And then there was one, or was there. Senator Len Harris says he is the last surviving One Nation politician left in any Parliament after the expulsion from the party today of One Nation co-founder and New South Wales Upper House Member, David Oldfield. The long-awaited first Presidential debate took place in the US this afternoon, an encounter seen as critical in what's already the closest race in decades. As expected, Vice-President Al Gore made the most of his command of figures and detail throughout the 90 minute encounter, putting Republican, George W. Bush, on the defensive more than once. They've discovered that some newborn mammals have the ability to recover from spinal cord injuries, something humans can't do.
Neurosurgeons say it's a major find.
At least it's not happening in the near future. It's the stuff of Australian legend, that Phar Lap, perhaps the greatest racehorse this country's ever seen, died in the United States in 1932, and many believed at the time that the horse was nobbled by Californian racing interests or the Mafia.