Talk:Peter Reith

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[edit] Cleanup

The article needs a fair bit of work. it doesn't read very well and there is quite a bit of additional information that could be added, including the two links below.Wikicanfixit 09:23, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the infobox. Reith was not just Minister for Defence. Wikipeterproject 07:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

the link to PM Howard Press Release, 17 February, 2002, access date 30 January, 2007, could not be found on 04 March 2007 Mickiewiki 09:18, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I have added links to examples of "criticism from unions and ALP" to satisfy "Citation Needed" tag and removed the tag. --HKL47 03:13, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Wiki Links

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• Can link Minister for Defence: ...overnment from 2001 to 2004. As Minister for Defence, he was provided Howard with what was l...
• Can link election campaign: ...childen overboard" during the 2001 election campaign. He has been widely accused of lying ab...

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[edit] Telephone Affair

Why is the reference to the Telephone affair being removed after replacement? There is nothing libelous about it; it is documented; it is factual. The original sentence was simple, clear, neutral, and referenced. Later replacements were not quite so neutral, but their removal should have been discussed here.

I note that in all cases the edits were made by an unnamed editor. Is this one of the self-serving edits made Australian Government employees?

I am going to re-insert the original wording. HKL47 03:15, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

A Reverse DNS lookup shows the last edit came from drkw.com, which is appears to be a European investment bank. Peter Ballard 03:28, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

How very interesting. --HKL47 08:57, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Potentially more interesting than the one political edit from the PM's department, which were a total media beatup. Peter Ballard 09:05, 6 September 2007 (UTC)