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Crocodile Hunter highway - Steve Irwin gets road named after him

Wed Sep 27, 12:49 AM ET

SYDNEY (AFP) - Iconic Australian crocodile wrangler Steve Irwin will be immortalised in tarmac when the road outside his family zoo is renamed in his honour, officials revealed.
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The premier of northeastern Queensland state Peter Beattie announced that the road that runs past Irwin's Australia Zoo in the small town of Beerwah will be called Steve Irwin Way by the end of the year.

"Steve Irwin and his family have put Beerwah on the map and I can think of no more fitting tribute," Beattie said, dubbing the "Crocodile Hunter" "Queensland's most well-known ambassador ever".

"The declaration of Steve Irwin Way is the first step in helping to build a lasting memorial to Steve Irwin's work," he said.

Irwin's American-born widow Terri Irwin and their two children, Bindi, eight, and Bob, two, live at the zoo in Beerwah and were touched by the announcement, Beattie said.

The announcement came hours ahead of the first televised interview with Terri Irwin since her husband was killed in a freak stingray attack three weeks ago.

Terri Irwin's exclusive interview with Australia's Channel Nine television was set to be aired at 8:30 pm (1030 GMT), ahead of the US broadcast of her interview with American television doyenne Barbara Walters.
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A senior politician, Senator Bill Heffernan — a close associate of John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister — said yesterday that he telephoned the Australian Broadcasting Corporation within minutes of the documentary ending to voice his concern that Bindi was being exploited.

He was so offended by the programme that he also raised his fears at a meeting of all government MPs, attended by the Prime Minister.

Mr Heffernan said yesterday: “Every child deserves their childhood and your childhood is one of those touchstones of your life, but there is a real danger that this kid is going to be exploited. “When she says that she’d rather play with snakes than dress up like a lot of girls her age, that’s fine — but does she need to do it in front of a camera? “There’s a very strong suggestion that there’s this artificial environment being built around her for a commercial purpose, and she’s not in a position to make that decision by herself.”
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Mr Heffernan, you need to go give yourself a good fucking, and get your nose out of people's families. Noone really gives a shit what you think. The little girl was doing this with her Dad. I'm pretty damn sure that he didn't force her to. That, perhaps, she wants to finish what she started with him, and gain some closure from that ... and her mom agrees and stood beside her supporting her .....


Just you go fuck yourself, son, alright?
 
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