There was quite a scene after a B-Double with a load of cement crashed into the Armidale viaduct.
RK Crosby
RK Crosby is a broadcaster, journalist and pollster, and publisher of the New England Times.
Posted inGlen Innes Severn Shire, Local politics, Money, Uralla Shire
Glen Innes, Uralla rate rises approved
IPART has approved major rate rises for Glen Innes Severn and Uralla Shire councils, with both citing infrastructure costs, underfunding and long-term financial sustainability pressures.
Posted inArmidale, Health
New England ‘ideal place’ to demonstrate One Health in action
The New England region has been described as an ideal place to demonstrate One Health, linking the health of people, animals and the environment, at a thought-provoking event in Armidale.
Posted inNorth Coast, Roads and Infrastructure
$30 million boost for key Bellingen detour roads after Waterfall Way closure
Summervilles and Gordonville roads will receive a $30 million upgrade after becoming critical detour routes during the Waterfall Way closure earlier this year.
Posted inGeneral News
Heavy rain continues across the region, Newell cut
With over three inches in the gauge at Pallamallawa yesterday and more overnight, the region is enjoying a much needed drink, but the Newell Highway remains closed.
Posted inArmidale, Education
TAS and UNE formalise partnership to strengthen regional education pathways
TAS has signed a new partnership with UNE, creating stronger pathways for students and expanding opportunities across education, research and regional workforce development.
Posted inArmidale, Investigation, Politics, Roads and Infrastructure, Transport and Freight
Transport planning assumptions unravel across all levels of government
In this New England Times investigation by RK Crosby, we look at how bad numbers, assumptions and guesses, and misrepresentations of old documents, have led to plans at all levels of government being not worth the paper they are printed on.
Posted inWomen
Penfold says timing of gender bill and Giggle v Tickle ruling ‘a coincidence’
EXCLUSIVE: Lyne MP Alison Penfold says her biological sex bill was months in the making and not triggered by the Giggle v Tickle ruling, arguing it seeks to “give women choice back” while retaining protections for transgender Australians.
Posted inWomen
North Coast MP leads push to rewrite sex discrimination laws after trans rights ruling
Lyne MP Alison Penfold will introduce a private member’s bill seeking to redefine sex as biological and binary after the Federal Court upheld discrimination findings in the landmark Giggle v Tickle case.
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Moree
Moree hydrogen project aims to reshape farming’s future
Could Moree hold the answer to farming’s fuel and fertiliser crisis? Construction is now underway on NSW’s first large-scale green hydrogen and ammonia plant.