The 2022 Finke Desert Race There are doubts that the Cars contest at next month’s Tatts Finke Desert Race will go ahead, following the resumption of a coronial inquest into a spectator death. An inquest in Alice Springs Local Court resumed last week, with the coroner told that there had been a failure to act … [Read more…]
15 May 2023 | Tennis SA CLUBS OF THE QUARTER The Woodville Orion Tennis Club was formed by the merging of the Woodville Glengarry and Orion Tennis Clubs in 2017 and have 3 facilities in use for a great variety of tennis opportunities. Woodville Orion broke records with its annual Easter tournament playing on both lawn … [Read more…]
Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts runs off the field during the fourth inning Sunday at Dodger Stadium. Betts’ two-run homer in the third helped the Dodgers win 4-0 over San Diego for a series sweep. (Allison Dinner / Associated Press) The rhetoric is the same. Mookie Betts still downplays his importance to the Dodgers. He … [Read more…]
Cashed-up domestic families and global investors are duking it out for Aussie farmland, with billions of dollars changing hands in the past year. Property Council of Australia CEO Mike Zorbas says there is “no doubt” the Labor government’s investment in Build-To-Rent will unlock up to 150,000 new homes. “This is so welcome because, at the … [Read more…]
Freelancer CEO, Matt Barrie, gave a fantastic keynote address on Monday at The SMH Sydney 2050 Summit, entitled “The Great Australian Scream”. The 7400 word address covers a lot of issues. But the one that stood out most to me was Barrie’s disdain of the ‘Big Australia’ mass immigration policy. Below are key extracts pertaining … [Read more…]
Monday, 15 May 2023 After a four-year hiatus, the annual Lennox Head Community Tree Planting Day will return Friday 9 June 2023. Ms Sanne Wissels from GeoLINK is enthusiastic about inviting the community to plant again in the 20th year since the GeoLINK-Ballina Shire Council planting partnership began. “We are continuing the tremendous legacy the Ballina Environmental Society … [Read more…]
Investigators have renewed calls for information after a number of shots were allegedly fired into a home at Ballina last month. About 9.15pm on Monday 10 April 2023, emergency services were called to a home in Brunswick Street, Ballina, following reports of shots fired. At the scene, police were told that shots had allegedly been … [Read more…]
Dodgers starter Tony Gonsolin delivers during the fifth inning of a 4-0 victory over San Diego. The Dodgers, who swept the Padres, have won 13 of their last 15 games. (Harry How / Getty Images) All that hype about the Padres coming into this season? The Dodgers made it look like a bunch of hot … [Read more…]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR I am responding to a decision by the Department of Education to remove current School-Based Counsellors from their schools. These counsellors were based in their schools and provided ongoing, one-on-one services to students at their school. School Counsellors operated broadly across prevention, early and complex intervention levels, including referrals. Early identification … [Read more…]
By ERWIN CHLANDA The proposed National Aboriginal Art Gallery is still five years away, and elements of its funding appear to be unclear despite a $130m commitment from the NT and Federal governments. This was disclosed this morning when a government tender document stated the gallery “is currently in development and due to open in … [Read more…]