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Next to amazing – Armidale’s production of “Next to Normal”

2 days ago8 December 2025

Jack Arnold is full of praise for the recent ADMS performance of “Next to Normal”

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‘Make the platforms safer’: what young people really think about the social media ban

4 days ago6 December 2025

From next Wednesday, thousands of young Australians under 16 will lose access to their accounts across ten social media platforms, as the teen social media ban takes effect.

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Denise’s Desk: NSW Educational Pathways program is delivering exactly what young people need

2 December 20252 December 2025

Denise McHugh says the Educational Pathways Program shows that when we invest in vocational pathways early, students thrive.

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Ensemble Apsley sheer joy

2 December 20252 December 2025

Richard Maddox says move over Australian Chamber Orchestra – there’s a new kid on the block.

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Stop trying to rip up the Armidale mall

28 November 202528 November 2025

RK Crosby has a different idea on what’s wrong with the Armidale mall, and it isn’t a lack of cars.

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New England can’t accept being one of NSW’s worst places for domestic violence

27 November 202530 November 2025

Dean Foley writes that in the New England, we don’t need a campaign to remind us that violence is a problem.

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Denise’s Desk: It’s Time to Give Our Community Preschool Teachers the Pay They Deserve

10 November 20257 November 2025

Denise McHugh writes that we need to be ensuring community preschool teachers are paid on par with primary teachers.

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Merits of Regional Rail Renewal vs a Rail Trail: Failures of Decision-Making in New England

8 November 202512 November 2025

Train advocate Siri Gamage says we are stuck between a rock and a hard place: dependent on governments to meet our transport needs, yet repeatedly let down by their inaction.

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Boys are still in the grip of crippling masculine stereotypes

7 November 20257 November 2025

Michael Flood from QUT says rigid norms of manhood, based in manly confidence and toughness, are still influential for young men.

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How the world’s constant crises are quietly fuelling anxiety in Australians

2 November 202513 November 2025

Psychotherapist Diane Young says an increasing number of people, especially young Australians, are feeling perpetually anxious and trapped in a cycle of consuming distressing world events, yet powerless to make a change.

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