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QW: the mall debate again
QW: Sad I read that plan
QW: Get back to work
OPINION >
Opinion: Why elected ARC councillors should support fairer water charges
Cr Dorothy Robinson wants this week’s Armidale Regional Council meeting to vote for lower water access fees and higher usage charges. Read why.
Opinion: Before Ray Walsh House Is Gone, We Need Better Answers
Robyn writes that before Ray Walsh House is sold, councillors and residents deserve clear answers to some very important questions.
Begin Rant: The New England can’t afford friends like these
Opinion: When Justice becomes a luxury
Denise’s Desk: Common Sense? What Common Sense?
Begin Rant: Righto Pauline, let’s fire the liar
Opinion: Who owns McLean Care?
Denise’s Desk: The Reform Everyone Wanted — Until They Got It
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.
REGIONAL >
Opinion: Future Fitting the University of New England
Opinion: A conversation our community needs
REGULARS >
Chaffey’s Corner: Concern and confusion post-budget
Begin Rant: Are we now third class? The inland is being left even further behind
Letter: Neighbours who deserve better
Suella writes that the people of Walcha, Boorolong, Yarrowyck, Ebor, and Georges Junction are not agitators. They are neighbours who deserve better than being told to…
Keep readingLetter: Put RWH to an election
Stephen writes that the issue of Ray White House should be put to the people at an election.
Keep readingLetter: McLean Care lost sight of what matters
Former McLean Care staff member Tameka writes that the consequences of the company’s ambitious growth plans are being left for others to clean up.
Keep readingLetter: Judge governments by what they deliver
Denise writes the NSW budget offers rego relief, hospital investment, and drought support, and voters may want to look at the results.
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Wonderful 🙂
Hardly a rant. Seems a well constructed piece of truth telling. That’s what facts are. You would hope that the…
SOCIAL ISSUES >
Opinion: Kids on social media more than two hours a day at higher risk of mental illness
A new study found there is a significant risks from heavier use of social media by children. Read what the study found.
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.