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Barnaby Joyce’s diminishing relevance in a changing Australia

1 June 20251 June 2025

Denise McHugh writes that New England needs a representative who is relevant, respected, and able to work with government—not someone who has become a symbol of everything voters have rejected.

Political

Thought the Libs were out of touch? The Nats would like you to hold a bar full of beers.

21 May 202521 May 2025

RK Crosby says there’s nothing principled about the National Party’s split from the Liberals. It’s just stupid.

Can we be a little bit brave?

18 May 202524 May 2025

The big majority and friendly Senate the election has delivered Albanese could be bad, or it could be very, very good. Will it entice the conservative and cautious Albanese to be a little bit brave?

Political

Sussan Ley: The Path Forward

15 May 202524 May 2025

New leader of the Federal Liberal Party Sussan Ley says she will fight for the values of the party she has committed to rebuild.

Political

Sussan Ley makes history, but faces unprecedented levels of difficulty

14 May 202524 May 2025

As if by visual metaphor, Sussan Ley’s task seemed both obvious and impossible in her first press conference as the new Liberal leader.

Political

Accessibility, not affordability, the cry of increasingly abandoned rural voters

10 May 202524 May 2025

What the city pundits failed to grasp in their endless vapid analysis of the election is that regional frustration isn’t about affordability, it’s about accessibility.

Political, Solutions

Is this the real answer to our cost-of-living crisis?

2 May 20252 May 2025

Australia should call the cost-of-living crisis what it really is — a wealth gap that could be addressed with a universal basic income and real tax reform.

Political, Solutions

Rail is New England’s Main Artery

30 April 202530 April 2025

Residents all over the New England tablelands are making better public transport a big issue for this Federal election. They are angry and determined to force politicians at all 3 levels – local, NSW and Federal – to take a serious interest in the issue. Residents demand action to reverse the major decline in transport […]

Political

Is the election over?

23 April 202524 May 2025

Why have the major parties stopped campaigning for 4 days out of 8, in the final throws of the election campaign?

Political, Something to Think About

The (continual) rising cybersecurity threat in Australia’s election

21 April 202523 April 2025

Australia is at the cusp of another federal election and the threat of cyber interference from state actors has not waned, but the issue does not seem to be getting the level of media attention it deserves.