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GLOVES on, trowels to the ready, National Gardening Week is upon us. From Sunday 15 until Saturday 21 October, gardeners and gardening enthusiasts are putting on events and opening their plots for the community to explore and enjoy. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us...

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MIDWASTE is hosting practical ‘Fix It’ workshops at The Bowerhouse Community Reuse Centre in Raleigh starting on Saturday 21 October. Highlighting National Recycling Week, the free workshops will teach people how to do basic repairs and maintenance around the home and simple furniture repairs giving items a second life and reducing the need for newly...

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COFFS Harbour Show will celebrate its 110th year anniversary with a new committee and a revised show date of 26 – 28 April 2024. “We are very excited to be moving forward with a mix of young enthusiastic and older experienced members on the committee to hold a fabulous birthday-themed show in 2024,” President of...

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FRUSTRATION has been expressed by Coffs Harbour residents to a statement from Transport for NSW (TfNSW) that the refined designs of the Coffs Harbour Bypass interchanges at Coramba Road, Englands Road and Korora Hill reflect community feedback. The new detailed design for the Coffs Harbour bypass, replacing the amended EIS design of 2019, was put...

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MENOPAUSE and Mental Health is a free educational seminar put on by Bellingen Shire Council taking place on Thursday 19 October at 11:30 to 12:30 at Bellingen Memorial Hall. Open to the public, this event aims to provide valuable insights and support for individuals navigating the unique challenges that menopause can pose to mental well-being....

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BELLINGEN Shire Council has announced its ongoing participation in the NSW Government’s Beachwatch water quality testing program for a second consecutive year, aligning with the summer swimming season. The published results from the test are available to residents and visitors. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

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OLIVIA Riddel’s football event in support of local cancer patients earlier this year raised enough funds to purchase and deliver a LymphaTouch machine to Mid North Coast Cancer Institute (MNCCI) at Coffs Harbour. The $12,000 medical device helps manage pain and swelling in patients with lymphoedema, a side effect of some breast cancer treatments. Advertise...

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During a war, when access to the internet could save lives, Palestinians are struggling to reach the outside world and each other.

The post Israel Warns Palestinians on Facebook — but Bombings Decimated Gaza Internet Access appeared first on The Intercept.

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Israeli and U.S. officials acknowledge there is no proof that Iran directed last weekend’s deadly Hamas attack.

The post Alleged Iran Role in Israel Attack Echoes Bogus Iraq WMD Claims appeared first on The Intercept.

Here is a selection of articles from the Solidarity archives on the foundation of Israel, its links to imperialism and Palestinian resistance to it.

The post Arm yourselves with the arguments: why it’s right to back the Palestinian resistance first appeared on Solidarity Online.

The president who is suffering from mental decline is not Joe Biden Trump thinks Obama is still President, and it’s not the first time either. We’ve all watched Trump’s mental decline for years. It’s time for Fox News to tell the truth: he’s too old to run for President.pic.twitter.com/lz0PJ9ZMcf https://t.co/w1Rzxcuz3O — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 12, 2023 .

Welcome to Solidarity's monthly round-up of workplace struggles.

The post Union strategies: segmented, staggered and piecemeal first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Our rulers scheme with each other (and occasionally against each other) but they always scheme against the working class. Just for once we’ve been given a glimpse.

The post Pezzullo scandal a glimpse behind ruling-class curtain first appeared on Solidarity Online.

New earbuds can listen to your brain activity and monitor your health.

The post A Window on the Mind, Through the Ear appeared first on Nautilus.

As conversations on the global debt crisis heat up, activists push New York State lawmakers to take on exploitative private creditors.

The Opposition leader, the Dark Lord Peter Dutton is incensed, after being told that he would have to remove his white hood tomorrow when he votes in the referendum. ”What sort of country have we become when a good honest... Read More ›

Gerrymandering is still on their menu. And it’s not going to go down well. Ian Millhiser on the latest voting rights case before the Court: The Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed majority spent Wednesday morning seemingly hunting for a reason to uphold a South Carolina congressional map that everyone agrees was gerrymandered to benefit the Republican Party. The case is Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. Under the Supreme Court’s precedents, federal courts are not allowed to hear lawsuits challenging partisan gerrymanders — that is, maps drawn to benefit one political party or the other. But federal courts may hear challenges to racial gerrymanders — maps drawn to minimize the political power of voters of a particular race. A lower court struck down the South Carolina map because it determined that while the state’s GOP-controlled legislature’s goal was to shore up Republican control over the state’s First Congressional District, the legislature did so by excluding Black voters from this district.

“More bitterness. More hatred. More problems come down the road.” In July 2023, I spoke in Parliament after the Israeli Defence Force conducted their largest military operation on the West Bank since 2002. Their target was Jenin refugee camp, home to more than 14,000 people, living in less than half a square kilometre in size. […]

The BBC released a video previewing the new Doctor Who theme from Murray Gold and Segun Akinola, performed by the BBC Orchestra.