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GPT did not care about city

8:50 AM AEST | Regarding the GPT so-called “backflip”.

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Rugby union entry is a rip-off

8:49 AM AEST | I went to both rugby league and rugby union in Maitland on the weekend.

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Good luck boys

8:49 AM AEST | It’s been a long hard road, but the Maitland Pickers are on the cusp of yet another milestone as all three senior grades line up in major semi-finals this weekend.

Editorial - General

Woodberry fire a timely warning

8:48 AM AEST | A small fire in the laundry of a Woodberry home on Thursday should serve as a timely reminder to all people.

Editorial - General

Tony Abbott’s transformation

02 Sep 10 | The headlines read well but what was intended may be otherwise.

Letters to the Editor - General

Council sends wrong message

02 Sep 10 | Maitland City Council has a responsibility to its ratepayers to balance its books.

Editorial - General

Bigger issues at stake than bets

01 Sep 10 | Newly elected independent MP Andrew Wilkie is in a position of power as negotiations over who should run the country drag on into their second week.

Editorial - General

Blogs

31 Aug 10 | Our soccer team, Under 8 Green from Singleton Strikers, played in a gala day that was held by the Maitland Junior Soccer Club last week.

Letters to the Editor - General

New police welcome in city

31 Aug 10 | Ask people to name their major concerns for Maitland and they are likely to place law and order close to the top of the list.

Editorial - General

30 Aug 10 | “It is very difficult for the public service to understand the Coalition policy, Opposition policy with the same degree of insight and depth that it has of Government policy,” PM-wannabe Abbott asserted on August 26.

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A plea to donate to help Pakistan

30 Aug 10 | The magnitude of the devastation that has descended over flood-ravaged Pakistan almost beggars belief.

Editorial - General

Stem the flow of donations

27 Aug 10 | Re the report on the departure of GPT from their proposed Newcastle CBD project.

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Best person for job is only criteria

27 Aug 10 | There seems to be no escaping politics at present.

Editorial - General

Ode to Troy

26 Aug 10 | I never knew the young boy but I saw the wreck he left,

Letters to the Editor - General

City deserves a second course

26 Aug 10 | The failure of a proposed 18-hole golf course at Rutherford to become a reality has serious implications for the future development applications in Maitland.

Editorial - General

Rural Australia holds the key

25 Aug 10 | Now that the federal government apparently will have a controlling body of independent representatives from country areas, I wonder what their reaction will be to publicised claims of “imbalance spurs bid for action” as recently published in the Maitland Mercury, (August 16, 2010).

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Maitland is open for business

25 Aug 10 | Newcastle’s loss may well prove to be Maitland’s gain.

Editorial - General

Dads thank community

24 Aug 10 | On behalf of Dads in Distress I would like to thank the hundreds of local people and businesses who recently came out to support fundraising for our Crisis Accommodation for Men program.

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Greens’ views being heard

24 Aug 10 | The more things change, the more they stay the same – at least that’s true in the Hunter. But the change is happening and it won’t stop any time soon. |

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Economy cannot afford to stagnate

24 Aug 10 | Warning bells are sounding that the Hunter’s economy may grind to a halt while the region, and the rest of the country, sits out negotiations between the two major parties and the independents.

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