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COFFS Harbour welcomed the tenth annual Pathfinders Pumpkin Run on Tuesday 28 May. The Pumpkin Run program sees young people growing pumpkins in order to share them with community groups and soup kitchens to produce home made soup. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us...

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PET LOVERS stepped out to support the RSPCA’s Million Paws Walk at Park Beach Reserve on Sunday 26 May. The nationwide event raises awareness and funds to fight against animal cruelty. 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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COFFS Harbour Regional Landcare (CHRL) marked its 25th anniversary with a well-attended celebration to show appreciation for its volunteer workforce on Saturday 25 May at the Cavanbah Centre. CHRL Present Barry Powells had the honour of cutting the cake surrounded by Secretary Larry Langman and five life members of the group. Advertise with News of...

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TWO women in Coffs Harbour have been named on the NSW Government’s Hidden Treasures Honour Roll for the important volunteer work they do in their local communities. Through public recognition of women in regional, rural and remote areas this initiative aims to support and promote volunteering to enrich the lives of volunteers, strengthen local communities...

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Along with a new teaser for the episode, Showrunner Russell T. Davies introduces a sneak preview of Doctor Who Season 1 Ep. 6: "Rogue."

President Biden announced a breakthrough in the Gaza war yesterday which seems like good news although it isn’t being discussed much. I thought I share this comment about it from former president Obama, FWIW: Today, President Biden put forward a clear, realistic and just plan to establish an immediate ceasefire and end the war in Gaza — a plan that ensures Israel’s security, returns hostages taken on October 7th to their families, increases aid into Gaza and relieves the suffering of Palestinian civilians, and engages Israelis, Palestinians, Arab countries and the broader international community in the process of rebuilding Gaza. A ceasefire alone won’t ease the terrible pain of Israelis whose loved ones were butchered or abducted by Hamas, or the Palestinians whose families have been shattered by the subsequent war. It won’t resolve the longstanding conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, or answer contentious issues surrounding a two-state solution or continuing settler activity in the West Bank.

The law and order Republicans are very upset: It’s not just the officials: Newsmax host Carl Higbie went on a tirade on Friday after former President Donald Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury the day before. […] During Friday’s edition of Frontline on Newsmax, Higbie demanded congressional Republicans drop everything and go after those involved in Trump’s prosecution. After talking about how Republicans have most of the guns and making a Braveheart reference, Higbie claimed it is Democrats who want violence. “They want violence so they can cancel this next election that they know they’re gonna lose,” he baselessly alleged. “Don’t fall for it. And the liberal networks? They want it so bad, they can taste it.” The host concluded by predicting Republicans will win in a landslide in November and that Trump will prosecute Democrats. He is very upset. Here he is on Friday comparing Biden to Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin: Oops, wrong video. Here it is:

Trump likes to cite the “evidence” in that piece of garbage “2000 Mules” as part of his Big Lie. Well…. Following the 2020 election, D’Souza released 2000 Mules as an attempt to justify Trump’s loss to President Joe Biden. Trump famously held a screening of the movie at his Mar-a-Lago estate and MAGA supporters promoted the film during it’s release in May 2022. The film was produced by Salem Media Group, a conservative radio juggernaut that airs the likes of Sebastian Gorka and Charlie Kirk. In a new statement, Salem apologized for the film and said it would cease distributing it. The move came after a man featured in the movie sued Salem for defamation. The movie featured video showing the man, Mark Andrews, putting five ballots in a drop box in Lawrenceville, Georgia in 2020. D’Souza falsely claimed in the film that Andrews’ actions were criminal, describing the votes as “fraudulent.” The statement from Salem blamed D’Souza for the smear. “In publishing the film and the book, we relied on representations made to us by Dinesh D’Souza and True the Vote, Inc.

Each of the last five presidents, both Democrats and Republicans, have brought us closer to the brink. We desperately need leaders with a knack for peace who can steer the nation, and the world, toward a more secure and less dangerous future. The overriding job of any U.S. president is to keep the nation safe. Continue reading »

The upper echelons of Canberra’s criminal bar are on a collision course with Chief Justice Lucy McCallum over the conduct of sexual-assault trials in the ACT. Senior barristers with long pedigrees in both defence and prosecution are agitating for the Territory’s Bar Association to publicly challenge recent comments of the Chief Justice, suggesting the direction Continue reading »

“Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.”  That’s what the jury announced in answer to each of the charges against Donald Trump in New York. To most of Continue reading »

Australia’s emissions reductions have stalled just when we need to be ramping up ambition and action. Concrete’s emissions set to be high for decades. Australia’s emissions reductions stall Ketan Joshi keeps a very close eye on what the government reports as Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. His analysis of the emissions to the end of 2023 Continue reading »

Analysing contemporary Catholicism requires a bit more knowledge than merely quoting a couple of reactionary Catholics – as does a recent New Statesman article. Eighty-seven-year-old Pope Francis has recently been in trouble over LGBTQ+ issues. Late-last year he faced an outright revolt from African Catholics after approving the blessing of same sex couples and individuals. Continue reading »

During the 1990’s Associate Professor Phillip Yuile of Sydney University visited Vietnam many times, helping hospitals to establish Radiotherapy there. In 1998 he met with Professor Ton That Bach the Dean of Hanoi Medical University (HMU) who subsequently invited me to visit Hanoi with a view to establishing a connection with postgraduate medical education in Australia, specifically Sydney Medical Continue reading »

It's a murder mystery, a mysterious bounty hunter, and so much more in this trailer for BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who Season 1 Ep. 6: "Rogue."

According to Newsweek: Countries around the world implement stringent entry requirements to protect their citizens and maintain national security. According to the World Population Review, G7 nations Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan have established policies that prohibit entry to individuals with felony convictions. Additionally, Israel and China also impose such bans. These regulations often result in automatic denial of visas or entry permits to convicted felons, potentially impacting Trump’s ability to travel internationally. Based on data from the World Population Review, here is a list of countries that do not allow convicted felons to enter: Additionally, there are further countries that Trump may now be denied entry to. Not all countries actively check from criminal records at the border, but they will deny entry if a convicted felon is discovered. The following countries implement this: It seems like a bit of an impediment for a president, no?

The first post conviction poll:  Ten percent of Republican registered voters say they are less likely to vote for Donald Trump following his felony conviction for falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Friday. The two-day poll, conducted in the hours after the Republican presidential candidate’s conviction by a Manhattan jury on Thursday, also found that 56% of Republican registered voters said the case would have no effect on their vote and 35% said they were more likely to support Trump, who has claimed the charges against him are politically motivated and has vowed to appeal. The potential loss of a tenth of his party’s voters is more significant for Trump than the stronger backing of more than a third of Republicans, since many of the latter would be likely to vote for him regardless of the conviction. Among independent registered voters, 25% said Trump’s conviction made them less likely to support him in November, compared to 18% who said they were more likely and 56% who said the conviction would have no impact on their decision.

Defeating fascism is not someone else’s job President Joe Biden’s comments on the Trump conviction were in Dan Pfeiffer’s opinion calibrated about right. “He’s a serious person addressing a serious matter.” However, that doesn’t excuse the rest of us from being surrogates. Big moments matter, Pfeiffer reminds readers. Trump’s cut over the eye. It may be unseemly for Biden to pound him. But not for us. Work the eye. Now (emphasis mine): One of President Obama’s cardinal rules of politics is that if you don’t talk about the giant elephant in the room, the voters will wonder what you are trying to hide. Trump’s conviction while running for President is a giant fucking elephant. Just ask yourself, how would Republicans handle it if Joe Biden were convicted of a misdemeanor related to the handling of classified information? Would they turn the other cheek and tell people to respect the verdict before pivoting to inflation or another issue? Seems unlikely. The Republicans would use every weapon in their media arsenal to brand the President as a criminal in the eyes of voters.

Plus, a new court ruling could prevent a financial crisis, California curbs a corporate housing grab, and a ticketing conglomerate faces the music.

Says it all Republicans be like: “Though Trump could not pass a background check to be a custodian in a middle school, he should be given back the keys to the White House.” Enjoy. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● For The Win, 5th Edition is ready for download. Request a copy of my free countywide GOTV planning guide at ForTheWin.us.

"Doctor-Lite" Doctor Who episodes have become a staple of the series and "sandboxes" for some truly creative and experimental storytelling.

Part Four: The far-right is able to present itself as ‘filling the gap’ left by a lack of services with its own range of 'support' for survivors

Part Three: In 2020, a two-year study of crime data and academic research by the Home Office concluded that 'group-based offenders are most commonly white'

Part Two: The interconnectedness of far-right groups reflects the extent to which those holding extreme beliefs have used the issue of child sexual exploitation to further their own ends