Over-Exposed

Customers lose their rights

 
Oct 12, 2012

Heathersmith

OVER-EXPOSED

By Northern Exposure Editor HEATHER SMITH

A RECENT dining experience at a waterside seafood restaurant in Brisbane left me as non-plussed as the watery, tasteless Moreton Bay bugs.

It was my father’s 85th birthday – a milestone in anyone’s language but even more important for a lung cancer sufferer who was already two years past his use-by date.

Branch stacking undermines forum's integrity

 
Jul 13, 2012

Heathersmith

OVER-EXPOSED

By Northern Exposure Editor HEATHER SMITH

SHAMEFUL. That’s the only way to describe Wednesday night’s neighbourhood forum meeting in Helensburgh which saw an influx of “interested parties” at the expense of the regular attendees.

A core group of about 10-15 residents turn up at NF1 meetings every month, no matter what the weather or their circumstances. These regulars thought they would be deciding who would be their next spokesperson on matters of local concern but the NSW tradition of branch stacking proved otherwise.

Australia Day no cause for celebration

 
Jan 28, 2012
Heathersmith

OVER-EXPOSED

By Northern Exposure Editor HEATHER SMITH

THE four-year-old grandson was visiting on Australia Day so I decided to tell him what the day commemorated.

“It’s the day the British invaded and killed many of the Aboriginals who were the original inhabitants of this land,” I explained.

“So why is it a celebration?” he asked innocently.

Indeed.

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