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		<title>Wollombi Valley Online News</title>
		<description>News from Wollombi Valley</description>
		<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/</link>
		<copyright>Wollombi Valley Online</copyright>
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			<title><![CDATA[WVAC Arts News March/April 2010]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Inside Art
Traditional Valley Art
Marek Zayler Painter
Emerging Artists Awards]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.org/news/display/821</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:19 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.org/news/display/821</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Bronnie Aliotti]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wollombi Planning]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Cessnock 2020 Community Plan Workshop
Sydney Balalaika Orchestra
Arts, Crafts and Produce Competition and Exhibition 
Clause 10 (CLEP 1989) issue in the Draft LEP
LEP Working Party meeting 
Community Planning]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/818</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:47 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/818</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Peter Firminger]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Meeting March 10, 2010 - Wollombi Valley Working Party (draft LEP)]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Response from Frederic Aubineau after the first Wollombi Valley Working Party (draft LEP)]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/819</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:29 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/819</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Frederic Aubineau]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cricket at Laguna]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[This correspondent has been somewhat lax in reporting the progress of our own cricket team to date, so here's the season in a nutshell.

16 games won
2 games lost
2 games washed out]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/816</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:32 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/816</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Wojt Kowaluk]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cessnock Council not interested in amalgamation]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Cessnock City Council wants no part of any proposed council that would amalgamate it with Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland and Port Stephens.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.cessnockadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/cessnock-council-not-interested-in-amalgamation/1772183.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:49 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/811</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[The Advertiser]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Review Paper - Clause 10]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Review paper on Clause 10 and correspondence on the Wollombi Valley Working Party (Draft LEP) from Paul Flemming]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/809</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:42 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/809</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Paul Flemming]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Addition of Clause 10 to the new LEP]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Paul and Priscilla Flemming to Bo Moshage on 25 February, the day after the presentation to Council by WVAC]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/808</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:37 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/808</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Paul and Priscilla Flemming]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Coming Week]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Cessnock Regional Art Gallery - Hadyn Wilson and Penny Walton
Council LEP Presentations]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/807</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:12 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/807</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Peter Firminger]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Catchment News - Issue 27 - March 2010]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The newsletter of the Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority (CMA) for March 2010]]></description>
			<link>http://www.hcr.cma.nsw.gov.au/enews_march2010.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:17 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/806</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[CMA]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kurri Animal Shelter to have longer operating hours]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Cessnock Greens Councillor Chris Parker successfully moved that the operating hours of the Kurri Animal Shelter are to be increased to five hours per day.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/803</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:08 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/803</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Cessnock Kurri Greens]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Aircraft Noise Now A Problem in Cessnock]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Problems with aircraft noise over Nulkaba are a direct result of a poor decision by a majority of Cessnock Councillors to allow parachute drops in a nearby winery.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/802</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:55 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/802</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Cessnock Kurri Greens]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[BooBook Declaration Action]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[More than 60 groups have already signed the Boobook Declaration marking the International Year of Biodiversity.]]></description>
			<link>http://gwca.org.au/news/display/799</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:33 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://gwca.org.au/news/display/799</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Meg Switzer]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cessnock District Cricket report - 27 February 2010]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[4th Grade: Paxton (Laguna) 7/153 (E. Smith 38no, Craig Howe 37, J. Minchen 2-32 off 10, S. Wilkinson 2-16 off 6) defeated Greta/Branxton 57 (A. Partridge 19, K. Wilkinson 13, S. Sullivan 4-18 off 8.3, T. Williams 4-15 off 4, J. Bailey 2-21 off 5)]]></description>
			<link>http://www.cessnockadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/cricket/cessnock-district-cricket-report/1766029.aspx?storypage=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:26 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/800</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Mark Bercini (The Advertiser)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[E-waste Collection Day]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[As you may be aware Singleton Council has organised an e-waste collection day for Saturday 6 March - this coming Saturday.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/805</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:18 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/805</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Mike Wilson]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[AGL to drill eight new core holes exploring for gas at Broke and Bulga]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[AGL will undertake further coal seam exploration in the Broke and Bulga areas despite constant objection by the local community of any coal seam exploration in their village.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.singletonargus.com.au/news/local/news/general/agl-to-drill-eight-new-core-holes-exploring-for-gas-at-broke-and-bulga/1765087.aspx?storypage=0</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:53 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/804</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Singleton Argus]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hunter development calls in receivers]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[RECEIVERS have moved in to take control of the Hunter Economic Zone, which the state government once predicted would be the biggest employment lands development in the state, providing more than 10,000 jobs and attracting $2 billion in investment.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/hunter-development-calls-in-receivers-20100301-pdl3.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:17 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/797</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Matthew Moore (SMH)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[White Elephant Industrial Zone should become a National Park]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Cessnock Greens Councillor James Ryan is calling on the NSW Government the convert the Hunter Employment Zone into National Park after its parent company, HEZ P/L, was placed in receivership.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/798</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:20 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/798</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Cessnock Kurri Greens]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Foggy Mountain Jam 2010]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos from Foggy Mountain Jam 2010]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/796</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:04 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/796</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Peter Firminger]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[WVAC Aboriginal Arts &amp; Culture sub-committee LEP Presentation]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Aboriginal Arts &amp; Culture sub committee of the WVAC lodged a submission with Cessnock Council supporting Heritage conservation of sites in Wollombi - Feb 24 2010]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.org/culture/lep-presentation.cfm</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:33 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.org/news/display/795</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Claude Aliotti]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[From the Mayors Desk - 26 February 2010]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[More than 100 people attended what was an extraordinarily interesting and lively debate at the Performing Arts Centre last week. My thanks to our outstanding public speakers who took the topic, "We should let the future of Cessnock look after itself" and mounted very persuading arguments for and against.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/794</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:34 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/794</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Alison Davey]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Council moves to protect wine region]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Cessnock council is developing a long-term strategy to protect wine growing areas in response to concerns about an increased number of housing developments.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/24/2828610.htm</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:39 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/801</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[ABC News]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cessnock District Cricket report - 20 February 2010]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[4th Grade: Paxton (Laguna) 4/114 (D. Jackson 52, W. Kowaluk 15, D. Burgess 13no) defeated Greta/Branxton 112 (K. Wilkinson 47, S. Wilkinson 39, D. Jackson 5-9 off 8, A. Taylor 3-20 off 6, J. Bailey 2-26 off 7).]]></description>
			<link>http://www.cessnockadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/cricket/cessnock-district-cricket-report/1759781.aspx?storypage=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:19 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/793</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Mark Bercini (The Advertiser)]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Birds in Backyards returns to Wollombi]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Having built the Birds in Backyards website for Birds Australia (in partnership with the Australian Museum) in 2005, I am happy to announce that the website is back in the Webboy family of "Online Community" websites, being hosted on Webboy servers again.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wollombivalley.net/2010/02/birds-in-backyards-returns-to-wollombi.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:59 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/791</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Peter Firminger]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Folk will flock to Broke]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[THE deadline for performer applications for this year's Folk in Broke festival has now passed and according to the event's artistic director Maureen O'Brien, 2010 has seen a record number of entries.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.singletonargus.com.au/news/local/news/general/folk-will-flock-to-broke/1758476.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:16 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/792</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Singleton Argus]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Paynes Crossing Road Closures]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Due to roadworks, Paynes Crossing Road, between Cunneens Bridge and Williams Bridge will be closed between the hours of 9:30am and 2:30pm Monday to Friday]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/events/display/1492</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:12 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/790</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Cessnock City Council]]></author>
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