Parliament in uproar over 'mate' ban
Paula Kruger, The World Today, August 19, 2005
[www.abc.net.au]

Australian ban on mate wins few friends
Bernard O'Riordan, Guardian Unlimited, UK, Saturday August 20, 2005
[www.guardian.co.uk]

Aussies are best of mates again
Times Online, UK, Roger Maynard, August 20, 2005
[www.timesonline.co.uk]

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)