Robyn Beck//AFP/Getty Images EUROPE swelters. Greece, California and even the Arctic burns. Eastern Australia is gripped in a severe drought. Following record-breaking flooding, Japan is now being hit by a record-breaking heatwave. No one can say we weren’t warned. The reality of human-made climate change has been apparent for decades […]
This is the third article to deal with some of the factors related to the Council approved project to build a new complex in Gordon Street. By Cob Given approval the project has now been given by Councillors it is important to get the sequence of events settled. Two options […]
The nation appears headed for an election over emissions reductions and power prices after a majority of Coalition MPs endorsed the National Energy Guarantee and set the scene for a showdown with Labor. By Phil Coorey Despite a rearguard effort led by Tony Abbott to kill the NEG stone dead, […]
From former aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman to estranged “fixer” Michael Cohen, it seems that President Donald Trump has a real problem with people making secret recordings of their interactions with him. By Brad Reed In a new Vanity Fair article, sources tell reporter Emily Jane Fox that the reason so many […]
It is going to be a rare event in our region as we have two sitting National Party members retiring at their next respective elections. By Bob Roche Both Andrew Fraser (Coffs Harbour) and Luke Hartsuyker (Cowper) have had long careers in Macquarie Street and Canberra thanks to their seats […]
by John Turnbull It’s movie time, as entertainment editor John Turnbull checks out the latest big screen blockbuster from Tom Cruise and a little-seen sci-fi pic with a big twist… Mission Impossible: Fallout Directed by Christopher McQuarrie (2018) Even if you’ve been living under a rock, there is a fair chance […]
Terry Hamilton writes to tax office and charities watchdog about failures royal commission found in Catholic and other churches It is unacceptable for churches that failed to protect children from sexual abuse to still have charity status nine months after the royal commission delivered its final report, a former assistant […]
SOMEWHERE this week in Australia a baby was born. Or maybe a plane landed carrying someone from another part of the world ready to make a new start here. It doesn’t really matter. For according to our statisticians, we have now welcomed the 25 millionth Australian into the fold. By […]
The Reefgate ‘rort’ may be the biggest scandal in Australian political history — but is just the latest in a long line of taxpayer cash splashes from Turnbull to his cronies, including the Murdochs. By Dave Donovan. MALCOLM TURNBULL giving almost half-a-billion dollars of public money to his business cronies is, perhaps, […]
The biggest financial swindle in Australian history was not masterminded by a smooth-talking shyster in silk tie and fancy loafers. It didn’t involve complex money shifting to the Bahamas, the establishment of sham companies or falsified documents. By Jessica Irvine. Illustration: John Shakespeare The biggest financial scam ever perpetrated against […]