The Wire

A web site porporting to represent John Howard recently invited its readers to witness a once in a lifetime speech – The Prime Minister himself apologising for leading Australian forces into the war on Iraq. The speech didn’t make national headlines because it was a hoax. Political commentator, Richard Neville, wrote it, rather than Mr. Howard. Nevertheless, some people at Melbourne IT, the web hosters, and the PM office thought it was an act of fraud, and therefore should be removed at once. Neville is still investigating the real reaons for the shutting down of his spoof website.

Richard Neville’s website
A pdf of the spoof PM speech