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Manly NewsMums Deprived of Oxygen at Manly Hospital, Doctors and Nurses Need Support

Tue 2 Mar - Local mums about to give birth were turned away from Manly Hospital on the weekend, after the [ ... ]


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Tue 9 Mar - The NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal is so out of touch he is celebrating a small increase in j [ ... ]


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    Wed 17 Feb - “I will miss how fun it was.”
    It is funny how the simple words of a 10 year-old can cut through to the heart of an issue. For all of us who can still remember school (well I guess at 25 years on it is an increasing challenge) those moments of fun are carried with us like a torch through life.
    One boring lunchtime I remember being very puzzled when one of my friends decided to swallow a copperhead lizard. The puzzlement grew to amusement, which grew to hilarity as the process of catching and “trying” to enact his claim left us all sprawled in laughter on the floor. Those moments are rare and yet despite its absurd nature, the lizardgate affair has often brought a smile to my face decades later...

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    Housing Amendment (Community Housing Providers) Bill 2009

    Tue 23 Feb - The object of the Housing Amendment (Community Housing Providers) Bill 2009 is to transfer the ownership of social housing, funded by the Federal Government, to not-for-profit community housing providers. The Opposition supports the intent of the bill, which is to deliver more housing for people in need by giving those providers an asset base on which to secure funding to create more community housing. Later I will allude to the fiscal benefits that that will provide. I note that the decade-long waiting list for public housing in communities across New South Wales is a by-product of a government that has failed to invest in the infrastructure of today and tomorrow...

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