Monday 31 May 2004

Celebrity chef's death 'a shock', The Australian, 31 May, 2004.

Celebrity chef's death `a shock': [1 All-round Country Edition]

Helen Tobler, John StapletonAuthor InformationView ProfileThe Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 31 May 2004: 5.
SYDNEY restaurateur, food consultant and artist Anders Ousback has been found dead in his home at scenic Wombarra, south of Sydney.
Ousback, 52, was widely acknowledged as one of Australia's leading chefs. He was also known for his wicked sense of humour, extensive knowledge of the arts and urbane flair.
Wine-maker Len Evans, a close friend of Ousback's since employing the 18-year-old school leaver, said his former employee was "like a son in many ways".

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Friday 28 May 2004

Daughter on murder counts, The Australian, 28 May, 2004.

Daughter on murder counts: [8 NSW Metro Edition]

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 28 May 2004: 5.
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The bodies of Tudor Llewellyn Jones, 78, and his wife, Della, 79, were left under the house in Ingleburn for more than a year.
Ms [Karen Leslie Kramer] is believed to have lived in the house during the entire period the bodies were decomposing underneath thehouse.
Ms Kramer was last night refused bail and is to appear in Campbelltown Local Court today.

Thursday 27 May 2004

Sorry Day's in a sorry state, The Australian, 27 May, 2004.

Sorry Day's in a sorry state: [1 All-round Country Edition]

Misha Schubert, John StapletonThe Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 May 2004: 6.
The first Sorry Day was held in 1998, acting on a recommendation from Bringing Them Home , which called for a day when the community would acknowledge the suffering caused by the policies of forcible removal on Australia's indigenous populations. Speaking in Sydney, Pamela Young, who describes herself as "second-generation stolen generation", denied that Sorry Day was on the way out, saying it was being marked in schools and communities across the nation.

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Volkers evidence 'was not enough', The Australian, 27 May, 2004.


Typical Media Alert. This one for Kevin Rudd. 27 May, 2004.


Monday 24 May 2004

Jane McGrath cancer returns, The Australian, 24 May, 2004.

Jane McGrath cancer returns: [1 All-round Country Edition]

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 May 2004: 3.
Mrs McGrath, who adheres to a diet of mainly organic food, says everyone in life has challenges. "This is one of mine and I'll rise to the challenge, though you sometimes feel that that bar's getting higher and higher, but it'll never be too high so we'll do whatever we can."

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Wednesday 19 May 2004

Fairfax job cuts to 'gut papers', The Australian, 19 May, 2004.

Fairfax job cuts to `gut papers': [1 All-round Country Edition]

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 19 May 2004: 6.
SENIOR journalists will be offered redundancy at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald as part of an $8 million program that unions said would gut the Fairfax newspapers.

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Monday 17 May 2004

High-powered summit to save Mitsubishi plants, The Australian, 17 May, 2004.

High-powered summit to save Mitsubishi plants: [2 All-round First Edition]

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 17 May 2004: 4.
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The Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that Mitsubishi's engine plant or assembly factory, both located in Adelaide's south, would close under Mitsubishi's rehabilitation plan to be detailed next Friday.
The report came ahead of a meeting in Japan today between Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane, South Australian Treasurer Kevin Foley and Mitsubishi executives over the future of the operations.
Mr Foley said as he flew out to Japan on Saturday his "gut feeling" was that Mitsubishi's Adelaide operations would survive.

Sunday 16 May 2004

Needle Exchange Redfern The Australian 2004


John Stapleton
THE NSW government has met with almost universal opposition to its proposals for a needle exchange and drug service opposite Redfern Station in inner-Sydney, the scene of major riots last year. The proposed multi-million dollar seven day a week service is to be set up in a building next door to where young children are living.
Shopkeepers, residents and aboriginal groups report significant drops in crime since major busts last July, when 250 police coated the increasingly derelict area and closed down many major drug dealers. Locals fear crime will once again escalate as the needle exchange creates a ``honeypot'' affect.
Residents and community groups have until this Friday to lodge their potests against the development application.
The service is designed to replace the area's controversial ``needle bus'', which has serviced addicts since the 1980s. At a hurriedly organised meeting last weekend angry locals, some of whom face seeing their homes drop in value by an estimated $200,000, condemned the centre.
Chief Executive of the Aboriginal Medical Service Dr Naomi Mayers said it was disgusting to place a needle exchange next door to a young family. She said there had been significant improvements in Redfern over the past 12 months and the provision of free needles would drive the area back 20 years. ``They are encouraging drugs back,'' she said. ``The situation has vastly improved, and they are going to bring it back all over again. They don't learn from history. I am livid. We have told them straight: we don't want it.''
Project Officer at the Aboriginal Housing Company Peter Valilis, said they had worked hard with the police and the Department of Housing to evict drug dealers from the Block and it had been transformed as a result. He said the bag snatching, assaults and blatant drug dealing which had been such an embarrassment to the aboriginal community had almost disappeared. ``This would undo all the good work we have done,'' he said. ``This will attract drug addicts into the aboriginal community from all over Sydney. This is not an amenity that has been requested by anyone. It is not required and not wanted.''
Craig Kentall, who lives next door to the proposed centre with his wife Mell and two daughters, said hundreds of people with serious mental health and drug issues would be attracted literally to his doorstep. ``You cannot build a brothel next door to where children live, so how can you build a needle exchange next to young children? In conjunction with the aboriginal community, a lot of good has been done in minimising the drug problem and associated crime since the Redfern riots.''
Health Minister Morris Iemma said he was aware of the level of opposition to the needle exchange and its placement near young families, but could not turn his back on his public health obligation to provide clean needles for injecting drug users.