Alarm bells
It is gratifying to see environmental issues being openly debated in the letter pages of the Independent. Not being a climate scientist, it is...
Bend it like Beckham, Chris!
The top of the table clash in the New England Mutual Premier League between the Demon Knights and Oxley Vale Attunga was expected to...
Misleading advertising
Full page adverts inserted in major newspapers by the Australian Coal Association in recent days are clearly misleading and are aimed to mislead. The...
Tell your story and make a difference
Heywire is an opportunity for young people in regional Australia to be heard on the ABC and in Canberra.
Enter Heywire by September 19,...
Chinese delegates visit Armidale
Five Chinese delegates from the eastern city of Yanji, including the city’s mayor Zhao, Zhexue, visited Armidale to foster a closer relationship between the...
Progressive Cinema presents “The Economics of Happiness”
Progressive Cinema continues at 7.30pm on Wednesday, July 20, at the Armidale Club with a screening of the highly acclaimed documentary The Economics of...
NSW Solar & Renewable Energy Summit
I had the opportunity to attend the NSW Solar & Renewable Energy Summit held at the University of Newcastle last Friday. The Minister for...
The Historic St Kilda Hotel: Part 3
Celebrations will be held for a whole week in October this year to mark the 150th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone...
Hockey wins cap off great games for UNE
Four days of competition across 12 sports concluded at the 2011 Northern University Games in Armidale last Thursday, with Bond University taking home the...
It is all about recycling in Uralla
Residents of Uralla found their wacky and wild creative side participating in the Northern Inland Regional Waste (NIRW) Waste to Art competition.
The Waste to...
Nashos celebrate
The Armidale Sub Branch of the National Serviceman’s Association of Australia honoured the 212 Nashos killed on active service, the 200 killed in training...
Between Carbon, economists and a hard place
Speaking at the The Australian-Melbourne Institute Growth Challenge conference, Tony Abbott cast aspersions on ‘the quality of our economists’. A few days later (4-7-2011)...
