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editorial Welcome to this week’s editorial, It’s official—the Council have spoken and decided we are going to pay 2.6% higher general rates and that the Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 water and overcharging they do annually in order to pay themselves a bonus dividend will conDnue. In Vol 48 April 27th 111 Julysewer 12th 2018 2019 addiDon to those charges will be the across-the-board increases to Fees and Charges, from pool entry to Dp fees. Everything is going UP. In response the announcement Councillor Pat McGinlay said “Around two months ago, when Council agreed to put the rates and fees proposals out for public consultaDon, I tried to get two amendments. The first was that there be zero increase to rates. “The second was that there be no increase in council fees and charges. I did this to highlight to anyone who cared to observe, that it was just totally inappropriate to even PROPOSE to our community at this Dme to even THINK of adding a further general cost burden. I noted, back then, that according to the numbers as disclosed on the draK OPERATIONAL budget, that Council’s projected income, exceeded it’s projected expenditure in 1920/21 by between $5.5m and $6.0m. My amendments were dismissed.” Commenters this week have noted that the rate peg is determined by IPART each year and it sets the MAXIMUM increase. It is not mandatory so when council refers to adopDng the 'recommendaDon' they are referring to the STAFF recommendaDon. In the General Manager's report she recommends that "Council make the annual Ordinary Rates for 2020-21 IN ACCORDANCE with the rate peg set by IPART which is 2.6%, as contained in the table in the report." It is now widely considered that the use of the words IN ACCORANCE by the General Manager are deliberately misleading. The rate peg is determined by IPART each year and it sets the MAXIMUM increase to general income NSW councils can collect. The main component of general income is rates revenue. Councils have DISCRETION to INCREASE general income up to the rate peg, by less than the rate peg or NOT AT ALL. There is very liRle doubt that the bureaucrats will roll out an extract of the legislaDon that says that they are allowed to redirect any surpluses in the water and sewer funds to the general ledger if such surpluses should arise. What the
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editorial legislaDon will not say is that it would be IMMORAL and UNETHICAL for a council to intenDonally write into their expected revenue a calculated annual dividend from such funds to knowingly use it to prop up the General Fund. Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019
To knowingly and intenDonally put up water and sewer rates to ensure a dividend that is allowed to be transferred by way of a loophole is scurrilous behaviour and to have Councillors now endorse this OperaDonal Plan and the clear statement of intenDon to once again overcharge ratepayers in order to pay a dividend to the General Fund that primarily pays Council wages (33%) brings into quesDon the very ethics and morality of our councillors who should be represenDng the community and not serving their masters.... Council announced, by way of media release this week, aKer adopDng the rate rise “In line with most other NSW councils, rates and fees will rise by 2.6 per cent - the NSW Government’s recommended increase for councils this year. However, changes to Council’s hardship policy mean those who need help paying their rates will get it, with interest-free payment plans available over 12 months.” Jeff de Jager of Coila Creek asks “Is the 2.6 per cent figure a "recommended" increase as quoted or is it the maximum increase that councils can apply to its basic rates and other charges subject to state control? Mr de Jager conDnues “Neither the mayor nor any other councillor pointed out that there are many other fees and charges that are not limited and these are the ones that can be "played" with without state level scruDny. Nor did this media release offer any of our elected representaDves' explanaDons of why the council's water fund is able to give seven figure dividends back to council's general fund each year simply by charging much more than the true costs involved. “How come some neighbouring councils, also affected by the fires and more the impacts of the COVID virus, are able to offset the financial impacts of rate increases by giving a rebate/discount on the bill? We shouldn't hold our breaths waiDng for answers to these quesDons, eh?” It appears however that Councillor Lindsay Brown believes that the 40% of non-resident ratepayers are more than capable of meeDng the 2.6% rate hike suggesDng that they are “well off” and millionaires”. Councillor Constable did aRempt to argue that the 2.6% was above CPI to which he was advised to “get his hand off it” by a fellow councillor. As to what Clr Constable had his hand “on” remains unknown. While most might find the debate of the rate rise from last Tuesday’s council meeDng a tad boring it reveals much about our local democracy and the fact that there is liRle representaDon being done by the bulk of our councillors who should do us all a favour and “get their hands off it” and instead remind themselves of their duty to serve the community and not the whims of the General Manager and her ExecuDve staff. UnDl next—lei
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OUT NOW—the latest Beagle Abode : your Volonline 16 September 15th 2017 weekly 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019 Eurobodalla real estate guide The beagle abode is an online weekly Eurobodalla real estate guide showcasing the current Eurobodalla market and our independent realtors. The beagle abode is the new addiDon to the South Coast Beagle that owns The Beagle and the South Coast Travel Guide: The Nature Coast of NSW : from Durras to The Tilbas The Beagle Abode has been established to provide that service while also providing our readers with a glossy overview of latest properDes on the market each week. You can ďŹ nd Beagle Abode on the Beagle website under REAL ESTATE The latest Beagle Abode lisDngs are also available each week as a FlipBook on the website and also distributed to readers via our social media pages and our twice weekly mailouts.
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Eden Monaro Candidates respond to Climate Change ques,ons Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019
Members of Bega Valley Climate Ac,on Mobilisa,on, CAM have compiled Ques,ons and Answers from Eden Monaro Candidates for 4th July 2020 by-elec,on The group then rated their answers and made these two graphics. Answers in full are here hRps://docs.google.com/document/d/1iZnybCefxosISQeOuSerYjHedoc9_O6RE1_Nc9qVFg/edit?usp=sharing
The candidates are being grilled on their views across the board Current research shows 87% of Eden Monaro voters want a permanent, global ban on the wildlife trade and 68% want to know the candidate’s posi,on on this. World Animal ProtecDon has contacted all nominated candidates, calling for them to publicly declare their posiDon, and their supporters in the region are also being mobilised to write to their local candidates.
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Concerns mount around cuts to ABC The extent of the latest ABC cuts revealed have outraged people across the country, especially those in Eden-Monaro and regional centres who depend upon the public broadcaster . Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019
“Please don’t criDcise the ABC for cu[ng key news bulleDns. Be angry with successive governments cu[ng $783 million between 2015 and 2023,” said Cathy Griff, Greens candidate for EdenMonaro when asked her views. “Six years of downsizing has resulted in the loss of more than 1,000 jobs. The loss of human talent leaves liRle choice to rely more on digital producDon. You cannot just glue the creaDon together again. Yet this is a publicly funded, publicly owned organisaDon relied on for emergency informaDon, factual news, entertainment and challenging conversaDons. We need to ensure the long-term viability of the ABC, our voice for unbiased news reporDng for millions of Australians. The Greens would return ABC funding by closing loopholes that allow one in three major corporaDons to pay scant tax and cease tax breaks to the wealthy. Regional podcast producer Alice Ansara made Voices from the Embers as a tribute to the crucial ABC role during Black Summer. “As someone who lived through the atrocious bushfire season of last summer and for whom ABC radio meant life-saving, sanity restoring informaDon, connecDon and sense - I am devastated by these further cuts to our essenDal broadcasDng service. What this Government is doing to the ABC is beyond the pale. We will fight for this organisaDon tooth and nail because the ABC was there for us when our lives depended on them - now we will be there for them!” “When we lost ABC Local radio…it felt like being on a liRle boat, on a sea in the dark and you had one anchor rope and then it just disappeared and it was terrifying to lose that connecDon,” said Gillianne Tedders, a voice from the embers in Eurobodalla. Every Australian media idenDty you can think of has appeared at some point with the ABC. It offers a career-enhancing, training experience from which many have expanded to naDonal and internaDonal arenas. “The predicament of regional arDsts is exacerbated by the progressive de-funding of the ABC,” stressed Cathy. “The public broadcaster has been vital in distribuDng, promoDng and giving expression to extraordinary talent. The cuts will inevitably erode the already limited local programming and content.” WriDng to Cathy Griff this week, public broadcaster advocate QuenDn Dempster said “the ABC is being cruelly defunded at a Dme when its work during the bushfire and Covid 19 naDonal emergencies has demonstrated its great value to lives of all Australians. Its educaDon and children’s programs, as well as news, current affairs, drama, comedy, sports, arts, music, Back Roads and gardening programs are worth every penny in terms of our shared experience and naDonal cohesion. The ABC is vital to our future as a funcDonal, problem-solving democracy.” “In my decade managing policy at Screen Australia, ABC was at the core of quality Australian content. The ABC reflects who we are as Australians; to see our story telling diminished by years of funding cuts is to chip away at our fundamental idenDty. It is the voice of the people; a naDonal treasure,” Cathy told The Beagle. beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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Councillors urged to reject “Planned Retreat” Eurobodalla Shire Councillors have been called on to reject any “ retreat soluDon” for low lying coastal areas on the south coast, and instead insist on protecDng key towns and low lying coastal areas from possible sea Vol 16rise. September 15th 2017 level 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019
In a submission to Council NaDonal Coast Alliance Regional Co-Ordinator Ian Hitchcock has warned the negaDve approach to coastal issues by environmental bureaucrats would result in engineered protecDon for vulnerable areas being rejected in favour of “managed retreat”. This would mean building restricDons will be ramped up, restricDve land use covenants applied, and the land confiscated by government if it is affected by rising seas, storms or coastal erosion. Low lying areas like prime parts of Batemans Bay including the CBD, parts of Narooma, Dalmeny, Bermagui, Tathra, Merimbula and Eden would be classified “vulnerable areas” subject to coastal hazards unless Council insists on innovaDve engineering soluDons. A proposal before Council will give the community a chance to see which Councillors oppose “retreat” or instead want to deny protecDon to private coastal property and force owners to surrender their land to the State without compensaDon. In a wriRen submission to Council Mr Hitchcock says “Buried” on pages 92 -94 of the Council meeDng agenda for 23 June 2020 is an innocuous report on the allocaDon of $250,000 for the compleDon of the Eurobodalla Coastal Management Plan. “The $250,000 being offered to complete the Eurobodalla CMP will be used to decide the future of Batemans Bay and its seaside suburbs. I would have thought that an issue of this level of importance was worthy of beRer billing than a page 92 menDon on the agenda. “Council has already spent $250,000 on the UNSW ECMP study. Over $500,000 has reportedly been spent on the RMS/GHD erosion study with around $100,000 for a peer review of that study. When Council spends Minister Hancock’s addiDonal $250,000, the State Government will have spent over a million dollars on the Eurobodalla Coastal Management Program. “The State Government can spend another million trying to prove that it is not responsible for the irreparable damage to Batemans Bay’s natural coastal defences, but nothing will change, “ Mr Hitchcock said.
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The Regionalisa,on of our na,on – the big movers The experience of dealing with COVID-19 has removed one of the most significant barriers to a substanDal populaDon shiK in this country, according to the Regional Australia InsDtute (RAI). Regional Australia InsDtute CEO Liz Ritchie says the noDon of how we work has been turned on its head and she hopes this change will see significant populaDon growth in regions, following on from a trend that has already been set over a decade. “From 2011 to 2016, our two biggest ciDes, Sydney and Melbourne, lost more residents to regions than they gained – and this was well before COVID-19. Over the last few months, we’ve all had to change how we work, and this has allowed staff and employers to see that locaDon is no longer a barrier for where we choose to work,” Ms Ritchie said. Today’s official launch of the RAI’s latest report, The Big Movers, unpacks populaDon trends around the country and confirms that regional Australia aRracted more people than it lost to capital ciDes during the last Census. In the five years to 2016, Sydney saw a net loss of 64,756 people to regional Australia, Melbourne 21,609 and Adelaide recorded a small net loss of around 1,000 residents. Brisbane bucked the trend with a net gain of 15,597 people. Between 2011 and 2016, more than 1.2 million people either moved to regional Australia or moved around regional Australia from one locaDon to another. While the latest Census figures showed that regional Australia aRracted 65,204 more people than it lost to our capital ciDes, the trend is certainly not new. For the decade 2006-2016 more than 135,000 more people moved from capital ciDes to regions than the other way around. Ms Ritchie says that the policy quesDons are more about how we can further understand and amplify the drivers of this movement toward regional Australia to extend the populaDon seRlement even further and supercharge the regions. “Now is the Dme to work together with industry, government and regional communiDes to ensure regionalisaDon of the workforce,” Ms Ritchie said. ConDnues…….
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community The Regionalisa,on of our na,on – the big movers ConDnues... “As a country, we are an extremely mobile naDon, and we have a propensity to change our address at twice the rate of people in most OECD countries. If locaDon is no longer a barrier for employment, it’s possible Vol 16the September 15th over 2017 the next decade could see an even greater swing to regions – and this is the RAI’s that trend 2018 line 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2019 ambiDon,” Liz Ritchie said. One of the key trends uncovered in the research was that most people who leK a city for a move to the region, stayed in their respecDve state. Regional NSW drew the most people from capitals with a total of 159,328 moving between 2011 and 2016. “Understanding the way the populaDon moves around regional Australia is an important first step in idenDfying the reasons people are aRracted to some places instead of others. This understanding can help to shape a populaDon policy for regional communiDes,” Ms Ritchie said. The Big Movers also looks at the movement of millennials (20-35-year -olds). It found that while 178,961 millennials moved to capital ciDes from regional Australia, more than 200,000 moved between regions. “Sydney also saw a net ou`low of millennials. Some 37,000 millennials moved from Sydney to regions, with 32,500 moving the other way,” Ms Ritchie said. The top three regional desDnaDons for millennials to move to during the last Census period were the Gold Coast, Newcastle and Sunshine Coast. Greater Geelong, Cairns, Toowoomba, Ballarat, Maitland, Greater Bendigo and Lake Macquarie were also popular. As part of this report, the RAI included 4 case studies, which took a deep dive look at the characterisDcs of people who moved to and from four very different regional places: Warrnambool, Kempsey, Gympie and Kalgoorlie. “These case studies provide insight for regions into the kinds of people who are moving to regions. This is powerful market intelligence which helps regions decide what they need to do to prepare and to capitalise on a restless naDon which is ready to make a move,” Ms Ritchie said. The RAI hosted a webinar on Wednesday 24 June, where CEO Liz Ritchie and RAI Chief Economist, Dr Kim Houghton presented the key findings of The Big Movers report. REA Group Chief Economist, Nerida Conisbee and Murray River Council Mayor, Chris Bilkey also joined the panel. The Big Movers report is available on the RAI website, www.regionalaustralia.org.au beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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community The NSW Government today announced the start of construc,on on the mul,million dollar Bega Mul, Trades Hub to revolu,onise training in the region. Member for Bega Andrew Constance turned the first sod on the $17 million state-of-the-art facility which will Vol 16 September 15th 2017 offer hands-on, industry-renowned training in a range of areas criDcal to the State and local economy. 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019 “I’m pleased to announce construcDon is underway for this new modern facility, which is the first of its kind and designed to form part of an educaDon precinct, operaDng alongside the Connected Learning Centre to improve learning and job outcomes in the local community,” Mr Constance said. “We are significantly invesDng in TAFE NSW to deliver the skilled workers local employers and industry need – and the new trades facility in Bega will offer hands-on courses across key industries such as Carpentry, Bricklaying, engineering, hospitality, aged care and early childhood. We want to see our students have beRer access locally to a wider range of course opDons and this mulD trade facility will deliver that in spades. “Now is the Dme to look at how we deliver vocaDonal educaDon, and the Bega Valley is going to be a leader in this model,” said Mr Constance. “We need to embrace the opportunity, work with employers, the local Chambers of commerce and a cross secDon of our industries, to ensure we have the course offerings right and ensure local employers have a state of the art training facility for their prospecDve employees. Along with students having access to a new modern training facility, our local TAFE educators and staff will have a first class facility in which to teach the courses. Whether you want to be a brickie, a chef or an early childhood educator, the new mulD- trade hub is for you,” Mr Constance said. “The Bega community has been well-served by TAFE NSW for generaDons, and this new investment will enhance TAFE NSW’s capacity to deliver quality training for students, employers and communiDes into the future. “The value of having first-class educaDon faciliDes in regional communiDes cannot be underesDmated, and I look forward to seeing students taking advantage of the new fit-for-purpose learning environment once construcDon of the hub is complete.” Minister for Skills and TerDary EducaDon Geoff Lee said the mulDdiscipline trades hub will deliver pracDcal skills to support jobs across regional NSW. “This latest project brings the total NSW Government investment to almost $25m to build a new TAFE here in Bega, so we can provide the best that vocaDonal training has to offer in our local community,” he said. The Bega Mayor, Sharon TapscoR told The Beagle " I was delighted to aRend the sod turn today and while the project is not a council project it fits with Council's thinking around creaDng Above: Clr Sharon Tapsco/ and Andrew Constance an educaDon hub in Bega. We are very supporDve of the project officia1ng the new Mul1-Trade centre sod turn and the educaDon opportuniDes it will bring to our community". The Bega MulD Trades Hub will be located at 1 McKee Drive alongside the TAFE NSW Connected Learning Centre and local high school, and in close proximity to the UOW Campus, public transport, community ameniDes and employers. ConstrucDon has now commenced and is due for compleDon in mid-2021. beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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Feedback sought on management plan for Moruya reserves Eurobodalla Council seeking feedback on a draK Plan of Management for the Vol 16 September 15this 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 2018 Moruya Golf Course and Showground reserves. 111April July 27th 12th 2019 Required under the NSW Local Government Act 1993, the draK plan outlines how the reserves can be used, determines how leases and licences or other interests are granted, and guides the scale and intensity of allowed development. The draK plan proposes a change to the land category of the precinct – bounded by Albert, Evans and Murray Streets – from ‘park’ to ‘general community use’. Council’s recreaDon planner Steve Picton said the change would help ensure heritage values at the Showground were preserved while ensuring it could conDnue to evolve as an important sporDng and events venue. “Preserving the site’s agricultural heritage and developing it for sporDng and other events, emerged as a key issues during community consultaDons as part of this process,” Mr Picton said. “The proposed change of land category will support all of these aspiraDons.” In developing the new plan, Council sought feedback from all key stakeholder groups including Moruya Golf Club, showground user groups, sporDng clubs, local businesses, Cobowra Local Aboriginal Land Council, the general public, various state government agencies and Council staff. The draK plan was first exhibited from December 2019 to February 2020 however scheduled consultaDon was postponed due to the bushfire crisis. Council is placing the draK plan on public exhibiDon for a further 28 days from Wednesday 24 June 2020 and submissions will be taken up unDl 4 August 2020 (a total of 42 days). In accordance with state legislaDon, Council will also hold an independently-chaired public hearing to seek community comment on the re-categorisaDon of the two land parcels at 5pm on Wednesday 15 July 2020 at Moruya Golf Club. The draK Moruya Showground Landscape Masterplan 2018 is available on Council’s website www.esc.nsw.gov.au/ publicexhibiDon Twiggy - in name only! Like an enjoyable challenge? Like a big, handsome, macho cat with a[tude? I’m your guy. I like to run around outside and hunt stuff - but Carer says no. Carer says stay inside or run around outside in the cat run.... hrrumph! However, for the right person, I’m willing to compromise - as long as there’s no other cats (they’re boring) and no kids (they’re annoying). I will give you affecDon and company, but in my own Dme. I’m not perfect, but I’m definitely worth it. So, are you up for the challenge? Go on, you can do it. He really is worth the effort so, to find out more about Twiggy, call us on 0410 016 612. All AWL animals are desexed, vaccinated, wormed & microchipped. AWL NSW Rehoming Org. No: R251000222 beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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community Brian Cowden, the General Manager of the Moruya Jockey Club, has announced his intenDon to reDre at the end of 2020. Brian and his wife Francesca will be moving to southern Queensland to be near their three daughters. Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019
Chairman Peter Atkinson described Brian as affable, amiable, assiduous and aRenDve to detail. Brian always puts others first, and nothing is ever too much trouble. Brian joined the Moruya Jockey Club commiRee in 2006, before accepDng the role of General Manager. Under his stewardship, the Club has developed consistently to become a premier country TAB Thoroughbred racing club. Race meeDngs have increased from nine some years ago to thirteen per year, major improvements in course faciliDes have been made and the Club now boasts a membership of over five hundred. Moruya Jockey Club has been extremely well served by Brian and for this, the Board and all associated with the Club, hold him in the highest esteem. He will be greatly missed at Donnelly Drive. The Club has commenced their search to find a new ExecuDve Officer. ApplicaDon for the posiDon, CV and references, should be sent to moruyaracecourse@gmail.com. ApplicaDons close at 5pm. Friday 31st. July.
Employment Opportunity – Execu,ve Officer Moruya Jockey Club The Club is a leading Racing NSW Country Category B Club, conducDng 13 Thoroughbred race meeDngs annually. The Club also operates the Moruya Racecourse as a training centre for approximately 25 trainers and 100 racehorses and conducts non-racing funcDons. It has a fine reputaDon in facilitaDng fund raising for Eurobodalla organisaDons. The successful applicant will manage all aspects of business operaDons and develop plans to grow the business. The ExecuDve Officer (EO) will maintain the highest level of Health and Safety standards for staff, patrons and all industry parDcipants using the racecourse. As the EO you will work with, and be responsible to, the Board of the Moruya Jockey Club. The successful applicant will have excellent leadership, communicaDon and management skills and have a knowledge of, and genuine interest in, Thoroughbred racing. They will be required to create excellent working relaDonships with a wide range of parDes including Racing NSW, industry parDcipants, members, sponsors and patrons. The EO will be expected to increase the generaDon of non-racing revenue by encouraging the use of Club faciliDes by businesses, individuals and community groups. A remuneraDon package will be negoDated with the successful applicant. A Job DescripDon and posiDon selecDon criteria can obtained by emailing moruyaracecourse@gmail.com or phoning 0418 214345. ApplicaDons close at 5 pm Friday 31 July 2020.
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South East Business Support With the recent bushfire devastaDon in regional NSW, the NSW and Commonwealth Governments have provided support to businesses Vol 16 September 15th 2017 and48 28 communiDes December 7th,in 2017 affected communiDes. Current Grants are soon Vol April 111 July 27th 12th 2018 2019 coming to an end so it is imperaDve that you access now. However, the need for assistance has only been amplified by the COVIDc19 crisis. ChrisDne Quick, Community Lead – Bushfire Business Support told the Beagle "EY have been in discussions with the Department of Regional NSW about delivering tailored and intensive support for the affected communiDes and in parDcular the small and medium sized businesses in those regions. "We have established 4 virtual Business Support Drop-In Centres, one in each local government area across Bega Valley, Eurobodalla, Snowy Monaro and Kangaroo Valley/Southern Shoalhaven. "These Drop-In Centres provide free, tailored support needed by local businesses to help them move from the immediate bushfire response phase into a mid-term recovery phase. "Each virtual Business Support Drop-In Centre is staffed by an EY Senior Manager and a local Community Lead. ChrisDne said "I am the Community Lead for Eurobodalla and responsible for meeDng with local business owners; idenDfying business needs; creaDng a support roadmap and referring business owners to relevant services. I have access to guidance on all support available to businesses in regional NSW." "My contact details are below and I am keen to meet with any small businesses that may benefit (over the phone iniDally) to make sure they are accessing all available resources and support." ChrisDne Quick Community Lead – Bushfire Business Support Virtual Drop in Centre Mobile: 0407 602 877
Covid break-out! Tuross Coastal Landcare (TCL) resumed winter acDviDes on Sunday 14th June with a planDng session at One Tree Point. This small project aims to encourage coastal waRle, (Acacia sopharae) to replace marram grass which has fallen out of favour in recent years. Although very efficient at stabilising sand dunes, marram, an introduced grass from the North AtlanDc coasts, is not so Fauna friendly as our naDve vegetaDon. The tube stock plants are being nurtured within protecDve plant shelters, safe from rabbits and wind exposure unDl well established. TCL will be acDve at Water Tower Hill on Sunday morning, 28th June, 09.00 onwards. New faces welcome. beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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Eurobodalla Walkers, formerly known as Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 Eurobodalla Walking for 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019 Pleasure is back. From the 1st July, we will resume our walking program on our spectacular Eurobodalla coast. Our name may have changed, and we will be following the COVID19 protocols, but we are sDll the same friendly, welcoming group. So, come walking with us, make new friends, and enjoy yourself. Phone Margaret Fletcher on 4472 4886 or email 1mardif@gmail.com or phone Carol D'Evelynes on 4472 3504 or email her on alcohol7@bigpond.com for details of how to join our next walk. Anyone 18 years or older, and who feels well is welcome to walk with us, but only if agreeing to parDcipate at their own risk, and to abide by the protocols. Sorry, no dogs on our walks, which begin at 11am sharp and last about 1 hour, followed by a BYO picnic lunch (BYO chair). Good walking shoes, water and protecDon from the weather is all that is needed. Please note that the walks are never cancelled due to the weather, because, though it may be raining at your place it frequently is not raining at the walk venue.
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New program on offer to support children and families in the South Coast region Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Save the Children is offering a new program 28 December 7th,Australia 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 111 July 12th 2018 2019 to support the emoDonal recovery of children and young people affected by the recent bushfires in the South Coast.
The Journey of Hope program is designed to help children cope with collecDve trauma, develop their natural resilience and coping strategies, and strengthen their social support networks. A new online module is also available free of charge to parents and carers, to provide them with pracDcal knowledge and tools for idenDfying triggers and stressors, pracDcing self-care and have increased capacity to support children. Save the Children’s ExecuDve Director of Australian Services, MaR Gardiner said the organisaDon understood the need for ongoing support in the South Coast region. “We understand that the recovery needs of the community didn’t stop because a global pandemic hit,” said Mr Gardiner. “We’ve been working hard to adapt our program to ensure we were ready to support you and your children.” Normally, Journey of Hope is delivered face-to-face in schools by specially trained support workers. But in response to the COVID-19 restricDons they are also being made available online. Save the Children is seeking expressions of interest from schools in the South Coast region which would like to see the Journey of Hope program offered to their students. “The first online module is now available free of charge to parents and carers,” said Mr Gardiner. “As schools reopen and health regulaDons allow, we aim to offer Journey of Hope face-to-face starDng from Term 3.” The organisaDon has adverDsed a number of posiDons available for local residents to be trained and employed to deliver the Journey of Hope program in the community. “We know that local people understand local needs best. That is why Save the Children is hoping to find local candidates to help rollout the program in the area,” said MaR Gardiner. Between November 2019 and March 2020 Save the Children supported almost 1800 children, parents and carers in 17 communiDes by se[ng up Child Friendly Spaces in evacuaDon and recovery centres and providing mobile outreach services once centres were closed. Find out more about Save the Children’s Journey of Hope program hRps://www.savethechildren.org.au/our-work/our-programs/australia/journey-of-hope
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Land Care Group expands its local environmental engagement The Tilba Tilba and South Narooma Land Care Group has decided to broaden its local acDviDes affecDng the district’s local environment. Vol 16 September 15th 2017
28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 111April JulyaRending 12th 2018 2019 Members the recent 2020 annual general meeDng unanimously agreed to work
collaboraDvely with other local groups to improve the natural landscape, waters and ecology in the district. President of the group Geoff Pryor said that while the group would conDnue to target measures to control and reduce fireweed, the Dme had come to broaden its focus to cover other significant local environmental issues. These included:
controlling or eradicaDng invasive species of both fauna and flora, especially weeds; maintaining and building healthier soils and waters; sustaining a viable local climate-resilient ecology; and work collaboraDvely with all relevant stakeholders to achieve posiDve long term sustainable outcomes for, and to protect, the region’s landscape, waters and general ecology. Mr Pryor said, “This is an important step for our group and for the district. There are many acDve and hardworking groups in our area which focus on parDcular aspects of the environment or perhaps just one single issue. We see our group’s role as working together long term with all stakeholders to protect the beauDful environment of our area.” “We have outstanding natural and cultural assets in our district with tremendous potenDal. However they need to be recognized and protected if they are to conDnue to flourish. Owning or leasing land in the district is a vital economic acDvity but it also brings with it an obligaDon to enhance and protect the area.” “We don’t want to look back and wish that we had done more to retain our magnificent area.” The group has prepared a detailed strategy document to focus on its expanded plans. This includes organising in the near future a community forum and other events to Above: Josh Burkinshaw Images: Mother Gulaga looking over Tilba idenDfy key issues. It is also interested in aRracDng likeminded locals to become group members. Membership enquiries can be made to Mark Stubbings on stubbingsmark@gmail.com or 0414 223 925. In the interim, Mr Pryor said that the group remained concerned with fireweed, about which it will lobby the Federal and State Government and the candidates in the upcoming Eden-Monaro by-elecDon. The aim is to secure urgent funding to research the ways to control fireweed as well as consider other on-ground approaches.
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID19) Update InVol the up to15th the 2017 school holidays and new 16 lead September 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 111 July 12th 2019 concerns across the region a Southern NSW Local Health District spokesperson told the Beagle "A major focus during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been the safety of our paDents, staff and the community. As a Health District, we are commiRed to ensuring we take all reasonable and pracDcal steps to ensure this remains paramount in everything we do." "With the current spike in COVID-19 numbers throughout parts of Melbourne, the Local Health District is taking proacDve steps to minimise the risk to paDents and staff, while keeping any disrupDon to services to a minimum. "All visitors and staff aRending the District’s faciliDes are asked a series of quesDons during temperature checking and screening. From today, they will also be asked Have you travelled to Melbourne in the last 14 days? "If answered ‘yes’, they will be automaDcally assessed for symptoms and will not be permiRed to enter the facility unDl 14 days from the date they returned from Melbourne. "They will also be advised to get tested for COVID-19 should even the mildest of symptoms arise. NSW Health recommends anyone with any mild respiratory symptoms or unexplained fever should be tested for COVID-19. COVID-19 symptoms include: c Fever; c Runny nose; c Cough; c Headache; c Aches and pains c Tiredness (faDgue); c Sore throat; c Shortness of breath. Southern NSW Local Health District has established COVID-19 TesDng Centres and temporary pop-up clinics throughout the District, so those with symptoms may be tested and treated quickly hRps://www.health.nsw.gov.au/InfecDous/covid-19/Pages/clinics.aspx Any one heading to an assessment centre MUST call 1800 999 880 (opDon 1) before aRending. For the latest, up to date informaDon head to: hRps://www.health.nsw.gov.au/InfecDous/diseases/Pages/ coronavirus.aspx beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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community DraJ Batemans Bay Waterfront Masterplan and Ac,va,on Strategy now seeks submissions New plans to enable a swathe of projects designed to enliven Vol 16 SeptemberBay 15thwaterfront 2017 the Batemans are up for public comment. 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019
Councillors endorsed the draK Batemans Bay Waterfront Masterplan and AcDvaDon Strategy for public exhibiDon on Tuesday 23 June. Council engaged specialist tourism planning and urban design consultants, Inspiring Place and Complete Streets, to idenDfy opportuniDes to acDvate the Batemans Bay waterfront. The project is an outcome of several State and Above: Extensive stakeholder engagement Council strategic documents which idenDfy the need to has been undertaken throughout the reinforce Batemans Bay as a key regional centre and marine development of the dra5 Plan. The tourism hub. The draK Batemans Bay Waterfront Masterplan and AcDvaDon Strategy outlines ways to strengthen the feedback received, at each phase has been waterfront as a key desDnaDon experience for Eurobodalla. The considered and incorporated in the dra5 draK Plan provides a vision for the waterfront to facilitate much Plan needed development of marine based tourism infrastructure, further acDvate the waterfront and address issues and opportuniDes raised during an extensive stakeholder engagement process between June 2019 and March 2020. The draK Plan includes acDons for: • Youth Central – a unique youth acDvity space with mulDple play opportuniDes in a colourful se[ng by the water • Pedestrian wayfinding and interpretaDon that improves accessibility and enables Batemans Bay to stand out as a desDnaDon • Waterfront Square providing an open vista through to the estuary; an interacDve installaDon to draw families, with improved access to the water and quality street furniture • Waterfront acDvaDon through innovaDve product displays, experienDal retail, alfresco dining, busking and entertainment, parklets and spontaneous acDvity in collaboraDon with businesses • A people and acDvity focussed Clyde Street, delivered through changed road pavement, improved parking alignments, removal of barriers, addiDonal seaDng, shade and open green spaces to support spontaneous and planned acDviDes • A connected waterfront with a widened pathway, upgraded lighDng, improved landscaping and accessibility to water • Marine infrastructure to support the growth of marine based tourism including cruises, kayaks, sea planes, recreaDonal boaters and diving and fishing charter operaDons • Review polices and processes to make acDvaDon easier and encourage more people to do business and live in Batemans Bay The draK Batemans Bay Waterfront Masterplan and AcDvaDon Strategy will be on public exhibiDon unDl Tuesday 28 July. To view the draK plan and make a submission, visit hRps://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/inside-council/ project-and-exhibiDons/public-exhibiDon. For more informaDon about the project, including Council’s commitment to community engagement, visit hRps://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/inside-council/project-and-exhibiDons/majorprojects-and-works/batemans-bay-waterfront. The draK Plan supports increasing the residenDal and tourist accommodaDon in Batemans Bay and improving the pedestrian permeability around the CBD. It also proposes to review policy to ensure acDvaDon is encouraged eg alfresco dining, street trading, busking, etc. There is wide support among businesses to acDvate Batemans Bay and the opportuniDes the draK Plan idenDfies. beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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Coles and Woolworths supermarkets are reintroducing toilet paper limits naDonwide in an effort to curb a surge in panic buying.
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buy two packets of toilet paper and two packets of paper towels naDonwide saying the move was precauDonary due to the fact that they have started to see elevated demand for toilet roll move outside Victoria in the past 24 hours. Coles and Woolworths say the intenDon in limits is to take preventaDve acDon now and get ahead of any excessive buying this weekend and help maintain social distancing in stores. Right: Josh Burkinshaw Images has an End of financial year sale now on. Use promo code EOFY20 at check out to receive 20% off your order at his online store. www.joshburkinshawimages.com.au Josh is a drone/lifestyle photographer and content creator living on the South Coast capturing the aweinspiring area he lives in and the intriguing places he has travelled to. He considers his photography style landscape with a moody, modern twist to give the viewer the impression they are standing in the moment themselves, soaking up the atmosphere. LocaDon: Long Beach, Batemans Bay
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11th November 1975 by John John Longhurst ‘Your Excellency, a very big day today. You have three scheduled appearances. There is, of course, the Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Remembrance at the War Memorial, the speech to the Ned Kelly Society on the anniversary 28 December 7th, Ceremony 2017 Vol 48 2018 111April July 27th 12thDay 2019 of his hanging and of course your ProclamaDon dismissing the Prime Minister. I have prepared for each in the three folders before you.’ The Official Secretary then bowed and turned on his heels and quietly exited. The Governor General poured himself a very long scotch whiskey and lent back in his chair. He rubbed his brow. ‘Deaths’, ‘Death’ and pending ‘Death’ he thought to himself as he looked at the three folders. ‘Heroes’, ‘Hero’ and a bloody ‘villain’, he sighed. A tragic day pending he pondered, but he knew decisiveness was essenDal to restore order to the country. He smiled at the prospect of future Governors General reflecDng on this day as ‘Heroes’, ‘Hero’ and well, why not...... ‘Queen’s Hero’. He steeled himself with another long drink and bundled the documents together. He sorted another drink in the commonwealth car, lounged in the back seat and thought about the day ahead. Remembrance Day called for a solemness to his words and he pulled out the speech to pracDse appropriate tone. The contents twigged a recollecDon of an idea floated to him by a young Labor poliDcian at a funcDon last week. The poliDcian was keen on a Tomb for the Unknown Soldier to commemorate those that had fallen in WWI but whose remains forever rest on the baRlefields. He warmed to the thought and rifled through his brief case for the speech and scribbled amendments to make good the idea. Pleased with the changes to the speech, he took a generous sip and adjusted his a[re and re arranged his brief case before the car pulled up at the Australian War Memorial. Onstage and prominently seated amongst the Official Party, he focused on the needed straight walk to the podium, swayed slightly, corrected himself and licked his lips. He began his speech to the assembled in the expected fashion. He followed all the protocols and acknowledged the Official Party in the correct descending order and adopted the appropriate solemn tone to commemorate the significance of Remembrance Day and the silencing of the guns of World War One. He paused and shuffled his notes. He began again ‘Today is an appropriate day to suggest to both the Government and the Australian War Memorial for a tomb to be built for The Unknown Soldier. A tomb to commemorate those soldiers who did not return, to those Australian soldiers who remain buried on those baRlefields of World War One. They are at peace now, as are we, but a physical touchstone to their memory and brave service by way of a tomb is my very strong recommendaDon to the Official Party seated behind me today.’ There were muffled ‘hear, hear’ s and the Governor General raised his head to take in the nods of the assembled. Buoyed by the warm response, he licked his lips, raised an eyebrow at the glass of water and decided on a long sip. He returned to his speech notes and moved some pages seeking his annotaDons to expand on his suggesDon but the words were now swimming in front of him. He took in a slight breath of frustraDon. ‘And into that Tomb of the Unknown Soldier should go the remains of Ned Kelly.’ continues…. beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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‘As you would all be aware, Ned Kelly was an unknown soldier during World War One. He was not recognised on those baRlefields but this tomb will remember him and the other unknown soldiers from World War One’ The clearing of throats and odd coughs from the assembled addled his thoughts and he moved to the final page of his speech. He corrected his sway and deepened his voice ‘It is my ProclamaDon, as the Governor General of Australia, to dissolve the Senate and the House of RepresentaDves, under my Hand and the Great Seal of Australia on this day, the 11 November, 1975’ He blinked his eyes at his notes. ‘and command Malcolm Fraser........’ He squinted, ‘Undertaker Prime Minister. God Save The Queen’ He paused. ‘It is now appropriate to stand for one minute silence.’
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course, is well known and sDll going strong. Traffic is probably less well known but nonetheless is an important component of the history of rock ’n’ roll. There are some surprising connecDons between the band and other well-known arDsts, including Fleetwood Mac and Dire Straits. And, of course, the preeminent member of Traffic was Steve Winwood who has gone on to release some brilliant albums. Anyone of a certain age will remember his hit single Arc
WEDNESDAY 1 JULY 2020 4:00 PM Trip The Light Fantastic Neil Mack
Macman’s show takes its name from a lyric in the Grace Jones’ song Walking In the Rain. She sings “Trip the light fantastic, dance the swivel hips” originally composed and recorded by Australian band Flash and the Pan.
of a Diver, from the 1980 album of the same name, a song that he co-wrote with Viv Stanshall of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. Macman and I have spent many hours discussing the gestaDon of Traffic and John Barleycorn Must Die and Steve Winwood. Macman’s show will give you some of the sounds, this arDcle will provide some history, and both will be awash with trivia.
The Spencer Davis Group’s sixth single, Somebody Help Me includes the line “when I was just a liRle boy of seventeen”. You might know it as their second single and you would be forgiven because their first four singles, Dimples (1964), I Can't Stand It (a rerun of an American hit by the Soul Sisters), Every Li/le Bit Hurts and Strong Love (all 1965) were not parDcularly strong; Dimples was a John Lee Hooker song but it sank without a trace and the others just struggled into the lower part of the UK Top 50.
Steve Winwood, then with Traffic and now; plus ça change.
I remember Somebody Help Me for two reasons. The first was that, at the age of 15 or 16 the idea that a 17-year-old would be a “liRle boy” was not something I wanted to hear. The second was that I had loved its predecessor, Keep On
Running. Both Keep On Running and Somebody Help Me reached number 1 in the UK. Keep On Running opens with a bass riff that I am sure is a Steve Winwood arrangement. The song was wriRen by Jackie Edwards who was a Jamaican singer with a tendency to ska and reggae. Jackie Edwards covered Keep On Running first and it is worth listening to his version and the Spencer Davis Group’s versions back to back. They are completely different. The Spencer Davis Group’s opening bass riff is nowhere to be found in Edwards’ version. The Edwards version is built around a C/A7/Dm chord progression which for the Spencer Davis Group is used only to transiDon from the verse to the bridge. I am convinced that Stevie Winwood, not usually a bass player, was responsible for the The sheet music for Keep On Running arrangement. It’s worth noDng that the bass riff that runs through Somebody Help Me (1965) (also a Jackie Edwards song) is a central hook for the song. The first two albums from The Spencer Davis Group are preRy pedestrian producDons. The producer, Chris Blackwell who was also the founder of Island Records, knew he had something, but it wasn’t clear what it was. The second album included Keep On Running and a host of other covers though there was one self-penned number, This Hammer. The third album (1966) Autumn 1966 was a significant step forward with vocal performances more usually associated with arDsts such as Ray Charles and ODs Reading. It included Winwood's reading of the Percy Sledge hit When a Man Loves a Woman and versions of the jazz standard Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out and Elmore James’ Dust my Blues. In fact, aKer hearing beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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reading Winwood’s version of Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Al Kooper (session musician for Dylan, the Rolling Stones and Hendrix and founder of the Blues Project wrote in Rolling Stone “I regard Stevie as the finest white blues singer I have ever heard regardless of age or environment”. Of course, you may take issue with that if you are a Van Morrison fan. At the end of 1966 Winwood wrote that The Spencer Davis Group’s best-known hit Gimme Some Lovin’ which reached number 2 September 15th 2017 inVol the16UK. Again, this song is underpinned by a powerful bass line overlaid with sparse but decisive organ licks and Winwood’s 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 111 July 12th 2019 pleading vocals almost defying the melody to emerge. They followed this with I’m a Man which did reasonably well, but it was clear that the band was holding back Winwood’s talents. Winwood’s brother, Muff, leK and eventually became Head of A&R for Island Records. He also worked in a producDon capacity with Dire Straits, Sparks, the Bay City Rollers and the brilliant but woefully underrated The Fabulous Poodles. Spencer Davis eventually became ArDsts’ RelaDonship Director also for Island. Spencer Davis kept his band together hiring Nigel Olsson and Dee Murray who were later to play with Elton John (you need to listen to Olsson’s drumming on Elton’s Curtains). Winwood was ready for greater things. At the end of his Dme with The Spencer Davis group he had played with a short-lived studio group called Powerhouse that included Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Paul Jones. At about this Dme the seeds of Traffic were being sown. Steve began jamming with Dave Mason (guitar and vocals), Chris Wood (flute and sax) and Jim Capaldi (drums and vocals) at a late-night Birmingham club called the Elbow Room. Mason and Capaldi had both played for The Hellions and Deep Feeling. Mason had cut his teeth in a band called The Jaguars which was heavily influenced by The Shadows. His feeling and desire for a melodic arrangement probably crystallised in The Jaguars. Capaldi came from a local band called The Sapphires. Capaldi and Mason formed The Hellions. They took an engagement at the famous Star Club in Hamburg, Germany in August 1964 backing the minor celebrity Tanya Day. The Hellions met Steve Winwood when they stayed at the same hotel. They released three singles none of which made an impression. Deep Feeling evolved from The Hellions and released four singles before Capaldi leK to join Traffic. One member of Deep Feeling, Luther Grosvenor, went on to form Spooky Tooth and later joined MoR The Hoople. Another famous member of The Hellions was ChrisDne Perfect who went on Written by Norman Haines who should have been to join Chicken Shack before she joined Fleetwood Mac. famous but isn't.
Chris Wood had played in LocomoDve, a band that went through a number of iteraDons in the late 1960s. Listening to them now, one is leK wondering how it was that they never made it. Their Mr Armageddon is a track that sits comfortably against Genesis or Greenslade. They were unusual in not having a guitarist but instead used horns and Hammond organ for their disDncDve sound. Wood joined them in 1965 leaving in 1967 to join Traffic.
At the cottage, 1967
Winwood, Mason, Wood and Capaldi formed the embryonic Traffic. Capaldi came up with the name of the group while the four of them were waiDng to cross the street in Dorchester. They immediately retreated into the Berkshire, UK countryside in a coRage at Aston Tirrold to “get things together”. The country se[ng is echoed in the Dtle of several songs from the first album which are also peppered with references to drugs. No doubt they had a high old Dme. The Dme spent in the coRage was producDve. 1967 saw their debut single Paper Sun (composed by Winwood) reach number 5 in the UK and just creep into the US top 100. The follow-ups, Hole in my Shoe (composed by Mason) and Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush were in the same psychedelic vein. It was, aKer all, the summer of love. Hole in my Shoe was the band’s most successful
single reaching number 2 in the UK charts. The first album Mr Fantasy was released in late 1967 and shows the differences between Winwood and Mason. Winwood was inclined to more jazzy numbers while Mason favoured the light melodies he had learned from the Jaguars. Although Mason leK the band in December 1967, he returned to play on the second album, the eponymous Traffic (1968). A third album, the appropriately named Last Exit featured Mason for the last Dme. It’s a collecDon of bits and pieces; the second side is two cover numbers from a live concert). Winwood was easily lured away in 1969 when he formed Blind Faith with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker. Blind Faith was short lived and Winwood eased into beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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reading Ginger Baker’s Airforce. In 1970 when Wood started work on a solo album Mad Shadows. AKer Wood and Capaldi were
brought in as session men the solo album morphed into the fourth Traffic album John Barleycorn Must Die. At 34 minutes and 6 tracks, the musicianship on John Barleycorn Must Die is immediately apparent. The opening track Glad features organ and piano, presumably overdubbed by Winwood, with the piano having a Count Basie-like groove Volit.16Chris September 15th 2017 to Wood’s 28 December 7th,flute 2017on the second track Freedom Fighter is superb. Winwood plays all the instruments on Stranger to Vol 48 2018 111April July 27th 12th Himself when the 2019 technology was not all it is today. Cutting mag tape was a bit hit and miss; it’s much easier cutting a digital audio file. Empty Pages provides a foretaste of the vocal sound that was to become Winwood’s trademark, with a Phil Collins feel to the timing (Winwood played on Collins’ 1989 …But Seriously). The title track is a Winwood arrangement of a traditional English folk song. Wikipedia tells me that “the character of John Barleycorn is a personification of the important cereal crop barley and of the alcoholic beverages made from it, beer and whisky.” The closing track Every Mother’s Son is, in my view, the only weak track on the album. Over 7 minutes, it seems to lose its way and comes across as one of those pretentious tracks that led to the rise of punk in the mid 1970s. Overall, the album is very good and listening to it now it has largely stood the test of Dme. It went gold in the US and set the scene for Traffic’s next three albums; The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (plaDnum in the US), Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory and When the Eagle Flies (both gold in the US). But most of all, Traffic provided a pla`orm for Stevie Winwood’s subsequent success as a solo arDst. Connec,ons: Macman and I have set ourselves a challenge. We will try to find a connecDon between the “FiKy years on” albums as we go over the next few months. So, what’s the connecDon between Rod Stewart and Traffic? AKer all, Rod is a Londoner and Traffic were essenDally Birmingham-based. Well, the connecDon is Millie Small of My Boy Lollipop fame. Rod is alleged to have played the harmonica solo on My Boy Lollipop. Millie Small sang on I’m Blue (Gong Gong Song) on the Spencer Davis Group’s first album imaginaDvely called Their First Album. The Dtle of the second album was equally imaginaDve: The Second Album.
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the ABC by more than $700 million since 2014. It means that some 250 jobs will be lost at home and abroad, that Australian drama will be replaced by endless reruns of English detective series and BBC propaganda. But most importantly, it means that Australian news and views will be reduced when the commercial alternatives are virtually disappearing up the social media fundament. The classic Liberal response to this came from former NSW Opposition Leader Kerry Chikarovski, who told The Drum, ‘You have to realise that all the traditional media outlets are facing the same problems,’ she said. Next day at a press conference Morrison followed suit. Well, exactly. That’s why it’s so important that the ABC funding is increased if our democracy is to survive and prosper. The commercial channels and most of the remaining papers are run by people whose overriding concern is making money for their shareholders. It arrives via the advertising that destroys dramatic storytelling and compromises their willingness to investigate corruption and bad behaviour, to say nothing of their own commercial interests. Only the ABC in programs from Four Corners to 7.30 to Q&A, Media Watch and more recently The Drum, can consistently raise issues and break stories that hold the powerful to account. Only the ABC can spread its net across the entire country to create a true sense of community in programs like The Country Hour, Back Roads, Gardening Australia and Landline. Only the ABC can bring a continuous Australian presence to the Asia-Pacific region via radio and television news. But for those of us with a connection to the NSW South Coast it’s personal. During the bushfires it was ABC radio and television that carried the news and the warnings that actually saved lives. It gave us the best coverage on the status of the fires and advice on what expect from weather changes and what to do when all else failed. It was the ABC who sent their very best people, from Hamish McDonald to Phil Williams who until the previous week had been telling us the latest from outside 10 Downing Street. And it was the ABC that fearlessly showed the exhausted firefighters waving away an errant prime minister who wanted to shake their hands. Surely that’s not what’s behind the latest cuts…I’d hate to think that were so. The reporters in the field were heroes. But once the Covid-19 pandemic hit they were joined by two women who went far beyond the call of duty. Ellen Fanning and Julia Baird have done programs for The Drum – from 6 to 7pm every weeknight - under almost impossible conditions. They have had panellists in homes spread across the time zones, the cities and the Outback and brought them together with the verve, the warmth, the intellectual depth and an absolute professionalism beyond anything the rest of the world can offer. One can only imagine the organising horror stories behind the scenes in getting each hour-long program to air. You’d never know it from the demeanour of the women in the chair. But that’s the ABC. That’s Aunty. That’s the most respected and reliable teller of the Australian story. And that’s what the Morrison government is cutting off at the knees. Think again, Scotty. You should be better than that. robert@robertmacklin.com beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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Peter Lacey, President of South Coast History Society, told the Beagle "We are hoping that the next issue will be the August-September issue and that it, and subsequent issues, will revert to being available on-line and in paper format, and that a new issue will thereaKer again be distributed every second month." "As you might have guessed, the New Year bushfires and the Covid-19 Virus restricDons have significantly impacted our Society and, in parDcular, the Society’s income has been very substan,ally reduced. "We depend enDrely on receiving regular donaDons and membership fees to fund our acDviDes, such as producing ‘RecollecDons’, and so we now ask that you help us by either becoming a member of the Society or by making a small donaDon to the Society. To become a member of the Society you can either: · Donate $25 or more to the Society, and you will automaDcally receive membership of the Society unDl 30 June 2021. DonaDons are GST exempt, so the Society receives the full benefit of your support; or · Simply become a member of the Society. Annual membership is $15, including GST (so, unfortunately, $1.36 of your contribuDon ends up going to the tax man!). To donate or take up membership, either: · Direct deposit the amount into South Coast History Society’s account BSB 633 000 Account 158877472, and please advise us that you have done this; or · Visit any Bendigo Bank branch and ask that the amount be credited to our account. Again, it will assist us if you could let us know you have done this; or · Send you cheque to South Coast History Society, 90 Whitby Wilson Road, Quaama NSW 2550. The Society thanks you in advance for your conDnuing support.
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100 Years ago June 26th 1920 SHEEP MOVING.– On Wednesday part of the big mob of sheep, which leK Cowra in September of last year passed through 15th Moruya. Vol 16 September 2017 There were 4000 head when they started on their long journey in search of grass, 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol the 48 but flock on2018 Wednesday numbered 2500. Another 1000, being on the weak side, were leK in Bergalia 111April July 27th 12th 2019 paddocks for awhile. They are going on to Tarago where they will be trucked back to their home. DESTROYED BY FIRE.– We are sorry to report that some silly coots set fire to a somewhat expensive implement constructed some short Dme ago by Mr. P. Lynch for the use of the Moruya Jockey Club in levelling their racing track, with the result that the implement was totally destroyed by fire, nothing but the ironwork, including about three dozen of lengthy bolts being leK. The perpetrator of such a dastardly act has earned six months in Bega Goal. May the police unearth him and bring him before the Police Magistrate, is the wish of every honest ciDzen. A CLEVER CATCH.– For some Dme past Charlie Ahoy has been losing his rabbit-traps, and in order to track the thief, put his collie dog onto the scent of where he had placed one trap. Following the dog for a mile and a half (half a mile of which was through water) Charlie discovered the felon in the shape of a monster fox, which the dog, aKer a great fight, had killed on the top of the hillock. Reynard had one leg caught in the trap. Again starDng the dog from where he had lost another trap, this clever animal traced the missing arDcle, which also had a fox in its clutches, to a blackberry bush about a mile distant. Needless to say there are now two midnight marauders less, and Charlie is the possessor of two beauDful skins. THE LATE E.J. COMAN.Deep was the gloom cast over the South Coast when the wire flashed the sad news that Mr. E.J. Coman had passed away at the residence of his daughter Mrs G. (KaDe) Hunter aKer a short illness. He contracted pneumonic influenza about a year ago, since which he has not regained his usual health, but no unusual danger was thought of unDl a few days before his death when a serious turn came, from which he never rallied. Mr Coman was born at Candion, Moruya, 75 years ago, the greater part of his life being spent in the district - his young days on his father’s staDon, where he gained the knowledge of stock for which he was in aKer years, noted. He was also a keen horse judge. As a caRle judge he had few equals. He was a strong supporter of horse racing, and a number of his horses carried silk to the front in Bega, Braidwood and Moruya. He was the second son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Coman of Eurobodalla. He was a member of a family of 11, all of whom are well and favorably known on the South Coast. He was greatly interested in mining and spent a good deal of Dme and money in developing the mining industry of this and adjoining districts, having erected a baRery in Nerrigundah and later in Pambula. In the year 1876 he, with his brothers John and Phil, went to Queensland in search of staDon property and succeeded in finding one on the DiamanDna. AKer making sale of this he struck west into then unknown country and was rewarded by the discovery of a new river which he called the Sylvester. He took up 200 square miles on it and aKerwards sold to Messrs Wolsey and Parker of Yanco, having to leave the Queensland climate through contracDng the fever. E.J. as he was generally known, was a man of fine physique. He was for a year, AcDng Police Magistrate of Moruya and was also a member of the Land Board. He was married to Miss R. Flanagan of Moruya, to whom he had eight children, four sons and four daughters. His youngest son Walter, was killed at the war, all others survive him. The funeral took place at Burrawang and was largely aRended. The Rev Fr McNamara officiated at the graveside. Sergeant and Mrs Kea,ng are in receipt of advice from the Base Records Office, Melbourne that their son, Staff Sergt. Noel M. KeaDng, who had had 3½ years of acDve service, is on his way home. He sailed on the troopship “Kigoma,” which leK London on the 20th May last, and which is expected to arrive at Sydney early in July. Noel served with Brigade Headquarters, 13 Infantry Brigade at the front, and since the signing of the armisDce he has been engaged at A.I.F Headquarters, Horseferry Road. beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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Protect the Nature Coast It is heartening to learn of bushfire recovery efforts in areas of the state. However there is liRle or no relief for animals and birds in small areas of bushland that may have survived the inferno. On the contrary wildlife is Vol 16 September 15th 2017 being killed as a2018 result 28 December 7th, 2017of baits dropped from the sky or used on the ground in Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2019 traps loaded with highly toxic 1080 poison. The NSW government claims this poison plan is targeted to kill feral animals and protect livestock, while downplaying potenDal harm to the already suffering natural environment. The dingo is a naDve animal with a pivotal role in the bio-diversity of a region, but it has been re-classified as a wild dog against the advice of scienDsts, ecologists and environmentalists in order that it may be legally killed under this dangerous scheme. It is also a totem animal for aboriginal people who believe it should not be harmed. In the upcoming Eden-Monaro elecDon voters should support a party that gives priority to the environment if they wish to keep Nature in the Nature Coast. Susan CruRenden Dalmeny The Beagle Editor, So, the ‘turning the sod’ ceremony for the new bridge at Nowra across the Shoalhaven River was held last Friday, with the NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Roads (Paul Toole, NaDonal Party), the State Member for the South Coast (Shelley Hancock, Liberal) and State Member for Kiama (Gareth Ward, Liberal) officiaDng. The local Federal Member (Fiona Phillips, Labor) was not invited to the ceremony. She is reported as having observed ‘it’s a bit insulDng – I am the Federal Member’. It’s not just insulDng. It’s unacceptable rudeness! If two State Members were invited to the event, then the Federal Member should also have received an invitaDon to aRend in an official capacity. The same thing occurred a few years ago when the State (Liberal/NaDonal) Government didn’t invite (Labor) Federal Member, Mike Kelly, to the opening of the new Bega Hospital. There was considerable community criDcism of that ’oversight’, especially because Mike played a significant role in securing funding for the hospital. It seems the State Liberal Government are slow learners. They are simply playing peRy poliDcs – and most in the community would feel the government (of any persuasion) should be above that on occasions such as these. Let’s hope that in future ALL appropriate people (irrespecDve of their poliDcal allegiances) are given the courtesy of an invitaDon to the ‘cu[ng of the ribbon’ ceremony when the Nowra Bridge is completed, and to EVERY other official ceremony relaDng to significant public infrastructure. Peter Lacey Quaama beagle weekly : Vol 161 June 26th 2020
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LeNer to the editor ECA Defends Non Resident Ratepayers Eurobodalla Coast Alliance has demanded withdrawal of a local Councillor’s claims that non resident property owners are “mulD millionaires”. Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 The claim made on Tuesday by Councillor Lindsay Brown during a debate on whether the Shire should Vol 48 April 27th 111 July was 12th 2018 2019
increase rates this year. Despite an aRempt by some Councillors to minimise the increase the Council finally decided to hike rates by 2.6 percent, the maximum allowed by the State Government. ECA President Russell Schneider has wriRen to Mayor Liz Innes saying : “A number of Eurobodalla property owners have asked me to express their disgust at comments allowed to be made about non-resident ratepayers by Councillor Lindsay Brown at Tuesday’s Council meeDng. “In supporDng a 2.6 percent increase in Council rates at a Dme when many ratepayers, both resident and non-resident, are suffering severe financial distress Councillor Brown’s comment that non- resident ratepayers were “millionaires” was in my opinion and that of those who have approached me insensiDve, inaccurate and totally inappropriate. We believe he should have been made to withdraw and apologise at the Dme. “There is no evidence to suggest non-resident ratepayers are “millionaires”. Many have purchased, or are in the process, of purchasing property in Eurobodalla with a view to ulDmately reDring here. In many cases this has involved considerable financial sacrifice from people who have worked hard all their lives. Others have been forced to move to Canberra or other places for health or employment reasons, but retained their Eurobodalla property. Those who may have purchased property for investment purposes have found their rental income reduced or non-existent due to Covid 19 requirements allowing tenants who had lost their jobs to avoid or minimise rent payments. “Many of these “millionaires” were unable to use their holiday properDes due to the road closures which were made necessary by the bushfire. Those who did come found their holidays disrupted as they aRempted to defend their, and their neighbour's’, properDes before being ordered to leave the Shire. Many made their unoccupied properDes available to those who had lost their homes as a result of bushfires, in many cases at reduced or no cost. The bushfires and Covid 19 devastated any holiday rental income they may have been relying on. In many cases this year their rates bill will exceed their property income. “As non residents they receive very liRle value from Council services. Indeed, the rates they pay effecDvely subsidise the provision of those services to residents, many of whom do not pay rates. Their contribuDon should be respected, not reviled. “When they do visit the Shire (which for several months was impossible due to both fires and Covid 19) they contribute significantly to the local economy. They not only purchase good and services from local businesses, but also, if they wish to make any improvements to their properDes, contribute fees and charges to the Council. They should be respected, not reviled.
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Your Up to Date fishing report from the team at Tackle World Moruya River 15th 2017 Vol 16 September 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 2018 111 July 12th 2019 A quieter27th week on the whole, with not a great deal to report from the river this week. There have been a few tailor and salmon hanging around the lower secDons of the river, but these have started to slow up a bit. Live nippers pumped from the garland town flats will provide the best bait opDon and the best chance of ge[ng a bite. Try casDng them into the deeper holes and channels. You could try the above-menDoned live nippers under the bridge for bream and flathead in the main channel as well. Tuross River Tuross is dishing out the same punishment to keen anglers as Moruya this week, with low catches been reported. There are a few guys sDll ge[ng some flathead around the Potato Point side of Tuross, but they have had to work hard for a few small fish and the odd keeper. Mulloway reports have quieted down this week, but that is not to say the fish aren’t there. Four ways tradiDonally holds good numbers of spawn run estuary perch this Dme of year. Once found cricket score numbers of fish can be caught. Just be sure to release all caught EP’s as there is a no take limit this Dme of year to allow them to spawn. Rock and beach The rock ledges for drummer have been the main opDon this week. Salmon off the break wall in Moruya have been scarce with the surrounding beaches holding about the same numbers of fish. If you manage to find the fish, pilchards on gang hooks or casDng metal slices will provide Dght lines and jumping fish. Offshore Good catches of snapper and flathead are being reported in water ranging from 30 through to 50m of depth. Reports of gummy sharks have also come in during the last week in similar water depths. For those heading further offshore with tuna in mind, reports of bluefin and yellowfin conDnue to surface. These are stretching from Ulladulla right down to Bermagui. Try to find the temperature break that is holding bait schools for best success.
On a side note, we will be refurbishing the shop with new carpet on Monday and Tuesday, however we will sDll be open with staff ready to assist at the door! Tight lines my friends, stay safe and remember “every day’s a good day for fishing …“ Team Tackle World Moruya
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