2001
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General News
CNN reporter successfully pads for 18 hours
[Edition 45] NEW YORK, Wednesday: A presenter on CNN has managed to pad for nearly 20 hours straight, during the network’s coverage of the World Trade Center disaster.
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General News
Howard US visit “marginally overshadowed”
A “small incident in New York” distracted the local press.
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General News
SHOCK AT NORTH INDIAN DINER: Man chooses three dishes without picking Butter Chicken
[Edition 45] SYDNEY, Tuesday: Residents in the Sydney suburb of Newtown were shocked this week after local Michael Fowler bought a take away dinner from the Newtown North Indian Diner and selected three dishes (two meat and one veg) without opting for butter chicken.
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World
American people urge Bush to stay on vacation forever
[Edition 45] WASHINGTON D.C., Friday: As President Bush nears the end of his month-long holiday at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, a recent poll shows an overwhelming majority in favour of him remaining there for the next three and a half years.
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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.