Begin Rant: the big bill of paying people to behave
RK writes pays you to buy an EV, install a battery, and take out private health cover. What it never tells you is what it costs to run, police, and fix those programs.
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Denise’s Desk: Democracy doesn’t run on autopilot
Letter: Peel River levee welcomed
OPINION >
Denise’s Desk: Democracy doesn’t run on autopilot
Denise says making civics and citizenship compulsory for year 9 and 10 is a government announcement that deserves more than a passing mention.
Begin Rant: These here are crazy times
RK’s feeling like everything is just next level weird at the moment.
Denise’s Desk: The Nationals want to protect farmers by closing doors. How does that work?
Opinion: Don’t Put People on Pedestals! They always Fall Off!
Opinion: We need only look to Helen Haines
Denise’s Desk: The NSW election – What’s at stake for workers
IDEAS >
Opinion: Does time on social media make teens anxious and depressed? The evidence is not so clear
Does spending time on social media harm young people’s mental health? Not really according to new research.
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.
EDITORIAL >
Editorial: We need your help with something
Editorial: How we talk to you, and how you talk to us
REGULARS >
Begin Rant: When Albo lets slip he doesn’t care about the regions
Letter: Peel River levee welcomed
The $10.5 million to upgrade Tamworth’s Peel River CBD levee is welcome news for our community has been welcomed by Tamworth Labor.
Keep readingLetter: 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 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 >
Begin Rant: Australian men are fundamentally good men
RK writes that in all the handwringing about the manosphere and DV, a simple truth gets lost: the vast majority of Australian men are genuinely good people.
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: 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