Hunter Valley Life

David Flynn's Walk to Sydney

2008-10-13T18:53:00.000-07:00

To find out more about David Flynn’s walk head to his website at: http://www.everydayhero.com.au/David_Flynn .

To donate to the walk head to the above website or drop past Muswellbrook Holden or Denman Post Office.

You can also ring the studio on 6543 1588 to donate to the charity auction.

Cam Lavac interview

2008-09-18T15:31:00.001-07:00

To find out where to buy Cam Lavac’s new book, the Majestic XII, visit his website at www.camlavac.com.au

Singleton Relay for Life

2008-09-10T15:13:00.000-07:00

To register for the Singleton Relay for life visit http://www.relayforlife.com.au/nsw or call the Cancer Council’s Newcastle Office on 4961 0988

Grant Application Workshop

2008-09-08T18:30:00.000-07:00

Muswellbrook Shire Council’s Community Grants Officer, Carolyn O’Brien, will be running an application writing workshop at the Muswellbrook Council Chamber on Wednesday, September 17. The following day a similar workshop will be held at the Upper Hunter Council Chambers, at Scone. Both workshops run from 1.30pm until 3.30pm.

To register for the event call Caroline O’Brien on 6549 3796 or email her at Carolyn.obrien@muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au .

Landcare award

2008-09-01T14:46:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday, September 2 we caught up with Dr Paul Willis about the Landcare awards.

To vote in the people’s choice award for a local Landcare project visit their website at http://www.landcareheroes.com

Upper Hunter Drug and Alcohol Service

2008-06-24T17:35:00.001-07:00

To contact the Upper Hunter Drug and Alcohol Service you can call them on 6543 2677, email them at uhdas@bigpond.net.au. You can also contact the Alcohol Drug and Information Service 24 hours a day, seven days a week on 1800 422 599.

Geoffrey Leigh contact information

2008-06-23T17:35:00.001-07:00

To contact Nutritionalist Geoffrey Lee about his Hunter Health Check, or his community health programs send him an email at functionmed@gmail.com or call the 2NM Community Switch on 6543 1588 and we will put you in touch.

Graham's suggestions

2008-05-21T17:21:00.001-07:00

Points that could be added to your email to your local members of Parliament

# This is your Electricity Supply Authority and is not for sale.

# The Premier and the Treasurer are going against the constitution of the very party that got them elected. Morris Iemma and Micheal Costa are going to go down in history as dictators. This is supposed to be a democracy.

# The Labor MPs were elected to office because their Labor Party said it would not sell electricity assets. Did the entire government get elected by lying to the electorate.

# 85% of the public are opposed to the sale. Supporting the sale will be political suicide. Opposition Energy spokesman Peter Debnam resigned his position rather than support it.!

# The ALP pledge (the Labor Party) states that you will follow party lines or face expulsion. It does not state that you follow a leader and treasurer while he breaks the rules and destroys the party in the process.

# This is a democracy and you don't have to be Einstein to see that a vote of 702 to 107 is a resounding NO to privatization. Voting with the Premier and treasurer on this will almost certainly lose you preselection at the next election. You will be going against the very branches that got you there.

# Adding a third party to the electricity industry is seen by the public as only adding to the cost of the final price of the electricity. It will not reduce it.

# Ask why the private owners would build new power stations if the more scarce the commodity gets the higher the price they will get for what they are already generating!

# The people of NSW deserve to have a say in the running of their electricity supply authority. Control of this service should not put in the hands of multinationals that will only run it for profit, putting environmental concerns behind profits.

# If it is so unattractive for our government to own and opperate why are other governments knocking down the doors to get a piece of it.

# The people of NSW should not be treated as the life support for a foreign government or multinational corporation.

# Prices will rise with a carbon tax. This will be the perfect smoke screen for private eneterprise to hide price rises behind.

# If it is unattractive for reasons of price (they say electricity is too cheap right now) to stop further investment in generation then who do they think will ulimately pay for this. For third parties to build new generation the price must skyrocket and the consumer will have to foot the bill.

# Energy efficiency should be looked at first. Gas for electricity should be used for hot water, not inefficiently turning it into electricity and then back to heat for hot water. Apparently there is more money in electricity generation than providing efficient hot water.

# Munmorah Power Station has been labled a dirty old inefficient dinosaur. The committies that have said it should be shut down are shortsighted. Munmorah is the plant that is used as test beds for such things as carbon capture. It has coal plasma ignition systems, doing away with fuel oil. Munmorah may very well provide the answers to save our other coal fired power stations. Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.

# Average annual electricity prices in Australia are Adelaide=$1016 Perth=$808 Darwin=$800 Brisbane=$792 Canberra=$772 Hobart=$744 and

Sydney=$644. (prices from channel 7 sunrise program in April)

# We already have no control over the price of petrol. Now the state government wants to hand over control of our electricity to somebody else. The price of electricity on the spot market can vary from $0 to $20000 a Megawatt hour. The control of this is purely up to the market. The government already owns it and they say they will be able to regulate it when they hand the process over to someone else. I don't think so. That sort of guarantee doesn't have any credibility.

# 99 year leases mean a sale. A 99 year lease on the Kingswood would mean a sale. To say we retain public ownership means we are responsible for cleaning up the site after they leave. It's a shame the Premier thinks we are fools.

# There is something morally wrong with having an asset you, the public, already own sold against your will to provide profits for some foreign government or corporation. We voted for you. We deserve to the platform you were elected on.

# Stop avoiding the obviously massive opposition to the sale and treat the electorate as the electorate who voted for you and not as collateral damage in the process.

Joan Shaw's tips for the Scone Cup

2008-05-21T15:23:00.001-07:00

President of the Scone and Upper Hunter Horse Festival Committee Joan Shaw’s Scone Cup tips.

Gergis;
Party Crasher, or;
Mister Ubiquitous.

Joan would like it known that she makes no guarantee that these horses will win!

Salvo's Red Shield Appeal

2008-05-21T15:15:00.001-07:00

To donate to the Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal call them on 13 SALVOS, drop past any Westpac branch, any Salvation Army store or visit them online at www.salvos.org.au .

Aberdeen Fire Brigade

2008-05-20T13:41:00.001-07:00

For more information on becoming an Aberdeen Fire Fighter call the station on 6543 7488, visit their website at http://www.fire.nsw.gov.au or visit the station during their open day on June 1.

State MPs contact numbers

2008-05-19T13:55:00.000-07:00

Following discussions on Hunter Valley Life about the privatisation of the state�??s electricity sector Graham Laurie from Scone has sent through his list of all Upper and Lower House State Parliamentarians.

He is urging everyone to write or ring each member, and let them know how you feel about the sale.

To download the files right click on them and select �??save target as�??.

Upper House State Members.xls

Lower House State Members.xls

Power sale meeting

2008-05-15T21:12:00.001-07:00

The meeting to discuss the sale of the State Government’s power sell off will be held on Tuesday, May 20 at the Muswellbrook Workers Club from 9am. All members of the public are welcome.

Due to the overwhelming response today (Friday) we will again be taking calls on the sell off on Monday, call us between 10am and 12 noon on 65431 981 or email us at huntervalleylife@gmail.com.

Murrurundi Fire Brigade

2008-05-14T20:05:00.001-07:00

For more information on volunteering to become a fire fighter in Murrurundi call Cameron Smith on 6546 6019 or 0417466584, visit the Fire Brigade’s website at www.fire.nsw.gov.au or visit the station during their open day on June 1.

Ami Williamson

2008-05-05T15:02:00.001-07:00

Ami Williamson paid a visit to Hunter Valley Life on May 6, 2008 following her trip to Iraq to entertain the troops. To find out more about Ami, visit her website at http://www.amiwilliamson.com/ .

Motor Neurone Disease

2008-05-04T16:36:00.001-07:00

For more information, or to donate to the Motor Neurone Disease Association of New South Wales, visit their website at http://www.mndnsw.asn.au/ . Alternatively you can call the Association on 1800 777 175.

Scone and Upper Hunter Horse Festival

2008-04-30T13:35:00.001-07:00

For more information about this year’s Scone and Upper Hunter Horse Festival listen out throughout the festival for our daily updates with committee president Joan Shaw.

For more information visit the festival website at: http://www.horsecapital.com.au/festival .

Singleton Chamber of Commerce

2008-04-29T18:52:00.000-07:00

To contact the Singleton Chamber of Commerce about their upcoming meeting call them on 0400 460 412 or visit their website at www.singletonchamber.org.au.

To find out the latest chamber news listen out for our weekly interview with chamber president Gill Eason.

Catherine Britt interview

2008-04-15T14:10:00.000-07:00

Catherine Britt spoke with Hunter Valley Life on April 16, 2008.

For more information about Catherine Britt’s new album visit her website at: http://www.catherinebritt.com

A Little Bit of Italy

2008-04-09T18:31:00.000-07:00

A Little Bit of Italy in Broke website: http://www.brokefordwich.com.au

Nutitionalist information

2008-03-24T17:51:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Hunter Valley Life

2008-03-15T22:49:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the new look 2NM website and the Hunter Valley Life Page. Check back here to find out more on what's happening on the show, as well as to find out more information about segments on the show.

David Bauche