6/08/2008 | THE decision by BHP Billiton to narrow the focus of their exploration for coal on the Liverpool Plains might make some sleep easier at night, but it does not answer the burning question: will coal mining affect or even destroy the underground aquifer systems the area is renowned for?
5/08/2008 | A DECISION by early opening liquor outlets in and around Tamworth to withhold alcohol from sale until 9am each day is common sense in its simplest form.
1/08/2008 | BORAL Timbers is going to have to fish or cut bait. Its apparent plan to close down the Walcha mill it bought less than four years ago, while sitting on the timber licences so no one else can come in to generate new jobs in place of the old, is morally reprehensible.
30/07/2008 | FISCALSTAR, a self-appointed local government rating agency, has released its annual findings on “the good, the bad and the ugly” among NSW councils.
29/07/2008 | TAMWORTH wore its heart on its sleeve yesterday when 35 residents – many of them no spring chickens – braved a cold, wet and gusty day to lay happy wanderer Chris Spence to rest.
28/07/2008 | PENSIONERS have proved to be the forgotten people in the eyes of both the Howard and the Rudd
Governments.
The biggest inequity is the fact the single pension is pegged at 50 per cent of the rate of the couples pension.
25/07/2008 | WE have, for some time now, been scratching our heads over why the voters of NSW didn’t turf the Iemma Government out last year when they had the chance.
Wednesday’s performance by The Nationals was a timely reminder.
24/07/2008 | IT is unfortunate an apparent attack of paranoia by some members of The Nationals has diverted attention away from the plight of Liverpool Plains landholders trying to protect their farms from the impact of mining.
23/07/2008 | THE Liquor Law Reforms passed by the NSW Government earlier this month give local governments like the Tamworth Regional Council unprecedented power in its decision making process when it comes to deciding how alcohol could be traded within communities.
22/07/2008 | FOR a company that says it is trying to avoid confrontation BHP certainly seems to be acting in an unusual manner down Caroona way.
21/07/2008 | WE totally agree with Professor Michael Kidd’s call for an independent review of the siting of the Rudd Government’s GP Super Clinics.
18/07/2008 | QANTAS is to be commended for the quick action that was taken last Friday when it discovered there may have been a maintenance issue with some of its Dash 8 airliners.
17/07/2008 | IT ALMOST seems a shame the anti-annoying laws put forward by the NSW Government to protect World Youth Day pilgrims have been defused by the efforts of some young people determined to expose the laws for what they were – heavy-handed and bullying.
15/07/2008 | JUST why did State Health Minister Reba Meagher come to Tamworth yesterday?
14/07/2008 | SHIRLEY Sherlock, the 72-year-old whistle-blower whose claims are published on pages one and seven of today’s Northern Daily Leader, is to be commended for her persistence and integrity.
11/07/2008 | WELL, well, well. Fuel prices have just moved above $1.70 a litre, the Government is talking about a new carbon tax, the demand for home loans has suffered its biggest fall in eight years, consumer confidence is at a 16-year-low and there are still fears the Reserve Bank pf Australia (RBA) may jack up interest rates at least one more time in the next couple of months.
10/07/2008 | YESTERDAY would have been a tough day to argue in favour of global warming as temperatures across the region dipped and most folk were muttering grimly about the cold.
9/07/2008 | LESS than a week on from the dramatic announcement Novak International, the company that owns Tamworth’s Southgate and Northgate supermarkets, had gone into receivership we are beginning to get a clearer picture of what the future holds.