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Apology

May 12, 2008 – 8:00 am

An article in the Timelines section on March 31 (In The Herald: 1988), referred to a court case in 1988 involving a contempt of court summons against the then senior workers’ compensation commissioner Brian Muirhead. The article should have reported that the matter was eventually settled in Mr Muirhead’s favour. The Herald apologises to Mr [...]

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Apology

May 8, 2008 – 8:00 am

The article “Banker accused of sexual harassment” (April 14) concerned the alleged conduct of Michael Blomfield during his employment at the Commonwealth Bank. The Herald accepts that the allegations published about Mr Blomfield are untested and are regarded as false not only by Mr Blomfield but by the bank, which has thoroughly investigated them. The [...]

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Apology

May 5, 2008 – 8:00 am

IN THE article “Lawyers, mugs and money”, published on April 21, the Herald reported that a judge had aborted a sexual assault trial saying that a three-day cross-examination of the alleged victim by the defence barrister Tania Evers had caused the trial to run off the rails.
This was incorrect.
The Herald accepts that the trial involved [...]

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Fuzzy numbers etc.

April 4, 2008 – 8:00 am

Yesterday’s article “Ferry master reckless, court told” incorrectly said a dinghy involved in a harbour accident had a 250-horsepower outboard engine. It was a 25-horsepower motor.

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Fuzzy numbers etc.

March 28, 2008 – 8:00 am

THURSDAY’S article “Plastic bag use surges by billion” said the more than 4 billion bags which were imported into Australia last year contained about 22 million tonnes of plastic. To the relief of shoppers, the correct figure is about 22,000 tonnes.

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Apology

March 27, 2008 – 8:00 am

In the previous issue, the article City of the Dead inadvertently attributed quotes to Jack Fisher described as “the trustee of the Jewish section” of Rookwood Cemetery. The(sydney)magazine accepts that the words quoted were not those of Mr Fisher and do not represent his views in any way. We apologise unreservedly to Mr Fisher for [...]

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A “computer spelling spasm”

March 19, 2008 – 8:00 am

Last week’s Polish Happy Easter suffered a computer spelling spasm. It should have read: Wesolych Swiat Wielkanocnych.

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