The cost of road freight and private travel has come to point that railroad transportation and freight needs to be reinstated in this area. To cut down on road infrastructure costs, high living costs involving fuel, registrations and maintenance on vehicles. Rail freight options bring in a cheaper long distance option to industry because rail […]
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Opinion: Armidale residents should have their say
Siri is encouraging people to have their say in the consultation process currently open with Armidale Regional Council, regardless of their opinion.
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QW: Finish the Moree bit
Re: Local leaders testify to “human cost” of Inland Rail axing The only part of the Northern Inland Railway that should be completed immediately is the 23 km (?) across Moree Plains Shire Council so that Moree and Narrabri district producers may export directly out of Port Newcastle at a saving of about $35.00 per tonne. […]
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QW: looking forward to new buses
Re: Expanded coach services to boost regional connections I’m an 81 year old and only drive locally these days. I was really looking forward to the new bus service between Armidale and Port Macquarie. Alas, the trip takes at least 11 hours via Urunga and then south to Port Macquarie, arriving in the early hours […]
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QW: Local farmer earns more than 5,000 carbon credits through soil project
re: Local farmer earns more than 5,000 carbon credits through soil project Funny how natural fertilisers like rock phosphate and mulch have a greater impact on the long term conditioning of soil. An experienced old farmer advised this 50 years ago, before super-P was added to our paddocks. He was correct, the rock -P remained […]
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Letter: New England Families deserve nothing less
I note the appreciation of Kate McGrath for the improvements made to Tamworth state schools and pre-schools. Sadly, the only ”improvement” in Armidale since the retirement of our Independent MP in 2013 has been the Armidale Secondary College debacle. I agree that ”investment in regional communities” should be real public infrastructure that actually improves people’s […]
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How introverted CEOs are redefining accountability and culture
Leaders within businesses typically evoke a certain image, with our immediate depictions likely involving an extrovert personality. While this probably has been the focus for businesses to have such people who can ‘command a room’, it’s clear that the age of the introverted CEO is gathering pace. Being introverted as a business leader has often […]
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QW: Back to school very expensive this year
Is it just me, or are the back to school costs just astronomical this year? I’m out more than $1000 for my two kids, and while admittedly a lot of that is a new computer for one of them, just everything from the shoes to the pens and pencils seem to be so much more […]
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QW: Barnaby’s not doing his job
Denise says Barnaby Joyce is touring Victoria’s bushfire-affected regions campaigning for One Nation candidates in a state election. Not his state. Not his electorate. Not his job.
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QW: We chose the light
A ray of light in the murky world of politically compromised media reporting. Congratulations to New England Times for their honest objective reporting of issues in a time of increasing subjective politically inspired disinformation.