City families count the cost of convenience, The Australian, 14 June, 1997. Page One. Pic Chris Pavlich.
This is what a news list used to look like, The Australian, 13 June, 1997.
Better off on the farm, The Australian, 12 June, 1997.
Real estate frenzy, Original Copy, The Australian, 10 June, 1997.
Graffiti: The Wallsend Project, The Australian, 16 May, 1997.
Oyster problems in God’s waiting room, The Australian, 5 May, 1997.
Aboriginal intra-venous drug users attempt suicide, The Australian, 29 April, 1997.
Blue Roses and Genetic Manipulation, Original Copy, The Australian, 23 April, 1997.
First Australian woman to climb Mount Everest, The Australian, 3 April, 1997.
The Green Corps, The Australian, 3 April, 1997.
Arabian horses, The Australian, 3 April, 1997.
The Canola Story, The Australian, 3 April, 1997.
Pitch to improve the paper’s rural coverage, The Australian, 1 April, 1997.
Australian Arabians Fetch Excellent Prices, The Australian, 1 April, 1997.
A third of NSW Agriculture staff opt for redundancy, The Australian, 25 March, 1997.
Water Chestnuts, The Australian, 24 March, 1997.
Bamboo World, The Australian, 14 March, 1997.
Australia’s rarest tree, The Australian, 8 March, 1997.
Political turmoil in the wool industry, The Australian, 1 March, 1997.
Commercial fishermen to be closely regulated, The Australian, 1 March, 1997.
Private meat checks risk boycotts, The Australian, 18 February, 1997.
Anthrax, The Australian, 15 February, 1997.
Serious shortage of prawns and oysters for the Olympics, The Australian, 11 January, 1997.
Baby boomers drive boom in the red wine industry, The Australian, 11 January, 1997.
Wine boom, The Australian, 9 January, 1997.
Hospitals in crisis as small towns disappear, The Australian, 18 January, 1997.
Rabbits Vs Long Suffering Graziers, Original Copy, The Australian, 27 December, 1996.
Dr Bereket Habte Selassie, Eritrea, Notes for Story, The Australian, 27 December, 1996.
Commercial release of native herbs and spices, The Australian, 24 December, 1996.
Malcontent in the five billion dollar beef industry, The Australian, 14 December, 1996.
Biggest national harvest in Australian history, The Australian, 7 December, 1996.
Original material relating the infamous Bodyline cricket series now available, The Australian, 4 December, 1996.
Scotch Broom, The Australian, 4 December, 1996.
Technology detects likely mortgage defaulters, The Australian, 3 December, 1996.
William Ogilvie, Outback Poet, Weekend Australian, 30 November, 1996. Front Page.
Original copy. Printed version placed here when found.
Cottoning On: Stories of Australian Cotton Growing, The Australian, 22 November, 1996.
The Live Cattle Trade, The Australian, 19 November, 1996.
Killing Rabbits, The Australian, 11 November, 1996.
Wine bar a best cellar, The Australian, 11 November, 1996.
State Government Slashes Biological and Research Institute, The Australian, 11 October, 1995.
Dead Rabbits, Original Copy, The Australian, 10 October, 1996.
Rural Psychology, Original Copy, The Australian, 1 October, 1996.
Quarantine, Original copy, The Australian, 28 September, 1996.
Picture Story Ideas, The Australian, 27 September, 1996.
Millions of asparagus spears, Original Copy, 21 September, 1996.
Bondi’s Public Safety, Original Copy, 16 September, 1996.
Australia’s $2.8 billion dairy industry is falling apart, Original Copy, The Australian, 14 September, 1996.
Parasitic Quandong, The Bush Peach, Original Copy, The Australian, 13 September, 1996.
Midwives Under Attack, Original Copy, The Australian, 11 September, 1996.
Australia’s Best Wine List, Original Copy, The Australian, 11 September, 1996.
Best wheat harvest in 20 years, Original copy, The Australian, 6 September, 1996.
Drama at the Australian Horticultural Corporation, The Australian, 4 September, 1995.
The rustic image of bush tucker, Original Copy, The Australian, 2 September, 1996.
The rich floodplains of the Channel Country, Original Copy, The Australian, 31 August, 1996.
Mushrooms on the far western outskirts, Original copy, The Australian, 29 August, 1996.
Water Wars, Original Copy, The Australian, 28 August, 1996.
Rural Women, Notes and Final story, Original Copy, The Australian, 24 August, 1996.
The world’s only known copy, a popular account of Mutiny on the Bounty, Original Copy, The Australian, 21 August, 1996.
The Federation Track, Original Copy, The Australian, 30 August, 1996.
The extremely rare Julia Creek Dunnart, Original Copy, The Australian, 20 August, 1996.
Business Features, Proposals, The Australian, 24 July, 1996.
Book Ideas, Circa 1996.
Storm brews over peaceful waters, The Weekend Australian, 20-21 July, 1996. Picture Nick Cubbin.
Sunrise over Menindee, Original Copy, The Australian, 20 July, 1996.
The Empty Country, The Australian, 19 July, 1996.
For the first time in living memory, The Australian, 18 July, 1996.
Fear and uncertainty across huge swathes of the country, Original Copy, The Australian, 18 July, 1996.
Second floods give farmers a double-dip chance, Rory Treweeke, Angledool Station, The Australian, 17 July, 1996. Picture Russell Shakespeare.
Seeds of Change, The Australian, 17 July, 1996.
Opal Miner Zack, Born Harry Sack, Original Copy, 15 July, 1996.
Johne’s Disease Boost’s Goat Industry, Original Copy, 15 July, 1996.
The Ridge braces for a rush of red tape, Lightning Ridge, The Australian, 15 July, 1996. Picture Russell Shakespeare.
Ridge gets tough on opal ratters, Lightning Ridge, The Weekend Australian, 13 July, 1996. Picture Russell Shakespeare.
The worst crime on the opal fields, Original Copy, The Australian, 13 July, 1996.
Letter, The Editor, Capital Q, re incident over coverage of Police Royal Commission, 17 July, 1996.
Letter, The Editor, Capital Q, re incident over coverage of Police Royal Commission, 17 July, 1996. At the time the gay community was particularly concerned about the public perception of the tales of under-age sex thus being trailed through the media.
Researchers search through the villages of once dynamic civilisations, Original Copy, The Australian, 10 July, 1996.
Beef crisis grows as farm income falls 70pc, The Australian, 7 July, 1996.
The Birthplace of Banjo Patterson, The Australian, 5 July, 1996.
Trip to Lightning Ridge with Minister for Mineral Resources, The Australian, 4 July, 1996.
Crumbling profits, contamination scandals, agri-political storms, Original Copy, The Australian, 3 July, 1996.
Bankers and farmers face-to-face, Original Copy, The Australian, 3 July, 1996.
Sparks to Fly at National Rural Finance Summit, The Australian, 3 July, 1996.
Bankers, farmers face up to profits drought, The Australian, 3 July, 1996.
Australia’s Endangered Species, Original Copy, The Australian, 28 June, 1996.
Shooting Trees, Original Copy, The Australian, 28 June, 1996.
An obscure Australian fungus, Original Copy, The Australian, 28 June, 1996.
The deal between the Government and Fox Studies, Original Copy, The Australian, 28 June, 1996.
Memo to Chief of Staff Madonna King: Story Ideas, The Australian, 28 June, 1996.
Two years ago there were two banks in town, Original Copy, The Australian, 28 June, 1996.
Broadacre farms move into profitability, Original Copy, The Australian, 27 June, 1996.
Farms return to profit on the wheat’s back, The Australian, 27 June, 1996.
Animal acupuncture nails the critics, The Australian, 26 June, 1996.
Bush banks make final withdrawal, The Weekend Australian, June-22-23, 1996. Page One. Picture Nick Cubbin.
Rural Banks closing, The Australian, 22 June, 1996.
Attorney-general targets State gun ads, The Australian, 17 June, 1996.
Wine Australia Expo, Original Copy, The Australian, 13 June, 1996.
Cashed-up and keen, retirees go rural, The Australian, 12 June, 1996. Picture Warren Clarke.
Flush with Superannuation Funds, Original Copy, The Australian, 11 June, 1996.
Rural Pic Story Ideas, The Australian, 7 June, 1996.
Costello’s, Original Copy, The Australian, 5 June, 1996. Variations.
Other:
Wildlife go to the brink of extinction – and back, World Environment Day, The Australian, 5 June, 1996.
Backyard winemaker gives tips through the grapevine, The Australian, 5 June, 1996.
Car Exhaust Causes Heart Attacks, Original Copy, The Australian, 4 June, 1996.
Pollution kills 1000 a year across nation, The Australian, 3 June, 1996.
US orange exports bear fruit, The Australian, 3 June, 1996.
The Bitter Taste of Cheap Brazilian Orange Juice Concentrate, Original Copy, The Australian, 1 June, 1996.
Aboriginal site officers keep ancient culture alive, The Weekend Australian, 1 June, 1996.
Aboriginal Sites in Public Forests, Original Copy, The Australian, 31 May, 1996.
The International Wool Secretariat, Original Copy, The Australian, 25 May, 1996.
Stockipile plan cheers troubled wool trade, The Weekend Australian, 25-26 May, 1996.
Campaign to Stop Importation of Cheap Chicken Meat, Original Copy, The Australian, 23 May, 1996.
EARLIER VERSION
Barely 100 Inland Fishermen Left, Original Copy, The Australian, 22 May, 1966.
Typical message from Radio Room’s Monitoring of Police Radio, Circa 1996.
From the days when newspapers monitored police radio communications 24/7 and police stories were not entirely neutered by police media. Sometimes we would arrive at an incident before they did! Digital ruined everything. The radio rooms, where many a bored cadet idled away their days, are now a part of history.
Thirty new species of marine plants, Original Copy, The Australian, 14 May, 1996.
The Harvest Trail, Original Copy, Variation Two, The Australian, 14 May, 1996.
For Sale Signs Decorate NSW Ag HQ, Original Copy, The Australian, 14 May, 1996.
Food Irradiation, Feature, Original Copy, The Australian, 14 May, 1996.
The Harvest Trail, Original Copy, Variation One, The Australian, 11 May, 1996.
State offers $16m to mop up floods, The Australian, 9 May, 1996. Picture Mark Williams.
Premier Commits Flood Relief, Original Copy, The Australian, 9 May, 1996.
Stormclouds rain money on happy grain growers, The Australian, 7 May, 1996.
Torrential Rains Across Eastern Australia, Original Copy, The Australian, 7 May, 1996.
Workshop on city fringe conflicts, The Weekend Australian, 4-5 May, 1996.
Ships weighed down by $4bn wheat crop, The Weekend Australian, 4-5 May, 1996.
Farmers gaze nervously at the sky, Original Copy, The Australian, 3 May, 1996.
The poultry farmer, the outraged resident, the council planner, Original Copy, The Australian, 3 May, 1996.
Beef off menu as health scares turn consumers away, The Australian, 30 April, 1996.
The Lazy Housewife Pole Bean, the Mortgage Lifter Tomato, Original Copy, The Australian, 28 April, 1996.
SOS – Save Our Seeds, The Australian, 27-28 April, 1996.
Political Controversy Grips Beef Industry, Original Copy, The Australian, 25 April. 1996.
Dance radicals pose for ‘impossible’ shot, The Australian, 23 April, 1996. Picture Paul Burston.
Free Radicals: Graeme Murhphy’s Latest Work, Original Copy, The Australian, 23 April, 1996.
Pine plantations a rich harvest for timber town, The Australian, 22 April, 1996.
Oberon is booming, Original Copy, The Australian, 20 April, 1996.
Trip Itinerary Proposals, Memo Chief of Staff, 19 April, 1996.
Boundary to Boundary, Original Copy, The Australian, 18 April, 1996.
Grain growers accept AWB deal, The Australian, 18 April, 1996.
Disease risk in redundancies, The Australian, 17 April, 1996.
ORIGINAL COPY
Story Ideas, The Australian, 16 April, 1996.
Bacteria-free foods ripen in the glow of a nuclear future, The Australian, 16 April, 1996.
Steam team on track for home, The Australian, 15 April, 1996. Picture Russell Shakespeare.
Ex-Olympic swimmer left high and dry by wetlands rule, The Weekend Australia, 13-14 April, 1996. Picture Russell Shakespeare.
ORIGINAL COPY
Murray River in the balance, Original Copy, The Australian, 11 April, 1996.
Logging rules whittle down a dying industry, The Australian, 8 April, 1996. Picture Russell Shakespeare.
Picture by Russell Shakespeare of John Stapleton Interviewing Railway Sleeper Cutters, 8 April, 1996.
Plantation priest a sign of Sikh success, The Weekend Australian, 6-7 April, 1996. Picture Russell Shakespeare.
The last of the Sleeper Cutters, Original Copy, The Australian, 4 April, 1996.
Dorrigo Rail Museum, Original Copy, The Australian, 4 April, 1996.
From ghost bats to Wollemi pines, Endangered, Original Copy, The Australian, 3 April, 1996.
Profits in sight as ostrich industry takes its head out of the sand, The Australian, 2 April, 1996. Picture Matt Turner.
ORIGINAL COPY:
Kempsey cattle yards and Britain’s Mad Cow Disease, Original Copy, The Australian, 30 March, 1996.
Good breeding proves a match for predators, The Weekend Australian, March 23-24, 1996. Picture Tony Lewis.
LETTER:
Rural Trip, Planning, The Australian, 23 March, 1996.
Rock of the Week, Saturday Picture Story Ideas, The Australian, 21 March, 1996.
It was part of my job to come up with the page three picture story for the Weekend Australian.For this I was obliged to put together lists of ideas for the Chief of Staff.
Grandparents: The Vital Links, With Di Thompson and Bev Patenden, Dads On The Air, 17 March, 2003.
Recreational anglers cast their nets wider, The Weekend Austrealian, 16-17 March, 1996. Picture Nick Cubbin.
Commercial fishing families facing extinction, The Australian, 15 March, 1996.
Story Ideas, The Australian, 13 March, 1996.
More Trouble in the Cattle Industry, Original Copy, The Australian, 9 March, 1996.
Coffee Plantations on the NSW North Coast, Original Copy, The Australian, 1 March, 1996.
Freshwater fish study is damning, The Australian, 29 February, 1996.
The Marketing of Grief, The Australian, 2 February, 1996.
Copy of to Brian Gallagher, the renowned, much admired and believe it or not much loved company lawyer.
Nostalgia the wool growers last refuge, The Weekend Australian, 24-25 February, 1996. Picture Nick Cubbin.
Marine plants reveal a medical treasure trove, The Weekend Australian, 24-25 February, 1996. Picture by Nick Cubbin.
Farmers furious over 10-minute flora forum, The Australian, 6 February, 1996. Picture Nick Cubbin.
LETTER:
Beef pesticide scare could outstrip CFZ, The Weekend Australian, January 20-21, 1996..
Murray-Darling Basin policy pilfered: Howard, The Australian, 23 January, 1996.
Sawmill towns pine for building boom, The Weekend Australian, 20 January, 1996. Picture Nick Cubbin.
Fears for beef exports as US accuses abattoirs of poor standards, The Australian, 18 January, 1996.
The Long Paddock, The Australian, 4 January, 1996.
The Light was Fading at Mount Bullaway, Disabled Farmers, Feature, Original Copy, The Australian, 27 December, 1995.
Rural Trip, Planning Overview, The Australian, 12 December, 1995.
Men Love Sex Edited by Alan Close including And Then A Funny Thing Happened
Lure of the Illicit. Rejection letter, Random House. 17 November, 1995.
Fruit Fly Research, The Australian, 8 November, 1995.
Sydney From Below, The Australian, 8 November, 1995.
Crisis driven by government bureaucracy grips huge swathes of the country, The Australian, 7 November, 1995.
Our Killing Fields, Suicide, The Australian, 30 October, 1995.
Review of Men Love Sex, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 October, 1995.
One response. I worked alongside her husband Frank Nicholos in the Biology Department at Sydney University for a year. http://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/1982/02/acknowledgements-in-theory-of-feeding.html
Note to Chief of Staff on trip to Coonabarabran, The Australian, 12 October, 1995.
The young men shoot themselves. The women use poison. Suicide. The Australian, October, 1995. Original drafts.
EARLIER DRAFT:
Story Ideas, The Australian, 5 October, 1995.
What Prices at Record Highs, The Australian, 2 October, 1995.
The ABC’s Country Hour, The Australian, 30 September, 1995.
Ideas for the Weekend Australian’s “Rock of the Week”, as Rural Pic stories were known, 28 September, 1995.
Temperate Cyclone, The Australian, 27 September, 1995.
The Western Flower Thrip, The Australian, 25 September, 1995.
Nights at the Zoo, The Australian, 23 September, 1995.
An Obscure Australian Fungus, The Australian, 22 September, 1995.
Clean green exports beat officialdom blues, The Weekend Australian, 21 September, 1995.
Rain puts a reasonable spring in farmers’ step, The Australian, 19 September, 1995. Page One. Pic Graham Hely.
Water Wars, The Australian, 15 September, 1995.
Conservation Disaster Created by NSW State Government, The Australian, 8 September, 1995.
Unseasonal warm weather, fruit trees bud and bloom, The Australian, 5 September, 1995.
WhiWhile While growers worry about