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Fri, 13/10/2023 - 12:59

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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Fri, 13/10/2023 - 12:57

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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Fri, 13/10/2023 - 10:00
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 .
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Fri, 13/10/2023 - 07:00
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.
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Fri, 13/10/2023 - 06:44

“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. […]

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Fri, 13/10/2023 - 06:00

Political Economy Seminar

Together We’ll Break These Chains of Love? The Community Ideal and the Multi-Criterial Economy

Presenter: Aaron Benanav, Syracuse University

Respondent: Dr Mike Beggs

Date: Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (AEDT)

Seminar via Zoom for University of Sydney staff, students and affiliates. For further information please contact John Clegg (j.clegg@sydney.edu.au) or Claire Parfitt (claire.parfitt@sydney.edu.au).

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Fri, 13/10/2023 - 05:00
Thank goodness Biden refused him the privilege of getting classified information in the post-presidency Trump ties the attack on Israel to the 2020 election which he describes as rigged pic.twitter.com/BSX0SC8N8c — Acyn (@Acyn) October 12, 2023 Reminder that Trump is beefing with Netanyahu because he recognized Biden’s victory. If BN embraced the big lie Trump would defend him. Policy has 0 to do with it. https://t.co/x6AYYHSUB8 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 12, 2023 Once again, he shows his casual disregard about classified information. He doesn’t seem to know if he’s sharing it or, more importantly, care. And he thinks that a good time to air his personal grievances with Netanyahu is when Israel is at war and the entire Middle East is on tender hooks. Bill Sher has the back story: On Wednesday  Donald Trump held a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida.