February 3, 2024 Local MANNING VALLEY U3A MUSICIANS ALIVE! Manning Valley U3A announces its end of term Concert on Friday 8th December, to be held at the Uniting Church,…
February 3, 2024 People IS AUSTRALIA THE SELFISH NATION? As an Australian with First Nations and coloniser blood running through my veins, I’ve always believed in the promise of…
February 3, 2024 Local TELL ME A STORY ENCOURAGING WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS Six years ago, two friends dedicated to children’s literacy began a project to encourage local writers among students in years…
February 3, 2024 People To the Prime Minister and every Member of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Commonwealth Parliament This is an open letter which will be circulated to the Australian public and media. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
February 3, 2024 Politics Opinion The Voice which Walks Like the vast majority of fellow Australians I do not belong to any political party. Neither do I belong to…
February 3, 2024 Books THE DROWNING Bryan Brown Allen&Unwin Rrp $32.99 If murder mysteries are top of your favourite reading list here’s one that will capture…
February 3, 2024 Books KILLING FOR COUNTRY A FAMILY STORY David Marr Black Inc 2023. RRP $39.99 In the last 12 months I have reviewed three books which all, in…
February 3, 2024 Books THE ECHIDNA STRATEGY AUSTRALIA’S SEARCH FOR POWER AND PEACE Sam Roggeveen La Trobe University Press 2023 RRP $32.99 If you thought that this book, with such an…
February 3, 2024 Books The Making of Mona Occasionally John Watts stumbles over a book he finds absorbing/interesting/outrageous/and fascinating. Browsing in the “The Common” coffee shop in Gloucester…
February 3, 2024 Gardening GROWING BERRIES It is one of life’s simple pleasures to walk about in your garden in the warmer months and notice rich…
February 3, 2024 People T’WAS EVER THUS??? People are constantly complaining that we have no practical men; that we have, for instance, hundreds of politicians and hundreds…
February 3, 2024 Uncategorized Your Say Letters may be edited for space, offensive language or defamatory reasons. Dear Editor, Despair! That is my reaction to the…