24/07/2008 | IT is unfortunate an apparent attack of paranoia by some members of The Nationals has diverted attention away from the plight of Liverpool Plains landholders trying to protect their farms from the impact of mining.
23/07/2008 | THE Liquor Law Reforms passed by the NSW Government earlier this month give local governments like the Tamworth Regional Council unprecedented power in its decision making process when it comes to deciding how alcohol could be traded within communities.
22/07/2008 | FOR a company that says it is trying to avoid confrontation BHP certainly seems to be acting in an unusual manner down Caroona way.
21/07/2008 | WE totally agree with Professor Michael Kidd’s call for an independent review of the siting of the Rudd Government’s GP Super Clinics.
18/07/2008 | QANTAS is to be commended for the quick action that was taken last Friday when it discovered there may have been a maintenance issue with some of its Dash 8 airliners.
17/07/2008 | IT ALMOST seems a shame the anti-annoying laws put forward by the NSW Government to protect World Youth Day pilgrims have been defused by the efforts of some young people determined to expose the laws for what they were – heavy-handed and bullying.
15/07/2008 | JUST why did State Health Minister Reba Meagher come to Tamworth yesterday?
14/07/2008 | SHIRLEY Sherlock, the 72-year-old whistle-blower whose claims are published on pages one and seven of today’s Northern Daily Leader, is to be commended for her persistence and integrity.
11/07/2008 | WELL, well, well. Fuel prices have just moved above $1.70 a litre, the Government is talking about a new carbon tax, the demand for home loans has suffered its biggest fall in eight years, consumer confidence is at a 16-year-low and there are still fears the Reserve Bank pf Australia (RBA) may jack up interest rates at least one more time in the next couple of months.
10/07/2008 | YESTERDAY would have been a tough day to argue in favour of global warming as temperatures across the region dipped and most folk were muttering grimly about the cold.
9/07/2008 | LESS than a week on from the dramatic announcement Novak International, the company that owns Tamworth’s Southgate and Northgate supermarkets, had gone into receivership we are beginning to get a clearer picture of what the future holds.