It must be 30 years ago now. I was selling papers after school in
Melbourne the day it happened. The Herald's headline (emblazoned in my
mind to this day) was "Aurora crashes -- 50 dead, 100 injured".
Which was one of the media beat-ups of all time.
Dave McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand
"While Parliament is in session, no working person's income, nor anyone's
rights and freedoms, are safe from plunder by their elected
representatives."
.-- M.R. Johnson, April 22 1998
"Thank the byelection, Parliament isn't sitting this week, so we're safe
for a few days yet." .-- D.J. McLoughlin, April 23 1998.