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DONALD BIRCHIP Phone: 5497 1222 Phone: 5492 2735 Email: The Buloke Times Fax: 5492 2863 [email protected] Email: [email protected] birchipblc@ Est. 1875 bigpond.com Published Tuesdays and Fridays PRICE (inc. G.S.T.) $2 PP331336/0000 1 Tuesday, May 25, 2021 For the Shire of Buloke, and the districts of Birchip, Charlton, Donald, St. Arnaud, Watchem and Wycheproof • EWHS CEO Trevor Adem making the presentation to Marj Summerhayes. • Mrs Margaret Pearse, with her certificate. Voluntary Long Service Recognised EWHS Donald Campus celebrated Volun- Marj Summerhayes Margaret Pearse teer Week by recognising two of its long serving Marj has been a tireless worker with the Friends of Donald, Unfortunately, Margaret was unable to attend on the day. volunteers, Marj. Summerhayes and Margaret raising funds for much needed equipment for the Donald Julia Pearse attended the function in her absence. Pearse. Campus over many years. Margaret had volunteered within the Riverview RACS for An afternoon tea was held in the Riverview RACS on The most recent efforts have resulted in the campus being 32 years, and has recently advised that she will be retiring Tuesday, May 18, 2020. able to provide a user friendly kitchenette and more homely from this position. At this time certificates and gifts were presented to recog- lounge room area. She has assisted with many activities, and provided many nise the outstanding contribution these two ladies have made Marj currently continue in this role, and all concerned look home cooked goodies during this time. over may years to the Donald Campus EWHS. forward to their regular catch ups. All the residents and staff will miss her. Pennant Win for Birchip Ladies The Birchip Golf Club is very proud and excited that its women’s pennant team has broken a very long drought to win the club’s first Kara Kara Ladies’ Pennant title since 1969. The winning team in- leader with 5 wins, ahead of cluded Sue Noonan, Leonie Boort, Wycheproof and Boxall, Heather Hogan, San- Charlton, which all had 4 dra Mott and Maureen Trol- wins. St. Arnaud and Donald lop. Sue Davies also played each had 1.5 wins, and Wed- in the Birchip team through- derburn had 1 win. out the season. In the morning of the pen- At the completion of the nant final, Birchip started the • Birchip’s Kara Kara Ladies’ Pennant winning team, left to right, Sue Noonan, Leonie Boxall, Heather Hogan, Sandra season, Birchip was ladder • Continued on page 2. Mott and Maureen Trollop. Absent: Sue Davies. CHARTSEC Misses State Budget Funds Member for Ripon, Louise Staley, has renewed “CHARTSEC runs a fantastic program that has been ac- “Driving on country roads can be incredibly dangerous for cessed by students in Charlton and across Victoria, including inexperienced young people, and this program does a wonderful calls for the State Government to fund upgrades at Ararat, Bendigo, Daylesford and Ballarat,” Ms Staley said. job preparing local kids to drive safely and responsibly,” Ms Charlton Traffic Safety Education Centre (CHART- “CHARTSEC operates out of an unsuitable old building, and Staley said. SEC), after the centre missed out on funding in the earlier this year, I spoke in Parliament, calling on the Govern- “Under the Andrews Labor Government, Victorians are pay- Victorian Budget. ment to fund new classrooms for this wonderful local driver ing the highest taxes in the country, and deserve excellent ser- education program.” vices; instead, we have declining education outcomes, a health CHARTSEC teaches driver safety and practical skills to pre- crisis, crumbling rural roads, and a child protection catastro- L plate students and L plate holders. The courses offered at Unfortunately, despite receiving more than $6 billion in phe. extra funding from the Federal Government’s budget and im- “Programs like CHARTSEC are providing positive out- CHARTSEC focus on in-car skills and passing on essential posing $5.8 billion in new and increased taxes on Victorians, comes and saving lives in regional Victoria.” Despite huge tax messages around road toll statistics, distracted driving, alcohol, the Government has overlooked CHARTSEC in this year’s Vic- increases, this government won’t get behind a regional organi- and drugs. torian Budget. sation making a real difference.” Pre-budget Announcements shutting out their international competitors. When Australia signed the Kyoto Protocol, he said, on Agriculture it included a deal to regard, as reduction in emissions, This year’s Beef Australia in Rockhampton, reduced vegetation clearing. The tighter land clearing TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2021 Queensland, was particularly significant for announce- laws had left many farmers with unusable land. ments made by federal government ministers. While farmers could not be paid for the carbon they The Agriculture Minister announced plans to boost The Prime Minister revealed, before the Budget, a had already sequestered, they could be paid for im- research focussing on ways to improve tracing animal proved biodiversity. Australia would be the first coun- national biosecurity package to protect crops and live- welfare and meat quality through the emerging tech- stock from a growing number of threats. try to create a measurement for biodiversity. That nology of sensors on animals, known also as “smart would allow farms to make a return on the costs of The four-year package will give a $371 million tags”. This would give confidence to domestic and in- maintaining the unproductive land. boost to the biosecurity system. This includes $ 58.6 ternational customers that Australia produces the safest million dedicated to preventing African swine fever and best beef in the world. In Rockhampton, the Minister raised the point that, from reaching Australia, and $ 67 million for a new re- of the 27 European Union countries, 21 would not meet But most attention was directed to the Minister’s the 2030 commitments they had made in their own con- sponse and surveillance program. One of the items will remarks about the European Union's proposal to intro- be a stress test of national biosecurity through a simu- tinent. Doubtless, some or all of those countries would duce a tax on imports from those countries “without say the commitments were only targets. lated outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. sufficient climate action”. Because of importer and shipping industry objec- At President Biden's recent Summit on Climate, That was the subject of a recent editorial reporting tions, the government last year abandoned a biosecurity Australia has declared, quite vocally, that its climate on the idea of importing countries imposing new tariffs import levy which would have generated $ 325 million action was “technology, not targets”. on so-called “laggard” climate changers. in its first three years. When commending the Perhaps, since most people at IPCC meetings government on the new initiative and stating that it was Mr Littleproud suggested that action by the Euro- agreed that “some one should do something”, Australia close to what the agricultural industry had called for, pean Union on that score would represent a weaponis- should set a higher target for 2050. After all, no-one the National Farmers Federation chief executive said ing of targets used in the trade arena as a form of in federal parliament now would still be there in 2050, no farmer would argue about a re-investigation of the protectionism. It would be an excuse for countries to and other countries have no idea how they will meet biosecurity import levy. give their domestic producers support by taxing or targets by then! Mental Health’s More Rail Freight Budget Shortfall Scheme Funds Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is outraged the government has cut The Victorian Government has again taken the razor to the Mode Shift a critical mental health outreach program in a budget that purports to be Incentive Scheme (MSIS), meaning more trucks on crumbling country focussed on improving mental health support. roads and the suburban streets around the Port of Melbourne. The 2021-’22 State Budget Outreach Program for the past The Nationals Member for freight by rail and taking “If Labor is really serious tabled last week made no few years, but has failed to Lowan, Emma Kealy, said the trucks off roads, but by con- about moving more freight by mention of funding to con- outline in the budget whether Minister for Ports and Freight tinually cutting the MSIS it is rail it would be increasing tinue the well-established and this crucial program will have snuck out an announcement doing the exact opposite. funding for this program, proven Rural Outreach Pro- the funding to continue after last Friday evening saying “As more people leave giving it long term security gram, which operates through June 30. that Labor had extended the Melbourne after continued and freight operators the con- Wimmera Primary Care Part- “Will the new clinical out- program for another year with lockdowns, our crumbling nership across West Wim- reach services the government a $3.6 million investment. road network is only going to fidence to lock into ongoing contracts.” mera, Hindmarsh, Horsham announced replicate the Rural But Ms Kealy said the deteriorate further. and Yarriambiack council Outreach Program, or is this funding announcement was a areas. trusted and proved program 10 per cent cut on last year’s Pennant Win for With funding for this criti- being lost altogether, along funding of $4 million, adding cal mental health service due with the fantastic mental further to the $3 million the Birchip Ladies to end on June 30, Ms Kealy health workers it employs? • Emma Kealy Andrews Labor Government said it was now critical that “For this program to miss has already cut from the pro- • Continued from page 1. Agnus Barber and Phylis the Labor Government ex- out on funding, after providing government has again failed gram.