Bushfire inquiry covers up fuel reduction failure
“With the interim report from the Bushfires Royal Commission now out, the most stark revelations are those which are not stated,” CEC Leader Craig Isherwood said today.Back in February, Mr Isherwoo...
Continuing education for Sykes
Being Principal for a Day at Benalla East Primary School gave local MP Bill Sykes an insight into the efforts made by local teachers to provide the best possible educational opportunities for young...
Initial response Bushfire Royal Commission Interim Report
Nationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes, makes initial comment on the Bushfire Royal Commission Interim Report, which was delivered today, Monday 17 August 2009. It’s a pity that we had to have a ...
U.S. revolt part of global mass-strike: CEC media
U.S. health care revolt part of global mass-strike; Rudd beware! Every government in the world is facing a popular mass-strike revolt, similar to the current uprising in the United States, as p...
Energy Concessions ease winter bill pressures
Nationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes is urging eligible people to apply for the 2009 Non-Mains Winter Energy Concession program.Applications are now open for concession cardholders who are depe...
Fire Services Levy increase to 84% outrage
Nationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes has described the Brumby Government’s increase in the Fire Services Levy (FSL) for country Victorians to 84% as outrageous.Speaking in Parliament today Dr S...
What's on around Wangaratta - 14 August
Climate change crusaders are genocidalists—are you?
The hot-off-the-press August/September 2009 edition of the New Citizen rips the mask off the climate change crusaders behind carbon trading, as genocidalists, enacting the long-term British imperia...
You've got to love a prediction.
Economic collapse by October 12-15 Lyndon LaRouche will present a webcast presentation from Washington D.C., live at 3am Australian Eastern Standard Time on 2nd August, on his latest economic ...
Common sense at last for native vegetation management
Source: Sykes Media ReleaseThe easing of native vegetation management regulations to allow fuel reduction around homes has been welcomed by Nationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes.Dr Sykes said, “...
What's on around Wangaratta - 23 July
Swan, unions at odds over Buy Australia push
Swan, unions at odds over Buy Australia push - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says he does not agree that Australian ...
Australia needs a space program
Citizens Electoral Council of Australia Media Release 21st of July 2009 Craig Isherwood‚ National SecretaryPO Box 376‚ COBURG‚ VIC 3058Phone: 03 9354 0544 Fax: 03 9354 0166Email: cec@cecaust.com...
Telstra fee hike highlights Broadband inequities
Source: (State MP for Benalla) Bill Sykes Media ReleaseNationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes, said today an increasing trend by Telstra and other utility companies to shift to electronic billing...
Fix country roads: save country lives
Source: (State MP for Benalla) Bill Sykes Media ReleaseTAC Community Road Safety Grants The Nationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes, said today the alarming Victorian rural road toll to date in 2...
CEC: Grand hospital reconstruction plan
Citizens Electoral Council of Australia Media Release 16th of July 2009 Craig Isherwood‚ National SecretaryPO Box 376‚ COBURG‚ VIC 3058Phone: 03 9354 0544 Fax: 03 9354 0166Email: cec@cecaust.com.a...
Labor’s natural gas promises still hot air
Source: Sykes Media ReleaseNationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes has again called for an extension of the natural gas network in North East Victoria despite the State Labor Government’s persiste...
Let's grow our own medical professionals
Study the first step for medical centre - The Border Mail A PLAN to build a regional centre at Wangaratta to train medical graduates and ...
What's on around Wangaratta - 10 July 2009
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Sykes: Petition to revise Patient Transport Scheme Nationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes, is calling on the State Government to revise and update
Source: Sykes Media Release Nationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes, is calling on the State Government to revise and update the Victorian Patient Transport Assistance Scheme (VPTAS). Dr Sykes s...
Save the sausage sizzle
Source: Sykes Media Release Nationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes believes that the Brumby Government needs to get its act together and speed up the implementation of amendments to the Food Act...
Rain must not drown out drought assistance
Source: Sykes Media Release Recent rainfalls throughout North East Victoria is welcome news for the agriculture sector, but much more rain is desperately needed to end the state’s decade-long drou...
Sophie Mirabella speech: Child Sexual Abuse
Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Link to this | Hansard sourceI rise with a heavy heart this evening to talk about a...
Mirabella’s adviser resigns after bad behavior
Written by JEFF ZEUSCHNER. Source: Wangaratta Chronicle AN employee of Sophie Mirabella (MHR, Indi) resigned yesterday after admitting to behaving inappropriately at a glamorous ball attended by th...
Sykes: Local gap year students ‘dudded’ by Labor
Source: (State MP for Benalla) Bill Sykes Media ReleaseOver 100 students in the Benalla electorate, currently in their university gap year, will be forced to reconsider whether they can afford to t...
Sophie Mirabella Parlimentary speech: (Education)
Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Link to this | Hansard sourceI have some questions for the Minister for Education. ...
What's on around Wangaratta - 12 June 2009
World Government is real aim of global warming swindle
Media Release 12th of June 2009 Craig Isherwood‚ National SecretaryPO Box 376‚ COBURG‚ VIC 3058Phone: 03 9354 0544 Fax: 03 9354 0166Email: cec@cecaust.com.auWebsite: http://www.cecaust.com.au W...
Out of the Ashes of GM: a Clean Energy Company and a New Way of Funding Government.
Out of the Ashes of GM: a Clean Energy Company and a New Way of Funding Government.
Sophie Mirabella: Youth Allowance debate - 1 June 09
Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Link to this | Hansard sourceI rise this evening to speak on a matter that is...
Locals warm to solar power bid
Written by STEVEN BURKE. - source: Wangaratta ChronicleSOLAR power proved a hot topic in Wangaratta on Friday, with morethan 150 people attending information sessions run by Solar ShopAustralia.Res...
What's on around Wangaratta - 15 May 2009
Broadband is costing us (Wangaratta)
Provider claims we’re paying too much, for too little, and it is costing Wangaratta businessWritten by TRISH GALLAGHER. - source: Wangaratta ChronicleBROADBAND that is too expensive and sub-standar...
Possible hiccup in VEC data system
Source: Sykes Media ReleaseOver recent weeks it has come to the attention of Nationals Member for Benalla, Dr Sykes, that something may be amiss with the way the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC...
No ‘dam commonsense’
- source: Wangaratta ChronicleMP criticises governments, cites ‘major doubts’ over water savings as a reason to enlarge local storages NATIONALS member Ken Jasper (MLA, Murray Valley) has accused ...
Twittering for Swine Flu - Live Feed
Less, but good (King Valley Vintage)
King Valley Wines CEO sees benefits in challenging vintage Written by STEVE KELLY. - source: Wangaratta Chronicle KING Valley Wines has finished processing a 2009 vintage two-thirds the size of l...
Bogong High Plains Road open
source: Sykes MediaNationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes, attended the opening of the newly sealed Bogong High Plains Road on Friday, 24 April and said the magnificent drive is a welcome additio...
Ozone hole - is it good or bad?
Global warming 'slowed by pollution' - Telegraph The first study found that the hole in the ozone layer, caused by the use of CFCs, has pr...
Public Land Firewood Strategy must be practical
Source: Sykes media release“The proposed new Victorian Firewood Strategy for Public Land must remove impractical and unnecessary restrictions imposed on firewood collection by the Brumby Government...
Bill Young working with Michael Leunig
Written by TRISH GALLAGHER. - source: Wangaratta ChronicleCartoonist Michael Leunig is just one of many renowned artists who make their way to Bill Young’s King Valley studio to print their works.B...
Sykes: on school violence
Coalition supports school principals to combat school violenceSource: Sykes media release 20 April 2009Nationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes, has welcomed the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coaliti...
Making hay while the sun shines
Valley farmer thankful for a ‘good’ season Written by STEVE KELLY. - source: Wangaratta Chronicle ALTHOUGH many farmers in the North East have been battling the affects of drought, Whitfield’s Ro...
Whitfield hit with stage 4 water ban
- source: Wangaratta Chronicle - 17 April 2009WHITFIELD residents were hit with stage four water restrictions on Wednesday. North East Water executive manager of business services, John Morris, sai...
Moyhu on fire at CFA titles
Australia needs real infrastructure, not virtual reality
Citizens Electoral Council of Australia Media Release 16th of April 2009 Craig Isherwood‚ National SecretaryPO Box 376‚ COBURG‚ VIC 3058Phone: 03 9354 0544 Fax: 03 9354 0166Email: cec@cecaust.co...
Tatong set a new Good Friday Appal record
Source: Weekly TimesGOOD causes don't come much better than the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal. And per capita fundraising for the Appeal does not get much better than at the small to...
Wangaratta Town Square ready for use
city square Wangaratta Publish at Scribd or explore others: School Work Math & Engineering com...
Let's get some decency back into AFL football
AFL players Adam Simpson and Daniel Pratt admit role in chook sex film | Herald Sun SENIOR North Melbourne players Adam Simpson and Daniel Pratt have admitted the...
Wangaratta Greyhound track to close
April 2, 2009 (read original here at Millers Guide)PROHIBITIVE re-building costs have been cited as the main reason behind the intended permanent closure of the Wangaratta greyhound track in less t...
The “Golden Rule”
Media Release 2nd of April 2009 Craig Isherwood‚ National SecretaryPO Box 376‚ COBURG‚ VIC 3058Phone: 03 9354 0544 Fax: 03 9354 0166Email: cec@cecaust.com.auWebsite: http://www.cecaust.com.au ...
Probing King River health
Action plan to protect valley’s natural asset - source: Wangaratta ChronicleRIVER health, water quality and exotic infestations will be probed as part of an action plan for the Upper King River. N...
High cattleman honor for Frank
Plaque at ‘Bennies’ a fitting, historic tribute - source: Wangaratta ChronicleRESPECTED mountain cattleman, the late Frank Ryan, was remembered and honored last week at a special event by his rela...
Buffalo secret agenda
MP claims state wants to ‘lock away’ mountain to commercial activities - source: Wangaratta ChronicleTHE State Government has a secret agenda for Mt Buffalo which involves the removal of all comme...
Future water hope buoyed
Probe into underground supplies looks good for Wangaratta security Written by Philip Nolan. - source: Wangaratta Chronicle THE on-going concern about Wangaratta’s long term water security could s...
Government goes to Church
Churches should be used as post offices to benefit community, says Government - Telegraph ...
Big Brother out of control in England
Anglers arrested after shining laser beams at ducks - Telegraph tags: no_tag Three anglers were arrested after using laser pens to frighten ducks away from their hooks...
Would you buy a Nano?
MOTORING experts in India have given a rousing reception to the Tata Nano, hailing the world's cheapest car as "one of the greatest bargains of all time" and "a triumph of Indian ingenuity". The ti...
Rudd goes bananas
Citizens Electoral Council of AustraliaMedia Release 20th of March 2009Craig Isherwood‚ National SecretaryPO Box 376‚ COBURG‚ VIC 3058Phone: 03 9354 0544 Fax: 03 9354 0166Email: cec@cecaust.com.au...
Sophie Mirabella: on Social Security
Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Link to this | Hansard sourceI rise to join my colleagues in speaking against the S...
Sophie Mirabella: on Defence Capability
Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Link to this | Hansard sourceI rise this evening to talk about a very important mat...
CEC: Why are Australians in Afghanistan
Media Release 18th of March 2009 Craig Isherwood‚ National SecretaryPO Box 376‚ COBURG‚ VIC 3058Phone: 03 9354 0544 Fax: 03 9354 0166Email: cec@cecaust.com.auWebsite: http://www.cecaust.com.au ...
Sophie Mirabella: on Microbrewers
Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Link to this | Hansard sourceI rise to support the efforts and camp...
City’s plan to buffer ‘crisis’
Fast-track projects, support local businesses Written by STEVEN BURKE. - source: Wangaratta Chronicle WORK has begun on a four-pronged strategy designed to help Wangaratta businesses fight their...
Regional plan stirs emotion
Development shake-up welcomed, attacked Written by Philip Nolan. - source: Wangaratta Chronicle A JOINT government plan to re-shape regional development services has come under fire politically b...
Local farmers push for more dam water
source: Wangaratta Chronicle20,000 megalitres plea to Minister Holding UPPER catchment farmers who believe 20,000 megalitres of water should be allocated for farm dams ‘as of right’ have finally p...
River building isn’t too high
Development set to get approval, with $565,000 parking payout to council Written by STEVEN BURKE. A FIVE storey office tower overlooking the Ovens River will be built in Faithfull Street, if Rura...
Wangaratta - Consider 7am closing
Taxi drivers say later, not earlier weekend pub trading, will reduce bad behavior Written by JEFF ZEUSCHNER. - Wangaratta Chronicle WANGARATTA Taxis believes expanding, rather than reducing hotel...
"Catch 22" on overseas outsourcing
Rees pulled into line over outsourcing > LIVENEWS.com.au NSW Labor has ordered Premier Nathan Rees to stop outsourcing government work overseas.The NSW A...
Motivation is to help others
Cr Parisotto included on Victorian Women’s Honor Roll Written by HARVEY DIKE. - Source: Wangaratta Chronicle AS a child she would listen to her widowed mother bemoan the lack of assistance and s...
Ride for true bush man
Saddle up to honor Frank Ryan: nature’s gentleman Written by JACQUIE SCHWIND. A HORSE ride this month will remember one of the district’s last true bush men. The memory of Frank Ryan, who passed...
Sophie Mirabella: on Regional Telecommunications
Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Link to this | Hansard sourceI rise this morning to comment on a very important asp...
Country Racing: the last horse home?
Source: (State MP for Benalla) Bill Sykes Media ReleaseNationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes told Parliament this week proposed changes to the Gambling Regulation Amendment (Licensing) Bill are ...
Isherwood: Royal Commission or Royal Cover-up?
Citizens Electoral Council of Australia Media Release 12th of March 2009 Craig Isherwood‚ National SecretaryPO Box 376‚ COBURG‚ VIC 3058Phone: 03 9354 0544 Fax: 03 9354 0166Email: cec@cecaust.co...
MP says 5am trade too late
Vandalism, excessive alcohol must be addressed by more ‘manageable hours’ Written by Philip Nolan.- Source: Wangaratta Chronicle ONGOING concerns over Wangaratta’s controversial 5am trading have ...
Print your way out of debt - Zimbabwe style
Bank to use 'newly created' money The Bank of England is launching its latest attempt to boost the supply of credit and stimulate the UK economy, using £75bn it has, in effect, created. It has be...
Sophie Mirabella: Area Consultative Committees
Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Link to this | Hansard sourceI rise this evening to talk about some...
Sophie Mirabella: International Women’s Day
Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Link to this | Hansard sourceI rise to respond to the statement by the Minister for...
The Kelly Gang is coming to town
The “Kelly Gang” will come to Melbourne on Wednesday 11 March 2009 ...to push for the re opening of the Glenrowan Railway Station as part of the $500 million upgrade of the North East Victoria Rail...
'Rendition role' of the Coalition of the Willing
BBC NEWS | UN criticises UK 'rendition role' Britain has been accused of taking part in US "renditions" of terror suspects in a United Nations report. UN Special Rapporteur Martin Sc...
Greg's View of Todays News - 03/06/2009
Keating identifies the elephant in the roomMr Keating said governments in the US, Britain and Australia had been right in implementing budget stimulus packages, even if they had erred on the side o...
Food bowl to feed Victoria
Government support sought on garden plan for Ovens catchment Written by PHILIP NOLAN. = Source: Wangaratta Chronicle A RURAL City of Wangaratta initiative to turn the Ovens catchment into Victori...
St John's Exemption a possibility
Minister, council both right: rates must be imposed, then can waive for residents Written by STEVEN BURKE. - Source: Wangaratta Chronicle A COUNCIL exemption seems the most likely way St John’s Vi...
Probing city China links
Other councils to help decide future fate of Wangaratta’s sister relationship Written by STEVEN BURKE. - Source: Wangaratta Chronicle THE fate of the Rural City of Wangaratta council’s ongoing re...
Wangaratta’s buffer from crisis
New strategy to keep our economy ticking Written by STEVEN BURKE. - Source: Wangaratta Chronicle THE Federal Government is pumping billions of dollars into the economy to avoid a recession, and n...
Trial by Media goes to court
Another arrest over ACA hidden camera ANOTHER man has been charged over a hidden camera report on a television current affairs program in which a journalist posed as an alleged hitman's accomplice....
Wangaratta High School joins the Wi Fi revolution
Wangaratta Deploys 802.11n to Enhance Student Connectivity We need to find out if we can connect to the Internet if we park outside. I guess someone will test the system ...
MP swipe at Wangaratta council
Source: Wangaratta Chronicle Mirabella says St John’s decision, and others, lacking in consultation Written by STEVEN BURKE. SOPHIE Mirabella (MHR, Indi) has bought into the debate surrounding St...
Unacceptable way to become grandparents
Couple lose case to use dead son's sperm > LIVENEWS.com.au The parents of a 23-year-old killed by cancer are not entitled to use their dead son's preserved sperm so they can have a g...
Rotten eggs to get you going
Rotten egg gas 'could make the new Viagra' - Telegraph "We found that hydrogen sulphide is involved in human penile erection," Professor Giuseppe Cirino of the University...
Sykes: Fire bunkers warning
Source: (State MP for Benalla) Bill Sykes Media ReleaseNationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes, warns members of the public to be aware of companies selling potentially ‘below standard’ fire bunke...
Bushfire Bureaucratic Bullshit Begins
It was inevitable - we have never had to deal with bushfire disaster recovery. The first reports have started about conditions at Kinglake:HUNDREDS of residents in fire-devastated Kinglake and Kin...
Why was Gaza deconstructed?
Australia pledges $20m to Gaza reconstruction - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has announced Austra...
We should boycott Pacific Brands products
Sky News: Pacific considering rethink on job cuts Industry Minister Kim Carr met executives of the company yesterday, asking them ...
Sykes: Commonsense needed in post fire clean up
Source: (State MP for Benalla) Bill Sykes Media ReleaseNationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes, in Parliament on Thursday 26 February called for commonsense to prevail as the massive clean up of f...
St John’s controversy deepens as minister tells MP
Council can waive rates Written by PHILIP NOLAN.- Source: Wangaratta Chronicle RURAL City of Wangaratta councillors had every right to block a council move to impose rates on St John’s Village r...
Conflict is a real concern
Councillor calls on government to reconsider interest changes which are just too exclusive Written by STEVEN BURKE. - Source: Wangaratta Chronicle COUNCILLOR Anthony Griffiths is sick of being e...
Rural and Regional Health Services: Sophie Mirabella
Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Link to this | Hansard sourceI rise this morning to speak about something that is o...
Skills to lift a Wangaratta workforce
Training program to help tackle shortages Written by SALLY EVANS. - Wangaratta Chronicle ONE of Wangaratta’s major employers is tackling skill shortages head on by launching its own total traini...
Economic clowns are making our laws
Source: Citizens Electoral Council Media ReleaseIn This Southern Land of Ours, Australia’s greatest poet, Charles Harpur, wrote:With clowns to make our laws, and knavesTo rule us as of old,In vain ...
Bill Sykes Speech: Bushfires Condolences
Dr SYKES (Benalla) -- On behalf of the people of the electorate of Benalla I speak in support of the condolence motion. I offer my sympathy to those who have lost loved ones or have been seriously ...
Sophie Mirabella Speech: Student Unionism Bill
Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Link to this | Hansard sourceAs shadow Minister for, amongst other matters, youth, ...
All bets are off
Without Bush, Howard and Blair, the 'Coalition of the Willing' is no moreIt’s a different day.”Without Bush, Howard and Blair, the 'Coalition of the Willing' is no more. Now with the global economy...
Robert Mugabe's secret plan against white farmers
Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe's secret plan against white farmers - Telegraph Why do they not stop this man? The Commercial Farmers' Union estimates that at lea...
Greg's View of Todays News - 02/23/2009
Another 150 million carbon tonnes can be cut: Turnbull - Weekly Times NowMr Turnbull has flagged a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target than the government's 5-15 per cent by 2020, and a ...
GP clinics offer hope where new patients simply can’t get in
Source: Wangaratta ChronicleWritten by STEVEN BURKE. THE opening of two new bulk billing services will spread the load currently being carried by local medical practices. The shortage of general pr...
New hope to ease GP pain
Bulk billing service is up and running againWritten by STEVEN BURK - Wangaratta ChronicleTHE wait is hopefully over for patients struggling to see a doctor in Wangaratta, with the opening of a new...
Clinton has her priotities on China challenged
Clinton Criticized for Not Trying to Force China's Hand - washingtonpost.com BEIJING, Feb. 20 -- Human rights violations by China cannot block the possibi...
Private Rail system costs more than owning it
Despite service, Connex coins it - The AgeThe French own ConnexDespite an average of 20 cancelled trains a day, Connex still raked in $175 million in payments from the Government for services provi...
Out of council hands
Source: Wangaratta Chronicle 21 Feb 09 State moots change to property valuations Written by STEVEN BURKE. PROPERTY valuations for rating purposes could be taken out of the Rural City of Wangaratt...
Councillor asks minister to rule
Written by STEVEN BURKE. Source: Wangaratta Chronicle MINISTERIAL discretion could save St John’s Village residents from paying municipal rates. That’s what Rural City of Wangaratta councillor, La...
Legal action in rate fight
Source: Wangaratta Chronicle 21 Feb 09 St John’s considering appeal against council decision on village Written by STEVEN BURKE. THE St John’s Village board’s fight to keep its residents from pa...
Religous fanaticism bubbling along
Counselor suspended after teens hear Christian music A Southern California counselor with nearly two decades of experience with foster children is challenging a decision that she...
Discontent in our fire fighting ranks
'Territorial' fire crews hamper bushfire effort - ABC News Members of both the Country Fire Authority (CFA) and the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (MFB) have co...
Greg's View of Todays News - 02/19/2009
Move towards protectionism worries Crean - ABC NewsFederal Trade Minister Simon Crean says he is increasingly worried about moves towards protectionism as a result of the global financial downturn....
British Pubs ordered to install Big Brother CCTV cameras
The change we need?Big Brother-style plans to force pubs to install CCTV cameras raise ‘serious privacy concerns’, the surveillance watchdog has warned.Police are telling pubs, clubs, restaurants a...
Would you prefer to be a rich smoker or a poor non-smoker?
Smoking 'worse for your health than being working class' - Telegraph Scientists found that rich smokers were more likely to die young than non-smokers fro...
Help at hand for fire affected farmers and small business
Source: (State MP for Benalla) Bill Sykes Media ReleaseNationals Member for Benalla, Bill Sykes, welcomes the inclusion of small business and primary producers within the scope of funding grants av...
Greg's View of Todays News - 02/18/2009
Speedway - Win A Ride In A Race Car This SaturdayThe Wangaratta Motor Sports Club are throwing their full support behind the Victorian bushfire appeal, with all proceeds from a raffle at this weeke...
Bushfires - Food for thought from Bill Sykes
Re: Bushfires – Food for Thought 1. Financial Assistance The State Government have announced grants from the Victorian Bush Fire Appeal for people who have lost family members, lost their ho...
Seniors lose rate debate
St John’s residents to pay on properties this year Written by STEVEN BURKE.- Wangaratta Chronicle - 18 Feb 09 PROTEST votes by Rural City of Wangaratta councillors, Rozi Parisotto and Lauren O’N...
30pc of bushfire victims not insured: Insurance Council
30pc of bushfire victims not insured: Insurance Council - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) says people with no insurance, who were ...
Migrant women want more workplace protection
Migrant women want more workplace protection - ABC News A public hearing in Sydney today into the Federal Government's Fair Work Bill will be told that vulnerable workers should ...
Pakistan sells out it's own people to the Taleban
BBC NEWS | Pakistan agrees Sharia law deal Chief Minister of North West Frontier Province Ameer Hota announced a bill had been signed that would impl...
Nursing scars of ‘devil’s’ fire
Survivor backs case for mandatory evacuation Written by JEFF ZEUSCHNER. - Wangaratta Chronicle 16 Feb 09 MUDGEGONGA bushfire survivor, Bill Culhane, believes mandatory evacuation from properti...
Officers, legal advice supports rating village folk
Written by STEVEN BURKE. - Wangaratta Chronicle 16 Feb 09 ST JOHN’S Village residents will be hit with council rates later this year, if Rural City of Wangaratta councillors follow council office...
Cut back transfer stations
Council told eight too many Written by SALLY EVANS. - Wangaratta Chronicle 16 Feb 09 A RATIONALISATION of transfer stations in the Rural City of Wangaratta has been proposed by the region’s lead...
$501m upgrade still on track
Written by STEVEN BURKE. - Wangaratta Chronicle - 16 Feb 09 WORK on the $501 million North East Rail Revitalisation Project is going full steam ahead, as theStandard Gauge Track old broad gauge li...
Greg's View of Todays News - 02/15/2009
Teens come forward to claim they fathered 13-year-old Alfie's daughterTwo teenagers have come forward to claim paternity for the baby girl fathered by 13-year-old Alfie Patten, amid reports the chi...
A gutsy move in a commercial world
BBC NEWS | Drug firm in developing world vow We scream and complain when Big Pharm manipulates the distribution of medicines to their advantage so...
Greg's View of Todays News - 02/13/2009
Ex-detective arrested over Hodson murders | theage.com.auFormer drug squad detective Paul Dale was this morning arrested for the murders of police informer Terence Hodson and his wife Christine.Pol...
BBC - Air bag jacket 'could save lives'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7886000/7886427.stmThe jackets are the equivalent of car air bags and inflate if the rider is thrown off during a crash.There are different types...
Just signed up for my Dipity account.
Greg's View of Todays News - 02/12/2009
Orbiting satellites collide in historical first > LIVENEWS.com.auTwo communications satellites have collided in the first-ever crash of two intact spacecraft in orbit, NASA said on Wednesday.Howeve...
Condolences Victorian Bushfire Victims; Report from Main Committee
House debates Wednesday, 11 February 2009 2:15 pm Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for E...
Greg's View of Todays News - 02/11/2009
Uni students to be charged for servicesStudents have praised the Rudd government for beginning to undo the damage caused by voluntary student unionism (VSU), but are concerned Labor's proposed serv...
Fatal fires
Two lives lost, homes perish as horror fears become reality Written by JEFF ZEUSCHNER. - Wangaratta Chronicle - 09 Feb 09 TWO lives have been lost and at least a dozen homes have perished in the...
Conditions made battle at Barwidgee living hell
Written by JEFF ZEUSCHNER. - Wangaratta Chronicle 09 Feb 09 HE has almost 60 years of firefighting under his belt, but nothing prepared Max Allen for the firefight he and his crew endured near Barw...
Greg's View of Todays News - 02/07/2009
Think Progress » When asked whether extraordinary renditions will continue, Panetta answers without hestitation: ‘No.’Last week, the LA Times published a story asserting that President Obama “left ...
Hands off our name
Cribbes Rd change possible to address new subdivision Written by JEFF ZEUSCHNER. Wangaratta Chronicle 6 Feb 09 GRAHAM Cribbes has taken umbrage at moves to rename Cribbes Road. Named after his ...
Healthy stock of natives in Ovens
Officers probe into murky depths of river Written by HARVEY DYKE. Wangaratta Chronicle 6 Feb 09 PROBING fisheries officers have found healthy native fish numbers in the Ovens River, at Wangarat...
Grapes harvest feeling the heat
Growers remain hopeful as soaring temperatures bring forward season pick Written by HARVEY DIKE. Wangaratta Chronicle 6 Feb 09 SCORCHING temperatures have some local vignerons sweating, and othe...
Water points feel pressure
Demand for stock, domestic supplies really heats up Written by SALLY EVANS. Wangaratta Chronicle 6 Feb 09 DEMAND for stock and domestic water is placing increased pressure on public water points...
School ban on facial jewellery has teen on outer
Written by SALLY EVANS. (Wangaratta Chronicle: 06 Feb 09 WANGARATTA teenager Sarah Poulson was sent home with dad, Andrew Miller, yesterday for wearing a nose stud to Wangaratta High School. The fa...
Greg's View of Todays News - 02/05/2009
Pentagon: Blackwater Guards Immune Under LawThe U.S. Defense Department concluded in 2007 that Blackwater Worldwide contractors can’t be prosecuted under federal law for a shooting incident in Iraq...
Greg's View of Todays News - 02/04/2009
Back Paddock Chicken chucker charged over bizarre crime - Weekly Times NowNSW POLICE reckon they've seen it all after nabbing a man for allegedly trying to smash his way into a cafe using a frozen ...
Look who's coming
Bunnings’ $10m goods centre development to revitalise Newman Street Written by SALLY EVANS. (Wangaratta Chronicle: 4 Feb 09) BUNNINGS Warehouse is leading the charge on a new multi-million doll...
COD CARNAGE
It stinks: a muddy, ungraceful death to Murray cod fishery Written by JEFF ZEUSCHNER. Wangaratta Chronicle: 4 Feb 09 VETERAN Wangaratta angler John Skinner was almost in tears. "It’s a bloody ...
Viva Italia festival is on
Written by JEFF ZEUSCHNER. - Wangaratta Chronicle: 4 Jan 09 SPONSORS have come to the rescue and ensured Wangaratta’s inaugural Viva Italia festival will go ahead as planned on March 21 and 22. Fes...
Wangaratta's Battle against fruit fly ‘lost’
Eradication program lacked resident support Written by HARVEY DIKE. Wangaratta Chronicle 4 Jan 09 WANGARATTA is fighting a losing battle against fruit fly. While the incidence of the pest is rap...
