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What’s changed since Corby was jailed

A lot has changed since Schapelle Corby was sent to Kerobokan Prison in 2004.

A lot has changed since Schapelle Corby was sent to Kerobokan Prison in 2004.

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These events, which include new inventions that we now take for granted and the tenures of leaders who have come and gone, demonstrate just how much time Schapelle has lost.

From the phenomenon of the iPhone to the reign of Google to the entire lifespan of a papacy and three Labor Prime Ministers, the last decade has seen enormous change.

All the while Schapelle Corby has languished in prison with limited connection to the outside world.

The first iPhone is released in 2007. Photo: Getty Images

Google becomes a publicly traded company. And a verb. Photo: Getty Images

McDonald’s displays calorie-intake counts on its menus (2011). Photo: Getty Images

The London Bombings cements the globalisation of the ‘age of terror’ and raises fears about home-grown terror (2005). Photo: AFP/Getty Images

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Al Gore’s documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ is released, making climate change a global focus (2006). Photo: Getty Images

Roger Federer becomes the World No. 1 in tennis, destined to become the greatest player ever. Photo Getty Images

Federal Labor is elected to government (2007), changes leaders twice (2010 & 2013), and is voted out (2013). Photo: Getty Images

The Gardasil vaccine to guard against cervical cancer is offered to all Australian women (2007). Photo: Getty Images

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Graphic images on cigarette packs are introduced in 2006. Plain packaging is brought in in 2012. Photo: Getty Images

The papacy of Pope Benedict XVI begins and ends (2005-2013). Photo: Getty Images

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