November 29, 2022 Local OH DEAR… HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? It appears that students, teachers at the Wingham Brush School, the people at the Post Office, passers-by, let alone the…
November 29, 2022 Environment THERE ARE NO LAWS PROTECTING KOALAS On 29 October when I attended the NSW Koala Conference, forebodingly entitled “The Vanishing”, I experienced a range of complex…
November 29, 2022 People ELLIE’S NEW FRIEND Boris’s granddaughter Ellie has a new pal. They live on an equestrian centre in the Hunter Valley. Ellie is nearly…
November 29, 2022 Beyond the Valley IT’S A CON JOB! AUKUS is a fig leaf for US plans to base its forces in Australia AUKUS, the security partnership formed by…
November 29, 2022 Local COUNCIL CRUSHES A DREAM BUSINESS Karen Gilbert and her husband Ian bought 100 beautiful acres outside Tinonee in 2018 planning to earn a living off…
November 29, 2022 People IT ALL COMES 0UT IN THE WASH! Not-for-profit Orange Sky has been operating within the Mid North Coast region for five years supporting struggling locals. They are…
November 29, 2022 Environment “RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE” ANOTHER WORD FOR “GREENWASHING”? Don’t be fooled. Burning forest biomass is not a renewable energy source. Don’t be fooled. Burning forest biomass is not…
November 29, 2022 Local NEW LIFE IN AN OLD STORE. ALL IT TAKES IS IMAGINATION, HARD YAKKA AND CAREFUL BUDGETING. The recent makeover of Hannam Vale General store makes us…
November 29, 2022 Collectibles NEW LADDERS FOR OLD. Outside a bric-a-brac shop something caught my eye amongst the stuff spilling onto the footpath. ‘Funky vintage ladder $165.’ On…
November 29, 2022 Gardening PLAN B. THE PLANTS THAT WILL SAVE US. In this uncertain world, over the past 2-3 years, we have experienced events in our lives that we thought were…
November 29, 2022 Notices HEARD ON MACCA. On Sunday morning on ABC Radio “Australia All Over” there was a call from a fellow wondering why, with all…
November 29, 2022 Books THROUGH HER EYES: Australian Women Correspondents from Hiroshima to Ukraine. Edited by Melissa Roberts and Trevor Watson. Hardie Grant Books. Rrp. $34.99 Reading Through Her Eyes, is both exhilarating and…