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Coasting to Sydney

August 9, 2018
Community
Ashleigh Fielding
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A tale of three cities

MAYOR Dennis Wellington and Albany’s 12 City councillors get paid more than their counterparts in the only other two cities in the State’s far south, but council supremo Andrew Sharpe says ratepayers are getting good value for money.

August 9, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson
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Quokka ’round the clock

TREKKING up Bluff Knoll for three hours in the dark in sub-zero temperatures last week was more than worthwhile for Plantagenet photographer Michael Dolphin and his dad Andy when they spotted an impossibly cute quokka sniffing around in the snow just before sunrise.

August 9, 2018
Community
Ashleigh Fielding
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Port back in local hands

WESTERN Australia’s original port city has wrested significant control of its waterfront back, with a locally engaged general manager taking the helm for the first time since that position was canned in January last year.

August 9, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson
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Artistic mecca

ALBANY’S historic York House on lower York Street has undergone a facelift and is now home to the city’s newest art exhibition space.

August 2, 2018
Entertainment
Ashleigh Fielding
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Terrace attack charge

A 23-YEAR-OLD man has been remanded in custody charged with the first of two alleged attacks that fractured the skulls of two Albany men who had departed Studio 146 nightclub.

August 2, 2018
General News
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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Paperbark writer speaks

ALBANY author Dianne Wolfer took a ‘breather’ from her hectic […]

July 22, 2018
Entertainment
Ashleigh Fielding
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Dance gong beckons

THE Great Southern is making waves in the dance industry […]

July 21, 2018
Entertainment
Ashleigh Fielding

Latest Sport

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Sharing is caring at bridge

Bridge dynamic duo Carole Munro and Jane Ellen put their combined 60 years experience to good use last month, winning the coveted Geraldine Sutherland Memorial competition.

July 24, 2018
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Grace Jones
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Pay dirt at Sukey Hill

GREAT Southern motocross riders can take their skills to a […]

July 23, 2018
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Grace Jones

Latest Community

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Jackson’s big idea to help a mate

FIVE-year-old Albany boy Jackson Brown is a little boy with […]

July 13, 2018
Community
Ashleigh Fielding
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Dutch fries and fruit juice ban

WORLD-RENOWNED medical communicator Michael Mosley has told a Parliamentary committee that Western Australia should take heed of Amsterdam where “impressive” but “draconian” anti-obesity measures – including banning fruit juice from school and kids from buying fries at McDonald’s – have been implemented.

July 7, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson

Latest Opinions

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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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