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QW: Jobs and Growth
The rail sector would deliver jobs and growth and give customers of all categories some great transport options
QW: Roncon should go now
I know it wasn’t in your paper but I don’t think the Express would run this letter if I sent it: but how off the charts delusional was that puff piece about Armidale Regional Council GM James Roncon? The relationship between town and council is as toxic as ever, staff seem to be even more unhappy and fearful than ever, and Roncon is claiming that’s he’s just awesome. I thought he quit? There were plenty of ego-dripping stories that he was leaving… why is he still here? He should go ASAP. And if he won’t, then the elected councillors should make him go as he is obviously more committed to his own ego than to Armidale, not keep renewing his contract.
QW: Tamworth nurse says management is the problem
I’m a nurse in Tamworth, and the reason nurses are miserable is the managers. A fish rots from the head. Why put more pressure on disillusioned nurses hanging in there by our teeth? It’s the bloody management!!
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QW: Yaaay! Well done!
I can now say, on FB, that you are ‘open for business’…and ask if people would not only write to you, but hopefully donate a little. I’m sure there are many younger people than I who could afford a small weekly or fortnightly donation. 🤞🤞
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QW: Why are we paying double for power?
Regarding electricity bills, is it fair that the daily service/connection fee of $2 for regional areas, including the New England, is double the $1 per day charged in urban areas such as Sydney and Newcastle? What are your thoughts?
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QW: Why Does Barnaby Keep Winning?
Thanks for the opportunity to have a Quick Word. Much is spoken of the city-country divide but surveys shows it to be a political beatup. Having worked in regional Vic for 30 years, I now live in Melb but retain connections and understandings. I am not alone. As a parent and grandparent witnessing accelerating climate change, I’d be keen to know why Barnaby Joyce keeps getting re-elected.
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QW: Quick wish for easier access to letters
As usual, my congratulations to your team for being first with the news. I was thinking last night that it would be amazing if you could put a link to Letters to the Editor just above the weather forecast. I often read down and forget to find the link to LTTE…a very important section of your paper. Is this possible?
with many thanks, and keep up the good work. I’ll donate as often as possible.
👏👏Deni
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QW: Our councils are too small
I recently moved in to a place in Uralla Shire and I know this is an unpopular sentiment, but I think our Council is too small and we should merge. There’s a lack of professionalism and an acceptance of poor services, particularly in the villages and localities that aren’t in Uralla itself, and it’s something I think any commercial manager knows can be addressed with economies of scale. The idea that a village will lose its character or whatever just doesn’t wash with me, and there are plenty of structures like wards and local action committees that can be used to get the benefits of local leadership without the insane cost of a tiny council. I’d certainly rather see a merger proposal than a rates increase proposal that doesn’t get better services for where I live.
QW: Accessibility, not affordability
The old saw. NSW stands for Newcastle, Sydney & Wollongong. Infrastructure: Telecommunications, Road & Rail. The disparity is holding regions back, impeding development & ultimately jeopardising our self sufficiency & security.
QW: Flooding and helping our neighbours
The New England and southern downs has yet again copped the flood of trucks and traffic as flood waters rise and engulf the coasts. It’s exposed serious and dangerous flaws in our national highway system and supply chains as we are yet again playing dodge the potholes on the highway. Listening to idle chatter on the CB radio one truck driver refers to his sea sickness as he travels up and down hills and ranges and winds left and right around sharp bends on the narrow new england highway, pushing it all up hill in a wire canoe along the creek without a paddle. The local member Mr Joyce blasted the condition of the highway a few years back and hasn’t been seen since, perhaps he got lost between the cracks. One has to question even with a fresh coat of tar is this highway even suitable as a high speed highway for trucks to travel, it’s certainly a highway that tests the truck driving men from the boys to see how well you can change gears, with all the hills and ranges this way it dosnt seem to be superhighway material, by passes are desperately needed for the town’s along the way to. So to keep the new England on the long haul freight route, as trucks grow in size and weight is it feasible in the long run? Could there be a better way? Meanwhile we have a steel highway of rails right beside the main line that could cope with the many heavy loads that need hauling. Is it time to bring back the trains? After a weekend of listening to trucks rip, roar and rattle all day long and all through the night, freight trains seems so much quicker easier and cheaper, and unlike roads that get washed away the trains are above the flood lines. We need to keep our lines alive and not destroy them. Time to bring back the trains before the next shower of rain.
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