And here’s the more detailed original SMH ‘cheap choice’ article, though linked in this case from the Brisbane Times:

 

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/cheap-choice-derails-graves-project-20090705-d980.html

 

Another short item from Melbourne’s Herald Sun tabloid:

 

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25738600-662,00.html

 

Here’s a news item from the ABC television network:

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/06/2617627.htm

 

And from the LiveNews website:

 

http://livenews.com.au/news/rudd-denies-archaeologists-cut-corners-in-fromelles-exhumation/2009/7/6/212138

 

 

As someone with links to both Australia and OA, I’ll otherwise maintain a diplomatic silence

 

Alasdair Brooks

 

 

 

Here’s a link to the article, http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/govt-defends-fromelles-work-20090706-d9e7.htmlI know one of those involved and I’ve heard that the news reports are somewhat misleading, so as usual don’t believe all you read in the press ;-)

 

Martin

 

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Subject: [CHA] News item from Sydney

 

Currently in Sydney where the headlines (broadsheet and tv news) concerns the current OA project at Fromelles. The Sydney Morning Herald claims an exclusive with its headline 'Cheap choice derails French war graves project'. Not sure if this has been newsworthy elsewhere?
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