By Andrew Woodward, Labor Candidate for Cowper (2019 general election) Tuesday, 21 May 2019 This week, there will be millions of words written about the election result. We also need to talk about what happened here locally. It wasn’t good. On the national front, my view is that the tide […]
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack confirmed at a radio broadcast on 13 May, that the Nationals and Pat Conaghan will build and fund tunnels in the Coffs Harbour Bypass. The Minister stated, “there will definitely be tunnels (plural) in the bypass.” Minister McCormack is the latest in a long line […]
By Matt Wade First published at The Sydney Morning Herald. See: https://www.smh.com.au/federal-election-2019/growth-has-slowed-in-regional-australia-since-the-gfc-stoking-discontent-20190515-p51nl0.html Economic growth in regional Australia has been much slower in the decade since the global financial crisis than during the decade and a half before it, new research shows. The report’s author, economist Terry Rawnsley, says the extended […]
So Michael McCormack MP finally said tunnels. Which is fantastic to hear! 🎉We don’t want to be a wet blanket, but we did find this a really odd interview. What do you think? See Video here: https://www.facebook.com/triplemcoffscoast/videos/2274853062756930/ There has been no other news announcement about this. No press conference with […]
Nationals MP for Page Kevin Hogan has just declared that cuts to penalty rates are “great for our youth”, in a bold electoral strategy sure to endear him to the young. By by Sam Langford Hogan, who is famously not a young person, made the comments while speaking to ABC Radio […]
Independent candidate for Cowper, Rob Oakeshott has described as madness a last minute admission from the National Party that they are considering damming Mid North Coast rivers. “Desperation dams on our rivers are surely the nail in the coffin of 117 years of National Party control. The community must use […]
In a previous article (posted yesterday) I compared the Coalition and Labor fiscal plans. The credibility of these plans, as well as their value, depends significantly on whether the underlying economic parameters upon which the plans are based are sound, and equally how those plans will impact on economic activity […]
Here’s some video of the Coffs Climate Action Group chatting with Barnaby Joyce when he came to Cowper yesterday. It’s clear he has no intention of doing anything about the #ClimateEmergency. So if you want to vote to #StopAdani and for climate leadership, #PuttheNatsLast. See our video of our chat […]
The two major issues in this election are climate change and the economy and cost of living pressures. In both cases the two major parties are offering very different strategies. By Michael Keating In these two articles I will focus on the economic choice being offered to voters. In this […]
Rob Oakeshott says “the National Party have brought out the mud bucket. We see this every election. When they feel threatened, they play dirty”. They’re paying hundreds-of-thousands to fill our TVs with wall-to-wall ads that are full of falsehoods. So here are the facts. SHARE THE FACTS ONLINE Fiction: I […]
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