Opinion: Cost doing business
Mal Peters says he has seen some pretty tough times, but for some reason it seems harder today than he can recall.
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Armidale Airport: Ratepayers urged to have a say
Opinion: Cost doing business
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Armidale Airport: Ratepayers urged to have a say
Armidale Regional Ratepayers Association (ARRA) has long been concerned with the operation of our Regional Airport, and is asking ratepayers to have their say.
Denise’s Desk: When Certainty Fades, Possibility Begins
Denise writes that the recent New England Times Engage Poll shows a profound movement and a lot of possibility.
Native pollinators need more support than honeybees in Australia – here’s why
Opinion: Be careful what you wish for
Denise’s Desk: A Profound Betrayal of New England
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Macca’s weeds: Getting inoculation right for bumper yields
Macca discusses the critical importance of Rhizobia bacteria and correct inoculation techniques for maximizing nitrogen uptake and yields in legume crops like Mungbeans.
Chaffey’s Corner – Confronting antisemitism
Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey calls for a Royal Commission into antisemitism following the Bondi tragedy, arguing new gun laws are a diversion. Despite the sombre start to 2026, he looks forward to the Parkes Elvis Festival.
Macca’s weeds: Paul Macca’s Twelve Days of Farming Creed
Whilst the festive season is upon us and my rainfall predicting is not going so well, I thought it may be a better idea to recite Paul Macca’s “Twelve Days of Farming” creed.
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Do We Have Responsive Governments? New England’s Dilemmas as we approach end of 2025
Macca’s weeds: Lucerne Growing Tips
Letter: Your Coulda Woulda Shoulda stories
Deni McKenzie writes: A huge thank you! Just to be clear, ALL the subjects you tackled including the $400,000, Hospital figures and roads add up to…
Keep readingLetter: More voices added to call for better rural health
Jack Arnold writes that Dr McGirr is to be commended for acting on the rural health situation.
Keep readingLetter: Barnaby’s political manoeuvring has consigned the electorate to irrelevance
Jack Arnold writes that Barnaby Joyce has always put his personal ambitions before the best interest of voters.
Keep readingLetter: our health system fails to meet men where they are
CEO of Visonflex Joshua Mundey says there is a broader systemic failure in our health system.
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Gosh. What an odd ‘news’ item? Talk about journalistic navel gazing. A story by a news outlet, about a competitor…
bring back East West DC3s …
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Opinion: Morality, Law and the Question of Gun Ownership
Patrick Carr from Hillvue writes that the question of gun ownership is not just a legal issue – it’s a moral one.
ENVIRONMENT >
We don’t need or want the Narrabri Gas Project
Pat Schultz says: “For fourteen years I have been listening to Santos spin. We do not have a gas shortage problem; we have a gas export problem. The Pipeline Project through the Pilliga will further devastate the forest and poses a threat to water.”
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Who you know can’t be the qualification
Dean Foley says when jobs, grants and contracts keep circling the same small group, people stop debating policy and start debating trust.
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Governments are hiding data, threatening democracy. Here’s how it affects you
From being custodians of public knowledge, governments are turning to architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account