Quick Word

My mother and I went to the ADMS Rocky Horror Show and Rocky was perfect – he did better than the real Rocky!

It’s kinda interesting that literally days after the mayors were uppity about not being consulted on the stupid Nationals pulling the plug on the REZ, that Armidale council did a Moylan and announced a huge plan no one wanted without any consultation. Let’s hope that this trend of big stupid idea no consultation ends quickly.

We need a cardiac team in the cath lab at Tamworth Base Hospital, 7 days a week. I could have died after having heart attack on a Friday, because there’s no cath lab on Fridays or weekends – I was taken by helicopter to John Hunter in Newcastle. It’s not good enough for a town […]

The NSW firearms changes feel like a punishment placed upon people who have done nothing wrong. This government is not consistent at all. We were forced to vote on the Voice, we were forced to vote on gay marriage (that was stupid as it should have just been accepted) , yet something that places significant […]

New Tamworth mental health unit welcome. The old Banksia unit was Dickensian, unfit for humans. Although I had seen it for a long time I was told nothing had changed. The worry will be like most New England Health facilities, will it have enough staff?

Re: Cars in the mall and no more bowling club: Armidale’s city centre plan revealed As an old Armidale boy I recall the debate about closing the mall. Armidale suffers from a fragmented shopping precinct. They all look dead. Another one would make it worse. We live near Inverell that has a thriving shopping centre. […]

Re: Cars in the mall and no more bowling club: Armidale’s city centre plan revealed The current council under Mayor Coupland have their heads in the clouds. Maybe they should return to the ground and start doing what they promised when arguing for the SRV increase which is to repair and upgrade existing essential infrastructure.

Re:  Begin Rant: The New England can’t afford friends like these This NSW Coalition decision on the New England REZ demonstrates that the unelected hacks and politicians of the Nationals are taking New England voters for granted. Regional Independents get things done for their communities. What have the Nationals and One Nation done?

The PBS is one of the great, underappreciated sucessess of Australia. So embeded that people take its benefits for granted.

What a mess the renewable policy has become. The solution lies in a mix of new and old generation. Not on productive farm land but secondary land away from people. I know they have contributed millions into Inverell. People are voting with their own money with home solar and batteries. Generating new money in regional […]