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THE community is being invited to socialise with members of the Coffs Harbour Music Society and ArtsNational Coffs Coast as the two societies launch their 2025 event programs. Guests can expect delicious food, drinks, live music and short visual presentations from both societies. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your...

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INDIVIDUALS and organisations planning to deliver an artistic or cultural project to enrich the Coffs Coast community can now apply to the City of Coffs Harbour’s Arts and Cultural Development Grants Program. Projects requesting funding should have strong arts, cultural and community benefits, with financial support grants ranging from $1,000 to $7,000 available. Advertise with...

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COFFS business owner Duane Mengel has been shortlisted for a prestigious “Better Business Award”. The Mortgage Choice owner is a finalist for Regional Broker of the Year and Best Customer Service (Individual). Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us...

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So far the Democrats are all over the place but there are a few who have found their voices. I wrote about Chris Murphy’s excellent twitter videos the other day. But no one does it like AOC. The following is from Evan Hurst at Wonkette: This week AOC, as she is known in the world of initials, hopped on Insta Live, and it sounds like she’s going to do it every week in this new era, maybe more. We watched every bit of it, and we think it may be our first weekly assignment of the era of Stupid Hitler, to help keep us connected, to keep us focused, and to keep us sane. This is part of what she said: This is the United States of America. And I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind a presidential seal. In this country, we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational, defining thing. Two of probably the most foundational, defining things about American history is that we beat the Confederates and we beat the Nazis. And I don’t know what side people may be on today, but I still am not rocking with anyone sympathetic to Nazis. And I will do that until I am six feet in the ground. Like, kind of foundational to me as a human being.

Donald Trump’s inauguration speech was a rallying call for the far right across the globe. He railed against climate change, ramped up anti-immigrant racism and fuelled transphobia.

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The failure of the Voice referendum left racists and the right emboldened. There has been a particularly racist panic about “youth crime”.

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Joyce Caroline Clague (nee Mercy), an incredible warrior for Aboriginal rights and justice for all oppressed peoples, died peacefully on 25 September, aged 86.

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Officials from nine unions met in Canberra in early December for the “Trade Unions for Democracy” summit, held in response to the Labor government’s union busting attack on the CFMEU.

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Mass resistance and the threat of workers’ strikes stopped a half-baked coup attempt in South Korea in early December.

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Mike Pompeo was one of Trump’s most aggressive loyalists during his tenure in the first term. Now he’s on the hit list. No good deed goes unpunished: President Trump revoked security protection for his former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and a former top aide, Brian Hook, despite warnings from the Biden administration that both men faced ongoing threats from Iran because of actions they took on Mr. Trump’s behalf, four people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Hook had been part of an aggressive posture against Iran during the first Trump presidency, most notably the drone strike that killed the powerful Iranian general Qassim Suleimani in early 2020. Mr. Trump also remains under threat because of that action, and his advisers have regularly stressed the seriousness of the situation in the years between his two terms in office. Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Hook had their security details, which were believed to be provided by the State Department, pulled on Tuesday, one of the people briefed on the matter said. A day before, Mr. Trump pulled the U.S. Secret Service detail of John R. Bolton, who was Mr.

Biden wanted to lower them so naturally he’s doing the opposite. I think Democrats would be wise to make this a bigger story. Whether it materially affects people’s current prescription drug bill or not, the intention is obvious and people need to know about it: The Trump administration’s first drug pricing action — rescinding a Biden executive order encouraging Medicare to help lower prescription costs — is befuddling drug pricing experts. “It is perplexing why Trump would have included receding this drug cost executive order on Day One,” said Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF. “It at least sends a signal that Trump may not be serious about addressing drug costs.” He’s joking, right? Trump not serious about addressing drug costs? Why, that would mean he doesn’t really care about the American people after all. That can’t be right.

Poland has promised Netanyahu safe passage to an Auschwitz memorial service. Former and current EU officials are speaking out.

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One of the greats. He had our number a long time ago: