RK Crosby asks where have all the good leaders gone?
New England Times Engage
Posted inLetters
Parallel elections in Australia and Canada
Since the late March 2025 announcement of election dates, electoral opinion polls in both Australia and Canada have shown dramatic shifts. Prior to these announcements, opposition parties in both countries were consistently leading the polls and were considered near-unbeatable contenders for victory. However, following the official confirmation of election dates—Australia’s for May 3, 2025, and […]
Posted inSolutions
Risky business: Bridging the insurance gap
Australians facing steep insurance premium rises in a world of disasters are sharing a global problem. The solutions are out there, but they are complex.
Posted inLetters
Has Barnaby gone quiet on Nuclear?
Peter Dutton says his nuclear power policy is “probably the biggest energy economic policy offered by an opposition in our country’s history.” So why have Dutton and Barnaby Joyce, a man not averse to spruiking, gone strangely silent on nuclear? Maybe it’s that recent nuclear projects around the world have been plagued by massive cost […]
Posted inPolitics
The new kids shaping the election block
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.
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
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.