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RK Crosby
RK Crosby is a broadcaster, journalist and pollster, and publisher of the New England Times.
Posted inFederal Politics, National News
Pauline Hanson’s high-end summer Eurotrip draws heat
A luxury fashion show and meeting with a divisive UK podcaster has opened Pauline Hanson up to criticism as rivals question her anti-establishment persona.
Posted inArmidale, Best in the New England 2026, Business, Feature
Dead heat: Boobooks and Reader’s Companion share Best Book Store crown
While the two businesses have different personalities, voters agreed they share one important quality: both have become treasured parts of Armidale’s cultural life.
Posted inBusiness, Energy, Feature, NSW Politics
Squadron stops work on Boorolong wind farm as neighbouring Origin project pushes on
Squadron has quietly walked away from its Boorolong wind farm near Armidale, while Origin’s project next door pushes on. The transmission line the Coalition says they won’t build is right in the middle of it.
Posted inBest in the New England 2026, Business, Feature, Tenterfield
Tenterfield Home Hardware nails Best Hardware title
The family-focused business earned strong support from across the community, with voters repeatedly highlighting the team’s willingness to go the extra mile to help customers, whether they were tackling a major renovation or simply looking for the right tool or garden product.
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, Armidale, Feature, Federal Politics
New crop chemical fee model could drive up costs, force products out
Fees to register farm chemicals could jump more than 200 per cent, and industry warns growers will pay for it, while some products may never reach Australian paddocks at all.
Posted inArmidale, Best in the New England 2026, Business, Feature
Professionals Armidale retains Best Real Estate title for second year
Professionals Armidale has cemented its reputation as the New England’s leading real estate agency, taking out the Best Real Estate title for the second consecutive year
Posted inBarwon Electorate, Emergency management, Feature, Grants and funding, Politics, Tenterfield
$2.7 million disaster threshold plan an “insult” to small councils
Damage to your whole town, still miss out on funding: that’s the risk if Canberra’s disaster threshold triples to $2.7 million. Barwon MP Roy Butler says it’s “an insult” to small councils.
Posted inEducation, Feature, National News, Social issues and services
Unis to face fines for failing to stamp out racism
UNE says they’re ready for new standards strengthening how universities prevent and respond to racism that are now in force.
Posted inAgribusiness, Environment, Federal Politics, National News
Confusion surrounds new forest carbon credit method as opposition comes from all sides
Farmers say it’s unfair. Green groups call it a scam. The government calls it rigorous. A new forest carbon credit scheme has almost everyone disagreeing, just not about the same thing.