Scoop Images: In The Land Of Oz

Friday, 15 September 2000, 9:27 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

In the land of Oz...

Night lit up...

Latin vive..

And the world becomes Australia...

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Alastair Thompson

Scoop Publisher

Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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