Some of this 'collective power' is gathered together every two years for a Commonwealth Editors' Forum which takes place immediately prior to the CPU's Biennial Conference.

The first Forum took place in Malta in 1994 and since then it has grown five-fold.

It is designed, delivered and attended by senior editors and is the only 'collective power' of its kind in the Commonwealth.

It offers editors the opportunity to meet their peers, discuss issues of mutual concern and take home new ideas and alternative ways of improving their business and solving their problems.

The 2005 Forum will be held at the Manly Pacific Hotel, Manly, Sydney and will run from Sunday 20 February to Tuesday 22 February.

The CPU Editors' Forum has become a major newspaper event bringing pan-Commonwealth editors together. This will be the 6th Forum and we are anticipating a participation of 80-100 senior editors including those from the host country.

All the major newspaper groups in Australia and New Zealand have agreed to support the Forum and the CPU Biennial Conference. We therefore expect both events to be well attended by senior editors and publishers respectively.

Some history of Manly
In 1787, Captain Arthur Phillip of the Royal Navy left England with a fleet of ships to establish a colony in New South Wales. He was to be it's first Governor.

In January 1788, the fleet arrived at its destination, Botany Bay, which was found to be unsuitable for settlement. So, on 21 January, Phillip with others travelled north and examined Port Jackson, so named by Captain James Cook in 1770.

They spent three days exploring Port Jackson and Phillip, impressed by the "confidence and manly behaviour" of a group of aborigines in the northern reaches of the harbour, called the place "Manly Cove".

Captain John Hunter's 1788 sketch of North Arm placed Manly Cove at the western end of North Harbour, Collins Cove being the name originally given to what is Manly Cove today.

An early map of about 1822 shows a plan of a proposed township of Manly. Certainly the quiet waters of North Harbour would have afforded greater protection for the small boats that were the only link with Sydney during that period.

From the early 1820s scattered settlement began in the Manly Cove and North Harbour areas.

Manly achieved its own seat of Local Government when the municipality was incorporated on 6th January, 1877. Manly was very much a village then and while many things have changed over the past 125 years, Manly is still affectionately referred to as 'The Village'.

Travel
The CPU has come to an arrangement with Emirates Airlines.

Flights to Sydney from many destinations, particularly the UK, are very much in demand so do book early.

If you wish to take advantage of the Emirates offer, please contact Gamit or Kamini at Taprobane Travel in London on +44 20 7437 6272 or by email to gamit@srilankatours.co.uk

Useful Australian links:

The Age - www.theage.com.au

The Australian - www.theaustralian.news.com.au

The Daily Telegraph - www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au

Manly Daily - www.manlydaily.com.au

PANPA (Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association)
www.panpa.org.au

PNEB (Publishers National Environment Bureau) - www.pneb.com.au

The Sydney Morning Herald - www.smh.com.au