Journey To Impact: Volunteering In Boroondara | Mirage News
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Journey To Impact: Volunteering In Boroondara | Mirage News

Top Stories Tamfitronics Coinciding with International Volunteer Day, we're exploring the stories of local volunteers making a difference every day through 'A journey to impact' at Hawthorn Arts Centre.Join a talk or drop in to explore our pop-up display on volunteering in Boroondara, from Monday 2 December to Wednesday 11 December.Come along and connect with our team from the Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre (BVRC). Whatever time and skills you have to offer, we can help find the perfect volunteer role for you.Top Stories Tamfitronics Come and see usThe team from Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre will be available at Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Road Hawthorn, from from 2 to 11 December at these times:from 10 am to 4 pm on weekdaysfrom 12 pm to 4 pm on...
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Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD weakens against US Dollar with UK employment in focus
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Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD weakens against US Dollar with UK employment in focus

Top Stories Tamfitronics Top Stories Tamfitronics Pound Sterling weakens against US Dollar with UK Employment in focusThe Pound Sterling (GBP) drops to near 1.2900 against the US Dollar (USD) in London trading hours on Monday. The GBP/USD pair declines as the US Dollar extends Friday’s recovery and aims to revisit a four-month high. The US Dollar Index (DXY), which gauges Greenback’s value against six major currencies, climbs above 105.30.The Greenback strengthens on expectations of higher investment and spending in the United States (US) as Republicans look set to take control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, a scenario that would allow the Trump administration to implement fiscal policies quickly. Read more...Top Stories...
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Bad News: Legacy media vs choose-your-own-adventure reality…
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Bad News: Legacy media vs choose-your-own-adventure reality…

Top Stories Tamfitronics Bad NewsLegacy media must compete against a choose-your-own-adventure reality.Illustration by Katie Martin“You are the media now.” That’s the message that began to cohere among right-wing influencers shortly after Donald Trump won the election this week. Elon Musk first posted the phrase, and others followed. “The legacy media is dead. Hollywood is done. Truth telling is in. No more complaining about the media,” the right-wing activist James O’Keefe posted shortly after. “You are the media.”It’s a particularly effective message for Musk, who spent $44 billion to purchase a communications platform that he has harnessed to undermine existing media institutions and directly support Trump’s campaign. QAnon devotees also know the phrase as a rallying cry, an invitation to participate in a particular kind of citizen “journalism” that involves just asking questions and making stuff...
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Get ready for Donald Trump’s economy
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Get ready for Donald Trump’s economy

Top Stories Tamfitronics A version of this article originally appeared in Quartz’s members-only Weekend Brief newsletter. Quartz members get access to exclusive newsletters and more. Sign up here.It’s the question everyone is asking: What happens now? Donald Trump is on his way to the White House, and by January, he’ll have a team in place to begin implementing the economic policy he’s been touting for months: tariffs on all imports, lower corporate tax rates, extending his 2017 tax cuts, reducing regulation of cryptocurrencies and banks, ending taxes on tips and Social Security, and possibly eliminating income and payroll taxes.Trump says all this would end inflation, boost manufacturing and employment, and lower the cost of food and housing. But that has been analyzed and dismissed by almost every economist and trade group in the country to...
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