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ALL OF THE NEWS from around the Shire on One Page below for your convenience
The Beagle
- Jul 4, 2019
Castaway: The Book Tour Diary - PART ONE
I’m guessing that the typical view of the Author is that of a woman in spectacles with a half smile as she taps away on her ageing computer having just decided just who the murderer will be. Or if it’s a male, then he’s done his morning’s quota of 1000 words and is haring off to a favourite restaurant for a long lunch with a mate (or a lover) and several bottles of crisp chardonnay. No one ever thinks of that other horrible, terrifying, despairing part of the business – the s
The Beagle
- Jun 18, 2019
Loss of local media is bad news
This article was first published in GovernmentNews June 16th, 2019 The availability of local news in Australia has undergone a “sharp and worrying decline”, a report commissioned by Australia’s peak local government body says. ALGA’s annual State of the Regions report, Population, Productivity and Purchasing Power, released at the Regional Cooperation and Development forum in Canberra on Sunday, contains concerning new findings on the availability of local news and informati
The Beagle
- Jun 14, 2019
Explainer: our copyright laws and the Australian Aboriginal flag
This article was first published on The Conversation and is republished here under Creative Commons licence.
Reports that two Aboriginal-owned businesses and the AFL have received cease and desist warnings over their use of the Aboriginal flag on clothing have left many Australians surprised and confused. Photo source A company called WAM Clothing, not owned by Indigenous Australians, currently has exclusive rights to use the flag on clothing. It has issued cease and desist
The Beagle
- Jun 14, 2019
A review: Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and The Road to War
Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and The Road to War by Tim Bouverie Bodley Head, 2019, ISBN 978 1 847 92440 7, 497pp Above: Chamberlain (left) and Hitler leave the Bad Godesberg meeting, 23 September 1938 (source: Wikipedia). This last week has seen the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 1944. D-Day marked the beginning of the end of the war and although Stalin had been pushing for an invasion of mainland Europe in 1943, there was no way that the Allie
The Beagle
- Jun 14, 2019
Three translations
I have not been of much use to your Editor recently. I have provided him with little in the way of content. Then, the other day, I was in Moruya Books (which is a retail outlet, you will recall, that I am unable to walk by – even on the other side of the street) and I heard one of the wonderful women who work there (and sell you books) say to someone “He writes book reviews for The Beagle.” What’s more, someone else said to me: “Where are your book reviews? Have you stopped r
The Beagle
- May 30, 2019
Syd Mackenzie's Book Launch in Moruya May 31st
Warm Corner, seven miles from Runnyforde, next door to Paradise Above: Mogo author, Syd Mackenzie with Warm Corner - critics say "Brilliant ! Like a shiny new hubcap on an old split windscreen VW Kombi van" Mogo author, Syd Mackenzie, will launch his new novel, Warm Corner at the Air Raid Tavern in Moruya on Friday night, May 31st from 6pm.
Syd has been a longtime resident of the shire and well remembered from the early days of 2EAR FM’s Ear To Ear community magazine that c
The Beagle
- May 30, 2019
Sons of Steel launched in London by Tuross author
International author and Tuross Head resident Gary Keady at his book launch in London It’s not everyday you get to launch a book, let alone in London, but that’s what author Gary Keady achieved in March.
Hundreds of science fiction fans attended the March launch of the much-anticipated book of the 1988 Australian science fiction movie SONS OF STEEL.
The line snaked around Pall Mall up to the front door of the prestigious London Institute of Directors where the launch even
The Beagle
- May 14, 2019
Karma Chameleon
It seems ages since I wrote about The Egging Of Scott Morrison. Time goes slower when you’re bored, they say, and the election campaign hasn’t really got any more interesting than that in the days since the egging.
We had a rather lacklustre debate between Morrison and Shorten last Wednesday. Both leaders were clearly buggered and Morrison the more so because he is carrying the can for the Coalition as a whole. That would be hard enough if the Coalition had any policy other
The Beagle
- May 13, 2019
Shire Slam Poetry - May 25th in Moruya
Editor: There is little we enjoy more at the Beagle than a riproaring Shire Slam poem.
Here is one off the cuff to get you started in the comments below:
Poetry slam is here again
what's this year's topic?
"Council's Pleasure ...
and Pain"
My friends, let me tell you
of a calamity near
bought about by the decision
of a town engineer
who many years ago said
"You'd be such a fool
to ever replace
a cracked swimming pool
with one the same length
when we all know for sure
th
The Beagle
- May 9, 2019
Wendy Macklin: A South Coast Seat
Last week I went to the Tuross Head Community Hall to Meet the Candidates. I couldn’t vote being registered in Canberra, but I like to see democracy in action and it’s a special pleasure for me having a happy holiday house in the electorate of Gilmore.
As I looked around the crowd I thought, I bet I am the only one here who has actually MET the legendary Dame Mary Gilmore herself! It was long ago- about 1950- and I was 9. We lived in Temora in NSW where my father was a Stoc
The Beagle
- May 2, 2019
Batemans Bay Hospital Auxiliary news
The Batemans Bay Hospital Auxiliary will be holding their next meeting on Monday, 6 May in the conference room at the Batemans Bay Hospital at 1:30pm. New members and visitors are very welcome. Mark this date in your diary: Saturday, June 8 between 9am - 4pm: The Hospital Auxiliary’s massive bargain book sale is on at the Batemans Bay Anglican Church Hall. Loads of fiction, non-fiction, new and pre-loved books are on sale. Come and grab some bargain reads and try our Dev
The Beagle
- May 1, 2019
Ready to Read: Early Literacy Seminar at the Red Door
International Literacy Year award-winning author Hunter Calder is conducting an early literacy seminar on Tuesday 14th May at 7.30 pm at the Red Door Hall in Moruya. Hunter is a vastly experienced teacher, author and lecturer. His internationally recognised Reading Freedom programs are widely used throughout Australia and around the world. He is co-founder of the online literacy program Literacy Planet. Many parents are unnecessarily hesitant about teaching their children – t
The Beagle
- May 1, 2019
Water is essential
Gilmore Votes: Meet The Candidates Forum
“Old people arrive early,” I am fond of saying to my wife as she persists in the view that it takes at least 20 minutes longer to get anywhere than Google Maps says. As I approach my eighth decade on this planet, I am determined that I should not be taken to be an old person and therefore do my best to arrive to things on time. I was challenged, therefore, when my illustrious editor cautioned me to arrive at the Meet the Candidates Forum at 1830 for a 1900 start. “What am I g
The Beagle
- Apr 30, 2019
Life is a story …
Have you got a story to tell? Or a poem? Want to write, share and learn? Wish to receive constructive feedback on your writing? Come along to a meeting. New members welcome anytime. Eurobodalla Writers (a Branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers) We’re a group of people, from published authors to amateur writers, and from all sorts of backgrounds, who share a love for the written word. 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month 10.30 -2.30 McKay Centre, Page St, Moruya Contact
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