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Page 1 - Former NCA boss backs SCIPIONE as honest cop
LABOR creating a war-chest by dinner fundraiser - was it $35 per head ?
HAS Lee Rhiannon, MLC got a finger on the pulse or what ?
DAWN FARDELL MP - a legal illegal drug injecting room in Dubbo - YES or NO
DAWN FARDELL MP promises no Spit-Bridges in Parkes/Forbes
ADMINISTRATIVE officer appointed to chair - knock me down with a feather
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW - it's catch-up time for Speaker - in deficit in first 3 months
Page 2 - FREE investment seminar - 11 July 2007 - "Ethical Investment"
SYDNEY CITY COUNCIL - referendum - to ward or not to ward ?
- changes to Planning committee personnel
ARMIDALE - attempted murder charge laid
REBA MEAGHER denies hospital turned away deceased
SELLING OFF THE FAMILY FARM - the NSW government sells off perpetual leases - for freehold title.
LEGEND in his own mind - Matt Brown MP
RESUME' for Sheik Hilali - former Mufti
FUND-RAISING - a new suggestion from London
Page 3 - DUBBO - fundraising capital of NSW ?
BACK-GROUND INFORMATION to laying of Armidale attempt murder charge
ADAM CARR - Labor ran dead for Torbay
GHOST BUSES - Daily Telegraph investigates why your bus doesn't come
COP and private investigator on bribery charges
AQUILINA was SHOCKED when dumped as Speaker - but still doing diplomatic circuit
FACE-LIFT for Moree Hospital - real or Spit-Bridge
COMMUNITY needs to get commencement and completion dates for promises
REBA MEAGHER accuses Tweed pollie of "muck-racking" (ROTFLMAO)
PORT MACQUARIE Council has prepared answer - to stop inquiry ?
CITY vs COUNTRY - city refuses developer donations - country accepts them
NSW PARLIAMENT on 'hols' until spring - meet again 25 September
DUBBO's food most expensive in Australia
Page 4 - COMPARATIVE shopping - we will compare Kings Cross prices to Dubbo
ORANGE Council seeks federal funds for CCTV
PPP and a goat track - ORANGE budget
DUCHESS D'AMORE constituents complain about ruination of heritage area
LIBERALS deliver election promise - election funding Inquiry
DRAPER criticises Terrigals Labor tax hikes - but MP's pay hike goes ahead
ARMIDALE accused granted bail
REALITY stranger than fiction - new wife's cliff top fall
DESALINATION plant protestors at KURNELL
GREEDY MP 7% pay rise fuels Union's wage demand
FRANK Sartor cops a spray
GYPSY funeral with panache - Jimmy Marks
Page 5 - GYPSIES - who are they ?
MINISTERIAL AMBITIONS - before the community interest - our campaign for Heffron
CAROUSEL Night Club - including pics.
ROSE moved up-market permanently ?
MAGIVOR - another 2 runs without placing
POETRY - W B Yeats and Dylan Thomas - Under Milk Wood
ONE VOICE - Shires Association,NSW Farmers and CWA to hold crisis talks
HELLO SAILOR - Alex goes down on the wharves for US sailors
ORKOPOULOS bail unchanged
WINGED CHARIOT hurrying near for ZEMANECK
PETER BLACK - playing politics
CLOVER MOORE - cleaning up Labor's mess
Page 6 - WE WON: Get stuffed - Iemma treats Kurnell residents with contempt
USA ORATOR - Martin Luther King, Jr - I've been to the mountaintop
Peter DRAPER - media releases: but not out in the community brokering solutions
RICHARD TORBAY MP issues survey - our view - an unjustified use of parliamentary resources
DAWN FARDELL in 2000 wanted to ban injecting rooms - now supports them
CONSTITUTION changed - Governor assents- Speaker can now speak
GORDON WOOD to face trial on murder charge
PARKING chaos for inner city residents - Labor stuffs up again
NSW Budget fails to deliver fair share to Sydney electorate and ignores transport needs
ANOTHER black death in custody - inquest into death at Grafton gaol held
NIMBYISM exists in Dubbo - will this scuttle our plans for drug room in Dubbo ?
PERKS of office do count - Speaker has dining room - Premier has harbour views
Page 7 - PORT Macquarie road problems
FAULTY repeater station blamed for Tweed man's death
POLICE minister fails to RSVP invitation to attend Foster
AWU ( and other unions representing rural workers) should make submissions to Rural Taskforce
MOST Ministers take leave after 3 months in the job
COUNTRY Labor applauds Rural Taskforce - even though its creation was as a result of failure
of Premier to do well in the country at 2007 election - the Premier obviously has no confidence
in ability of Country Labor to identify and enunciate rural problems and solutions.
IMPROVED EMERGENCY procedures for rail break-downs - ROTFLMAO
DAVID CAMPBELL MP - must apologise to Greg Smith MP for defamation
ITS THE FAMILY - STUPID - Iemma on holidays again
IT MAKES SENSE - STUPID - Dubbo's drug-injecting clinic will solve skilled labour shortage
WHO's WHITE-ANTING - STUPID ? - Premier Iemma
PORKY's fire - police investigate
ATTORNEY - GENERAL jumps to Torbay's command.
Page 8 - PRAISE indeed - Torbay honoured to be honoured - he announces that UNE has honoured me/him.
PARKES Independent pre-selections re-opened - new favourite is John Clements - Torbay's Tim Horan dropped
DR MOYES' Bill is now urgent - bring it on
INFLATION has firm foundation to soar - rates increases in the Hunter
YOUR PERSPECTIVE - is the logo of the ALP or Liberal Party preferable ?
BOYS who like toys - NSW gears up
LEFTIE defends a TERRIGAL - Watkins on Iemma's work habits
Page 9 - GOVERNMENT monopolies cement widespread foundation for inflation
DUBBO - eco-city is ideal place for injecting room
DILEMMA for CIA supported Independent in Parkes - western or New England rail link
POLITICAL party logos - which do you prefer and why ?
ASHFORD search for a doctor- what was happening in the last 12 months ?
FRIENDS of NERAM tell it like it is - sale must proceed
ARMIDALE - Hanna ancestral home sold at auction
COUNCILS want open slather on rate increases - referendum in September 2008 necessary
NSW POLICE has priors - fined $100,000
DAYLIGHT SAVING extension - you have no say -but what do you want ?
Page 10 - WATKINS to become "independent" ? Oakeshott and Torbay made the switch - why ?
SUSSEX ST Labor campaign machine sticks to New England plan - pay-dirt just around the corner.
RURAL TASKFORCE - we identify some issues to be tackled by it
NERAM Survey - in the mail - the survey questions.
RURAL TASKFORCE to meet in only 6 centres- Parkes Champion-Post has excellent report on aims
BARADINE visitor centre - a sop to sacked workers ?
NEWCASTLE's alcohol fuelled violence - a transport solution proposed
Page 11 - WARNING - invest wisely and beware conmen
FAREWELL to USS Kitty Hawk - take care
FIGHT TO THE DEATH - 78 yo fighting sex charges
PROGRESS - Stupid ! - Changes at Sydney University, sandstone buildings, NSW Coat of Arms
LIBERALS fight spot fires - Michael Darby sin-binned for 2 years
WOMAN in gaol - but still says - I don't want children to see their father
TAMWORTH won't compete with Dubbo for regional drug injecting room to replace Kings Cross room
RETREAT RD URALLA - a goat track - but council has no funds for repair
Page 12 - ARMIDALE DEVELOPERS going gangbusters- but population declines
PROBLEM SOLVED over the phone - Telstra just loves Richard Torbay MP
FAGS get the flick in the New England
COWRA PICNIC races - a great success but NSW police want to make it alcohol free
METEROIC rise - House of Labor to Rural Taskforce - Steve Whan is cream rising to the top
COVER BLOWN on Railcorp culture by Vince Graham
RURAL TASKFORCE should address need for SAIK to be available in all rural communitys
GUNNEDAH community members hold on while waiting for station master to be replaced
NSW STATE PLAN - we examine it but walk away - motherhood statements, not academically credible
NEWS COMMENTARIAT under attack by the Australian - we respond
POPE makes predictable statement re true church
Page 13 - CHRIS thinks his tatts are lovely- we think its ugly - exclusive pic
COUNTRY Labor makes announcement regarding northern schools - not part of 2002 'new arrangements'
STAN ZEMANEK dead
FARDELL dobs on Dubbo Council - says just carrying out parliamentary duties
RAILCORP unions hit back at management failures
INDEPENDENT DPP lawyers have valid claims for maintenance of life tenure
ALEX chats with Jack who was bashed at the old Darlinghurst Police Station - and then got revenge
GRUBBY, GRUBBY, GRUBBY - NSW govtt leaks documents to media in attempt to smear independent DPP
ARMIDALE Council can't hold NERAM meeting - lack of forum - AGAIN ! - last minute apologies scuttle meeting
RICHMOND Valley Council gets 10 % increase
RURAL doctors to meet Reba Meagher in a last minute attempt to inject some sense into health policy
MISUNDERSTANDINGs of NERAM situation causes more angst - Dr Andreoni is off the mark
MUNGINDI Cup meeting - our hot tips to bring home the bacon
Page 14 - IEMMA returns to work 16 July - we suggest great photo-opportunity
WHY DPP should remain Independent - additional reasons
STUDENT treated like pedophile - Queensland Academic freedom case
CART before the horse - BBC cuts film in wrong sequential order - Queen receives apology
RURAL DOCTORS - chapter and verse of reasons for demand
NERAM - Crown Solicitor lays it on the line - we query if games are being played
PASSIVE smoking - cannabis burn-off at Inverell
MANILLA Rd Tamworth - Draper calls for proper funding to fix it
COUNCILS PAY four times internal cost to NSW SEC to conduct council elections
GREG PIPER gets 23 extra police for Lake Macquarie police
WATKINS teetering on edge with rail crisis
UHA - mercy angels providing facilities to hospitals
HOT TIPSTER - we pick 2/2 at Mungindi Jockey Club cup meeting including one at 3/1.
Page 15 - ALEX's justification for commenting on matters outside area -its the new rules -politics 2007 NSW style
UNDERGROUND cables - more government action needed - Clover Moore MP says overhead is archaic
LISTEN UP Reba Meagher - as a coast hugger you need to understand inland health needs
PRIVATISE rail maintenance - Costa yes - Watkins No
SHOWGIRLS appeal expected
RAIL disaster - quadriplegic trapped on train is told - "we'll get back to you in 2 or 3 days"
CASTLE HILL tavern death - more information
MARK AARONs in Premiers Office helped Torbay with media releases - Aarons is a widely published author
GREG RUDD resigns - we suggest federal labor take a leaf out of NSW Terrigals book for family friendliness
BLAME game - what happens in NSW Parliament when Rudd PM is installed in Canberra
NSW government moonlighting as consultants - target education grants
LIBERAL members threaten resignation after Cook pre-selection
GUNNEDAH girls - Erica Baxter and Miranda Kerr - hit the spotlights
DAD or Premier - but not both ??
REVOLTING citizens likely to protest over rail fare price hikes
CAR rebadging trial to start 16 July in Sydney for Parkes area accused
Page 16 - Lovely weather in Cook Islands as NSW freezes - a conference at leisure but calls for better
conduct made by New Zealand Speaker
VERTICALLY challenged ? - Medical hope exists for elongation
IEMMA on track - returns to work on a Sunday - holds conference in media room
A DISASTROUS 2 weeks in NSW - Daily Telegraph editor looks at the reasons
NATIONALS infected by word virus in Betts pre-selection ?
PARKES car re-birthing trial adjourned to 18 July
DR KLAAS WOLDRING - advocating a vote for Independent Senate candidates - we suggest he join the Greens
Page 17 - NERAM - Armidale Council schedules meeting again
DUBBO COUNCIL ELECTIONS - to cost $100K more in 2008
BEST BET(T)S - odds on ?
TASK-FORCE meets in Bathurst - federal Labor broadband taskforce that is.
MORONEY PRAISES Donald McKay
TAMWORTH not infected with word virus- it was a mis-diagnosis by www.independent-nsw.com
TERRIGALS NSW PREMIER - says "leftie" is "best minister"
SNAG DAD's - lots of them - why is Premier Iemma different to other dads ?
HERO of Melbourne shooting - alone, very much alone
IAN ROBERTS - in the USA going gangbusters
CLOVER MOORE bags terrorism - scouts motto is "be prepared"
www.independent-nsw.com - all alone in believing Armidale survey should not be paid for by NSW taxpayer ?
DUBBO drug clinic - on track for implementation
GROWTH pains in Port Macquarie - new shopping centre proposal before council
Page 18 - RURAL Taskforce - a coat of many colours - but Dr Gellatly issues more definitive outline
$142-60 - the cost of our basket of goods at Coles - Kings Cross
ANOTHER Rail mishap - Watkins off track at Milsons Point
MURRAY HARTIN - bush poet performs at Homebush
ARE Party memberships lists confidential ? An independent recruiter claimed to a copy of a membership application
ALL UNDER CONTROL - Health Minister Reba Meagher reassures rural doctors
ADMINISTRATOR at Broken Hill Council - meets with himself - day or night ?
88 y-o Armidale man - bet he wishes he was in Cook Islands instead of -9 degree Armidale freeze
BEN SHIELDS - no Liberal candidate for Parkes - now he wants Dawn Fardell's seat
PARKES 5 - car re-birthing trial in Sydney
Page 19 - DUBBO - nimby accusation by Fardell supporter 'Midnight' Brydon
Duck Creek picnics drew a big crowd
JOCK LAURIE heads NSW Farmers for a third term
BOOMER PASCOE - a bush legend
BUSH galloper wins at Canterbury after missing start by 5 lengths - over short 1100 metre course
COOK pre-selection - nothing like a Liberal scorned ?
RAILCORP needs a large "Go Bag"
CROP cultivation - a city enterprise
TERRIGALS co-chair Joe Tripodi in Armidale - how many 'launches' can the same koala bear - 8 ?
NEWSMAKER rolling up his sleeves - ROTFLMAO
WATKINS wants inland rail to hug the coast
3 Monkeys retrial begins
GREAT potential to play the blame game with Westhaven's Dubbo request for funds
TOWKE's preselection is getting messy
Page 20 - HANNA adjourned to 3 October 2007 on attempted murder charge - but discussions taking place
3 Monkey's trial continues
ANOTHER TASKFORCE - the new black ?
LEFT, right, LEFT - Watkins out of step in Dubbo over rail link - even Fardell supports inland route !
GREEN and GOLD party- a new fairy tale ?
NSW NURSES ASSOCIATION doors are always open - now where have I heard that expression before ?
TORBAY overwhelmed by NERAM survey responses - but his comments may compromise integrity of it
ALCOHOL conference in Broken Hill
GROUP ticket for Clover Moore's Independent team in Sydney council elections
ENNGONIA Cup - our tip for the big race
ORKOPOULOS back in court 25 July
LIQUOR BOARD examines Police application for restrictions on Newcastle hotels trading conditions
TOWKE - if claims of false claim to honours degree from Sydney Uni are true - he should be dumped
CITY RAIL - in 50 years travel times and patronage have headed south
RARE TALENT headline misleads us - we thought it was regurgitation of another Torbay media release
DUBBO T-shirt- internationally acclaimed fashion statement
MARK FOYS - a legal printing press
Page 21 - TORBAY - a former Labor Party Federal Electorate Council delegate comments on federal politics
PETER DRAPER - what preference are you advocating for the federal election ?
DAWN FARDELL - is she up to speed on the Rural Taskforce ?
OBESITY program for schools--why not one for parliament ?
CULTIVATION charges laid - Kingsgrove man and Lansvale man arrested
DNA swabs for all accused?
CANNABIS contributes to global warming ?- Al Gore's son charged with possession
CONTEST to extradition to Australia on basis Sydney streets are not safe
HOW $250 became $799 - Richard Glover and his space cadet.
GLOUCESTER going gangbusters
BATHURST residents complain, like Woollomolloo residents, that access to homes is restricted
SENATOR BOSWELL and the far right - Southern Cross Party blogger gives Boswell a serve.
Page 22 - ACADEMIC Dr Ivan Molloy involved with Southern Cross Party
REGIONAL COMMUNITIES CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL - is it to be axed for Rural Taskforce
Page 23 - BLAME-GAME backfires and Watkins backdowns on Gunnedah toilets
BROKEN HILL toilets broken down, may be closed overnight
DUNES - vandals uproot trees
MURDER charge in Muswellbrook following hit and run
HUNTER Valley horse-breeders want stop to coal expansion
RURAL TASKFORCE - Iemma using Torbay to promote the RCCC, or Torbay using it to replace Iemma as Premier ?
DUBBO is environmentally friendly - but Armidale has more to do - Dubbo still preferred spot for drug injecting room
LAW SOCIETY should take rural concerns to Rural Taskforce - it's only a phone-call away from the Premier
POKIE takings and Pollies promises go up in smoke
LIBERALS have problems with factions - Cook pre-selection has put cat amongst the pidgeons
CANDOUR is better than glorification - Jeff Corbett
SARTOR accuses federal government of having control phobia - ROTFLMAO
HALF TRUTHS can leave a false impression
DNA - new proposed legislation stirs the Council for Civil Liberties
Page 24 - DNA - friend or foe to police and the community ?
DUBBO has 'cheap' housing - case for moving Kings Cross injecting room to Dubbo grows stronger
TOWKE fightsback -friends defend Towke on several grounds
PARKES trial on track - hearing commences in Sydney District Court
CITY RAIL want 3.5%-9% fare increase approval
IEMMA staying on message - things are better now but there will be more improvement.
STASI, Bob Carr and the Trangie Advocate
REGIONAL Communities Consultative Council - some more information
TORBAY survey - little interest shown in Armidale Express survey on the survey
TONY WINDSOR - commentates on NSW politics
RURAL & Regional Taskforce - we look to Premier's words to try and understand it
Page 25 - MORE Talk on Towke
PHOTO-OPPORTUNITY missed when Armidale Independent fails to hang around long enough to get pic of Torbay
with sleeves rolled up for Small Business Week
DAD Role in focus
REAL SUMBAGS - those that refuse to allow children to see their Dad
NSW has lost the mantle of premier state - thanks to Premier Iemma
TOWKE farce continues
SARTOR has right to dismiss councils- time for Torbay to step up to the plate
ARMIDALE Council to meet 30 July about Mosman's Bay
Page 26 - FARDELL engages in DubboCouncil affirs by calling meeting - such action is outside her job description
TORBAY fails to follow survey result by following Council proposal for lease rather than sale of Mosman's Bay
TRIPODI missing in action at Cremorne Wharf
STEVE CHAYTOR has conviction quashed - Iemma remains unrepentant
LIBERAL PARTY organisational stupidity over Towke pre-selection
HINTON TRUST DEED - does it allow exhibition outside Armidale area of Mosman's Bay or other paintings ?
