2001
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National
National Gallery pays $8m for Hustler centrefold
[Edition 38] CANBERRA, Monday: The National Gallery of Australia has purchased a rare back-issue centrefold from the US magazine Hustler, as part of its ongoing commitment to acquiring lesser-known pornography.
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General News
Addict stops using smack after talk with parents
“We called our son into the living room, sat him down and suggested that he stop using heroin. He said ‘ok’, and that was it. Problem solved.”
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National
Nitschke’s euthanasia ship hits iceberg, delights passengers
[Edition 37] DARWIN, Monday: Euthanasia fanatic Dr Philip Nitschke has claimed that his new cruise ship will become the new choice for aged travel. Nitschke has released plans to purchase a Dutch ship which will be able to legally carry out euthanasia in international waters as soon as the Netherlands parliament legalises euthanasia. Nitschke claims…
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General News Archive
Obituary: Rex Hunt, Football star, Entertainer, Fishing Show Host and Cultural Reference Point
[Edition 36] Never a modest man, Hunt none the less was, in private, a vastly different person to the gauche fishing icon he was in public. He loathed fishing, preferring to relax in his Melbourne home listening to chamber music. Even his catch-cry, “Yibbetty-Yibbetta” was somewhat contrived, being the subject of exhaustive research into what…
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World
BUSH PLEA TO CHINA: “Please don’t embarrass me in front of dad”
[Edition 36] WASHINGTON, Friday: US President George W. Bush has personally intervened to quell the diplomatic row between the United States and China over a US spy plane that landed in Chinese territory.
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National Archive
Howard cuts beer price to get voters drunk enough to re-elect him
[Edition 35] CANBERRA, Tuesday: Prime Minister John Howard has agreed to cut the excise on beer, in the hope cheaper drinks will help get the country drunk enough to vote for him.
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General News
Trendy share household takes down Tarantino poster
[Edition 35] SYDNEY, Sunday: The film-literate tenants of a Surry Hills terrace have agreed to remove the “Reservoir Dogs” movie poster from their lounge room. The household, comprised mainly of Communications students, reached a consensus that Quentin Tarantino no longer carries the cachet he once did.
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Entertainment Archive
Jury dismissed after hearing Puff Daddy’s music: ‘No chance of fair trial’
[Edition 35] NEW YORK, Wednesday: GKNY, a community access radio station in New York, has been criticised by a Federal Circuit Court Judge presiding over the trial of rapper Sean “Puff Daddy” Coombs, after the trial had to be aborted. The Judge was forced to grant a mistrial after it was discovered that several jury…
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General News
Smokers to sue ‘freeloading’ passive smokers
[Edition 35] MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Several smokers’ groups have announced that they will launch lawsuits against passive smokers who seek worker’s compensation claims. The smoking groups will seek compensation from those who are found to have benefited from passive smoking without paying for cigarettes. Bar workers who can not show that their own cigarette purchases caused…
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General News
ACCC sues ecstacy dealers for price-fixing: Fels slams “fifty dollar floor” as anti-competitive
[Edition 35] CANBERRA, Sunday: The competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has struck out at a “cosy cartel” within Australia’s lucrative illegal drugs market, worth an estimated $20 billion annually. The Commission initiated court proceedings against nine Sydney ecstasy dealers cited for restrictive trade practices including price-fixing, illegal market-sharing arrangements and resale…