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Front End Loader News

Money can't buy you love, but a donation in politics might get you some recognition

Thursday February 4, 2010
Three cheers for Macquarie Group's chutzpah - explaining this week why it donated nearly $200,000 across the political divide. "We're just supporting the political process," said a spokeswoman, Lisa Jamieson. To think that we had assumed Macquarie and the other donor banks, including Westpac ($120,000), ANZ ($100,000) and the Commonwealth Bank ($25,000), were depositing a down payment on a big "thank you" for borrowing the government's triple-A rating and the deposit guarantee when times were tough.

Oiling those squeaky wheels of government

Thursday February 4, 2010
This week's funding disclosures draw attention to the rationale behind corporate donations to political parties.

A Load Off Their Minds

Thursday July 3, 2008
It's all coming together again for Front End Loader, writes Anita Beaumont.

Straight Up Richard Corey

Thursday April 3, 2008
I am Richard J. Corey (pictured), bass guitarist and stunt vocalist for Front End Loader. I am awkward and annoying.

Loader Joy-ride

Friday May 27, 2005
AN allegedly drunken man driving a stolen front-end loader has led police on a meandering, low-speed chase.

Trapped Under Loader 3km Down Mine, Colin Jones Cut Off His Arm

Monday June 30, 2003
MINER Colin Jones cut off his own arm with a Stanley knife rather than wait to be rescued after he became trapped under a front-end loader in a Lake Macquarie mine on Saturday night.

Loader Death `ruined' Driver

Saturday May 10, 2003
A MAN found guilty of manslaughter after running down a boy in a front-end loader has had his life destroyed and should not go to jail, a Newcastle court has heard.

Still No Verdict In Loader Death Case

Thursday June 27, 2002
A NEWCASTLE jury has once more failed to return a verdict in the case of a front-end loader driver charged with the manslaughter of a teenage boy.

Loader Operator `didn't See Boy'

Saturday June 22, 2002
THE driver of a front-end loader that crushed a Windale boy to death in a sand quarry has told Newcastle District Court he never saw the boy until he backed his loader away.

Loader `hit Boy Twice'

Tuesday October 30, 2001
A FRONT-END loader ran over a boy twice when it was used to chase youths from a Redhead sand quarry, Newcastle Court was told yesterday.

Front End Loader Gives Bands A Lift

Thursday August 24, 2000
Front End Loader has the kiss of life - for support bands that is. Many of Australia's major talents have at one time played support for the Sydney-based band. Spiderbait, You Am I, silverchair, Powderfinger, Frenzal Rhomb and Regurgitator have all been support acts to Front End Loader. ``We h

Truck, Loader Crash Head-on

Wednesday January 12, 2000
A truck driver was rushed to hospital yesterday after a head-on collision with a front-end loader at BHP Steelworks. The man driving the fully laden semitrailer was travelling towards the weigh bridge at the southern end of the plant when the crash occurred about 2pm. He had to be cut free fro

One Year In Jail For Front-end Loader Rampage

Thursday January 6, 1994
A man who went on a rampage through a Western Australian town in a stolen 22-tonne, front-end loader last year was sentenced yesterday to one year's jail for each of three houses he attacked. The Court of Petty Sessions in Moora, north of Perth, ruled that the sentences, and a further three-month