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		<title>Happy (wet) new year</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/happy-wet-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a very wet Bright. Rained heavily all night.
Anyway, welcome to 2010 &#8211; the last year of the decade, not the first.
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		<title>Quarry to get the go-ahead</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/quarry-to-get-the-go-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Councillors reject quarry application 4 votes to 2 ~ see new report @ foot of post
Council report dismisses 22 objectors &#38; &#8216;Significant Landscape&#8217; overlay
Alpine council planning staff have recommended approval of a controversial proposal to develop an extractive industry over a 5 hectare site bordering the Buckland River. The site is near the popular Sinclair&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9121&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Too busy to blog</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/too-busy-to-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a lot to do before Christmas so that&#8217;s why I haven&#8217;t written much lately, but I&#8217;ll get back to it soon. I haven&#8217;t tossed it in (unlike a lot of others). You can&#8217;t get rid of me. I&#8217;ll be around &#8230;.. Merry Christmas.
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		<title>Council to announce bushfire safer sites</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/council-to-announce-bushfire-safer-sites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alpine council is to (finally) announce four places of last resort at its meeting on Tuesday 22 December. It will also consider four draft Township Protection Plans, although they are still not finalised and are to be &#8217;opened for community comment&#8217;. The four Neighbourhood Safer Places are: 
Bright &#38; Wandiligong: Pioneer Park, Bright &#8211; oval and pavilion
Harrietville: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9064&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wally takes another break</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/wally-takes-another-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having now returned from the wilds of outback Victoria, anonymous local blogger &#8216;Torres&#8217; aka Wal Willow (who I believe is Lee Rosser) might have finally decided to give up on his highly derogatory &#38; defamatory website. At least that&#8217;s what his latest post seems to suggest:
I’ve decided to extend my break from both blogs, Alpine Opinion and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9111&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Rodders here to stay</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/hot-rodders-here-to-stay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This won&#8217;t please the backwards-thinking stick-in-the-muds in the town of Bright (like Lee Rosser &#38; Nick Malkin) but, despite the Alpine council reneging on its promise to purchase a marquee, the Northern Suburbs Hot Rod Club is definitely returning next year to hold the 20th anniversary of the enormously popular Bright Rod Run. And it looks like they&#8217;ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9092&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What the hell is a &#8216;Great Alpine Time Machine&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/what-the-hell-is-a-great-alpine-time-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And why do we need one?
I&#8217;ll let this press release from the Alpine council speak for itself and offer no comment &#8230; because I&#8217;ve no idea of what the hell this &#8220;time machine&#8221; will look like or how useful it will be. Some graphics and more detail might have helped &#8211; I mean, you are spending [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9099&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No drought in North East Victoria</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/no-drought-in-north-east-victoria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bright Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the grass is greener in Bright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All water restrictions to be lifted
The news that North East Water is to lift all water restrictions  in Wodonga and other North East towns serviced by the Murray River from 1 January confirms what has been apparent to me for most of the year &#8211; the drought in these parts is all but over, we&#8217;ve had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9094&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Pull it down&#8221; says Malkin</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/pull-it-down-says-malkin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpine Shire Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coles debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lee rosser]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wally #2 seems to think he&#8217;s The law
With Wal Willow #1 (Lee Rosser) away on holiday, this week was the turn of Wally #2 (Nick Malkin) to speak on behalf of the Save Bright group of miscreants and malcontents. It must have been a rather unique experience for Nick who usually prefers to slander speak under an alias.
Nick seems [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9080&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wall height farce to continue</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/wall-height-farce-to-continue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpine Shire Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pettiness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A somewhat red-faced Alpine council has finally released a statement regarding the so-called dispute over the wall heights of  the Woolworths supermarket in Bright (under construction) and the VCAT directions hearing held on Friday. This is it, a total of two sentences! But it&#8217;s what they haven&#8217;t said that is really important. My further comment follows the council [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9074&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Black day for climate change</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/black-day-for-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copenhagen protest turns ugly
Look, if you are going to join a protest march against global warming here&#8217;s a tip:
Don&#8217;t go dressing up like this and disguising yourself.
And don&#8217;t turn it into a violent &#8216;let&#8217;s bring down capitalism&#8217; protest a la the G20 riots.
All you are proving is that you are a violent coward ~ and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9069&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New email address</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/new-email-address/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please note that the new email address for Alpine Opinion is alpineopinion@gmail.com. Please use this for all queries, tips, complaints (!) or, um, to congratulate me for running a fair &#38; balanced website that promotes the town of Bright as it should be promoted &#8211; i.e. as it really is.
The ray @ grevilleagardens . com address [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9066&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wally takes a holiday</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/wally-takes-a-holiday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anonymous internet abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[He&#8217;s gone camping !
This comment was made yesterday in a post at that other blog by the owner ‘Torres’ (who I believe is Lee Rosser):
… (name supressed to protect the innocent) and I have taken the girls out of school early and are heading off mañana por la mañana to the Grampians for a bit of camping &#38; bushwalking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9055&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VCAT ruling on Woolworths</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/vcat-ruling-on-woolworths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The VCAT directions hearing over the controversy concerning the height of the Bright Woolworths supermarket walls (under construction) is being held today. Hopefully we&#8217;ll have some news on it later this afternoon. Somehow I doubt Woolies will be ordered to stop work, despite the efforts of our anti-development councillors and a handful of troublemakers, who have been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9051&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joseph&#8217;s gotta go</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/josephs-gotta-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update Friday 11 December: Thomsen&#8217;s not on air today either and we&#8217;ve been switched through to ABC Western Victoria again. I just heard the weather forecasts for Swan Hill, Mildura, The Mallee and The Wimmera. And get this, today is &#8216;Dull Dave&#8217;s&#8217; last day &#8211; he&#8217;s retiring! Maybe Joseph should do likewise. 
He just doesn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9045&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Skiing stuffed</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/skiing-stuffed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian ski fields could be on their last legs
Our nearby ski resorts of Mt Hotham, Dinner Plain &#38; Falls Creek have no future, according to this ABC report  that warns climate change could mean the end of the Australian ski-fields:
 Snow cover has already reduced by a third in some areas and the end-of-season melt is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9031&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Warning: I&#8217;m a sociopath</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/warning-im-a-sociopath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This latest comment from Lee Rosser&#8217;s anonymous &#8216;blog of shame&#8217; is worth a post on its own. I think it shows how obsessed he&#8217;s become. It&#8217;s written under an alias (of course) and you really have to wonder what drives some people to write crap like this. As I said earlier, if Lee and Nick [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9023&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Copenhagen summit</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-copenhagen-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you, but from the press coverage I&#8217;ve seen so far of the climate change summit going on in Denmark, I am far from impressed. That opening &#8216;promo&#8217; showing a little girl screaming over rising sea levels and other effects of climate change was just ridiculous &#8211; truly cringeworthy stuff. Okay, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9021&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VCAT to go to &#8216;the wall&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/vcat-to-go-to-the-wall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if Lee &#38; Nick will be asked to give evidence?
A VCAT directions hearing is to be held this Friday regarding the dispute over the wall heights of the Woolworths supermarket in Bright, which is presently under construction and due for completion early next year.
The Alpine council has applied for a ruling on whether or not the offending wall is to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9009&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sophie gets a promotion</title>
		<link>http://alpineopinion.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/sophie-gets-a-promotion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the Shadow Minister for Nuclear Energy &#8230; er, nothing
In this exclusive report, I bring our electorate of Indi some really great news. 
New Liberal leader Tony Abbott has rewarded local MP Sophie Mirabella for her anti-ETS and anti-Turnbull stance by promoting her to the front bench of his new shadow cabinet. Mirabella is to be the new Liberal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpineopinion.wordpress.com&blog=916178&post=9003&subd=alpineopinion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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