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Hope for many candidates

4:00 AM | Tony Windsor often reminds his constituents “the world is run by those who turn up”.

Councillor pay rise is justified

25 May 12 | Not surprisingly, there has been plenty of flack directed at Tamworth regional councillors for voting in favour of a modest pay rise this week. |

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It’s a matter of manners

24 May 12 | AN ONLINE survey on the website of a Sydney metropolitan newspaper asked yesterday: How do you rate the behaviour of federal politicians? |

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Closure will hit hospitals hard

23 May 12 | THE announced closure of the maternity unit at Tamworth’s only private hospital highlights the ongoing unhealthy state of health services in regional areas. |

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Resolve Craig Thomson issue by due process

22 May 12 | THERE are many puzzling aspects to the Craig Thomson affair. |

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MPs lose perks – just like us all

21 May 12 | Once upon a time, the NSW Parliament had one of the best superannuation schemes in the land.

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Influence of Europe a worry

19 May 12 | The fall in the value of the Australian dollar against the greenback highlights the jitters that have returned to international money markets.

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Three fronts to mining battle

18 May 12 | ANOTHER day and another protest. If it is not in our own backyard, it is somewhere else like Queensland, where the conflict between mining, coal seam gas and farming is just as intense.

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Social media: use it for good

17 May 12 | Some people love it, others hate it, and most older people don’t care. The Facebook phenomenon – the epicentre of social media – is a major part of many lives.

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Politicians are not perfect

15 May 12 | THE Craig Thomson and Peter Slipper affairs, all of sudden, have everyone in the corridors of Parliament House talking about a code of conduct for MPs. |

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Thomson issue like bad smell over federal government

14 May 12 | THERE has been plenty said and written about the Craig Thomson saga over the past week, but are we any closer to a resolution?

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Thanks to all of our volunteers

12 May 12 | THERE is not a week in the year not attached to some cause, but we feel compelled to draw the public’s attention to National Volunteer Week, which begins on Monday.

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Debate is just the beginning

11 May 12 | Yesterday’s parliamentary debate, albeit a minor event on the parliament’s agenda, produced some progress on Tamworth’s law-and-order issues. |

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Expectations are riding high on state govt about Tamworth law-and-order petition

10 May 12 | TAMWORTH has high expectations the NSW government will do more than just discuss its petition on law-and-order issues and offer compliments to the community for its proactive approach in bringing this deeply concerning matter to the parliament’s attention.

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Disservice to the movement

09 May 12 | THE Fair Work Australia report into the workings of the Health Services Union is a detailed and forensic document. |

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Extra police not whole solution to Tamworth's problem

08 May 12 | THE 11 out of 12 additional police promised to Tamworth who took to the beat yesterday are the result of a number of forces working together. |

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Is surplus good management?

05 May 12 | TUESDAY’S federal budget has the potential to backfire on the government.

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Debate to test govt, member

04 May 12 | Next Thursday’s law-and-order debate in the NSW Parliament will be a big test for the O’Farrell government and an even bigger one for the member for Tamworth, Kevin Anderson.

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Double-edged publicity sword

02 May 12 | You can please some of the people some of the time and sometimes, miraculously, you might even please most of the people sometimes, but never all of the people all of the time.

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Land use policy dilemma for state govt

01 May 12 | THE rally in Sydney today pushing for tighter controls on mining and coal seam gas exploration and extraction, to ensure the protection of agricultural land, is a dilemma for the NSW government.

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