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Fri, 26/07/2024 - 20:29

Ten trade union general secretaries have written to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, calling for the scrapping of the two-child limit on benefits and the ‘immediate reinstatement’ of the seven MPs suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party after voting against the two-child limit on benefits on Tuesday evening. The intervention from trade union leaders reflects the […]

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Fri, 26/07/2024 - 12:52

DESPITE governments and courts recently cracking down on environmental protests, activists halted logging in two state forests in a week. Eighteen protesters stopped logging in Orara East State Forest for three hours before two police cars arrived on July 20. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

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Fri, 26/07/2024 - 08:00
David Frum with a bit of the classics explaining Biden and Trump. It’s good: Two political myths inspired the dreams and haunted the nightmares of the Founders of the American republic. Both these foundational myths were learned from the history and literature of the ancient Romans. Cincinnatus was the name of a man who, the story went, accepted supreme power in the state to meet a temporary emergency and then relinquished that power to return to his farm when the emergency passed. George Washington modeled his public image on the legend of Cincinnatus, and so he was depicted in contemporary art and literature—“the Cincinnatus of the West,” as Lord Byron praised him in a famous poem of the day. Against the bright legacy of Cincinnatus, the Founders contrasted the sinister character of Catiline: a man of depraved sexual appetites who reached almost the pinnacle of power and then exploited populist passions to overthrow the constitution, gain wealth, and pay his desperately pressing debts.
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Fri, 26/07/2024 - 07:30

Greg Stoker unpacks Netanyahu’s appeal to Congress for more weapons and support for a broader Middle Eastern conflict, spotlighting the hypocrisy of Israel’s actions in Gaza and the global community's response.

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Fri, 26/07/2024 - 06:30
The NY Times got hold of the new book by Trump’s nephew. It’s exactly what you would expect: In 2020, a few months before the last election, former President Donald J. Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, published a book about her uncle and how awful and psychologically warped she found him to be. At the time, her brother, Fred C. Trump III, put out a statement slamming his sister for such treachery. Now, he’s wielding the knife. Next week, he will publish “All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got to Be This Way,” a tell-all that puts the former president in a harsh light. The New York Times obtained a copy. Fred isn’t like his sister Mary. He was upset about her hostility and remained fairly close to his uncle even visiting from time to time at the White House where Trump would brag about how he killed terrorists. But the relationship soured because of this: Fred Trump’s son was born with a rare medical condition that led to developmental and intellectual disabilities. His care had been paid for in part with help from the family. After Mr. Trump was elected, Fred Trump wanted to use his connection to the White House for good.