Upbeat farmers cotton on to the boom
A SIMPLE motto saw farmer Andrew Parkes through the drought years: “A pessimist in agriculture is not going to get very far.”
Amos Aikman
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Loss of language gave activist voice
THE roots of Tim Goodwin’s fascination for the law and his identity as a political Aborigine lie in his elders’ loss of their native language.
Girl fights for life after boat tragedy
DODIE Wilson, 12, remains in a coma after a speedboat accident in southeast Queensland in which her sister and another teenage girl died.
Girls die in water park boat tragedy
TWO teenage girls are dead and a 12-year-old girl is in a critical condition in hospital after an horrific boating accident in Queensland yesterday.
Lightning kills GP in South Africa
An emergency nurse struggled to save his doctor wife after lightning struck the Sydney couple and friends as they holidayed in South Africa last week.
Close ALP seats return to fold
NSW Labor found a ray of hope yesterday, with predictions former premier Nathan Rees would retain his western Sydney seat of Toongabbie.
Attack climate symptoms not cause
THE world’s leading climate change body has been duped into trying to prove global warming is man-made rather than figuring out what to do about it.
Wet weather hammers grape growers
SEEING this year’s prime grapes withered and moldering on the vine makes Lyndon Morrison wild.
Anti-Israeli stance focus of Greens review
THE Greens’ will consider whether Fiona Byrne failed to win Marrickville because of her support for a boycott of Israel.
Party’s two-seats dream slipping away
THE Greens now face the prospect of four years in the political wilderness without real power.
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