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Over the last few decades, I have done a lot of reading and research on the way organisations and groups deteriorate into what socio-psychologists call Groupthink, which is a system of patterned behaviour that takes the group increasingly further away from reality and sees it denying basic facts while at the same time maintaining authority…
ULONG, Lowanna and surrounding hamlets of the Eastern Dorrigo Plateau communities will remember the contribution of local ex-servicemen and women at a special service on ANZAC Day. In the village’s annual tradition, the service starts at 9.45am with the school children marching from Ulong Public School to the Club, followed by the ANZAC Day ceremony...
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THE Coffs Coast Freemans recently purchased a much-needed IRB (Inflatable Rescue Boat) trailer for the Coffs Harbour Surf Life Saving Club (CHSLSC). Phil Robertson from the Freemasons was at Park Beach during the week inspecting the new, vital equipment. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone...
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A GROUP of year twelve students at Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC) collectively known as Blind Pretty ‘cut’ their first recording at ValleySounds Studio in Nana Glen earlier this April. The band consists of four members – Beau Hussell mans the drums, Jesse Falzon is on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, Della Baldwin takes on...
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Luke Heath Milsom, Vladimír Pažitka, Isabelle Roland and Dariusz Wójcik Exports of financial services decline with geographical distance at a rate comparable to that for international trade in goods (eg, Portes and Rey (2005)). This is surprising since there are no transportation costs involved. The consensus is that distance is a proxy for information frictions. … Continue reading The gravity of cross-border syndication ties in financial services trade
THE second Coffs Coast Festival of Motor Sport has been confirmed for 2023. The month-long motor sports event held across the Coffs Coast will start on Saturday 4 November and go through until the weekend finale on 26 and 27 November. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message...
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LIKE most Council areas in Australia, City of Coffs Harbour has strong policies and planning guidelines for commemorative and memorial plaques on public land. Public open space areas are an important community resource, so memorials, monuments and plaques need to be considered carefully to ensure they don’t have an adverse effect on these spaces. Advertise...
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BOAMBEE East Community Centre (BECC) Chin Waggers gathered a group of 25 members to pay a visit to Coffs Community Radio station 2AIR FM’s Glenreagh Street studio to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day 2023 on Tuesday 18 April. 2AIR FM is run by volunteers who are certainly not amateurs, but the local and accessible vibe...
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As fallout from movement in geopolitical tectonic plates, Russia may be close to revisings its stance towards Israel and Palestine.
Trying to keep that power turned on.
I never wanted to get married, but now I am. What would my teen self think?
Butterflies ply in the plain darkness... read now...“Honestly I just use TikTok to relax and carry forward the spirit of serving the people and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation"
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The subject of this story is Opportunity Cost, which is an economics term that refers to the choices you didn’t make. read now...The Bank welcomes today's release of the Review of the Reserve Bank and the government's response.
Look at what they’re doing now: Soon after Tyre Nichols’s brutal killing by Memphis police officers in January, the chairman of the city’s civilian review board, James Kirkwood, appealed to the city council to strengthen its oversight of police. “If you slap someone on the wrist for something they’ve done wrong, then covered it up and left it alone, they’re going to do it again,” Kirkwood, a pastor and former police officer, told the council, requesting more money, more staff, and more power to conduct independent investigations. Instead, what little power the board did have may soon vanish, as the Tennessee legislature draws closer to gutting civilian oversight over police in Memphis and other cities in the state.
We can aim to harmonize with our phones through ritual.
