 per cent to $29.8 billion next financial year following a 19 per cent rise this year. Export earnings are forecast […]
Demand for Rural Property Increases, The Australian, 22 June, 2001.
Lawyer says HIH failure will savage builders, The Australian, 22 June, 2001.
Lawyer says HIH failure will savage builders: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 June 2001: 41. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract A PROMINENT building lawyer has lashed out at insurers forcing builders to put their personal assets on the line in the wake of the HIH collapse. Building solicitor Kim Lovegrove said […]
Developers fall to some pier pressure – COMMERCIAL, The Australian, 15 June, 2001.
Developers fall to some pier pressure – COMMERCIAL: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 June 2001: 40. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Once an outpost for sealers and smugglers, Piers 8 and 9 at Walsh Bay have unparalleled views up and down Sydney’s famous harbour; with the bridge looming in the distance, it’s plumb in the middle of the harbour’s […]
Infamous stockpile baled out, The Australian, 15 June, 2001
Infamous stockpile baled out: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 June 2001: 40. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract There are now only 184,000 bales left in the stockpile, representing about three weeks’ worth of overall Australian sales. All the stockpile is expected to be gone well before the end of the year. At its peak, the stockpile hit almost five million bales. The stockpile was amassed […]
Harvey Norman is out headhunting, The Australian, 15 June, 2001.
Harvey Norman is out headhunting: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 June 2001: 42. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The holdings consists mainly of the 140 [Harvey Norman] sites, mostly in Australia, and more than 380 leaseholds. Richard Champion, general manager of Harvey Norman’s property portfolio, said the company’s policy of buying rather than renting […]
No snow for skiers, The Australian, 11 June, 2001.
No snow for skiers: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 June 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE snow season began without snow this year but that didn’t stop the celebrations at Thredbo. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search term navigation THE snow season began without snow this year but that didn’t […]
Wool recovery puts money in towns, The Australian, 8 June, 2001
Wool recovery puts money in towns: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 June 2001: 36. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Portfolio manager for Elders VP in Geelong Peter Fitzgerald said the better returns from the rising wool market have buoyed the industry. “Optimism has returned,” he said. “The growers are getting better returns, and that has lifted the entire mood of the industry.” […]
Flexibility is what saves family farms, The Australian, 8 June, 2001.
Flexibility is what saves family farms: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 June 2001: 36. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract Translate Abstract While the total number of farms in Australia has been declining at a rate of between 0.7 per cent and 1.3 per cent annually for the past 40 years, […]
Bang a Gong … we’re the champions, The Australian, 4 June, 2001.
Bang a Gong … we’re the champions again: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 June 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Thousands of Wollongong Wolves fans decked in red and white descended on the club to celebrate their 2-1 victory over South Melbourne in the National Soccer League grand final yesterday. Enzo Pelle […]
A strong performance from the farm sector a long time coming, The Australian, Circa June, 2001.
Fishing haven B&B to lure $700,000, The Australian, 1 June, 2001.
Fishing haven B&B hopes to lure $700,000: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 June 2001: 36. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “We have owned it for a long time,” Mrs [Cecil Bull] said. “I’ll be sad to sell it, but these things happen.” Windradene is on the market through L.J. Hooker at […]
Nine defends ‘invasion of privacy’ claim – The HIH collapse, The Australian, 29 May, 2001.
Nine defends ‘invasion of privacy’ claim – The HIH collapse: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 May 2001: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract She described the broadcasting of the interior of her home to the nation as “a gross invasion . . . My family’s privacy and basic human rights have been abused”. But presenter Mike Munro […]
Head over heels about starring role, The Australian, 28 May, 2001.
Head over heels about starring role: [2 Edition] Lynden Barber, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 May 2001: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract SHE has only just made her first movie in a supporting role. Now Sarah O’Hare has been cast as the lead in a Hollywood romantic comedy likely to be filmed in her […]
The struggle to get by goes on – HIH ROYAL COMMISSION, The Australian, 22 May, 2001.
The struggle to get by goes on – HIH ROYAL COMMISSION: [2 Edition] John Stapleton, Ashleigh Wilson. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 May 2001: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [Patricia Purcell] said she wanted the royal commission to ask why HIH bought FAI when it appeared to be in such poor financial circumstances. Another victim of the collapse, […]
Collapse of insurance company HIH and its impact, The Australian, 22 May, 2001.
Too little too late, say victims – HIH ROYAL COMMISSION, The Australian, 22 May, 2001.
Too little too late, say victims – HIH ROYAL COMMISSION: [1 Edition] John Stapleton, Ashleigh Wilson. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 May 2001: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract HIH collapse victim Claire Purcell yesterday welcomed the announcement of a royal commission but said she could not see that it would benefit her. [Patricia Purcell] […]
Victorian retreat up for tender, The Australian, 18 May, 2001.
Victorian retreat up for tender: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 May 2001: 41. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract STAN Perkins started sketching out his grand plan for Cammeray Waters while floating several hundred feet above the property in a hot-air balloon. They didn’t stay still for long. Once the idea of […]
Treachery and ‘lies’ to survive, The Australian, 16 May, 2002
Treachery and `lies’ to survive: [2 Edition] John Stapleton, Leah Creighton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 May 2002: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A FORMER AFL footballer double-crossed an inseparable ally to win the first Australian-made Survivor last night, pocketing $500,000 in the reality TV phenomenon. The good guy-turned rat, Rob Dickson, 37, ultimately triumphed over a 49-year-old pilot, Sciona Browne, […]
Book proposal for Arts Council. Family Court. 15 May, 2001.
Writer awarded for visceral story of hope, The Australian, 11 May, 2001.
Writer awarded for visceral story of hope: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 May 2001: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Yesterday she was awarded one of the country’s most prestigious accolades for women writers, The Kibble Award, with an accompanying $20,000 prize. [Inga Clendinnen] is most famous for her scholarly work, notably Reading the Holocaust, […]
Men and the Media, Dads On The Air, 2001.
http://www.dadsontheair.com.au/menandthemedia/ Men and the Media – John Stapleton The Sunday Tasmanian has nowhere near the clout or the distribution of mainland papers like The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, the east coast Sunday papers or The Australian. Yet it is the only newspaper in the country which has reported that the male suicide rate in […]
Gas blew Ribena off shop shelves, The Australian, 10 May, 2001
Gas blew Ribena off shop shelves: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 May 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Hide highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract SO what exactly has happened to all the Ribena? Supermarket shelves have been bare of the blackcurrant drink since supplies dried up in March and “Temporarily unavailable” stickers appeared where the bottles […]
Reddy to roar on island advice, The Australian, 7 May, 2001.
Reddy to roar on island advice: [1 Edition] John Stapleton AAP. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 May 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract HELEN Reddy, one of Australia’s most famous singing exports of the 1970s, is launching a new career: running a psychological counselling service on Norfolk Island. The island paradise is used to famous […]
Green care calms the butterflies fluttering over ridge development – RESIDENTIAL, The Australian, 4 May, 2001.
Green care calms the butteflies fluttering over ridge developments – RESIDENTIAL: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 May 2001: 41. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Adjoining the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park on the edge of Wahroonga, one of Sydney’s most expensive suburbs, land parcels of any size rarely become available here. At the time […]
Packer is rushed back to hospital, The Australian, 3 May, 2001.
Packer is rushed back to hospital: [1 Edition] John Stapleton, Martin Chulov. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 May 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr Packer, 62, underwent a kidney transplant at the hospital on November 22 last year after a kidney was donated by his long-time friend and helicopter pilot, Nick Ross. Full […]
Humane cull of pack if we have to: Beattie – FRASER ISLAND DINGO ATTACK, The Australian, 1 May, 2001.
Humane cull of pack if we have to: Beattie – FRASER ISLAND DINGO ATTACK: [2 Edition] Stefanie Balogh, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 May 2001: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Queensland Premier Peter Beattie and Environment Minister Dean Wells moved swiftly to order a risk assessment of the 160 dingoes on Fraser […]
Canberra threatened with European court over deportation, The Australian, 30 April, 2001.
Canberra threatened with European court over deportation: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 Apr 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract Translate Abstract [Brian John Burgess] came to Australia under the British Boy’s Movement for Australia at the age of 17. He was employed as a sales agent for several airlines […]
National road toll halved, The Australian, 16 April, 2001.
National road toll halved: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Apr 2001: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The death of an eight-year-old girl near the far north Queensland town of Cardwell brought that state’s death toll to four. The girl was travelling in a four-wheel-drive vehicle that hit a bridge railing on the Bruce Highway. Three people also […]
Car race officials on death charges, The Australian, 10 April, 2001.
Car race officials on death charges: [1 Edition] John Stapleton AAP. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Apr 2001: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Police reported at the time that [Todd Wilkes] braked heavily following his speed trial, crashed through a barricade and into a concrete wall. The car burst into flames. Paramedics managed to re-start Wilkes’s heart but […]
Certificate Training Course Microsoft Outlook, News Limited, 10 April, 2001.
Buy your own nature reserve – COUNTRY MATTERS, The Australian, 6 April, 2001.
Buy your own nature reserve – COUNTRY MATTERS: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Apr 2001: 36. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The property covers sectioned rainforest and bushland with a 2.5 kilometre drive-through safari featuring more than 250 head of deer of four different species, fallow, red, rusa and chital, the latter […]
Disciples flock to scene of The Don’s triumph – THE BRADMAN MEMORIAL, The Australian, 26 March, 2001.
Disciples flock to scene of The Don’s triumph – THE BRADMAN MEMORIAL: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Mar 2001: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract ALAN Wetheridge is one of the lucky few who can remember seeing The Don bat at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Last night, the 75-year-old was among several hundred people allowed on to the SCG’s playing surface […]
Vineyard is centrepiece of retreat, The Australina, 23 March, 2001.
Vineyard is centrepiece of retreat: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Mar 2001: 37. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A million-dollar working vineyard has been established in two plots on the estate, owned by Bradman but managed by Evans Wines. The first chardonnay grapes are expected next year. There are caveats on the minimum size and […]
Constable at fatal siege influenced by cannabis, The Australian, 21 March, 2001.
Constable at fatal siege influenced by cannabis: [1 Edition] John Stapleton, Sophie Morris. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Mar 2001: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A SENIOR constable involved in the fatal shooting of a hermit on his NSW property has been suspended after tests showed he was under the influence of cannabis at the time. A 33-hour […]
Unions in fear of massive job losses, The Australian, 20 March, 2001.
Unions in fear of massive job losses: [1 Edition] Graeme Leech, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 Mar 2001: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “For the workers of Port Kembla, it is all very well to say you will `spin off’ the steel company, but that steel company is underpinned by four coalmines. Most workers enjoying a […]
Two-pronged attack on cancer, Weekend Australian, 17 March, 2001.
Two-pronged attack on cancer: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Mar 2001: C.12. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Last week the NSW Government, in conjunction with Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital, launched a research project combining the use of chemotherapy and thalidomide. The treatment is the most promising breakthrough yet in the asbestos-related condition. […]
Twin-pronged attack on cancer, The Weekend Australian, 17 March, 2001.
Old gold town slips into the bargain bin, The Australian, 16 March, 2001.
This story was said to have single-handedly raised the price of real estate in the town by 20%. I had a romantic attachment to the town ever since being given shelter there by a religious retreat when I was hitch hiking past the town as an impoverished teenager, on the way to God knows where. […]
Floods claim second victim, The Australian, 12 March, 2001.
Floods claim second victim: [2 Edition] Luke McIlveen, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Mar 2001: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract As the Clarence River threatened to break the levees around Grafton, more than 1000 people were evacuated to higher ground in Coffs Harbour. They began returning yesterday to survey their losses. Across the border in Maclean, the Macleay River peaked […]
Cold start for air race crews, The Australian, 12 March, 2001.
Cold start for air race crews: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Mar 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract They took off from Biggin Hill, Kent, and are expected to arrive in Sydney on April 7, after following the multiple-stop Kangaroo Route made famous during the races of 1919 and 1934…. Full Text […]
Old habits die hard for the new order of nuns, The Australian, 9 March, 2001.
Old habits die hard for the new order of nuns: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Mar 2001: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Josephite nuns inside the conference being held at Mary MacKillop’s old home in North Sydney are struggling with the freedoms they have gained. The older sisters still remember the days when medieval outfits were compulsory […]
Working winery could be a treasure, The Australian, 9 March, 2001.
Working winery could be a treasure: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Mar 2001: 37. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The granite belt outside Brisbane is one such area. And the lovingly developed vineyard Hidden Creek, near Girraween National Park, is a classic example. The vineyard is planted with conventional varieties including merlot, shiraz and chardonnay. […]
Reactor site … it could have been in your backyard, The Australian, 7 March, 2001.
Reactor site … it could have been in your backyard: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 Mar 2001: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “Release of information about alternative sites may unnecessarily alarm communities in the broad areas under consideration,” says the opening line of thereport. The sites identified as possible replacements for the ageing experimental nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights […]
Passengers from UK forced to scrub up, The Australian, 6 March, 2001
Passengers from UK forced to scrub up: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Mar 2001: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract PASSENGERS arriving from Britain will have to get used to one thing: having their shoes thoroughly inspected by quarantine agents. Other passengers were equally accepting of the extra intrusions. Nightclub manager […]
Dream spread on the market, The Australian, 30 March, 2001.
Dream spread on the market: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 Mar 2001: 41. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Bill Burge, a famous Sydney lawyer also well known as a keen collector of contemporary Australian art, along with his wife Ann, poured a great deal of time, money and effort into Benditi. When their […]
GIO Trust’s sale opens farm doors, The Australian, 2 March, 2001.
GIO Trust’s sale opens farm doors: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Mar 2001: 37. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The AMP group of companies assumed management of the GIO Rural Trust in December 1999 and said the sale of its NSW properties was a strategic move to reweight the portfolio towards more liquid assets. * Milchengowrie at Boggabri […]
Inquiry on $1bn lawyer loans, The Australian, 26 February, 2001.
Inquiry on $1bn lawyer loans: [2 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Feb 2001: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Australian Securities and Investments Commission yesterday announced an investigation into the financial status of more than 100 solicitors’ mortgage investment schemes after a rush of complaints about loans being defaulted. ASIC chairman David Knott said the initial focus […]
GIO Rural Property Trust, The Australian, 23 February, 2001.
One of my duties at this time was to do a rural property story once a week.
Wool comeback boosts land value, The Australian, 16 February, 2001.
Wool comeback boosts land value – RURAL: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Feb 2001: 41. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The chairman of the Wool Committee with NSW Farmers Duncan Fraser runs 7000 sheep on 10,000 hectares of flat saltbush plains on his property Narringa south-west of Hay in western NSW. He said the wool industry […]
Dairy farmers, The Australian, 14 February, 2001.
Beseiged Fahey faces lung tumour surgery, The Australian, 5 February, 2001. Page One.
Asked to stake out John Fahey’s house the night it became public knowledge he had been diagnosed with lung cancer was not one of those things any journalist wants to do, particularly because he was always popular with the press and mixed easily with reporters. We expected to be told to bugger off when we […]
Building firms look for stronger foundations – GLOBAL RATES START TO TUMBLE, The Australian, 5 January, 2001.
Building firms look for stronger foundations – GLOBAL RATES START TO TUMBLE: [1 Edition] falseStapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Jan 2001: 2. 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 […]
Two escape crash unscathed, The Australian, 4 January, 2001.
Two escape crash unscathed: [1 Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Jan 2001: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract There was almost nothing left of the Toyota Camry caught between a truck and its trailer as it turned a corner yesterday. The car roof was caved in, a tyre was halfway up the back window and it was covered […]
Early drafts, Men and the Media, The Australian, 3 January, 2001.
These were some of the early drafts of Men and the Media, written for the Media Section of The Australian, which declined to publish despite my best efforts.Being seen as sympathetic to men’s issues in the media defines you, in a simple-minded PC dichotomy, as anti-feminist and has ruined many a journalist’s career, most famously […]
Men and the Media, final original draft, The Australian, 3 January, 2001.
Final draft. Written for the Media Section of The Australian newspaper.They would not run it. It was an era when everybody wanted to be seen as “progressive”, and those who showed an interest in men’s issues were dismissed as reactionary, right wing, misogynistic bigots, historic relics who could not embrace the bright future of equal […]
Boxing Day wind fills retailers’ sales, The Australian, 27 December, 2000.
Woomera boy rape unproven, The Australian, 19 December, 2000.
Shaping up for a party time, The Australian, 18 December, 2000.
Jet-ski in fatal crash, The Australian, 18 December, 2000.
Readers dip lids to the man in the hat, The Weekend Australian, 16 December, 2000.
Any of us on general news had to occasionally do these little profiles of the nominations for the paper’s Australian of the Year. It was nobody’s favourite job.
Kids posing for setup shot, back lane behind News Ltd HQ, The Australian, 9 December, 2000.
Cape Grim and the Ozone Hole, The Australian, 5 December, 2000.
Ozone hole to end in 50 years, The Australian, 5 December, 2000. Page One.
Queen not amused as key aide quits, The Australian, 4 December, 2000.
Boom in public transport as car costs soar, The Australian, 4 December, 2000.
Hunt for lost girl, 6, The Australian, 27 November, 2000.
Love God sings his way back into fans’ hearts, The Australian, 27 November, 2000.
Kids Looking Pathetic, Sunday Telegraph, 25 November, 2000.
My kids posing for a photographer in a back lane behind News Limited near Central Station in Sydney for a story on poverty rates.
Into the arms of oblivion, The Weekend Australian, 25 November, 2000.
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Centre trough spills over half the continent, The Australian, 21 November, 2000.
Floods destroy Anderson’s crops, The Australian, 20 November, 2000.
City youngsters get a taste of rural life, The Australian, 6 November, 2000.
Jet pilot guides rookies to safety, The Australian, 6 November, 2000.
Overcoming ignorance of farming life, The Australian, 31 October, 2000.
Australians gracious over rerun ruling, The Australian, 25 October, 2000.
Sauvage loses race for a second time, The Australian, 25 October, 2000. Page One.
Kelly gang ruins written off as rot, The Australian, 24 October, 2000.
Rain return a dampener on athletes, 17 October, 2000.
A police rescue for Timorese, The Australian, 16 October, 2000.
Petrol prices to break the buck, The Australian, 16 October, 2000.
And after the Games ended, the PM went crowd-surfing, The Australian, 3 October, 2000. Page One.
Cowabunga: the Ninja Turtle Gold, The Australian, 28 September, 2000.
Games goodwill junked as foreign press mines rich vein, The Australian, 28 September, 2000.
The Olympic Torch Relay, The Journey: 100 days that changed Australia, The Australian, September, 2000.
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At home on a user-friendly court, The Australian, 7 September, 2000.
Centuries-old waratah comes back to its roots, The Australian, 1 September, 2000.
Sister lights a joyful path, Olympic Torch in NSW, The Australian, 28 August, 2000.
Torch strikes chord in steel city, Olympic Torch in NSW, The Australian, 28 August, 2000. Picture Renee Nowytarger.
Flame stokes a burning passion, Olympic Torch in NSW, Weekend Australian, 26 August, 2000.
Games gets couple along swimmingly, The Australian, 26 August, 2000.
Jacarandas out early for flame, Olympic Torch in NSW, 25 August, 2000.
Schoolboy hero makes the Point, Olympic Torch in NSW, The Australian, 24 August, 2000.
Tenderfoot travellers hit home, The Australian, 23 August, 2000.
Monte Carlo to Guyra, The Austrsalian, 23 August, 2000.
SOCOG blow-ins inflame locals, The Australian, 22 August, 2000.
Something in the air across the arid west, Olympic Torch in NSW, The Australian, 21 August, 2000.
In tune with the flame, Olympic Torch in NSW, The Weekend Australian, 19 August, 2000.
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Brigitte lights the way for mates, Olympic Torch in NSW, The Australian, 18 August, 2000. Picture Renee Nowytarger.
It’s more than a name, Olympic Torch in NSW, The Australian, 17 August, 2000.
Flame’s all-the-river relay run, The Australian, 16 August, 2000.
Flame embarks on final leg, The Australian, 15 August, 2000.
Share road opens for a new generation, The Australian, 9 August, 2000.
An ordinary, decent father can make a world of difference, The Australian, 5 August, 2000.
An ordinary, decent father can make a world of difference, The Weekend Australian, 5 August, 2000.
1 missing as trains collide, The Australian, 26 July, 2000.
Race warning not heeded, The Australian, 20 July, 2000.
Stability of yacht ‘wrong’, The Australian, 19 July, 2000.
Blood moon turns on its millennial best, The Australian, 17 July, 2000.
Freeman lashes out – ‘I was so angry they were denying a generation was stolen’, The Australian, 17 July, 2000. Page One.
Tributes to ‘literary icon and inspiration’ Judith Wright, The Australian, 27 June, 2000.
Poetry doyenne Wright dies at 85, The Australian, 26 June, 2000.
The trouble with boys, Schools, The Australian, 19 June, 2000.
The challenge at the coalface, The Australian, 19 June, 2000.
Thaw gets a relative welcome, The Australian, 16 June, 2000.
Guidebooks under fire after abseiling tragedy, The Australian, 15 June, 2000.
Public centres to offer Natrexone for addicts, The Australian, 14 June, 2000.
Public centres to offer Naltrexone, The Australian, 14 June, 2000.
Offshore investment hooks ex-banker, The Australian, 9 June, 2000.
Legal threats from Battered by the System, The Australian, 8 June, 2000.
Psychiatrist in the story, Brent Waters, a favourite of the Family Court, Legal Aid and the Department of Community Services, threatened to sue the paper.And offered to word the apology for us.He is well entrenched in the legal fraternity of Sydney.We won.Here is some of the paperwork. More as it is found.News Limited’s house lawyer, […]
23 reasons for Glenbrook disaster, The Australian, 7 June, 2000.
Reaction to Battered by the System, The Australian, 6 June, 2000.
Sex offence checks for child-carers, The Australian, 6 June, 2000.
Battered by the System, The Australian, 3-4 June 2000.
Battered by the systemThe Weekend Australian – Focus 3-4 June 2000Nobody believed ‘Frank’ when he tried to protect his son frombureaucratic bungling. John Stapleton reports that, nearly 20 yearson, Frank has been proved right, even though he lost in court.[Picture: Father and son: “Frank” and “James”]The boy was eight weeks old when his father called welfare authoritiesand pleaded […]
Background material for Battered by the System, 3 June, 2000.
For all its faults The Australian remains the only paper in Australia to have ever tackled this subject, the only paper prepared to fly in the face of fashionable shibboleths and to invest the time and energy to investigate this complex story..The Family and Children’s Courts are protected by rafts of legislation making them almost […]
Battered by the system, Text Only, The Australian, 3 June, 2000.
Psychometry rings in new era for engaging call centre staff, The Australian, 31 May, 2000.
Original copy, Battered by the System, The Australian, 30 May, 2000.
Story published 3 June, 2000.This is the original copy, which varies to some fair degree.This was the longest running case in Family Court history, and a particularly complex and revealing case.Sometimes in the early hours, trying to make sense of it, I would lay out the documents in a line at least 50 feet long. […]
Child Support Agency Case Studies, The Australian, 19 May, 2000.
Not all these case studies were used.The Australian Child Support Agency is directly linked to the high death rates and poor outcomes of separated parents, and is one of the most dysfunctional, destructive and despised of all government departments. It is a significant contributor to high unemployment rates and is extremely poorly managed. As one […]
Background Research Timeline for Battered by the System, The Australian, 12 May, 2000.
Background Research Timeline for Battered by the System.
Christmas Day. Dads On The Air. 2000.
Christmas Day – John Stapleton CHRISTMAS DAY. A POLICE STATION CAR PARK. Malcolm has not seen his nine year old son and six year old daughter for more than a month. The children don’t get out of the car. Their father pushes presents at them through the car window, tries to talk to them. After […]
Boy trouble in the sandpit, The Australian, 8 May, 2000.
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Ex-RSL president Keys dies at 77, The Australian, 4 May, 2000.
HIV Circa 2000 The Australian
John StapletonALEX, 32, took a calculated risk.The bloke in the cubicle with him seemed healthy. He was certainly extremely handsome. It was late at night.After a rotten week at work Alex had gone out for a few drinks, intent on losing himself in the crowded hour that is Sydney’s gay nightlife. He wasn’t quite sure […]
Primate sows seeds of hope for faith to grow, The Australian, 1 May, 2000.
Reaction to Problem Parents Doing Time, The Australian, 14 April, 2000.
CSA to determine maintenance payments, Original Copy, The Australian, 14 April, 2000.
Reaction to Problem Parents Doing Time, 11 April, 2000.
Problem Parents Doing Time, Child Support Agency, The Australian, 8 April 2000.
Problem’ Parents ‘doin Time The Australian – Focus Section – Saturday, 8th April 2000 By John Stapleton Attorney General Daryl Williams wants to jail more mums and dads who defy family law. But as John Stapleton reports, critics say it is thesystem that is at fault. Once upon a time, Frank played professional sport and was married with […]
Memo re Rural Trips to then Chief of Staff Madonna King, The Australian, 6 April, 2000.
Memo re Rural Trips to then Sydney Chief of Staff Madonna King.
Boat turned back into storm heart, The Australian, 31 March, 2000. Picture Bob Finlayson.
‘No chance’ of finding sailor, The Australian, 30 March, 2000.
Shock over race control’s one radio, The Australian, 29 March, 2000.
We should have quit sooner: sailor, The Australian, 28 March, 2000.
Original copy, Problem Parents Doing Time, the Child Support Agency, The Australian, 28 march, 2000.
Lost art of learning, The Australian, 27 March, 2000. Picture Bob Finlayson.
Case Studies: The fiasco of Australia’s Child Support Agency, The Australian, 24 March, 2000.
With the Chief Justice of Australia’s Family Court, Alastair Nicholson, repeatedly complaining to the paper about my work they became increasingly reluctant to publish anything on the family law or child support systems, certainly from me. This was despite these institution’s evident dysfunction.History has proven my critiques entirely correct.Only some of these case studies were […]
Fact Box: Child Support Agency. The Australian, 24 March, 2000.
No government has ever conducted an inquiry into the death rate of child support payers, for which there is ample evidence the despised Child Support Agency is closely linked.The Australian government still uses child support rates almost identical to those originally used by the Bolsheviks.The Agency is a blight on the Australian Public Service.