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LAST CHANCE FOR THE MANNING BASE HOSPITAL IF CANDIDATES UNITE

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY COUNTRY?

IT’S A SURE BET – POKIES ARE ODDS ON TO DISRUP THE

FACING A MOUNTAIN THAT’S NEVER BEEN CLIMBED

OUR FORESTS ARE WORTH MORE STANDING

Master Craft Birds!

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Alexander Geoffrey Floyd OAM

January 30, 2023
1 April 1926 – 12 December 2022 Born in Hampton, Victoria, Alex completed his Diploma of Forestry and Bachelor of Science in
WHO’S TO BLAME?

January 30, 2023
NIMBYISM, DEVELOPERS, PROTESTERS, COUNCIL OR THE LAW. . . WHO DECIDES IF CONCERNS ARE LEGIT? If you have a gripe where do
BOB BROWN REFLECTS ON WHAT’S COMING AND WHY.

January 30, 2023
China’s self-selected life-president Xi says Taiwan will be part of China by 2049, just 27 years from now but, as only 10%
WINDING UP TO WIND DOWN – AN ADVENTURER’S GUIDE TO TURNING 70

January 30, 2023
Kieran Kelly The wind beat into my jacket, and the first snowflakes fell on the back of my gloves. High on Kings
ABOUT A GIRL. . . ABOUT A PEARL

January 30, 2023
Kristin Weidenbach with Alison Brown Published by Cygnet Bay Pearls Available from sales@pearlsofaustralia.com.au $30. This is the story of Alison Brown whose
OH DEAR… HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

November 29, 2022
It appears that students, teachers at the Wingham Brush School, the people at the Post Office, passers-by, let alone the council workers

OUR FORESTS ARE WORTH MORE STANDING

January 30, 2023
The end of native forest logging in NSW is on the horizon – but it can’t come fast enough for the climate and the environment. No matter what the Government
Public Health Forum

January 30, 2023
There will be a Public Health Forum being conducted by Manning Great Lakes Community Health Action Group at Black Head Surf Club on Wednesday February 22nd at 7pm. The forum
Master Craft Birds!

January 30, 2023
Over weeks we watched two Willy Wagtails swish and dart around our pot plants and outside window ledges thinking they were hunting bugs and flies to eat. However one morning
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT OUT OF CONTROL

January 30, 2023
‘Zombie’ development applications (DAs that were granted decades ago before proper environmental regulation), dodgy ecological assessments and offsets, hundreds of hectares of threatened species habitat at risk, new buildings on

LESSONS IN THE LOCK UP – A PRISON TEACHER’S ACCOUNT

January 30, 2023
Crime has the dual effect of repelling you and drawing you in. Movies, books, television, and the internet are saturated with tales of crime. And true crime outrates fiction. There
CHASING WRONGS AND RIGHTS

January 30, 2023
A personal journey of fighting for justice around the world. Elaine Pearson Scribner RRP $34.99 These are the words of Leila de Lima, the fearless and tenacious lawyer and chair
WANDERING WITH INTENT

January 30, 2023
Kim Mahood Scribe RRP $35 Kim Mahood’s previous books have illustrated not only her skill at evoking place, culture, history of Aboriginal country through her work as an artist, collaborator,
HUMANITY’S MOMENT A CLIMATE SCIENTIST’S CASE FOR HOPE

January 30, 2023
Joelle Gergis Published by Black Inc 2022 RRP $34.99 Joelle Gergis is an award-winning climate scientist and a lead author for the Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental

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January 30, 2023

LAST CHANCE FOR THE MANNING BASE HOSPITAL IF CANDIDATES UNITE

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY COUNTRY?

January 30, 2023

IT’S A SURE BET – POKIES ARE ODDS ON TO DISRUP THE STATE ELECTION!

January 30, 2023

FACING A MOUNTAIN THAT’S NEVER BEEN CLIMBED

January 30, 2023

WHO’S TO BLAME?

January 30, 2023

LIFESTYLE

Gardening
WHAT’S BETTER THAN BUYING A MANGO? GROWING YOUR OWN!

January 30, 2023
One of the first fruits which come to mind when we think of summer is the fleshy, juicy mango with its golden sunny flesh

Fishing
FINDING THE PERFECT BOAT

January 30, 2023
By now our holiday visitors would have worked out that Port Stephens and the surrounding coastline are a boating and fishing paradise. If you

Collectibles
Antiques and Collectables

January 30, 2023
Collect the past and invest in your future, with an accumulation of knowledge from great finds. I love the information that comes from searching out

Books
LESSONS IN THE LOCK UP – A PRISON TEACHER’S ACCOUNT

January 30, 2023
Crime has the dual effect of repelling you and drawing you in. Movies, books, television, and the internet are saturated with tales of crime.

travel
THE MAGIC CARPET A Murray River Odyssey

July 2, 2022
Rex Ellis is Australia’s longest operating safari guide. There are good flows in the Murray River and so he is resurrecting his magnificent Murray

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Your Say

November 29, 2022
Dear Editor, I love the English language, always have done since starting to read at four. I’ve written a lot of books, edited and published

LAST CHANCE FOR THE MANNING BASE HOSPITAL IF CANDIDATES UNITE

January 30, 2023

The Manning Base Hospital in Taree is continuing to struggle to provide adequate services to the Forster-Tuncurry, Taree Manning Valley and Gloucester areas. With a resident population of 100,000 which can

BOB BROWN REFLECTS ON WHAT’S COMING AND WHY.

January 30, 2023

China’s self-selected life-president Xi says Taiwan will be part of China by 2049, just 27 years from now but, as only 10% of Taiwanese are agreeable, either this goal will fail

A SPECIAL HOUSE BREATHES AGAIN

September 9, 2022

The minute I spotted a cat preening itself on the front step and a basket of petunias hanging outside the forlornly rundown heritage cottage at 1 Bungay Street Wingham, I knew

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