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Compassion, Not Cruelty, Should Guide Our Parliament

1 hour ago2 November 2025

Denise McHugh writes the Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie are exploiting heartbreak for political gain.

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Roy’s Roundup – Building stronger communities at home and abroad

2 days ago31 October 2025

Parliament has just had two consecutive sitting weeks but for the first of those weeks I was in Bougainville, as part of a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Delegation from the NSW Parliament.

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Chaffey’s Corner – Reliable transport for regional Australia

2 days ago31 October 2025

Having travelled across the Parkes electorate, I’ve seen again how vital strong transport links are for our regional communities. Reliable airlines and well-funded roads aren’t luxuries – they’re essential for everyday life in the bush.

Posted inPolitical, Regular columns

We need to stop over-reacting to rumours and nonsense

26 October 20251 November 2025

RK Crosby writes that the reaction and over-reaction to a made up story about Barnaby and Hanson is not worthy of the New England.

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Real change starts here — How Labor’s branches give country people a voice

25 October 20252 November 2025

Denise McHugh writes that real change starts in places like Tamworth, Armidale, and Gunnedah, around tables where everyday people come together with big ideas.

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Yeah nah: claims Joyce joining Hanson are fantasy

18 October 20251 November 2025

RK Crosby argues the claims that Joyce is going to quit the Nationals to join One Nation are laughable, and just part of Joyce’s usual activities to keep national press talking about him.

There is no way he is joining a party that bears someone else’s name, with unclear and inconsistent ideology, that he can never be leader of, and will die with her.

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ARC…Is our Council hiding something?

16 October 20251 November 2025

Deni McKenzie says Armidale residents deserve answers, questioning why Council is pushing for another bike trail instead of restoring the rail line that would serve northern communities, support emergency access, and boost the region before the 2032 Games.

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When wheat prices soar, so do house prices in the grain belt

14 October 20251 November 2025

House prices in Australia’s wheat belt have surged 85% over the past decade, outpacing wheat’s 26% rise. This analysis of 11 key regions shows how weather booms, La Niña cycles, and shifting interest rates drive periods of perfect synchrony – and sudden disconnection – between crops and country property.

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Roy’s Roundup – Community, Health and Country Life

30 September 202520 October 2025

From national parks to rural health, local festivals and new community facilities, Roy Butler shares updates from across Barwon – highlighting both challenges and achievements in our regional communities.

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Chaffey’s Corner – 2035 emissions target

30 September 202520 October 2025

In the wake of the Labor Government’s announcement of its 2035 emissions target, I feel I must respond as a farmer and as the Member for Parkes.

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