What Australian newspapers are saying Thursday, Jan 1, 2004

AAP General News (Australia)
01-01-2004
What Australian newspapers are saying Thursday, Jan 1, 2004

SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Brisbane's Courier-Mail says 30 years was too long to wait to release
material from government achives.

"Why such a long time?

"Is it because by the time 30 years has expired many of the political players are dead,
and even more are forgotten?"

Or perhaps they believed their political sins were forgiven and could not be revisited
on them, the paper said.

The Australian public had to once wait 50 years before such material could be released
on New Year's Day.

The rule was changed in 1972 by …