This column will be cremated, its ashes placed in an urn and returned to Good Old Blighty

(I TOLD you not to let that Pommy bastard write the headline -- Ed)

The Courier-Mail, February 1, 2010:

JASON Gillespie predicts Australia's "awesome" pace cartel will tear down England in a blood and thunder showdown allowing Ricky Ponting to reclaim the Ashes. "I think this side is very good," he said. "They are the bowlers you really don't want to face."

The Age, October 18, 2010:

MICKEY Arthur, the last man to coach a side [South Africa] to a Test series win on these shores, believes the Australians will win the Ashes, saying there were "more question marks over England than there are over Australia".

"I would write Australia off at your peril," he said. "That's my gut feeling.

The Herald Sun, November 3, 2010:

AUSTRALIA will regain the Ashes with a 5-0 whitewash, according to fast-bowling great Glenn McGrath.

"I couldn't have more faith in the boys," said McGrath, who always tips an Aussie Ashes clean sweep.

Shane Warne in Britain's The Daily Mail, November 5:

I THINK Australia will win the Ashes series. When you look at each venue, and nut it down, I just think Australia have got a slight edge.

Shane Watson in The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday:

IT would be nice to be in the golden era as a player, unfortunately we're just not playing well enough to be part of that at the moment.

Going into this Ashes series, I thought there were going to be defining moments in our careers. There has been, maybe on the wrong side unfortunately.

The Barmy Army yesterday:

"ARE you Bangladesh in disguise?"

Gerry Harvey stocktake clearance! All old quotes must go! Channel Nine online chat, February 15, 2000:

ROGER: Gerry, can you please give us an overview about how you see the future of online selling?

Gerry Harvey: Well, I think that it is all very over-hyped and that the predictions of a lot of people are too optimistic.

I would think that most of the online business will be conducted by traditional retailers and that over 90 percent of the e-retailers will in fact all go out of business one after the other. The problem is that it will be quite traumatic for an awful lot of people during this process.

Harvey tells Bloomberg on December 20:

YOU'VE got every second person in the country importing things from overseas, evading duty, not paying sales tax.

Lateline Business July 29, 2008:

LEIGH Sales: How do you feel about the rise and rise of the Australian dollar?

Harvey: From our point of view it's very good because, you know, our product is just getting so much cheaper. I mean I went through on the weekend and looked at our catalogues and I thought, "Wow, that's cheap!"

ABC Radio AM on Tuesday:

SABRA Lane: Mr Harvey says the high dollar has triggered an explosion in offshore internet sales.

Gerry Harvey: You've got stores all over the world thinking, what a beauty that Australia is! This is just very unfair, that's why I'm involved. I just think this is a shocker.

Bogged down. Press release on Thursday:

GREENS spokesperson Scott Ludlam said a truck carrying yellowcake from Ranger mine to East Arm Wharf for export became bogged on the side of the Arnhem Highway while carrying two shipping containers filled with drums of uranium.

"The company . . . will no doubt downplay this as an isolated minor incident, but it is a reminder of the risks involved in transporting radioactive materials," said Senator Ludlam.

ABC News on Thursday:

STEVE Thibeault, from Energy Resources Australia, says no uranium was spilled and the operation was a success. "There was no environmental damage. There was no harm."

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