E: [email protected] Ph: 5461-3866 www.maryboroughadvertiser.com.au www.maryboroughbusiness.com.au Published Tuesdays & Fridays No. 20,411 $1.50 inc GST The Maryborough District AdvertiserEst. 1855 Friday, August 28, 2020 MARYBOROUGH ANY SYMPTOMS GET TESTED It’s important to get tested for coronavirus at the first sign of any symptom. Symptoms include: • a fever • runny nose • sore throat • a cough • chills or sweats • shortness of breath • loss of sense of smell or taste You need to get tested and stay home until you have your result. Getting tested means you keep yourself, your friends, family, workplace and community safe. Turn the page for your nearest testing site For more details visit vic.gov.au/CORONAVIRUS Authorised and published by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne The Maryborough Advertiser — Friday, August 28, 2020 www.maryboroughbusiness.com.au YOUR NEAREST TESTING SITE • Maryborough District Health Service - Hospital Respiratory Clinic Weekdays: 9.00am - 5.30pm Weekends: 9.00am - 4.00pm Bookings are required at some testing locations For more details visit vic.gov.au/CORONAVIRUS Authorised and published by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne E: [email protected] Ph: 5461-3866 www.maryboroughadvertiser.com.au www.maryboroughbusiness.com.au Published Tuesdays & Fridays No. 20,411 $1.50 inc GST T COVID-19 T BUSINESS T MDCA STATE’S CASE NUMBERS STABILISE AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR LEXTON MUM WHO’S THE LEAGUE’S BEST BOWLER? PAGE 3 PAGE 9 SPORT The Maryborough District AdvertiserEst. 1855 Friday, August 28, 2020 The chance of being born with neurofibromatosis (NF), an aggressive condition that causes tumours to form on the brain, spinal cord and nerves, is around one in 3000, odds that unfortunately, local Jasmine Le Tisser has dealt with her entire life. At the age of just 20, Jasmine has recently undergone her third brain surgery, but is now turning the table on NF by advocating with the Childrenʼs Tumour Foundation to push for fundraising via the NF Hero Challenge to hopefully one day find a cure. 280820 06 Jasmine Le Tisser shares her neurofibromatosis journey ahead of the NF Hero challenge ASHLYNE MCINNES Local Jasmine Le Tisser is encouraging people to get on board with the NF Hero Challenge next month to raise money and awareness for neurofibromatosis (NF), a genetic condition which has led her to have three major brain surgeries in the past five years. NF causes tumours to form on the nerves anywhere in the body, including the brain and spine and it is JASMINE’S progressive, unpredictable and there is currently no cure. Jasmine was first physically impacted by NF at the age of 12, experiencing persistent headaches and an MRI then revealed the true extent of her condition. Not yet a teenager, Jasmine, from that MRI, learnt that she had scoliosis, two small tumours in her lumbar spine and an optic pathway glioma in the middle of her optic nerves that required immediate chemotherapy. For one year, Jasmine received twelve rounds of chemotherapy. 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Funded from Parliamentary budget Call Brett 0438 596 682 www.maryboroughbusiness.com.au The Maryborough Advertiser — Friday, August 28, 2020 — Page 3 Council approves five-lot subdivision council, the application will also “I know there’s been a lot of result in the loss of five scattered discussion between the applicant RILEY UPTON trees and one large tree. and council, and the proposed lots on The Central Goldfields Shire The application was advertised to this subdivision range from over 600 Council has this week approved square metres to nearly 1500, so a planning application for a five- adjoining land owners and received one objection, which raised issues of some of them are fairly large lots,” lot subdivision in Margaret he said. Avenue, Maryborough with over dust created by increased traffic 50 conditions. using the currently unsealed road in “We had one objector who raised At Tuesday’s ordinary council Margaret Avenue, safety concerns concerns around dust, safety issues meeting, administrators moved to around additional traffic, speeding and the like and this planning issue planning permit application vehicles and sewerage issues. application was assessed against our 017/19 with 56 conditions, relevant The report tabled to council states Central Goldfields Planning Scheme to drainage, lighting and even the the 56 conditions accompanying the and is considered appropriate to sealing of Margaret Avenue. permit’s approval address issues proceed when we put all the The planning application, which raised by the objector and in moving conditions on. was lodged in April last year, relates the motion to issue the planning “There are many, many conditions to 25 Margaret Avenue and proposes permit, Central Goldfields Shire but it’s important the applicant does to subdivide the land into five lots administrator Hugh Delahunty said comply so we can get the best ranging from 675 square metres to the applicant’s compliance with outcome for our community, but also just over 1400 m2.