Begin Rant: When trust in the ABC is shaken, we all lose
RK Crosby says she is heartbroken by how far the ABC has fallen below the expectations we should all expect from our national broadcaster.
OPINION >
Roy’s Roundup: Attorney General visits Barwon, Cobar water storage update and bilateral trade with India.
Read the latest newsletter from Member for Barwon Roy Butler
Denise’s Desk: Just Another Public Servant? Think Again.
Denise writes that somewhere along the way, the phrase public servant became a put-down. It’s time to reclaim it.
Opinion: Freeing the standards rule book backs the people who build, wire, plumb, manufacture and repair
Opinion: Neurodivergent Children Are Asking to Be Seen, Not Fixed
Opinion: Have your Say on the Armidale City Centre Plan
Opinion: Local news is part of a community’s essential infrastructure
Denise’s Desk: The War on Expertise – When Facts Become Optional
IDEAS >
Opinion: Cheaper Rings, Longer Marriages: Where’s The Sweet Spot?
If you spend more on a ring will the marriage last longer? Not really, writes family lawyer Michael Tiyce.
Marketing Clarity: Your Clients Find You on Facebook. That’s Exactly Why You Need a Website
What happens when you don’t own your marketing? Ingrid writes that Facebook is great for discoverability, but you need a website for control.
Begin Rant: On self-defence, freedom, and guns
RK Crosby writes that today’s events in Torrington show us why we need nuance in the debate about guns.
EDITORIAL >
Editorial: We need your help with something
Editorial: How we talk to you, and how you talk to us
REGULARS >
Begin Rant: I don’t want your BS war
Denise’s Desk: A Serious Party for Serious Times
Letter: Tossing the good and keeping the crap
Re: Begin Rant: Stopping misinformation at the source The editor might not have been game to hark back “to when my dad was VC of NSW…
Keep readingLetter: So frustrating to be silenced
I’m a farmer in the area. I’ve sold my land to an energy company and leased it back so I can keep farming. I’m not the…
Keep readingLetter: Credit Where It’s Due
Re: TAFE NSW Tamworth to get $950,000 clean energy training upgrade It’s easy to criticise governments. Social media and the letters pages are full of it.…
Keep readingLetter: Cars in the Mall?
Susie writes that we’ve danced this dance before, and we must not lose the heart of our city.
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This sounds like Thailand where I am living now. Submissions are thrown in the bin, that level of government do…
Generally speaking, I like your rants. Always to the point of the matter with a lovely socialist bent. And, realistically…
SOCIAL ISSUES >
Begin Rant: Stopping misinformation at the source
If you were told Armidale is going to have no water for three years because of renewable developments, would you believe it? RK Crosby writes that ultimately the only way to stop misinformation is at the source.
ENVIRONMENT >
Armidale Regional Council’s “fairer water charges” should encourage conservation
Elizabeth writes that she is concerned that the assertion made by Armidale Regional Council that the proposed water rates are ‘fair’ is not borne out on examination. She argues that it is vital that we get the groundwork right ahead of the major water infrastructure proposals to be considered later in the year.
SOLUTIONS >
How should Australia handle ‘sovereign citizens’ clogging the courts?
Former magistrate David Heilpern writes so-called “sovereign citizens” are using nonsense legal arguments to tie up court systems. Here are some ideas about how to deal with it.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT >
Begin Rant: Why is everyone so angry?
RK Crosby says you’re not imagining it, everyone is angry. And it’s not hard to figure out why, but it is hard to figure out why politicians are making it worse.
