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  • 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 of security,
  • WE HAVE TO BE “NATURE POSITIVE” TO SAVE WHAT’S LEFT

    Former Federal Treasurer Dr Ken Henry AO, (and Manning River resident) has delivered a scathing Final Report – “The Independent Financial Review
  • FAREWELL TO PARKY

    Sir Michael Parkinson TV host and cricket tragic, Michael Parkinson, recently passed away at home in the UK. His TV interview shows
  • ROBERT MILLIKEN 1946-2023

    One of Australia’s most distinguished journalists, Robert Milliken, who died on May 21 from cancer, was born in Taree and spent the
  • IS IT TIME TO RETHINK OUR GARDENING PRACTICES?

    Whether you agree with Climate Change or not, the fact is, as a country, we are getting hotter and hotter, while our
  • ROAD RAGE IS EVERYWHERE

    Locals in the MidCoast Council area are fed up with the state of our rotten roads. It’s gone beyond potholes and crumbling bitumen to seriously huge holes and seriously dangerous
  • WILL THE ZERO YEAR CURSE STOP BIDEN?

    American presidents elected in a year ending with a zero have a tendency to die in office. Will Joe Biden (elected in 2020) also be a similar statistic? Presidents are
  • THE PAINTED LADY!

    What do a dilapidated hotel, a hypochondriac manager, an Italian chef, a politician and his secret lover, two travellers experiencing car trouble, a flamboyant artist with a surreptitious aspiration, a hapless love triangle, and a
  • INSPIRING FAMILY HAVE HEALTHY LIVING DOWN PAT

    Sometimes when starting a new beginning it pays to know nothing about it otherwise the pitfalls and inexperience are enough to extinguish any enthusiasm. This is what Anna Axisa and
  • Antiques and Collectables

    Collecting is a hobby that lasts a lifetime and gives much joy and pleasure. Those memorable finds, the great people you meet, the new places you explore when searching for
  • 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 a 440 word statement now known as ‘The Uluru Statement
  • 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 interesting to tell me. Ric Richardson is an old family
  • WALK WITH US TO VOTE YES!

    Voters in Lyne, across the Manning Valley and Great Lakes from Wauchope to Wingham, Dungog to Diamond Head, Hawks Nest to Harrington, Taree to Tuncurry and every town and locality
  • WHERE DO OUR RATES GO THEN???

    All NSW Councils are required by legislation to have a Four Year Delivery Program and an Annual Operational Plan to show the community how their rates are being spent and
  • CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS CENSORED

    It seems the recent public awareness, concern and criticism of MidCoast Council’s failure to deliver Capital Works Projects on time and to budget, has taken its toll on the Administration. 

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  • Collectibles

    Antiques and Collectables

    Collecting is a hobby that lasts a lifetime and gives much joy and pleasure. Those memorable finds, the great people you meet, the new
  • Books

    FLAWED HERO

    TRUTH, LIES AND WAR CRIMES Chris Masters Allen & Unwin.    RRP $34.99 On 25 May 2023, after a defamation hearing of 110 days,
  • Books

    IDI AMIN

    THE MAN WHO STOLE UGANDA Alex Mitchell Published by Word Image Pty Ltd 2023 RRP $20.00 Alex Mitchell has worked in the media for
  • Books

    Engaging with Ageing

    Anne Ring Recently, I heard the phrase “Stand up and speak out”. And I realised that that is exactly what I’m doing with my
  • Books

    DID I EVER TELL YOU THIS?

    SAM NEILL Text Publishing. Rrp $49.99 I went on a holiday for a week and took Sam Neill along. Well, his memoir – Did I
  • 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 a 440 word statement
  • Politics

    WALK WITH US TO VOTE YES!

    Voters in Lyne, across the Manning Valley and Great Lakes from Wauchope to Wingham, Dungog to Diamond Head, Hawks Nest to Harrington, Taree to
  • Politics

    WHERE DO OUR RATES GO THEN???

    All NSW Councils are required by legislation to have a Four Year Delivery Program and an Annual Operational Plan to show the community how
  • Politics

    CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS CENSORED

    It seems the recent public awareness, concern and criticism of MidCoast Council’s failure to deliver Capital Works Projects on time and to budget, has
  • Local

    ROAD RAGE IS EVERYWHERE

    Locals in the MidCoast Council area are fed up with the state of our rotten roads. It’s gone beyond potholes and crumbling bitumen to
  • Local

    THE PAINTED LADY!

    What do a dilapidated hotel, a hypochondriac manager, an Italian chef, a politician and his secret lover, two travellers experiencing car trouble, a flamboyant artist with a surreptitious
  • Local

    A QUARRY IN THE BUCOLIC AND BEAUTIFUL WALLAROO STATE FOREST?

    WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING! New South Wales is facing a biodiversity crisis which was significantly aggravated by the bushfires that destroyed much

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