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Dean Foley

Posted inPolitical, Regulars

Tougher gun laws will be written in Sydney – but they will land here

18 December 202517 December 2025

Dean Foley says we need to be sure tighter gun laws don’t just mean more red tape for people who were never the threat.

Posted inFeatured, Regulars, Social, Solutions

Who you know can’t be the qualification

13 December 202513 December 2025

Dean Foley says when jobs, grants and contracts keep circling the same small group, people stop debating policy and start debating trust.

Posted inRegulars, Social, Something to Think About

New England can’t accept being one of NSW’s worst places for domestic violence

27 November 202530 November 2025

Dean Foley writes that in the New England, we don’t need a campaign to remind us that violence is a problem.

Posted inPolitical, Something to Think About

Why is Canberra hogging the Indigenous Procurement pie? 

24 November 202521 November 2025

Dean Foley writes there is something really odd going on in Indigenous procurement, and our communities are missing out.

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