ON 9 February 2011, The Advertiser published an article titled "Road chiefs go head to head over truck safety''. The article was accompanied by a photograph of a truck that had been involved in a road collision. The photograph was taken from archive, and was used for dramatic effect. The Advertiser did not intend to [...]
AN ARTICLE published in news.com.au on November 9 reported an interview with the Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Bank, Sir Ralph Norris, concerning the bank's decision to raise its home loan mortgage rate by 0.45 per cent. One statement linked two themes that arose during the interview – the health of the banking system [...]
LAST week’s NIE resource on Science questions answered by CSIRO incorrectly stated that there are 12 zeros in one billion billion. There are 24 zeros if a million times a million is doubled. Many now regard a billion as a thousand times a million. This would be 18 zeros when doubled. Report an error
AN incorrect Thought for the Day was published yesterday. The Bible Society SA, which provides the Thought, was not responsible. It should have read: “Lord God, you lead me along good and right paths in life.” Psalm 23:3 – Bible for Today. Mark 7:21-23, from the Bible for Today, reads: “Out of your own heart [...]
A MAN who scammed thousands of dollars from newly-arrived immigrants is not a barrister as reported in The Advertiser yesterday. Harry Alevizos, 57, of Clearview, pleaded guilty in Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday to fraud charges over his claims to be a registered migration agent. The barrister and solicitor Harry Alevizos is another man and [...]
A STORY in The Advertiser yesterday stated that 9030 interstate visitors spent a night holidaying in SA in 2007, with that figure forecast to drop to 8699 this year. The correct figures were 9,030,000 total visitor nights spent in SA in 2007, to drop to 8,699,000 during 2009. Report an error
ON PAGE 3 of the May 10, 2008, edition, an article inaccurately stated that a professional tennis player, Paul Hanley, had been charged by London police with date rape. In fact Mr Hanley was never charged. After completing their inquiries into the allegation, about which Mr Hanley maintained there was no truth, the police decided [...]
A BRIEF letter from Darren Hill, of Hallett Cove, in The Advertiser on Monday, because of an editing error, contained the word “Australian” instead of “Austrian”. The letter should have read: “Daniel Ashdown (The Advertiser, 2/1/08) thinks Osama bin Laden must have charisma. I suggest he pick up a history book and read about a [...]
