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High time to end election betting

4:00 AM AEST | IT WAS the independent member for Lyne, Rob Oakeshott, about a week ago who called for a freeze on all federal election betting.

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Fresh stain on govt apron

02 Sep 10 | WHILE the nation’s scrutiny is on Canberra and which way the independent Members of Parliament will form their allegiances, the good old NSW Government continues to give us even more reasons to have an escape clause from four-year terms. |

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Driving home a deadly point

01 Sep 10 | IT SEEMS that no matter how hard the police and the media drive home the message, there are some in the community who refuse to, or cannot, understand the risk of mixing too much alcohol with getting behind the wheel of a car.

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Rising utilities having impact

31 Aug 10 | WITH the NSW Parliament sitting today after the winter break, one thing voters will be reminded of is the state election at the end of March is not too long to wait.

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What’s logical or consistent?

28 Aug 10 | IT WOULD be hard to argue logic and consistency have played a major part in the public statements being made by independents Tony Windsor, Bob Katter and Rob Oakeshott over the past week.

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More political twists possible

27 Aug 10 | As we enter day five of what is developing into a second election campaign under very different circumstances, another possible outcome might be emerging.

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Responsibility heavy burden

26 Aug 10 | SPARE a thought for Tony Windsor. The eyes and ears of the nation are fixed and tuned on his every word as he attempts, with others, to resolve Australia’s political impasse. |

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Fight hardest in earshot of bells

25 Aug 10 | FORMER Wallaby captain and great halfback Nick Farr-Jones was in Tamworth last night – a key note speaker at the Tamworth Regional Development Corporation’s annual Inspired Business lecture series.

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Clique could be the kiss of death for independents

24 Aug 10 | MUCH has been made of who the clique of country independents should back to form a minority government. |

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Second-term support a must

23 Aug 10 | WITH only the faintest hope Labor might fall across the line with the support of one Greens MP, a “Greens independent” and a win in the West Australian seat of Hasluk, Tony Windsor and his fellow conservative independents will likely need to decide to fish or cut bait in the very near future. |

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Give your vote to incumbent

21 Aug 10 | WITH the stage now set for a hung parliament, New England voters should throw their support behind the independent member for New England, Tony Windsor.

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Taking a punt on the pollies

20 Aug 10 | FIRST let us say that this newspaper, in no way, condones the practice of gambling.

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Eleventh hour promise on dam a good start

19 Aug 10 | IT’S A GOOD start; $10.4 million and while we don’t want to seem ungrateful, apparently it won’t be enough.

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Independents still playing coy

18 Aug 10 | FOUR DAYS out from the federal election and the three Lower House independents are still playing coy on who they would support in the event of a hung parliament.

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State’s biggest rural social event

17 Aug 10 | WITH more than 3000 commercial exhibitors spread over 26 hectares, this year’s AgQuip is the biggest and the best in the history of the iconic event.

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Parliament the answer to people's forum

16 Aug 10 | IT MIGHT have been Sir Humphrey Appleby, the parody of a civil servant in the Yes Prime Minister comedy series, who once counselled his political master that you only hold an inquiry when you already know the outcome.

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Apprentices will make us thrive

14 Aug 10 | THE value of properly-funded and directed training programs is a long-term investment into the future needs of this region, state and country.

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Changing face of job training

13 Aug 10 | THERE is little doubt that a decade ago the training of young people or improving the skills base of employees was struggling to keep pace with demand.

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Project is back on the tracks

12 Aug 10 | VOTERS and taxpayers in regional NSW must be wondering why a project that was dumped by the NSW government after nearly a decade of mucking around, suddenly hit the headlines with Prime Minister Gillard’s biggest funding announcement of the election campaign.

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Plan’s details not accessible

11 Aug 10 | IT IS hard to get excited about the future of water storage as the rain tumbles down outside and there are minor flood warnings in watercourses right across the region.

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11:48 AM AEST | Rob Oakeshott's appeal for a new era of "consensus politics" is surely the feel-good catchphrase of the moment.It seems to evoke everything for which we yearn: a political culture where politicians stop bickering for sport; where policy ideas are considered on their merits irrespective of their partisan source.

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