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December 2008 Who is in charge here? Necrophilia v Murder – which is worse? Lipodiesal to solve oil crisis A merry and a Holy Christmas Now I know how a Muppet feels! Broadband – without Telstra control Preserving farm land at all costs Transparency in local government Have we met peak consumption? Food bowl of the future? What’s on around Wanggaratta 18 Dec 08 Bush shoe throwing game Community Planning in Whitfield gaining results Liberals clinically mad, concludes top shrink Where do our new councillors stand Mount Buffalo Ranger’s worst nightmare Local news and media archive – 10 Dec 08 Petrol price rise expected before Christmas Rewriting history A new mayor … a new direction? What’s on around Wangaratta – 5 Dec 08 Fair Work Bill 2008: Second Reading Water Amendment Bill 2008: House debate No change – RCoW gets new councillors November 2008 My gift to you What’s on around Wangaratta – 14 Nov 08 Sophie’s reply to Belinda O’Neil report RCoW candidate statements& preferences China junket to be probed Raw deal for rural landholders The “City-Centric” issue raised by ex-mayor Sunday Watchdogging – local news October 2008 Party politics and Wangaratta Council The value of gold and the Aussie Dollar What’s on around Wangaratta – 31 October Candidate Profile: Doug McPhie Go away! Candidate Profile: Anthony Griffiths RCoW Elections – Update 24.10.08 Sunday Watchdogging – Oct 26 Local news and Media Archive – 22 Oct 08 Brumby’s attack on local democracy Lest we forget Howard’s politics of fear What’s on around Wangaratta – 17 Oct 08 I’m throwing out the challenge The ‘gold standard’ needs to be revived Are your hair bands made in China? Eco Village tourism for Lake William Hovell Is this how the war on terror will end? Stock Market terms redefined The biggest p*ssup in the King Valley Candidate Profile: Margaret Walters Watchdogging the news - 6.10.08 What’s on around Wangaratta - 03.10.08 September 2008 RCoW Elections – Update 26.09.08 Local news and Media Archive Waddles – the proud father Has Fluoride dulled our brains? Our Sophie makes the cut What’s on around Wangaratta – 19.09.08 Whitfield’s Future Improvements RCoW profile: Neville Wright Local News and Media archive - 15.09.08 RCoW Election update Bill Sykes against abortion bill Local News and Media Archive - 09.09.08 RCoW Candidate Profile: Roberto Paino Waddles and his mate Palliative Care Golf Day Sep 21 What’s on around Wangaratta – 05 Sep 08 RCoW Candidate Profile: Rosi Parisotto Local News and Media archive - 01.09.08 The inhumanity of Australia’s military Wangaratta Council Elections 2008 What is this ‘thing’ called Blackwater Natural Disaster update – August 2008 August 2008 Weekend Watchdogging Local News and Media archive - 22.08.08 Upper King Valley future – Part 3 What’s on around Wangaratta – 22 Aug 08 Wangaratta, a premier liveable city Local News and Media archive – 20.08.08 Old is good Guest Worker Scheme – a necessary evil I’m against late term abortion Local News and Media archive – 13.08.08 Peddling propaganda The last place on earth with plastic bags Weekend Watchdogging Caponised cattle – we must not allow it Local News and Media archive – 08.08.08 Another war over oil? What’s on around Wangaratta – 8 Aug 08 The four faces of bureaucracy Local News and Media archive – 04.08.08 Sophie returns to work in Indi with Alexandra They should be banished And you thought you couldn’t read music … and then they shot The President Reprint: Upper King Valley future – Part 2 July 2008 An end to worldwide air pollution Reprint: Upper King Valley future – Part 1 Local News Articles and Media Releases How women see things differently to a man Whitfeld’s hidden agenda – update Over the Fence – local news and gossip Wangaratta Unlimited … or so they think Site Map and Index of Posts Performing arts centre fundraiser Bill Sykes Kakoda adventure Whitfeld’s hidden agenda What’s on around Wangaratta You learn something every day The Emissions Trading Scheme Scam Political masterpiece or tragic short story Bordernet Broadband Broadside Great news: Sophie’s baby has arrived Alan Jones has prostate cancer Hypocrite Brumby Why climate change can never be addressed June 2008 A poem from Colleen the 60 year old grandmother How are you enjoying the collapse so far? News that you can’t live without Ruddy ignorance on petrol prices Centre of the universe has parking problems How can one family find so much tragedy Don’t you know who I am? We still don’t know the full story on the Iraq War: Fraser Let this be a lesson to your children At last … some reality about petrol prices May 2008 I’ll only take the savings … Sykes: Teacher pay victory not for everyone Brumby handballs roadside weeds to local councils, ratepayers Local action on climate change – Be there! Bill Sykes budget shopping list Sykes State Budget Shopping List for Benalla Electorate Mirabella demands Rudd support farmers Murray Darling plan will hurt agriculture: Mirabella Citizenship test is important: Mirabella Today’s youth fit for war? North East trout streams still under threat

April 2008 Wanna buy a cheap block of land?. VicHealth funding for the Benalla electorate In case you haven’t been listening Sykes:Ease the e-waste When are we going to learn Sykes calls for increased taxi fare subsidies Neighbourhood Houses need indexed income: Drum Victorian mental health: funding Autism: Mansfield Acorn artists Country electricity bills set to soar Things I’d like to see – #1 Coalition proposal a win for Benalla Electorate Teachers Sykes supports recycled water for Melbourne “Half his luck”, I say Pipeline: Auditor General exposes Government deceit On developing clean coal energy The story you didn’t want to hear Auditor General vindicates pipeline opponents Sykes host morning tea at Parliament for student award winners News digest – 10 April News Digest – 9 April Frontline brings ‘Bush’s War’ to life Bill Sykes speaks out on NE train services Sugarloaf pipeline will not affect tourism Food or biofuel – you can’t have both The world we leave our kids Sandy Keane on ‘climate change’ motion Mokoan: key issues remain unresolved Sykes welcomes return of Benalla races Sykes supports National Volunteers Week Rural communities to lose under broadband plan Would you have the guts …? Propaganda – anti China style Media round-up: April Fools’ Day 2008 Propaganda – Victorian style News Digest – 1 April 2008 March 2008 Propaganda – Chinese style Earth Hour goes global Weekend Watchdogging – 28 Mar 08 April Fool’s day comes early Local veterans recognised Mirabella condemns COAG water agreement National water plan – good or bad? A Western Fable: Waist-Deep in the Big Muddy (Again) Charity ‘Pollie Peddle’ coming to Indi Watchdogging the news -25 Mar 08 Iraq body count The Truth about petrol prices A Sh*house story Indi residents lose out on Broadband & future technology Trucking and Bus Industry taxes rise Post carbon era trains for Sydney ALGA urges Government to ‘reconsider’ cuts to environment program They’re taking our jobs Rudd’s bedroom police Sykes: Victalent grants for sports clubs Funding to encourage a healthy lifestyle Lake Buffalo contamination Latest oil price news How will fuel price rises affect you? Who’s “Gotta Go”? Indi’s carers may be left in cold Add Julie to the “Gotta Go” list Game over Political oblivion Rural Community Funding Mirabellla slams bureaucrats drought aid plan Final kick in the guts Heading for the 21st century Rudd delivers progress report February 2008 National Constitutional Summit – December 2008 Sykes calls on Minister to act on Mt Buffalo Chalet report Sykes: Firearms dealers and licence holders up in arms about proposed fee increases Wong flunks Lake Mokoan test Weekend Watchdogging – 22 feb 08 The energy crisis is upon us Sykes: Country action grant scheme for 2008 Local ALP supports Sorry rally Dream interpretation wanted Weekend Watchdogging – 16 Feb 08 Sophie is having a baby Sykes: Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Water and Agriculture Organ Donation a Gift for Life: Sykes Sorry Sophie, you are wrong Go for your life: Sykes Freezing weather exposes global warming swindle Japanese agricultural free trade agreement in jeopardy Rural apprentices left to fend for themselves Wangaratta 2030 – Our Vision Our Future Weekend Watchdogging – 8 Feb 08 First meetings of 3 COAG working group Clean-up volunteers battle red tape Brumby admits there is too little water for pipeline Emergency volunteer support fund now open Whitfield Railway revival Take the heat out of exercise School for drug dealers Weekend Watchdogging – 2 Feb 08 January 2008 The monolith called China Trout cod and the King River John Howard reincarnated Humour: Fun of retirement Tragedy in the King Valley Weekend Watchdogging – 25 Jan 08 Drought: Mental & financial anguish continues Last chance to say NO to pipeline Labor’s Ovens/Murray Report should cancel pipeline Sykes seeks explanation on electricity price hike Sykes: Australia Day 2008 Sykes urges motorists to beware around schools Sykes: Consumer Affairs information available Low grocery prices depend on stopping pipeline Benazir Bhutto says Bin Laden murdered Country Coppers will be hard to recruit: Sykes CDMA extension is welcomed Last chance for horse flu assistance Australian forces in Iraq congratulated; Labor hiding Sophie congratulates BAE on purchase of Tenix National Youth Week 2008 talent competition NextG ripoff must end I’m not good with money matters Small grants for small rural communities Drought update shows water deficiency NextG coverage in North East Victoria Sophie makes a stand Environmental process for pipeline announced Extreme weather and global warming What will the Chasers do with this one? APEC: climate change agenda 6 September Sydney lockdown – who is really being protected Mokoan F.O.I. update from Bill Sykes Birdsville Races on – with hobby horses

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