Denise’s Desk: The Nationals want to protect farmers by closing doors. How does that work?
Denise says the Nationals have declared their opposition to a deal that could deliver significant benefits to regional Australia. Why?
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QW: Congrats to The Bolt
Letter: Two hours in the life of Walcha Council
Denise’s Desk: The Nationals want to protect farmers by closing doors. How does that work?
OPINION >
Begin Rant: Hoenig is going to lose Minns the election
RK Crosby writes that the threat to put Moree Plains Shire Council into administration provides a how-to-guide for the destruction of local government, and if Minns doesn’t deal with Hoenig, it may cost him the election.
Opinion: Don’t Put People on Pedestals! They always Fall Off!
Annabel writes she is stunned by the news regarding Senator Jordon Steele-John’s alleged behaviour in the workplace.
Opinion: We need only look to Helen Haines
Denise’s Desk: The NSW election – What’s at stake for workers
Begin Rant: When Albo lets slip he doesn’t care about the regions
Begin Rant: Australian men are fundamentally good men
IDEAS >
Planting for frost on the New England tablelands: tips for spring
Isaac from Nursery Near Me has some tips for spring planting on the tablelands, and says you should keep it simple, and choose natives from the cold country, not the coast.
Opinion | Keeping the Light on the Hill burning
Denise asks what is government actually for? It is a question worth asking at a time when politics increasingly seems to be about outrage, grievance, personalities and winning the daily argument on social media.
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
EDITORIAL >
Editorial: We need your help with something
Editorial: How we talk to you, and how you talk to us
Letter: Two hours in the life of Walcha Council
Ray Dell writes that he Walcha Council meeting for October delivered a likely court case, a $1.761 million overspend and a pay rise. Not bad for…
Keep readingLetter: Complaints management, Walcha style
Ray writes about Walcha Council’s complaints process, where a 21-day deadline can stretch beyond 500 days, and accountability seems to disappear along with the complaints.
Keep readingLetter: Affording a home in Tamworth
Labor is supporting people to afford a home in the Tamworth community, where they work, raise their children and have family support. The NSW Labor Government’s…
Keep readingLetter: Working mothers deserve the same standard
The Tamworth Branch of the Australian Labor Party
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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: why Australians must stand up for the arts
Educator Cathryn Horvat writes that the arts have always shown up for us at weddings and funerals, in ceremony and celebration, in classrooms and theatres, for grief, memory, possibility and hope. Showing up for them now means protecting the teachers, subjects and pathways through which another generation can find what they do not yet know…
ENVIRONMENT >
Denise’s Desk: Nepal Is Another Wake-Up Call. How Many Do We Need?
Denise says from melting Himalayan glaciers to fires, floods and bleaching reefs, climate change is no longer a warning about the future. We are living through it — even as our politics retreats from confronting it.
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.
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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.