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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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Tony Abbott’s transformation

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

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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.

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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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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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Ode to Troy

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

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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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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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Salvos offer sincere thanks

23 Aug 10 | Thank you for the story you published for the Salvation Army Family Store Maitland in the Maitland Mercury on July 21, 2010 re donations of furniture needed.

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Does developer have ‘interests’?

20 Aug 10 | I am sure some people who run as independent candidates in local, state or Federal elections truly believe in their platform. I include Tony Windsor and the late Peter Andren in that category. |

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Mercury reader praises Mallon

19 Aug 10 | As an avid reader of the Maitland Mercury for the best part of 73 years, I have great memories of our paper.

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Who’s paying, Mr Baldwin?

18 Aug 10 | Advertising by any means is a very expensive exercise. |

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BLOGS

17 Aug 10 | Over this last weekend I needed to travel from Seaham where I live to Morpeth.

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Promises are smoke, mirrors

17 Aug 10 | It’s nothing new, it happens every time!

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Concern for area school

16 Aug 10 | Regarding school teachers need more support.

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It’s all a matter of how you look at the figures

13 Aug 10 | Let’s look at the figures for Labor’s school building program. |

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Carbon tax should be given top priority

13 Aug 10 | In this election campaign I have heard some criticism of The Greens because of their past opposition to Kevin Rudd’s ETS. |

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Treacherous dealings brought out PM undone

12 Aug 10 | No doubt there are many others who have observed the fragmentation and weakness that has manifested in our nation’s political arena since the illegitimate disposal of Kevin Rudd as prime minister.

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