Friday 22 February 2002

The Child Support Agency: Disastrously Mismanaged, Highly Damaging Australian Government Public Policy, 2002.









Former NSW governor Roden Cutler, VC, dies at 85, The Australian, 22 February, 2002.

Former NSW governor Roden Cutler, VC, dies at 85: [2 Edition]

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Feb 2002: 4.
NSW Premier Bob Carr paid tribute to Sir [Roden Cutler], who served as governor of the state from 1966 to 1981.
Sir Roden was born in Manly in 1916 and attended Sydney Boy's High. At the beginning of World War II he joined the Sydney University Regiment and became a lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Force.
Sir Roden, a career diplomat, became NSW secretary of the RSL after he returned from the war and retained close links with the league for the rest of his life.

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Citrus growers fight squeeze, The Australian, 22 February, 2002.

Citrus growers fight squeeze: [1 Edition]

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Feb 2002: 32.
Growers estimate there are around 3000 citrus growers remaining, with hundreds of growers having left the industry over the past decade. The Australian Citrus Growers Association claims the majority of remaining growers are finding survival "very challenging".
The industry claims to have been badly affected by low-cost imports of juice concentrate from Brazil which have been escalating for the past 12 years. The level of protection for Australian citrus growers has fallen to around two per cent, while Brazilian growers enjoy subsidies and protection of around 35 per cent.
Report caned:Riverina, Riverlands and Sunraysia growers are in turmoil; Photo: Photo

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Thursday 21 February 2002

Spotlight on all dioceses, The Australian, 21 February, 2002.

Spotlight on all dioceses: [2 Edition]

Leisa Scott, John StapletonThe Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 21 Feb 2002: 7.
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THE furore in which Peter Hollingworth has been embroiled has thrown the spotlight on other Anglican dioceses across Australia and all capital city dioceses except Perth, which would not comment, say they have reviewed their sexual abuse protocols within the past year.

Monday 18 February 2002

Paracetamol ban no effect on overdoses, The Australian, 18 February, 2002.

Paracetamol ban no effect on overdoses: [2 Edition 1]

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 Feb 2002: 5.
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Poisons specialist Corrine Balit, along with a team from the NSW Poisons Information Centre and the Department of Clinical Toxicology at Newcastle Mater Hospital, discovered that during the shortage of paracetamol there was a significant increase in deliberate self- harm using the next most available analgesics, aspirin and ibuprofen.
One NSW region showed a 232 per cent increase in people presenting to hospital for aspirin poisoning during the period of paracetamol shortage, while theNSW Poisons Information Centre showed an 86 per cent increase in ibuprofen poisons.

50 hurt in bus crash, The Australian, 18 February, 2002.

50 hurt in bus crash: [1 Edition]

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 18 Feb 2002: 5.
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FIFTY people, most of them elderly, were rushed to hospital yesterday after a bus collided with a car in western Sydney.
Most of the victims were taken to hospitals in western Sydney, including Liverpool, Westmead, Bankstown and Fairfield, and were later released. Of the 23 that were taken to Liverpool, five were admitted, while the remainder were treated and discharged.

Lives ON Their Hands: The Mess of Family Law and the CSA, with John Flanagan and Rex Finch, Dads On The Air, 18 February, 2002.




Friday 15 February 2002

Wetlands going, going ...., The Australian, 15 February, 2002.

Wetlands going, going ...: [1 Edition]

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 15 Feb 2002: 28.
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The impact of Queensland cotton growing on the river flows, and therefore on the natural flooding of Narran Lakes and its environs, has been a touchpoint for environmentalists since the 1980s.
Agent John Peden of Elders says he does not believe the environmental controversy that has dogged Narran Lakes will have an impact on the sale price. A campaign to save the wetlands resulted in the Narran Lake Declaration being signed by a coalition of conservationists and farmers in 2000 in a show of co-operation between the disparate groups.
On the market:Narran Lakes, said to be `some of the finest cattle county' in NSW; Photo: Photo