Monday, 31 March 2003
Thursday, 13 March 2003
Conduct cloud on navy doctor - COUNTDOWN TO WAR, The Australian, 13 March, 2003.
Conduct cloud on navy doctor - COUNTDOWN TO WAR: [3 All-round Metro Edition]
John Stapleton, Patricia Karvelas. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 13 Mar 2003: 6.
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Deputy Chief of Navy, Rear Admiral Rowan Moffitt, told ABC TV last night the navy was aware of the allegations against Dr [McKenzie], but were confident theclaims were unrelated to his ability to do the job.
For almost three years, Lieutenant Commander Robyn Fahy has been involved in a dispute over Dr McKenzie's professional misconduct. Her father, Tom Fahy, speaking on her behalf on ABC TV, said while Dr McKenzie was acting Medical Officer at the Sterling naval base in Western Australia, he saw Robyn Fahy who complained of headaches.
A NAVY doctor under investigation for professional misconduct has been sent to serve on the Australian war ship Kanimbla in the Gulf. Douglas McKenzie, a naval reserve officer, is under investigation by the Medical Board of Western Australia, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and the Defence Ombudsman.
Dr McKenzie was also the doctor who supervised the controversial anthrax injections.
Deputy Chief of Navy, Rear Admiral Rowan Moffitt, told ABC TV last night the navy was aware of the allegations against Dr McKenzie, but were confident theclaims were unrelated to his ability to do the job.
"We've made the judgment ... that there is no reason for us to have any concerns about his ability to do his job on this occasion in a theatre of potential operation," Admiral Moffitt said.
"We're confident that the issues that these allegations relate to are not such as should cause us any concern for his employment in the Gulf."
Admiral Moffitt said Dr McKenzie had not been found guilty of anything.
For almost three years, Lieutenant Commander Robyn Fahy has been involved in a dispute over Dr McKenzie's professional misconduct. Her father, Tom Fahy, speaking on her behalf on ABC TV, said while Dr McKenzie was acting Medical Officer at the Sterling naval base in Western Australia, he saw Robyn Fahy who complained of headaches.
Ms Fahy is unable to talk on the public record due to her employment with the navy. However, her father claims that after a 10- minute consultation, Dr McKenzie wrote a letter to a psychologist that ultimately led to her forced retirement.
Admiral Moffitt said the navy would fully assist any medical board inquiry.
Wednesday, 12 March 2003
Bali heroine makes Blair sweat, The Australian, 12 March, 2003.
Bali heroine makes Blair sweat: [3 All-round Metro Edition]
Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 12 Mar 2003: 7.
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HANABETH Luke has confronted horror few could imagine. And the young Australian student, who not only survived the Bali bombings but was heroic in rescuing others, confronted Tony Blair yesterday in a bid to persuade the British Prime Minister that war against Iraq was not an option.
" Ms Luke, who lost her boyfriend in the Bali attacks and became an inspiration after she was captured in a photograph dragging a stranger from the fiery remains of the Sari Club, was among 18 women, including mothers of September 11 victims, chosen to front Mr Blair on the high-profile British news program Tonight With Trevor McDonald.
After appearing on the program, Ms Luke presented Mr Blair with a photograph of herself and her boyfriend, Marc Gojard, taken the day before the Bali bombing.
HANABETH Luke has confronted horror few could imagine. And the young Australian student, who not only survived the Bali bombings but was heroic in rescuing others, confronted Tony Blair yesterday in a bid to persuade the British Prime Minister that war against Iraq was not an option.
After facing a large national television audience in Britain, Ms Luke told Mr Blair: "If you had experienced the horrors I have seen, known the grief I have known, you would be doing everything in your power to ensure that no other individual would ever have to go through this terrible experience.
" Ms Luke, who lost her boyfriend in the Bali attacks and became an inspiration after she was captured in a photograph dragging a stranger from the fiery remains of the Sari Club, was among 18 women, including mothers of September 11 victims, chosen to front Mr Blair on the high-profile British news program Tonight With Trevor McDonald.
"Like the women here," the 22-year-old told Mr Blair,"if you knew that your son was not coming home, or there was a good chance he was not coming home, you would be thinking differently."
Ms Luke told The Australian that Mr Blair began the program looking composed, but by the end was "in quite a sweat".
"I tried to say: will your conscience allow you to bring death to thousands of innocent Iraqis? Will your conscience allow you to bring more death and destruction on innocent people?" she said "The women, one of whom for example had lost her only son on September 11, were very articulate and very passionate and Tony Blair didn't have a chance. There was nothing he could say."
After appearing on the program, Ms Luke presented Mr Blair with a photograph of herself and her boyfriend, Marc Gojard, taken the day before the Bali bombing.
She said one of the only compensations for the whole tragedy was the near-perfect days they had together leading up to the blasts.
"We were looking extraordinarily happy," Ms Luke said.
"On the back was just the words '11 October 2002', which I think speaks volumes."
Her horrific experience in Bali last October was compounded when the 17-year-old boy she rescued, Tom Singer, the photograph of which became one of the first and most searing images of the event, died a month later.
She said last night of the TV confrontation with the British leader, who has been the US's strongest ally in backing military conflict against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein: "I just tried to appeal to Tony Blair on a personal level."
Ms Luke, who is vehemently opposed to war, said she took issue with John Howard's attempts to link Bali with Iraq, saying that the impending war "is not in the name of the Bali bombing".
"There is no link," she said.
"The Government is not realising that as long as they treat the symptoms and not the causes, terrorism will increase."
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Caption: Campaign: Ms Luke in London Face to face with reality: Ms Luke confronts Mr Blair after appearing on British television program Tonight with Trevor McDonald; Photo: Photo
Notes for a never completed book Red Fern of the Apocalypse, about life in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern, 2003.
Notes for a never completed book Red Fern of the Apocalypse, about life in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern, 2003.
More to follow.
The Commissioning and Recommissioning of Family Court Judges. 2003.
Ultimately the government pleaded 30 years of Cabinet-in-confidence.
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http://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/2003/03/notes-from-our-informant-former-family.html
http://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/2003/10/the-commissioning-and-recommissioning.html
http://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/1993/03/the-retirement-of-alastair-nicholson.html
Notes from Our Informant, the commissioning and recommissioning of Family Court judges and the retirement of Alastair Nicholson, from a former Family Court Judge..
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http://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/2003/03/notes-from-our-informant-former-family.html
http://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/2003/10/the-commissioning-and-recommissioning.html
http://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/1993/03/the-retirement-of-alastair-nicholson.html
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The Retirement of Alastair Nicholson, Chief Justice, Family Court of Australia. 2003.
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http://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/2003/03/notes-from-our-informant-former-family.html
http://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/2003/10/the-commissioning-and-recommissioning.html
http://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/1993/03/the-retirement-of-alastair-nicholson.html
http://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/2004/03/notes-on-legal-scandal-of-secret.html
Monday, 10 March 2003
Thursday, 6 March 2003
Thalidomide doctor McBride battling for life, The Australian, 6 March, 2003.
Thalidomide doctor McBride battling for life: [1 All-round Country Edition]
Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Mar 2003: 3.
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THE doctor who alerted the world in the 1960s to the birth defects linked to thalidomide, William McBride, was fighting for his life, after suffering a brain haemmorage.
THE doctor who alerted the world in the 1960s to the birth defects linked to thalidomide, William McBride, was fighting for his life, after suffering a brain haemmorage.
He was admitted to hospital on Tuesday and has not regained consciousness.
Dr McBride had shown no signs of illness, campaigning with his son David, who is running in the NSW election as a Liberal candidate.
"It was a sudden and severe attack," his son said last night. "He was transferred to North Shore Hospital where he was immediately operated on. He is still in a coma."
Dr McBride raised the alarm on the effects of thalidomide on unborn children but he was struck off the medical register in 1993 after being found to have fabricated research results. He resumed work as an obstetrician in the Solomon Islands recently after regaining his medical registration.
Tuesday, 4 March 2003
Cyber skirmish begins as jihad goes off line - Countdown to war, The Australian, 4 March, 2003.
Cyber skirmish begins as jihad goes off line - Countdown to war: [6 NSW Country Edition]
Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 04 Mar 2003: 6.
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The expertise of jihadists and Osama bin Laden's supporters took the US by surprise, and their websites were influential in radicalising Muslims around theworld.
"Increasingly governments are taking criminal justice measures to control websites that instigate hatred and solicit murder," he said. "We are seeing a new brand of terrorism that we call the loner terrorist -- these are Muslims who read these websites and get inspired to instigate attacks."
Patricia Karvelas
US intelligence services may have already started the war in cyberspace -- many of the world's jihad sites are off line.
The expertise of jihadists and Osama bin Laden's supporters took the US by surprise, and their websites were influential in radicalising Muslims around theworld.
Australia's support for the US has led to an increasing number of mentions.
Now out of service are such major sites as Taliban Online, which was at www.muslimthai.com on a Bangkok server, and islammemo.com, regarded as a reliable source of al-Qa'ida information.
Anti-US, anti-Christian and extremist websites such as jehad- online.com, eljihad.com, mojahedoon.com and khayma.com are all off line.
In Australia, the Islamic Youth Movement site at islam.org.au has not been updated for months.
Australian National University director of terrorism studies Clive Williams said it was "well within the realms of possibility" that the US Government had been closing the sites, but it could also be hackers at work.
Terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna said many jihad sites were under increasing pressure from law enforcement authorities and moderate Muslim leaders.
"Increasingly governments are taking criminal justice measures to control websites that instigate hatred and solicit murder," he said. "We are seeing a new brand of terrorism that we call the loner terrorist -- these are Muslims who read these websites and get inspired to instigate attacks."
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