Do the Maths tour coming to Castlemaine
Global awareness is rising fast about the perils of the fossil fuel industry. It’s no longer ‘fringe’ to protest against new coal or new fracking developments, especially when they are planned for the Great Barrier Reef. Even banks are beginning to divest. But fossil fuel companies are not going to give up their obscene profits [...] more |
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Theatre Royal welcomes digital age
London builds power plant burning fat from sewers
A tale of two motors
Two Welsh choirs bring the land of song to Castlemaine
Do the Maths tour coming to Castlemaine
Local activities for National Reconciliation Week |
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Arts
Ruined Wednesday: Kolmanskop
Theatre Royal welcomes digital age
A tale of two motors
Two Welsh choirs bring the land of song to Castlemaine
Local activities for National Reconciliation Week
News from Council |
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Theatre Royal welcomes digital age
Two Welsh choirs bring the land of song to Castlemaine
Do the Maths tour coming to Castlemaine
Local activities for National Reconciliation Week
News from Council
Grevillea – Tree of Life |
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Environment
Ruined Wednesday: Kolmanskop
London builds power plant burning fat from sewers
Do the Maths tour coming to Castlemaine
Labor continues funding for site selection for a nuclear waste dump
ACF statement on Budget 2013-14
The Greens view of the Budget |
Letters
Council to approve massive CBD development ‘under the radar’
State-sanctioned torture – that’s us
A further open letter to the Board of WMAfm
An open letter to the board of WMAfm
Shock Jocks? In Castlemaine?
Opening ceremony an expression of civitas |
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Social Justice
Do the Maths tour coming to Castlemaine
Local activities for National Reconciliation Week
Greens Candidate supports smart funding
Labor continues funding for site selection for a nuclear waste dump
ACF statement on Budget 2013-14
The Greens view of the Budget |
Nature Science
Ruined Wednesday: Kolmanskop
London builds power plant burning fat from sewers
Do the Maths tour coming to Castlemaine
Labor continues funding for site selection for a nuclear waste dump
ACF statement on Budget 2013-14
Ruined Wednesday: The abandoned towns of Fukushima |
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There is a sinking city in the desert of southern Namibia, Africa, a ghost town called Kolmanskop. In the 1900s, diamonds were discovered just sitting upon the sand, waiting to be found, so people from all over the world [more]
Theatre Royal welcomes digital age
The conversion of Castlemaine’s historic Theatre Royal to digital cinema, equipped with the very best digital sound and projection equipment, is being funded and implemented by Royal Theatre Pty. Ltd. who have engaged [more]
London builds power plant burning fat from sewers
Treehugger:
Before you read this, please finish your breakfast.
In 2015, East London will be home to a new type of power plant that uses a unique renewable energy source -- discarded fat. Yes, fat. Everyday, [more]
By Ron Burrows
‘True Character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure – the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice to the character’s essential nature.’ [more]
Two Welsh choirs bring the land of song to Castlemaine
Wales is known as “the land of song”, and two choirs – the Geelong Welsh Ladies Choir, and the Victoria Welsh Male Choir – will combine to bring to Castlemaine those glorious tunes and harmonies of the Welsh [more]
Saturday poem: Nothing but burning sobs and tears tonight
by Abu-Said Abil-Kheir
English version by Vraje Abramian
Original Language Persian/Farsi
Nothing but burning sobs and tears tonight.
No way out and no patience left.
Last night our hearts had a moment [more]
Do the Maths tour coming to Castlemaine
Global awareness is rising fast about the perils of the fossil fuel industry. It's no longer 'fringe' to protest against new coal or new fracking developments, especially when they are planned for the Great Barrier [more]
Local activities for National Reconciliation Week
National Reconciliation Week is an annual celebration and a time for all Australians to reflect on our shared histories, contributions and achievements.
National Reconciliation Week runs from 27 May until 3 June 2013 and [more]
Grevillea Tree of Life is an exhibition of woven tapestries by Jennifer Sharpe to be held at Togs cafe and Gallery.
Jennifer was brought up in north-eastern Victoria but travelled widely overseas and in [more]
Stories from an original Bushwacker
Storytelling, wild folk tales and spellbinding yarns will again take centre stage in Castlemaine this month.
Castlemaine resident Jan (Yarn) Wositzky is well known as a founder of the renowned Bushwackers Band, and [more]
Greens Candidate supports smart funding
Lachlan Slade, Greens candidate for Bendigo today said we do not need to cut university spending to achieve the measures in the Gonski review.
This comes on the back of a national protest against university cuts today, [more]
Last night's budget is why we’ve got to keep fighting for what matters.
The Labor party had the opportunity to manage the economy in a way that would care for people and protect our environment.
Instead we got [more]
Forty-three students from Castlemaine Secondary College participated in The Oaktree Foundation’s LIVE BELOW THE LINE- a challenge that involves people living on $2 a day for five days as a way to raise awareness of [more]
Ruined Wednesday: The abandoned towns of Fukushima
Two years after the devastating Japan earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing and displaced more than 300,000, the surrounding towns of Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant remain abandoned. [more]
In Castlemaine, a smalls business with a big heart
By Meg Sattler
Most of us don’t spend a whole lot of time contemplating or discussing our underwear. For Kathryn McAllister, founder of Wonderpants, the importance of a good pair of knickers commands a lot of [more]
Great Barrier Reef spared massive coal port
Advocacy group GetUp has welcomed the decision by Glencore Xstrata to abandoned plans for a giant coal terminal on Balaclava Island.
The terminal would have shipped up to 35 million tonnes of coal every year.
GetUp [more]
