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Collapse Issue 461 - 14 Jan 2019Issue 461 - 14 Jan 2019
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Mayor criticises non-complying development approvals
Measles alert issued for the Peninsula
Station building may become retail space
Change of faces at Peninsula News
Chamber reports strong Christmas trade
Peninsula Tourism Partners claim council neglect
West St development attracts 40 submissions
Peninsula properties deleted from heritage list
Nursing home proposal to go before planning panel
Council staff sum up Woy Woy plans in two paragraphs
Peninsula won't reach potential without plan - Mehrtens
CWA branch joins tourism campaign
Short-term rental strategy deferred
Mayor calls residents' views on planning controls
Council reject 'mystery shopper' for service assessment
Council forms social issues committee
Former mayor named as Australia Day ambassador
Lantern parade returns for Australia Day
Lantern-making workshops
Chamber outlines agenda for 2019
Free cooking workshop
Technology workshops at library
Gamer tournament comes to Woy Woy
Euchre school makes $500 donation
Juggling demonstration held for local children
Christmas lunch held for volunteers
Mehrtens asks: Is development leading to lower quality?
Record fair to be held at bowling club
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Ask residents first about apartment blocks
No more free passes to the races
Zoning changes usually come after a plan not before it
Read draft climate change policy
Determine climate policy before planning review
Council should take a stand against whale slaughter
Where are the wharf and mooring levies going?
Why single out dual occupancies in new standards?
Tidy up the Peninsula
Reorientation follows resident traffic observations
Collapse  HEALTH HEALTH
Golf enthusiast raises funds for Cancer Council
Hospital staff raise money for mental health support
Big year at local hospital
Collapse  ARTS ARTS
Association revives Dancing by the Water
Beach gathering for full moon
Folk club concert
Blues and beers
Collapse  EDUCATION EDUCATION
Brent Walker decides to move on
Changes to bus zone in Sydney Ave
Aboriginal education centre has new sign
Aboriginal cultural enrichment day
Alternatives offered with religious education
Class placements may change at Woy Woy
Principal warns of impact of online game
End-of-year excursion
Student leaders elected
Christmas concerts
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Jemma Smith named in State life saving team
Woy Woy player named Star of 2019
Lachlan is finalist for gymnastics awards
Surf club scatters ashes of former member
Membership milestone
Social golf club makes presentations
Surprise gift

Change of faces at Peninsula News

Peninsula News journalist Jackie Pearson is leaving the paper after four years to take up a position with a local politician.

She will be replaced by veteran journalist Bernie Leo.

Unlike Jackie, Bernie will work exclusively for Peninsula News as senior journalist.

Bernie Leo has been a journalist all of his working life, spanning 48 years.

He started out at The Border Mail in Albury covering a number of beats and was recruited at an early age to work for The China Mail, a daily newspaper in Hong Kong.

On returning to Australia, he reported again for The Border Mail before joining News Corp at The Adelaide News.

He transferred to Perth where he was deputy sports editor on The Sunday Times before his final News Corp transfer to The Daily Telegraph in Sydney.

He spent seven years at The Daily Telegraph before joining The Australian Financial Review for the next 10 years.

While at the Financial Review, he held a number of senior positions, including chief sub-editor, production editor and associate editor.

Bernie took a year off after leaving the Financial Review before joining The Bulletin.

After seven years there, Bernie was contemplating a job change when he was approached by the Shanghai Daily with an offer that was too good to refuse.

He spent the next five years in China, editing and heavily rewriting the front three pages of the Shanghai Daily, a position where diplomacy was essential.

Bernie was head-hunted in 2010 and joined The Phnom Penh Post as editor-in-chief.

He spent a year there but said he found the politics of Cambodia unbearable and fled back to Sydney to rejoin the Financial Review.

He decided in 2015 to work from home as a freelancer, which he has been doing until now.





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