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WORK has begun on the long-anticipated redevelopment of the Lowanna Reserve Tennis Court. The project has been funded by the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants program. 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 Local not-for-profit group, Mountain Community...

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THERE are numerous groups of enthusiasts who quietly go about their business, week in week out, without too much fanfare. One such group News Of The Area encountered recently is the Coffs Harbour Midweek Walkers. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981...

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ALL things French permeated Urunga VIEW club in July and the members loved it. “July is the month Bastille Day is celebrated and this year we have the Paris Olympics, both of which inspired our members to celebrate French culture and music,” Urunga VIEW Club spokesperson Sharon Grainger told News Of The Area. Advertise with...

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THREE young students of Woolgoolga Performing Arts Studio (WPAS) have been selected to perform in the National Tour of Opera Australia’s Children’s Chorus of Puccini’s “La Boheme”. The performance takes place at the Glasshouse Theatre in Port Macquarie on Saturday, 17 August. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business....

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THE untapped potential of the industry was examined at the Australian Fodder Industry Association’s (AFIA) 25th National Fodder Conference. Held in Coffs Harbour from 23-25 July, some 200 delegates gathered for the milestone event at Pacific Bay Resort. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us...

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COFFS Collectors Club held a successful annual Collectors Fair at the Exhibition Hall in Coffs Harbour Showground at the end of June. “We had 1,000 people come to the fair,” Coffs Collectors Club president Julie-Ann Hasson told News Of The Area. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message...

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THE Coffs Harbour Buskers Festival will grace the streets and venues of the Coffs Coast from 3-6 October 2024. The first group of acts was announced earlier this week and includes Clown Loto from Japan, Sheeran Out Loud from Perth, and Mulletman and Circotica Mim from New Zealand. Advertise with News of The Area today....

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THE Hospitality and Racing Regulatory Roadshow visited Coffs Harbour on Tuesday, with the NSW Government’s Vibrancy Reforms a feature item on the agenda. Government representatives met with businesses, industry groups and community and Aboriginal stakeholders to discuss the government’s liquor and gaming reforms and regulatory priorities. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth...

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HIGHLAND dancers Steffaney Treadwell and Mhairi Gorman from Jacaranda Highland Dancers in Coffs Harbour have participated at the Basel Tattoo. The Tattoo is an eleven-day international military show held in Switzerland from 19-27 July. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882....

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Thousands of nurses and midwives across NSW held protests outside hospitals in late July as part of their campaign for an immediate 15 per cent pay rise.

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You would have thought that the TV celebrity politician would have seen that: Even Sen. JD Vance’s allies realize the relative political newcomer has taken a huge leap that was bound to run into some early stumbles. The Ohio Republican is the most politically inexperienced GOP vice-presidential nominee in almost 90 years. He’s run in just one election for any political office. “You know, he’s gotten shot out of a cannon. It’s like going from zero to 60 in terms of intensity, publicity, scrutiny, all that stuff,” said Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), an early supporter of Vance in his 2022 Senate campaign. No kidding. Anyone running as the understudy to a 78 year old president who is clearly losing his mind will receive a lot of scrutiny which is why you might pick someone with tons of experience who has been thoroughly vetted — which he clearly was not. They were completely unprepared for the very online Vance’s record. And he has virtually no experience: At 39, Vance is the second youngest of the 100 senators.

The Coalition has announced today that they will soon be releasing their policies for the next election with regards to women. They explained that the minute that Linda Reynolds’ law suit against rape victim Brittany Higgins concludes then they will... Read More ›

The AIPAC-backed challenger to Rep. Cori Bush also said the decision not to release Darren Wilson’s side of the story was “tragic.”

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Adam Demir, who resigned from Labor's WA Multicultural branch, spoke to Solidarity about Fatima Payman and the party's betrayal over Gaza.

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Former Trump officials’ names and corporate affiliations have been scrubbed from Project 2025.

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In case you are tempted to believe Trump’s fatuous claim that he secured the release of prisoners without giving anything up in return, here’s a fact check: Criticizing the Biden administration’s recent prisoner swap of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for WNBA star Brittney Griner as “a one-sided disaster,” former President Donald Trump wrongly boasted that his administration “got 58 hostages released from various hostile countries without paying any money, or giving up anything.” In fact, several of the deals resulting in the release of Americans held hostage or being wrongfully detained abroad came as a result of prisoner swaps during Trump’s time in office. In November 2019, the Trump administration secured the release of American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks, who were being held by the Taliban, in exchange for the release of three senior Taliban leaders being held in jails in Afghanistan. In December 2019, the U.S. did a prisoner exchange with Iran, freeing Xiyue Wang, a graduate student at Princeton University who was serving a 10-year sentence in Iran on espionage charges.

You know, I wouldn’t say this to just anyone. I’m not one to gam and gossip around the old grog-cooler. But I know you’re a good New England boy working your hardest to crew this vessel just like me, so let’s talk straight.

Be honest: Have you noticed the harpooners getting a little more… ethnic these past few voyages?

Look, I’ve got nothing against Queequeg. He’s a nice guy. And he can spy a whale-spout in a hurricane. And swim like a dolphin. And hit a nickel-sized moving target in open water in one steel stroke. But all those “biggee” tattoos? Tell me they don’t scream “diversity hire.”

Yeah, last week, he did leap into the ocean to save me from drowning. What’s your point?

All I’m saying is that I could spear just as many whales until they spout black blood as Queequeg can. If they gave me the chance. But Quakers will do anything to look progressive. And you know they were just shitting themselves to find the one buff Polynesian guy who looks like George Washington.

(Plus, with that mopey twink of his as a spousal hire, he’s kind of a two-fer. Bildad and Peleg are getting a lot of bang for their buck.)

The eyes in deepfake photos give them away.

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