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September 15, 2018
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Ashleigh Fielding
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D-day for flood feud

A WOMAN embroiled in a decade-long dispute with the City of Albany over flooding at her Yakamia property will have her case heard in the Supreme Court from October 15 after her bid to adjourn the trial due to stress she is facing was knocked back.

September 15, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson
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Student digs fast-tracked

IN A localised version of Kevin Rudd’s 2009 stimulus package that stopped Australia entering recession after the global financial crisis, the area behind York Street’s Alison Hartman Gardens will get an early injection of student housing money to boost the local building industry after the recent collapse of construction firm Tectonics.

September 14, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson
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Beacon in the night

Have you spotted the Albany Street Chaplains on Stirling Terrace before?

September 14, 2018
Community
Ashleigh Fielding
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Whooley wins right of appeal

ROB WHOOLEY, a Denmark Shire councillor elected after being sacked as the municipality’s chief engineer, had his day in the Supreme Court of Western Australia this week to appeal his earlier loss of a long-running unfair dismissal case against the Shire.

September 14, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson
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Surf club battles tide

A SPECTACULAR new surf club building revealed to Weekender readers a fortnight ago cannot come soon enough for Denmark, with the Southern Ocean undermining the concourse and contorting ramps leading up to the current clubhouse.

September 13, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson

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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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Indie rockers find home on the road

IT SEEMS home is never far from the collective mind […]

September 6, 2018
Entertainment
Ashleigh Fielding
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Lennon’s life stirs Waters

AUSTRALIAN actor and musician John Waters says he has no intention of “being” Beatles superstar John Lennon when he’s up on stage during his show Lennon – Through a Glass Onion in Albany next month.

August 24, 2018
Community
Ashleigh Fielding

Latest Sport

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Vivian paves the way

ALBANY-bred cricketer Vivian Paver may have only played one game in the local A-grade competition, but the all-rounder is making his mark on the other side of the world with a batting average approaching that of the game’s greatest wielder of willow.

August 31, 2018
Community
Grace Jones
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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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Feature film for Barker

A FULL-BLOWN feature film, possibly starring Sam Neill, who played devilish Damien in The Omen, or Michael Caton, who played underdog dad Darryl Kerrigan in The Castle, will be shot in Mount Barker over coming months.

September 13, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson
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Singapore sling

As the world’s best drivers sling around the track during the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend, the world’s richest spectators will enjoy a taste of the Great Southern.

September 13, 2018
Community
Grace Jones

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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