Month: January 2023

When b/millionaires cry out for higher taxes, it is a sure sign that the low-taxing, privatisation, out-sourcing model has gone too far. The question for Australia is can the Labor Government change direction and do it quickly enough so the benefits become apparent before it faces the electorate?

We cover the regular and the quirky-live music, food and drink, community and culture, escapes & adventures, wellness & sport…and inspiring new finds from around our neighbourhood.

IN BRIEF / The latest news from Douglas Shire Council

Creating change-one shimmy at a time, SHIMMY MOB is excited to announce a worldwide ‘flash mob’ dance event which will be happening in Mossman on Saturday May 13, 2023.

We cover the regular and the quirky-live music, food and drink, community and culture, escapes & adventures, wellness & sport..and inspiring new finds from around our neighbourhood.

The whole gaming “industry” in NSW, and other states, is propped up by laundering illegally obtained cash and the immoral plucking of addicted gamblers. Hitherto, state governments have been equally addicted to the tax revenues.

We cover the regular and the quirky-live music, food and drink, community and culture, escapes & adventures, wellness & sport..and inspiring new finds from around our neighbourhood.

BREAKING NEWS / Police this morning will continue the search for a 54-year-old woman missing at Mossman Gorge around 2 pm yesterday.

A guide to featured events and entertainment in and around the Douglas Shire this week.

Crispin Hull shares his weekly op-ed on why we should vote Yes to the Voice….”surely after more than two centuries of dispossession; marginalisation; and attempted extermination by force or assimilation we (everyone who has the right to vote) can acknowledge the Indigenous people of Australia in a clause in the Constitution and that they should have a means of expressing their views on matters of concern to them and that those views should be listened to…”