Politicians behaving badly
Like most people watching the news bulletins this week, I was appalled by the behaviour of our politicians. We the voting public want to...
Climate oversight
Power bills are much higher this year than during the same period last year. Food prices are rising, along with everything else, except ‘alleged’...
Constantly evolving
When I was young, many of my peers did not reach puberty until late teens or early twenties, some in their early teens; we...
CSG
The NSW Minister for Resources has confirmed he does not move outside the city circles and conferences/meetings with the mining industries. His statements last...
Submissive at home
Mrs Abbott may not have done her husband the favour she thinks! Most psychology books I’ve read suggest many men living with out-numbering of...
Shameful
I could not believe what I was watching on Tuesday night news, Tony Abbot ranting away, criticising the government and the Prime Minister nothing...
Many comment-ators missed the significance of this moment
For many, if not most Australian women, the feminist comments of the Prime Minister were welcome and long overdue. As a voter, it was...
A wave and a smile can do wonders
Thank you very much for being so generous in giving the general public special place in your interesting newspaper. You set a good example...
Councillor iPads
In the media recently, Mr Peter O’Donohue, a new Armidale Dumaresq councillor, has tried to calm the furore over ratepayers having to buy iPads...
Proposed phone tower
Why does Telstra have the audacity to propose a 31-metre high phone tower on the scenic, bush-clad hilltop above Apex Lookout?
Other phone companies have...
Newcastle cancels parking meters
I refer to the report in the Newcastle Herald that Newcastle City Council (‘NCC’) has voted UNANIMOUSLY to halt the roll-out of 189 city...
Jones on CSG
Let me make this clear from the start. I have never, before his stand against coal seam gas mining, supported the views of Alan...
