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.
North Coast Times Engage
Posted inQuick Word
QW: Bondi massacre
Josephine from Glen Innes says: As a woman of Irish/Cornish heritage, I am deeply aware of the shadows of generational ambiguous grief, and how this act will impact the future for our next generations.
To the brave Jewish people and others I know as friends: I bend my knees and ask, from the heart of my soul, to know how I can help.
Posted inEnvironmental, Political
We don’t need or want the Narrabri Gas Project
Pat Schultz says: “For fourteen years I have been listening to Santos spin. We do not have a gas shortage problem; we have a gas export problem. The Pipeline Project through the Pilliga will further devastate the forest and poses a threat to water.”
Posted inEditorial, Social
Editorial: We choose the light
Our site may be only one tiny corner of the internet, but when it comes to covering the Chanukah Massacre, we choose the light.
Posted inNational
Bondi attack came after huge increase in online antisemitism: research
At least 16 people – including a ten-year-old child – are dead after two men opened fire on a crowd of people celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah on Sunday in a public park at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Many more are injured.
Posted inTips and Tricks
DIY Done Right: Upgrading Your Entertaining Areas Without Breaking Your Back
Toa Fereti says too many renovation projects fall off the rails due to a lack of a clear plan, or right tools, turning a labour of love into back-breaking exercise.
Posted inRegulars, Social, Solutions
Who you know can’t be the qualification
Dean Foley says when jobs, grants and contracts keep circling the same small group, people stop debating policy and start debating trust.
Posted inQuick Word
QW: Hooray for a healthy business community
It has been so wonderful to see such a flurry of news about new businesses, new later night shopping in Inverell, new chamber of commerce in Armidale, and so many other signs that our local business community is booming! I know so many small businesses have struggled with the changes to tax and super payments […]
Posted inRegional
Do We Have Responsive Governments? New England’s Dilemmas as we approach end of 2025
Siri Gamage writes that the public and media are again turning their minds to some very long standing issues in our region.
Posted inPolitical
Nationals still working for New England
NSW National chairman Rick Colless says Barnaby Joyce will achieve nothing as a team of one, but The Nationals will still work to represent New England.