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July 2025

Posted inTips and Tricks

Your Winter Power Bill Just Hit a Record – Here’s How to Beat the Big Providers and Cut It in 10 Minutes

29 July 202529 July 2025

Sophie Ryan from iSelect has some tips for saving on the heating bill this winter.

Posted inPolitical

Australia says US beef will soon be welcome here again. It’s unlikely we’ll buy much of it

28 July 202527 July 2025

Felicity Deane from QUT says the recent changes to rules around US beef are unlikely to have much impact.

Posted inColumns, Something to Think About

Begin Rant: We need fewer councils

26 July 202526 July 2025

RK Crosby argues that half the New England councils are too small to exist. Cue outrage… now.

Posted inLetters

Letter: Desperately seeking relevance….

25 July 202525 July 2025

Denise McHugh of Tamworth writes that Barnaby Joyce’s 7.30 appearance on 23 July was embarrassing – all bluster and no substance.

Posted inFeatured, Solutions

Childcare: When profit is the motivator, we should be worried

23 July 202521 July 2025

Erin Harper and Rachel Wilson argue a coordinated and cohesive approach to system design is needed deal with the issues in childcare.

Posted inLetters

Letter: Barnaby Joyce is Playing Politics with Your Future

22 July 202522 July 2025

Denise McHugh writes that New England deserves better than a politician who puts his own survival above the future of his community.

Posted inFeatured, Something to Think About

Being on the right side of now

22 July 202522 July 2025

New England Greens member Elizabeth O’Hara argues that on Jillian Segal, antisemitism, and the Palestinian cause, it’s not a matter of being on the right side of history; it’s a matter of being on the right side of NOW.

Posted inColumns

Chaffey’s Corner: First Column

21 July 202523 July 2025

Jamie Chaffey writes his first column as the Federal Member for Parkes on the eve of parliament’s return.

Posted inColumns

Roy’s Roundup: July 2025

21 July 202527 July 2025

Here’s the latest newsletter from Member for Barwon, Roy Butler.

Posted inFeatured, Something to Think About

What happens when student feedback is racist

19 July 202523 July 2025

Two indigenous academics say nothing prepares you for seeing anonymous comments regarding Indigenous peoples, our knowledges, and histories, dragged through a system that was never built for or by us.

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