Tag: Australia
Vietnam Vets memorialised
Across the region and nationally, commemorations are being held on Thursday, August 18 to mark Vietnam Veterans’ Day, which is held on the anniversary...
An alternative energy nightmare in one act
Canberra, 2011. The nation’s most important cave dwellers, the Greens, are assembled in Parliament House to try Tony Abbott for opposing Green-Labor’s proposed Carbon...
Renewables are about commonsense
There are times when an idea gets so confused it takes an outsider to see what is really going on.
I had this experience recently...
NBN rollout continues with Armidale’s Second Release
Last week NBN Co announced that preliminary site works are scheduled to start in August for the Armidale second release rollout of the National...
Tony Windsor
I am impressed with the measured, thoughtful way Tony Windsor handled himself as a member of the Multi-party Committee on Climate Change. While he...
Are we still a sensible democratic country?
I am distressed at the level of disrespect for our elected representatives, and the fuelling of panic around the issue of carbon pollution.
We...
Carbon Price and Renewables
In his letter ‘NSW Solar and Renewable Energy Summit’ Mr MacDonald MLC claims that grid-connected solar is partly to blame for rising electricity costs....
Hockey delivers Politics Lecture
The Hon Joe Hockey MP, Shadow Treasurer in the Australian Parliament and Federal Member for North Sydney, delivered a public lecture at the University...
Progressive cinema focuses on coal seam gas mining
Progressive Cinema presents ‘GasLand’, a compelling and emotional first-person story of discovery and empowerment, at 7.30pm on August 10, at the Armidale Club.
In...
Civil War veteran commemorated
A unique ceremony took place in the Armidale Cemetery on the weekend. A plaque on a previously unmarked grave was formally unveiled by descendents...
Early schooling in Armidale: Part 2
Celebrations were held in Armidale in June 2011 to mark the 150th anniversary of what is known today as Armidale City Public School. The...
Region represented at UK migration events
Regional Development Australia Northern Inland (RDANI) recently represented NSW in the UK, on behalf of the NSW Government’s Department of Trade and Investment, Regional...
