Media Release Dubbo Regional Council should adhere to its own policies Dubbo Regional Council has a dedicated Drought Hub page on its Web Site and, under the ‘Drought Management Plan’ is an approved document that outlines the full D…
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I would argue that I have a desire for extremely accurate data on which to make decisions but some may argue that I have OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) tendencies, either way I remember growing up and utilising the services of Australia’s …
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Not only does the world we live in change around us but our knowledge of that world also changes. It took until 1543 when Copernicus published his planetary model with the sun at the centre for people to start viewing the planets differently. JJ Thom…
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Since 1768, a small group of people had a very prestigious job. They held a University degree – sometimes plural – and were regarded as the wisest in the land. Parents were filled with pride when they told their friends that one of their …
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Media release Wave goodbye to the Tour de OROC peloton on Monday morning The 2019 version of the Toyota Tour de OROC is ready to roll and the organisers are inviting all the public to wave the riders goodbye on the first morning. The riders and suppo…
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For the sake of the technical discussion, assume for a moment that I particularly dislike the CEO of a fictional company, Blue Widgets Galore (BWG), and also assume I have a very nasty vindictive streak (this is hypothetical remember!). If I have som…
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“Witchcraft to the ignorant…simple science to the learned.” And with that simple statement, science fiction writer, Leigh Brackett, summed up much of the technological environment we see today. The more famous version of that senti…
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The Simpson Desert is 176,500 square kilometres of barren landscape. Many years ago I rode a mountain bike across this desert—not really a smart thing to do, I admit. Five days of riding from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The last thing I wanted to ha…
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