‘Tis the season to strengthen our Capital to Coast links after horror year THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS are here already! After the year we’ve all had, this important break takes on new significance. I think it’s fair to say that most people feel like they didn’t have a holiday last summer. Bushfires forced
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Climate change is now: health and environmental effects from last summer
From Kristy’s Desk • 75% of national park estate burned out in places • 400 people died of smoke inhalation THE IMPACTS OF climate change loom large across the Eden-Monaro landscape. Climate change is a day-to-day reality from Tumbarumba to Tathra; from Bungendore to Bombala. At the end of the hottest and driest year on
From Kristy’s Desk
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. Let’s drop the tribalism in response to last summer’s disasters “WE’RE ALL IN this together” — it’s become the catch cry and familiar tune to the global pandemic. People from Eden-Monaro and beyond have heard the call, acting for the collective good, something that is now paying
Federal MP Kristy McBain on JobKeeper cutbacks: a lose-lose move
AROUND 21,007 WORKERS and 5,528 businesses in every corner of Eden-Monaro will be worse off following JobKeeper wind back, says Member for Eden-Monaro Kristy McBain. “From Monday 28 September, cuts and changes to the JobKeeper scheme will see some local businesses and workers lose access completely, while others will have their
Koalas over Barilaro any day
NSW PREMIER GLADYS Berejiklian will stand her ground and refuse the Nationals’ demands for an urgent cabinet meeting to debate planning policy relating to koalas. Her stance is likely to infuriate the junior Coalition partner, which has threatened to boycott a joint party room meeting next week ahead of a parliamentary
PM talks changes for APS
THE PRIME MINISTER has outlined his future ambition for the Australian Public Service (APS) ahead of the Thodey review of the APS expected in the coming weeks. Scott Morrison emphasised six key components in an address to the Institute of Public Administration in Canberra on the 19 August, which he hopes
Freedom of Speech, issue campaigning under attack
GET-UP also in crosshairs of Liberals, Nationals GetUp is already subject to the same type of regulation as a political party. By challenging its links to left-wing parties, though, the Coalition is seeking to strip away its claim of independence. Yes, GetUp fights for progressive causes, but it is not a political
Feeding the Chooks
AS NINE NETWORK was hosting a $10,000 a head fundraiser for the Liberal Party at its headquarters last night, Nine and News Corp newspapers were putting the finishing touches on their upbeat coverage of the Government’s impending economic news. RELATED ARTICLE: • Nine Entertainment CEO says hosting Liberal fundraiser at studio was
Those BLANKETY BLANK vegan terrorists
WE HAVE KNOWN all along that the National Party, both state and federal, supposedly the voice of all rural people, is no friend of animals, whether wildlife or domestic stock. The cruel live sheep and cattle export trade is among the party’s favoured programs, along with wide-scale killing of wildlife
