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Category Archives: News
New Sewage System – What I’ve learnt today 8 July 2020
On the 29th June 2020 David Spiers MP, Minister for Environment and Water wrote to me (and I’m sure you too) that he directed SA Water to transfer all properties that are currently connected to the Community Wastewater Management System … Continue reading
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Tagged Banksia Park, catchment, community waste water, cost, coulls, coulls rd, council, cwms, Government, jasper, road, sa water, sewage, sewer, sewerage, speirs, steventon, steventon drive, Tea Tree Gully
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Penalties for MP’s and Senators who are disqualified from sitting in Parliament
It’s time for a change to the law that sets penalties for MP’s and Senators who are disqualified from sitting in Parliament. Just the 45th Parliament (2016 to present) Justin Keay (Labor) – Citizenship[i] Josh Wilson (Labor) – Citizenship[ii] Susan … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Australian, change law, constitution, court, disqualified, penalty, politician
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Target out of stock of 3 arm mens jumpers from catalogue
Target’s latest catalogue has an advertisement on thier front page with a picture of a son, mother, father and daugter all wearing what looks like very comfortable fleece jumpers. The mens one is interesting as it’s got 3 arms, 2 … Continue reading
robertwarner1965@gmail.com – Gumtree / Paypal buyer scam
We’re selling our Ford Focus on Gumtree and got an SMS which we replied to as requested. NOTE: Didn’t check the phone number the SMS came from. It was +16786617688. Obviously not an Australian phone number which for anyone reading … Continue reading
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Tagged 16786617688, robertwarner1965@gmail.com, scam
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Recal of American Currency
It looks like the US government has figured out how to get itself out of the financial problems it’s in. Watch the Onion News Network cover as Ronald Schuler, treasury spokesman announces the recal at a press conference.
Posted in News, YouTube finds
Tagged bailout, broke, cash, currency, Government, Onion News, recal, treasury, US
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Plane crashes on landing at Adelaide Airport, South Australia
Adelaide, South Australia – Saturday 27th September 2008 In front of about a thousand spectators, the King Air B200 Twin Engine Corporate Charter VH-URU on a charter flight from Adelaide to Kangaroo Island crash landed on Runway 30 (South East … Continue reading
New version of Banksia Park Weather online!
Finally got around to changing the Banksia Park Weather Station site to its new version moving the Flash movie off to a sub page and using JavaScript to keep the ‘static’ page updated every 25 seconds. It’s got more features … Continue reading
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Tagged Adelaide, Banksia Park, rain, sa, south australia, Tea Tree Gully, temp, temperature, Weather, wind
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Telstra moves more Australian jobs to India
A comical help desk call from a customer with a very strong Australian slang to the Telstra India help desk with an agent that has a very strong Indian accent and doesn’t understand many of the Australian slang terms. It … Continue reading
Banksia Park Weather goes live
Finally Banksia Park, SA has weather information available to it’s residents live and on-line. With the type of land around Banksia Park the Bureau of Meteorology sites just don’t provide a clear picture with the closest being Parafield Airport. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Banksia Park, humidity, local, rainfall, station, Tea Tree Gully, temperature, Weather, wind
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Fighter jet crashes into trees at Monarto, South Australia
Saturday, 26th May 2007 Monarto, South Australia. A F-18 Hornet fighter jet suffers engine failure just near the Monarto Zoo about 45 minutes east of Adelaide in South Australia. The pilot desperately tried to get the plane down safely however … Continue reading