Denise’s Desk: Something Doesn’t Quite Add Up
Denise says there is a substantial disconnect between Australia’s economic data and much of the reporting about it.
OPINION >
Begin Rant: Mars is the Northern Tablelands, not the North Shore
RK Crosby writes that there is a huge opportunity for data centres in our region, but we shouldn’t wait for state and federal governments or AI companies to realise it.
Denise’s Desk: Progress doesn’t happen by accident
Denise says she doesn’t know where the increasingly complicated relationship between the Coalition and One Nation will ultimately end.
Opinion | Closing The Gap: What exactly is being measured here?
Denise’s Desk | Pauline and me
Kate McGrath Responds to Comments Regarding Working Mothers in Leadership
Begin rant: Please tell me what is the problem?
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
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.
Keep readingLATEST COMMENTS >
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: Counting the cost-of-living, angrily
Mark Kenny writes that fights over multiculturalism and gender are hiding the core of the nation’s despair — rising economic inequality.
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.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT >
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.
