Sadly the first post is correct. The ABC site seems to running about 2 hours behind the news, it did not post the news of the suspension of operations until 5.17 EST some 2 hours and 20 minutes after I heard it live from the administrator on Channel 9 news.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/...sep2001-47.htm
[ 13 September 2001: Message edited by: Pom Pax ]