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.
Opinion
Posted inPolitical, Regulars
Real change starts here — How Labor’s branches give country people a voice
Denise McHugh writes that real change starts in places like Tamworth, Armidale, and Gunnedah, around tables where everyday people come together with big ideas.
Posted inEnvironmental, Social
No justification for intimidation and a lack of leadership on renewable energy
Recent reports about farmers being harassed for hosting renewable energy projects may have shocked city readers, but to us they rang true.
Posted inEnvironmental, Political
EnergyCo’s New Transmission Route – A New Route, the Same Old Problems
On 1 October, EnergyCo quietly revealed a major change to the proposed transmission corridor linking Bayswater to the so-called Central South Hub near Walcha.
Posted inPolitical
Barnaby Joyce’s exit marks a turning point for New England
Emily Longhurst writes Barnaby Joyce has left everyone guessing about what comes next, and New England deserves leadership that looks forward, not back.
Posted inPolitical
Rail trail. Episode 10. The saga continues.
Tanya Langdon asks why Armidale Regional Council and Glen Innes Severn Council are continuing to flog the dead horse of the rail trail.
Posted inSocial
Letter: Is Armidale Regional Council getting the bum steer?
Rick Banyard writes he finds this proposal to tear up our rail tracks to make very costly Rail Trails very confronting.
Posted inPolitical
Joyce fear and hate corrosive for New England
Mal Peters argues that Barnaby’s constant negative rhetoric affects people’s mental health and he should go now for the good of the New England.
Posted inSocial, Something to Think About
Duval High School needs to be reinstated as a school
Teacher Jan Hall says putting the entire town’s public high school students together was just asking for trouble
Posted inPolitical, Regulars
Yeah nah: claims Joyce joining Hanson are fantasy
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.