Take the council elections of 1990, at the height of the row over the poll tax.

ECONOMIST: Voting

This remark was meant for Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary-general, who visited Canberra at the height of the row, mainly to acknowledge Australia's work in restoring order in East Timor.

ECONOMIST: Australia

At the height of the political row around the organisation, PAC chair Darren Millar had asked, during the Assembly's plenary session, whether Awema had "run its course".

BBC: Following the money - and wincing