Gen Z and other relatively young Australians who feel they owe little to major parties are an unpredictable voting force heading into the 2025 federal election.
New England Times Engage
Posted inQuick Word
QW: trains are a pipe dream
It’s the restoration of rail north of Armidale that’s the pipe dream. Not going to happen. A more realistic and affordable option would be to fund an addition bus service/s.
Posted inLocal
Need for Public Transport in northern New England
Siri Gamage calls on federal election candidates to advocate for better public transport, and restoring train services north of Armidale.
Posted inEnvironmental, Politics
The end of coal and the fake nuclear energy campaign
The end of coal and the case for renewables driving Australia’s energy future is irresistible and backed by facts, unlike campaigns pushing the nuclear furphy.
Posted inLetters
Letter: I want my child to have their phone
As a parent of a child at Armidale Secondary College, I think it’s time we have a conversation about how the mobile phone ban is wrong.
Posted inPolitics, Social, Solutions
Closing the Gap: A call for Indigenous-led solutions and redefining success
On another Closing the Gap Day we are once again confronted with the same disappointing reality – only four of 19 Closing the Gap (CTG) targets, some originally pledged in 2007, are on track. Despite repeated commitments from governments and institutions, the results remain stagnant.
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QW: Promises, promises…
(In response to the Coalition Budget Reply) We were promised a gas led recovery when they were last elected and it never happened.
Posted inPolitics
Budget delivers cheaper medicines and more bulk billing but leaves out long-term health reform
Less than two months from an election, the Albanese government last night presented a budget that aims to swing the voting pendulum its way.
Posted inPolitics
Is this the right budget for these economic times?
Matt Garrow and Victoria Thieberger from The Conversation asked five experts what they think of the Budget.