Tougher security plan for airports, Weekend Australian, 12 August, 2006. Page One. Additional reporting.

Tougher security plan for airports: [8 NSW Metro Edition] Patrick Walters, Steve Creedy, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Aug 2006: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract While Australia’s security agencies have no intelligence of any direct threat to Australian aviation, the international scale of the foiled London plot is likely to dictate far-reaching changes in security procedures […]

Police slammed on gang rape tape, The Australian, 10 August, 2006.

Two arrested over gang rape as police slammed on tape delay: [B Qld First Edition] Simon Kearney, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Aug 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Within hours of distributing the images of the five men wearing white tradesman-style overalls as they walked through Darling Harbour, a 25-year-old man from the southwestern suburb […]

Caves’secret lay in lumps of clay, The Australian, 7 August, 2006.

Caves’ secret lay in lumps of clay: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Leigh Dayton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 Aug 2006: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Until 20 years ago, most scientists thought the Jenolan Caves were only a few thousand years old. More recent estimates put them at between 90 million and 100 million […]

Critical mass targets Pell on condoms, The Australian, 7 August, 2006.

Critical mass targets Pell on condoms: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 Aug 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Aboriginal deacon Frank Cain received a standing ovation yesterday when he told the congregation he was proud to be involved in the painting of a mural a week ago, on one of […]

Whilwind renovations as tornado raises the roof, Weekend Australian, 5 August, 2006.

Whirlwind renovations as tornado raises the roof: [1 All-round Country Edition] Dan Box, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Aug 2006: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A TORNADO ripped through the southern Sydney suburb of La Perouse yesterday, tearing the roof from a blocks of units and throwing debris up to half a kilometre away as it […]

Court to extradite dad who took kids, The Australian, 4 August, 2006.

Court to extradite dad who took kids: [7 NSW First Edition] John Stapleton, James Madden. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Aug 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Frank Dipalma, 29, will appear in the ACT Magistrates Court this morning after he surrendered to police yesterday and handed over his three children — Angelica, 5, […]

Hunt for dad ends with 3 kids safe, The Australian, 4 August, 2006.

Hunt for dad ends with 3 kids safe: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, James Madden. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Aug 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW police flashed the numberplate of the car, a 1993 blue Commodore, on 24 electronic billboards along a number of prominent Sydney roads on Wednesday evening, only the second time […]

Rose chain braces for trade wilt, The Australian, 2 August, 2006.

Rose chain braces for trade wilt: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Aug 2006: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [James Stevens] said Roses Only was solid enough to ride out the situation, but it was at times like this he was very glad he had chosen an internet-based […]

Mark Latham, The Australian, 2006.

John StapletonFormer Labor leader Mark Latham failed to appear at a Sydney court yesterday for the ongoing progress of his court case deriving from his alleged attack on News Ltd photographer Ross Schultz. Latham is charged with common assault, malicious damage and stealing from a person. He has been accused of destroying a $9,000 digital camera […]

Janette tells of shock at cancer, The Australian, 28 July, 2006.

Janette tells of shock at cancer: [6 NSW Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 July 2006: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract At Sydney’s Royal Hospital for Women to promote a campaign by the Women’s Cancer Foundation to raise awareness of ovarian cancer, Mrs [Janette Howard] said her illness, “just after John became Prime Minister”, had […]

Iran to blame for Lebanon war: Jewish leader, The Australian, 24 July, 2006.

Iran to blame for Lebanon war: Jewish leader: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 July 2006: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract ONE word — Iran — summed up the escalating war between Israel and the Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, a 2500-strong gathering of Sydney’s Jewish community was told last night. The immediate past president […]

Iran solely to blame for conflict, says Jewish leader, The Australian, 24 July, 2006.

Iran solely to blame for conflict, says Jewish leader: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 July 2006: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract ONE word — Iran — summed up the war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, a 2500-strong gathering of Sydney’s Jewish community was told last night. Political analyst Hirsh […]

Dark days return to city’s streets, The Australian, 17 July, 2006. Additional reporting. Page One.

Dark days return to city’s streets: [1 All-round Country Edition] MARTIN CHULOV, BEIRUT, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 July 2006: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Beirut at its best is a noisy hub of car horns, sub-woofers and Arabic pop songs. Cars of all shapes and sizes usually squeeze into thenarrow […]

The gift of giving, Margaret Olley donates millions in paintings to NSW Arg Gallery, The Australian, 13 July, 2006.

39 years on, Gipsy Moth meets us halfway, The Australian, 10 July 2006.

39 years on, Gipsy Moth meets us halfway: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 July 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A FLOTILLA of vintage craft greeted Gipsy Moth IV, the boat made famous by Francis Chichester when he sailed it single-handedly around the world 39 years ago, as it arrived […]

Calls to axe Big Brother over smut, The Australian, 3 July, 2006.

Calls to axe Big Brother over smut: [1 All-round Country Edition] Kerry Murphy, John Stapleton, Additional reporting: Lisa McNamara. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 July 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Contestant Ashley, real name Michael Cox, 20, and 21-year-old John, real name Michael Bric, climbed into the bed of 22-year-old Camilla Halliwell. Boxer short-clad Mr Cox […]

Indonesia helps AFP bust drug syndicate, The Australian, 30 June, 2006.

Indonesia helps AFP bust drug syndicate: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 June 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A MAJOR drug pipeline between Indonesia and Australia has been disrupted after Australian Federal Police and Indonesian authorities busted the largest pseudoephedrine smuggling syndicate ever uncovered. The breakthrough in the case came on Monday last week when […]

BlueScope cans last tin mill, The Australian, 30 June, 2006

BlueScope cans last tin mill: [1 All-round Country Edition] Andrew Trounson, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 June 2006: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The mill, the closure of which will result in the loss of 250 jobs, was the only local source of tin plate — thin rolled steel with a coating of tin. The decision to close will force the country’s can […]

Tradition and romance when Nic wed Keith, 26 June, 2006. The Australian. Page One. Additional Reporting.

Tradition and romance when Nic wed Keith: [1 All-round Country Edition] Caroline Overington, Additional reporting: Tracy Ong, John Stapleton, Mariko Fritz-Krockow. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 June 2006: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Actor Nicole Kidman married Queensland-born country singer Keith Urban in a romantic twilight ceremony in Sydney yesterday — and […]

Ecstasy Seizures The Australian 22 June 2006

JUNE 22John StapletonTHE price of the popular party drug ecstasy is set to rise in Sydney after police seized 250,000 ecstasy pills with an estimated street value of $12.5 million. Police also confiscated two pill presses, used by gangs to manufacture the tablets, as well as 18 kilograms of the amphetamine based powder used to […]

Sea King Inquiry The Australian 20 June 2006

JUNE 20:John StapletonTHE multi-million dollar inquiry into the Sea King disaster which left nine dead on the island of Nias in Indonesia during aid operations in the wake of the Asian tsunami last year has stalled amidst concerns over potential bias. The inquiry, which raised doubts over the proper maintenance of helicopters within parts of […]

Certified baristas, crema of the crop, The Australian, 19 June, 2006.

Certified baristas, crema of the crop: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 June 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Chairman Robert Forsyth, an international coffee judge, said Australia had evolved in 15 years into one of the most sophisticated coffee-drinking societies in theworld and licencing baristas was the logical next step. “I certainly think […]

Anger as terror cleric is released, The Australian, 15 June, 2006. Page One.

Anger as terror cleric is released: [8 NSW Metro Edition]Stephen Fitzpatrick, Patrick Walters, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 June 2006: 1.Full textAbstract/DetailsShow highlightingAbstractTranslate Abstract blessing to the October 2002 attacks in the Bali tourist district of Kuta, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. [Bashir], 68, made a 12-hour pilgrimage by […]

Young Tim could sniff out a goal, The Australian, 14 June, 2006.

Young Tim could sniff out a goal: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Ray Gatt. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 June 2006: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract WHEN Socceroos hero Tim Cahill was playing for Sydney’s Kingsgrove North High School in the mid-90s, his coach, Marco Zammarrelli, gave him free rein. Mr Zammarrelli’s formula […]

Drivers slugged by credit card charge, The Australian, 12 June, 2006.

Drivers slugged by credit card charge: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 June 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “It is bad enough customers are getting ripped off at the pump by the oil companies, we don’t want them ripped off at the cash register as well,” NRMA president Alan Evans […]

Workplace campaign will heat up, unions tell rallies, The Australian, 29 June, 2006

Workplace campaign will heat up, unions tell rallies: [1 All-round Country Edition] Ewin Hannan, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 June 2006: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Unions said about 300,000 people attended the rallies, which were also held in Sydney, Perth, Hobart, Adelaide and regional centres. Police estimated the combined turnout at about 150,000. ACTU president […]

Drivers gulp at holiday petrol prices, Weekend Australian, 10 June, 2006.

Drivers gulp at holiday petrol prices: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 June 2006: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract There is hope for short-term relief at the petrol bowser, with the international price of crude oil dropping below $US70 a barrel following the killing of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zaqawi. Analysts said his death could […]

A smile as fighter Sophie goes home, The Australian, 9 June, 2006.

A smile as fighter Sophie goes home: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 June 2006: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [Sophie]’s father Ron thanked the many “unsung heroes” who helped to save his daughter’s life and the thousands of Australians who had sent their support. “A lot of people think that we might be the most unlucky […]

Aussies killed in ski resort accident, The Australian, 8 June, 2006.

Aussies killed in ski resort accident: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Paige Taylor. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 June 2006: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr Bradford’s sister-in-law Maree Bradford, married to his only brother Neil, described him as “bubbly, outgoing, energetic, a big kid at heart, loved by everybody”. She said that […]

Latham gets bond for camera ‘snap’, The Australian, 7 June, 2006.

Latham gets bond for camera `snap’: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 June 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Although Mr [Mark Latham] faced two years’ jail, magistrate Michael Stoddart, taking into account that Mr Latham had no prior criminal record and had entered a plea of […]

Carjack crime on the rise, The Australian, 5 June, 2006.

Carjack crime on the rise: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 June 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The crime involves up to four vehicles, all usually stolen — a 4WD for the ramming, a van to take the ATM and two high-performance cars for the getaway. Hence the crime wave in Sydney’s most expensive suburbs as gangs […]

Irrigators hail certainty over their lifeblood – SNOWY BACKDOWN, Weekend Australian, 3 June, 2006.

Irrigators hail certainty over their lifeblood – SNOWY BACKDOWN: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 June 2006: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The [WILLIAM Gooden] family of Berembee, outside Wagga Wagga in southern NSW, who have waged a campaign against theprivatisation of the Snowy Hydro, were delighted at the Prime Minister’s scuppering of the plans. […]

Climber’s partner to tell of fall, The Australian, 2 June, 2006.

Climber’s partner to tell of fall: [1 All-round Country Edition] James Madden, John Stapleton, Additional reporting: Liam Cochrane. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 June 2006: 9. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Bishnu Gurung, who is said to be deeply traumatised by Fear’s death, agreed to an informal meeting with embassy officials to discuss the tragedy. An embassy […]

Recovering climber fields media bids, The Australian, 1 June, 2006.

Recovering climber fields media bids: [2 All-round First Edition] John Stapleton, James Madden. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 June 2006: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Climbing colleagues of another Sydney mountaineer, Sue Fear — who died on Sunday after falling into a snow-covered crevasse while descending from the summit of Nepal’s Mount Manaslu — yesterday paid […]

Rescuers found climber near sheer drop, The Australian, 1 June, 2006.

Rescuers found climber near sheer drop: [3 All-round Metro Edition] James Madden, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 June 2006: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The climbers — Myles Osborne, Dan Mazur, Andrew Brashe and Jangbu Sherpa — reported that [Hall] had unzipped his suit to his waist and had pulled his arms […]

Woman climber’s death verified, The Australian, 31 May, 2006.

Woman climber’s death verified: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, James Madden, Additional reporting: Liam Cochrane. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 May 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract BACK-from-the-dead mountaineer Lincoln Hall celebrated an emotional reunion with his wife in Kathmandu last night as it was confirmed his friend and colleague Sue Fear had […]

I’m well and truly alive, says back-from-dead climber, The Australian, 29 May, 2006.

I’m well and truly alive, says back-from-dead climber: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 May 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract More than a dozen sherpas and members of three expeditions, co- ordinated by the 7Summits group, were involved in Hall’s rescue. Thirty-six bottles of oxygen at $US310 ($409) a bottle […]

Aussie Everest climber comes back from the ‘dead’, Weekend Australian, 27 May, 2006. Page One.

Aussie Everest climber comes back from the `dead’: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, D.D. McNicoll, Additional reporting: Tracy Ong, James Madden. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 May 2006: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Just days after fellow Australian climber Bob Killip was among a party criticised by Everest’s first conqueror, Edmund Hillary, for leaving an […]

Race to rescue Aussie Everest climber left for dead, Weekend Australian, 27 May, 2006. Page One.

Race to rescue Aussie Everest climber left for dead: [8 NSW Metro Edition] Tracy Ong, John Stapleton, Additional reporting: D.D. McNicoll, James Madden. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 May 2006: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Just days after fellow Australian climber Bob Killip was among a party criticised by Everest’s first conqueror, Edmund Hillary, for leaving […]

Writers predict unhappy ending – East Timor, Weekend Australian, 27 May, 2006.

Heavily rewritten. Last line not mine. Writers predict unhappy ending – EAST TIMOR: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 May 2006: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “It may seem to the Australian public that because Australia played a fairly big role in the reconstruction, that Australia has a role to play in maintaining the East Timorese […]

Rocker’s $330,000 for crash on drink, The Australian, 26 May, 2006.

Rocker’s $330,000 for crash on drink: [6 NSW Country Edition] Dan Box, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 May 2006: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Simon Binks, 49, sued North Sydney Council over the crash at Milsons Point, claiming it was liable for his brain damage and lost earnings because roadworks in the area were poorly lit […]

Illegal workers The Australian 24 May 2006

WED 24 MAY 2006 John StapletonTWENTY ONE illegal workers from Malaysia, including seven illegal non-citizens, were picked up in the Riverina area this week after authorities stopped a bus on the Sturt Highway near the NSW Victorian border. The detentions come against a backdrop of continuing labour shortages in fruit picking districts. Lack of workers […]

Mother’s anti-war message for PM, The Australian, 24 May, 2006.

Mother’s anti-war message for PM: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 May 2006: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Her trip to Australia will take in anti-war rallies in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne and has been sponsored by the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, a group of Australian doctors who have campaigned strongly against […]

The whitewashing of Aboriginal Manhood, with Keith Windschuttle, Dads On The Air, 23 May, 2006.

Murder suspect couple extradited, The Australian, 22 May, 2006.

Murder suspect couple extradited: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 May 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A COUPLE extradited from Perth are due to appear at Sydney’s Central Local Court this morning charged over the murder of boxer Bassam Chami and a friend in Sydney’s western suburbs two […]

Bulldogs Sharks Fears After Cronulla The Australian 21 May 2006

SUNDAY 21 MAY John StapletonFEARS were strong that five months after the race-based Cronulla riots the first match between Western Sydney’s Bulldogs, with their strong Lebanese support base, and Cronulla’s Sharks, would spark riots in the stands at Telstra Stadium yesterday. Instead extremely heavy security, including mounted police, sniffer dogs and riot squad police, ensured […]

Sophie’s on the mend, The Australian, 18 May, 2006.

Sophie’s on the mend: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 May 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Sophie was struck by a car after school on May 5 as she was pushed across a zebra crossing in a stroller by a family friend in the north Sydney suburb of Seaforth. The […]

Stars Come Out For Olsen The Australian The Weekend Australian 22 April 2006

http://www.olsenirwin.com/pages/articles_details.php?pressroom_id=68 Stars come out for Olsen The Weekend Australian: The Nation April 22-23, 2006 John Stapleton   Australia’s greatest living artist walked into a retrospective of his work last night and declared: “Haven’t I been busy.”Entering his son Tim’s fashionable Sydney gallery packed with an A-list crowd, John Olsen, 78, said he never expected things […]

Kerry Bartlett Seat of Macquarie The Australian 2006

ohn StapletonPITY Kerry Bartlett. If you can feel pity for any politician. A stroke a a pen has turned the his once comfortable margin of 8.9 per cent into a 0.5 per cent deficit. The Australian Electoral Commission’s redrawing of the boundaries of Macquarie since the last election has changed the once lower Blue Mountains, […]

Christoper Harris Mt Everest The Australian 2006

John StapletonA teenager from Western Sydney is set to become the youngest person in history to climb not just Mount Everest but all seven of the highest peaks on each of the seven continents – the Holy Grail of mountaineering. Christopher Harris, 15, has already climbed four mountains. The record for all seven is presently […]

Sydney public terror fears The Australian 16 May 2006

TUESDAY 16 MAY:John StapletonTHE 600,000 people who live and work in the centre of Sydney would have absolutely no idea what to do in a terror attack, the NSW Opposition claimed yesterday. The claims came at the beginning of a major three day counter-terrorist exercise on Sydney Harbour called “Neptune’s Treasure”. The scenario includes terrorists […]

John Howard at the Blacktown Workers Club The Australian 2006

John StapletonYESTERDAY there were about 80 demonstrators outside the Blacktown Workers Club, social centre of Greenway, the Liberal’s most marginal NSW seat and their third most marginal seat in Australia. Prime Minister John Howard’s arrival was greeted with the by now almost traditional chant of “Hey hey, hoh hoh, Johnny Howard’s got to go”. Well […]

3801 Developments The Australian 2006

John StapletonLIKE many an Australian story, the future of the beloved steam train 3801 is all about money, real estate, bureaucratic intransigence and political manoeuvering. The 3801, greeted by thousands of sightseers and enthusiasts wherever it goes, is regarded as the best working example of a steam locomotive in Australia. But after being cared for […]

Distraught father The Australian 2006

John StapletonA distraught father at the Bidura Children’s Court yesterday claimed the court was putting their 16-year-old ice addicted daughter at risk by constantly releasing her back into the community. The girl was facing charges of aggravated robbery and possession of an illegal drug.But the father, Trevor, who cannot be fully named for legal reasons, […]

Falun Gong, The End of Days, 2006.

Commissioned by The Australian, never run, the criticism being that it was too sympathetic. John Stapleton “When two truths meet the most courageous one wins.” Chinese proverb.THE number one enemy of the Chinese government, the so-called “evil” or “doomsday cult” of Falun Dafa or Falun Gong, has spread rapidly across Australia.Outside the Chinese embassy in […]

Police probe death of farmers’champion, The Australian, 15 May, 2006.

Police probe death of farmers’ champion: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 May 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Police said the man helped Mr [Rick Farley] to the top but when he “momentarily” turned around, the wheelchair began to run back down the 15m ramp. Mr Farley fell out of the chair, hitting his head on the concrete. Tributes for […]

Drug Supply Syndicate The Australian 2006

John StapletonA major drug supply syndicate supplying users of the drug Ice in the Queanbeyan area of southern NSW has been broken, police claimed yesterday. Six people were arrested and charged. Strikeforce Northend was established in May by detectives attached to the Monara Local Area Command to investigate the supply of Ice by an organised […]

Vladimir Putin The Australian 2006…

web only:  Not sure of date. John StapletonHEAVY security blanketed Sydney airport as Russian leader Vladimir Putin arrived shortly before 7.30am. He is first serving Russian leader to ever visit Australia. Unlike George Bush, who travelled with three aircraft and an entourage of more than 700, Putin arrived in a single Russian aircraft marked with […]

Small beer the world’s best, Weekend Australian, 13 May, 2006.

Small beer the world’s best: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 May 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “I’ve always loved beer and loved brewing beer. It is a mystery and an art. Every step is exciting. The Special Reserve was fermented for over 12 months and was taken through a […]

Fire destroys famous church, The Australian, 11 May, 2006.

Fire destroys famous church: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 May 2006: 9. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The 149-year-old Anglican church In Sydney’s Broadway was a haven for foreign students attending nearby Sydney university, and yesterday messages of sympathy poured in to the church from around the world. It […]

Talk By Colin Griffiths, Positive Workshop, Green Rock, 11-14 May, 2006. Positive Sexuality: Sexual Life Before and After Diagnosis

I wrote or transcribed this speech for Colin Griffiths while he was staying at my house. We had known each other since we were teenagers. By this stage he was increasingly fragile, and often seriously unwell. He would not last out the decade.  My kids had no idea what to make of this strange, toothless, […]

Detective pays tribute to his slain bikie brother, The Australian, 28 April, 2006.

Detective pays tribute to his slain bikie brother: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 Apr 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Choking back tears, NSW detective Brad Monk paid tribute to one of Australia’s most feared bikies, his brother Rodney “Hooks” Monk, head of Sydney’s downtown chapter of the Bandidos. Monk, […]

Jimmy Sharman’s Boxing Troupe The Last Round, The Australian, April, 2006.

John StapletonTREVOR Christian remembers Jimmy Sharman’s “a pound a round” boxing tent as the catalyst for many aboriginal men’s pathway out of poverty, including his own. Christian, who went on to become Australian junior middle weight champion, was only nine when he first had a go in the famous tent, a feature of country and […]

Hart claims spurned, Weekend Australian, 22 April, 2006.

Hart claims spurned: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Apr 2006: 10. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Broken Hill Mayor Ron Page, a close friend of the family, could not confirm the allegations but said he was aware that a number of agents were selling Hart’s work overseas. He said […]

Leslie welcomed back on catwalk, The Australian, 19 April, 2006.

Leslie welcomed back on catwalk: [G Vic First Edition 2] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Apr 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract CONVICTED drug user and Muslim convert Michelle Leslie made a triumphant return to the catwalk last night as the final model in the much heralded Azzollini 2006-07 spring-summer swimwear collection. Organisers clearly wanted to […]

Easter Road Toll The Australian 18 April 2006

TUESDAY 18 APRIL: John StapletonWHILE the national road toll of 21 for the Easter holidays was five less than last year, in NSW the figures almost doubled, sparking a political furore. NSW was the worst performing state, with nine dead. Queensland saw four dead, with three of the state’s deaths involving pedestrians aged over 70. Victoria […]

Weather can’t cross out secular Easter, The Australian, 17 April, 2006.

Weather can’t cross out secular Easter: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Andrew Fraser. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Apr 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Mt Buller Ski Lifts general manager Laurie Blampied said 10cm of snow had covered the resort over the weekend, six weeks before the official start of the ski season, and […]

Detention plan stir rebel Libs, The Australian, 17 April, 2006. Page One. Additional Reporting.

Detention plans stir rebel Libs: [2 All-round First Edition] Samantha Maiden, Political correspondent, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Apr 2006: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The Government’s decision to force all illegal arrivals, including children, who reach mainland Australia by boat into offshore immigration detention centres could sideline reforms introduced in June […]

Scots College Bashing The Australian 13 April 2006

WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL:John StapletonElizabeth GoschA STUDENT from up-market Sydney private school Scots College is fighting for his life in hospital after he and two of his mates were bashed with an iron bar by a group of men in nearby Double Bay on Tuesday night. Two men _ an 18-year-old from Rushcutters Bay and an […]

Bashed student fights for life, The Australian, 13 April, 2006.

Bashed student fights for life: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Apr 2006: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Police said the assault on the Scots College students — reportedly close friends Hugh Gordon, 17, Richard Vatner and Sebastian Kesby, both 16, — appeared to have been unprovoked. Full Text TranslateFull text […]

Chinese protestors Villawood Amanda Vanstone The Australian 12 April 2006

TUESDAY 12 APRIL 2006John StapletonThe government was yesterday forced to issue reassurances to a group of Chinese protestors resisting attempts to move them from the Villawood Detention Centre in south-west Sydney. An asbestos scare has prompted Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone to close the centre for at least a month. The closing of the infamous centre […]

Digger’s body on way home from Iraq, The Australian, 24 April, 2006

Digger’s body on way home from Iraq: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Apr 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Private Kovco, a highly trained sniper, was a member of the 110- strong, Baghdad-based security detachment protecting Australianofficials. Private Kovco died in hospital “surrounded by his mates, draped in an Australian flag and with […]

Crime hub emerges amid murder hunt, The Australian, 11 April, 2006.

Crime hub emerges amid murder hunt: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Nick Leys. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Apr 2006: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In Canterbury-Bankstown, however, robbery without a weapon rose 22 per cent and robbery with a weapon other than a firearm jumped by 47.9per cent. Bankstown had […]

Low brings some highs, The Australian, 10 April, 2006.

Low brings some highs: [1 All-round Country Edition] Kevin Meade, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Apr 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A severe low-pressure trough in the Tasman Sea sent huge swells to southern NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, as the monsoonal trough that inundated the Northern Territory town dumped as much as 250mm in 24 […]

Losing battle on firearms, The Australian, 3 April, 2006

Losing battle on firearms: [2 All-round First Edition] D.D. McNicoll, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Apr 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Don Weatherburn, the chief of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics, said the pattern of firearms had made a “horrendous change” for the worse with handguns now responsible for between 50 and 60 per cent of annual gun […]

Child Support Agency contributes to Suicide, The Australian 2006

Not sure of date John Stapleton KATE Stanton admits she cries a lot.Next month is the anniversary of her son Gary’s suicide – she believes as a direct result of the conduct of the Child Support Agency. Gary Stanton was 34 and working at a hotel in Goulburn when he shot himself, leaving a note […]

Jack Darmody, Days, 30 March, 2006.

  It was Jack Darmody’s funeral today. He got a good roll up. Jack was a legend of Australian journalism from the 1960s, 70s and 80s, when he worked as a police reporter on some of the country’s leading tabloids, including the now defunct Daily Mirror in Sydney and The Truth in Melbourne. He broke […]

Struggling writer cracks it at final attempt, The Australian, 29 March, 2006.

Struggling writer cracks it at final attempt: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Mar 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Last night, [William Elliott] was named the winner of the national ABC Fiction Award for Australia’s best unpublished manuscript. One of the four judges, bestselling novelist and literary critic Delia Falconer, described Elliott’s […]

Girl, 11, drowns after being trapped by spa pump, The Australian, 27 March, 2006.

Girl, 11, drowns after being trapped by spa pump: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Tracy Ong. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Mar 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Her parents, David and Donna Rankin, own one of the apartments at Forster on the mid-NSW north coast and are close friends with the complex management. They arrived at the pool […]

Girl drowns after being caught by spa pump, The Australian, 27 March, 2006.

Girl drowns after being caught by spa pump: [2 All-round First Edition] John Stapleton, Tracy Ong. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Mar 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Shannon Rankin, from Forster on the NSW mid-north coast, was caught by the suction pump on the spa’s floor on Saturday afternoon and despite the efforts of poolside guests she could not be prised […]

Police lost 6kg of cocaine, The Australian, 20 March, 2006.

Police lost 6kg of cocaine: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 Mar 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE NSW Police Integrity Commission has been called on to investigate an undercover police operation in which 7kg of cocaine was sold to a dealer, 6kg of which allegedly ended up “on the street”. […]

Police face cocaine probe, The Australian, 20 March, 2006.

Police face cocaine probe: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 Mar 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE NSW Police Integrity Commission has been called on to investigate an undercover police operation in which 7kg of cocaine was sold to a dealer, 6kg of which allegedly ended up “on the street”. Police […]

Tegan Lane, The Australian, 17 March 2006

John StapletonPOLICE renewed their appeal for any information on the whereabouts of missing girl Tegan Lane yesterday as a date was set for a two week inquest. Tegan Lane was born on September 12, 1996 at Auburn Hospital in western Sydney but has not been seen since leaving the hospital two days later. Her mother […]

Station at centre of second asbestos scare, The Australian, 16 March, 2006.

Station at centre of second asbestos scare: [6 NSW Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Mar 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The asbestos at Edgecliff station was discovered as a result of an audit of the 302 stations in the Sydney rail network, with surveys of only nine stations completed so far. The audit […]

Sexual abuse allegations The Australian 14 March 2006

WRITTEN TUESDAY MARCH 14. NOT RUN.John Stapleton ONLY eight per cent of allegations of sexual abuse involving children and 10 per cent involving adults result in a sexual offence being proven in court, according to a report released yesterday. The study, titled “The attrition of sexual offences from the NSW criminal justice system”, from the […]

Register puts heat on dodgy doctors, The Australian, 13 March, 2006.

Register puts heat on dodgy doctors: [O SA Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Mar 2006: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The scheme is being set up following a series of medical scandals, including the police recommendation to charge Indian- trained surgeon Jayant Patel with at least 28 criminal counts relating to 13 deaths […]

I’ll go straight: exiled burglar, The Australian, 10 March, 2006.

I’ll go straight: exiled burglar: [1 All-round Country Edition] Rick Wallace, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Mar 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Hide highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone brought Mr [Robert Jovicic] home on compassionate grounds after a three-month campaign for his return that began when he mounted a two-night vigil outside the Australian embassy in […]

Halving of tunnel toll lifts Iemma, The Australian, 6 March, 2006.

Halving of tunnel toll lifts Iemma: [6 NSW Country Edition] Steve Creedy, John Stapleton, Additional reporting: Tracy Ong, Geoffrey Newman. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Mar 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A THREE-MONTH deal to halve tolls in Sydney’s controversial Cross City Tunnel took some voter pressure off beleagured NSW Premier […]

Soprano glory within Cameron’s range, The Australian, 6 March, 2006.

Soprano glory within Cameron’s range: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Mar 2006: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract IT was Cameron Woodhouse’s kindergarten teacher who first suggested to his surprised family that their son had a truly remarkable voice, and a singing career was a definite option. […]

Keating’s harbour city spray, Weekend Australian, 4 March, 2006.

The end result of this story described here: https://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/paul-keating-from-hunting-famous.html Keating’s harbour city spray: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Mar 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract OTHER than the Queen Victoria Building, the Rocks and the Opera House, Sydney’s central business district could be razed and nothing of aesthetic value would be lost, Paul Keating […]

Two men killed in state gun spree, The Australian, 27 February, 2006.

Two men killed in state gun spree: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Feb 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Constable Elizabeth Roth was in a stable condition in Liverpool Hospital in southwestern Sydney last night after undergoing surgery to remove shrapnel. At Kellyville on the city’s northwestern outskirts […]

Climate debate too PC: scientist, The Australian, 23 February, 2006.

Climate debate too PC: scientist: [6 NSW Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Feb 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Climate expert and retired founder of the Antarctic Co-operative Research Centre Garth Paltridge said yesterday he was told to keep quiet in the early 1990s when he suggested there was doubt about the science behind global warming. […]

Call for caring as a third skeleton found, The Australian, 22 February, 2006.

Call for caring as a third skeleton found: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Imre Salusinszky. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Feb 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THE discovery of the badly decomposed body of an elderly man in Sydney — the third case in a fortnight — has sparked calls for a return to old-fashioned values of […]

Property markets up, The Australian, 20 February, 2006

Property markets up: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 Feb 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Australian Property Monitors research director Louis Christopher said the clearance rate for Adelaide was 73.9 per cent while the rate for Melbourne was 56per cent. Full Text TranslateFull text Turn on search term navigation SIGNS of a property […]

Libs pledge to reclaim tunnel-affected roads, The Australian, 20 February, 2006.

Libs pledge to reclaim tunnel-affected roads: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 Feb 2006: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW Opposition Leader Peter Debnam said roads blocked, narrowed or altered to encourage people to use the 2km tollway would be reopened under a Coalition government, regardless of the contractual obligations to […]

On the job, pix, The Australian. With the legendary Gough Whitlam. 2006.

Protecting Muslim Thuggery From Criticism, Free-Market News Network, 17 February, 2006.

Outsiders from Warwick Farm storm home in photo finish, The Australian, 13 February, 2006.

Outsiders from Warwick Farm storm home in photo finish: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Feb 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The jury gave prizes in 10 theme categories to 63 photographers from 25 countries including Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain […]

Aboriginal anger as Block rezoned, The Australian, 10 February, 2006.

Aboriginal anger as Block rezoned: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Feb 2006: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract LONG-STANDING tensions between Sydney’s Redfern Aboriginal community and the NSW Government escalated yesterday after Planning Minister Frank Sartor announced that Redfern’s Block, a centre of Aboriginal activism for more than 30 […]

Locals pour scorn on timing of the find, The Australian, 9 February, 2006.

Locals pour scorn on timing of the find: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Feb 2006: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract George Yanelli, general manager of Leonay’s golf course, which is next to the oval where the drilling took place, said locals were cynical. “I am very happy they found water and can […]

$17.5m haul of ‘ice’ found in speedboat, News, 8 February, 2006.

Dragons still top dog in parade to celebrate Chinese New Year, The Australian, 6 February, 2006.

Dragons still top dog in parade to celebrate Chinese New Year: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Feb 2006: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Beijing contingent and the Falun Gong had been deliberately kept apart at opposite ends of the march and that there had been no trouble between the two groups. “The parade […]

Libs play race card on beach stabbings,The Australian, 6 February, 2006.

Libs play race card on beach stabbings: [2 All-round First Edition 1] Tracy Ong, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Feb 2006: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Waverley Deputy Mayor George Newhouse has told Opposition Leader and local member Peter Debnam to butt out of the debate, saying putting more police on the […]

Murder suspect arrested on Norfolk Island after 4 Years, News, 2 February, 2006.

Rodney Hooks Monk Bandidos funeral, The Australian, April, 2006.

John Stapleton  CHOKING back tears, serving NSW police officer Detective Inspector Brad Monk paid tribute to one of the most feared bikies in Australia, his brother Rodney “Hooks” Monk of the infamous outlaw bikie gang the Bandidos. With the coffin lid off, bikies with tears in their eyes had just finished filing past the body. […]

Murder ends ‘sad run’ for cabbie, The Australian, 1 February, 2006.

Murder ends `sad run’ for cabbie: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Feb 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract YOUBERT Hormozi, the Sydney taxi driver bashed to death in the early hours of yesterday morning, was a lonely man suffering severe health problems after a marriage breakdown, neighbours and co- workers […]

Barrel murders: third person hunted, The Australian, 31 January, 2006.

Barrel murders: third person hunted: [1 All-round Country Edition] Dan Box, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 Jan 2006: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Stacey Lea-Caton] arrived alone at Nowra police station about 2.30am on Sunday and was later taken into custody. Acting on information he provided, homicide detectives arrived […]

Corby linked to ‘drug trafficker’, The Australian, 31 January, 2006.

Corby linked to `drug trafficker’: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 Jan 2006: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The man, who could not be named for legal reasons, owned a property off the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane next door to a property owned by Corby’s father, Michael Corby. The man was raided […]

Tear time as school bells toll for wee ones, The Australian, 30 January, 2006.

Tear time as school bells toll for wee ones: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 30 Jan 2006: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract With some variations across the school systems, students from South Australia return today, Victoria, NSW and the Northern Territory return tomorrow, Western Australia on Wednesday and the ACT on Friday. Ellena Peach, 5, […]

Petrol prices The Australian 9 June 2006

JUNE 9:John StapletonJust like everybody else in the country, mum-to-be Belinda Jones, 25, is confused and frustrated by the ever-spiralling price of petrol. Record highs were recorded yesterday ahead of the Queen’s Birthday long weekend. The ever increasing cost of petrol and its flow on effects are impacting on Mrs Jones weekly budget, on her […]

Police prepared as beachgoers urged to return, Weekend Australian, 24 December, 2005.

Police prepared as beachgoers urged to return: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Dec 2005: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract AN extra 800 police officers will work Sydney’s beaches this weekend despite assurances from politicians and police that the worst of the Cronulla race riots is now over. In a separate […]

Charges over riot messages, The Australian, 23 December, 2005.

Charges over riot messages: [1 All-round Country Edition] Dan Box, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Dec 2005: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract A 33-YEAR-OLD man has become the first person to be charged for inciting racial violence by forwarding text messages in the aftermath of the Sydney race riots. Former Cronulla Sharks captain Andrew Ettingshausen is one of […]

Drug victim’s dad ‘predicted’ violent death, The Australian, 22 December, 2005.

Drug victim’s dad `predicted’ violent death: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Tracy Ong. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Dec 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract [Tony Vincent Jr.] patriarch Tony Sr faces trial next July on charges including making false statements. Tony Jr is in jail for supplying drugs, as is Shamus Vincent. […]

Leopard cubs arrive after a spot of bother, The Australian, 21 December, 2005.

Leopard cubs arrive after a spot of bother: [6 NSW Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Dec 2005: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract THEY may be the product of a rocky relationship but the 10-week- old snow leopards that made their public debut at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo yesterday were showing no signs of stress. The cubs […]

Fears of a fiery summer ahead, The Australian, 19 December, 2005. Additional reporting.

Fears of a fiery summer ahead: [1 All-round Country Edition] Christopher Dore, Additional reporting: John Stapleton, Alana Buckley-Carr, Jeremy Roberts, Verity Edwards. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Dec 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “We anticipate a severe season kicking off around Christmas,” NSW Rural Fire Commissioner Phil Koperburg said. Mr Koperburg said recent […]

Highway jinks solved by western spaghetti, The Australian, 17 December, 2005.

Highway jinks solved by western spaghetti: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Dec 2005: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract As of last night, it became possible to travel from Baulkham Hills in Sydney’s northwest to Canberra without hitting a single traffic light. Motorists faced 48 sets before the construction of the 144 bridges, the movement […]

PM calls for calm over the holiday, The Australian, 16 December, 2005.

PM calls for calm over the holiday: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Dec 2005: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract Translate Abstract Mr [JOHN Howard] slammed the torching of churches in western Sydney in recent days, saying it was “particularly repugnant”. It was “utterly and unconditionally condemned, particularly […]

Another morning assignment, PM opens Westlink M7 Motorway, The Australian, 16 December, 2005.,

They’re called Public Private Partnerships or PPPs, a collusion between government and private industry to fund major infrastructure projects. Sydney is now ringed with expensive tollways costing commuters up to $50 a day, a huge impost on their beloved constituency, “working families”. It is essentially a government gifting transport routes and public lands to private […]

Churches are new target, The Australian, 15 December, 2005. Additional reporting. Page One.

Churches are new target: [2 All-round First Edition] Nick Leys, Dan Box, Additional reporting: John Stapleton, Jonathan Porter. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Dec 2005: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Police believe the attack on the hall, in the suburb of Auburn, was intended to destroy the Uniting church next door, while nearby StThomas’s Anglican Church, which has a primarily Chinese congregation, […]

Aussie pair leave to sniff out trouble in Tokyo, The Australian, 12 December, 2005.

Aussie pair leave to sniff out trouble in Tokyo: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Dec 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The former strays, now worth tens of thousands of dollars each, will be at the front line of Japan’s fight to stop the spread of avian flu. Japanese quarantine officers have spent the past […]

Whither Family Law? Dads On The Air, 12 December, 2005.

With Special GuestsCommentator Simon Hunt andBarry Williams,President Lone Fathers. This was our last show of the year for 2005. The Dads On The Air teamwould like to thank all the forum participants, who have made it sucha lively debating ground during the past year. And thanks to ourinterview subjects, who this year included the head of the FamilyCourt Chief Justice […]

Iemma to make sweeping changes to PPPs, The Australian, 8 December, 2005.

Iemma to make sweeping changes to PPPs: [1 All-round Country Edition] Ean Higgins, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Dec 2005: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW Premier Morris Iemma will today announce sweeping changes to the way the state deals with public-private partnerships, especially toll roads. In another day of high drama, Mr Iemma […]

Anger at plan to split up Sydney, The Australian, 5 December, 2005.

Anger at plan to split up Sydney: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Dec 2005: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The 25-year plan, hailed yesterday by NSW Premier Morris Iemma as a blueprint to secure Sydney as Australia’s gateway to the world, was derided by the Opposition as “just a collection of […]

City plan reveals ‘crack in ministry’, The Australian, 5 December, 2005.

City plan reveals `crack in ministry’: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Dec 2005: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Rather than the detailed framework that Premier Morris Iemma claimed would provide a city centre within easy reach of every Sydney family, Opposition planning spokesman Chris Hartcher said it just papered over […]

A jock and sock XMAS as lasting gifts fit the bill, The Australian, 5 December, 2005.

A jock and sock Xmas as lasting gifts fit the bill: [1 All-round Country Edition] Sid Maher, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Dec 2005: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NRA executive director Patrick McKendry said this was a modest target, just ahead of inflation, which took into account that retailers in recent months […]

Tunnel toll’s back … and so is traffic chaos, The Australian, 2 December, 2005.

Tunnel toll’s back … and so is traffic chaos: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Dec 2005: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The chaos came ahead of a NSW upper house inquiry into the tunnel. Public hearings begin next week, with former premier Bob Carr, who oversaw the tunnel contract, to be questioned. “Patronage […]

Calls for silence at moment of execution, The Australian, 28 November, 2005. Additional reporting. Page One.

Call for silence at moment of execution: [2 All-round First Edition] Elizabeth Colman, Steve Lewis, Additional reporting by Samantha Maiden, John Stapleton, Padraic Murphy and James Madden.. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 Nov 2005: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract As momentum grows for Australians to stop and recognise the execution, John Howard warned Singapore yesterday thatAustralians‘ anger would linger if […]

Happy ending for model, but story still unsold, The Australian, 23 November, 2005.

Happy ending for model, but story still unsold: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Elizabeth Gosch, Additional reporting: Stephen Fitzpatrick. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Nov 2005: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract UNDERWEAR model and convicted drug user Michelle Leslie had two Cinderella moments on her return to Australia yesterday — first losing a […]

Payout deal to make Alvarez a millionaire, Weekend Australian, 19 November, 2005.

Payout deal to make Alvarez a millionaire: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Nov 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Ms [VIVIAN Alvarez], who came to Australia in 1984 with husband Robert Young and became an Australian citizen in 1986, was found in a dishevelled state in the northern NSW town of Lismore […]

In boom times, good things come in threes, The Australian, 17 November, 2005.

In boom times, good things come in threes: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Leticia Makin. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Nov 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Liberal backbencher Malcolm Turnbull said a strong economy had been fundamental to the turnaround. “The best guarantee that families have and the best encouragement to have children is a strong economy,” […]

It’s for the students, say teachers – IR REVOLUTION, The Australian, 16 November, 2005.

It’s for the students, say teachers – IR REVOLUTION: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Dan Box. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Nov 2005: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In Victoria, 100 schools closed completely and 1500 others operated on reduced staff levels as 20,000 teachers attended the nation’s biggest rally in Melbourne’s CBD. While half the teachers […]

Teachers doing it ‘for education’, The Australian, 16 November, 2005.

Teachers doing it `for education’: [3 All-round Metro Edition] John Stapleton, Dan Box. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Nov 2005: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In Victoria, 100 schools closed completely and 1500 others operated on reduced staff levels as 20,000 teachers attended the nation’s biggest rally in Melbourne’s CBD. While half the teachers at Ultimo […]

A new era of air travel arrives in our skies, The Australian, 14 November, 2005.

A new era of air travel arrives in our skies: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 Nov 2005: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Chief operating officer with Airbus John Leahy said: “Just as the 747 was a game-changing plane for the 20th century, so the A380 is a game-changing plane for the 21st. “The 747 was a great plane for […]

Mufti condemns raids as race-driven, Weekend Australian, 12 November, 2005.

Mufti condemns raids as race-driven: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Nov 2005: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract TERRORISING women, frightening children and the elderly, breaking down doors in the middle of the night and pointing guns at civilians was behaviour that ran counter to the best interests of Australia, the […]

Interstate link as 18th man arrested, The Australian, 11 November, 2005. Additional reporting.

Interstate link as 18th man arrested: [2 All-round First Edition] Natalie O’Brien, Annabelle McDonald, Additional reporting: John Stapleton, Padraic Murphy. The Australian[Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Nov 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Acting with a Victorian arrest warrant, NSW police picked up the man in the southwest Sydney suburb of Guildford as part of the joint state and federal police […]

Police swoop on ninth Sydney terrorism suspect, The Australian, 11 November, 2005

Police swoop on ninth Sydney terrorism suspect: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Nov 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract He will become the 18th terror suspect picked up since Australian Federal Police, ASIO and state police launched raids across Sydney and Melbourne early on Tuesday. Miria Mahee, 25, told The Australian she heard a “whooshing, […]

Shots that took suspect to the wild side, The Australian, 10 November, 2005. Page One.

Shots that took suspect to the wild side: [2 All-round First Edition 1] Jonathan Porter, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 Nov 2005: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Baladjam], now in a stable condition, became the latest of 17 terrorist suspects across Sydney and Melbourne to be charged, when magistrate Kevin Flack travelled to […]

Appeals for calm among faithful – TERROR HITS HOME, The Australian, 9 November, 2005.

Appeals for calm among faithful – TERROR HITS HOME: [1 All-round Country Edition] Simon Kearney, John Stapleton, Additional reporting: Ean Higgins, Richard Kerbaj. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Nov 2005: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The Mufti of Australia, Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, used Islamic radio to plead for patience among the community as Islamic leaders asked […]

Moderate Muslims welcome arrests, The Australian, 9 November, 2005.

Moderate Muslims welcome arrests: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Simon Kearney, John Stapleton, Additional reporting: Ean Higgins, Richard Kerbaj. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Nov 2005: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The president of Islamic Charity Projects Association in Australia, Ghayath Al-Shelh, said it was a mistake for Islamic leaders to complain about the arrests. The Mufti of Australia, […]

Sydney men the ‘bombmakers’- TERROR HITS HOME, The Australian, 9 November, 2005.

Sydney men the `bombmakers’ – TERROR HITS HOME: [1 All-round Country Edition] Simon Kearney, David King, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 09 Nov 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW Police and Australian Federal Police agents discovered chemicals during the raids yesterday morning, which NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney said could be used in “highly […]

New life in a distant land, The Australian, 8 November, 2005

New life in a distant land: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T]08 Nov 2005: 11. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The Dreadnought Scheme got its name after a group of patriotic Australians, concerned at German naval expansion in the build-up to World War I, decided to raise money to buy a […]

Use of cocaine crosses class lines, The Australian, 7 November, 2005.

Use of cocaine crosses class lines: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 Nov 2005: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Research spearheaded by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre suggests that 3tonnes of cocaine are consumed in Sydney and Melbourne every year, with Sydney users accounting for 90 per cent of […]

Claim of ‘safer cigarette’ draws anger from lobby group, The Australian, 7 November, 2005.

Claim of `safer cigarette’ draws anger from lobby group: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 07 Nov 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract “It is a regulative black hole,” she said. “Many Australians will be conned into smoking these products unless we have a national regulatory framework in place that will test […]

Life’s a pitch as Aussies take LA, Weekend Australian, 5 November, 2005.

Life’s a pitch as Aussies take LA: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Nov 2005: 8. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Also on offer are a golf tournament hosted by one-time British Open winner Ian Baker-Finch, a seminar on the benefits of filming in Australia and briefings on the Australia-US free trade agreement. Mr […]

Carr denies knowing of cabinet leak, Weekend Australian, 5 November, 2005.

Carr denies knowing of cabinet leak: [1 All-round Country Edition] Nick Leys, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Nov 2005: 11. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract His successor, Morris Iemma, said yesterday Premier’s Department director-general Col Gellatly found in 2003 no grounds for referring the leak to the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Mr Iemma […]

Carr’s man ruled out leak inquiry, Weekend Australian, 5 November, 2006.

Carr’s man ruled out leak inquiry: [O SA Country Edition] Nick Leys, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Nov 2005: 11. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract His successor, Morris Iemma, said yesterday that Premier’s Department director-general Col Gellatly found in 2003 no grounds for referring the leak to the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The leak was raised in […]

Tunnel work goes on despite cave-in, The Australian, 3 November, 2005. Additional reporting.

Tunnel work goes on despite cave-in: [8 NSW Metro Edition] Ean Higgins, Jonathan Porter, Additional reporting: Annabelle McDonald, John Stapleton, Anthony Klan. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 Nov 2005: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Engineers and private road experts told The Australian that the cave-in, which created a 20m deep hole endangering two apartment blocks, reflected the financial pressures facing the privately funded […]

Notes from Sheik al-Hilali of Lakemba Mosque, The Australian, 2 November, 2005.

Locals label ruling a win, Weekend Australian, 29 October, 2005.

Locals label ruling a win: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Oct 2005: 9. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract ALL fresh fruit, vegetables, seafood, nuts, ham and bacon will have to be clearly labelled with their country of origin after Tasmanian farmers scored a victory in their campaign for new […]

Apple art made us pick of the world, Weekend Australian, 29 October, 2005.

Apple art made us pick of the world: [2 All-round First Edition] Matthew Denholm, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Oct 2005: 9. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Vibrant and distinctively designed labels on apple crates helped drive Australian apples into Europe and Asia from 1914 to the 1960s, giving this country an edge in one of its most […]

Ice heads party list, The Australian, 28 October, 2005.

Ice heads party list: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 Oct 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract The research by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre found that 73,000 Australians were addicted to methamphetamines, more than double the number dependent on heroin. Methamphetamine is a stimulant drug sold under various […]

The devastated resort of Cancun, The Australian, 26 October, 2005.

Kearns by daughter’s bedside, The Australian, 24 October, 2005.

Kearns by daughter’s bedside: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Elizabeth Gosch. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Oct 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract RUGBY great Phil Kearns and wife Julie were last night maintaining a vigil by their critically injured daughter’s hospital bed after theformer Wallaby captain accidentally backed over the 19- month-old with […]

Ports fill up as IT crisis worsens, The Australian, 24 October, 2005.

Ports fill up as IT crisis worsens: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, JohnAuthor Information. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Oct 2005: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Qantas Freight yesterday called on freight forwarders to collect their inbound freight as quickly as possible to clear space for incoming cargo at terminals in Perth, […]

Ports forced to stick with troubled IT system, Weekend Australian, 22 October, 2005.

Ports forced to stick with troubled IT system: [1 All-round Country Edition] Simon Hayes, John Stapleton. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Oct 2005: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Defying furious freight forwarders and Customs brokers, Senator [Chris Ellison] has announced Customs will persevere with the Integrated Cargo System. Senator Ellison said extra Customs staff would be […]

Crisis talks on ports, The Australian, 21 October, 2005. Page One.

Crisis talks on ports: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Simon Hayes. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Oct 2005: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract CUSTOMS Minister Chris Ellison was last night considering shutting down the new $250million computer system at Australia’s major sea freight terminals as delays in shifting goods plunged ports into chaos. Senator Ellison […]

Our winning team dominates the inaugural News Awards, The Australian, 20 October, 2005.

Our winning team dominates the inaugural News Awards: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 Oct 2005: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Renee Nowytarger was nominated for Photographer of the Year for her images from Aceh after the tsunami and a warts-and-all portrait of actor Max Cullen. Cartoonist Peter Nicholson and News Limited’s Eric […]

Road death of Fraser’s friend fuelled house attack, The Australian, 20 October, 2005.

Road death of Fraser’s friend fuelled house attack: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Annabelle McDonald. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 Oct 2005: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Politicians from Premier Morris Iemma down condemned Mr [Andrew Fraser]’s violent outburst, but the daughter of his late friend said she supported Mr Fraser’s actions. Ms […]

Road death of Fraser’s friend fuelled house attack, The Australian, 20 October, 2005.

Road death of Fraser’s friend fuelled house attack: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Annabelle McDonald. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 20 Oct 2005: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Politicians from Premier Morris Iemma down condemned Mr [Andrew Fraser]’s violent outburst, but the daughter of his late friend said she supported Mr Fraser’s actions. Ms […]

New threats needle supplies of blood, The Australian, 17 October, 2005.

New threats needle supplies of blood: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Oct 2005: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract DESPITE a dramatic improvement in the purity of hospital blood supplies over the past 40 years, new threats to transfusion services, as serious as HIV and hepatitis B and C once were, […]

Andy backs mission to moon, The Australian, 17 October, 2005.

Andy backs mission to moon: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Oct 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Dr Thomas said Mars posed enormous problems, including the difficulty of carrying enough fuel to get there and back, while themoon was a far more accessible option. “When these great explorations to the moon and Mars […]

All smoke in Warne’s Columbian fire, The Australian, 14 October, 2005.

All smoke in Warne’s Colombian fire: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 Oct 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [SHANE Warne], who didn’t play in the one day series, has kept a much lower profile since returning to Melbourne from England a fortnight ago, vowing to fight for his marriage. The 36-year-old split […]

Children dying as officials fail to act, The Australian, 14 October, 2005.

Children dying as officials fail to act: [8 NSW Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 Oct 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In a damning report tabled in state parliament yesterday, NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour slammed the performance of DOCS, saying children were dying unnecessarily. Mr Barbour criticised a practice by […]

AFL stars barred by Thailand, The Australian, 13 October, 2005.

AFL stars barred by Thailand: [3 All-round Metro Edition] John Stapleton, Dan Koch. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Oct 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract FOUR players from the Brisbane Lions football club are being flown back to Australia in disgrace after they were refused entry into Thailand over their behaviour on board a flight to […]

Holes in the wall, The Australian, 27 September, 2005.

Holes in the wall: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 Sep 2005: 11. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The spate of ATM ram raids shows no sign of decreasing. Last week, in the early hours of Monday morning, a gang reversed a van through the glass doors of a St George Bank branch on a […]

Methadone ‘mix-up’that killed sick child, Weekend Australian, 24 September, 2005. Page One.

Methadone `mix-up’ that killed sick child: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Annabelle McDonald. Weekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Sep 2005: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract [Rose Marie Villanueva-Austin] died on Sunday after a sick, sleepless night during which Austin says she treated her with doses of the painkiller Dymadon. She claims she gave the child a dose […]

Drivers reduce buying at bowsers, The Australian, 23 September, 2005.

Drivers reduce buying at bowsers: [1 All-round Country Edition] Nigel Wilson, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Sep 2005: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Petrol consumption slowed 4.8 per cent in the past two weeks, after falling 2 to 6 per cent in the first week of September. Around the country, prices yesterday were relatively steady at an average […]

A new storm hits oil price, The Australian, 22 September, 2005.

A new storm hits oil price: [1 All-round Country Edition] Nigel Wilson, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Sep 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Hurricane Rita is building off the Florida coast with experts predicting that by Friday it could be as powerful as Katrina, which flattened New Orleans three weeks ago. Crude oil […]

Skills for life under the big top become a question of degrees, The Australian, 19 September, 2005.

Skills for life under the big top become a question of degrees: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Sep 2005: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract As they did in Sydney yesterday, young hopefuls will line up in Brisbane today, Adelaide tomorrow and Perth on Wednesday to compete for admission […]

Wall-to-wall publicity may make or break sales – LATHAM DIARIES, The Australian, 19 September, 2005.

Wall-to-wall publicity may make or break sales – LATHAM’S DIARIES: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Natasha Robinson. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Sep 2005: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Duncan Johnston, chief executive of Collins Booksellers Group, a franchise of 33 stores, said the company was expecting good sales in city stores but not in […]

Wave of publicity can make or break sales – LATHAM’S DIARIES, The Australian, 19 September, 2005.

Wave of publicity can make or break sales – LATHAM’S DIARIES: [2 All-round First Edition] John Stapleton, Natasha Robinson. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Sep 2005: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Bookshops are reporting healthy numbers of orders. But not everyone is keen to buy what one Melbourne customer called “that [Mark […]

Conroy ‘role’ in MP’s death, The Australian, 16 September, 2005. Page One.

Conroy `role’ in MP’s death: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Sep 2005: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [MARK Latham], 44, said last night that despite Senator [Stephen Conroy] being one of the “culprits” in Wilton’s death he was promoted by the Labor Party. Mr Latham also claimed Senator Conroy became abusive […]

Detainees in hunger strikes, suicide bid, The Australian, 12 September, 2005.

Detainees in hunger strikes, suicide bid: [1 All-round Country Edition] Tom Richardson, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Sep 2005: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract THREE asylum-seekers were in hospital last night after a suicide attempt by a detainee in South Australia and a hunger strike by two Bangladeshis in NSW. “The department has a […]

Distress lingers at Ground Zero, The Australian, 12 September, 2005.

Distress lingers at Ground Zero: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Additional reporting: Annabelle McDonald and Jonathan Porter. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T.[Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Sep 2005: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract His brother [Andrew Knox] was on the 103rd floor of the World Trade Centre’s north tower, working as a construction project manager, when American Airlines Flight […]

Family toasts sheriff for rescuing stricken Aussies – Katrina’s Wake, The Australian, 5 September, 2005. Page One..

Family toasts sheriff for rescuing stricken Aussies – KATRINA’S WAKE: [7 NSW First Edition] Kevin Meade, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 05 Sep 2005: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract TWENTY Australians remained trapped or missing in the devastated city of New Orleans last night, while another 40 had managed to reach safety in the wake […]

Science backs the good oil, The Australian, 1 September, 2005.

Science backs the good oil: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Leigh Dayton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Sep 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Dr [Paul Breslin]’s group, which includes Russell Keast of the RMIT University in Melbourne, reported last night in the journal Nature that the benefits of theMediterranean diet lay in a compound they discovered in olive oil […]

Shamed Brogden attempts suicide, The Australian, 31 August, 2005. Additional reporting. Page One.

Shamed Brogden attempts suicide: [3 All-round Metro Edition] Brad Norington, Andrew West. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 Aug 2005: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Shortly after midnight, Mr [Barry O’Farrell], Peta Seaton and several of [John Brogden]’s staff and close relatives left Royal North Shore Hospital. Last night a former female staffer named as part […]

Deep wounds after preselection battle, The Australian, 29 August, 2005

Deep wounds after preselection battle: [1 All-round Country Edition] Andrew West, John Stapleton. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 Aug 2005: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Michael Daley, 39, a corporate lawyer and lifelong resident of the Sydney beachside electorate of Maroubra, defeated branch official Penny Wright. Even with a 20per cent affirmative action loading, […]

Smuggler hears fate, The Australian, 2 August, 2005.

Smuggler hears fate: [1 All-round Country Edition] falseStapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 Aug 2005: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract Translate AbstractUndo Translation TranslateUndo Translation Press the Escape key to close FromArabicChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)EnglishFrenchGerman ItalianJapaneseKoreanPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishTurkishToArabicChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)FrenchGermanItalianJapaneseKoreanPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishTurkish Translate Translation in progress… [[missing key: loadingAnimation]] The full text may take 40-60 seconds to […]

Faulty sensor cause of Qantas drama, The Australian, 22 August, 2005.

Faulty sensor cause of Qantas drama: [1 All-round Country Edition] Jonathan Porter, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Aug 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract QANTAS last night blamed a faulty fire sensor in the hold of one of its jets for causing an incident in which nine passengers were hurt evacuating an Airbus A330-300 in Osaka. Passengers […]

PM shuns radical clerics – Moderates only at Muslim terror talks, The Australian, 19 August, 2005. Additional reporting. Page One.

PM shuns radical clerics – Moderates only at Muslim terror talks: [1 All-round Country Edition] Trudy Harris, Dennis Shanahan, Additional reporting: John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 Aug 2005: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Mr [Amir Butler] said Salafist Muslims, who advocate a pure interpretation of the Koran, would be unrepresented at the Canberra summit, even though […]

Bashir’s sentence reduction slammed, The Australian, 18 August, 2005.

Bashir’s sentence reduction slammed: [6 NSW Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 Aug 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Friends and relatives of the Bali victims said the 4 1/2-month reduction in Muslim cleric Abu Bakar [Bashir]’s 30-month sentence devalued the lives of the 88 Australian who died in the 2002 bombings. For Erik de Haart of Sydney rugby league club Coogee Dolphins, the leniency […]

Husband lost in crocodile attack, The Australian, 17 August, 2005.

Husband lost in crocodile attack: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 Aug 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The man and his wife were fishing at a waterhole on the Normanby River when a large crocodile moved in to attack. The boat capsized when the coupled tried to fend off the animal. Last October a family […]

Painter to help police identify seized artworks, The Australian, 16 August, 2005.

Painter to help police identify seized artworks: [1 All-round Country Edition] Tony Koch, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Aug 2005: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Brisbane police have asked [Joe Furlonger] to help authenticate the art, which is among works that have allegedly gone missing from gallery storerooms in Brisbane and Sydney. The Furlonger material […]

Non-sniffable Petrol across inland Australia, The Australian, Publication 15 August, 2005.

Greens to introduce non-sniff fuel laws: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Aug 2005: 7. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract LEGISLATION to mandate the supply of so-called “non-sniffable petrol” across the entire central desert area of Australia, including Alice Springs, will be introduced to parliament by the Greens. “The plan to introduce this non-sniffable petrol has been […]

Company director charged with cruelty, bestiality, Weekend Australian, 13 August, 2005.

Company director charged with cruelty, bestiality: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, David King. Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Aug 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The mutilated bodies of the 18 animals were discovered in an office and a nearby laneway in central Sydney over the past month. Police staked out the office block and arrested Mr McMahon […]

Aborted baby born alive, court told, The Australian, 11 August, 2005.

Aborted baby born alive, court told: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Nicola Lipman. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 11 Aug 2005: 6. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The mother, aged 20 at the time of the incident in 2002, was giving evidence in a committal hearing against Suman Sood, the first doctor in NSW to be charged with the manslaughter of a fetus and the first […]

Expats back in hunt for housing, The Australian, 8 August, 2005.

Expats back in hunt for housing: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Aug 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Dennis Kalofonos, of one of Sydney’s leading agents, Sydney Property Finders, said buyers who had deferred or been ambivalent about buying were securing properties. “Buyers, especially expat purchasers, are confidently […]

Tractors cultivate food rage, The Australian, 8 August, 2005.

Tractors cultivate food rage: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 Aug 2005: 4. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract It was not a hallucination. Tasmanian farmers — incensed that Coles, Woolworths and McDonald’s are importing vegetables — made their mark on the bridge as a precursor to a rally today at […]

Australia wins papal visit for ‘Catholic Olympics’, The Australian, 1 August, 2005.

Australia wins papal visit for `Catholic Olympics’: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Aug 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract POPE Benedict XVI will visit Australia in 2008 after Sydney won the right to hold World Youth Day, according to a leading Vatican observer. Cardinal George Pell and the Sydney Archdiocese lobbied hard […]

Catholics softer on gays, The Australian, 27 July, 2005.

Catholics softer on gays: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 July 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract CATHOLICS are the least homophobic of all religious groups and inner-city Melbourne the most gay-friendly region in the nation, while Baptists and theNorthern Territory are the most hostile. “The Catholic Church may have less doctrinal authority over its congregation than some other […]

HIZB UT-TAHRIR SECURITY CONCERNS IN COVERING

CONCERNS OVER SECURITY ISSUES IN COVERING THE HIZB NOTE TO SECURITY AT NEWS LTD. The presser was held upstairs at 134a Waterloo Street, Greenacre,which is where they held the meeting that the Sun Herald reported.Phil Black at Ch 7 specifically asked his (freelance) cameraman totake a shot of the man filming us. He said he can make this availableto us if we wish.His number is 0409 713 554. […]

Pressure makes us stronger, say local radicals, The Australian, 25 July, 2005.

Pressure makes us stronger, say local radicals: [1 All-round Country Edition] John Stapleton, Jennifer Sexton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 25 July 2005: 2. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract “He is implying we should not advocate an Islam that is a threat to Western capitalism.” Hizb ut-[Tahrir] does not promote violence but ultimately wants the world to convert […]

Detention kids back to school, The Australian, 22 July, 2005.

Detention kids back to school: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 July 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Ian Hwang, 11, and his sister Janie Hwang, 6, were released from Villawood detention centre late on Wednesday, along with their mother, Young Lee, who had been arrested for […]

Schoolboys rule the world in robot wars, The Australian, 18 July, 2005.

Schoolboys rule the world in robot wars: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 July 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The win places Cranbrook, which has its own dedicated centre, at the forefront of the development of robotic skills among young people. Robotics is widely seen as a new and rapidly developing frontier for […]

Cameras encounter resistance – Terror in London, The Australian, 18 July, 2005.

Cameras encounter resistance – Terror in London: [1 All-round Country Edition] Anna Hodgekiss, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 July 2005: 12. Full text Abstract/Details Abstract TranslateAbstract Associate professor in criminology at the University of Melbourne Adam Sutton, co-author with Monash University’s Dean Wilson of a paper on the politics of public or open-street CCTV in […]

Cornelia ‘treated like an animal’, The Australian, 18 July, 2005.

Cornelia `treated like an animal’: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 July 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract NSW Institute of Psychiatry director Louise Newman said unless specific action was taken to ensure that such a situation could never reoccur, “we are all guilty of harming [CORNELIA Rau]”. The 60 […]

Boys’ robotics win, The Australian, 18 July, 2005.

Boys’ robotics win: [1 All-round Country Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 July 2005: 5. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract The win places Cranbrook, which has its own dedicated centre, at the forefront of the development of robotic skills among young people. Robotics is widely seen as a new and rapidly developing frontier for future scientists. Cranbrook headmaster […]

Harry’s simply magic for bookshop sales, The Australian, 18 July, 2005.

Harry’s simply magic for bookshop sales: [2 All-round First Edition] Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 July 2005: 3. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract HARRY Potter has provided a boom to booksellers across the nation, with some stores reporting every third book they sold at the weekend was the latest instalment of the J.K. Rowling epic. With worldwide sales of Harry Potter […]

Beazley stands for nothing: Latham, The Australian, 29 June, 2005. Page One.

Beazley stands for nothing: Latham: [2 All-round First Edition] Samantha Maiden, John Stapleton. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 29 June 2005: 1. Full text Abstract/Details Show highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract In the extract published in today’s edition of The Bulletin, Mr [Mark Latham] attacked Labor premiers for publicly urging him to resolve the leadership after he disappeared from public life during the tsunami crisis. “People got to […]