When the deadline came, Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch was negotiating to buy the paper and save it.

When confronted with the remains of some of the now extinct Australian marsupials, Aborigines would often identify them as the bunyip.

When the former Australian Federal Education Minister, Brendan Nelson, raised the notion of intelligent design being taught in science classes, the public outcry caused the minister to quickly concede that the correct forum for intelligent design, if it were to be taught, is in religious or philosophy classes.

When the Australian television programme 60 Minutes challenged her to demonstrate how she could live without food and water, the supervising medical professional Dr. Beres Wenck found that after 48 hours Jasmuheen displayed symptoms of acute dehydration, stress and high blood pressure.

The Australian alternative rock band, The Go-Betweens dedicated a track off their 1994 album The Friends of Rachel Worth, When She Sang About Angels in reference to Smith's long time influence on themselves.

When talking about the album for an Australian interview in August 2012 Parkes said " It might well be my favorite album to date.

When being photographed for the album's cover, Potger was replaced by Ray – his day job with the Australian Broadcasting Commission ( ABC ) as a radio producer barred him from involvement in a commercial enterprise.

When the Victorian state government ( controlled by the Australian Labor Party ) announced plans to end this grazing, the then federal government, controlled by a coalition of conservative parties who are the ALP's traditional opponents, floated the idea of using national cultural heritage powers ( on the basis of the cultural place given to the mountain cattleman, notably through The Man from Snowy River ) to override the state decision.

When Tasmania granted Betfair a license despite these efforts the Western Australian state legislature passed a law that specifically criminalised using betting exchanges from within the state ; however, that law was later ruled to be unconstitutional.

Strong box office performances were recorded in 2009-10 by Bruce Beresford's Mao's Last Dancer ; the Aboriginal musical Bran Nue Dae the dramatization of John Marsden's novel Tomorrow, When the War Began ; and the crime drama Animal Kingdom which featured major Australian screen stars Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce and Jackie Weaver.

Tomorrow, When the War Began became the highest-grossing domestic film of 2010 and it was nominated for nine Australian Film Institute Awards.

When the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame was created in Melbourne in 1996, Bradman was made one of its 10 inaugural members.

When Paul Eddington visited Australia during the 1980s, he was treated as a visiting British PM by the then Australian leader, Bob Hawke, who was obviously a great fan of the show.

When the Australian missionary and social worker Graham Staines and his two minor sons were burned alive ( 22 January 1999 ), President Narayanan condemned it as a barbarous crime belonging to the world's inventory of black deeds.

* When Australian federal politicians Peter Costello and Tony Abbott sued Bob Ellis for allegations made about their sex lives in his book Goodbye Jerusalem, the Australian radio comedy drama How Green was my Cactus made a parody of the sketch using the comedians ' voices, not the politicians.

When the BBC lost Neighbours to Channel 5 in January 2008, it moved into the Australian soap's old slot of 1: 45pm.

When the Australian Imperial Force was formed, he was sent as the commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade to Egypt.

When Hughes resigned in 1984, throwing Australian cricket into turmoil, Chappell received a share of the blame for the outcome.

When the Australian colonies federated on 1 January 1901, an official competition for a design for an Australian flag was held.

When Julia Gillard became Prime Minister on 24 June 2010 after the parliamentary Labor Party decided to replace Kevin Rudd as leader, she declared that she would not move into The Lodge until she had " fulsomely earned the trust of the Australian people to be prime minister " at an election ; instead, she remained living in her home in Altona in Melbourne and her flat in Canberra.

When the series premiered viewers were presented with a level of titillation and taboo subjects that had never been seen on Australian television before, and the event came to be known as " the night Australian television lost its virginity.

When they finished touring in July 1907, the 18-year-old was an accomplished comedian.

" George Fenneman, his radio and TV announcer, good-natured foil, and lifelong friend, often related a story in subsequent years of one of his final visits to Groucho's home: When the time came to end the visit, Fenneman lifted Groucho from his wheelchair, put his arms around his torso, and began to " walk " the frail comedian backwards across the room toward his bed.

When the New York Telephone Company started its Dial-a-Joke line in 1974, over three million people called in one month to hear 30 seconds of Youngman's material — the most ever for a comedian.

* When comedian Dave Allen appeared in an edition that was transmitted on Halloween in 1981, Parkinson invited his guest to read a suitably themed poem.

When Hull left The Super Flying Fun Show and Australia, a duplicate of Emu was made so the character could continue on the show, much to Hull's annoyance, and comedian Marty Morton took over Hull's co-hosting position in Australia.

When series originator and host Joel Hodgson decided to leave the show half-way through the fifth season, he chose Nelson as his replacement — reportedly because he thought Nelson was a natural leader, a gifted comedian as well as a gifted muse, and also that Nelson simply looked good standing next to the show's puppets.

When he screen-tested for Columbia Pictures, they hated his audition but Reitman told the studio that he was hiring the comedian anyway.

When the noted Bollywood comedian Mehmood decided to produce Chhote Nawab, he first approached RD Burman's father Sachin Dev Burman for the music.

When he was commanded by the captain to stand at attention, the future comedian " started to crumple like an airless accordion.

When it was time to renew the Stooges ' contract, Columbia hired comedian Joe Besser to replace Shemp.

" When asked about his opinion of Cook on The Howard Stern Show, comedian Nick DiPaolo said " he doesn't make me laugh, but that doesn't mean he's not funny.

A week later, it returned copies of comedian George Carlin's When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops ?, with a cover recreating The Last Supper with Jesus ' seat empty and Carlin ( an avowed atheist ) seated next to it.

When performing in the city, fellow comedian Dara Ó Briain, will open with the joke, " Hello my name is Dara or, if you prefer, you can call me Londondara.

When this song was performed on Saturday Night Live on May 14, 2005, actor / comedian Will Ferrell, who hosted the show, came onstage and played the cowbell as fictional Blue Öyster Cult member Gene Frenkle.

When he saved enough money, he bought a guitar and started to play professionally in party venues, forming the " Los Lobos " duo with his friend, Brazilian guitarist Gastón Bueno Lobo, with whom he would return to Buenos Aires in 1925 to work under contract for the comedian Pablo Palitos.

When noticing the guard, Bunyan tugs his collar in a similar way as American comedian Charles Nelson Reilly.

When asked about his biggest regret in life, Lum told me, " on October 2, 1952 Hank Williams made his last appearance in Baton Rouge, Louisiana I played on the show with him and then later that night he asked me to rejoin his band and play comedian.

When Moyles transferred to drive time in 1998, Vitty went with him and became " Comedy Dave " after comedian Lee Hurst asked Vitty on the show who he was, he said " Super Dave " to which Lee sarcastically responded " Comedy Dave more like ".

When the Great Depression took hold, Wright returned to Belfast and then began working in the field of entertainment, first as a musician and then as a supporting comedian.

When Eddie asks who it is, Molly tells him that it is the new opening act for comedian Zany Gray's ( Mike Pasternak ) new television special.

When the group disbanded, Gee became a compere, then later a comedian.

Kirby and comedian Billy Crystal made a popular screen team in When Harry Met Sally ... ( 1989 ) and City Slickers ( 1991 ).