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Castlemaine link to Indonesian massacre?
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Video footage has emerged of Indonesian police firing on protesters – killing three people and wounding nine – over a planned gold mine co...
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Ziggy Switkowski: Let’s sell uranium to Pakistan, too
From: The Australian December 05, AUSTRALIA will have to consider selling uranium to Pakistan in the future after agreeing to export it to India, acco...
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Rally against pokies!
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  Read the complete archive of poker machine stories by clicking the problem gambler at left  ...
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Minister’s investment in CSG sends worrying message to communities
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Victorian Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Ryan Smith, allegedly has personal investments in the Coal Seam Gas (CSG) industry. He has ...
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Cambodia fundraiser
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Come and enjoy the riches of Castlemaine to raise riches for Cambodia.  On Sunday, 11 December, Castlemaine will come together in a massive fundraise...
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Loan to Kiva
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CI has been loaning money to workers in poor countries through an organisation called Kiva. Verónica Natividad from Ecuador is our sixteenth loan. V...
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Boycott Stardust Circus
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The Stardust Circus, currently in Castlemaine, is one of the few circuses in Australia to use exotic wild animals to perform ‘tricks’. The...
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Small steps
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By Peter Dewar* Conservation of the world’s wilderness areas is integral to everything Sanctuary Retreats do – and their lodges and camps ...
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Community groups say ‘no’ to more pokies in Castlemaine
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Nearly 30 community groups including business leaders, churches, sporting groups and health professionals in Castlemaine have called on developers to ...
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Real Estate 4 Ran$om
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A home-grown, low-budget documentary, Real Estate 4 Ran$om is being shown in Castlemaine at the Senior Citizen’s Room Mechanics Lane, Thursday 17 No...
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Greens MPs call for farm animal law reform
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To highlight World Farm Animals Day yesterday, Federal, State and Territory Greens MPs responsible for animal welfare joined to renew the Greens’...
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‘Eddie Maguire’s greed’ ?
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In the face of a likely campaign by the AFL against poker machine reform, Greens’ spokesperson for sport and gambling, Senator Richard Di Natale...
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Blade Electric Vehicles partnership to create 350 new high-tech jobs
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A new joint venture between Blade Electric Vehicles, DLG Battery Limited and IRES Asia Pacific Pty Ltd is bringing 100 new hi-tech jobs to Castlemain...
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Coca Cola cares
By Ruby Kat
Coca-Cola’s attack on NT government a shameful attempt to shirk responsibility Coca-Cola Amatil’s plan to use legal action to sabotage the Nor...
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Bags and bikes for Africa
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Castlemaine is helping kids in Africa this month, sending over a container full of bikes, school bags, clothes and books at the end of September.  An...
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MCG ban of live odds a win for kids and communities
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The decision of the MCG Trust to stop advertising live gambling odds at the grounds during football matches is a big step forward for community values...
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Is independent media important to you?
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Is independent media important to you? At Castlemaine Independent we offer an independent, free news service. It’s free to subscribe and we want...
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Affordable housing manual on the way
 In recent weeks MACCL (Mount Alexander Community Land Limited) has been informed that funding is almost complete ($100,000) to produce manuals on le...
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Training package for business
With a new financial year ahead, businesses and not-for-profit organisations in central Victoria are invited to participate in a heavily subsidised pr...
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Foreign acquisitions: who’ll own Australia? Who’ll own our water?
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The Australian Greens are calling on the Federal Government to alter the powers of the Foreign Investment Review Board to include water licenses. And...
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Search for a peacemaker – world’s first research chair in Peace Economics
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In a world first, Monash University and the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) have jointly agreed to establish a Chair in Research focusing on t...
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Bank funds schools project
Maldon and District Community Bank® Branch is funding a $26,000 project designed to understand and reverse the trend of falling enrolments at Maldon...
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Be a late loaning Kiva lender
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For some time Castlemaine Independent has been loaning to entrepreneurs in poor countries around the world through Kiva. Check out our loan portfolio,...
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A new Kiva loan
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CI is spreading the money around by loaning to entrepreneurs in poor countries. Our latest loan is to Santusa, a woman living in Palomar in Bolivia. S...
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Divesting from cluster bombs
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The Australian Greens have welcomed the decision of the Future Fund to divest from companies associated with the manufacture of cluster bombs, and c...
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A no-interest loan? (yes, it does exist)
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By Andrew McKenna An electric bike may not seem much to those of us who are fit and mobile, but to someone on a low income and whose health is falteri...
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Commonwealth bank profits reinforce need for action: Bandt
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10 February 2011 (from an Australian Greens press release): Greens MP Adam Bandt has criticised the latest record first-half profit announcement by th...
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The slow money revolution
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We need to create a new relationship with money that brings renewed hope for our communities. Go to CI’s Ethical Investment page to learn more a...
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Two new Kiva loans
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CI has loaned to two more entrepreneurs in poor countries throughout the world for the new year. Why not join us? Our latest loans have wired their wa...
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Four new Kiva loans
CI has loaned to four more entrepreneurs in poor countries throughout the world for Christmas. Why not join us? Our latest loans have wired their way ...
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Eight out of CI’s eight Kiva loans kick goals!
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24 November The four loans CI has made to working poor people throughout the world through Kiva have reached their targets. To celebrate, last week CI...
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Stop those hikers
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown announced new plans on Sunday to legislate to put a 24-month freeze on banks being able to increase interest rate...
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Kiva – loans that save lives
By Andrew McKenna At CI we like to poke fun at some issues: the foibles of local, state and national politicians, economists, poker machine operators ...
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