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ALP killed the MTV star

11 Feb 02:30pm

Filed under: Insulation Program, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Politics

A couple of weeks after Peter Garrett won the seat of Kingsford Smith in the 2004 Federal Election he was taking a dip a Maroubra Beach when all of a sudden he turned grey and collapsed on the sand.

Illustration: Eric Lobbecke

The very healthy then 51-year-old could not stand up, and told lifeguards he felt dizzy and didn’t know what had happened. “He looked really confused and quite distressed,” said lifeguard Paul Julian.

Later at Prince of Wales Hospital Garrett was cleared of anything other than a fainting spell. It’s generally not the sort of thing that happens to people who are 100 per cent thrilled and confident about the major life change they’ve just made.

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gavin says:

06:20pm | 14/02/10

Well Johnny boy, let’s hear your pearls of wisdom on how we can make a perfect system. Better still, why don’t you go about bringing on a political revolution - you obviously have the vision… Read more »
fluffy says:

12:28pm | 14/02/10

@ carl.. if the government changed the law to allow drivers to drive on any side of the road.. id probably take some safety precautions myself and not drive at traffic coming towards me. but your analogy is ridiculous.. did the government say to the installers, disregard all current relevant… Read more »

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