Re: Chaffey’s corner “Regional Australians don’t have the luxury of jumping on a bus or working from home”‘. Jamie Chaffey MP for Parkes. Perhaps the ARC Mayor & General Manager should realise that ”Regional Australians need passenger train services to link with the world and the distant government services not available locally”. This definitely applies […]
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QW: Petrol prices
Petrol prices are being ‘gouged’, however, maybe it will make people sit up and take notice of their fuel consumption – in particular, unnecessary trips.
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QW: Sovereign Citizens
Sovereign citizens are a curse.Social media has allowed ill informed opinion to proliferate. Police should be able to slap on the spot fines on people who sprout such rubbish. Courts do. We all must pile on when we see it printed.
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QW: BOM too risk averse
Mal from Ashford writes the BOM is an important tool but so often wrong you have no confidence.
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QW: Made in New England
Why don’t we make this a permanent thing, Made in New England? I guess you could always add Australia under New England. We could have tags and stickers for anything made in the region. Re: https://www.netimes.com.au/advertising/made-in-new-england-2026/
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QW: We don’t need another cafe
Michelle from Armidale says: “In response to the $2m proposal to renovate the Armidale Courthouse walkway: Why another cafe? We don’t need another one. There’s already one near the post office. This town is fast becoming the cafe town of Australia. We need business to come to town, not just another cafe.”
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QW: The next best thing is Rail Trails
Sally Hawxwell from Bithramere says: Much as I love trains and would support their reestablishment everywhere, It’s just NOT going to happen. SO The next best thing is “Rail Trails” Your beautiful towns will really benefit, They provide safe riding and walking in a world dominated by cars and trucks.
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QW: Lack of transport to Coffs/Brisbane
Seems to me that Transport NSW need to get out from behind their desks and computers and do some “ground-truthing” by personally trying to navigate their theoretical routes out of Armidale. I also think our Council should start working on practical benefits to the Community and stop wasting our very expensive rates on pie in […]