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Thursday, March 13, 2003

Secrets of the stones

Far from being wandering hunter-gatherers, some Aborigines lived in villages, traded and farmed. Graham Phillips reports on remarkable archaeological findings that have unearthed a society more sophisticated than anyone imagined.
· Their whole society was based around eels [SMH]

The Secret Egos have arrived!

Doctoring egos. You'll never, never know if you never, never apologise to those with the larger than print egos.
And on the following day, the Herald's article appeared under the headline, A treasurer to be treasured according to Michael Ego, sorry, Egan, and opened with the statement: The NSW Treasurer, Michael Egan, has declared himself the best treasurer in the past 40 years.
Angered by this aspect of the article, Mr Egan complained that this "declaration" was a pure fabrication by the Herald, and that, as a consequence, the headline was totally inaccurate and unwarranted. He sought an apology and a retraction.

· Retraction: The best treasurer in the past 40 years No Longer. [SMH]