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Cheap batteries pledge powers Labor re-election push

by AAPApril 7, 2025April 6, 2025

Labor is promising to lower energy bills by shaving 30 per cent off the cost of installing household batteries if voters re-elect the government on May 3.

Election debates line up and nominations close this week

by RK CrosbyApril 6, 2025April 8, 2025

Both local candidates and the national leaders are readying to face off in debates as the election campaign finds top speed.

Australia Votes 2025, New England Times Engage Poll

Engage Poll: What cost of living crisis?

by RK CrosbyApril 5, 2025April 6, 2025

In our Engage Poll on Cost of Living the majority of local respondents believed there was a crisis… somewhere else happening to other people.

Australia Votes 2025, New England Electorate, Parkes Electorate

More local candidates announced for federal election

by RK CrosbyApril 4, 2025April 6, 2025

Candidates are slowly but surely coming forward to fill out the ballots in Parkes and New England.

Australia Votes 2025, Explainers and backgrounders

Myth buster: Compulsory voting

by RK CrosbyApril 3, 2025April 3, 2025

Australia has an unusual system of compulsory voting which can be confusing, and there’s lots of myths about what you have to do.

Australia Votes 2025, Muswellbrook, New England Electorate

Meet the candidates in Muswellbrook

by Meredith BlairApril 2, 2025April 4, 2025

The New England’s federal candidates have had a chance to introduce themselves and debate on local issues at a local forum in Muswellbrook.

Local politics, Moree, Tamworth

Country Mayors sit down to talk police action

by New England Times News DeskApril 2, 2025April 6, 2025

The Country Mayors Association of NSW (CMA) has sat down with the NSW Minister for Police & Counter Terrorism, to speak frankly about getting tough on regional crime.

Australia Votes 2025, Muswellbrook, New England Electorate

What do Upper Hunter residents think of Our Barnaby?

by Meredith BlairApril 1, 2025April 4, 2025

With a change of electoral boundaries, the Hunter Valley centre of Muswellbrook Shire has now changed from the federal electorate of Hunter to New England.