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Fri, 17/01/2025 - 10:35
There’s been a recent fuss in various media arising from a tweet from economist Ben Golub regarding astonishment that economists haven’t “worked through” Smith and Marx. English professor Alex Moskowitz chimed in with a claim that economics can’t be a real discipline because economists don’t know the history of their own discipline. {long and somewhat […]
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Fri, 17/01/2025 - 10:28

FESTIVE spirit burned brightly in Repton and Mylestom on Christmas Eve, as the local Rural Fire Service’s annual Santa Run delighted locals of all ages. For 40 years, Santa has traded his sleigh for a firetruck, delivering gifts and Christmas cheer to the delight of families lining the streets. Advertise with News of The Area...

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Fri, 17/01/2025 - 10:26

PARK Beach Bowling Club continues to support Coffs Harbour Health Campus through club grants, recently donating $8000 to purchase life-changing equipment. The funds were used to buy a new plinth for the unit’s gym and eagerly awaited Patient Communication Boards for the Rehabilitation and Stroke units. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth...

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Fri, 17/01/2025 - 10:25

THE team at Bellingen based landscape design and construction company Now & Zen has brought home four medals from The Landscape Association (TLA) Awards in Sydney. They are for specific projects and include gold for ongoing maintenance of a long-term client’s garden; two silver medals for residential construction and another silver for construction in the...

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Fri, 17/01/2025 - 10:13

THE 60th wedding anniversary of Patricia and Darrell Davis was not just a diamond date for the couple in their early 80s. Married at 3.30pm on 16 January, 1965, theirs was the first wedding in the St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Coffs Harbour, so it’s also an historic occasion for the church. Advertise with News of...

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Fri, 17/01/2025 - 10:11

THE winners of the annual Bellingen Shire Community Awards will be announced on Thursday 23 January at the Bellingen Memorial Hall. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au The Community Awards serve as a platform to recognise...

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Fri, 17/01/2025 - 10:02

COFFS Harbour sailor Eric Marsh, 71, is one of only fifteen intrepid sailors setting sail on a world-first adventure, the McIntyre Mini Globe Race (MGR). The 45,000km (28,000-mile) ‘round-the-world race starts in Antigua on 23 February, and is expected to take a year to complete. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it...

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Fri, 17/01/2025 - 09:41
Today (January 17, 2025), MMTed releases Episode 10 in the Second Season of our Manga series – The Smith Family and their Adventures with Money. Have a bit of fun with it while learning Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and circulate it to those who you think will benefit. The Smith Family is a middle-class family…