Nah, it was the lack of a long closer ;). Haha. Good one.
I just thought that top 10 list overall was a little weak. Like TV comes to Australia as number four? Just no.
I agree about September 11 being number one. It is without a doubt, unmatched in being the biggest event. Probably since the Second World War as far as I am concerned.
The Asian Tsunami (2004) should have also ranked in the top five. The sheer loss of life from and scale of that event, not to mention the pictures are again, almost unrivalled.
I also think for Australians, the Black Saturday Bushfires should have been in that list. Maybe at number 7. Whether you like it or not, that was our worst natural disaster with the highest death toll and has had far reaching implications around the country for bushfire risk, preparedness and response.
News by its nature is bad. Whether you like it or not, it’s the bad things, huge things out of the ordinary that impact our lives. I felt there were too many good news items in that list.
The only one I would have agreed with including was at number nine. I actually think the Sydney Olympics should have been number five.
If I had to make a top 10 list off the fly, it would resemble something similar to this -
- September 11, 2001
- Boxing Day tsunami
- Port Arthur massacre
- Whitlam dismissal
- Sydney Olympics
- Death of Princess Diana
- Black Saturday bushfires
- Disappearance of PM Harold Holt
- Rudd/Gillard/Rudd years
- Melbourne Olympics
I do not rate the moon landing at all. Nor do I rate the JFK assassination.