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City of Coffs Harbour says memorial plaques will not be removed from Bonville Lookout

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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 17:48

LIKE most Council areas in Australia, City of Coffs Harbour has strong policies and planning guidelines for commemorative and memorial plaques on public land. Public open space areas are an important community resource, so memorials, monuments and plaques need to be considered carefully to ensure they don’t have an adverse effect on these spaces. Advertise...

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2AIR FM welcomes visit from the Chin Waggers

https://www.newsofthearea.com.au/2air-fm-welcomes-visit-from-the-chin-waggers
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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 17:45

BOAMBEE East Community Centre (BECC) Chin Waggers gathered a group of 25 members to pay a visit to Coffs Community Radio station 2AIR FM’s Glenreagh Street studio to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day 2023 on Tuesday 18 April. 2AIR FM is run by volunteers who are certainly not amateurs, but the local and accessible vibe...

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TikTok user denies he’s being subliminally influenced by The Great, Glorious Communist Party of China

https://theshovel.com.au/2023/04/20/tiktok-user-denies-hes-being-subliminally-i…
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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 15:34

“Honestly I just use TikTok to relax and carry forward the spirit of serving the people and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation"

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The wingnuts in Tennessee are still at it

https://digbysblog.net/2023/04/19/the-wingnuts-in-tennessee-are-still-at-it/
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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 10:00
Look at what they’re doing now: Soon after Tyre Nichols’s brutal killing by Memphis police officers in January, the chairman of the city’s civilian review board, James Kirkwood, appealed to the city council to strengthen its oversight of police. “If you slap someone on the wrist for something they’ve done wrong, then covered it up and left it alone, they’re going to do it again,” Kirkwood, a pastor and former police officer, told the council, requesting more money, more staff, and more power to conduct independent investigations.  Instead, what little power the board did have may soon vanish, as the Tennessee legislature draws closer to gutting civilian oversight over police in Memphis and other cities in the state.

Inside his mind

https://digbysblog.net/2023/04/19/inside-his-mind/
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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 09:30
That’s what Trump is sharing with his followers today. Seriously. Here’s more: And then he whined: His cult swallows it all. Does it concern you that these people are allowed to have driver’s licenses and own assault weapons? There are millions of them. It sure concerns me.

Twitter forced to add information to Starmer’s misleading NHS/local election claim

https://skwawkbox.org/2023/04/19/twitter-forced-to-add-information-to-starmers-…
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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 08:12
Not for the first time, Starmer and Labour claim local elections will affect national policies Keir Starmer has suffered the indignity of corrective action by Twitter after he posted a claim that votes in the local elections next month will affect the NHS. Starmer claimed that voting for Labour would lead to ‘an NHS that […]