12 August 1998
The Australian 'Nation's gift for a centenary:a town like Alice'. Various reports on the historic announcement including 'Territory trigger for Senate pruning'; 'Elation cloaks struggle to come'; 'New State last thing we need'; 'Howard waives flag to a point'; 'Derailment of the gravy train put Statehood push on right track'; 'Fear of unfamiliar Territory'.