Editorial
16 Mar 10 | OUR hearts go out to the hoons who will no longer be able to use Lancaster Ave as a private speedway.
For decades a Tamworth institution, the avenue was an idiot magnet thanks to its unusual topography.
13 Mar 10 | IN the unlikely event you may have thought the NSW Government gives two hoots about the residents of Tamworth it is time to think again.
Earlier this week the State Treasurer, Eric Roozendaal, refused to confirm construction funds for the Tamworth hospital would be included in the budget he – or whoever is treasurer at that time – will hand down in June.
12 Mar 10 | WILL they or won’t they? With just over 12 months until the NSW Government goes to the polls, it still won’t say for sure whether or not it will fund the $330 million Tamworth Hospital redevelopment.
11 Mar 10 | IS it possible the NSW Minerals Council is overstating the likely impact of last week’s Supreme Court decision to declare mining access agreements between BHP Billiton and two families on the Liverpool Plains invalid?
10 Mar 10 | THE impact of the plan handed down by the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to start to rebuild the health system has obviously struck a chord with another public infrastructure service.
09 Mar 10 | WE welcome the news the contract to supply and install a four-camera closed circuit television surveillance system for the Tamworth central business district has been let.
08 Mar 10 | THE NSW Government’s blatantly obvious double game over the Federal Government’s health reforms is going to come seriously unstuck sooner rather than later.
06 Mar 10 | ONCE upon a time, the idea of someone stealing – or taking over – a passenger airliner and crashing it into a tall building was only likely to crop up in the realms of fantasy.
06 Mar 10 | WHILE the Caroona Coal Action Group and the Brown and Alcorn families are to be congratulated on their win in the NSW Supreme Court yesterday, we have to ask, “What does this victory actually mean?”
05 Mar 10 | WHILE, in the main, there is much to commend in the Federal Government’s proposal to adopt a “the buck stops here” approach to the public hospital system, there are some questions that need to be answered as a matter of urgency.
04 Mar 10 | AN elderly reader – he admitted to being over 80 and using a wheelchair to collect his newspaper – contacted The Leader office yesterday to express concern over our story on “older drivers” making up the bulk of those charged with drunk driving offences on the weekend.
03 Mar 10 | IF the Rudd Government finally makes good on its 2007 election promise to take responsibility for public hospitals off the states, it could be a red letter day for all Australians.
02 Mar 10 | THE big retailers seem determined to push the envelope on extended trading hours further and further each year.
01 Mar 10 | TAMWORTH needs more police. This is something on which everyone – with the exception of the State Government – seems to agree.
28 Feb 10 | TAMWORTH needs more police. This is something on which everyone – with the exception of the State Government – seems to agree.
27 Feb 10 | WILL THEY or won’t they? The big question on every homeborrower’s lips as we head into the weekend is whether or not the Reserve Bank board will increase interest rates when it meets on Tuesday.
25 Feb 10 | APPARENTLY the Premier, Kristina Keneally, displayed a shocking case of double standards in Parliament yesterday.
25 Feb 10 | Garrett denials an insult to Australians
I’VE burnt the midnight oil over what’s happened this past week.
25 Feb 10 | WE welcome the news that T&R Pastoral, the new owners of Tamworth’s Peel Valley Exporters, is committed to growing and developing the business.
24 Feb 10 | WHILE we appreciate the reluctance of the RSPCA to comment on matters that may well end up before the courts, we do believe the time has come for a public explanation of its recent actions in Gunnedah.
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