Could greed and meanness cost council millions?
Recently the USU ( The United Services Union, which represents local government, energy, airline, clerical and administrative employees throughout NSW)…
Be Smart – Get The Jab!
Welcome to Dr Edah Obligado as she gets her jab from nurse Vicky Peters at the GP Respiratory Clinic/Commonwealth Vaccination…
Coronasomnia
Within living memory, no event has forced change on human behaviour quite like the coronavirus. World travellers have had their…
Homelessness in Taree
Terry Stanton “There is no homeless problem in Taree”, the lady told the guest speaker at the Rotary Club meeting. …
‘Feeling Very Olympic’
“I am feeling very Olympic today” was that great and memorable line spoken by the character ‘Sanka Coffie’ (played by…
Don’t Hold Your Breath To Get A Foot In The Door… Of Any House!
Between January 1991 (in the aftermath of mortgage rates rising to an all-time high of 17½% in the late 1980s)…
Afghanistan: An Enterprise For The Stupid
An understanding of history might have seen Australia refuse the opportunity to get involved in Afghanistan, but an understanding of…
Celebrating Sixty Years Of ‘Four Corners’, Aunty’s Flagship
Tuncurry local, Wendy Borchers, archivist at ABC TV for many years, looks back. The road leading to the birth of…
HAVE YOU HAD PROBLEMS CLAIMING FOR FLOOD DAMAGE FROM THE RAA (RURAL ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY), DR DAVID GILLESPIE’s OFFICE OR MIDCOAST COUNCIL?
There seems to be a lot obfuscation, left hand not knowing what right hand doing and general confusion and in…
Truth, media and Democracy
Virtue and truthfulness in public life is a cornerstone of democracy, or so tradition has it. The idea was well…
Choose Wisely!
The Minister for local Government, Shelley Hancock, recently announced that due to the Covid 19 outbreaks, the NSW Local Government…
Shameless Scotty Strikes Out In Pub Test
The momentum is building to make integrity and accountability in government a major, defining issue at the next federal election.…