Use your spare coins to change cancer rates

23 May 12 | CANCER is the leading cause of death in Australia with more than 43,000 people dying from the disease since 2010. According to Cancer Council Australia, one-in-two people will be diagnosed

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A matter of reading the right words

18 May 12 | IN July 2010, just after I first sat in the editor's chair at the Southern Highland News, I penned an opinion piece headlined "Reporting without fear or favour". That used to be a part of th |

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Facts, fiction - or manipulation?

11 May 12 | SOME of the statements emanating from Wingecarribee Shire Council this week, particularly in relation to the Moss Vale Pool revamp, would seem to have been made to deflect the truth. In a he |

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Orwell's 1984 becoming all too true

09 May 12 | TELEVISION'S battle for ratings has become a cut-throat affair, especially because of the success of The Voice. Fans are switching over by the thousands to watch this popular singing contest |

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Will people throw away their TVs?

04 May 12 | WINGECARRIBEE Shire Council has resolved, among other things, to conduct a one-off, fee-free television collection service. The council had budgeted $50,000 for this service, prompted by the |

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Palmer's Titanic fancy gains icy reception

02 May 12 | AS far as crazy multi-millionaire/billionaire ideas go, Clive Palmer's must take the cake. We've all read or heard about Sir Richard Branson's desire to make space flights an everyday occurr

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Time to give up the cancer sticks

30 Apr 12 | READER, council watcher and smoker Peter Smyth laments in a letter (below) that Wingecarribee Shire Council's proposal to ban smoking at outdoor council "facilities, assets and lands" would harm small |

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Relay for Life a hugely inspiring event

27 Apr 12 | As far as fundraising campaigns are concerned, there are few that are more inspiring than Relay for Life. Such an event has been held biennially in the Highlands since 2006, bringing togethe | One man, one goal | Relay a top event for community

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Anzac Day emphasises the futility of war

25 Apr 12 | "THERE is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us. "Where they lie side by side here in this country of ours. "You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway | Remember 'other' Anzacs | Never forget the sacrifice made | GALLERY: Anzac Day Exeter service

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