Denise’s Desk: The Reform Everyone Wanted — Until They Got It
Denise writes that for years, politicians, economists and media commentators have demanded bold tax reform. The outrage only began when someone finally proposed it.
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Marketing Clarity: Your Clients Find You on Facebook. That’s Exactly Why You Need a Website
Chaffey’s Corner: Concern and confusion post-budget
Letter: TRC listen to the community you serve
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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.
Begin Rant: Are we now third class? The inland is being left even further behind
RK Crosby writes that there is a new divide emerging: it’s no longer city versus country, it’s city vs coast vs country, and we’re rapidly being demoted to third class citizens.
Opinion: Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
Denise’s Desk: Characters from Under the Dome
Opinion: Proposed Anti-Migrant policies are an attack on regional communities like ours
Begin Rant: On self-defence, freedom, and guns
Bonus Denise’s Desk: “Girls Are Not As Good As Boys” – Joyce Shows His True Colours
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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.
Marketing Clarity: AI as a Marketing Productivity Tool
Ingrid Rothe this week covers how AI is a great tool for allowing you to be more productive, but it is not your marketing strategy.
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.
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Opinion: Future Fitting the University of New England
Opinion: A conversation our community needs
REGULARS >
Chaffey’s Corner: Concern and confusion post-budget
Opinion: Respectful Leadership Matters
Letter: TRC listen to the community you serve
Stephen wants TRC councillors to consider some things before they vote on the future of Ray White House tomorrow…
Keep readingLetter: Look beyond the headline
Re: Denise’s Desk: The Schoolyard Bully Test I read this post and had to laugh. To be honest, I think people should look beyond the headline and…
Keep readingLetter: Ray Walsh House debacle undermines TRC leadership
Stephen writes ratepayers have every right to ask questions about the handling of Ray Walsh House, a costly and an embarrassing failure of leadership, governance, transparency…
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Opinion: Can you trademark identity?
Wellet Potter from UNE writes there is a new strategy celebrities are using to protect themselves and their work from AI.
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.
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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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What is the ‘Thucydides trap’ Xi warned Trump about?
David Pritchard from The University of Queensland writes During their high-stakes meeting in Beijing this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly asked US President Donald Trump if the two countries could overcome the “Thucydides trap”. But what is it and why does it matter?