News Briefs and Updates

Fill your car with biofuels, says BP
28 January 2006 ... The Australian
THE chief scientist for global energy giant BP says it's time to "get serious" about filling our petrol tanks with alternative fuels.

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By 2055, travel will be a rare luxury
28 January 2006 ... The Australian
LONDON: The right to travel when and where we please will be severely eroded over the next 50 years as the shortage of cheap oil and environmental concerns force us to lead more local lives, according to a British government report.

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ABS - Australian Wine and Grape Industry, 2005
Latest ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 25/01/2006
The record year of 2003-04 for the Australian wine and grape industry was surpassed in 2004-05 with increases in harvest, crush and wine production levels.

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The Starlight Cinema came to Edi Upper last Saturday night. The evening started with a bar-b-q put on by the Edi-Upper Tennis Club and was followed by an outdoor cinema presentation of 'Thr Incredibles" courtesy of the RCoW.

It was a night of some drama with an electrical storm knocking out the power around 6.00pm. Rural ingenuity came to the rescue with a couple of movie goers rushing home to get their portable generators - one to keep the drinks cold and the other to run the projector.

Whilst the outdoor cinema might be a novelty to Wangaratta residents, this type of event is highly apprecuiated by small rural communities an it provides an opportunity to bring the local community together. The RCoW should be encouraged to provide this service to all of the small communities in the municipality on a cyclic basis.