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QW: Hoenig should look at the footpaths

Minister for LG Ron Hoenig was blown away by Tamworth building etc but what makes a good council is the way it looks after its ratepayers gardens, parks and roads, which is sadly lacking by Mayor Webb and his 5 cronies. Shame on them as the Peel River and the main street footpaths just naming two things are an utter disgrace

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QW: Police chase near Anzac Day in Armidale

I was on the Barney St side of the Anzac Day event with my 5 year old when the police chase went past. There is no way they did not know that the Anzac Day event was on – there were heaps of cops there. Surely they should have called it off long before the sirens drowned out Ron Vickress?

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QW:Booing Reconciliation

I was disgusted to see people booing the Welcome to Country at dawn services in Sydney and Melbourne. On a day meant to honour sacrifice, dignity and shared remembrance, some chose ignorance and division instead.

The booing was especially shameful given the long record of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service in every major conflict involving Australia, often while denied full citizenship, fair pay and basic rights at home. They fought for a nation that frequently failed to recognise them, yet still served.

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QW: Howard’s Politics of Division

Whenever the Coalition comes under pressure, the same reflex returns: stir anxiety about borders, migration and who belongs here. It is a formula refined during the Howard years and one the party still reaches for when ideas run thin.

Instead of serious policies on housing, wages, health or productivity, we get another round of division dressed up as leadership. Migrants become an easy target. Communities are encouraged to feel threatened. Complex national challenges are reduced to slogans and blame.

Australia deserves better than politics built on fear.

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QW: “support local” is a myth

I have always believed we should support local business, and whenever you have a chance, you should choose a local over any big national company or whatever. But lately, there’s a particular business that’s crowing a lot about how we all need to support local business… last I checked, they didn’t support local business themselves. Hypocrisy isn’t as much a bitch as karma I suppose.

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QW: A test of political effectiveness

Re: Extra diesel not getting to New England as fuel tensions persist

How do you know when your political representatives are not valued in their respective Parliaments?  Wait until there is a major emergency, natural or economic, and see which electorates get the support.  

QW: Uralla Shire Council By-Election candidates

Re: Meet the Uralla Shire Council By-Election candidates

An excellent coverage of the Uralla by-election candidates.  As Uralla is likely the future of economic development in New England voters should support a candidate having a proven track record of achievement.  Certainly the on-going stagnation of economic and social development is a consequence of wanting a 19th century future in a 21st century world.

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QW: Government telling lies

This goverment keeps telling us lies everyday. If there is still the same amount of fuel coming into the country then where is it going as it’s not getting to the regional farmers that keep our food coming and not to the regional petrol stations. They must be storing it somewhere in order to control the people again otherwise if they say we don’t have a supply problem and it’s never been a distribution problem in the past so why now……….just adds up to control by this terrible government that is in power now that has ruined our county in more ways than one.