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AI turns everything to custard

My grandson came home from school the other day with a one-page handout about National Simultaneous StoryTime 2026. It was a two-sided sheet with activities relating to this laudable event, which is organised by the Australian Library and Information Association. The idea of the event is that school pupils all over Australia get to read or listen to a particular book that has been chosen by the association - at the same time. The handout my grandson brought home was produced to complement the event. Apart from the front page illustration for colouring in, there were…

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The Co-operative Colliery, Plattsburg

My late friend Dulcie Hartley wrote about the Co-operative Colliery at Plattsburg as a follow-up to her work on the life and career of "The Miners' Advocate": James Fletcher. I've transcribed her unpublished typescript. Chapter 1 follows: The following account attempts to summarise the development of the nineteenth century coal mining industry in the Newcastle district, with emphasis on the movement towards unionism and the co-operative system. With a particular focus on the emergence of the New South Wales Co-operative Coal Mining Company at Plattsburg, near Wallsend, and the role played by James Fletcher. Chapter 1:…

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Is the dollar worth a war?

Opinion by Greg Ray. May 11, 2026 We are all being dragged, slowly but surely, into a global war. Shouldn't we be asking why? And if we think we know why, shouldn't we be asking if those reasons justify the known and unknown costs? War is a big deal. Ask any of the unfortunate people whose countries have been subjected to violent assault from one direction or another over the past several decades. War can take away everything you care about. It can strip away the thin veneer of civilization that we who still have it…

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