Despite a last-minute declaration by the coalition promising to work "for an Austria in which xenophobia, anti-Semitism and racism have no place," reaction was swift.
O'Farrell's last-minute declaration is believed to be behind the decision by key conservative members of the Legislative Council (MLCs) to vote against the bill.
Filling almost the entire issue, à la John Hersey, Murray's essay argued, persuasively and in depth, that it was the Soviet Union's last-minute declaration of war, not the A-bomb, that prompted Japan's surrender.
His last-minute declaration takes him officially out of a race where candidates have been campaigning for months.
Furthermore, the storyline felt Hollywoodised from beginning to end: the shifts and turns were all played out in a way we've seen a million times before, complete with expository dialogue and last-minute declarations of affection in the face of imminent death.
Korben's journey, however, is said to be under threat not only from the Mangalores and Zorg, but also from Leeloo, who only relents and helps him at the last minute, accepting his declaration of love.
I had to discuss my demise on air with Jeremy Paxman minutes after the declaration.
Mary North is the privileged daughter of an MP who signs up for the war effort within 45 minutes of its declaration: "She left finishing school unfinished".
Only a few minutes after the declaration of war went into effect at midnight on 3/4 August, a German liner was captured by a torpedo boat from Gibraltar, followed by three more enemy ships the following day.
West Indies will begin the third day on 184 for two - still 382 in arrears and requiring 183 to avoid the follow-on - after Andrew Flintoff, with another brilliant, formidable century, Geraint Jones with a perky half-century, and some disruptive lower-order shenanigans had taken England to another massive total before Michael Vaughan's declaration 35 minutes before tea.
