tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post1047613761187851552..comments2024-03-29T12:36:41.063+11:00Comments on New England, Australia: Current State and Federal policies may rip New England apart beyond repairJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post-33458031566301111302019-02-05T20:45:59.482+11:002019-02-05T20:45:59.482+11:00Evening, John. My problem, I guess, is that I know...Evening, John. My problem, I guess, is that I know of no evidence that labor or indeed the independents recognise the type of concerns I am raising. and i don't know how to get the message across. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post-73554974917981548542019-01-30T18:45:48.667+11:002019-01-30T18:45:48.667+11:00Jim, there is little chance that these parameters ...Jim, there is little chance that these parameters you correctly identify will be changed under any Liarbral Notional$ NSW or Federal misgovernment.<br /><br />The hard numbers fact is that the number of voters in Tamworth is about half the electorate, and other communities have insufficient interested persons to drive any political change.<br /><br />While the Adulterer-in-Chief for the Notional$, Barnyard Joke, is accepted for his Notional$ 'family values" of Adultery, Alcoholism, Avarice, Bigotry, Misogyny, Philandering, & Racism by the women of Tamworth, there will be title change. Indeed, an ordinary person could reasonably conclude that Tamworth is the Country Adultery CapitalJack Arnoldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post-7027826974884980332018-12-16T10:15:56.517+11:002018-12-16T10:15:56.517+11:00Morning, John, and thanks for the comment.
When ...Morning, John, and thanks for the comment. <br /><br />When I use the term New England I mean the broader North from lake Macquarie to the border, not just the The New England, the Tablelands, nor what is now called the New England and North West. Each part has its own issues cf what's happened with the Port of Newcastle Each part also suffers because existing systems fragment, destroying linkages and concealing One example is the way that the discussion and decision on the Newcastle port totally ignored the implications for the rest of the North. A second example is the incoherence in tourism marketing over many many many decades as exemplified by the two brands, brand Sydney and the rest of NSW. The North gets submerged; there is no recognition of a brand New England or brand North. A third example is the absence of any NE focus in the immigration discussions. <br /><br />We narrowly lost the 1967 plebiscite on the votes of the southern industrial and coal field electorates plus the southern dairying electorates concerned that they might lose their preferential access to the Sydney milk market, an access that they quickly lost anyway.<br /><br />Following the plebiscite, the Movement redrew the boundaries to exclude the no areas and then decided to run candidates against sitting Country Party members, subsequently collapsing through exhaustion and local infighting. Boundaries remain a contentious issue. My use the Nicholas boundaries because they best capture at this point the the geographic unity. An alternative formulation which I also use in my historical writing is the Tablelands and surrounding river valleys to the north, south, east and west because this does form a natural geographical unit.<br /><br />I do think that inland New England has become more parochial and inward looking over the last five decades. It's not along in that, of course, adding to fragmentation and reducing cooperation across areas, <br /><br />You spoke of the chip on my shoulder. In all fairness, it's better described as a great big plank! It's not pleasant to map and analyse the structural decline of a broader area that I love and have in one way or another worked for for so many decades. My particular concern at present is the way in which critical decisions are being discussed with no recognition of or analysis of the way they might affect New England. <br /><br /> Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post-32084778110890148362018-12-16T00:29:15.449+11:002018-12-16T00:29:15.449+11:00New England: the region that halted the New State ...New England: the region that halted the New State Movements of my youth in order to avoid inclusion of Newcastle.<br /><br />New England, the electorate that installed Barnaby Joyce in Federal Parliament - we all know where that has being headed.<br /><br />Mate, we all love you and some of us visit, even often, but what about that chip on your shoulder? Maybe lighten up a little?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07639462646262603763noreply@blogger.com