Loose cannons

June 20, 2001
Issue 

Glowing in the dark is also handy

"If you set aside Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, the safety record of nuclear is really very good." — US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, quoted in the June 12 New York Times.

No snuggles for Little Johnnie

"You can't put in new taxes and then expect people to put their arms around you and give you a snuggle." — Former Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen on Prime Menzies John Howard's re-election chances.

Comrade Little Johnnie?

"Comrade John seemed pretty happy at the end of it all. He was last seen outside The Lodge, wearing a beanie and overalls and selling copies of Green Left Weekly to passers-by." — Australian columnist Matt Price's take on John Howard's brush with anti-corporatism after the One.Tel collapse.

Doing it tough

"Inherited wealth does not necessarily make life easier." — Opening sentence to the Business Review Weekly's Rich 200 list profile on Rodney Adler, a director of both HIH and One.Tel, whose personal holdings total $80 million.

Headaches

"The documents how the Riches are burdened with headaches like securing moorings for the Riviera 4000 40-foot powerboat. Not to mention finding a pilot to captain their $10 million Cessna Citation V 10-seater jet." — Susannah Petty writing in the June 16-17 Australian Financial Review about the assets of One.Tel founder Jodee Rich and his (ex-)wife Maxine. Their combined assets total $22.52 million.

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