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12 Mar 10 | Good news about the "miracle" Asian elephant calf, who was born alive on Wednesday after Taronga Zoo vets believed he had died during his mother's week-long labour.
03 Mar 10 | Julia Gillard unveiled a national curriculum for our schools on Monday, a move which is long overdue. Children move schools across state boundaries all the time, and it seems ridiculous that they can double up on some subjects and miss out on others, as many report they have, just because they cross an arbitrary line within the same country.
26 Feb 10 | Community Consultation meetings are under way around the shire (LGA), and are a good chance for residents to let council know what their priorities are for the coming year.
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24 Feb 10 | Vandalism is a hot topic around town. The roll-up at the public meeting last Thursday night was testament to the concern felt, notably by the business community but also by worried members of the public.
19 Feb 10 | Remember the old "six degrees of separation" fashion? Went the way of hula hoops and yo-yos I suppose. The idea was that any person in the world could be linked to any other person in just six steps. Is it true?
19 Feb 10 | Peter Garrett is under siege, with three of his green schemes turning brown under his nose.
17 Feb 10 | I love the sounds of rain. Not only the tinkle or tangle as the drops sprinkle or pound, but the sounds afterwards, the creek roaring, the birds venturing out from their shelter, or the quiet stillness of the washed pre-dawn.
10 Feb 10 | It's good to be back in the chair, writing this after two weeks on much appreciated r and r. I've come back rested and refreshed, which is something you can't always say after a holiday... sometimes I come back needing a holiday to recover from my holiday!
05 Feb 10 | Parents are keen to see the statistics on their child’s school, that is clear.
03 Feb 10 | I'm outa here in less than 12 weeks for my first overseas sojourn. To say I'm excited would be a major understatement.
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29 Jan 10 | I spent Australia Day walking a tightrope. It left me light headed, dry mouthed and nauseous. It was foolish really.
20 Jan 10 | What is it that makes some people want to push themselves to the absolute limit, while others are content to potter around, never testing themselves at all?
15 Jan 10 | We are having a bad trot in town lately, with burglaries, malicious damage and other anti-social behaviour such as drunken late night noise on the rise.
13 Jan 10 | Heatwaves kill people. It can be easy for those of us who are fit and mobile or can shelter indoors with fans or air-conditioners to think of the extreme heat as an irritation to be borne rather than a killer. But all over the world, people die in the heat.
23 Dec 09 | People are important: not just our friends and family, not just neighbours and people who are like us, but all people.
16 Dec 09 | Identity theft, internet scams and password security are increasingly important issues with which we will all have to come to grips. And it is not just people in the cities who have to worry about it.
11 Dec 09 | As a student who has been under both the Queensland (1999-2004) and New South Wales (2004- ) education systems, it has become clear that as I aged, the education systems and the teachers themselves maintained an opinion on certain historical events and issues.
04 Dec 09 | Financially deprived local students about to embark on their high school education will receive a boost thanks to the fundraising efforts of two Yass-based clubs.
04 Dec 09 | Each year thousands of primary school students all band together for a grand performance held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre that is known as the Schools Spectacular.
04 Dec 09 | It hardly seems possible that it was only a week ago Malcolm Turnbull declared victory in the party room, meaning Penny Wong’s ETS looked like a shoo-in through the Senate. Even the old adage ‘a week is a long time in politics’ cannot adequately describe the events of the past week. The Liberals now have an Abbott and a Bishop as leaders, The ETS is dead and suddenly nuclear energy has surged to the forefront of the debate.
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