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RK Crosby
RK Crosby is a broadcaster, journalist and pollster, and publisher of the New England Times.
Posted inArmidale, Investigation, Long Read, 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.
Posted inFederal Politics, Money, National News
Taylor mimics One Nation in Budget Reply speech that snubs regions
Critics say Angus Taylor’s budget reply speech exposed a Coalition mimicking One Nation rhetoric on “mass migration” while offering little detail, little vision, and little for regional Australia.
Posted inFederal Politics, Glen Innes, Grants and funding, Local News, Local politics
Budget leaves regional councils facing impossible choices
Regional councils say the federal budget still leaves country communities behind, warning shrinking grants and rising costs are forcing councils to “operate on the smell of an oily rag”.
Posted inArmidale, Disability, Housing
Refurbished respite home opens in Armidale for people with disability
A newly refurbished respite home has opened in Armidale, helping fill a critical gap in disability support services in New England
Posted inFederal Politics, Local News, Narrabri, Roads and Infrastructure, Transport and Freight
Local leaders testify to “human cost” of Inland Rail axing
Regional mayors, farming leaders and senior Nationals MPs have taken the fight over Inland Rail directly to Parliament House, accusing the Federal Government of abandoning communities that invested years preparing for Inland Rail.
Posted inFederal Politics, Money
‘Class war’ budget targets aspiration
Barnaby Joyce has accused Labor of punishing aspiration through its budget tax reforms, warning changes to negative gearing, capital gains tax and trusts will drive investment offshore and push renters “onto the street”.