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See story page 4 Major incident ... Two occupants of the silver Holden Commodore (left) died at the scene, with another airlifted to Melbourne with serious injuries. See story below.
TragedyTHE Goulburn Valley Highway, between Gilles- Children’son Hospital. SheGV remains in RCH in a stableHighway “We are appealing for anybody who witnessed the pies Rd and Wunghnu Rd, was the scene of a fatal condition. collision, saw the Commodore driving north be- accident on Friday a ernoon, in which two people e driver of the Commodore, a 28 year-old tween 2.30 and 2.40pm, or has dash-cam footage of, died and three others were injured. Katunga woman who is the mother of the injured or information regarding, the vehicle, road or weath- e two car collision, between a Holden Com- child, was taken to GV Health with minor injuries er at around that time to contact Crimestoppers,” he modore and a Kia, occurred at 2.40pm, around and has since been discharged. said. the same time as a brief, localised hail storm swept e driver of the Kia, a 46 year-old Numurkah e accident scene was a ended by the Numurk- Exchange through the area. woman, was also taken to GV Health with minor ah SES unit as well as CFA brigades from Wunghnu, e two people who died at the scene, both of injuries. Numurkah and Tallygaroopna, as well as Numurkah students whom were passengers in the Commodore, were 23 Police said the incident occurred when the north- police and Cobram Highway Patrol units, and ambu- year-old Strathmerton woman Eloise Rigby, and her bound commodore veered into the south bound lances from Numurkah and Shepparton. partner Adam Boland, aged 39, from Shepparton. lane into oncoming tra c, and collided with the Kia. e highway was closed between Gillespies Rd Ms Rigby’s four year-old niece, who was in the Senior Sergeant Steven Hill from the Major Colli- and Wunghnu Rd, with tra c diverted onto other back seat of the Commodore, su ered serious in- sion Investigation Unit, which is investigating the in- routes, until the early hours of Saturday morning. See story page 8 juries and had to be extricated from the vehicle by cident, told the Leader that the weather is one of the Police are yet to speak to the driver of the Com- SES volunteers before being airli ed to the Royal possible contributing factors they are investigating. modore. www.numurkahleader.net.au 2 — NumurkahLEADER, Wednesday, September 11, 2019 PETER COX & SONS FUNERALDIRECTORS Local irrigators say enough is enough Professional service tailored to your needs THE level of discontent irrigators tralia and they’ve been destroying “ ere seems to be completely could do it in a way that is fair and in the Murray region feel towards the Barmah Forest to get water di erent rules up in the Darling everybody gets what they need.” Locally owned & operated 24 hours - 7 days a week the Murray Darling Basin Plan there, but they don’t seem to care system where they seem to be al- As for the e gy of Federal Water (MDBP)was on full display last about that. It doesn’t make any lowed to take as much water as Minister David Li leproud ge ing Funeral calls and information ursday when up to 3,000 people sense.” they want o the Darling and build turfed into the Murray from the gathered in Tocumwal for a rally Mr Bryant said that the make monstrous dams that store water Tocumwal bridge last ursday, Mr 5862 3047 that was expected to a ract around up of the crowd in Tocumwal last and then no water ows into the Bryant said that fair’s fair. Cnr Meiklejohn & Quinn Streets 500. week was telling. ough it was or- river, which is why they’ve had so “He is the top dog and he is ulti- ACCREDITED MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION e Enough is Enough Fix the ganised by NSW groups, there was many sh kills along that part of the mately responsible for this mess,” Basin Plan Communities Crisis strong Victorian representation as system,” he said. he said. Meals on Wheels Roster Rally was a show of strength from well. Mr Bryant believes that most peo- “In response to the rally, he said a consortium of local groups deter- “ e amount of people I saw in ple in the community who don’t that we are a noisy minority, but I Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 M. Crowther- T. Gread S. Shaw mined to have their voices heard. the crowd who were from our local have a close connection to farming don’t think we are a minority at all. 16/9 Harris P. Petzke Organisations involved included area was incredible - not just farm- don’t appreciate the scale of the “ e Murray region is a huge re- G. Varley S. Shaw A. De Vries Upper Goulburn River Catchment ers either, but people from busi- problem and how it’s going to a ect gion and we’re the voice of it. ere 17/9 L. Saltmarsh Association, Southern Riverina nesses who deal with farmers and our communities. were so many groups from Victoria P. & D. F. Booth R. & G. Irrigators, Speak Up Campaign, rely on their business. “I think most people in the com- and NSW at that rally representing 18/9 Heard Chessells Central Murray Environmental “NSW and Victoria are dealing munity don’t realise how bad the majority of a huge region and M. Caccianiga Church of Diverse Floodplains Group, North Victoria with slightly di erent issues be- things are already and how much they need to start listening to us. 19/9 Christ Builders Irrigation Communities Inc, Mur- cause we have di erent systems, worse they are going to get if noth- “Enough’s enough.” PALS C. Boldt J. Hansen 20/9 ray Valley Private Diverters, and but we’ve got a very similar ght ing’s done,” he said. Group K. Hepworth “In the past 12 to 18 months Coordinator – MHA Care Phone 5742 1111 Murray Regional Strategy Group. on our hands and it made sense for Waaia dairy farmer Mark Bryant, them to invite us along because it more than 80 dairy farmers within who is a member of North Victoria makes sense for us to ght togeth- a 40km radius of Numurkah have Irrigation Communities Inc, at- er.” walked away from the business. tended the rally and told the Leader Mr Bryant said that, although “ ey say that if a dairy farmer 8TH 2019 that it was appropriately named. the MDBP a ects irrigators from has a million dollars he will spend “ e plan was drawn up on awed Queensland all the way through to $950,000 of it within 30km of his science and it’s not working,” he South Australia, Victoria and NSW farm. So much money has already ANNUAL said. have borne the brunt of the water le this district and more will fol- “It’s been terribly mismanaged being taken from irrigators to put low because more and more farm- PINK and it’s gone on too long. It’s de- back into the system. ers will have no choice but to walk stroying communities and that has “Something like 80% of the water away. I think within the next 12 to to stop. that has been put back into the en- 18 months our local towns are go- RIBBON “You’ve got so many di erent vironment has come from Victoria. ing to get a very big reality check.” states and so many di erent au- at’s from Numurkah, Nathalia, Mr Bryant does see a way out BRUNCH thorities involved and they all seem Kyabram, Cobram and communi- though, but it’s going to take polit- to play by di erent rules, and here ties just like them. at’s why we’re ical will. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 in the middle of the system we’re su ering so badly. “I de nitely think it can be xed,” losing. “I 100% believe that the environ- he said. Show of strength ... 3,000 10.30AM FOR 11AM START “ e environmental focus has ment has to have water, I don’t just “If they go back to the drawing people from across the southern been on the lower lakes and the think irrigators should have all the board and redraw it using the cor- basin attended last Thursday’s NUMURKAH TOWN HALL mouth of the Murray in South Aus- water, but it has to be fair. rect science behind it, I think they rally. Tickets available from Numurkah Leader or Adrienne Gledhill 0419 872 055 The Murray Darling Basin Plan: a brief history YOU’D have to have been living under a rock Signed in 2012, the MDBP is a landmark 605 gigalitres of the environmental water tar- not to have heard of the Murray Darling Basin bipartisan agreement reached between the get would be met through 37 infrastructure Guest MC Plan (MDBP) - it’s been a near-constant fea- Federal Government and the Victorian, NSW, projects in Victoria, Queensland and NSW, comedian ture of news bulletins since the agreement that South Australian, Queensland and ACT gov- instead of through further water buybacks. brought it into existence was signed in 2012. ernments to manage the water in a system e third, and most contentious, decision, Tracey However, chances are unless you’re an irriga- made up of the Murray and Darling rivers and was whether the basin governments agreed Bartram tor within the system, or closely related to one, associated tributaries. it would be possible to use the adjustment you don’t have more than a basic understand- However, in order to get all of the states to mechanism to deliver an additional 450 gigali- ing of what it is, what it entails, and why you’re sign the agreement, several contentious issues tres of environmental water on top of the orig- Tracy began performing as a stand-up inal 2,750 gigalitre target. LIMITED TICKETS LEFT still hearing about it on the news on a weekly were put in the ‘too-hard’ basket to be dealt comedian, and went on to host in hugely basis. with later. e plan says the additional water can only successful Hurry!breakfast Before radio. While they maintaining sell out her e Murray Darling Basin covers one-sev- Not surprisingly, when the time came to be delivered if it would have a ‘neutral or im- radio presence, writing and comedy, she remains enth of the Australian continent, accounts for address those issues, which was supposed to proved’ socio-economic impact on basin com- in heavy demand as a motivational speaker, MC one-third of its agricultural production and is happen before the end of 2017, they had not munities. and jazz singer. Tracey is a smart, sassy and quick home to two million people. become any less contentious. In December 2018, the state and federal gov- witted entertainer It includes 77,000km of rivers and more than e issues centre on an adjustment mecha- ernments agreed on the criteria that would 25,000 wetlands. nism included in the plan which could be used allow for the water to be commi ed to the en- Table seating $60pp A combination of natural droughts and in- to change the 2,750 gigalitre water recovery vironment, but only under strict circumstanc- Tickets include • Silent auction creasing human use for agriculture, manufac- target for the environment. es where it could be proved that there was no • Glass of champagne • Entertainment turing and communities had led to a decline As of the end of June 2017, a li le over 2,080 economic harm to those communities. in the basin’s health, prompting the plan to gigalitres had been recovered through a mix of In December 2018, the state and federal gov- • Delicious brunch • Raffl es manage the system as a whole connected sys- government purchases of water licences, and ernments agreed on the criteria that would al- tem, in order to restore its health and manage taxpayer-funded infrastructure improvements. low for the water to be commi ed to the envi- it sustainably. In July 2018, the NSW, Queensland and Fed- ronment, but only under strict circumstances e plan has it’s roots in the millennium eral governments agreed to reduce the water where it could be proved that there was ‘neu- Numurkah drought, which ran from approximately 2002- recovery target in the Northern Basin by 70 tral or improved’ socio-economic outcomes LEADER 2009, and led to the passage of the Howard gigalitres. for the communities involved. Government’s Water Act in 2007. e governments agreed the environmental Naturally, there has been plenty of argument e Water Act commi ed $10billion to- outcomes would be met through other meas- of what the de nitions of neutral and im- Numurkah Leader is wards a decade-long e ort to reach a national ures, including the management of water ows proved are in that context. bound by the Standards agreement on water use in the Murray-Darling, and addressing constraints in the Gwydir Riv- So, seven years since the plan was signed by of Practice of the to redress the over-allocation of water licences er, which is part of the Murray Darling system the federal and state governments, the whole Australian Press and to return water to the environment. in northern NSW. thing could reasonably be described as a bit of Council. If you believe e Murray-Darling Basin Plan resulted e second decision was for the states to a mess. the Standards may have been breached, from that process and, broadly speaking, was nalise a list of major infrastructure projects At least three of the signatory states have you may approach the newspaper designed to return 2,750 gigalitres of water designed to deliver environmental water more threatened to pull out altogether at least once, itself or contact the Council by email from irrigated agriculture to the river system. e ectively and e ciently in the southern end and it has been the subject of ongoing alle- ([email protected]) or by phone In return for making their farms more wa- of the basin. gations of mismanagement, corruption and ([02] 9261 1930). For further information ter-e cient, farmers surrender the water they In May 2018, the Federal Liberal Govern- wide-scale the , and a Royal Commission in see www.presscouncil.org.au. save to the Commonwealth. ment came to an agreement with Labor that South Australia.
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Ltd. and printed by Newsprinters Pty Ltd printads@ design@ editorial@ sales@ printads@ sport@ Registered by Australia Post - Print Post publication no. 100002644 leader.net.au leader.net.au leader.net.au leader.net.au leader.net.au leader.net.au NumurkahLEADER, Wednesday, September 11, 2019 — 3 ooth fi nalists in sustainability awards ST THMERTON’S Booth Transport has been announced as a nalist in the Environmen- Bold, and sustainable ... th’s trath er tal Protection category of the 2019 Premier’s t n de t r esses its aste ater thr u h Sustainability Awards. ur r beds erin ab ut s uare Given that transport companies aren’t normal- ly associated with environmental sustainability, etres Booth project manager Brendan Edwards said the company was extremely proud to be includ- ed in the awards. “It’s a prestigious award, so it’s a fantastic achievement to be nominated,” he said. e nals berth recognises Booth’s commit- ment to decreasing its environmental impact via the use of a worm farm as the ‘engine’ of their waste and water treatment plant, which is an Australian- rst. Referring to the waste system at the Strath- merton depot, Mr Edwards said necessity is the mother of invention. “ ere is no sewer connection there, so we were looking at a massive infrastructure project to connect to the local sewerage system. We looked at di erent options and took them to head o ce and they said ‘is this what everyone else does?’. “When we said yes, they told us to go and nd something new, so we did. We looked at some fairly weird and wonderful ideas, but worm beds were a really good t for the site and the project, so we went with those.” e project commenced in 2016, and involved a bit of a learning process to get it right with the use of a test-bed of worms, but is now fully op- erational. e Strathmerton site now features four worm beds covering about 4,500 square metres and ca- pable of processing 300,000 litres of waste water worms do their thing,” Mr Edwards said. duces water that exceeds EPA standards. dairy proteins to be ingested by worms. per day. e worm beds act as a massive lter, with the e one thing the worms can’t remove from “It’s turned out to be a perfect solution for us,” Predictions are for a reduction of 3,000 tonnes worms themselves working with the bacteria, the waste water is salt, and the next phase of the Mr Edwards said. of carbon emission and an additional 121,000 fungi and micro-organisms from their excre- project, to add a desalination plant to the facility, “It has low operating costs, is environmentally kilolitres of recycled water put into the irrigation ment to remove dairy proteins from the waste is now underway. friendly and easy to use. ere’s no downside, system each year. water by consuming them. e technology used at Booth’s Strathmerton and we’re de nitely looking at how we can rep- “We just put the water out there and let the e process takes around four hours, and pro- depot uses worm beds where water is ltered for licate it at other sites.” irst eo le s assembly candidates named THE candidates for the First Peoples’ Assem- ples. your-candidates, and events are being held Shepparton tomorrow night from 6pm to 8pm bly of Victoria have been announced. e First Peoples’ Assembly, which will be in- across Victoria in the lead-up to the voting pe- at Aldara Yenara 207-217 Wyndham Street. e nine candidates announced for the north dependent of government, will act as the voice riod, where people can meet the candidates and Treaty Advancement Commissioner, Jill Gal- east region of Victoria are: of aboriginal people in Victoria in the future enrol to vote. lagher described electing a group of Victorian • Geraldine Atkinson treaty process. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Aboriginal leaders to be the voice of Aboriginal • Professor Henry Atkinson e assembly’s role includes working with the are eligible to enrol and vote if they are aged 16 people in Victoria to prepare for treaty negotia- • Ma hew Atkinson State of Victoria to set up the framework for or above and are a Victorian traditional owner, tions, as a monumental occasion. • Natarsha Bamble negotiations; it is not being set up to negotiate or are an aboriginal person not from Victoria “It’s great to see so many Victorian Aboriginal • Michael Harding treaties, but to prepare for treaty negotiations. but live in Victoria, and have done so for at least community leaders nominate for these impor- • Gregory James e assembly will be made up of traditional three of the past ve years. tant positions,” she said. • Damien Kindred/Saunders owners, elected by Aboriginal people in Victo- People can also enrol to vote up until the nal “An election like this ensures the treaty process • Leanne Miller ria, and Victorian traditional owners living out- date of voting via www. rstpeoplesvic.org/en- includes everyone in the Aboriginal community. • Stephen J Walsh side the state. rol. is way, everyone can have their say.” Australia is the only developed Common- Details of all candidates who have nominat- Voting is open from September 16 to 20. A full list of candidates can be found at h ps:// wealth nation without treaties with its rst peo- ed can be found at www. rstpeoplesvic.org/ A meet the candidates event will be held in www. rstpeoplesvic.org/your-candidates.
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tralia, the majority of them can’t believe the – the balance of the rivers in the basin. I wonder how many pumps on our rivers are position we are in now. 6. Once again we are seeing far too much wa- still unmetered? Sham sham at is: ter being pushed down the Murray River and Quite simply, we are not going to get e ec- 1. Tens of thousands of hectares of once pro- the Mulwala Canal running a banker, right past tive change out of the Federal Government any basin plan ductive irrigation country now lying dry. desperate irrigation farmers to supply the huge time soon. 2. Tens of thousands of hectares of new irriga- nut farms on the lower Murray River and the By the time this le er is published another tion development, mostly to irrigate almonds once saline lower lakes in South Australia. WELL, here we are many years on from the water rally will have been held at Tocumwal start of the extremely biased and destructive which are very heavy water users. 7. e river forests being ooded every year NSW, we just have to keep ghting, our farmers Murray Darling Basin Plan, and man-o-man 3. A thoroughly, totally and completely de- which would have never happened in bygone what a disgusting and horrible ride for farmers stroyed river system – the Darling River and years prior to dams being built. and communities depend on it. and communities in the basin. Menindee Lakes. What we have witnessed over these years is Unfortunately, there is no quick x. We must rough my Facebook page: “Murray Dar- 4. A 500km pipeline to supposedly supply complete greed by a powerful few and abso- have a royal commission. ling Basin Connection”, I have connected with Broken Hill. lutely and shockingly poor government at all Peter Gilmour thousands of people across the basin and Aus- 5. River systems being thoroughly destroyed levels. Cobram
WHAT’S ON AT NUMURKAH GOLF AND BOWLS CLUB Friday Night AFL GRAND Gerard the Business Hypnotist House Bowls Raffles SPIN AND Win FINAL DAY Start getting your team Numurkah Tuesday 22nd Golf & Bowls together Club Inc. HAPPY HOUR FROM 7PM WATCH IT ON NUMURKAH’S october Starts JAG THE JOKER WIN $50 FUEL VOUCHER mid MEAT & CLUB VOUCHERS BIGGEST SPORTS SCREEN Tickets on sale from October phone FREE NIBBLES Competitions and full TAB facilities Monday 5862 3445 4 — NumurkahLEADER, Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Tasty visit grows kids’ enthusiasm NUMUR H pre-school students got a taste of the gardening bug recently, when sta from Bun- nings paid a visit to get the kinder’s vegetable gar- den ready for spring. e pre-school’s Cockatoos and Pelicans groups were more than happy to help as Bunnings sta members Jillian and Kylie got stuck into cleaning up the herb garden and vegetable patches and pre- paring them for new plantings. Numurkah Pre-School Service Coordinator Jayne Kam said the kitchen garden program was a great opportunity for children to learn about their environment. “It gives the kids a chance to learn how to care for the garden, and to see how it needs to be main- tained with watering and weeding,” she said. “It’s also a living example to the kids that food doesn’t start out life on the supermarket shelf - you can grow it yourself , and that can be a very satisfy- ing thing to do.” e kids helped plant tomatoes and establish a strawberry patch, the produce from which will be used in the pre-school’s kitchen. If it makes it that far. “We’ve been growing a few things in the garden, including celery, which the kids like to pick straight out of the garden and eat while they play outside, and I expect the strawberries will probably go the same way once they grow and ripen,” Jayne said. “ e silverbeet we’ve been growing always seems to make it into the kitchen though.” Excess herbs, which include rosemary, parsley and mint, and vegetables, are always available for parents to take home with them, where students can proudly boast that they grew the ingredients for dinner themselves. Whilst they were at the pre-school, Kylie and Jil- lian also took the time to plant some hardy grass varieties around the edges of the digging patch, to add an extra element to the students’ outdoor play. “It’s just another thing to re the kids’ imagina- tion and encourage them to think that they’re in a dinosaur garden or something like that,” Jayne Growing enthusiasm ... The Cockatoos said. (in yellow hats) and the Pelicans say an “It’s fun, and it helps the kids to see that you can enthusiastic thank you to Kylie (left) and create your own environment outside that can re- Jillian from Bunnings. ally add something to your life.”
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Phone Email Customer Service Call us on 5871 9222 [email protected] Centres 44 Station Street, Cobram NRS Mail 100 Belmore Street, Yarrawonga To report service issues and emergencies 133 677 PO Box 578, Cobram VIC 3643 after hours call (03) 5871 9222. NumurkahLEADER, Wednesday, September 11, 2019 — 5 Webby fi nally gets his medal AN historic sporting wrong has been righted, with for- mer Strathmerton footballer Peter Webb being awarded a best and fairest medal from 1977. Mr Webb drew with Tocumwal’s Brian Herbert for the honour in the reserves count at the end of the 1977 home and away season, but in those days, league rules stated that only one medal could be awarded and Mr Webb was beaten on a count-back. Current Murray league president Dale Norman said he was happy to have been able to help nally recognise Mr Webb’s achievement. “He was a deserving winner, but unfortunately those were the rules at the time,” Mr Norman said. “It was a pleasure to present the medal to Peter, espe- cially in the presence of his son and grandchildren.” Peter told the Leader it was a great thrill to receive the medal, even if it had been a long time coming. “I wasn’t disappointed at the time, back in 1977, be- cause that was just how footy was then, but it is very spe- cial to have the medal now,” he said. e medal is all the more special for Peter as it now joins the senior best and fairest medal his father was awarded in the Tallanga a league when Peter was just a baby. “It’s quite special to have them both and I am going to frame them and give one each to my two grandsons who both love their footy.” Mr Webb was beaten on a count-back again in 1978, or so it seemed at rst. “I drew with Adi Benne from Cobram and was beaten on count-back but I didn’t mind at all because Adi was the best player I ever played against in my seconds career, so I was happy for him,” Mr Webb said. “But as it turned out, they realised the next day that two votes that were meant for Peter Todd had been allocat- ed to Pat Tubb who hadn’t played a reserves game that season. “ at put Peter Todd a point ahead of both Adi and me, A long time coming ... Peter Webb so they took the medal o Adi and gave it to Peter. has nally re ei ed the best and “I know it was the right decision, but I felt really disap- airest edal he earned in pointed for Adi - much more disappointed than I ever felt about missing out myself.”
Sheed welcomes Goulburn Lovell calls for rate relief for farmers River transfer limits MEMBER for Northern Victoria Wendy for Victoria’s farmers and reiterated that now INDEPENDENT Member for Shepparton Neville’s earlier announcement to call in further Lovell has challenged the State Government was the perfect time for funding to provide District Suzanna Sheed welcomed the recent applications for water licences below the choke to provide more assistance to drought-af- municipal rate relief. announcement from Minister for Water Lisa while the issue of deliverability is being investi- fected Victorian farmers in the form of mu- Ms Lovell said the time is right for the Neville seeking to protect Victorian waterways gated”, she said. nicipal rate relief. State Government to commit funding that by limiting high river ows resulting from inter e Victorian Government announced chang- Speaking in state parliament during an ad- will provide municipal rate relief to Vic- journment debate directed to Agriculture valley transfers. es to tagged accounts to make sure that the same toria’s drought a ected farmers, including Ms Sheed said community members have con- Minister Jaclyn Symes, Ms Lovell called on those in the electorate of Northern Victoria. rules apply to all water users. is comes on the the State Government to commit funding tacted her on many occasions about this issue, back of high volumes of tagged water moving “ e potential loss of a generation of young and have sent her videos of riverbank damage to provide municipal rate relief to Victoria’s farmers will be devastating for the fabric of from the Goulburn to the Murray outside the drought a ected farmers, including those in captured from boats on the river,. limits of the inter valley transfer trade rules. Victoria’s agricultural sector and the support “ is evidence clearly showed the signi cant Northern Victoria. Following an initial review of the current trad- Ms Lovell described the current situation previously o ered of a one o cash payment damage caused by slumping banks, large trees of up to $3,500 is far from adequate, with falling into the river and the failure of riverbank ing rules, it was found that they were not pro- faced by farmers of scarce and highly priced tecting the environment of the lower Goulburn feed, together with the current exorbitant most farmers facing an annual rates bill in reeds and grasses to grow,” Ms Sheed said. excess of $20,000,” Ms Lovell said. Ms Sheed said that, while it is widely acknowl- River and that they did not provide a level play- price of water as a ‘perfect storm of adver- “ e Minister has previously indicated edged that this damage has been occurring for ing eld for all water users to trade water. sity’, and the recent arrival of the dreaded some time, both on the Goulburn River and “Deliverability is becoming a critical issue and 2019/20 municipal rate notice as yet anoth- that rate subsidies for Victorian farmers may in the Barmah Choke, Minister Neville is to be I am pleased by the fact that both Victoria and er challenge for Victorian farmers. be considered in the future and I call on her commended for her recent visit to see the dam- New South Wales agreed at the recent ministe- In her contribution, Ms Lovell noted that to put her money where her mouth is and age for herself ahead of the announcement. rial council meeting of water ministers that they in previous responses on the issue Ms Symes give our wonderful farmers the support they “ e key actions that the government an- will go it alone to investigate this issue more had not ruled out providing rate subsidies need.” nounced yesterday are welcome, as was Minister broadly,” Ms Sheed said. agbioen local contractor meet and greet! AgBioEn is looking for any and all local businesses and contractors who would like to help shape the future of Katunga’s renewable energy facility. www.agbioen.com
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BETTER PLACE Taking care of themselves ... Judy Ormond,Brenda Pruden and Lyn Cooper had a lovely ti e at the athalia en’s health e ent E-waste is any item with a plug, battery or power cord that is no longer working or wanted. Nathalia ladies take good care IN honour of women’s health week last week, for various types of cancers, followed by a bit of the women of Nathalia were gi ed a few hours fun and relaxation. WHERE DOES EWASTE GO? on Sunday to relax and remember the impor- e ladies enjoyed a sumptuous a ernoon tea, tance of looking a er themselves. were introduced to the relaxation potential of The Victorian Government recently introduced a ban which prevents e-waste being e event was hosted by Nathalia Women’s mindful colouring, and made felt hearts as part placed in any bin or landfill. Health Group and Nathalia Nightwatch CWA, of 1,000 Hearts - a kindness project started in Unwanted e-waste, or electronic waste, from the home, office or shed can be with sponsorship from the Jean Hailes Founda- Tasmania in 2016 to spread love and compas- dropped at one of the below locations: tion and Breast Screen Victoria. sion. Nathalia Nightwatch CWA secretary Ker- While a keyboardist played in the background, Cobram Transfer Station rie-anne Rappell told the Leader that rather laughs were shared as ladies of all shapes, sizes 100 Pye Road, Cobram East than focus on a single health issue, the event was and ages decorated a mannequin with bling in about taking care of the whole woman. celebration of the female form. Nathalia Transfer Station “It was about looking a er all facets of yourself - Philippa Schapper, who aended the event, de- 26 Balls Road, Nathalia physically, emotionally and spiritually,” she said. scribed it as a good mix of serious and playful. “It was a chance for local women to step away “It was a great initiative and great mix of wom- From 1st July,Numurkah e-waste Transfer Station will no longer from their busy days and think about how they en of all ages,” she said. 367 Naring Road, Numurkah can take care of themselves in general, and to “e information presented was serious but be Yarrawongaaccepted Transfer in Station any bin. have a bit of fun while they were at it.” useful, and because the atmosphere was relaxed 81 Channel Road, Yarrawonga e event featured two speakers from Nathalia ,we were able to have conversations and share To learn more visit ewaste.vic.gov.au hospital who gave information about screening stories across the whole group.” orVisit contact www.ewaste.vic.gov.au your local council or contact your local council to find your nearest e-waste drop-off point.
WHAT HAPPENS TO MY UNWANTED EWASTE? Community grants now open Your nearest e-waste drop-o point is: APPLICATIONS are now open for the latest health, drug and alcohol issues. Your unwanted e-waste is transferred from Resource Recovery Centres to a round of Moira Shire community strengthening Previous examples of equipment and infra- reprocesser where it is shredded, sorted and repurposed. E-waste is recovered in grants. structure projects which have been funded a number of ways, depending on the item and can be repurposed for use in new e grant program, which aims to provide through the community strengthening grants batteries, electronics,Council homewares and more. funding for art and culture projects, community program include; fencing/bollards, sporting club Logo Valuable materials recovered from e-waste include: events, equipment, health promotion, environ- equipment, sound systems and debrillators. • gold mental sustainability, tourism and infrastructure, “Under the environmental sustainability cat- oers major grants up to $10,000, and minor • silver egory you can submit applications for projects grants up to $5,000. that save water, energy or emissions such as the • copper Mayor Libro Mustica said the community • aluminium purchase of water saving xtures and appliances, strengthening program was a great way to kick roo op solar systems and energy ecient heat- • platinum start a community initiative. ing, cooling and lighting,” Cr Mustica said. • cobalt “Community grants are a vital function of “You can apply online by visiting our website Moira Shire Council,” Cr Mustica said. By disposing of your e-waste correctly and dropping it at the Cobram, Nathalia, and if you require assistance in either planning Numurkah or Yarrawonga Resource Recovery Centres you are protecting the “ey help facilitate projects which enrich the whole community and can assist in the develop- your project or completing your application environment by: form, council ocers are here to help. • Reducing what is sent to landfill ment of service, management of facilities, coor- dination of events and promotion of tourism, “Applicants are encouraged to read the com- • Keeping harmful materials contained in e-waste out of the environment environmental sustainability and health in the munity strengthening grants guidelines which • Reducing greenhouse gases created in the production of new materials and products community.” include information on eligibility, exclusions and Art and culture projects or events could include terms and conditions prior to applying.” holding skills development workshops, hosting If you require access to a computer, libraries WHAT IS EWASTE? music or art events and exhibitions, or work- and community houses across the shire have shops with community public art outcomes. computers available for public use by appoint- Examples of e-waste include: Health promotion ideas include projects sup- ment. • Large and small household electrical appliances porting active and healthy lifestyles or opportu- Applications close at 4pm on Wednesday, Oc- • IT telecommunication and TV equipment nities to educate the community about mental tober 16, 2019. • LEDs and fluroescent lights • Power tools Plastics • Electrical toys Shepp still waiting for Palladium rail waiting room CONSTRUCTION of an enclosed waiting ing area to protect commuters from the elements area for Shepparton railway station is almost a and realign the ticketing window to make for eas- year overdue, with work not having commenced, ier access. Over 12 months later and the waiting Your old electrical despite a promise it would be completed by No- room is yet to materialise. vember 2018. “My constituents would like to know why,” she items have plenty left Last year, the Victorian State Government and said. to give when they’re VicTrack undertook to complete the enclosed ese works are a small part of what will be recycled properly Silver Gold waiting area by November, 2018. a major upgrade resulting from an injection of Independent Member for Shepparton District $43 million in the 17/18 Victorian State Budget, Suzanna Sheed has asked the Public Transport and $313 million in the 18/19 Victorian State Minister Melissa Horne to investigate why the Budget ,to greatly improve rail services for the upgrade was yet to occur. Shepparton District. “Where is the Shepparton Railway Station “I, and many others, want to see the roll-out of waiting-area upgrade?” Ms Sheed asked from the all these projects and to see them completed as oor of the Victorian Parliament two weeks ago. part of our campaign for beer rail services in the “e project was meant to deliver a sealed wait- Shepparton region,” Ms Sheed said. NumurkahLEADER, Wednesday, September 11, 2019 — 7
Wonderful performances ... Beryl White as Bloody Mary, Scott Dealy as Billis, and Dean Johnson as e able hel ed brin uth a i t li e