Future strategic
The Tweed’s LEP is council’s primary land use planning document and should provide surety for future strategic and sustainable planning. Legislation is in place...
One step in the right direction for the new Local Environment Plan
An Extraordinary meeting was held on Friday to quickly dispense with the rescission motion from Clrs Polglase, Youngblutt and Byrne challenging the new Environmental...
Dysfunctional council
While a number of Councillors, mostly new Councillors, have grand-standed to the public and the press on a number of issues, I have stayed...
Controlling wildlife humanely
Phillip Machin’s article; ‘Who’s eating the green stuff?’ should be appreciated by animal lovers. It’s good to see facts for a change. However, farmers are...
Electronic parking and its impact on retail shopping in the Armidale CBD
In 2011 when Armidale Dumaresq Council (ADC) first mooted the idea of introducing electronic timed parking in the CBD of Armidale, I had concerns...
Richard Torbay family photo album
Sometimes it feels as though one is looking at a Richard Torbay family photo album when they open the Independent newspaper. More often then...
Medieval times
Sat down to read the Independent to find it was the Medieval times instead!
Can’t believe that people still think that you “can get close...
Our society resembles pagan Rome
Those who think that a royal commission into child sexual abuse will be able to weed out the practice, are engaged in wishful thinking,...
Asbestos and renovation
Your readers may have seen the recent television drama Devil’s Dust on the ABC. The program is a stark reminder to us all about...
Royal Commission
We have heard so much about child abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, that Prime Minister Gillard feels there is political mileage to be...
Democracy who?
There’s a promo for a show about democracy being aired on Foxtell. The catch phrase is, “Democracy is not a spectator sport!” Whoever dreamed...
Money for learning
First I get a letter from my child’s school telling me Geoff Provest and his government are taking away $1.7 billion out of the...
