28/08/2008 | IT'S hard to judge which of the two men Premier Morris Iemma or Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell has been painted into the tightest corner over the power privatisation issue.
27/08/2008 | THE contest for Newcastle's lord mayoral chair seems likely to be closely fought if a decision by candidate Aaron Buman to swap preferences with the ALP proceeds.
26/08/2008 | THE obvious problem with promoting relatively isolated "greenfield" sites for large-scale new residential developments is the lack of existing infrastructure.
25/08/2008 | THAT the Beijing Olympics lacked the sunny exuberance of Sydney 2000 was no surprise. Smoggy Beijing isn't renowned for its clear skies or spontaneity.
21/08/2008 | BEATING graffiti isn't necessarily the hopeless task many imagine.
It is probably impossible to entirely eliminate the problem, but Cardiff businessman Robert De...
20/08/2008 | THE influence on Australia of the massive industrial and economic expansion of China has been nowhere better displayed than on the balance sheet of BHP Billiton. Thanks ...
19/08/2008 | THE bicycle has a long way to go before it reclaims the prominence it once enjoyed as a means of transport in Newcastle. Old photographs of the BHP steelworks show scores of...
18/08/2008 | THE impact of erosion on the Hunter's coastline is rightly regarded as one of the most serious challenges facing our region in coming decades.
While opinions vary about...
13/08/2008 | GIVEN the perception of some that local councils are being marginalised by state governments and that councillors are being made redundant by bureaucrats, it might seem surprising that so many candidates are contesting the September local government elections.
13/08/2008 | PENSIONERS are arguably Australia's new poor.
A Federal Government pension review background paper, released this week, has highlighted some brutal facts about life ...
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12/08/2008 | IN a city that prides itself on its beaches, the disgrace that is South Newcastle Beach is hard to explain. The built infrastructure at Newcastle Beach itself is tidy en...
11/08/2008 | EVERYBODY buys groceries and petrol, which is presumably why Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made it his business to raise community expectations that he was going to take a...
8/08/2008 | NOT many years ago it would have been unthinkable for the Olympic Games to be staged in "Red" China. In those days China was regarded purely with suspicion by the West, w...
7/08/2008 | NEWCASTLE'S ragged cityscape has been a cause of embarrassment, sadness and anger for some years. And while that isn't going to change in the near future, signs are eme...
6/08/2008 | SOCIETY often seems to have a schizophrenic attitude to providing recreational facilities for young people. Complaints are loud when no facilities exist but they can get ev...
5/08/2008 | FOR decades, successive state governments appear to have been passionately interested in studying the transport needs of the Lower Hunter. Since the 1970s some ...
4/08/2008 | GETTING Australians to quit smoking is proving to be hard work. But to its credit, the NSW Government is continuing to introduce laws to marginalise an expensive and ...
1/08/2008 | IN a political gaffe that could have come straight from the scriptwriters of the ABC comedy The Hollowmen, misdirected emails from the office of NSW ALP right-wing powerb...
31/07/2008 | HALF an hour can seem like a long time or a short time, depending on your circumstances.
From the point of view of Newcastle grog-crime campaigner Tony Brown, giving c...
30/07/2008 | GIVE local government a share of GST revenue, urges the Review Today consulting group in its latest financial analysis of NSW councils.
It's a fair request, and unless so...