Babs is washed out of stadium, The Australian, 9 March, 2000.
Parents to pay or face prison, The Australian, 7 March, 2000.
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Animal know-how with a stable touch, The Australian, 6 March, 2000.
Mother dead, daughter serious after bee attack, The Australian, 3 March, 2000. Page One.
This was a particularly surreal, X-file style story partly because the policeman involved was named John Stapleton. He went on to become a counter terror expert with the NSW Police. SECOND EDITION TEXT:
Kiwi leader drops in for dinner, The Australian, 2 March, 2000.
Businessman, 16, caught up in Web, The Australian, 1 March, 2000.
Pop goes Friends’ domination, The Australian, 29 February, 2000.
Mundines in race row, The Australian, 28 February, 2000.
Jeff Kennett gets better than a bob’s worth, The Australian, 28 February, 2000.
The buck starts here for these boys, The Australian, 25 February, 2000.
Learning to Recover, Schools, The Australian, 21 February, 2000.
Victory sounds sweet, The Australian, 16 February, 2000.
Dads On The Air Business Card 2000-2009.
I was the co-founder of Dads on the Air and worked as a volunteer on the program from 2000 – 2009. The program continues to the present day, although in a more polished and certainly less political form. Some of the old shows are up here, although many are yet to be uploaded: http://www.dadsontheair.com.au/shows/
Payouts are good; jobs are better, The Australian, 15 February, 2000.
MELBA, The Australian, 14 February, 2000.
Rescue sparks workers’ rush, The Australian, 10 February, 2000.
Problem solvers, The Australian, 7 February, 2000.
Talking task requires sensitivity and skills, The Australian, 7 February, 2000.
Weight off minds of gym junkies … they do it for fun, The Australian, 2 February, 2000.
Chairman defends bonuses for board, The Australian, 1 February, 2000.
Joy as cathedral flock sees the light, The Australian, Pic Bob Finlayson, 31 January, 2000.
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New tune as The Gong gets back to work, The Australian, 5 January, 2000.
7000 boats jostle for harbour spots, The Australian, 31 December, 1999.
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End of a millennium, dawn of a new icy age, The Australian, 30 December, 1999.
Reactions to Court Out, The Australian, 28 December, 1999.
The features editor at the time said the Court Out story generated more reaction, almost all of it positive, than anything he had ever printed. The story was originally written in the third person. But that was not what they wanted. 30 December, 1999. DECEMBER 29 & JANUARY 1
Families need new ways of ending strife, Editorial, The Australian, 27 December, 1999.
Century chills out for Y2K, The Australian, 27 December, 1999.
Court Out: One man’s battle for his kids The Australian 24 December 1999
The Australian, Edition 1 FRI 24 DEC 1999, Page 015 COURT OUT – One man’s battle for his kids – The awful heartbreak of families courting disasterBy: MR X More than a million Australian children will spend Christmas in a broken home. As the government tries to improve family justice, ‘Mr X‘ tells of his personal voyage of despair `DON’T cry, you will lose your children for sure,” […]
Scan Scams, The Australian, 23 December, 1999.
Only version I can currently find.
‘Koalas’ get their marching orders, The Australian, 23 December, 1999.
50,0000 see tunnel get off on the right foot, The Australian, 20 December, 19999.
PM caught off guard by strikers, The Australian, 21 December, 1999.
Yours sincerely? Not with that face, The Australian, 22 December, 1999. Page One.
50,000 see tunnel get off on the right foot, The Australian, 20 December, 1999.
The Body Snatchers, The Australian, 17 December, 1999.
Varying benefits on the festive fringes, The Australian, 9 December, 1999.
On trip of a lifetime, tragedy claims girl with world at her feet, The Australian, 7 December, 1999.
It’s super to be on top of the modelling world, The Australian, 6 December, 1999.
The families mourn their dead, The Australian, 4 December, 1999.
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Son Sam, I Was A Virtual Child, The Australian Magazine, 4-5 December, 1999.
Mayhem hampers count of victims / DEATH ON THE 6.39, The Australian, 3 December, 1999.
Silver-service journey spans the land / DEATH ON THE 6.39, The Australian, 3 December, 1999.
The driver screamed … then carnage, Death on the 6.39, The Australian, 3 December, 1999.
Passenger who survived two rail tragedies / DEATH ON THE 6.39, The Australian, 3 December, 1999.
Inquiry will target signal failure / DEATH ON THE 6.39, The Australian, 3 December, 1999.
Struggle to capture romance of rail / DEATH ON THE 6.39, The Australian, 3 December, 1999.
Jolted awake to ‘see dead bodies’, The Australian, 3 December, 1999.
Horror turns to shock in the remains of a day / DEATH ON THE 6.39, The Australian, 3 December, 1999.
Mountain commuters’ morning town ride / DEATH ON THE 6.39, The Australian, 3 December, 1999.
Keyboard to learning, The Australian, 29 November, 1999.
The Advent of Laptops into Schools, The Australian 27 November, 1999.
Vale Paul Bowles, 25 November, 1999.
This was written for The Australian but they didn’t run it. It was an extremely frustrating place to work. That’s for sure. How many other people did they have who had met Paul Bowles and visited him in his flat over a number of years?
Troops get a welcome taste of the real thing, The Australian, 24 November, 1999.
The great outdoors, The Australian, 22 November, 1999.
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Toasting marshmallows, Outdoor Education, The Australian, 19 November, 1999.
From a stint with the Education Page.
Exit chute inflates inside jet, The Australian, 15 November, 1999.
The Big Dipper, The Australian, 9 November, 1999.
Scientific depletion, The Australian, 8 November, 1999.
Boffins in lab coats have lost their romance, The Australian, 5 November, 1999.
Chestnuts, The Australian, 3 November, 1999.
Lay People to Give Holy Communion, The Australian, 1 November, 1999.
Carey lays it on line for rebel diocese, The Australian, 1 November, 1999.
Small towns centre of road to recovery, The Australian, 29 October, 1999.
Say boo to a royalist? Yes, but there’s a ywawning gap / The referendum – 10 days to go, The Australian, 27 October, 1999.
Communal learning, The Australian, 25 October, 1999.
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Creek claims youth, The Australian, 25 October, 1999.
Poll exposes monarchist ‘lies’, The Australian, 25 October, 1999.
Community Based Learning, The Australian, 22 October, 1999.
Off the hook: the fish we tried to reject, The Australian, 20 October, 1999.
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The final test, The Australian, 18 October, 1999.
Electricity blast blacks out city, The Australian, 13 October, 1999.
Mentor as anything, The Australian, 27 September, 1999.
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Future plans for the past, The Weekend Australian, 18 September, 1999.
The last pour: a long day for mates and memories – BHP STEEL — END OF AN ERA, The Weekend Australian, 18 September, 1999.
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Preserving Australia’s industrial heritage: a woeful history, The Australian, 17 September, 1999.
Notes for story on closing of the Newcastle Steel Works, The Australian, 15 September, 1999.
Ordinary people demand to be heard, The Australian, 13 September, 1999.
The pars on Sydney are from me. I might also have had to pull the copy together from the bureaus, if memory serves.
Working to learn, The Australian, 13 September, 1999.
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The Middle Years of Schooling, The Australian, 6 September, 1999.
Psychic to the stars, The Australian, 5 September, 1999.
This is what a photo request form used to look like, The Australian, 2 September, 1999.
For Gillian it’s horses for courses, The Australian, 1 September, 1999.
Steve on top in long run, Olympic Souvenir Series, The Australian, 1 September, 1999.
Gymnasts plan their fun and games, Olympic Souvenir Series,
Bad loss gave Nick a boost, The Australian, Olympic Souvenir Series, 1 September, 1999.
Blue ribbon beginnings, Your National Olympic Voice, The Australian, 1 September, 1999.
Blue Ribbon Beginnings, Souvenir Series, Olympic Torch, The Australian, 1 September, 1999.
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‘Dinosaur’ magistrate rapped, The Australian, 31 August, 1999.
Rail staff roll up for reunion, The Australian, 30 August, 1999.
Hitting the sack, The Australian, 30 August, 1999.
Rail staff roll up for reunion, The Australian, 30 August, 1999.
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Hitting the sack, Schools, The Australian, 30 August, 1999.
Chook bug hits again, The Australian, 23 August, 1999.
Oakdale miners to get what’s owed, The Australian, 18 August, 1999.
Letter of appreciation, Marjorie Nix-James, author of Both Sides of the World, The Australian, 17 August, 1999.
Forgotten years, The Australian, 16 August, 1999.
Special Education, Woodville Power World Cycle Challenge, The Australian, 11 August, 1999.
Brighter outlook, Schools Page, The Australian, 9 August, 1999.
Special needs team finds place in the sun, Schools, The Australian, 9 August, 1999.
Tots face idiot-box blackout, The Australian, 6 August, 1999.
Olympic Supplement Schools Breakout, Original Copy, The Australian, 6 August, 1999.
Gifted Children, Original Copy, The Australian, 30 July, 1999.
Justice delayed as courts struggle under wait, The Australian, 27 July, 1999.
Study rues lack of work experience for schoolboys, The Australian, 20 July, 1999.
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Life renews on death mountain, The Australian, 15 July, 1999,
Marketing blitz to end ballot, The Australian, 12 July, 1999.
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Fischer hands back the reigns, The Australian, 9 July, 1999.
Holiday madness, The Australian, 5 July, 1999.
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Vaccinate Immediately, Original Copy, The Australian, 2 July, 1999.
Animal attraction, The Australian, 29 June, 1999.
Showgirl grannies still getting a kick out of life, The Australian, 28 June, 1999.
Forecasters clouded by copyright, The Australian, 25 June, 1999.
Bright children on the fast track. The Australian, 16 June, 1999.
Azaria: DNA test for dingoes, The Australian, 14 June, 1999.
Race against racism, Schools, The Australian, 14 June, 1999. Picture Chris Pavlich.
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Satellite boosts School of the Air, The Australian, 14 June, 1999.
The quiet boy with a taste for adventure, The Australian, 31 May, 1999.
Taxpayer funded Bureau of Meteorology refuses to agree to free use of its information, Original Copy, The Australian, 26 May, 1999.
Mother’s pain – and ideas – silence experts, The Australian, 25 May, 1999.
We are not the enemy, we are like you: user, The Australian, 19 May, 1999.
Dreaded disease threatens to kill off poultry industry, The Australian, 7 May, 1999.
Autumn, and the chestnuts are falling from the trees, Original Copy, The Australian, 15 May, 1999.
Chicken carnage sends tremors through industry, The Australian, 11 May, 1999.
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Farmers smell fear in chicken war zone, The Australian, 29 April, 1999.
Farmers smell fear in chicken war zone, The Australian, 28 April, 1999. Picture Chris Pavlich
Lament for loss of great artist, humanitarian, Arthur Boyd, The Australian, 26 April, 1999.
Army to answer late call, The Australian, 22 April, 1999.
Country comes to town for a city cover-up, The Australian, 21 April, 1999.
Hammering, welding, peering under car bonnets, Workplace Learning, The Australian, 1999.
From a compulsory stint writing and editing the education pages.
Fears some illegals slipped police net, The Human Trade, The Australian, 12 April, 1999.
Feral Honeybees, Original Copy, The Australian, 1 April, 1999.
Where the final price is high indeed, The Australian, 24 March, 1999.
Where the final price is high indeed, The Australian, 24 March, 1999.
The poet mentioned is Vicki Viidikas.
Multi-party politics gets micro scope, The Australian, 20 March, 1999.
Story Proposals, The Australian, 19 March, 1999.
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Drug gang’s deadly rampage / Crime boss Danny Karam among 20 shooting victims, The Australian, 18 March, 1999.
Book Proposal: Dead Man’s Water Hole, The Australian, 18 March, 1999.
Why crawlies aren’t so creepy, The Australian, 10 March, 1999.
Nation cleans up on records, The Australian, 8 March, 1999.
Hooked police make compo bid, The Australian, 8 March, 1999.
Steps to recall city memories, The Australian, 3 March, 1999. Picture Brett Faulkner.
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Taking steps to recall city memories, The Australian, 3 March, 1999.
Muslim leader arrested in Egypt, The Australian, 3 March, 1999.
Capsicrum spray ends soccer riot, The Australian, 1 March, 1999.
Income support costs increase to $38bn, The Australian, 28 February, 1999.
Refined? Thought so, The Australian, 26 February, 1999.
We’re on the way to zero growth, The Australian, 26 February, 1999.
Quarter-acre block now barren ground, The Australian, 26 February, 1999.
Olympic building firm, The Australian, 24 February, 1999.
Shotgun silences city’s heartbeat, The Australian, 23 February, 1999. Page One.
Chemicals fuel winery fire, The Australian, 22 February, 1999.
100,000 spectators enter an Olympic event, The Australian, 22 February, 1999.
Tom Gilling on The Sooterkin: A gentle, unassuming soul, Original Copy, The Australian, 19 February, 1999.
Mardi Gras Controversies, Filed for The Australian, Early February, 1999.
Praise for a career devoted to the Cross, the Reverend Bill Lawton, The Australian, 15 February, 1999.
Bill Lawton was a truly wonderful man. I knew him over many years, hence this story on his retirement. ORIGINAL COPY:
Cartoonist Seth Remaut wins Bill Mitchell Memorial Award, Original Copy, The Australian, 9 February, 1999..
Teachers strike mayhem, The Australian, 9 February, 1999.
Rich river plains in fractious debate, Original Copy, The Australian, 5 February, 1999.
Puppeteers all smiles visa-vis the minister, The Australian, 6 January, 1999.
The truffle industry of Tasmania, Original Copy, The Australian, 23 December, 1998.
Request to reproduce story Organic farming is mushrooming, Open Training & Education Network, 9 December, 1998.
The Moxley family, dairying and deregulation, Original Copy, The Australian, 7 December, 1998.
The only plant in its genus and family, the rare Albany pitcher, Original Copy, The Australian, 30 November, 1998.
Letter of thanks from Elizabeth Douglas, The Australian, 11 November, 1998.
World War One: Elizabeth Douglas, Personal Odyssey, Original Copy, Page One, The Australian, 9 November, 1998.
The grass trees of the Pilliga in flower, Original Copy, The Australian, 5 November, 1998.
National Children’s Summit Announced, Original Copy, The Australian, 5 November, 1998.
Survivors of boarding house fire to sue Ashfield Council, Original Copy, The Australian, 3 November, 1998.
The Rats of Tobruk, Original Copy, The Australian, 28 October, 1998.
Nerves mount for Rags or Riches harvest, Original Copy, The Australian, 21 October, 1998.
Ron the Con, South Australia’s most famous con man, Original Copy, The Australian, 15 October, 1998.
Dead Man’s Water Hole, Original Copy, The Australian, 12 October, 1998.
John Howard in trouble in his own seat of Bennelong, Original Copy, The Australian, 2 October, 1998.
Floods in the Gong, The Australian, 18 August, 1998.
Temperatures rise across the inland, Original Copy, The Australian, 30 July, 1998.
Brief on Fairfax situation, The Australian, 21 July, 1998.
Australia’s oldest apple tree, The Australian, 17 July, 1998.
Legalisation of brothels, The Australian, 14 July 1998.
Guillian-Barre Syndrome, The Australian, 1 July, 1998.
Paper Pissed Off, Bennelong, 24 June, 1998.
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The bush gives a thumbs down to Carr’s budget, Original Copy, The Australian, 3 June, 1998.
Working on the Snowy Mountains Authority, Original Copy, The Australian, 3 June, 1998.
Bourke Irrigators and the Darling River System, The Australian, 30 April,1998
Decades later, despite the many millions spent, the inept government bureaucratic bungling of the management of the Darling River System and attempts to appease the environmental lobby, accompanied by a massive sellout to Chinese owned cotton enterprises upstream, has sent hundreds of farmers broken and severely damaged Australia’s inland waterways.
Telescopes, The Australian, 2 April, 1998.
The joys of general reporting. Sometimes you’re just doing odd jobs for the paper’s various supplements and sections.
Drought rears its head across Eastern Australia, The Australian, 1 April, 1998.
Drought across Eastern Australia, with Asa Wahlquist, The Australian, 1 April, 1998.
DDT and Toxic Tick Dipping Sites, The Australian, 31 March, 1998.
Cane Toads, The Australian, 31 March, 1998.
Binoculars, The Australian, 4 March, 1998.
The joys of general reporting. Sometimes you’re just doing odd jobs for the paper’s various supplements and sections.