October 1ST, 2020
THE COMMUNITY FORUM ONLINE NEWSPAPER
Proud supporters of the Warriors & BMBA Basketball Program
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Let us help your business before lockdowns are lifted.
We have a great opportunity for you to promote your business before lockdowns are lifted and you look to recover your business to its pre-COVID position.
We will provide a feature article, video promo new website, social media platform all based on your quote, not ours. See what we can do offer us a reasonable price your budget can afford and we will get started.
We know businesses are doing it extremely tough at the moment so all offers will be considered so we can make our services as affordable as possible to help your business recover.
We will even consider a bartering proposal where we exchange services.
Get in contact today via our details at the foot of this page.
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A New Paper,A New Approach. |
The Community Forum Online newspaper is specifically designed to deliver,news, promotions, features and advertising to support your local communities. Learn More
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How to join & support our efforts.
It's very simple. In the email below we have an article that lists the ways that you can follow us, we also have links at the foot of this email.
This will allow you to follow us on all our social media platforms and spread the word by sharing this email any articles we publish on our social media to as many people as possible.
We will be providing more options and several more initiatives in coming weeks and months, so by subscribing to this newsletter and following us on our social media you can keep up to date.
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YOU ALREADY HAVE A FREE BUSINESS LISTING.
All businesses on our email distribution are given a FREE listing on our business directory. Check out your suburb below for your listing.
If any edits are required just get in touch with us through our contact details at the foot of this email.
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Bluff Road Physio, where its not just business, its also about community!
I have been fortunate enough to get to know John Humphrey from Bluff Road Physio, through coaching his oldest son Asher at basketball. In that time John has been kind enough to provide advice, information, sessions and services to both players and parents within my teams. He also has put together pre and post-training stretching routines for all our boys.
As people, you don’t get much better than John and his wonderful wife Sarah, but as usual when you have those interactions with people at sporting clubs it can be rare to really get to know the story behind the person and in this case their business. In this instance, it was fascinating for me to get to know John that much better...........Click Here
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Simon’s Cakes – More than just flour & dough
Is there nothing better than freshly baked food?
At Simon’s cakes in Ormond, they think so, especially when they bake their cakes in the traditional way without preservatives.
Simon initially had his business established in Centre Road in Bentleigh East but moved to the Ormond, North Road Shopping strip in 2013 after his business was affected by constant road works.
Simon has been cooking for 30 years and also serves coffee, tea and hot chocolate............Click Here
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Advocacy & Lobby - The Hobson Stores |
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Advocacy for your business
Is your business doing it tough? We engaging in advocacy to all Victorian and Federal members of parliament and other persons and/or groups of influence to look to help your business. We will distribute your story, thoughts and ideas on your behalf and encourage others to support you as well.
This week we cover Andrew Watson who owns and manages the Hobson Store Hotel in Sandringham. We do this at no cost and allow businesses to contribute if they wish to. We are intent on doing our part to help local business get back on its feet. Get in touch for us to present your business situation to others.
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The Hobson Stores Hotel, Sandringham, a story from the Coal Face of Melbourne's lockdowns
Last week we conducted an interview with a local business owner who managers and operates a pub in Sandringham in Melbourne (Click Here).
Andrew Watson has managed the Hobson Store Hotel for over thirteen years and he gives a passionate, emotional and insightful look into the issues facing tens of thousands of business owners in Melbourne.
If after watching this interview, you would like to help us to help Andrew and other business owners like him who find themselves in the same position, then Click Here
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Why not have your story told!
We are looking for local businesses to have their stories told and shared. This is a great way to spread the word about your services and/or products, but also an ideal way to share how the lock-downs and restrictions have impacted on your business through this COVID19 crisis.
The reason we established our business was for us to help you promote yours.
Now we are also looking to act as an advocate for your business by continuing to contact, members of parliament, bureaucrats and anybody else that can help us all get out of this current situation and to a point where we can commence rebuilding the local business sector.
To have us feature your business and your story, send us an email by Clicking Here or contact me via my mobile number at the foot of this page.
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Welcome to the Forum!
This week we welcome Damian Coory as contributor to the Community Forum content. Damian has his first article listed below. He also runs his own weekly podcast on a variety of social media platforms. We have placed an for this in this edition of our newsletter.
We also welcome Dr Zekri Palushi with a special contribution about his life experiences in a former communist country and his new life here in Australia.
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A lesson from the past.
Like so many have done through these six months of lockdowns, to maintain my sanity from the depressing news continually being spewed out to me by our mainstream media, I have relied upon an unending movie marathon through movie streaming services such as Netflix and Prime to relieve the stress.
Last night I found myself watching the Outlaw King starring Christopher Pine on Netflix for a second time and could not help but draw comparisons from this story to our current times. The film revolves around the life of Robert the Bruce and picks up from where Mel Gibson had pretty much left off with Braveheart.
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Victorians beware: Big brother’s opinion of what you might do tomorrow could land you in jail.
I started my new Australian liberty-focused podcast “The Other Side Australia” five weeks ago upon returning to live back home after spending 20 years in Asia. I was disturbed by the change in the culture I’d seen over that time: the apparent blind acceptance of “big government” particularly concerned me, given that I spent much of my time in Asia living in Hong Kong, a place that was putting everything on the line to maintain its freedom from the biggest and baddest government of them all..........Read more
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My interesting life - a reason to reject Marxism
Back in 1995, I came to Australia from Albania, with my wife Tina, and our three children, Anisa, Arbiona and Endrit – now all adults with families of their own.
I had previously practiced in north Albania in the post-graduate specializations of internal medicine and cardiology, working hard for very long hours, all year long. Our life was nothing like the one we have now, the one that we’ve been enjoying for many years here in Australia........ Read more
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Bob's Vlog Episode Three
Time to get some Aussie ANZAC spirit into the place. After witnessing what has happened in our country especially on the NSW/QLD border and the police actions in my home state of Victoria, we put together this patriotic vlog.
What would our ANZACS think if they could see the current Australia that they sacrificed so much for. I don't think they would be happy with much of what is happening.
This video puts together a collage with some great Aussie music. Time to fight back Australia. We are better than this
To go to the episode click on the image on the right.
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Bob's Vlog Episode Four
This week's episode has our first one on one interview. That interview is with pub owner Andrew Watson, who owns and operates the Hobson Stores Hotel in Sandringham. Andrew provides a unique perspective from the Coal Face of Melbourne's lockdowns and how it is affecting business owners in the Hospitality Industry.
It provides a great insight into what business owners are enduring in Melbourne at the moment. Have a listen!
Check out the second episode of our vlog by clicking the image on the right.
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Below are links to various business lists for businesses that we visited earlier this year before COVID19 hit our shores and we all entered lock-downs and restrictions. Hopefully, all of you are hanging in there We have come out of our hibernation to assist in whatever way we can.
Please look to support and promote these local businesses where you can.
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Carlton Business Listing.
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Cheltenham Business Listing.
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Highett Business Listing.
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Sandringham Business Listing.
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Do you have an opinion article you would like to get published?.
Disagree with one of our articles? Do you have an article you would like published? Then let us know by Clicking Here
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BMBA Templars looking for "Expressions of Interest"
Despite all the frustrations involved with living with COVID-19 in Melbourne, at some stage, we will emerge from our enforced hibernation endured through restrictions. Sports clubs and organisations are all working out how to return to training and competitions when those restrictions are lifted.
In that regards the BMBA Templar Warriors are on the front foot and ready to introduce a new and exciting way to run their basketball programs, training and teams in competitions....Read more
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If you would like your business, club or organisation included in our next edition contact us via our details below.
Once you have your article published you will be:
- Included in this newsletter that sent to our subscribers
- Published on our website
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- Provided a dedicated page on our website
- Be able to publish a monthly article over a 12 month period.
You can see an example of our work through the businesses advertised below
All this provided at a price to suit your budget!
Why? Because we will allow you to nominate a fair price that you can consider for our consideration.
We know businesses are doing it tough right now, so by providing this offer we hope to assist where we can.
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This will allow you to follow our initiatives and provide support for those initiatives in the future. You can sign-up for our e-mail newsletter by Clicking Here
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Do you need a great vet clinic for your pet? Well you would struggle to find a better one than the East Bentleigh Vet Clinic Click Here to go to their website.
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Who we are & how we can help |
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The Community Forum
Serving our local community
Over the the past two years and particularly earlier this year, we visited your business to promote our online newspaper and obtain your business email for our email newsletter.
Sadly once the COVID19 lock-downs commenced back in March we decided, like many others, to put the business into hibernation, anticipating that any lock-downs would only be for a short time.
How wrong we were.
The purpose of this email is make you aware of the advocacy efforts for small business we have commenced towards Federal and Government mp's and allow you to join and support us as we continue those efforts.
To understand our lobbying initiative and how you can support us then please read this email in full.
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