23 Aug 10 | The feeding of wild animals is a vexed issue. On one hand you have the delight of being able to observe animals close up, and on the other hand the problem is that wild animals are exactly that, and are liable to turn on you without warning.
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28 Jul 10 | Did you hear about the Spanish man who has received a complete new face? Given the pseudonym Oscar, the young farmer who had his face destroyed in a shooting accident - leaving him with trouble breathing and eating, amongst other difficulties - was very grateful to doctors for giving him a second chance at a normal life.
23 Jul 10 | You don’t have to live in Yass long before you know that a big issue that weighs on many locals’ minds is the ever promised dual highway. Depending on who you talk with, the dual highway has been promised for up to 30 years.
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21 Jul 10 | The Yass Woollen Mill project was officially launched on Saturday evening, July 17, by Member for Hume Alby Schultz and The Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP, federal Shadow Minister for Seniors.
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21 Jul 10 | In another time and place, a man's word was his bond. Deals were sealed with a handshake, and the man who reneged on a deal was regarded as a cad.
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14 Jul 10 | Over the coming days as we move from the phoney campaign to the real campaign for the next Federal Parliament, much will be heard from all sides of politics.
14 Jul 10 | The Julia Gillard experiment has failed. The mining super tax is not standing up to scrutiny and the illegal immigrant problem has blown up in her face.
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14 Jul 10 | Many years ago, we bought a few chickens for our kids, and soon after renovated the old chook yard so there was plenty of room for the birds to walk around, peck for titbits on the ground, flap their wings, rest in the shade of a tree and generally do what hens like to do.
09 Jul 10 | As a wise man once said "Life is what happens when you're busy making plans."
07 Jul 10 | It’s good to be back home, after a wonderful four weeks away from the hot seat.
30 Jun 10 | Events over the past week certainly underline the view that politics is a tough game. How tough? Well yes, Kevin Rudd did pay the ultimate price in losing his position as leader and therefore Prime Minister.
30 Jun 10 | Well what do you know? Just when I thought it was all over for the Rudd government we find ourselves with a new Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who does not in the least resemble Paris Hilton, and could take us to the polls in a couple of months, and conceivably win.
30 Jun 10 | Fair shake of the sauce bottle, Kevin Rudd’s been treated like a raw prawn.
There are people in the ALP who rode the Kevin ’07 train to victory. They owe their jobs to Rudd.
25 Jun 10 | How will the election of Julia Gillard as our Prime Minister affect the way we vote? That's the issue commentators are now focussed on.
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23 Jun 10 | Last week was a historic week for Australian women. Finally our country caught up with the rest of the developed world (bar the United States) by implementing a paid parental leave scheme.
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