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<title><![CDATA[Can't have it both ways on nature strip]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Council has its say. No advertising cars (on nature strips) without a permit.
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spending on Eureka Stadium all Greek]]></title>
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If Ballarat gets the funding to upgrade the Eureka Stadium, tipped to reach $80 million, (The Courier, February 8) what other projects will be delayed? 

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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Secrecy on 'Taj Mahal' puts ratepayers off]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It is amazing that our council can spend nearly $2 million, about one twentieth of the total job, on a mooted project before ascertaining if a majority of rate-paying public have any interest in it.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No refuge for VicRoads for pedestrian safety]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I SPENT the better part of December 2010 to June 2011 lobbying for safer conditions for pedestrians on the Greenhill Road-Geelong Road intersection. 
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Egging on Australia to beat the British]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[WE can't let the British beat us at sport, so we certainly can't let them be the first to abolish battery cages for hens. 

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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Rolls Royce' NBN will benefit rural and regional areas]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IT might be taken with a hint of irony that federal opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull yesterday slated the Gillard government for buying “Rolls Royce”-style satellites as part of the rollout of the National Broadband Network to regional and rural Australia.
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More courtesy is called for in wind debate]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Well all of you Hepburn Wind members and affiliated groups have been busy sending in emails to The Courier.
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why are my bank fees consistently high?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[RECENTLY I have become annoyed with my bank. 
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Police should have the power to give chase]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE police have a difficult job at any time  that is not made easier by idiots who refuse to stop when requested. 
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unnecessarily high fees set for vet medication]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I recently took my dog, which had suffers from a chronic condition that requires medication every year, to a veterinary clinic .

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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eureka Stadium redevelopment is a must for city’s standing]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE case for a redevelopment of the Eureka Stadium reaches another important juncture today when community and sporting groups come together to discuss the project’s possibilities.
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No thought given to informing passengers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I MADE the error of taking my three young children to Melbourne on the 11.30am train service. 
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[US Army is already receiving recognition]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[JOHN B Quinn's letter, dated February 4 titled: "US Army's arrival deserves recognition."

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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[At-risk refugees are the ones we should help]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LAWYER Julian Burnside, QC, is known as a "human rights advocate".
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[People are losers again on interest rate cuts]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IT seems that globalisation has overtaken any autonomy Australia might have had. 
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What happened to fibre optics NBN promised?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE National Broadband Network (NBN) wants to construct a radiation tower for wireless communications close to our homes in Dereel. 
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Paying tribute to a diamond-studded sense of duty]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[DIFFERENT people will have different reactions to the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne today.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Deciding where to send your children to school]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[DECIDING where to send their children to school is one of the most daunting questions faced by thousands of parents every year in the Ballarat region.
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stop grizzling about our wonderful lake]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I AM amazed at the hoo ha being displayed regarding the weed-reed problems at Lake Wendouree.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Beware of cold-call solar panel operators]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I WRITE to inform The Courier readership of the possible pitfalls arising from agreeing to install solar panel systems from cold-call operators.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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