Articles tagged ‘News’.

Weekend read: Why men ‘exhibit warrior tendencies’
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A new study has looked into how our psychology concerning war and conflict may have been shaped by our evolutionary past. Following a review of curren...
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Invasion!
Uncle Bennelong: We will decide who comes to this country.
The Cadigal Council last night warned residents that an invasion fleet was due to land at Eora country some time today. The fleet, believed to be from...
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Council thumbs down to MHS pokies proposal
Last week Council voted to not support the application by the Maryborough Highland Society for new gaming premises approval at the old Goods Shed in K...
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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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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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By-election for Calder Ward
A by-election for the Calder Ward vacancy has been scheduled by the Victorian Electoral Commission for Saturday 25 February 2012 following the resigna...
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Is there a horse race on today, or something?
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As there’s a horse race somewhere in the world today, or something, CI brings you a review of the Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine, an...
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Pictures from Castlemaine Show parade
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Pictures of the parade for the Castlemaine show taken by Craig from the Castlemaine Camera Club...
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So what of the future of books?
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By Christina Harris When David, a library volunteer, recently brought his Ipad into the Castlemaine library, his fellow volunteers were interested in ...
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Pulling the plug on nukes
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Australia has enjoyed a 19 per cent fall in the value of Australian uranium exports from 2009-10 to 2010-11. Smart companies and smart countries see...
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Explosion at French nuclear waste plant
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A worker was reported to have been killed in an accident at the site of the Marcoule nuclear facility in the south of France. The incident, which inju...
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The journey from Yuendumu to the MCG
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Helping a Warlpiri man, from the remote Aboriginal desert community of Yuendumu, navigate the road to AFL stardom is a far cry from Deakin University ...
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CI goes mobile
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“My work here is done” – Steve Jobs on discovering CI has reformatted its mobile device rendering to allow easy viewing from all mob...
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The sitting disaster
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By Tim Preston. Body Conscious Design, a lecture by Dr Galen Cranz at the School for F.M. Alexander Studies in Melbourne recently confirmed for me cha...
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BHP: WTF?
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Independent Senator for South Australia Nick Xenophon is calling on State and Federal Governments to insist that mining giant BHP buys more of its mat...
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Bluescope: ‘obscene and out of touch’
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One thousand workers are sacked and the company takes $100 million from Government. Independent Senator for South Australia Nick Xenophon has describe...
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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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There’s a hole in the bucket
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By anonymous With the 2011 Census nearly upon us, an anonymous contributor to CI has pointed to flaws in the process. Alleged inconsistencies in the p...
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Films to make a difference
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The Possible Futures Film Contest, a joint project of FOUR YEARS. GO. and The Pachamama Alliance, received 317 films from film makers in 44 countries ...
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Climate plan and carbon tax explained in 2 minutes
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From GetUp Australia More info at: GetUp     Here is more analysis from the Australia Institute: Has the PM “knocked the brick wall do...
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Wasted!
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Have you noticed the phenomenal growth of the pile of TVs at the tip? Help is on the way, and surprisingly from those who made and sold the TVs. Produ...
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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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Celebrating NAIDOC Week
NAIDOC stands for the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in t...
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Splice the mainbrace! Radio piracy in Castlemaine?
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By Andrew McKenna A field officer from the Australian Communications and Media Authority has been in Castlemaine today investigating a possible ̵...
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Jumps racing: a PR embarrassment
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Opinion, by Michelle Slater* Jumps racing is an outdated and under-serviced part of the thoroughbred racing industry and is a PR embarrassment. The Be...
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A farcical opportunity
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Castlemaine Theatre Company is about to hold auditions for Moliere’s The Hypochondriac, a scathing lampoon of selfishness and gullibility. If yo...
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A price on carbon – time to act
April 28, 2011 The Alternative Technology Association says it’s time to stop listening to the environmental naysayers and put a price on carbon as s...
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Castlemaine’s anticlinal fold for World Heritage
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1 April 2011 The Anticlinal Fold United Co-op of Castlemaine is proud to announce it has received correspondence from UNESCO headquarters in Paris thi...
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Exhibit at the Phee
Mount Alexander Shire Council’s exhibition program for the Phee Broadway Theatre Foyer exhibition space provides an opportunity to showcase differen...
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Weekend read: When the ‘I do’ becomes ‘I don’t’
By Teresa Mallon Women in regional areas often feel isolated and at a loss of where to turn when life’s journey turns a complicated corner. Fami...
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Manne and Latham: Labor’s future – where to?
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The ALP is in trouble. Opinion polls show the federal Labor Party first preference polling at near-historic lows. The New South Wales branch is facing...
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Xenophon and Siewert stir the gambling pot
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The Senate has backed a jointly-proposed motion from senators Rachel Siewert and Nick Xenophon raising concern at the deleterious effect of problem ga...
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