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Councillor evicted, GM gone, Mayor targeted

7 December 20245 March 2025

An Extraordinary General Meeting of Moree Plains Shire Council has seen Councillor Kelly James being evicted from the meeting, and ended with the announcement that General Manager Kelvin Tytherleigh will be leaving the role in a matter of weeks.

Editorial, Regional

An apology to the voters of the Northern Tablelands

29 August 20245 March 2025

If we had called Brendan Moylan out sooner, pushed back harder, then perhaps he would not have put that statement out today.

National, Political

Australia, find a way to work with Meta

1 July 20245 March 2025

New England Times’ own Kate Brown is in Canada for a little while with her family, and can’t see her own news stories on Facebook due to the Meta news ban there.

Editorial, Regional, Solutions

Let’s start pulling the Armidale Secondary College problem apart so we can work towards solutions

24 September 202330 June 2025

**Content warning** Cliques, gaslighting, corruption, construction issues, incompetence, system failure. It’s a heavy list of issues causing so much pain at ASC.

Editorial, Political, Regional

Disrespect of Widders shows need for The Voice

31 May 20235 March 2025

There is really something quite extraordinary about the collusion between Armidale Regional Council members to vote down a motion to recognise Indigenous owners of the land on signs as you enter the LGA.

Regional

No Mayor Banham, you’re not a train expert

3 April 20232 March 2025

Rail expert Brian Fisher says the cost of reopening the train line from Armidale to Wallangarra is $54m, not the $1.5b claimed by the Glen Innes Severn Mayor.