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What’s a fisho to do?

If we can believe the polls, then it looks certain we will have a coalition government in NSW after Saturday, March 26. However, while...

Strange

Now here’s a strange thing:  in calling for a “yew-noited Orstraaya” to support her carbon tax, ALP Prime Minister Julia Rudd-Brownard actually has convinced...

The race is on

again. The odds-on favourite for the top job looks like a dead cert to be first past the post, although others in the field...

Earth Hour 2011

This year Earth Hour falls on Election Day, March 26 at 8.30pm. No doubt many of us will be glued to our sets watching...

Is it good sense?

The Ring of Fire, the pathway to earthquakes and all things that spell disaster for the whole world, is not apparently about to trouble...

Poor attendance at cinema

Whatever the reason was for the poor attendance at the Tenterfield Cinema last year, it would be difficult to lay blame on poor film...

Harmony Week

It’s Harmony Week, and I’m happily gathering together ideas and things towards participating in this week’s Stanthorpe QCWA Floral Art Competition. Mindful that harmony is...

Pauline Hanson runs for election

How sweet it is to observe the Labor/Green/LNP axis in New South Wales, manning the political barricades from the invader, Pauline Hanson. Do our southern...

Strange concept

Why is it that, when a foreign Prince visits a devastated area, he is regarded as gallant and benefitting morale, but a native born...

Vale Eddie Prince

Our efforts to retain the Slade School property, for use by the community, moved to a different plane this week with the passing of...

Awash with disasters

Of late, it seems that the world is awash with disasters; war in the Middle East, quakes in New Zealand and now Japan. The aftershocks...

Plea to shop locally

We would like to extend a big thank you to all of those who have donated money to the flood appeal, and to all...

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A Hallelujah moment

It was a hallelujah moment when St Paul’s Anglican Church was filled with music lovers for a pipe organ recital on Sunday, 15 September. In...