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NSW State Planning Wrecking Waverley

In recent years, Waverley has lost many significant community institutions and open spaces. The state government’s planning regime prioritises large luxury apartment developments over other community needs. Developers ...

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Australia’s Net Zero Future

The world changes fast. 50 years ago, the five biggest US companies were General Motors, Standard Oil, Kodak, AT&T and IBM. Today, these five have been replaced by Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), Amazon and Face...

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We Can Do This

As we settle into spring, looking forward to summer and awaiting some return to a new form of normal, it can be tempting to focus on issues that uplift us. So many people in our community have done it tough over the past...

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Indigo Point are a Real Band

Unfortunately, Indigo Point is not a real place. It sounds like it could be, even should be, a marvellous paradise on the coast somewhere, but it’s not (unless you count a random apartment block in Florida, USA). Indig...

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Are You Covered?

Have you got enough insurance if something goes wrong? How much cover is enough? The amount of cover you need is different for every person. It is important that you speak to an expert on this matter as many underestimat...

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Sunbaking to Debut at Brisbane 2032

Sunbaking will make its Olympic debut at Brisbane 2032 and Eastern Suburbs residents are expected to scoop the medals. Sunbaking is the first new sport to be added to the program after the International Olympic Committee...

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Here’s to You, Mrs Robinson

I would like to start, if I may, with a quote from The Only Story, the very first paragraph in Julian Barnes’ beautiful but heart-rending novel. “Would you rather love the more, and suffer more; or love the less, and...

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The Unreliable Guide to…Scammers

The Unreliable Guide is really pissed off. Right now, I’m getting four or five scam texts a day telling me I’ve got a delivery. Liars! They don’t have news about my lovely order of Byron Bay paleo muesli, they want...

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The Sounds of Silence

I woke with a start, all senses in overdrive. In the predawn light, paranoia had me tense and listening hard. What was that noise? I crept over to the window and waited. Nothing. In the distance a kookaburra called, foll...

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Growing in Ruth’s Memory

After losing their infant daughter, Ruth, in 2020, Daniel and Tegan Barnett decided to create a community garden in Bondi in her honour. Ruth was born in April 2020 and was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a rare form of ch...

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