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Our parties have totally realigned. Democrats are conservative now. Kamala Harris made not one but several references to the American military in her DNC acceptance speech. That’s not what Democrats used to be about. According to pop culture, they used to be about soft, fuzzy things, like dust bunnies.

And Republicans are the new liberals. Donald Trump is pro-choice, haven’t you heard? Well, before he was pro-life, which happened before he was pro-choice originally, which was before he was pro-life that other time, which was before he was pro-choice for those forty-five minutes. Anyway, he tried to kill Mike Pence. Doesn’t sound pro-life to me.

These days, Democrats are into freedom. In fact, it’s literally Kamala’s walk-on song, “Freedom.” You know freedom? That thing Reagan used to talk about all the time? I’m all turned around—if Harris uses the same word as Reagan, have the parties totally realigned?

The Labour-linked TSSA transport union faces an uncertain future say staff and activists, as a week-long strike by union employees is set to kick off

The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on how journalism is still failing to challenge the structural forces of patriarchy and misogyny

In one seventeenth-century panoramic drawing of London, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is mistakenly labeled “Beere-bayting.” The mistake is understandable—the arena in which live animals were tormented was cheek-by-jowl with the one in which epic history plays were staged. A few centuries from now, those looking back on the TV debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris […]

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Kamala Harris portrays herself as a progressive champion of working-class causes, but her career shows her remarkable ease with bucking those values for political gain.

What is it to behold the delicate beauty of a flower? The paper mosaics of the 18th-century artist Mary Delaney meet an AI

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W Eugene Smith’s photos of the Minamata disaster are both exquisite and horrifying. How might we now look at them?

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FBI counterterror officials went in person to Michigan to spy on “Stop Camp Grayling” demonstrators, new documents reveal.

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The Prime Minister's view of Brexit remains stuck in the past. It's time he embraced the opportunities of Europe, argues Richard Barfield

PINK Silks Trust has donated $27,000 worth of equipment to Coffs Harbour Health Campus’ loan pool for palliative care patients. It includes two electric nursing care beds, two bedside rails, four wheelchairs, two foldable walking frames, two mobile shower chairs, two commode seats, two commode accessories, two commode pans, two pressure-relieving mattresses and two air...

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AROUND 500 public sector nurses and midwives in Coffs Harbour joined a statewide twelve-and-a-half-hour strike for improved pay on Tuesday. The renewed strike action comes after demands for a fifteen percent wage increase were knocked back by the State Government. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

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STORM Season is approaching and SES Corindi-Woolgoolga is prepared. While storms and floods can happen at any time, there is a greater chance of them occurring in NSW between September and April. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us...

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THE NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is strongly encouraging property owners adjacent to conservation areas to contact their local Area Office for advice before they start any land management activities. It follows the conviction of a Dundurrabin landholder in Coffs Harbour Local Court on 30 August, for damaging vegetation and unlawfully clearing more...

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PARAMEDICS from across the Mid North Coast, including from Coffs Harbour, have been put through their paces ahead of taking the wheel of new off-road vehicles. The eight paramedics, from stations down to Tuncurry, recently undertook beach and bush training in the service’s new Toyota 200 series Landcruisers. Advertise with News of The Area today....

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COFFS City Orchestra will present a classical springtime concert at the Harbourside Markets on Sunday 22 September. The beachside performance will be conducted by local musician and artistic director Tim Egan. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us –...

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THE Australian Children’s Content Summit held in Coffs Harbour in August brought together 250 delegates from ten countries. Created by Emmy Award winning SLR Productions’ CEO Suzanne Ryan, the event was held at Pacific Bay Resort. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02)...

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A HAZARD reduction burn in the Wedding Bells State Forest was lit this week to protect neighbouring properties from summer bushfires and safeguard Woolgoolga Mountain Bike Club infrastructure. Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is undertaking the 3000 hectare burn, reducing fuel loads in the state forest. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth...

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