August 2001
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General News
Tampa refugees ask to go home: “It’s less inhumane than Australia”
[Edition 45] CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Friday: The 460 asylum seekers on board the Tampa freight vessel have demanded to be taken back to their oppressive homelands, which they now realise aren’t nearly as hostile as Australia.
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General News
Obituary: Sandra Sully, Newsreader
[Edition 45] The ranks of talent at Channel 10 became even more severely depleted this week after the sad death of one of its relatively popular presenters, Ms Sandra Sully. The long-serving network anchor passed away in tragic circumstances in Ten’s Sydney studio just minutes before she was supposed to present the Late News.
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General News
Woman unsure how to categorise relationship on census
[Edition 44] MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A 31-year-old woman has had difficulty classifying her relationship with her boyfriend on the census form. The woman said the pair had been dating for four months, and had casually discussed the possibility of moving in together. But she said it was probably too early to call themselves de facto. Similarly…
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National
ONLINE GAMBLING CLAIMS VICTIM: Child dies in virtual carpark
[Edition 44] MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Online gambling has claimed its first victim after a child was left in a virtual carpark while her parents gambled. “I only clicked into www.gonegambling.com briefly,” her mother claimed. “The flashing lights and poor returns must have sucked me in.”
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General News
Teen drama season finale leaves questions unanswered
[Edition 43] BURWOOD, Monday: The season finale of Dawson’s Creek last night left a record eighteen unresolved plot points. The previous record was held by the 1995 season finale of Party of Five when character Julie Salinger (played by Neve Campbell) alone recorded thirteen personal crises of conscience in the final seven minutes of the…
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General News
Niche identified in left-wing publications market
[Edition 43] GLEBE, Thursday: A marxist-feminist activist has discovered a gaping hole in the lucrative left-wing publications market.
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General News Archive
Naomi Klein registers “No Logo” brand name
[Edition 43] TORONTO, Friday: Anti-corporatisation author Naomi Klein plans to release her own range of “No Logo” products, after registering the name for a new business venture.
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National
4 Corners exposes something or other
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Australian viewers were shocked last month to see the ABC’s flagship current affairs program reveal something they didn’t know Media historians had to scramble to the record books to find the last time when 4 Corners exposed anything resembling new information. “Normally it just summarises a general issue, or buys an old program…
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World
STILL AT LARGE: The chilling tale of how 35,000 British backpackers are still alive and roaming free
[Edition 43] ALICE SPRINGS, Tuesday: Two weeks after the shocking disappearance of British backpacker Peter Falconio, and with the assailant still at large, police have been disappointed by the lack of follow-up attacks against other British backpackers in the country.