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		<title>POOL SAFETY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parents have been urged to take precautions to prevent their children drowning in a backyard pool after an incident in Galston last week. A five year old girl was taken to Westmead&#8217;s Children&#8217;s Hospital but died a short time later. keepwatch.com.au]]></description>
		<link>http://hornsby.localsblog.com.au/?p=508</link>
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		<title>SAFETY SOLUTION SPELLS DOOM FOR SHOPPING STRIP.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A $40 million housing &#38; retail development at Waitara is in jeopardy because of a median strip. Hornsby Council has received Federal Government funding for a 37 metre median strip on Edgeworth David Avenue at the intersection of Balmoral Street, in an effort to reduce accidents. Edgeworth David Avenue shop keepers fear the road island [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hornsby.localsblog.com.au/?p=506</link>
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		<title>COME ON, SPORT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SPORT IN HORNSBY COULD BE SET FOR A BOOST- AND YOU CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION During the next decade, sporting facilities will be under great strain due to an increase in the number of residents playing sport. The Advocate wants to hear from readers what is needed to improve the existing sporting facilities. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hornsby.localsblog.com.au/?p=505</link>
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		<title>ALL WRAPPED UP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Philip Ruddock and Paul Fletcher have been linked to front bench positions after they strengthened what were already blue-ribbon Liberal seats of Berowra and Bradfield. Whilst Australia faced its first hung parliament since 1940, Berowra ans Bradfield&#8217;s Liberals dominated. Mr Ruddock had a swing of 5.6% after taking 60.2% of first preference votes. Mr Fletcher&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hornsby.localsblog.com.au/?p=504</link>
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		<title>PREPARE FOR SPRING BURN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY&#8217;S northern suburbs should prepare themselves for an intensive program of hazard reduction burning in local national parks. 20 large burns, which will depend on favourable weather conditions,  are scheduled. They will stretch from the Hawkesbury to the northern beaches and Sydney Harbour. The burn offs could happen with short notice if the right weather conditions prevail.]]></description>
		<link>http://hornsby.localsblog.com.au/?p=501</link>
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		<title>OVAL TO GET NEW DRAINS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOXGLOVE Oval at Mount Colah will have a proper drainage system installed later this year. When the oval was refurbished in 2008, they forgot to include an adequate drainage system. As a result, conditions are almost as bad now as they were then! Work undertaken in 2008 included surface and infrastructure work due to ground subsistence. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hornsby.localsblog.com.au/?p=500</link>
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		<title>NEW CHIEF LION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Hornsby Lions Club President, Ray Phillipson, is on the hunt for new members to strengthen the support group for the very big jobs the club undertakes. The new barbecue trailer, which the club will soon own, will be available to the community as a lions fundraising activity. Ray, the father of 5 and grandfather, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hornsby.localsblog.com.au/?p=498</link>
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		<title>BATTLE OF THE BRIDGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The George Street pedestran overpass has been described as an &#8220;eyesore&#8221; &#38; &#8220;structurally damaged&#8221;. The council levy which was to be used to repair the overpass has been rejected. RTA reject any claim on the overpass &#38; are therefore unwilling to pay the $3 million to replace it despite the fact that 90% of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hornsby.localsblog.com.au/?p=495</link>
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		<title>SWIMMING POOL SAFETY-NEW LAWS SEPTEMBER 1ST.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The spotlight is on agent responsibilities in regards to swimming pool safety. But what is the impact on those looking to buy or sell a property with a pool? Statistics show that private pools account for half the drownings of children under five. There has been recent controversy regarding the split of responsibility between agents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hornsby.localsblog.com.au/?p=494</link>
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		<title>MUOGAMARRA NATURE RESERVE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WINDOW TO A WONDER Muogamarra is open to the public for just six weekends each year. The season runs from August 7th to September 12th and it will give visitors the opportunity to see an amazing array of wildflowers. The walks available include Peats Crater Track and an easier walk known as Point Loop which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hornsby.localsblog.com.au/?p=492</link>
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