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QW: Congrats to The Bolt

Re: Uralla’s Bolt Inn adds Best Steak in a Pub NSW to awards haul

Congratulations Bolt Inn Team!!!  Hard earned & well deserved!!  Another Uralla business setting the standard for others to follow.

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QW: PETA sign should never have been approved

These people are a waste of oxygen and the sign should never have been approved. Here is a
company that will generate employment and dollars into our local region. They should be congratulated and supported by government, council and the community. Well done to the Camilleri family.

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QW: Creative Streets was incredible

What an incredible event Armidale’s Creative Streets Festival was! The organisers and participants should be congratulated on the diverse array of high-quality events, live music, films, installations, chalk art, food stalls and karaoke which lit up the centre of town, while the new murals will continue to brighten the town for years. It shows that Armidale doesn’t need thousands more inhabitants to have lively cultural festivals. Nor should it destroy the mall and its playground, Reconciliation fountain, revamped stage and outdoor cafes for car traffic – a festival highlight was the safe, quiet, pollution-free city centre free of cars and filled with children playing.

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QW: Uncle Cyril’s honour well deserved

Re:  Black Gully Festival to honour Uncle Cyril Green’s life in music

A hard earned and very well deserved acknowledgement for a great New England musician, Uncle Cyril Green.  Back in the 60s, his speed over the fret board and clean notes were inspiring.  Listening to Cyril work his magic was always a delight.  The Black Gully Festival concert is a ”do not miss” event.

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QW: Congrats to the NEGF

Re:  Gardening Australia visit to put New England region in national spotlight

Congratulations to the hard working New England Garden Festival Committee bringing this year’s third premier event to fruition on 31 October weekend.  A special thanks to Armidale Regional Council for their assistance in this matter.

These community events bring tourists into Armidale & New England, a necessary function for the growth of our regional economy.

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QW: An excellent result for Moree

Re: $12.7m Moree investment to create jobs, boost agricultural exports

An excellent result for the Moree community after too many decades of being ignored by political representatives.

This development is an excellent reason for completing  the missing about 25km railway link between Moree and Port Newcastle ASAP.   This would seriously reduce the cost of freight for all producers, reduce highway destruction by too many heavy freight vehicles and make car travel families safer on rarely maintained roads.

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QW: Change the school time

I dont like daylight saving, but another option, particularly for school children (& teachers) is to have school start later in the day. Children’s brains aren’t wired (particularly secondary students) for such an early start.

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QW: The Anti- Daylight Savings argument

The anti-Daylight Savings argument has never been properly investigated.

Having daylight later in the day results in a hotter sleep time and increased use of air conditioningwould far exceed lighting power consumption savings in my opinion.

In summer the extra daylength comes about naturally anyway, and it would be more useful in winter.

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QW: To the brave misogynist

RE:  Deputy mayor under fire for ‘working mum’ remarks

Cr Hooke is a brave misogynist to talk down a working Mum anywhere, especially a live wire who knows what she is doing.

It appears that the Nationals are returning to GSC to lead the town back into the mists of the 19th century where husbands voted for their wives who should always be bare-foot, pregnant and in the kitchen waiting in anxious anticipation for the return of their spouses.  Nationals – the party you have when you want nothing done!!

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QW: Waste of Duval

Although I have not lived in Armidale for 30 years I well recall the urgency of getting a second high school in the town. AHS had too many students and it needed to be split. I had a profound sense of sadness when my old school was gutted. I also recently drove up past Duval and thought what an obscene waste of public money. We can’t run a health system but we build new schools when we had perfectly adequate ones in place.

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