New England is National Party heartland, but the results of the latest New England Times Engage Poll indicate this love affair may be at risk of ending.
Online influencers might not change the way you vote at the looming federal election but they’ll almost certainly shape how and why political events become ‘news’.
A seismic change in the social media landscape has huge ramifications heading towards the Australian federal election — for politicians as well as those who would monitor them.
Emergency workers have been applauded for giving up their Christmas, but with one eye on a looming election some just couldn’t keep the politics out of their Christmas Messages this year.
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.
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.
