Denise’s Desk: When Seeing Is No Longer Believing
Denise says technology was supposed to make life easier and education better, but she’s now wondering whether we have spent enough time thinking about what it might be taking from us in return.
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Regional and rural Australians ‘left behind’ by telco services – new report
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Regional and rural Australians ‘left behind’ by telco services – new report
Mark A Gregory says that the ombudman’s report into how to fix regional telecommunications are a good start.
Denise’s Desk: Just how many feet can one man fit in his mouth?
Denise says another week of Barnaby Joyce headlines raises a more important question for New England: amid all the noise, where is the representation?
Opinion: Freeing the standards rule book backs the people who build, wire, plumb, manufacture and repair
Opinion: Neurodivergent Children Are Asking to Be Seen, Not Fixed
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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.
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.
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.
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Editorial: We need your help with something
Editorial: How we talk to you, and how you talk to us
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Denise’s Desk: The War on Expertise – When Facts Become Optional
Begin Rant: I don’t want your BS war
Letter: Tossing the good and keeping the crap
Re: Begin Rant: Stopping misinformation at the source The editor might not have been game to hark back “to when my dad was VC of NSW…
Keep readingLetter: So frustrating to be silenced
I’m a farmer in the area. I’ve sold my land to an energy company and leased it back so I can keep farming. I’m not the…
Keep readingLetter: Credit Where It’s Due
Re: TAFE NSW Tamworth to get $950,000 clean energy training upgrade It’s easy to criticise governments. Social media and the letters pages are full of it.…
Keep readingLetter: Cars in the Mall?
Susie writes that we’ve danced this dance before, and we must not lose the heart of our city.
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This sounds like Thailand where I am living now. Submissions are thrown in the bin, that level of government do…
Generally speaking, I like your rants. Always to the point of the matter with a lovely socialist bent. And, realistically…
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Opinion: Local news is part of a community’s essential infrastructure
Margot Davis writes strong local journalism is not a luxury. It is part of the civic infrastructure of a healthy community.
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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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.