Thelma says – This is what happens to decent people when they have had enough with the idiots they have to work with that have no common sense or decency. You’ll be right Barnaby. I thought you were better than this and would fight harder for this great country.
Barnaby Joyce
Posted inPolitical, Regular columns
Yeah nah: claims Joyce joining Hanson are fantasy
RK Crosby argues the claims that Joyce is going to quit the Nationals to join One Nation are laughable, and just part of Joyce’s usual activities to keep national press talking about him.
There is no way he is joining a party that bears someone else’s name, with unclear and inconsistent ideology, that he can never be leader of, and will die with her.
Posted inEnvironmental, Political, Regular columns
Why I no longer support Net Zero
Last week, RK Crosby came to the realisation she no longer supports the goal of Net Zero emissions – but not because of anything Barnaby said.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Parliament’s New Epidemic – The Dunning-Kruger Outbreak
Denise McHugh says the real contagion sweeping through Federal Parliament isn’t COVID or RSV, but the Dunning-Kruger effect – where the least informed speak the loudest and facts rarely stand a chance.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Desperately seeking relevance….
Denise McHugh of Tamworth writes that Barnaby Joyce’s 7.30 appearance on 23 July was embarrassing – all bluster and no substance.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Barnaby Joyce is Playing Politics with Your Future
Denise McHugh writes that New England deserves better than a politician who puts his own survival above the future of his community.
Posted inEditorial
On psychosocial risk and politics
EDITORIAL: We’ve had to change the way we cover councils because it has become too toxic, so we’re joining the call for more funding for councils.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Joyce’s Campaign Against Clean Energy
Robert Walker says Barnaby Joyce rants against renewables, creates victims and saviours out of nothing, and clings to propaganda while the Nationals scramble to save the furniture.
Posted inPolitical
Barnaby Joyce’s diminishing relevance in a changing Australia
Denise McHugh writes that New England needs a representative who is relevant, respected, and able to work with government—not someone who has become a symbol of everything voters have rejected.
Posted inEditorial, Something to Think About
How can we think outside the box to help our coastal neighbours?
Can we think about a bigger community transition to empower people to relocate to higher ground in a way where everyone wins?