I’ve been having a bit of a sort out over the summer. I’m throwing out some old titles for poems which I shall never write. Free to a good home.
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Examining the 'lazy framing' around disability in sport where the focus is often on 'the accident, the drama, the blood, the pain' and not the competition
I den pågående debatten och översynen av det finanspolitiska ramverket hörs ofta som ett mantra att det skulle ha “tjänat oss väl”. Men har det verkligen det? Yours truly var igår inbjuden av Föreningen Dialog-Bildning i Västervik för att presentera min syn på ramverket och om det verkligen tjänat oss väl. För den intresserade går […]
HEARTS were warmed by the recent raffle of a beautiful wooden platter crafted by the late Ken Gall of Woolgoolga. On hearing the Woolgoolga District Orchid Society was hosting the 23rd AOC International Orchid Conference and Show in October 2025, Ken jumped at the chance to create a beautiful timber platter for the Society to...
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COFFS Coast Legacy volunteers will be out and about this Legacy Week, 1 – 7 September, manning merchandise stands. “Legacy Badge Day is our main fundraiser and will be held on Friday, 6 September,” Community Services Manager Jane Sury told News Of The Area. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for...
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MEMBERS of Soldiers Beach Surf Club will re-enact an historic Inflatable Rubber Boat (IRB) trip from Sydney Harbour to Coolangatta next month, in time for the IRB World Championships. Two IRBs and their crews will be stopping at surf life saving clubs on the Coffs Coast on Wednesday 4 September. Advertise with News of The...
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BUSINESS Professional Women Coffs Coast (BPW) marked Equal Pay Day with an event designed to be informative, but also engaging and thought-provoking. Held on Monday, 19 August, President Deb Johnson said the objective of the evening was to ensure that participants understood the statistics and policy surrounding the yearly date and to “personalise them as...
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Tens of thousands of construction workers walked off the job to protest the attack on the CFMEU on Tuesday in a nationwide strike.
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Exclusive interviews and leaked messages reveal how a key ally of the US weaponized the fight against corruption and criminal organizations to selectively prosecute Ecuador’s heads of state, viciously persecuting Rafael Correa and his Revolución Ciudadana movement on flimsy evidence, while delaying investigations into much graver crimes allegedly committed by his successors. Recently-leaked secret chats obtained by The Grayzone expose how Ecuadorian prosecutor Diana Salazar leaked information to a subject of an ongoing investigation, undermining the prosecution of associates of […]
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THE inaugural Coffs Coast Death & Dying Expo, held at the Woopi Gardens, attracted more than 100 people. “It truly came together as the community event we envisioned,” end of life doula Rani Foreman and funeral celebrant Wendy Haynes told News Of The Area. “It was a lively gathering to bridge gaps and bring people...
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In late August, the Albanese government and the President-elect of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, agreed to a new “defence” treaty that is wholly about China.
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I am very pleased that our very own Chris Bertram has responded to Joseph Heath’s very entertaining and polemical “John Rawls and the death of Western Marxism,” a widely shared Substack post [HT: Dailynous]. Chris has made some important corrections to the public record, and the comments on his post are extending that. As it happens, I […]
A WOMAN accused of a domestic violence-related murder, where a man’s body was found in a surfboard bag in Darkwood, was on bail at the time of the alleged offending. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au...
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Notice he didn’t actually say he would vote for it but either way you can see what quicksand this is for him. He went out to speak to his rally goers shortly thereafter and complained about the “horrible” interview he just had to give. Anti-abortion zealot Lila Rose is backing Trump into a corner. She spoke to Politico: For years, the anti-abortion activist Lila Rose has pushed the GOP to curtail access to abortion. But now, as Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance conspicuously soften their abortion message ahead of the November election, Rose — who leads the prominent anti-abortion group Live Action — is embracing a more radical strategy: Urging her followers not to vote for Trump unless he changes course. You’ve been arguing online that Trump and Vance’s position on abortion has made it “impossible” for anti-abortion voters to support them. What was the breaking point for you? [My] direct quote is that “they’re making it impossible” for us. This is an active thing.
Lawmakers are being forced to negotiate with oligarchs and special interests they can’t even identify.
All the polls are showing Harris either tied or ahead in the swing states. She has opened up the map. Simon Rosenberg: We’ve had a lot of polling this week and taken together it is all showing the same thing – the election has seen a 6-7 point shift towards the Democrats, and Harris now has a 3-4 point lead in national polling. We are tied or lead in all seven battleground states and are closer to 270 than Trump now. All seven states are clearly in play, and we are competing hard in all seven. As things are still close in the battlegrounds we still have a lot of work to do to have 2024 become the election we all want it to be. Here is what Fox News’ polling unit released last night: This polling, and new polls today from USA Today showing Harris up 5, 48%-43%, and Ipsos/Reuters showing her up 4, 45%-41%, is making it impossible for Trump to continue say, as he does at the beginning of every interview, that he is leading in the polls. And this matters. For as we’ve discussed, the entire brand architecture of the Trump campaign is built upon him being ahead in the polls and being strong, and his opponent trailing in the polls and being weak.
Why people become addicted to fantasy lives.
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And he called them “haters.”
The Opposition’s shadow minister for home and foreign affairs, Barnaby Joyce, made sure to thank his traditional owner, Gina Rinehart, before delivering his speech at the Bush Summit that was held this week. ”I’m an old fashioned bloke who believes... Read More ›