Prime Minister Anthony Albanese writes that we need genuine debate. We need more respect. More kindness. More listening and less shouting. And if we want a role model and an example in this we need only to look to Helen Haines.
Opinion
Posted inOpinion, Regional, Regulars
Denise’s Desk: The NSW election – What’s at stake for workers
There are moments in politics when you wonder whether the person speaking has forgotten their own history. Or perhaps they hope the rest of us have. Federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor declared on ABC’s 7.30 on 6 October that Australia needed an economy where wages rise faster than inflation. Well, there’s a revelation. Workers should […]
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Begin Rant: When Albo lets slip he doesn’t care about the regions
Bob Katter asked the Prime Minister for a report. Anthony Albanese gave him a comedy routine. RK writes that regional people deserve better than a PM who doesn’t get it, and doesn’t care.
Posted inOpinion, Political, Regulars
Denise’s Desk: Barnaby, Pauline and the Battle for the Australian Right
Denise write that while Barnaby discusses Roman emperors and extinct species, and Matt puts on the high-vis, people across New England are dealing with real problems.
Posted inOpinion, Regulars, Social
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.
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Opinion: why Australians must stand up for the arts
Educator Cathryn Horvat writes that the arts have always shown up for us at weddings and funerals, in ceremony and celebration, in classrooms and theatres, for grief, memory, possibility and hope. Showing up for them now means protecting the teachers, subjects and pathways through which another generation can find what they do not yet know they need.
Posted inOpinion, Regulars, Social
Denise’s Desk: Something Doesn’t Quite Add Up
Denise says there is a substantial disconnect between Australia’s economic data and much of the reporting about it.
Posted inOpinion, Political, Regulars, Social
Begin Rant: Mars is the Northern Tablelands, not the North Shore
RK Crosby writes that there is a huge opportunity for data centres in our region, but we shouldn’t wait for state and federal governments or AI companies to realise it.
Posted inOpinion, Political
Denise’s Desk: Progress doesn’t happen by accident
Denise says she doesn’t know where the increasingly complicated relationship between the Coalition and One Nation will ultimately end.
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Begin Rant | Challenge is always good
RK says Glen Innes Severn Councillor David Scott has lost all day. Be like David.