The New England Rail Trail was a dominant issue in the lead up to, and during the recent local government election. The whole time the truth that the project had lost its funding was being hidden from voters.
RK Crosby
RK Crosby is a broadcaster, journalist and pollster, and publisher of the New England Times.
Posted inArmidale, Glen Innes, Grants and funding, Guyra, Local politics, NSW Politics, Roads and Infrastructure
Rail Trail funding pulled
The saga of the New England Rail Trail has taken another turn, with bushfire recovery funding allocated to the project being pulled by the NSW Government.
Posted inArmidale, Glen Innes, Moree, Social issues and services, Tamworth, Uralla
The Welcome Experience rolls out across the region
The magic of the Attract Connect Stay program that has transformed Glen Innes is now spreading out across the New England.
Posted inGlen Innes, Investigation
Compromised data in Glen Innes Severn countback today
90 voters that were disenfranchised in Glen Innes Severn’s council election in September will again be ignored today.
Posted inPhones and internet
New fixed wireless internet for Moree and Mungindi dropped, Kentucky moves ahead
NBN is progressing with plans to install a new fixed wireless telecommunications tower at Kentucky South, but has quietly dropped announced upgrades at Mungindi and Moree.
Posted inAustralia Votes 2025, New England Electorate
Barnaby Joyce wants crime in the federal election
Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce, has ratcheted up the rhetoric to a campaign footing already, travelling to the new boundaries of his electorate and talking crime and fear to win some votes.
Posted inGunnedah Shire, Local politics
Gunnedah pushes ahead with rates increase
Following an extensive community engagement process, Gunnedah Shire Council has made the difficult but necessary decision to proceed with a Special Rate Variation at an Extraordinary Meeting last week.
Posted inArmidale, Education
New principal for ASC
Armidale Secondary College (ASC) has announced their new Principal will be Kim Allford, expected to join the troubled school later this month.
Posted inFederal Politics, Health
Minister steps in to stop delay of new medicines
After a backlash from patients, Health Minister Mark Butler has stepped in to avert a plan to defer and delay dozens of new medicines.
Posted inArmidale, Sport
TAS rowers snare gold at season’s first regatta
TAS rowers have had a cracking start to the season, returning with four gold medals from Newcastle Grammar School Regatta held at Berry Park near Maitland on Saturday.