Jack Arnold writes that the closure of Ben Lomond Public School is a sad event that is part of trend found in other placed where government investment is absent.
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QW: Bondi massacre
Josephine from Glen Innes says: As a woman of Irish/Cornish heritage, I am deeply aware of the shadows of generational ambiguous grief, and how this act will impact the future for our next generations.
To the brave Jewish people and others I know as friends: I bend my knees and ask, from the heart of my soul, to know how I can help.
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QW: Barnaby’s senate move
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QW: trains
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QW: Maybe just shush
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QW: Hooray for a healthy business community
It has been so wonderful to see such a flurry of news about new businesses, new later night shopping in Inverell, new chamber of commerce in Armidale, and so many other signs that our local business community is booming! I know so many small businesses have struggled with the changes to tax and super payments […]
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QW: Re: I take it all back, Barnaby’s a fool
Phil from Tamworth says: If Barnaby can position a vote for ON as a protest vote against both the Nationals AND Labor, there could be a huge loss of National Party MPs in Northern NSW and in Southern QLD. There is plenty of discontent against the Nationals but no real alternative until ON came along in the 1998 Qld state election.
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QW: “Some hurt in this”….
Jan Kleeman writes: Barnaby’s defection to Hanson’s One Nation was glaringly predictable; no “hurt” to his betrayed electorate, just relief.
What was glaringly absurd however, was the venue chosen to announce their joyful union…… cattle sale yards? Pauline at a cattle sale?…..now that is not only bizarre but to anyone who has been involved in breeding and selling cattle that was an insult.