October 10, 2023 Local QUESTIONS STILL BEING ASKED ABOUT THE TRUE STATE OF MIDCOAST COUNCIL FINANCES The August edition of this paper gave disturbing details of an adverse report about the MidCoast Council finances by the…
October 10, 2023 History THE INCREDIBLE INGENUITY OF INDIGENOUS FISHING KNOWLEDGE Standing on a ferry chugging across Sydney Harbour, it’s still possible to imagine the city as it was in 1788…
October 10, 2023 Books WIFEDOM – MRS ORWELL’S INVISIBLE LIFE ANNA FUNDER. Hamish Hamilton (an imprint of Penguin Books) Rrp. $36.95 Why was this woman airbrushed from two of the…
October 10, 2023 Books ONE ILLUMINED THREAD Sally Colin-James, Fourth Estate (Harper Collins imprint) RRP. $32.99 As you read this book let your imagination take you back…
October 10, 2023 Books MIND OF THE NATION UNIVERSITIES IN AUSTRALIAN LIFE Michael Wesley La Trobe University Press 2023 RRP $34.99 More Australians than ever now have university degrees, or are attending…
October 10, 2023 Books THE FIRST ASTRONOMERS HOW INDIGENOUS ELDERS READ THE STARS Duane Hamacher with Elders and Knowledge Holders Allen & Unwin RRP $34.99 When people hear or read about some…
October 10, 2023 Collectibles Antiques and Collectables “In 1967 we were counted, in 2017 we seek to be heard. We leave base camp and start our trek…
October 10, 2023 Gardening AZALEAS FOR AN ABUNDANCE OF COLOUR When it comes to flowering shrubs, it’s difficult not to be stopped in your tracks by the ravishing beauty of…
October 10, 2023 History This photo, from the collection of the late Ken Magor, shows an Eggins bus in Taree, showing a Wingham destination. …
September 17, 2023 People HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS. . . . . . and home can be many things. It’s more than a roof over one’s head. It’s a sense…
September 17, 2023 Politics VOTE YES . . . IT MAKES SENSE Cast your mind back some six years, when over 250 Indigenous delegates met at Uluru and reached a consensus on…
September 17, 2023 Technology SHARK SPOTTER SUPREME ON THE WAY? I checked in with a friend I hadn’t been in touch with for a bit as he always has something…