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.
Posted inPolitical, Regulars
I take it all back, Barnaby’s a fool
RK Crosby says she thought Barnaby Joyce was one of the smartest strategists in conservative politics, but joining One Nation is just dumb.
Posted inLetters
Letter: our health system fails to meet men where they are
CEO of Visonflex Joshua Mundey says there is a broader systemic failure in our health system.
Posted inSocial
‘Make the platforms safer’: what young people really think about the social media ban
From next Wednesday, thousands of young Australians under 16 will lose access to their accounts across ten social media platforms, as the teen social media ban takes effect.