If you care about Armidale, then you should care about the future fund, and have your say by making a submission before they close on Tuesday.
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Begin Rant: On masculinities, femininities, and city planning
RK Crosby has summoned her inner academic to apply a critical gender lens to the Draft Armidale City Centre Vitality Plan, and concludes that Council needs a lesson in consent.
Posted inOpinion, Social
Opinion: Wanna be an academic? Think twice
New research has found most only 5% of academics would recommend the job. Here’s why.
Posted inOpinion, Political, Social
Opinion: Dismantling the Manosphere
It takes 23 minutes for a social media account mimicking a 16- to 18-year-old boy to be fed misogynistic content. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Social Services, says the manosphere peddles outrage for profit, and we need to push back on the algorithms that amplify it.
Posted inRegulars, Social
Opinion: Before Ray Walsh House Is Gone, We Need Better Answers
Robyn writes that before Ray Walsh House is sold, councillors and residents deserve clear answers to some very important questions.
Posted inOpinion, Social
Opinion: When Justice becomes a luxury
Tamworth lawyer Kevin Carr says the cuts to legal aid funding that come into effect July 1 will affect children the most.
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Opinion: Who owns McLean Care?
Phil Girle writes that the people of Inverell deserve to know who owns McLean Care now and what is happening with “their” aged care facility.
Posted inFeatured, Opinion, Social
Opinion: Kids on social media more than two hours a day at higher risk of mental illness
A new study found there is a significant risks from heavier use of social media by children. Read what the study found.
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Begin Rant: Are we now third class? The inland is being left even further behind
RK Crosby writes that there is a new divide emerging: it’s no longer city versus country, it’s city vs coast vs country, and we’re rapidly being demoted to third class citizens.
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Denise’s Desk: Characters from Under the Dome
Denise writes about the people you work with every day — and why one of them has been internally screaming since 2018.