Begin Rant | Challenge is always good
RK says Glen Innes Severn Councillor David Scott has lost all day. Be like David.
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Opinion | Closing The Gap: What exactly is being measured here?
Denise’s Desk | Pauline and me
OPINION >
Opinion | Closing The Gap: What exactly is being measured here?
Professor Peter Anderson, the Pro-Vice Chancellor Indigenous at UNE, asks whether we are measuring how far Indigenous people are from a national benchmark, or whether institutions are meeting their obligations.
Denise’s Desk | Pauline and me
Denise says that she and Pauline Hanson have more in common than you might think.
Kate McGrath Responds to Comments Regarding Working Mothers in Leadership
Begin rant: Please tell me what is the problem?
IDEAS >
Opinion: A toxic brew has shaped a world driven by anger, fear and confusion
Cost-of-living pressures, terror attacks, widening inequality and financial crises — it’s no wonder Australians are angry. Yet danger lies in scapegoating, writes Professor Alan Gamlen
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.
EDITORIAL >
Editorial: We need your help with something
Editorial: How we talk to you, and how you talk to us
REGULARS >
Letter: Duty is not treachery
Letter: Working mothers deserve the same standard
The Tamworth Branch of the Australian Labor Party
Keep readingLetter: A remarkable double standard
Re: Deputy mayor under fire for ‘working mum’ remarks I listened to incoming Gunnedah Deputy Mayor Rob Hooke’s comments on ABC Radio about outgoing Deputy Mayor…
Keep readingLetter: Perhaps read the curriculum first
Just when you thought political teacher-bashing could not become any more ridiculous, along comes the double act of Matt Canavan and Angus Taylor. Canavan blames the…
Keep readingLetter: New management at Bupa impresses
Damien writes there have been many positive changes at Bupa Aged Care Tamworth under its new General Manager, Katie.
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I recently received an OAM for service to embroidery. I’m not old granny. I’m in my 50s. I’ve been doing…
Thank you so much Denise! I am so glad to read that you got so much from my keynote. Humbled.
SOCIAL ISSUES >
Opinion: The collapse of trust in facts
Ned Watt and Michelle Riedlinger say the modern fact-checking movement launched 25 years ago but is now in retreat — just as it’s needed more than ever.
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: 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.