A Darby Day To Forget

THE road to Beijing was long and arduous and the rewards slim, but Angie Darby's attitude earned admiration and will hopefully bring a shot at redemption in London 2012.

Willpower Puts Horwill In The Wallabies' Squad

The big man had plenty of talent, but was being held back by plenty of attitude, writes David Beniuk.

A Positive Attitude Can Help Ease The Most Difficult Of Times

Optimism in the face of adversity can bring a new perspective on life. VERY few people profoundly affect how we view life. That's why I feel lucky to have come across two people who are both, in their own way, exemplars of the art of achieving a happy, fulfilled life. Although, they have never met, one person is a living example of the other person's life work.

A Bridge To Riesling

Growing up in the cool-climate wine region of Coal River in Tassie, then years later working vintage in Austria, helped shape Anna Pooley's attitude towards riesling. And thank goodness. Her foray with the revamped and updated Heemskerk label is a tribute to her love of the variety. Although Pooley lives and works in the Barossa Valley, she's charged with making the excellent Tasmanian Heemskerk wines - a riesling, pinot noir and chardonnay. But the former is outstanding. Stylistically, it's also ...

Giving Women Total Control

Every birth should be a wanted birth. That must be the aim in Victoria. AUSTRALIA in general and Victoria in particular have lagged far behind the rest of the developed world in their attitude to abortion. The United Nations International Conference on Population and Development, meeting in Cairo in 1994, affirmed that "all couples and individuals have the right to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children, and to have the means to do so". Australia was a signatory to ...

The Extra Costs Us All

YOU too can sense it, even if you seldom step beyond your world of energy-guzzling house, four-wheel-drives and privilege. The tide of community attitude has turned.

Anasta Now Cherishes The Finals

BRAITH ANASTA is the first to admit he took finals football for granted during his days as a Bulldog, but three years without September action has changed that attitude.

Protesting Is Not Bad Manners, It's A Statement Of Free Speech

Rod Lander (Letters, August 8) thinks it is bad form to launch a political protest in Beijing during the Olympics. I beg to differ. With his attitude, serious problems such as our treatment of Aborigines, or China's suppression of dissent, would be swept under the carpet.

Conspiracy Theories Didn't Check Out

NEVER mind the policy substance, feel the political attitude.

Respect For The Young

SOCIETY often seems to have a schizophrenic attitude to providing recreational facilities for young people. Complaints are loud when no facilities exist but they can get even louder when it's proposed to spend public money on creating some. In the Hunter in recent weeks this dual viewpoint has been on display in the debate over Newcastle City Council's Loft youth venue and InZine magazine and again in discussions at Lake Macquarie City Council over a proposed skate park for Swansea.

A New Opening For Pubs

SOMETHING has changed in Newcastle police's attitude to hotel opening hours.