Ernesto's Manifesto

by Belligerent Bruce

Ernesto's Manifesto

Ethics? What are Ethics?

(See link below for my article on the need for an ICAC)

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At the Gates of Hell!

Yes, it is a confronting image, the photos and footage of these deadly fires is confronting in more ways than one. Thank-you to all our Firefighters and Defence Personnel battling their hearts out to save lives and property in these unprecedented...

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The Christmas Spirit

As we hurtle headlong into another Christmas let us pause and reflect on our City Council’s free parking trial in the CBD over the months of December and January. Anecdotal evidence suggests the free parking is being very well received by shoppers...

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Two Leafs Better Than None.

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Daddy Who???

What a great time to be in Shepparton last weekend! Ross Wilson live at the Shepparton Golf Club on Friday night and the Fryers Street food Festival on Saturday evening. Friday evening saw almost 200 people attend the ripping live show of Ross...

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Council’s rubbish response

Hi everyone, I just thought I would share with you the response I received from Cr Seema Abdullah with regard to my recent blog on Rubbish dumping and hard rubbish collections and call for council to declare a climate emergency. Feel free to add...

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From The Archives

Snake is an unwelcome hitchhiker

January 26, 1979 An unwelcome hitchhiker caused considerable problems for a visitor to Echuca on Monday. Geoff Francis of Sunbury stopped to check the oil and water in his late model Falcon only to find a healthy tiger snake resting on the radiator...

Shepparton News
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Community involvement goes a total way!

August 10, 1984 Total Tracy Pty Ltd is more than just a depot for petroleum products. Anyone who has driven past the Shepparton High School and seen the Total Tracy complex will know that. Total Tracy started 13 years ago as a private company with...

Shepparton News
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Tattslotto winner ‘felt in her bones’ she would win

January 9, 1979 Mrs May Fentham, 78, of Congupna is $85 602 and 32¢ richer. A very calm and collected lady, Mrs Fentham was one of the 10 first division lotto winners.“I wasn’t surprised, I had a feeling in my bones I would...

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Showjumping at Caniambo

August 15, 1984 Many pony club members were involved in the showjumping at Caniambo on Sunday. From all reports the jumping was of a high standard over excellent courses. Congratulations to Trevor Cuthbert who came home with three ribbons and...

Shepparton News
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Forced landing at Shepparton

August 15, 1984 A Sud-Horizon single engine aircraft made a forced landing at Shepparton Airport yesterday. The pilot, Ralph Emery, from Urana, NSW, made the landing after an oil line worked loose and oil spilt onto the exhaust making a lot of...

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God Help Us

Today I was going to talk about the incompetent minister for (rising) emissions, Angus Taylor. Yes the man of Watergate, Grassgate and Clovergate fame. The man who continuously lied to Barrie Cassidy on “Insiders” a few months ago when asked about...

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Council should introduce hard rubbish collection

This is the latest rubbish dumping effort in the Goulburn River precinct. This problem has been going on for years. I wrote about it in my manifesto last year and called for Greater Shepparton City Council to (among other things) give a free tip...

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What a load of Rubbish!

The latest rubbish dumping effort in the Goulburn River precinct is pictured above. I don’t know what the hell it is but its big and obviously under investigation as it is surrounded by tape. This problem has been going on for years. I wrote about...

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Protest reaction is conservative hypocrisy

Conservative commentators and politicians across the country are once again engaging in breathtaking acts of hypocrisy, this time in their reaction to the Extinction Rebellion protests happening around the world. In a nutshell they claim that...

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Parking faux pas

Greta has obviously hit a raw nerve when conservative commentators like Andrew Bolt resort to attacking this courageous girls mental state -”If you can’t play the ball, play the man”

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Vic Roads Fail

If you regularly drive the Goulburn Valley and Hume Freeways to Melbourne, I am sure there are may things that frustrate you over the journey. Among some of the frustrations one encounters, you would have to count idiots driving in the right lane...

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False Economy

What does the Numurkah Tyre Dump, the Illegal Toxic Waste Dumps and the Flammable Cladding scandal all have in common? Go to the top of the class if your answer was they all have, or will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars to rectify...

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Responsible Gambling AFL?-You Betcha!

In the mid 1950’s there were only two places on the planet that had Poker Machines, Las Vegas and NSW. You could be forgiven for thinking you were on a different planet now when you look at the explosion of gaming machines worldwide but especially...

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Mall Malaise.

Back in the spring of 1989 I was volunteering as the Program Director for Community Radio Station 3ONE-FM. One of the first live broadcasts undertaken by the newly licensed station was to cover the official opening of the Maude Street Mall. This was...

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A Puzzling Choice

I would like to start this Manifesto with warm congratulations to Damien Drum on his electoral victory in the seat of Nichols, but I ask you to consider the following. When the good people of Nichols headed off to their local hall, school or church...

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Ernesto’s Election Edict!

Those regular readers of Ernesto’s Manifesto would be disappointed if there was no election commentary in the week before the Federal Election. Indeed some readers have been asking for my take on the goings on especially in relation to local issues...

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Rallye-ing together for a vital cause.

“We went to the Rally as our favourite musician, Getting to Holmesglen,we needed a magician, Going up the wrong roads, Increased the stress loads, But having fun, raising money, thats the tradition.“ The winning limerick at the 24th annual “Goulburn...

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