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Star shines in Barker

December 9, 2018
Community
Grace Jones
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Magnificent mo’s

Students at Mount Lockyer Primary School had fun comparing the impressive facial hair of their teachers throughout Movember, as a group of nine educators raised money for charity.

December 8, 2018
Community
Grace Jones
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Higher duties

Father Randolf Subiaco will answer the call to guide the parishioners of Denmark and Mount Barker next year to become the youngest parish priest in the Diocese of Bunbury.

December 8, 2018
Community
Grace Jones
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Cancer machine meeting

State Health Minister Roger Cook has now met with a company that plans to install a radiotherapy machine in Albany after being urged to do so by Federal MP Rick Wilson who recently announced $6.6 million funding for the project.

December 7, 2018
General News
Ashleigh Fielding
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New brand of blues

DAN HOWLS’ gig at The Albany Blues Club on Saturday night comes with a warning.

December 7, 2018
Entertainment
Anthony Probert
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Home among the hempcrete

DENMARK’S eco-housing village is now complete, bar a bit of landscaping.

December 7, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson

Latest Multimedia

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Characters of the Great Southern

FROM the bush to the beach, our region has some amazing people and places.

November 18, 2017
Multimedia
Chris Thomson

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Festival program launched

MORE than 4000 people are expected to flock to Albany next year for the expanded Albany Arts Festival Season program.

November 16, 2018
Entertainment
Ashleigh Fielding
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Players lighten the mood

You can get tickets to Plantagenet Players’ latest production for this Friday and Saturday night through Mt Barker’s Scrap Shak.

November 15, 2018
Community
Ashleigh Fielding

Latest Sport

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Hiker sets blistering pace

THE feat of completing the Bibbulmun Track in record time would be enough to satisfy most people, but for Jono Ride, there was barely time for the blisters to heal before setting off on his next adventure.

November 23, 2018
General News
Grace Jones
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Hill climb sell-out

Racewars event director Jonathan Murray says entries for the new Middleton Beach Hill Climb sold out for Racewars 2019 in less than 24 hours and interest in the event had exceeded all expectations.

November 13, 2018
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Grace Jones

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Language barrier dropped

FOUR tiny primary schools in the Great Southern have escaped having to pay for language teaching delivered from Perth, with the State scrapping plans to charge them $7000-a-class from next year.

November 23, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson
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Cook comes to table

AFTER critique of his estimated costing and timing for radiotherapy equipment, Health Minister Roger Cook says he will meet with GenesisCare “soon” to discuss “the oncology landscape and range of services currently offered” in the Great Southern.

November 23, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson

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The final countdown

IT’S never easy saying goodbye.

March 1, 2018
Opinions
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Can you feel the love tonight?

Well, it’s Valentine’s Day next week and I totally forgot about it until last Wednesday.

February 8, 2018
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