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OPINION >

Are machines now appealing?

By Jonathan Boymal

Students are turning to AI to optimise their grade appeals, matching every rubric point with precision. But as appeals become more technical, what happens to dialogue, trust, and real learning?



POLITICS >

Can we be a little bit brave?

RK Crosby, Publisher of New England Times and CEO of KORE CSR

The big majority and friendly Senate the election has delivered Albanese could be bad, or it could be very, very good. Will it entice the conservative and cautious Albanese to be a little bit brave?


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Letter: Severn Shire RATE RISE!!!

Leah Johnson of Emmaville

I write on behalf of many concerned residents to express our town’s absolute opposition to the proposed 68.50% rate rise, alongside the rise of the rubbish…

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Extremely Dangerous Development Approval

Norman Dezius, Tamworth

Norman Dezius says the lack of footpaths and crossings on Moore Creek Road forces children to walk through knee-high grass near traffic and snakes, calling it a ticking time bomb and urging urgent council action.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT >

Half-truths and lies: an online day in Australia

Authors: T J Thomson, RMIT University & Aimee Hourigan, Western Sydney University

Australians are swamped by misinformation every day but they’re smart enough to know they need help to better navigate an untrustworthy online world.


QW: Accessibility, not affordability

Lorraine Osborn

The old saw. NSW stands for Newcastle, Sydney & Wollongong. Infrastructure: Telecommunications, Road & Rail. The disparity is holding regions back, impeding development & ultimately jeopardising our self sufficiency & security.

QW: Flooding and helping our neighbours

Tanya Langdon

The New England and southern downs has yet again copped the flood of trucks and traffic as flood waters rise and engulf the coasts. It’s exposed serious and dangerous flaws in our national highway system and supply chains as we are yet again playing dodge the potholes on the highway. Listening to idle chatter on the CB radio one truck driver refers to his sea sickness as he travels up and down hills and ranges and winds left and right around sharp bends on the narrow new england highway, pushing it all up hill in a wire canoe along the…

QW: Vittoria student living in Tenterfield

Brian, Tenterfield

Vittoria from Turino, my family are from Piedmont although I was born in Australia and I visit regularly to Torre Pellice where it all started.  Turino is a beautiful city on the river Po with the country side and the alps enhancing the district. Vittoria enjoy your time in our country as much as I enjoy my visits to your country. Ciao.

QW: Why we are losing a generation of journos

Mal Peters

Journos are more important than at any other time in history. With a plethora of fake news infiltrating social media, it is important that the media puts the facts out there. Society fails when it runs on bull dust.