Articles tagged ‘Politics’.
Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I’m lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home. Nina Simone...
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Dear CI The decision by the Mount Alexander Shire Council to slug the CWA with hall hire fees in excess of $2,500 per annum is the most stunning evi...
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By Andrew McKenna In Australia we are suffering from a massive failure of public policy. The decision made today at the VCGR is a symptom of a deep il...
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In a shock decision announced this afternoon, the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation has ruled in favour of a proposal to treble the number ...
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Mount Alexander Sustainability Group (MASG) and Council are proud to be jointly hosting a sustainable house tour in Castlemaine on Saturday 25 Februar...
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Dear CI, I read with interest some of the commentary on the Aquatic Centre/Western Oval debate. I keep puzzling over several issues, one of which was ...
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Gina Rinehart’s $192m share raid on Fairfax Media presents a major challenge for the Federal Government and must be a catalyst for serious refor...
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It’s CI’s birthday! Two. How would you live without us? Let us know! Congratulate us. Conditions of congratulating us: 1. No hate bloggers...
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For the Council and beyond This is a letter of objection in regards to the “Council’s withdrawal of commercial waste collection, effective fro...
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Senator for Western Australia Scott Ludlam said yesterday that the Australian Defence Force posture review – an inquiry into Australian defence...
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Greens MP Adam Bandt has welcomed a decision by Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke to reject the Victorian government plan to graze cattle in the...
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By Kelly Rankin In the movie The Whistleblower, an American police officer turned peacekeeper uncovers a sex trafficking operation in post-war Bosnia...
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British troops have opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators in the Bogside district of Londonderry, killing 13 civilians. Seventeen more people, inclu...
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The Government must end uranium sales to Russia if it is serious about stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, the Australian Greens said on Fri...
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Industry claims that poker machine reform will cost $5 billion can only be described as fanciful, with a new analysis by The Australia Institute showi...
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Ninety-five-year-old Laurie Baymarrangga has been recognised as Senior Australian of the year, for her fight to protect culture, language and ecologic...
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Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s suggestion, reiterated today, that it is time to “move on” are dismissive and unhelpful, and further mask Austra...
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The Federal Government could save $2.3 billion in the 2012-13 Budget by scrapping wasteful and inefficient tax breaks to the oil and gas sector and ot...
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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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By Michael Challinger We were forewarned of the dangers, but allowed the machines in anyway. Here’s some ancient history. In 1983, the Victorian...
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The Prime Minister has let us all down, particularly young people. Some things transcend politics and policy and the lust for power. Truth, honesty, i...
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An open letter to the Mayor and Councillors of Macedon Ranges Shire Council Dear Councillors, Please allow me the opportunity to put forward some obse...
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Residents of America’s healthiest city have reacted with anger to a decision to open a McDonald’s restaurant in their midst. Loma Linda, C...
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Greens’ spokesperson for gambling, Senator Richard Di Natale, said yesterday that a trial of mandatory pre-commitment was a gutless substitute f...
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Photos and story by CI photographer Matt Wobbly The Mt Alexander Shire Souncil held their Aquatic Centre information session at the Town Hall yesterda...
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There are some very important things to be said on the issue of flooding in Castlemaine. The lower part of the town is actually built in a dam with th...
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Researchers from the University of Queensland’s Centre for Mothers & Babies have explored the reasons for the rising rates of caesarean sect...
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Back in the 1960s and early 70s, the US dropped millions of tonnes of bombs and mines on South-East Asia. It was the Vietnam War, and Laos and Cambodi...
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Dear CI, I am an enthusiast of renewable energy. Regardless of all the ongoing debate about climate change, with the end in sight for fossil fuels, ou...
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The Maryborough Highland Society is well liked by some in our community: those who ‘buy’ the not for profit community group ‘sports ...
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By Chris Hosking The Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation conducts hearings to grant licenses – or not grant them – to applicants seeking ...
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At the VCGR hearing last week, Mount Alexander Shire Council and local residents, including EPIC, presented overwhelming evidence that showed this c...
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Following the hearing at the VCGR, the VCGR Commissioners are coming to Castlemaine in the next week to do a site visit. Many ‘NO MORE POKIES&#...
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By Andrew McKenna Non-Indigenous Australians should be taught the importance of dancing all-night corroborees and (the males) having their foreskins c...
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