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Taking the country to the city
Rosehill racecourse in Sydney was the location for the annual ‘Country Week’ event that was held last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Several businesses from Cooma along with Mayor Dean Lynch and president of the Cooma Chamber of Commerce, David Shelley, manned the stall and advised people about not only the facilities available in Cooma but also the lifestyle you can have if considering a ‘tree change’. Dean Lynch along with another mayor was busy handing out bacon and egg rolls at Parramatta train station to commuters on Friday morning. They handed out 1000 rolls and talked to many more people who were genuinely interested in a rural lifestyle. Mr Lynch said he was surprised at the amount of people that were interested in leaving the city. “I spoke to one guy who is an IT specialist and when I told him that the optic fibre is already in the ground in Cooma he was surprised and looking for somewhere to move to. I think an event like this can only benefit the local community, with all the positive feedback and interest in our area it will definitely be beneficial to the region.” David Shelley commented “It was great to have members of the Chamber of Commerce who have actually made that tree change working on the stall. They could then relay in actual terms their experiences. I think it was a really worthwhile and David Shelley, Dean Lynch and Nelson Wallace hard at work at Cooma’s Country Week in Sydney last Saturday. promising exercise with a lot of good conversations from people who were genuine about escaping the Country week is all about regional towns promoting themselves and telling interested people city and improving their quality of life not only for themselves but their families. I think we have about their towns and what they have to offer. This year the Cooma stall has had lots of people an obligation to people about how they can make that change happen.” interested in moving to the country.
NSW health restructure concerns local residents A discussion paper outlining a proposed restructure of the NSW Hospital System has identified 17 local health networks to replace the present eight. The draft has arisen out of the recent COAG negotiations. NSW is the first state to outline detailed proposals for Local Health Networks in implementation of the National Health reform. The State Government claims the reforms will deliver an extra $1.2 billion in funding to the NSW Health System over four years, and lead to 488 beds being opened in NSW in 2010/11. Locally, the proposed new area will cover from Goulburn to the Victorian border, with a possibility of including the ACT at
a later date. The proposed responsibilities and governance arrangements for the new Local Health Networks, would include: • The geographical boundaries in which they would operate; • Their role, and the State’s role in health service delivery; • The type of services to be provided by Local Health Networks; • Responsibilities for budget and workforce management; and • The increased role of doctors and clinicians in the management of hospitals. The networks would be administered by a Chief Executive
and a Governing Council that includes local clinicians, and people with health and health care management expertise, as well as community representatives. However the proposal has concerned some local people who believe smaller, more local boards are a better way to manage health. Local doctors are also concerned about the size of the network covering this region and have urged residents to make submissions to the proposed changes (see letter to editor page 9). Submissions will be received until September 1 2010. To make a submission, or for more information, go to www.health.nsw.gov.au
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