Raising the Barr

Please Take the Continuing Threat of COVID-19 Seriously This is a desperate request to everyone to please please please take all of the extra care and caution that you did…

Sport returns – take care There are mixed views about whether or not we should be returning to sport while still in the middle of COVID-19.  I will leave it…

The Addy is back in print! Very happy to have The Advertiser back in print.  As a community, The Advertiser is just such a brilliant platform through which we share…

Community Heroes – Each and Every One of You. It has been a wonderful community response to the calls for people to stay at home, avoid unnecessary travel and movements…

Stay Calm, Carry On and Care for Others COVID-19 is changing our society every hour of every day.  At this stage it is in part due to the virus and…

For its next trick the Government plans to sell TAFE I have dedicated many lines in this regular column to the recent struggles of TAFE since the introduction of the…

Green Grass Does Not Signal End of Drought It is pretty wonderful to see some green grass out there. Whether its front lawns, sporting fields or farms and paddocks, the…

Welcome Rains I had to smile at some small children playing in a running water-course over the weekend. While I am not sure how old these little ones were, it…

Crystal Ball Predictions For 2020 In a column that should come with a warning “dangerous content” label, it is that time of the year when I gaze into my Crystal…

The 2019 Year In Review   What a wild and tiring year 2019 has been for democracy here in NSW and Australia.  It feels like the crazy world of domestic…