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		<title>Wollombi Valley Online News</title>
		<description>News from Wollombi Valley</description>
		<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/</link>
		<copyright>Wollombi Valley Online</copyright>
		<lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:10 +1100</lastBuildDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wollombi Valley Update - 3 September 2010]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[New Council GM, Wollombi Valley Events List, Cessnock Council update and New State Movement news.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wollombivalley.net/2010/09/wollombi-valley-update-3-september-2010.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:49 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1326</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Peter Firminger]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cessnock councillors split on motion]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[AT a time when they should show a united front, Cessnock councillors were more divided than ever last night.
Greens councillor James Ryans notice of motion to seek legal opinion on planning minister Tony Kellys decision to strip the council of most of its planning powers created angry debate and name calling around the seating horseshoe.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/cessnock-councillors-split-on-motion/1930235.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1323</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Donna Sharpe (The Herald)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Folk in Broke Newsletter - September 2010]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Attached is our Spring newsletter... its rather meaty and includes the saturday/sunday festival program... weve got a huge weekend planned for you with so much to hear, see, taste, and do - you wont want to miss it!]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1317</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:14 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1317</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Maureen O'Brien]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[New general manager appointed to Cessnock City Council]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Mayor of Cessnock, Cr. Alison Davey has confirmed that Cessnock City Council has made an offer of employment for the position of General Manager with the organisation.
"It gives me great pleasure to announce that Ms. Lea Rosser has accepted the position of General Manager with Cessnock City Council and she will bring with her a wealth of experience gained in local government, public service and private enterprise."]]></description>
			<link>http://www.cessnockadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/new-general-manager-appointed-to-cessnock-city-council/1928889.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:05 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1318</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[The Advertiser]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quorrobolong girl finalist in Optus Sound Scribe competition]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Budding music writer Jessica Willard could secure Cessnock a major gig through a national online blog competition. Jessica, of Quorrobolong, has made the top 40 of the inaugural Optus Sound Scribe competition.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.cessnockadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/quorrobolong-girl-finalist-in-optus-sound-scribe-competition/1928885.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:02 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1319</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[The Advertiser]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[36 Months of Wollombi Valley Online]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Wollombi Valley Online continues to grow steadily into the third year of production. Still unfunded and totally independent.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1316</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:52 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1316</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Peter Firminger]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Protection of the Environment Operations (Clean Air) Regulation 2010]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Regulation revises the local government areas in which the control of burning provisions apply, provides for an automatic exemption from the requirement to fit certain anti-pollution devices to certain table-top trucks used on farms (an application for exemption is currently required), revises the percentage ethanol content for petrol to be considered prescribed blended petrol and makes other minor amendments.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1308</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:28 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1308</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[NSW Legislation]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Greens MP resigns from NSW Parliament]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[There is more movement on the Upper House benches of New South Wales parliament, with yet another resignation. Greens MLC Sylvia Hale was not planning to contest next Marchs state election but she has decided to leave early and will formally hand in her resignation on Friday. Her party has already selected her replacement - Sydney lawyer David Shoebridge.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/31/2998205.htm?site=newcastle</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:39 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1312</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[ABC News]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[A new state for New England]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Now that the combination of the independents with a resurgence of North Queensland new state interest has put new states back on the agenda, I have watched with a degree of bemusement as the same old arguments against are re-cycled.

It is now 150 years since the first attempt to create a new state in Northern New South Wales. From 1915, there were waves of sustained agitation for New England self-government. The name New England itself was adopted at a convention in Maitland in 1932. This agitation forced, among other things, two Royal Commissions in NSW, a Commonwealth Royal Commission into the constitution and the formation of an all-party Commonwealth Parliamentary inquiry into the constitution.]]></description>
			<link>http://newenglandaustralia.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-state-for-new-england.html</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:14 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1325</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Jim Belshaw]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sanctuary Villages - Emails raising queries]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[THE controversial Hardie Holdings Sanctuary Villages development that could double Millfield/Paxtons population was comprehensively rejected when first proposed to former planning minister Frank Sartor, court documents have shown.
Mr Sartor "did not support any of it" and gave Hardies "a bit of a lecture" during a meeting with the company in December 2005, according to an internal Planning Department email tendered in evidence at a breach of contract case brought by former Hunter regional director Steve Brown.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/emails-raising-queries/1926479.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:00 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1294</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Joanne McCarthy (The Herald)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Legal advice on Cessnock panel appointment]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[CESSNOCK councillor James Ryan wants to obtain legal advice on whether Planning Minister Tony Kelly acted in a "reasonable and lawful" manner in appointing a planning panel to Cessnock City Council.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/legal-advice-on-cessnock-panel-appointment/1926478.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:00 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1295</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Donna Sharpe (The Herald)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon re-elected]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Australian Labor Party has maintained its power in the Hunter region with Joel Fitzgibbon being re-elected to the seat on Saturday.
While other Labor candidates may have struggled to maintain the same amount of support they received in the 2007 election Mr Fitzgibbon was again well ahead of his competition.

At the time of publication yesterday the returning Member for Hunter had just under 40,000 votes and 54.91 per cent.]]></description>
			<link>http://huntervalleynews.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/joel-fitzgibbon-reelected/1926551.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:40 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1320</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Jamie Fakes (Hunter Valley News)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Council gets new manager]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[FORMER general manager of Canada Bay and Auburn councils, Lea Rosser, has accepted a position as general manager with Cessnock City Council.]]></description>
			<link>http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=NCH1008284I26IIDO3MQ</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:00 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1297</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Donna Sharpe (The Herald)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Widow used and abused by NSW Planning Minister]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A MOUNT Vincent woman says she has been "used and bloody abused" after NSW Planning Minister Tony Kelly used her eight-year battle with Cessnock City Council to limit the councils planning powers, and then his department said this week there was nothing it could do for her.
"I dont believe any of them now," said Wendy Bishop, who has fought since 2002 to build a house on land bought at a council unpaid rates auction.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/widow-used-and-abused-by-nsw-planning-minister/1925883.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:00 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1290</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Joanne McCarthy (The Herald)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spouse in Hickey affair may run against MP]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[THE man who raised Kerry Hickeys baby for six months until uncovering the Cessnock MPs affair with a parliamentary staffer has slammed Premier Kristina Keneallys "shameful" response and threatened to stand against Mr Hickey at the state election.
An outraged David Kuta called for a public apology to himself after Ms Keneally failed to mention him in a statement released to the Newcastle Herald on Thursday.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/spouse-in-hickey-affair-may-run-against-mp/1925841.aspx?storypage=0</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:00 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1291</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Joanne McCarthy (The Herald)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[The power of one]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Electoral backlash against the major parties could work for independents at the state poll, writes FRANCES THOMPSON. VOTER disapproval is forming against Labor in the Hunter Region and jostling has already begun in two vulnerable seats - Cessnock and Newcastle - that may see a wave of independent candidates at the March 2011 state election.]]></description>
			<link>http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=NCH100828175324EM3NH</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:00 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1298</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Frances Thompson (The Herald)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wollombi Update - 27 August 2010 (late edition)]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[What an interesting week this has been! Mr Rabbit must have stopped the boats as he hasnt mentioned that massive invasion of diseased terrorists since last Saturday! Whew... Lucky we had an election to sort that threat out. Its amazing what can get fixed over a weekend every few of years (or weeks maybe).]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wollombivalley.net/2010/08/wollombi-update-27-august-2010-late.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:27 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1289</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Peter Firminger]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Is Fracking Even Worse Than Drilling?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Although the natural gas industry rejects it, critics say fracking can poison water supplies. They also say it uses large amounts of fresh water and generates large amounts of wastewater with limited disposal options.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/27-0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:28 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wage.org.au/news/display/1292</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[William Fisher (Common Dreams) [WAGE]]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pollution package ignores calls for health study]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The state government says they are listening to community concerns, but they arent listening closely enough.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.singletonargus.com.au/blogs/voice-of-the-argus/pollution-package-ignores-calls-for-health-study/1925538.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:27 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1305</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Di Sneddon (Singleton Argus)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ungooroo Aboriginal Corporation &amp; Newcastle Yarteen College partnership]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A NEW partnership between Ungooroo Aboriginal Corporation and Newcastle based Yarteen College will create better pathways to employment for Singletons Aboriginal people.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.singletonargus.com.au/news/local/news/general/ungooroo-aboriginal-corporation-newcastle-yarteen-college-partnership/1925445.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:42 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1303</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Singleton Argus]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[ALP challenged in Cessnock]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Fed up with Cessnocks "political soap opera", Cr Dale Troy will stand against sitting member Kerry Hickey at the March state election. Cr Troy said yesterday that the thought of Mr Hickey retaining the seat for another four years was more than he could bear and said the people of the electorate deserved better.

"I want to be the peoples representative in parliament, not the parliaments representative to the people," Cr Troy said.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/alp-challenged-in-cessnock/1924873.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1287</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Donna Sharpe (The Herald)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Performance - September 2010]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Did you think that the characters from Crystal Inlet in Money and Friends were somewhat dysfunctional? Well - just wait for our next production!]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1285</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:12 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1285</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Peter McCloy]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Compliance questioned]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[CESSNOCK City Council could consider legal action against Planning Minister Tony Kellys decision this week to restrict the councils planning role by appointing an independent planning panel. Council will decide tonight whether to seek legal advice about Mr Kellys move and if it complied with the requirements of a 2007 government order covering the appointment of planning panels for unsatisfactory council performance. Under the order Mr Kelly is required to gazette heads of consideration for appointing a panel, and take them into account.]]></description>
			<link>http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=NCH1008258LFDK5M14NL</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1299</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Joanne McCarthy (The Herald)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Political Storm Surrounding Cessnock Council]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A political bunfight is brewing over the removal of some of Cessnock Councils planning powers. Its been claimed the state governments trying to take control of the council, which is run largely by independents and Greens.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.nbntv.com.au/index.php/2010/08/24/political-storm-surrounding-cessnock-council/</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:00 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1275</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[NBN News (Video)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tony Kelly makes up his own reasons to help Labor Contributors]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[NSW Planning Minister Tony Kellys reasons for appointing an Independent Planning Panel are simply ludicrous, apportioning blame to the Council for delays in referrals instead of the NSW Government Departments that hold up DA Processing.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wollombivalley.net/2010/08/tony-kelly-makes-up-his-own-reasons-to.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:08 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/1272</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Peter Firminger]]></author>
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