My addictions began when I learnt to read and write and gradually became a slave to reading and writing. In those bygone days, there were no smartphones, computers or TV. Some neighbours had radios but we had a gramophone. We did not have an unlimited set of gramophone records, so we listened to the few […]
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We were privileged to listen to Emeritus Professor Roland Sussex OAM at our July meeting. He is a specialist in language, communication, culture and health communication. He has held many distinguished positions in Universities and public communication institutions. His presentation was extremely interesting to our members, covering the origins of many of our uniquely Australian […]
Read MoreJuly 2022 is the first issue of The Lake News to be published under new owner, Paul Jackson, and his team. Paul would love your feedback on what you would like us to improve in future issues of The Lake News – send your thoughts to paul@lnp.net.au Our Forest Lake reporter is Jamie Furness. She […]
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Hello Forest Lake. What a pleasure it has been the last few weeks meeting so many of you and hearing your stories. My name is Paul Jackson and as of July 1, 2022, I have been entrusted with the future of The Lake News (Read more of how this happened in the story here. As […]
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In a ‘circle of life’ type scenario, four-year-old Logan West News has bought the Local News Publications that inspired its inception. Four years ago, Logan West retiree Chris Wren challenged me to start a newspaper for the Logan West community. Chris told me the story of how he had started The Lake News in 1993 […]
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