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3. February 2010

Michael Berry This issue brings good news and sad news. The sad news is the passing of an outstanding Maleny resident - Jill Jordan. Her contributions on several levels of the community, from seeding co-operative ventures to stimulating employment, business and youth projects will go down in the social history of the town. The Hinterland Times provides [...]

From the Editor : January 2010

12. January 2010

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JANUARY TENDS to be the month of deep relaxation for most Australians with the country only getting back to serious work after January 26 - Australia Day. So, our issue this month is designed for holiday reading - we even have our first piece of fiction - ‘The Ormolu Clock’ -from Joyce Lee, who is a [...]

From the Editor

11. November 2009

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I know it’s bad form to skite but when the Hinterland Times wins the same award for the best looking regional paper in country Queensland, two years in a row, it’s hard not to mention it. (Story: right). Well done to our small team and our printers, Horton media. Another [...]

Food on Slow Thursdays

5. August 2009

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Churchill Fellowship winner Julie Shelton is all fired up to spread the Slow Food word and to get more good quality food produced for local distribution. Julie has launched a new group serving the whole Sunshine Coast Hinterland. “We are supporting food producers - providing advice, advocacy, lobbying and information services,” says Julie. “The core of our [...]

From the Editor

5. August 2009

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This is the month for the launch of the Festival of the Walks - a magnificent marketing exercise coordinated by the Blackall Range Business & Tourism Association. This great variety of hinterland walks, each with its own BRBTA map, will attract residents and visitors to discover the rich environment of this region. Four pages focus [...]

From the Editor

3. June 2009

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The Hinterland has been a magnet for artists of all colours for many years, and not only for the obvious environmental and scenic reasons. Artists say there’s an energy here that is hard to define, and our magazine this month reflects that energy - the prestigious Maleny Art Awards, Gary Myers wonderful new arts complex, [...]

From the Editor

2. April 2009

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We’ve re-designed the magazine this month, hopefully to make it a more pleasant read. We are ever mindful that the balance of advertising and editorial content is important and while we need advertising income you, the reader, want to be informed and entertained. We have a couple of new columnists in April - Hanrahan, with his [...]

Hanrahan

2. April 2009

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I know the conventional wisdom is that we’re all going to hell in a handbasket, that if Climate Change doesn’t get us then the Global Financial Crisis will, that, in fact, as my namesake foretold, we’ll all be rooned, but, I thought, for my inaugural column, I would push against type and consider at least [...]

From the Editor

5. March 2009

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A state election campaign is upon us so we have policy statements from candidates covering the two Hinterland electorates - Nicklin and Glasshouse in this edition. Uppermost in the minds of Hinterlanders will be a government that has tried to impose an unwanted dam at Traveston Crossing, has taken away income from our well managed water [...]

From the Editor

4. February 2009

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The Hilton bombing thirty years ago was the first major terrorist act in Australia. The organisers have never been caught although the Indian social service group, Ananda Marga was blamed. Margii member Paul Alister was one of three men linked to the Hilton bombing when they were charged and convicted of another alleged bombing attempt. [...]

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