Australia’s vast mineral resources have helped it weather the global financial storm better than most nations, but it appears not all Australians are enjoying the benefits.
The O’Farrell Government has signalled this week its intention to inject funds into improving the health of the city’s residents via a $6.8 million allocation to the long-awaited new Maitland hospital in the upcoming budget.
The somewhat perennial question of how many terms mayors and councillors should be permitted to serve has been raised again following the release of a paper on the Future Directions for Local Government.
The wanton vandalism of Maitland Park's sporting fields over the weekend will affect, either directly or indirectly, many thousands of Maitland residents.
Today is not a day on which we as a nation should enter the debate over whether Australia should ditch its allegiance to the Queen and become a republic.
On the surface it may appear to be a relatively petty crime ... a couple of elderly pensioners browsing in a discount store in Rutherford have their shopping trolley stolen.