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General News Archive
Ruddock defends use of tear gas: ‘I had to appear compassionate somehow’
[Edition 40] CANBERRA, Wednesday: Immigration Minister Phillip Ruddock has defended his use of tear gas to control his worsening problems with Australian detention centres. Ruddock admitted he used the tear gas before a press conference called to respond to claims of beatings in the Curtin detention centre.
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National Archive
Budget woos Labor’s core: huge handouts for deceased voters
[Edition 40] CANBERRA, Thursday: The Federal Government revealed its re-election strategy with a budget aimed at winning back support from older Australians. In his Budget Address, Treasurer Peter Costello announced the government?s plan to make a “special one-off payment for each Australian pensioner in a beautifully presented vintage biscuit tin containing $300 worth of $1…
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World Archive
CONCORDE BREAKS HOTEL BARRIER: Airport to hotel in under 2 mins
[Edition 26] PARIS, Tuesday: The Manager of the Hotelissimo Hotel today claimed that he made it perfectly clear to Air France that he did not have enough room for the 109 passengers on the Concorde. Speaking at a press conference, Mr Pierre Simenon claimed that the wholesale destruction of his hotel is entirely Air France’s…