The Monaro post May 18, 2016

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WEDNESDAY May 18, 2016

THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SNOWY MONARO REGION

NEW ERA!

The district has entered a new era with the announcement last week that the Cooma-Monaro, Bombala and Snowy River Shire Councils had been merged into a new entity, the Snowy Monaro Regional Council.

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As of midday last Thursday, the three councils were dissolved and an administrator and interim general manager had been appointed to steer the region towards elections in September 2017. Former Cooma mayor, Dean Lynch has been appointed

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administrator and former general manager of Snowy River Shire Joe Vescio, has been appointed interim general manager. See more on pages 2 and 3.

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Out with the old, in with the new The Cooma-Monaro, Bombala and Snowy River Shire councils are no more. In their stead, the Snowy Monaro Regional Council has been created with former Cooma mayor Dean Lynch appointed administrator and former Snowy River Shire general manager Joe Vescio appointed the interim general manager by the Local Government Minister Paul Toole. This new team will steer the council toward council elections in September 2017. Mr Lynch is effectively performing the duties of the former mayors and councillors, with Mr Vescio taking care of the operational matters involved in the management of the new entity. Bombala mayor, Bob Stewart and Snowy River mayor, John Cahill, like their elected colleagues on the councils, are no longer part of the equation. However, within the next 10 days, Mr Lynch will announce the composition of three advisory committees which will represent each of the former councils, to work with him for the next 18 months. The headquarters of the new entity will be in Cooma, with Mr Vescio spending three days in Cooma, one in Bombala and one in either Berridale or Jindabyne each week. An assistant interim general manager is still to be appointed. Ultimately, the new council will have 11 elected councillors, who will elect a mayor from their ranks to serve for two years. While the merger has been flagged for some months, the speed with which the announcement and council dissolution was made, has surprised many. Delegate residents held a public meeting last night to express their anger and disappointment at the decision. They believe their democratic rights have been ignored in the whole ‘Fit for the Future’ process which

has led to the amalgamation Mr Lynch, however, is optimistic about the new era. He believes he can initiate efficiencies which will lead to growth and possibly employment growth within the new council. He and Mr Vescio addressed a combined staff meeting in Cooma on Monday. Staff were assured their jobs are secure for at least three years and the Minister for Local Government Paul Toole has also given an assurance there will be no rate increases for the next four years. Member for Monaro, John Barilaro, said “The Snowy Monaro Regional Council will blend tourism, retail and agricultural strengths of the region in order to create enormous potential for the local economy.” “We are ensuring our communities have stronger and more efficient councils, which will free up money for important projects such as local roads, parks, playgrounds and footpaths.” A rate protection policy commitment means residents of the new council will pay no more for their rates than they would have under their old council for four years, Mr Barilaro said. The $15 million provided by the NSW Government to the Snowy Monaro Regional Council under the Stronger Communities Fund, could be spent on new infrastructure projects and services across the region. “Just what the money is spent on will be a decision for the new council and our local communities,” Mr Barilaro said. “Whether it is pools, libraries, sporting fields, car park expansions or grants to junior sporting groups, I will be consulting with the local community to identify their needs, which will be firmly communicated to the new council. “All communities will have a strong voice within the Snowy Monaro

Regional Council in order to have their unique challenges and concerns heard.” A further $5 million will be allocated for the transition process. Mr Barilaro said it will be business as usual for residents in new council areas, with services operating as normal. The NSW Government will conduct a review in four years to ensure the community was continuing to benefit from stronger councils. The Monaro Post has spoken to some of the outgoing local councillors – in Cooma, the opinion generally was that now the decision has been made, it is time to get on with the job of providing the best possible outcome for residents and ratepayers. Rogan Corbett and Martin Hughes, who both served as deputy mayor, believed the outcome was inevitable, although both were surprised by the rapidity of the announcement and subsequent dissolution. Former Snowy River Shire councilors John Shumack and Vickii Wallace were less kind: John Shumack found out about the decision at 12.10pm on Thursday May 12 before the 12.30pm proclamation and has since received no contact from council and cannot access his council email or internet. “It’s a sham, it’s been a sham since day one. I hope I live long enough to see some of the benefits they’re talking about. My main concern is for the community. “The way they’ve (the State Government) gone about it is a sham, democracy is the victim. “Every time they made a decision they moved the goal posts to fit their agenda. I think they’ve gone about it the wrong way, for the wrong reasons. “The consultation was done and it was overwhelmingly against it. We were asked to ask our community and they were against it, so what’s the point of consultation?

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“It’s all about getting political control of Sydney and the country has suffered.” Vicki Wallace said “This is a prime example of how the impacts of decisions made in ivory towers of Macquarie St only further disadvantages and damages rural communities. Especially the smaller ones such as my community of Dalgety, Adaminaby , Bredbo and the like. With the Tamworth Walcha merger off the table ours is the largest merger based on kilometres of 14,000 sq kms. Has this tyranny of distance really been adequately considered? No. “Even as a councillor of Snowy River I wanted to engage with all the issues of the different communities of my shire. I found it almost impossible due to this distance to give adequate support to the other communities and ratepayers of the Snowy River. So this merger will make it even more impossible for the new Snowy Monaro Shire Council with less councillors and more ratepayers to hear and understand their issues. “What about the fact that Cooma Shire population is 10,000, Snowy River 8,400 and Bombala 2,400 that takes the total to 21,000 people that this new entity will need to service. The previous councils were already challenged in relation to fixing roads and delivering services how is this new entity going to step up by 2 ½ times of their previous servicing capacity? They have been dreadfully underfunded for years carrying the can for state government programs that have been started by state government and then handballed to them. And the funds currently on the table won’t even touch the sides when a new IT system needs to be put in so they are all on the same system let alone covering staff costs in relation to redundancy packages and the unseens that have not even been factored in.” Continued on page 3

Emergency services About 9.30am Wednesday May 4, police attached to Bombala Police station were called out by local electricity workers to Tin Mine Road located at the top of Mt Darragh, after they located what they seemed to be suspicious a hole covered with iron sheeting. Police attended the location, and conducted further enquires with Detective’s, which later revealed that the hole had been created by someone to dispose of household rubbish and building waste. Nothing suspicious was located. Police still encourage community members to report such matters and to be cautious not to touch anything as sometimes these incidents may lead to be of significant importance to Police investigations. Cooma Police have charged a

40-year-old Cooma man with assault, trespass offences and carrying a knife in a public place. He was apprehended at about 5.30 on Sunday afternoon and will appear in Cooma Local Court on May 19. Cooma ambulance transported a 17-year-old footballer from Rotary Oval to Cooma Hospital on Saturday after the player had suffered a laceration to his jaw and concussion. The Red devils Under 18s game was interrupted while the injured player was taken care of. Cooma Rural Fire Service was called to a hazard reduction burn near Cooma on Monday. The fire was quickly contained after it escaped the burn-off area.

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Snowy Monaro Regional Council from page 2

Former mayor of Bombala, Bob Stewart, who has given more than 20 years to local government, is not happy. “We knew it was coming, but the way the process was all handled could not have been more disappointing. Right from the start there was no leadership from the government, no transparency about what was happening, and when it would happen. “Then the way they announced it this week was just as bad. There was no respect to the council or the community in the way we were informed about the amalgamation. “That has been the biggest concern about the whole thing. The process that was followed. It has been unfair and disrespectful of the community. The government should have been clear about its intentions from the beginning. “We certainly used all avenues to put forward our preference to stand alone. There is nothing further we could have done; it was all to no avail. Now the challenge will be keeping the Bombala region’s identity within the new entity. “I am also disappointed by the administration system that has now been put in place, and the delay of council elections to September next year. Appointing an administrator as

they have leaves one person in control of the interim council for 16 months. That’s a very long time.There should have been a representative of each area tied into that role. Appointing one administrator from just one of the areas gives the other areas very limited say. “It will be a struggle for the Bombala region to have representation even after the council elections are held in 2017. I am very passionate about getting the best outcome for our region following the merger, and I strongly hope we can get a representative onto the newly formed council.� Mr Stewart was unsure at this point if he would be putting his hand up for the role. Former Snowy River mayor John Cahill, said he thought the first few steps, with a combined staff meeting were ‘certainly worthwhile’ but asked why, if there seems to be no cost savings that three democratic councils have been converted into ‘one dictatorship’. He was unconvinced of the reason why three functioning units had been turned in to ‘one slick unit’. Mr Cahill said he wished the new regime well and said he had nominated to be part of the advisory committees but was unsure if he would be selected.

Snowy Monaro Regional Council statistics Former Councils: Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River The Delegate stated in their report: “There is potential for improvements in service delivery through greater access to specialist skills, more financial flexibility and adoption of innovation and best practice. “When Government funding of $20m is taken into account, the financial benefits of a merger are substantial.� “The Proposal represents an opportunity to build strategic and financial capacity and greater Administrator: Dean Lynch Interim General Manager: Joseph Vescio Population: 20,707 Number of councillors: 11 Stronger Communities Fund allocation: $15 million New Council Implementation Fund allocation: $5 million Date of Election: 9 September 2017 For more information, including delegate reports, community submissions and more new council information please visit: www.strongercouncils.nsw.gov.au

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The proclamation The Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016 (the proclamation) formally proclaims new councils and ensures all relevant staff, assets, rights, liabilities and responsibilities of former councils are transferred to new councils. Its key purpose is to ensure new councils can commence operations on day one with minimal disruption to the delivery of services, council operations and staff duties. It sets out the governance arrangements for new councils, and provides for councils to refer matters to the Minister for Local Government where appropriate. The proclamation provides clear guidelines and timelines for new councils to prepare, operational plans, audited financial reports, annual reports and strategic plans. It deals specifically with rate

structures, requiring previously existing rate categories to be applied to new councils. This is to ensure there are no changes to rate paths, an important step in achieving the government’s commitment to provide a four-year rate path protection commitment. Clauses ensure the transfer of all senior and non-senior staff to the new council under the same terms and conditions. The Local Government Act provides employment protections including no forced redundancies for three years following an amalgamation. It details the date of the first election for new councils as 9 September 2017. New councils will fall back into the normal four year electoral cycle at the next round of general elections in September 2020.

Local Rural Fire Service volunteers will soon take possession of a new radio repeater. A $5,000 grant was presented to Cooma Monaro Fire Centre today from the NSW Emergency Services Minister David Elliott and Member for Monaro John Barilaro. Mr Barilaro said the new portable radio repeater will be utilised in remote and mountainous terrain where the existing radio network may not provide adequate coverage. “Our RFS volunteers perform a crucial and sometimes dangerous role in our community, it’s important they have the appropriate equipment to undertake this vital job,� said Mr Barilaro.

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“Growing- our roots run deep” - Dalgety Women’s Day The annual Dalgety Women’s Day, held on May 11, had the theme : ‘Growing: Our Roots Run Deep”. The 2016 Dalgety Women’s Day was pleased to welcome back Jackie Furey , who delighted us in 2012 with her stories and wonderful sense of humour. N a t i o n a l Stakeholder Relations Manager from the NBN, Rosanna Laconia, was also a speaker along with a local representative. Entertainment was provided throughout the day, with the lovely ladies from Beautiful Imperfections delighting us with their singing, The Berridale Belles showing us that dance can be fun, and something we can all enjoy and Dalgety/Numbla Vale CWA catered the morning tea, and also the lunch.

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Taya spoke well to win Library receives special copy of Monaro picture book

Local girl Taya Evans has won the public speaking section of national Leo of the Year competition. The Monaro High School student, who is Vice-President of the Monaro High School Leo Club travelled to the Lions National Convention in Echuca on Friday – Sunday May 13-15 as the NSW representative to compete in the competition. It comprises two sections, first, an interview based on their application, community involvement and general knowledge and then a prepared speech on a topic of the contestants’ choice. Taya had an impassioned speech about depression in rural areas that was inspired by the tragic deaths in Nimmitabel last year. Her speech made a perceptible impact on the audience of Lions representatives from clubs all over Australia, attracting the largest applause of all contestants.

The judges obviously agreed, quickly returning with the verdict declaring Taya the winner of the public speaking section. The overall competition was awarded to 22-year-old Grace Walker who was representing Queensland Leo Clubs. Taya’s youth compared to the other contestants put her at a distinct disadvantage, however she conducted herself well throughout the entire process. In her interview, she spoke about how the Monaro High Leo Club embarked on a project to raise money and awareness of depression, holding the ‘Back to Cooma Fun Run’ and making a $2500 donation to beyondblue, to support Taya’s vision. She also spoke about other Leo Club activities, her leadership as school captain of Monaro High and recognition as young citizen of the year.

Remembrance Day In keeping with past traditions, two directors of the Cooma ExServices Club, Cor van Leeuwen and Winston Phillips OAM, attended the Netherlands Remembrance Day at the Netherlands Australia Memorial in Canberra on May 4. They also enjoyed the hospitality of the embassy after the commemoration.

Pictured: Heather Haylock, Trisha Dixon, Frans de Ruijter, Pam Veiss, Craig Mitchell, Sue Bailey and Rowena Evans.

A special copy of the picture book “Monaro” was donated to Cooma Library at a morning tea ceremony on Tuesday May 10. The book is an initiative of the Arts and Cultural Activities Committee and was inspired by a desire to produce something that was iconic of the Monaro that could be used as a present. Committee Chair Craig Mitchell said his father in law was travelling and was searching for something that would uniquely depict the region and that is what inspired the book. The book also serves to raise money to

support future art projects in the region and has been an opportunity for local photographers to showcase their talent. The book features 90 photographers and 183 photos which were carefully selected from over 3000 submissions. The copy that was donated to the Library has been signed by the photographers whose work appears in the book. This special copy will be held in the Library’s Local Studies collection to be preserved for future generations to enjoy.

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Millions of paws raise money for RSPCA The annual Million Paws Walk was held in Cooma and Berridale last Sunday and was well supported. Dogs of all shapes and sizes brought their owners out for a walk and raised money for the RSPCA at the same time. Pictured top left, the Berridale walkers; Top right, Boo the Scottish deerhound. Below right: Cooma RSPCA members; Bottom middle: Julie and Yuuki with Narelle with Button and Foxie. Below left: Billy the spoodle.

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Save the brumby meeting Putting Cooma on outback map A meeting will be held at the Lake Jindabyne Hotel this Saturday, at 2pm, to formulate plans to halt the decimation of the Snowy Mountains brumby. The meeting is being convened by the Snowy Mountains Brumby Sustainability and Management Group president Alan Lanyon. It is in response to the release of a draft plan of management by the National Parks and Wildlife service on May 1. The plan calls for the culling of 90 percent of the existing horse population, which the NPWS estimates to be 6000, over the next 20 years. The plan has outraged supports of the iconic Snowy brumby, with the Snowy Mountains Bush Users group establishing a Save the Snowy Brumby campaign established. Saturday’s meeting will raise a numer of resolutions for people to vote on. These will include reject the concept of ground culling, in any shape or form. Another will be demanding the suspension of the current winter trapping campaign the NPWS has underway, until such time as the new plan of mangement is signed off on. Mr Lanyan said there is no

over-riding reason for the present trapping program to go ahead. Another resolution will deal with the actual number of brumbies in the park – Mr Lanyan said his group totally rejects the park’s estimate of a populattion of 6000 brumbies. “From our research and experience, we believe there are between2700 and 3200 horse in the park. “We believe that should be the starting point for the population�, Mr Lanyon said. He said the meeting will discuss other methods of number reduction, including the Stockwhip Program proposed by Ross McKinney, which utilises brumby in prisoner rehabilitation. Mr Lanyan said his group also wants the NPWS to make access to the brumbies for rehoming more user friendly, so suitable people can access the brumbies to offer them an appropriate home. A number of experts will be in attendance at the meeting. Mr Lanyon said he has invited the Member for Monaro John Barilaro, the Member for Eden-Monaro Peter Hendy and the member of Bega, Andrew Constance, to the meeting. He had not received a response at the time of going to press.

Two locals, Annie Flynn and Jay Podger will be taking part in the Dubbo South Rotary Club’s Destination Outback 2016 (DO16) in August. DO16 is a fundraiser which benefits the Royal Flying Doctor Services, but Annie and Jay will promoting Cooma and the region while on their journey. Jay will also be entertaining at the overnight stops on the way from Dubbo to Dubbo via Albert, Innamincka, Thargomindah and Coonamble. The pair will be offering local product as prizes in raffles they will conduct on the way. A number of local businesses have already offered

them prizes, Cooma Visitors Centre is providing them with a big banner and The Monaro Post is providing them with copies of the Snowpost tourist magazine to give away. Prizes for the raffle have been donated by Roses Restaurant, Bush Basics, Flynns Wrecking Yard, Nebula Motel, Cooma Visitors Centre, Jay Pdger, Pokolbin Cabins, Cather & Co, ARB Inverell and Hafele. Annie is happy to accept other donations. Pictured, Annie Flynn intends to put Cooma on the map while participating in Destination Outback 2016. She is pictured with her brother Wayne and Jenny Calkin of the Nebula Motel.

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In one of the most competitive auctions ever seen on the Monaro, the lucerne flats at Bunyan sold last Friday sold for $1,380,00. The 120.5 acres, sold on account of Mrs Nancy and Roger and Richard Norton, realised $11,452 per acre, which is considered to be a record price for the Monaro. The successful bidders were John and Catherine Braddock of Countegany. The Bunyan Lucerne flats have produced top quality lucerne hay for many years. The country is described as heavy black loam creek flat with double Cooma Creek frontage and sealed road access. Improvements on the property include two haysheds with 800square bale capacity and a set of sheep yards. Selling agent Graham Boller of Boller and Company, said it was a very exciting bidding war, with a lot of local interest, which wanned at about $900,000. The losing bidders were from Royalla.

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SMEC likely to be sold On May 11 2016, the SMEC Holdings Board entered into an Agreement with Surbana Jurong Holdings (Australia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Surbana Jurong Private Limited from Singapore to acquire 100% of The SMEC Group, via the purchase of SMEC shares. This implementation of the Agreement is conditional upon the approval of SMEC’s Shareholders and necessary regulatory approvals. This process is expected to continue for some months.

National Families Week National Families Week 2016 will be held from Sunday 15 May to Saturday 21 May 2016 (coinciding with the United Nations International Day of Families on 15 May). The aim of National Families Week is to celebrate the vital role that families play in Australian society. The 2016 theme is ‘Stronger families, stronger communities’. This year’s theme highlights the important role families play as the central building block of our communities

and that community wellbeing is enhanced by family wellbeing. National Families Week is a time to celebrate with your family, make contact with your extended family and friends, and share in the enjoyment of family activities within the wider

This week in the area Monaro Family Support Service are, as they do every week, opening their Cooma office doors to families Tuesday to Thursday, (staff are out doing home visits or seeing people on other

days) and running a range of free programs and activities throughout the area including: Monday 16th May, 123 Magic Emotion Coaching, Jindabyne GP Super Clinic Conference Room, from 11am – 1:30pm (1st week of a 2 week program) Tuesday 17th May, Infant Massage, Jack Howard Centre, Community Health, 1011:30am (3rd week of a 4 week program) Tuesday 17th May, KASH, Koori After School Homework Club.

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Thursday 19th May, Parent Child Mother Goose, 10am – 12 noon, Monaro Family Support Service Cooma Office above Percys. There is lift access off Vale Street entrance. PCMG runs every Thursday morning of school terms. For information about any of these programs or other services offered by MFSS contact 64523450 or cooma@ monarofss.ngo.org.au. Monaro Family Support Service (MFSS) is a community based organisation with a history of over 35 years, embedded within the 3 Shires of Cooma Monaro, Bombala and Snowy River. The Vision of MFSS’s is: “Safe Children; Strong Families; Stronger Communities.” MFSS provides support to families one to one or in groups. Manager Sue-Anne Muggleton says “families come in all forms and have a range of challenges that we are here to support with, being a parent is not an easy role and perhaps most families have times of pressure that we are here to help with”. MFSS offers advice, general support and referral, counseling, case work, and home visiting. MFSS staff are trained and accredited to run the following parenting programs: Magic 123 and Emotion Coaching Triple P Stepping Up, and Level 4 Bringing Up Great Kids, Australian Childhood Foundation Infant Massage First Touch Drum Beats Parent Child Mother Goose Keeping Children Safe Seasons for Growth MAD Managing A d o l e s c e n t s Differently MFSS also conduct a range of regular: Ongoing supported Playgroups, Activity groups and Peer support groups such as: Scallywags: Scallywags, an activity group for children with additional needs, their siblings and carers, meets regularly for a wide range of inclusive social and recreational activities and peer support. Conducted in partnership with Bombala Council Community Services and Cooma Challenge, Scallywags is aimed at alleviating social and recreational exclusion. MAD: Young Mums and Dads group is an award winning supported playgroup conducted in partnership with Grand Pacific Health,

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KASH: MFSS currently offers the only ATSI specific family support activity in the area, a Koori After School Homework Club, which was established in 2006 in response to a suggestion by local Koori families. The program, which provides additional tutorial support, is conducted each Tuesday after school in school term and provides students with homework, literacy, numeracy skills, cultural information, craft, a healthy afternoon tea and exercise. Monaro parents and carers of children with an autism disorder MFSS supports: in person, via advocacy, representation and a private Facebook group; parents and carers of children on the autism spectrum. MFSS has been the key agency in the region (some would argue the seat of multiculturalism in Australia with the Snowy Scheme) in terms of M U LT I C U LT U R A L ACTIVITY and SUPPORT and for many years: has conducted a Multicultural Playgroup in Cooma; supports a local multicultural group called MAGIC, has had key involvement in a range of local Multicultural Festivals and celebrations (Harmony Days, Diwali and Loy Krathong); conducted a SE Multicultural Aged-Care Project in partnership with the Queanbeyan Multilingual Centre and MFSS currently receive DSS Settlement Grant funding (brokered from Queanbeyan Multilingual Centre) to assist humanitarian entrants and eligible migrants to become self-reliant and participate equitably in Australian society. Monaro Family Support Service Inc. auspice the local: Monaro Domestic Violence Committee and Monaro Families NSW Network MFSS also welcomes and provides a space for visiting services such as Marymead from Canberra to offer their ARK program in Cooma fortnightly. National Families Week is run by Families Australia, a national, peak, not-for-profit organisation which strives to improve the wellbeing of all Australian families, on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Social Services.

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Monaro Group CWA attends Cowra conference The stirring sounds of a bagpipe heralded the arrival of His Excellency The Honourable David Hurley and Mrs Hurley to officially open the 94th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Country Women’s Association held in Cowra from May 2 to May 5 in the Showground Pavilion, attended by 527 delegates and observers representing 248 branches of the 381 state-wide active branches. The Cowra Superintendant of Police then spoke about the seriousness of rural crime and advised that $13million value of stock being stolen so far this year and what the police were trying to do to combat it. The State President Mrs Tanya Cameron presented her address. Her 3 year term of office which included the move of the CWA headquarters and club from Potts Point to Mascot was extremely challenging and with mission accomplished successfully, she stepped down at the conclusion of the Conference. Mrs Annette Turner from White Cliffs branch, Darling River Group, will lead CWA as the State President for the next three years. Twenty women from the 10 Monaro branches were in Cowra to vote on the 16 motions proposing CWA policies covering the topics of agriculture/environment/education, transport and communications, miscellaneous and social security, followed by 3 amendments to the CWA Constitution. The motions carried for onward distribution to the appropriate government bodies, were: Climate Change: That policy of CWA be to support positive action on climate change by calling for and supporting the implementation of a plan for transforming regions, communities and workers from fossil fuel extraction, processing & burning sectors to new, inclusive and sustainable economics. Education: 1) That teacher fees made equally available to those at regional centres with no monetary disadvantage due to the location, and that other methods (such as on line courses) are investigated for delivering professional development opportunities. 2) That adequate funding be made available for community and not for profit early childhood learning centres in rural & remote areas. Health: 1) That funding be made available to educate medical practitioners and alert all communities about the identification, treatment and prevention of Q fever and subsidise a further vaccination program and include Q-VAX on the national immunization schedule. 2) That the policy of CWA of NSW shall be to support rural and remote communities in maintaining access to women’s health services. 3) That support be given for the removal of GST

from feminine hygiene products. 4) Recommended that the Australian Medical Association (AMA) adopt and promote the HoloTC test for population-wide screening of vitamin B12. 5) That CWA of NSW to encourage debate and further research into hyperthermia / oncothermia as a possible 4th standard cancer treatment. 6) That CWA of NSW to advocate the introduction of a protest exclusion zone around Women’s Medical Centres in NSW. 7) That CWA of NSW to oppose the removal of incentive payments to companies who provide bulk billing pathology services. (Motion of Urgency by Manila Branch) - this was lost Transport: That CWA to advocate for the implementation of a system of notification regarding the length of road works. Social Security & Miscellaneous: 1) That the desecration or abuse of the Australian flag be made a criminal offence. 2) That CWA to support the need to have a Transitional Support Stream – Transitional Case Worker Project for aboriginal women in gaols and to provide funding for ongoing support services. 3) Policy to be that all advertisements for Fast Cash Loans be removed from all media. 4) CWA of NSW to urgently support Federal & State Ministers in their endeavours to reduce rural crime by reviewing legislation which would enhance the ability to apprehend and sentence offenders. The serious business of passionate debate on the motions – generally being 3 speakers “for” and 3 “against” – was interspersed with outstanding guest speakers including Sophie Hansen, 2016 winner of the NSW-ACT RIRDC Rural Women’s Award; Ed Fagan, the 2015 NSW Farmer of the Year; Dr Jennifer Jones, author of “Country Women and the Colour Bar”; and Ms Dorothy Coombe, National President of CWA of Australia. Some of the other highlights of the Conference included the presentation of a cheque for $35,000 for research into Lyme disease which will be the Health Research Fund for the coming year; the Royal Easter Show catering committee of seven members organised 500 volunteer hours to produce 49,150 scones; the Agriculture and Environment Award Branch Report was won by Belconnen Branch with a report by Margaret Muspratt; and Jindabyne’s entry in the Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser Award was commended. The Conference concluded with the members giving a standing ovation for the retiring State President, Mrs Tanya Cameron. The next 95th CWA of NSW AGM and Conference will be held on the Central Coast from May 21st – 25th, 2017 at Mingara Recreational Club, Tumbi Umbi in the vicinity of The Entrance and Tuggerah Lake.

Monaro CWA Group delegates at the Cowra 94th CWA Annual AGM & Conference (Photo: Nancy Gant Thompson)

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Riposte Lisa Ashurst On a news program some weeks back there was talk of the development of an anti obesity drug to assist in the escalating problem of an increasingly overweight population and the general consensus is that it will be available in the not too distant future. Probably to be released in pill form, it is expected to go a long way to solve the obesity epidemic so it is being hailed as a real breakthrough in weight control. Those hosting the news program thought so anyway but I have to wonder. Is it a quick fix that simply means popping a pill? I’m asking this because if you read the fine print with all the other “miracleâ€? weight loss foods, meds, machines and the like, they all claim to really blast that fat‌but only when combined with a sensible diet and exercise plan. And I think this is where they fall flat because, generally speaking, people with a weight issue have it because their diet is unhealthy, their activity levels are non existent and they don’t necessarily want to change. Can’t see a new obesity drug having any affect if it still requires the user to change what they stuff in their mouths every day and get off the couch. That’s the problem with miracle cures. They often aren’t.

But what if this one is a real miracle? You know, just pop a pill and the weight drops off? What kind of incentive would it give to, you know, adopt a healthier diet and up your physical activity? Well I’m guessing it wouldn’t. So how would such a drug work in the case of someone who didn’t make some kind of effort to cut out the things that made them overweight in the first place? Well I’m guessing it couldn’t. Not really. But if I’m wrong and it works like a charm, what might be the side effects? Especially in the case of a user who falls back on the drug to solve their weight problems while continuing with their destructive lifestyle choices? Who knows. I know I don’t, but I think there would have to be some and in the back of my mind I believe there is no easy fix when it comes to shedding those unwanted kilos. To be honest, I think it still comes down to diet and some kind of regular activity to keep our metabolisms operating as they should and all those weight loss thingies can only assist if people incorporate the above into their daily routine. You don’t have to cut all the things you enjoy out of your life altogether but you can put the breaks on how many times you indulge yourself. Then it becomes a treat rather than the norm and hey, that’s not too hard to cope with! Maybe we could all just adopt that idea and forgo the product! Yeah, I reckon that would work.

Big morning tea held in Jindabyne

Friday 13th was a lucky day for breast cancer research when Alpine Law partners, Gary Huggett, Kylie Smith and Allison Briscoe hosted the biggest morning tea in Jindabyne’s Nuggets Crossing in

order to raise funds for the research. Pictured are Allison Briscoe, Glenys Huggett, Kylie Smith, Barbara Fischer and Gary Huggett.�

Rotary Bowelcare program The 2016 Rotary BowelCare program ends on May 31 and with it the chance to be tested this year. Last year the three participating pharmacies in the Monaro/Mountains region (Hooks Pharmacy in Cooma, the Berridale Pharmacy and the Jindabyne Pharmacy) sold 316 kits of which 228 were returned for testing which number yielded 25 positive results or 11 percent of those tested.

The people (25) whose samples tested positive were fortunate to have taken the test as bowel cancer can be cured if detected early. Left undetected/untreated it is a cancer that can kill. All people over the age of 40 are urged to take the test (kit sells for $15) as based on last year’s results approximately one in 10 people tested will have bowel cancer.

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Bombala firies hold annual open day There’s plenty on in the region this weekend, but if you’re in Bombala and have some spare time on Saturday, be sure to pop into the Bombala Fire Station and make the most of its Open Day. Fire & Rescue NSW is hosting open days right across the state this month to give visitors a personal glimpse into the busy service. Open Day includes demonstrations, fire station tours and the chance to inspect firefighting equipment used by our firefighters when responding to fires and other emergencies. There is also an array of activities for kids, and of course everyone can

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enjoy taking a peek inside one of the fire trucks. Visitors can also speak to firefighters first-hand about fire safety in the home, including how to install and maintain smoke alarms and how to develop a home escape plan to ensure they can quickly and safely escape a fire. The Bombala Fire Station will be open from 10am to 2pm this coming Saturday, May 21, so come and spend some time with our local fire fighters and find out more about the vital service they provide. You could even put your hand up to join the team!

International Nurses Day was held on May 12 as a way of recognising the contribution that nurses make to the community. The date was set to coincide with the birthday of Florence Nightingale and began in 1974. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Association said the day is a great opportunity for us all to reflect on the amazing work nurses do each and every day and to

congratulate them on the care they provide people right across the community, from early childhood, to the elderly and vulnerable living in nursing homes. The nursing staff at the Sir William Hudson Memorial Centre nursing home decided to have a bit of fun to celebrate the day. Wearing vintage unifroms and old-fashioned head pieces, the nurses brightened up the home for the residents and staff.

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Supporting brumbies Local volunteers appreciated

Animal Justice Party candidate for Eden Monaro, Frankie Seymour, has spoken out forcefully against the NSW Government’s proposal for a mass slaughter of brumbies in the Kosciuszko National Park. The NSW government plans to reduce the population of wild horses in the Park by half in ten years and by 90 per cent in 20 years. The government proposes a range of control methods including trapping, rehoming, mustering, ground shooting, fertility control and fencing. Ms Seymour agrees that rehoming, fencing and fertility control, are potentially humane, but she totally rejects the assertion that shooting is humane: ‘Shooting animals of any kind is invariably cruel. There are always some who are wounded and die a terrible death. There are always young animals orphaned. There is always disruption and distress caused to the whole herd. There is no humane way of slaughtering large numbers of wild animals. In any case, there is no ethical justification for taking the irreplaceable individual lives of healthy sentient beings.’ Ms Seymour is also concerned that the government is not telling the public everything. She points out: “Every mass slaughter of animals leads to an almost immediate increase in the population, as younger, more fertile individuals are born of the survivors, with plenty of food and space to share, and quickly fill and exceed the niches left by those killed. The NSW government does not intend total wipe-out of the brumbies, nor has anyone suggested it is even possible. To maintain the population at its reduced level in perpetuity, they will have to either shoot the horses in perpetuity or control them using fertility control. ‘I don’t think we can be confident the government will use exclusively fertility control. if the Government had managed the brumbies situation correctly, using non-lethal measures,

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over the past decade we would not be in this situation where a large number of animals are affected. If nonlethal measures had been used with small numbers and with population monitoring, we would be looking at a much smaller population today. ‘Given the NSW government’s record on brumby management, and wild animal management generally, it seems very likely the number of horses killed over the coming decades will number not in the thousands but in the millions.’ Ms Seymour, a retired environmental scientist, adds that the ethical and welfare concerns are not the only problem with the proposal: ‘Once a species is naturalised, found a niche in the ecosystem, it is impossible to remove it in large numbers without doing harm to that ecosystem, sometimes more harm than good. In a rapidly changing environment, as Australia’s has been for the last 200 years, the harm of removing brumbies (or any other naturalised animal) is very likely to exceed the good.’ Ms Seymour is urging everyone who is concerned about this matter to do two things: submit comments to the Draft Wild Horse Management Plan for Kosciuszko National Park at www.environment.nsw.gov.au/ protectsnowies before July 8, 2016; and vote for the AJP at the coming federal election. ‘In the end, the only way to make our governments understand that animal lives matter is at the ballot box.’

The last mayor of Snowy River Shire Mayor John Cahill and the Neighbourhood Centre Co-ordinator Helen Blackmore Lee with a group of volunteers who received certificates of appreciation for their work from the mayor performing his last act as mayor. Mr Cahill described volunteers as “the glue that holds communities together.”

Big smoko at Delegate MPS The tiny town of Delegate outdid itself and raised an amazing $758 through Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea hosted by the Delegate MPS last Thursday, May 12. Residents and staff were very pleased to welcome a number of visitors to the hospital through the morning, while the Delegate Public School was once again involved in cooking and serving some of the morning tea treats. And if you didn’t quite get there, fear not! There are more Biggest Morning Teas on in the area both today and Friday. The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at the Bombala Community Centre is being held right now, Wednesday, May 18, with everyone invited to come along and embrace the crazy theme. The central focus will of course be the Biggest Morning Tea itself, with the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party kicking off from 10am till 12 noon, complete with the “Alice in Wonderland” movie playing in the background. The Wiggling Whippersnappers will get in on the fun between 10.30 and 11am, listening to the beloved story of Alice, and of course enjoying the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party themselves. Along with all of the treats and decorations that you would expect at the Mad Hatter’s table, there will also be a photo booth on hand with lots of silly props adding to the fun. And if that’s not enough for the Bombala

area, you can also join the residents and staff at Currawarna for their very own Biggest Morning Tea at the aged hostel on May 20. Here there will be cuppas and treats galore, and of course the opportunity to support this most worthwhile cause, with all very warmly invited to come along and join the Currawarna gang from 10am to 12noon. The more the merrier! Jayden Clear and Brigid Dunn were among the students of the Delegate Public School who helped out with Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea at the Delegate MPS last Thursday.

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‘All this living’ to launch ‘telling our stories’ in Delegate The Delegate School of Arts will be the hub for a theatrical weekend on May 21 and 22 when Camilla Blunden comes to town. “Camilla Blunden is going to kick off the ‘Telling our Stories’ project by inspiring us with her performance of ‘All This Living!’ at 3pm on the Saturday,” Borderliners convenor, Deb Foskey said. “On Sunday from 10 am till mid-afternoon, Camilla will the run a free workshop to help us turn our local stories into theatre to start us on our way to a performance of our own later in the year. “Her producer, Lea Collins, will run a parallel workshop to train people in sound and lighting using the School of Arts’ new equipment funded by a grant from Southern Phones. “Lis Shelley, Director of StageFlight Children’s Theatre, will be attending too as she will be helping us develop our show over the coming months. “The stage is set

– now we need your stories to turn into theatre!” Deb said “It doesn’t matter which side of the border it comes from or whether it happened yesterday or a hundred years ago, bring it along on Sunday and we will see whether it makes good theatre. “Young, old or inbetween, experienced or totally new to performance, please come along. The aim of Telling our Stories is to have fun above everything else. “Its been a long time since we’ve had a local performance, so we are fortunate to have an actor of Camilla’s calibre to start us off,” said Deb. About “All This Living!” in Camilla’s words All This Living! A contemporary, solo piece of theatre was created by me in Canberra through The Hive writing program at The Street Theatre and uses humour, mixed with home truths and leaps of

imagination for “just an old woman” Jay to tell her story. As I have aged my creative spirit for theatre hasn’t faded; it is part of my being and has to be used, I haven’t disappeared. I have worked on many development processes and made work with writers, actors, dancers, musicians and across cultures. As an older woman chatting to various friends about ageing, invisibility, death, sex, as women do about everything, there was a strong feeling that the way we are represented in the media and generally has not really caught up with who we are now. Our society does not talk about death, sex is supposedly only for the young and we perhaps should fade away. “Sh! Age is classified, a deep secret”. Each generation is different; we are real older women now and we know who we are.

This inspired me to take this as a starting point and create a piece of theatre. The opportunity then arose, through The Hive writing program at The Street Theatre for actors to write a solo show, I took it, so I could create a contemporary work about us. Many women between their 50s and their 80s assisted in the creation of this work by taking part in focus groups. All This Living! is one Camilla Blunden will perform “All This Living!” and run a “Telling our Stories” piece, about ‘just an workshop in Delegate on May 21 and 22. old woman’, there could be many more that can add to our is from Support in media representations. perspective Program is understanding across Where are the roles herself, she is a white funding the involvement generations in our for older females as Anglo, but other cultures of Ms Shelley. For tickets culture. opposed to older male are referenced in her book through Tubbut Jay may be characters in film and journey as well. Neighbourhood House questioning the invisibility stage? What are the on 02 6458 0295 or the she feels and observes. stereotypes? The weekend in Delegate RTC on 02 It’s a sexual invisibility In my research as Delegate 6458 8388, pay $10 at but it’s also the kind well as conversations The show and the door. that has you overlooked about the everyday I workshops are made Workshops are when waiting to be also looked at mythical possible by funding from free but bookings are served in a shop or women from many East Gippsland Shire essential. passed over when you different cultures and Council. make a comment. It’s an they Further funding from became part invisibility that shows up of Jay’s journey. Her the NSW Country Areas

Jazzing it up at Jindabyne Central School On Friday morning Jindabyne May 6, Central School music students were treated to a special visit from the 80 student strong Manly Selective Campus ensembles Strings, Concert and Stage Bands to JCS on route to the Thredbo Jazz Festival held over the past weekend. The visit included a morning workshop session where approximately 40

JCS music students participated in and thoroughly enjoyed a violin or strings rehearsal. The students also assisted in creating a new piece of music ‘Jindy Jig’ with Manly Selective’s Bryan Buggy. JCS music students from across the school were also a part of an hour long performance that followed the workshops.

BURRA ROAD BRIDGE 15 TONNE LOAD LIMIT RESTRICTION

COUNCIL MEETING Council will be holding its Ordinary Council Meeting Wednesday 25 May 2016, in the Bombala Council Chambers commencing at 5.30pm with Public Forum at 6.00pm where residents are welcome to address Council on any matter. Please ensure you arrive at 5.45pm if you wish to

address council. Business Papers are available to the public on Council’s website: www.cooma.nsw.gov.au, www.snowyriver.nsw.gov.au and www.bombala.nsw.gov.au

Effective from Wednesday 27 April 2016, a 15 tonne load limit will be placed on the Burra Creek Bridge on the Burra Road. Council has received advice from a structural engineer, that the 15 tonne limit must remain until defects in the deck are addressed. Planning for upgrading of the deck is currently underway. This is required for safety considerations to the public and transport operators utilising the bridge. To this end,

vehicles over 15 tonne will be required to detour via the Monaro Highway. Council acknowledges the inconvenience this may cause and apologises to residents and the travelling public in implementing these necessary safety considerations. We will keep you informed as further information becomes available. If you require further information, please contact Mr Arthur Wilkinson, Works Manager, on 6455 1830.

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Councils Website at www.snowyriver.nsw.gov.au Requests for information are directed to Council’s Technical Officer Open Spaces, Berridale Branch via records@snowyriver.nsw.gov.au

STORMWATER – Are you washing rubbish and chemicals into the gutter? What is the Stormwater System? The stormwater system is the gutters, drains and pipes which collect rain runoff and take it to the nearest creek or river etc. There are four main types of stormwater pollution:• Litter – cigarettes, cans, paper, plastic etc.

• Chemical – detergents, oil, fertilisers, paints • Natural – leaves, garden clippings • Sediment Pollution – soil erosion and run-off from building sites Under the Environmental Protection Act it is an offence to discharge waste into the stormwater system and offenders can be fined.

COOMA MONARO RESOURCE AND WASTE STRATEGY 2016 - 2021 Council adopted the Cooma Monaro Resource and Waste Strategy 2016 – 2021 at the Council meeting held on Monday 9 May 2016. The preparation of this Strategy reflects a commitment to providing services to the community

that move toward achieving sustainable waste management. It is also recognition that a cultural shift is needed showing people that some of what the community currently sees as waste can be turned into a valuable resource.

SPECIAL PRESCHOOL STORY TIME

From 29 April 2016, every new tenancy application to the Residential Tenancy Tribunal must have a Compliance Certificate if the property has a pool. Council’s may issue fines to owners if pool barriers are found to be noncompliant.

WEDNESDAY 25 MAY AT 11AM

LOOSE-FILL ASBESTOS INSULATION (Mr Fluffy) Free Testing only until 1 August 2016 Residents are being encouraged to contact NSW Department of Fair Trading on 13 77 88 to register for Free Testing of insulation in their homes. Go to www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au website and view Tenants and Home

Owner tab to view information and register for the free testing and also to see answers to many commonly asked questions. To date there have been a total of 101 registrations within the area. Of these registrations there have been NO positive results.

2015-2016 NSW FAMILY ENERGY REBATE The Family Energy Rebate is one of a number of NSW Government energy assistance programs to help eligible households reduce the impact of energy costs. It takes just two minutes to apply online and once submitted the rebate application begins processing. Applying online can also be done from mobile, internet-enabled devices including smart phones and tablets. The application submission deadline is 11pm, Thursday 16 June 2016. More information is available from

http://www.resourcesandenergy.nsw. gov.au/energy-consumers/financialassistance/rebates/family-energy-rebate including eligibility criteria, application forms and frequently asked questions. DHS Health Care Card holders (issued by the Department of Human Services) may also be eligible for the Low Income Household Rebate and NSW Gas Rebate. Visit the http://www. resourcesandenergy.nsw.gov.au/energyconsumers/financial-assistance/rebates for more information.

Snowy Monaro Regional Council Head Office

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2 Myack Street BERRIDALE NSW 2628 02 6451 1195

71 Caveat Street BOMBALA NSW 2632 02 6458 3555

81 Commissioner Street COOMA NSW 2630 02 6455 1777

Mailing Address: PO Box 714, COOMA NSW 2630

Jindabyne Shop 3 Razorback Office Gippsland Street JINDABYNE NSW 2627 02 6451 1550

SNOWY-MONARO REGIONAL COUNCIL Community Care Administrative Officer Council has a position available in the Community Services Division for a Community Care Administrative Officer at the Werri-Nina Centre, Cooma. File Ref: PV50 Salary: $24.50 – $25.12 / hour Applications Close: 4.00pm, Friday 27 May 2016

BUNDIAN WAY MEETING Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council and members of the Bundian Way Advisory Committee met with NSW State Ministers Constance, Barilaro and Williams and Federal Member Dr. Peter Hendy last Friday. The group discussed the progress of the roll out of

RE-ALARM YOUR HOME AGAINST FIRE

Disability Services Officer Council has a position available in the Community Services Division for a Disability Services Officer at the Werri-Nina Centre, Cooma. File Ref: PV51 Salary: $25.90 – $27.93 / hour Applications Close: 4.00pm, Friday 27 May 2016

Fire and Rescue NSW recommends that every house be fitted with the latest photoelectric smoke alarm. It has been ten years since NSW mandatory smoke alarm legislation was passed. That means across NSW millions of smoke alarms are reaching their “best before date” and are due to be replaced. As part of Fire and Rescue NSW’s “Re-alarm your home against fire” awareness campaign, throughout the month of May, NSW Fire and Rescue is asking

all NSW residents to replace their smoke alarms. The campaign is also wants us all to check up with ten friends or family members to ensure they update their smoke alarms also. Fire and Rescue NSW suggest it’s also a good time to revisit or create your home escape plan, which with a working smoke alarm greatly increases your chances of getting out safely. A home escape template is found here http://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/realarm/escape.php

CHILD SAFE WORKSHOP – 27 JULY 2016

Care Service Employee - Casual Council has a position available at our residential aged care facility for a Care Service Employee – Casual at the Yallambee Lodge, Cooma. File Ref: PV52 Salary: $22.08 – $24.88 / hour (includes casual loading) Applications Close: 4.00pm, Friday 27 May 2016 Further information on the above positions can be obtained by calling Human Resources on (02) 6455 1707. For an information package go to Council’s website: www.cooma.nsw.gov.au or collect from Council Front Reception.

FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM MAINTENANCE Council owns and maintains stream and rainfall monitoring facilities as part of its flood warning system. The equipment comprises two rainfall and streamflow monitoring stations as well as 6 rainfall monitoring stations. The monitoring equipment must be maintained and Council has on staff people trained to maintain it. Maintenance

this exciting project, issues currently being faced and potential solutions. The group also visited sites along the Bundian Way including the Yam fields at Mila and Jigamy Farm at Eden.

checks are carried out every 2 months on the stream monitoring equipment and every 6 months on the rainfall monitoring equipment. Pictured are two of Council’s Technicians, Guy Whyman and Brian Chelin, undertaking maintenance at the Cooma Creek monitoring site.

Do you work or volunteer with children and need to know more about child safe practices? The Office of the Children’s Guardian is running a free workshop that can help you to understand and implement Child Safe principles in your workplace. A session will be held in Cooma at The Hub Youth Centre, 39-41 Vale Street, Cooma on 27 July from 10.00am to 4.30pm. The workshop is open to employees from organisation and community service

providers, volunteers working in organisations or volunteering for community groups including clubs, sporting groups, arts & dance groups. The workshop will assist organisations, staff and volunteers with understanding their Working with Children Check legal obligations. For more information visit www.kidsguardian.nsw. gov.au

DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL Snowy Monaro Regional Council has received the following development application: • Property Address: 4 Morrice Street BERRIDALE NSW 2628 • Legal Description: Lot 20 Sec 14 DP 1242 Ph Myack • Property Number: 102442 • Application No: DA2016/0154 • Development Proposal: Multi dwelling – 4 dwellings The application and accompanying document will be on display at Council’s offices in Berridale and Jindabyne for fourteen (14) days ending on 25 May 2016. Council is seeking community comment on the proposal. All submissions should be made, in writing, to the undersigned. All submissions will be treated as

a public document. Any person making a submission is required to disclose any reportable political donations or gifts at the time of making the submission (for more information please contact councils environmental services department or view councils website www. snowyriver.nsw.gov.au )

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WEATHER PERMITTING THE FOLLOWING WORKS WILL CONTINUE Maintenance Grading Jerangle Road Shannons Flat Road Peak View Road Caddigat Road Bushy Park Road Barry Way/Lower Snowy Cootralantra Road Rural Maintenance Peak View Culvert Cleaning

Construction Badja Road Vale/Commissioner Street Intersection Upgrade Rock Flat Creek Bridge Repairs Sealing Team Dry Plains Road Edge Repairs Numeralla Road Seal Repairs Amos Street Seal Repairs Massie Street Seal Repairs

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INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS FOR THE NEXT WEEK Work will be undertaken on Delegate Road reconstruction project and Gunningrah Road repairs.

Work on the new visitor /Cultural Centre at Bombala Railway Land will be continuing.

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GRANT APPLICATION Applications have been lodged under the NSW Fixing Country Roads program for work totalling $905,000 for upgrade work on key heavy haulage

transport routes on Tantawangalo Road, Bucky Springs Road and Rosemeath Roads.

81 Commissioner Street, Cooma PO BOX 714 Cooma 02 6455 1777

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Snowy Monaro Regional Council Head Office

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What was that old joke about the mayor of Hiroshima? Is that what happened in State Government last Thursday? The Postman’s head is still spinning at the speed with which three local entities have been wiped from history, namely the Cooma-Monaro, Bombala and Snowy River Shire Councils, all now kaput. While a merger probably was going to be inevitable, there must surely have been a more gentle way to break it to the community? The next 18 months are going to be interesting, to say the least. The issue could be getting good candidates to stand for the Snowy Monaro Regional Council (who thought up that name?) in September 2017, given the way the last incumbents were ousted. Seems like a case of here’s your hat, what’s your hurry? Or even, don’t let the door hit you on the backside as you go! Pretty abrupt, if not downright rude, Mr Toole. Mssrs Baird and Toole may well have annoyed enough NSW voters to make their next election campaign very sticky.

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More on mobile black spots Editor, It appears local federal candidates’ appropriate lack of interest in mobile phones and the ABCAM Emergency Broadcast Communications continues. The Numeralla Road descends 54 metres over 3km down to the village in the west and north, south and east rises from 744 metres in geographical variations hills and valleys up to 1160 metres. The Numeralla and District Activities Inc and surroundings residents have been questioning the wisdom of building a mobile phone tower at 744 metres that will serve only 52 houses x 2.3 (national average) 120 mobile phone users in the Numeralla Village. The total number of residences in the village and the surrounding area is 360 rate payers. 360 x 2.3 = 828 residents and potential mobile phone subscribers. That’s without tourists (especially at the Cascades Recreational Area) travellers through the area, campers (2000 this year) and timber logging trucks out of the Tuross Forest. Why would The Mobile Phone Black Spot Commission and Telstra want to build a tower for only 120 residents instead of 828 plus. Nearby, 2.3km from the village is an NBN tower at 760 metres to the base

of the tower and 800 metres at the top of the tower. Co-location of mobile phones on other existing towers is an Australian Communications Policy. That’s alright, providing the NBN tower will cover the village and the surrounding district. 800 metres will not reach the whole surrounding area especially as most is over 800 metres to 1000 metres (Countegary). An ideal site, hangmans, is available 6.3km east of the Village at 1160 metres at the base and 1200 at the top of the tower. This requires an extra $75,000 for electricity supply down 1.8km on already cleared easements. Easy access off Peak view Road. There has been no response from the local member Dr Peter Hendy MP, Telstra or the Mobile Phone Commission to resolve this ridiculous situation before Telstra’s planning, construction and commission “on line” commences in 2017. There is also no ABC AM Emergency Broadcast Reception in the Numeralla District. Brian Curzon Cooma Rural Resident

Dissatisfied LLS ratepayer Editor, It is with interest that I read about the LLS so called restructure where there will be no net loss of jobs. Weasel words to say the least, a blatant lie to say the worst, given that there are staff that have been advised that their positions have been deleted at their current locations and they no longer have a job. The new roles will be advertised internally first, but those that are affected can only apply for these roles once they become external, limiting their chances. This must have an enormous impact on them and their moral. Years of local knowledge is about to walk out of the door. How this can be of benefit to the South East and more importantly Bombala residents (given the closure of the Bombala Office) is beyond belief given that every time they make a change it just gets worse. They seem to think the only way to run this organisation is to remove the people that do the work and add more managers to manage what. Maybe the management should have a look at how other LLS regions are doing things and learn something from them as they seem to have got it

more right in a better timeframe than the South East has. As for combining both offices, one would assume that the Soho Street staff would into the Dawson Street office which the LLS owns outright. If so why has this taken so long as the premises is more than capable of housing the few extra staff especially if they are down sizing the staff numbers? If not why would you waste money moving into another premises that would be rented? If this were to be the case it would be just another waste of ratepayer money. As a rate payer to this wasteful organisation I have seen services decline and my costs and rates go up. Under the LHPA we used to get a great deal of assistance for what we paid but this is no longer the case and now with this so called restructure we will most likely get even less. Under the trade practices act it is illegal to take monies from a person and not supply a service. It appears that is exactly what this organisation does. Allen Galvin “Haere Mai”

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Law Week 2016 Law Week in NSW is a successful community based event that has been held across the state for over 30 years. Most people will come into contact with the legal system at some stage of their lives and Monaro Regional Libraries (MRL) will be participating in this year’s Law Week events from 16th -20th May along with other local organisations and groups. “It’s impossible to highlight just one event this Law Week, as there is a fantastic program of events and activities to choose from� said Helen Phillips from Monaro Regional Libraries. “We’re inviting everyone to come along to one or more of these events, some quite serious, some which will also provide plenty of fun� said Helen. Tuesday 17th May

from 10am at Cooma Court House: • Retired Magistrate Chris Bone will be talking about the Consequences of Drugs & Alcohol; • A mock trial with students from Snowy Mountains Grammar School (SMGS), supported by local lawyers Emma Schlachter and Robert Coyte from Blaxland, Mawson & Rose; • Ms Schlachter and Mr Coyte will also chat about the law in general, and everyone in the community is welcome and the Court House will be providing a free morning tea! Thursday 19th May Cooma Library will be focusing on Law Week by holding free screenings of the films: • To Kill a Mockingbird (rated PG) at 10:30am – a court room classic; and

• Runaway Jury (rated M) at 2pm – based on the thrilling John Grisham novel. Visit Cooma Library also to borrow from our ‘Does Crime Pay’ true crime display, investigate the Legal Information Access Centre books and online resources (LIAC) or collect a free Law Week Show Bag. “Law Week is a great opportunity for the community to get together and participate in local eventsâ€? Helen said. “It’s exciting that we are able to go to The Court this year and see the SMGS students participate in a moot. The issue of drug & alcohol use is very topical too and Mr Bone will be able to speak with first-hand knowledge of how it affects rural communitiesâ€?, she said.

Pictured, open day in court yesterday.

New saddlery shop for Cooma Bernadette Beswick has always had a love for horses and has followed her passion by opening up a saddlery store in Sharp Street, Cooma. Bernadette is currently living in Numeralla with her young family after having visted the area for many years. So far Bernadette and her family have been very happy with the move and the establishment of the new business. “It’s great meeting new people every day, that’s what I love about the business. “People are polite and lovely,� she said. Bernadette opened the business in the beginning of April and has a very customer

focused business model. “I want to let everyone know we’re here and we’re open. I’m really enjoying it and the people and customers have been great,� she said. Cooma Saddlery stocks a wide range of horse equipment from shampoos, bridles, grooming equipment, western clothing, boots, stirrups, rugs and more. If Bernadette does not have a particular item she will make a point to order it in to generally arrive within a few days. Cooma Saddlery also offer gift vouchers for gift ideas and the store has a notice board where people can list things to sell.

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A life on the rink

Elle Mackintosh

Touring across post-war Europe in a figure skating variety show at just 18 years old, Margaret Echarri has lived an extraordinary life. Born in 1928, Margaret grew up in Sydney. Her parents lost their property at Canowindra during the depression. “I was quite young but I remember my mother crying and saying ‘What will we do?’� Turning to her mother’s sisters in northern Sydney, they moved and began a boarding house for up to 80 guests in Kirribilli. “We had a lot of staff in the beginning, but because many men went off to war, most of them left to work in factories,� says Margaret, “So we moved to a smaller guesthouse.� “My father was in both World Wars and my mother mostly had to run the house on her own. I used to help her make beds before I went to school and helped with the cooking too.� Margaret attended Wenona School, where she met a friend who told her she did figure skating after school. Margaret’s interest was sparked and she went along to have a look. Hiring boots and skates, it wasn’t long before Margaret was taking to the rink two afternoons a week, and on Saturday mornings. Having already done ballet when she was younger, Margaret said some of those skills transferred easily to the skating rink. Margaret soon became skilled in the sport and become a professional ice skating instructor when she was just 16 years old. With most of the male teachers having signed up for the war, there were many young women who began to step up for the role. Margaret’s brother also took up ice-skating and formed a comedy duo with a close friend, which they continued for many years. When she was just 18 years old, Margaret was given the opportunity to travel overseas to perform in an ice variety show. Although her mother was not keen on the idea, Margaret made the seven-week journey by boat to England. She toured there and in Scotland for

two months, teaching Margaret continued classes in between shows to travel to Holland and to make money. Margaret Belgium before going back was part of a chorus to Spain to marry Jordi. in the variety ice show, At the time, under the but she also did a solo rule of General Franco, no performance as a butterfly. one was allowed in or out “There was also a man of Spain unless granted who would skate on specific permission for a stilts,� she recalled. particular reason. Jordi was Touring just after the at the time being called to end of the war, Margaret undergo army training. With said many airmen from the no desire to be in the army, Brighton hospital, many particularly with his new wife of whom were blind, were to think about, he put this brought down for the training off for as long as he show. She said although could. they couldn’t see, they Jordi’s father was a tailor loved the sound of the and having met some music and of the skates English businessmen who on the ice. came to Spain to buy She then went on to leather, they had promised Germany, where the Jordi they would teach effects of the war were still Margaret Echarri became a professional ice skating him all about banking and very much being felt. accountancy if he managed teacher at just 16 years old. “Being in Berlin just to get himself out of Spain. after the big airlift, it was His only option was to quite a scary time,� says escape illegally. Hearing Margaret, “The city was of a group of soccer fans divided into four zones, that had been granted the American zone, the permission to go to Belgium Russian zone, the British via France to watch a zone and the French match, Jordi took the zone.� opportunity. “My friend and I caught Wearing a jacket specially a train on our way to a made by his father, with dress rehearsal. To our American dollars sewn into horror, we noticed that the lining, Jordi stood in a sign saying ‘You are line to have his passport now leaving the American stamped with the soccer zone’, shortly followed fans. Luckily for Jordi, the by another sign saying official stamped his book ‘You are now entering the without looking for the Russian zone’.� required documentation. “With the Russians very Once in France, he paranoid about foreigners hitchhiked to Paris where his being spies, we were Australian visa was waiting, terrified. We quickly took thanks to Margaret who had off our lippy, wrapped travelled home to organise Margaret is an active volunteer in the scarves around our heads it. Hitchhiking to Rome, he Cooma community. and got off at the next caught a flight to Australia stop. Finding a station master who her husband. to be with his new bride. It was not It was 1949. spoke a little English, he could until about 15 years later that Jordi “I was waiting on the train station could return to Spain to visit his clearly see that we did not belong platform in Barcelona with a friend mother and sister. His father had there.� “’With me, with me’ he said and from the show,� Margaret said, “We passed away. put us on another train. To our relief had performed in the 5.30pm show Margaret says that her mother we passed a sign saying ‘You are and were on our way back to be in did not approve of Jordi, and now leaving the Russian zone, you the 10.30pm performance.� insisted he be known as George, “A Spanish gentleman at the end to which he agreed just to keep the are now entering the American of the platform heard us speaking peace. zone’.� After Germany, Margaret English and walked over. We fell in “I think mum thought I would travelled to Spain where she met love. His name was Jordi.� go away to England and marry

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Old Cooma Common Grassland Reserve grant application Margaret Ning Between 2000 and 2012, FOG used to undertake working bees to control weeds at Old Cooma Common Grassland Reserve (OCCGR) in southern NSW. Although our work ceased several years ago, we are reluctant to see the condition of OCCGR deteriorate to the level of most of the surrounding countryside, with ever-encroaching St John’s Wort (SJW) (Hypericum perforatum) and African Lovegrass (ALG) (Eragrostis curvula), especially given their threat to the populations of the Monaro Golden Daisy (MGD) (Rutidosis leiolepis) that grow at OCCGR and two nearby sites. We therefore sought grant funding to pay contractors to continue our earlier fight against the weeds. As reported briefly in the January–February 2016 News of Friends of Grasslands, FOG has recently secured a $32,000 grant from NSW Local Land Services (LLS) to cover various weed reduction activities on OCCGR, on Crown Land to the north of the Common, and on the Firing Range over the road to the south of the Common. The grant runs for three years, from late 2015 to late 2018. Populations of the MGD grow at all three sites, within natural grassland, but they are threatened by invading weeds, especially SJW and ALG. (The photo, courtesy of Cooma-Monaro Shire Council, shows signs at OCCGR.) We aim to contract-out spraying of SJW and ALG; to monitor the weed populations and MGD annually; and to conduct three field days. We intend to undertake best practice weed management for these weeds and to document and communicate the results. Our results will be demonstrated at the field days and published in reports to LLS, in the FOG newsletter and in the Cooma print media.

Like all grant applications, the securing of the grant took some time, with several levels of applications involving a number of people. The satisfying news that we had been successful with our application came in September 2015, although there were still some documents to prepare after that. This project involves a high degree of cooperative work. Luke Pope of the LLS and Brett Jones of Cooma-Monaro Shire Council will provide on-going assistance with organising and liaising with contractors for the spraying, and with conducting the field days later on. We began the monitoring program before the start of the weed control, and mapped the populations of the MGD. The monitoring methods were developed with Rainer Rehwinkel to be consistent with those used by NSW Office of Environment and Heritage for monitoring weeds and threatened species. The monitoring will be repeated every year at the same time. The initial monitoring was done in early January 2016. Three transects on the Common (SJW x 2 and MGD x 1) and three on the Firing Range (SJW x 1, MGD x 1 and ALG x 1) were established and measured. When surveying the northern Crown Land site we saw very little obvious MGD or SJW, but that site has been continually grazed for many years, which may account for the difficulty in locating our target species. Another visit will be paid to the site at a more promising time. In the second week of February, this year’s spraying began. For best practice, our main concern is to take care to

prevent overspraying, and also to ensure all the weeds are treated. I have discussed our strategy with the contractors, and explained that we would like them to pursue the SJW and ALG from a closer range than they may normally do things. They know that we realise the job will take longer if this care is taken, thus costing more, but we wish to demonstrate that better outcomes will be achieved as a result. We shall spend nearly half of the total spraying budget in this first year in an attempt to hit the SJW and ALG hard, prioritising the areas where the MGD is present. The amounts spent on contractors will be reduced in each of the following years, as fewer weeds recover. Our aim is to demonstrate the outcomes against the

budget, enabling a cost-benefit analysis – the benefit being protection of the threatened species and other grassland flora, and significant reduction in the threatening weeds. Once we have something to communicate to the world, we shall conduct our first field day. We still have a long way to go with this project, and we would love to hear from FOG members who would like to be involved with future monitoring and field days. No specific skills are required, just a wish to be part of an enthusiastic team of fellow volunteers. Please contact me (mob. 0427 788 304).

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Fuel reforms for NSW Thursday 12 May 2016: The NRMA has today reaffirmed its support for the NSW Government’s fuel price transparency and bio-fuel reforms as essential steps to provide transparency and fairness for NSW motorists. Following recent media coverage around the number of occasions representatives from the ethanol industry met with politicians and the number of alleged jobs the industry may or may not create, the NRMA has reminded opponents that these policies mattered to families. Among the suite of reforms passed by the NSW Parliament the NRMA strongly supports: - Forcing all service stations to publish their prices online in real time - IPART controlling the wholesale price of ethanol in NSW - The E10 Mandate, which aims to set ethanol at six per cent of all fuel sold in NSW with exemptions for selected smaller independent service stations The Government’s decision to regulate the wholesale price of ethanol through IPART will ensure the three-to-four cent discount for E10 be passed on to the public, as opposed to the current gap of 1.5 to two cents per litre being offered by the major oil companies. The NRMA points to the United independent service stations as an example. United have their own ethanol supply and consistently sell

E10 at four cents per litre cheaper than its regular unleaded brand. As a result almost half of all fuel sold in their service stations are E10. NRMA President Kyle Loades said the Government’s reforms meant the weight of power in NSW had finally tipped to favour motorists at the expense of the major oil companies. “These reforms championed by NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello give more power to the community and the oil companies don’t like that one bit – hence the hysterical scare campaign currently underway,� Mr Loades said. “Bizarrely, the oil companies have claimed that these important reforms will force petrol prices up eight cents per litre. This is a very specific prediction from an industry that notoriously struggles to explain why their prices can jump as high as 30 cents a litre within minutes. “Also, the major oil companies have been sharing price movements among themselves while locking out the rest of the community, which is why the NSW Government was forced to make online, real- time prices mandatory for all service stations. “It is rare to see bi-partisan support in the Parliament these days but these important pieces of legislation rightly attracted bipartisan support and they also have the full support of the NRMA.�

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Remote Village Project - Nepal Cooma resident, Mick Sullivan has just returned from a month in Nepal. Mick teamed up with some Nepalese in setting up a remote village project in Nepal. The aim of the project is to assist remote villages with water, sanitation and solar lighting, where they lack these basic facilities or were damaged in the 2015 ANZAC day earthquakes and the hundreds of after shocks that followed. Mick’s Story of the trip follows: The mission for this trip to Nepal was to trek through two remote regions and assess first hand the needs of some small villages. If they were in need and willing to receive assistance then we would begin the process of helping them. Our mandate was to provide materials for the projects, but not labour, the villagers must be willing to do this themselves and be partners in the project. Once the major Hindu Shivaratri festival was over, we were finally able to get a bus out of Kathmandu. No buses operate in the festival as the villagers and children on rural routes set up road blocks and charge tolls for passing. It’s also the one day of the year that smoking hashish is legal in Nepal, so keeping well off the roads was prudent.

In the first area we trekked, the Ganesh Himal region we traversed some of the hardest walking terrain that I have done in Nepal. Mr Vishnu Tamang was my friend, translator and porter on this adventure and we covered a lot of ground over the following nine days. I have worked with Vishnu trekking in 2015 when the earthquake happened, and knew he would be reliable. Vishnu is a qualified guide but had no work since October due to the downturn in tourism in Nepal. Neither of us had been through the Ganesh area so we combined our navigation skills for this remote route. The main finding from this trek was that many small villages, like Kamigaon are in dire circumstances and meet the criteria for our assistance. Kamigaon is a village of low caste metal-workers. Nepal still has the remnants of a caste system, though officially it is banned. In remote areas, the traditional ways remain and they lag behind in some social reforms. The Kami villagers are tenant farmers, and much poorer than the land owning villages in Tipling just a 20min up the hill. Kamigaon did have a water system installed five years

ago in a poverty relief program, however it was destroyed in the earthquake last year and no attempt has been made to repair it. Currently the women and children have a 35min walk to get water. This village was levelled by the earthquake, and people are mostly living in tin shacks. Our Project has funded the materials for this Kamigaon water project and it’s just been completed. We joined forces on this project with a Russian national, Mr Roman Gruzov, who was doing the water project in Tipling. A small NGO in Nepal that Roman works with is assisting with the formalities, without applying any administration charges. The Kami villagers will assisted in much of the manual work installing and repairing the water system, our project funds only go towards the materials and their road transport. The village is three days walk from the nearest road and a mule train will be used for transporting the hardware to Kamigaon. On this first trek we distributed and tested some solar lights that we procured in Nepal, these proved excellent and we will provide these lights to villages without power. After the trek, 15 D-lights were later sent to the

school children of Puru, a small village in the Ganesh area. After the rigours of the Ganesh area we returned to Kathmandu. We researched the next area to visit and procured more Solar lights. Then we travelled on local buses for two whole days to reach the Mid Western area of Nepal. It’s a very remote area and the roads are terrible. Perfect candidates for that BBC series, the “Worlds most dangerous roads”. Vishnu and I were so glad to get out of the bus and start walking again. In this western area, we found a lot of Dalit (low caste) villages in need of assistance. Many villages we encountered on our route are seasonally occupied, they spend the summer growing potatoes and herding cattle and goats. They live in extremely basic conditions, though

fortunately this area did not suffer from the earthquakes last year. We distributed lots of solar lights as we went, if the villagers had no power. We would love to have had more time to get further north where there are very poor villages without any power, sanitation or water. This northern area is now the focus of future planning for the project’s developments. The villages up there have a lot of old world charm and use traditional materials. In assisting them, we must also balance the materials provided with the rustic appearance of these traditional villages. If we build toilets, then we need to ensure they blend into the traditional setting, no shiny corrugated iron roofs or walls. With all my available time used up we had to travel another two days on local buses back to Kathmandu, then home. The funds we

received from fundraising are only used for the village projects and not personal travel expenses, which are self funded. If you would like to help, contact Mick via the contacts page on their website www. smoothadventures.com

Mick and Jenny Sullivan take small groups to Nepal each year on a not for profit basis to raise funds for Nepalese charities or projects, such as the Tilganga Eye Hospital in Kathmandu that Fred Hollows helped to set up in the 1980’s.

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As the newly appointed Administrator, I would like to welcome you to our new local government area, Snowy Monaro Regional Council. The long awaited announcement on the future of Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River Shire was handed down from the State Government on Thursday, 12 May 2016. I would also like to congratulate our interim general manager, Joseph Vescio, whom I look forward to working with closely as we establish the foundations of our new council identity. While it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to the Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River Shire Councils, our rich history and renowned identity within the three local areas, I remain optimistic. With change comes the opportunity to build a new, stronger entity from the ground up. Taking the best features from each council forward, creating a regional council to best service our community into the future. I believe that we will be stronger together and better together. Over the past few months we have already been busy working together to ensure that if a merger was to take place we would be ready and able to transition to a new entity with limited disruptions to service delivery to our communities. While the transitional period that awaits will be fought with many challenges, I am reassured that my capable staff of the Snowy Monaro Regional Council have the knowledge and skills to overcome whatever lays ahead. As we embark upon this new era in local government we will continue to provide regular updates to our community throughout the transitional period to minimise disruptions and delays to the community.

The Cooma Craft Group held a Biggest Morning Tea yesterday to help raise Cancer Council fund more research, prevention and support programs. The morning tea was well attended by 80100 people who were treated to a beautiful spread put on by the

Craft Group. “Everyone seems to love it. They come in and sit for hours, it’s quite a social event,” said one of the organisers Gemma Collins. The day also featured a craft stall and a raffle with the winners still to be announced.

Mid year enrolments are open for Bachelor of Education Mid-year enrolments are now open! The Bachelor of Education in partnership with CQUniversity is available as a mid-year entry degree, meaning that applications are now open and that new, successful applicants can commence their studies in July. Students have the option to specialise in either Early Education or Primary School Teaching. The CUC offers weekly

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Local established business to change hands uphold the integrity, craftsmanship and dedication that John and Francis have founded their long standing reputable business on. Clay brings with him 17 years of industry experience and, with Ratty not completely committing to hang up the pliers, Clay is glad Ratty will be on board working from time to time with him. Clay will be on the tools from June 1 but for all your electrical requirements and enquiries still direct you calls to John Ratcliffe up until June 30 2016.

After over 40 years of servicing the local area and community as an electrician, John and Francis Ratcliffe have decided to hand their pliers over. It’s with great confidence that they have entrusted, well know local identity, Clay Clear with their business. As of July 1 2016, Clay will take over from Ratty trading as ‘Clear Cut Electrical Pty Ltd’. Clay is humbled to be given the opportunity to take on such a successful business and excited for the venture. Clay says he’s committed to

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The NDIS benefits the whole Community The National Disability Insurance Scheme will start up across Southern NSW in approximately 50 days! A report from Dr Brendan Long, Senior Research fellow at Charles Sturt University states that the NDIS will create an “employment boom”. The NDIS provides great opportunities for people with disability and their carers and also for the broader community. The goal of the NDIS is to provide people with disability more choice and control in their lives. This means people with disability will have more opportunity to be involved in community life, through employment or social connections. This will generate more demand in accommodation, hospitality, transport and other service industries. At the same time the demand for Disability Support Workers will grow. It is estimated that the Disability Support workforce will double with the full roll out of the NDIS 2016 – 2018. The Disability Trust is providing NDIS services in the ACT and will commence providing NDIS supports across South Eastern NSW on July 1. We are already finding the wonderful increase in life and employment options for people using our service has meant we are constantly recruiting for more workers. If you are a person who may be eligible for the NDIS, a carer, interested community member and/or if you think you might be interested in a career in supporting people to live good lives please contact Virginia Fitzclarence at The Disability Trust, WorkAbility on (02) 6492 3222. For more information about the NDIS see the NDIS website www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/contact-us/nsw, My Choice Matters www.mychoicematters.org.au/ and the Every Australian Counts Campaign www.everyaustraliancounts.com.au/

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Berridale Anzac Day - Community spirit shines through A glorious Mountains autumn morning greeted the participants and spectators of the 2016 Berridale Anzac Day Parade and Service. The community turned out in strong numbers and enjoyed a few changes to the format from past years that included an extension to the march, poems read by community leaders and better quality sound. After-Parade activities included free ice creams for the kids

kindly donated by Berridale Service Station, a combined church service at Berridale Catholic Church and an official luncheon provided by Red Cross supported and held at the Snowy Mountains Coach and Motor Motel. The Jindabyne Ol’ Boys Rugby Union Club and The Berridale Inn combined forces to raise funds for the RSL and put on a traditional Anzac Day bash. Patrons revelled the afternoon

away playing Two Up, listening to local band Satin Rose, 100 clubs, raffles and feasted on barbecue delights and Anzac biscuits. Led by Berridale stonemason Mark Clarke, the Ol’ Boys fundraising team put on an afternoon of high spirited action in memory of our diggers, and the appreciative gathering also dug deep and gave generously. $1582.12 was raised from the afternoon for the Snowy River RSL Sub-Branch. Snowy River RSL Sub Branch Junior Vice President Mark Davis said the day was one well worth remembering, made possible by all the volunteers, organisations and businesses who pitched in to assist us. We are already planning to repeat the successes of this year for next, and also looking at ways to make the event even more significant so that the Anzac spirit continues to shine through in Berridale.

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Richard (Dick) Hocking Mattner A gentleman and scholar, engineer and farmer At his wake, Dick Mattner was described by many people as a ‘gentleman’. This is an apt description for a formal but warmhearted man, who showed

coal mines at Port Kembla in NSW. In Wollongong in 1954 he met his future bride Elizabeth (Bet) Flynn. They were married in 1956, after Dick had recovered from a fractured skull received in a mine collapse which killed a workmate. For nearly two years the newly-wed couple lived and worked on the family farm at Balhannah before Dick returned to his profession, taking up a position as tunnel engineer with the Snowy Mountains Authority (SMA) in 1958. For nearly 10 years Dick and Bet lived and worked in the remote Tantangara and Island Bend construction camps high in the Snowy Mountains, and the new township at Jindabyne. Facilities were basic and conditions particularly tough in winter, but they made many lifelong friends amongst the Utah contractors and SMA staff, as well as raising three sons (Paul, Chris and James). In this period, SMA sent Dick to study in Colorado, USA, and he also jointly won two awards from the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for published papers on tunnelling techniques. Dick was promoted several times and moved from tunnelling to civil Alan Dodd Director (JP) engineering, focussed on 43 Denison St Cooma NSW 2630 planning and estimating. Including Burial & Cremation The family settled in established local trusted family funeral director will do. Cooma in 1967 where

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on the Snowy Mountains Scheme, and subsequently as a consulting engineer to governments, international companies and the World Bank. His success was not sought, but earned. Born at Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills at the start of the Great Depression, Dick was the fourth of six children who grew up on a potato and dairy farm. His father, Edward Mattner, was a school teacher, a highly decorated soldier who served in WWI and WWII, then a farmer and finally a Federal senator. D i c k completed high school in 1946 and studied mining engineering at Adelaide University. After graduation, he worked at Iron Knob in SA then in underground

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he became head of a department, and where he began work on projects in Korea and Cambodia. In 1971 he transferred to the newly formed Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC), taking up the position of Executive Engineer – Planning. In between his work and travel, Dick decided he needed a hobby. This turned out to be a 240ha property in the rugged hills near Adaminaby. With his hard working wife and three growing sons, Dick erected stockyards and sheds, cleared paddocks of trees and weeds, rabbits and snakes – working from dawn to dusk every available weekend. For 13 years with SMEC, Dick worked extensively on overseas projects in most countries in Asia, a few countries in Africa, as well as New Guinea and other states in Australia. The Chinese Government expressly requested that Dick be included in the SMEC team planning the huge Three Gorges Dam project, and in 1982 he and Bet temporarily moved to Kunming, Yunnan Province, where Dick worked for a year. Travel and work did not stop when Dick left SMEC in 1984 and became an independent engineering consultant. This allowed him the opportunity of selecting his projects, but for a further 10 years he continued working long ‘tours of duty’ away from home on jobs around the world. Old-worldly in manner and with a love of Shakespeare,

Omar Khayyam and the Goons, Dick was ahead of his time in some ways. He invested in renewable energy decades ago and was an avid recycler (and bowerbird). Together with son Paul, he refurbished and reactivated a mothballed hydro-electric power station at Somerset Dam in Queensland which then ran for 20 more years. This quiet achiever mellowed with age but never stopped working. After selling the farm, he tried worm farming and was continually collecting and repairing all sorts of machinery, from bicycles and lawn mowers to cars and trucks. He also enjoyed playing the piano, speaking at Rostrum, reading war histories and being useful. His wife of 60 years, Bet, has often commented that the Australia Medal (AM) she was awarded for extraordinary community service was really a medal for both of them, for she was only able to achieve so much with Dick’s staunch support and work behind the scenes. Dick Mattner was a virtuous man who left the world a better place than he found it. His death by heart attack was unexpected, but he calmly faced his end. He died in Cooma Hospital, surrounded by his close family. It was a peaceful and gentle death, well befitting the man. He is survived by his wife, three sons and four grandchildren (Lara, Georgina, Sebastian and Geordie). “A life well lived!”

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Farewell to Peter Stuart

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Peter Stuart was recently farewelled by the Delegate community. The Delegate Progress Association farewelled a valued member of the Men from Snowy River Commemoration Committee at a dinner at the Delegate Hotel on Saturday April 23. Peter Stuart (or Loppy as was known to all) who was also part of the 90 year Commemoration Committee took part in the re-enactment match in November, 2015. In 2006 he made a valuable contribution by spending many hours at the National Library copying hundreds of articles and letters concerning the Men from Snowy River march which were covered in detail by the local paper of the time the Delegate Argus. This enabled us to put together the story of that march for the 90 year commemorations and again for the Centenary. Now most of these old papers have gone digital, but Loppy did it the hard way. Peter’s late father Roy was also part of the Men from snowy River WW2 march and as part of the local RSL Sub-branch was involved in the ceremonial handing over of the original flag to the Australian War Memorial in 1988. In 2015 he obtained valuable sponsorship from a Canberra firm and their generous donation of goods for use on the march was much appreciated. As well following an interview he did with Ray Hadley, the Committee were offered free bus transport from Goulburn to Sydney and return. Present at the dinner as well as representatives of

the Men from Snowy River Committee were Peter’s family with the exception of his brother Max who unfortunately was too ill to attend. DPA President Penny Judge thanked Peter for his part in the commemorations before he was presented with a framed photo of himself taken at the Bredbo Service and a book of memories which included photos of the re-enactment march and local Commemorations as well photos of his late father Roy who took part in the 1942 Men from Snowy River march during WW2. Peter was thrilled with the gifts he received and said that the re-enactment march was the best thing he had ever done and he would always treasure the memory, a sentiment endorsed by fellow marcher Neville Summerill who was also present. Mention was made of the fact that it is just over 20 years till the centenary of the outbreak of WW2, and Committee members said they were passing the baton to the younger generation for those coswmmemorations and Peter remarked that he would like to be represented even though he will be in his eighties. Ian Sellers also represented the Corrowong Fire Brigade of which Peter was a foundation member since 1988 and on their behalf presented him with an engraved plaque for his services Peter who will be living in Canberra said he will be returning from time to time as his family live in the local area.

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6.00 News. 9.00 News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. 10.30 Foreign Corre. 11.00 Boomtown. Final. 11.30 Eggheads. 12.00 News. 1.00 Serangoon Road. 1.55 Antiques Roadshow. 2.55 The Cook And The Chef. 3.20 The Bill. 4.10 Murder, She Wrote. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Drum. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 The Checkout: Best Before. Final. (PG) 8.30 Rake. Return. (M) 9.30 Utopia. 10.00 Upper Middle Bogan. (M) 10.30 Lateline. 11.00 The Business. 11.15 Making Couples Happy. (PG)

6.00 News. 9.00 News Mornings. 10.00 One Plus One. 10.30 Catalyst. 11.00 Wild Life At The Zoo. 11.30 Eggheads. 12.00 News. 1.00 Serangoon Road. 1.55 Antiques Roadshow. 2.55 The Cook And The Chef. 3.20 The Bill. 4.10 Murder, She Wrote. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Drum. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks. (PG) 8.30 Silent Witness. (M) 9.30 Scott & Bailey. (M) 10.20 Lateline. 10.50 The Business. 11.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M) 11.40 Rage.

6.00 Rage. 10.30 Rage. 11.30 Reality Check. (PG) 12.10 Sporting Nation. (PG) 1.05 Scott & Bailey. (M) 1.45 The Bill. (M) 2.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.10 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks. (PG) 3.35 Animal Super Senses. 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Midsomer Murders. (PG) 6.30 Gardening Australia. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Father Brown. (PG) 8.15 Indian Summers. Premiere. (M) 9.30 QI. (M) 10.00 Rake. (M) 11.00 Comedy Showroom. (M) 11.30 Rage. (MA15+)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 World This Week. 11.30 Praise. 12.00 Landline. 1.00 Gardening Australia. 1.30 The Mix. 2.00 Getting Frank Gehry. 3.00 Tim Winton’s The Turning. 3.20 Jennifer Byrne Presents. 3.50 Australian Story. 4.25 David Attenborough: Kingdom Of Plants. 5.15 Father Brown. 6.00 Surfing The Menu: The Next Generation. Premiere. 6.30 Compass. 7.00 News. 7.40 Grand Designs. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. 10.00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.30 Hiding. 11.30 Whitechapel.

6.00 News. 9.00 News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Eggheads. 12.00 News. 1.00 Grand Designs. 2.00 David Attenborough: Kingdom Of Plants. 2.50 Surfing The Menu: The Next Generation. 3.20 The Bill. 4.10 Murder, She Wrote. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Drum. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.20 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 Q&A. 10.40 Lateline. 11.10 The Business. 11.30 Golf. PGA Tour. AT&T Byron Nelson. Highlights.

6.00 News. 9.00 News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. 10.45 Media Watch. 11.00 Save Your Life Tonight. 11.30 Eggheads. 12.00 News. 1.00 Serangoon Road. 1.55 Antiques Roadshow. 2.55 The Cook And The Chef. 3.20 The Bill. 4.10 Murder, She Wrote. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Drum. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Catalyst. (PG) 8.30 The Indian Dream Hotel. (PG) 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 The Book Club. Return. 10.30 Lateline. 11.00 The Business. 11.20 Q&A.

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Movie: Absence Of The Good. (1999) (M) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 House Rules. (PG) Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 8.45 Criminal Minds. (M) A woman is murdered in a small town in Florida, designed to house nonviolent sex offenders. 10.45 Blindspot. (M) 11.45 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (M)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Movie: A Father’s Choice. (2000) (M) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 8.30 The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration. (PG) A look at the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, with performances by Kylie Minogue and Andrea Bocelli. 10.30 Mighty Cruise Ships: Norwegian Breakaway – The Voyage.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 News. 12.00 Movie: Captive. (1998) (M) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Joh and Karen visit the Yarra Valley. 8.30 Movie: Alice In Wonderland. (2010) (PG) Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp. A grown-up Alice returns to Wonderland. 10.40 To Be Advised. 12.20 Desperate Housewives. (M)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Olympians: Off The Record. (PG) 12.30 Bewitched. 1.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 News. 5.30 Border Security. (PG) 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Movie: Cars 2. (2011) (PG) Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy. 9.10 Movie: Need For Speed. (2014) (M) Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper. A mechanic tries to save his garage. 12.00 Desperate Housewives. (M)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Bewitched. 12.30 The Amazing Race. (PG) 1.30 To Be Advised. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 News. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 House Rules. (PG) 8.45 Sunday Night. Hosted by Melissa Doyle. 9.45 The Blacklist. (M) Red and the team close in on the mysterious criminal responsible for recent tragic events. 11.45 Odyssey. (M)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Movie: Zoe Gone. (2014) (M) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 House Rules. (PG) In Perth, Rose and Rob hand over their keys. 8.50 Seven Year Switch. (PG) The four couples are reunited. 9.50 Castle. (M) A psychiatric patient dies in Castle’s office. 11.45 Grey’s Anatomy. (M)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Movie: Gone In The Night. (1996) (M) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 House Rules. (PG) 8.45 Kiss Bang Love. Premiere. (PG) Blindfolded contestants kiss 12 partners. 9.55 Best Bits. (M) 10.25 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell. (M) 11.25 How To Find Love Online. (M)

WIN (8)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 WIN News. 1.00 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG) 2.00 Extra. 2.30 Alive And Cooking. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.30 Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 WIN News. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 8.30 The NRL Footy Show. (M) Hosted by Paul Vautin. 10.30 World’s Funniest Videos Top 10 Countdown. (PG) 11.30 Extra. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 WIN News. 1.00 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG) 2.00 Extra. 2.30 Alive And Cooking. 3.00 News Now. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 WIN News. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 11. South Sydney Rabbitohs v St George Illawarra Dragons. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney. 10.10 The AFL Footy Show. (M) 12.10 WIN’s All Australian News.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 WIN News. 1.00 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG) 2.00 Extra. 2.30 Alive And Cooking. 3.00 News Now. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 WIN News. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 11. North Queensland Cowboys v Brisbane Broncos. From 1300 SMILES Stadium, Queensland. 10.10 Movie: The Fighter. (2010) (MA15+) Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale.

6.00 PAW Patrol. 6.30 Dora. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 The Investment Series. 12.30 The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner. 1.00 Hot In Cleveland. (PG) 1.30 Fishing Australia. 2.00 Movie: Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes. (1984) (PG) 4.30 Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG) 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 The Voice. (PG) 10.00 Movie: The Lake House. (2006) (PG) 12.00 Movie: The Deer Hunter. (1978) (MA15+)

6.00 PAW Patrol. 6.30 Dora. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 1.00 Full Cycle. 1.30 Surfing. World League. Margaret River Pro. 2.30 The Real Jaws. 3.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 11. Canterbury Bulldogs v Sydney Roosters. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 The Voice. (PG) 8.30 60 Minutes. 9.30 Inside The World’s Toughest Prisons. Premiere. (PG) 10.30 Las Vegas With Trevor McDonald. (M) 11.30 Major Crimes. (M)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 WIN News. 1.00 Ellen DeGeneres. 2.00 Extra. 2.30 Alive And Cooking. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.30 Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 WIN News. 7.30 The Voice. (PG) 9.00 Soundbreaking: Painting With Sound. (M) 10.10 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners. (PG) 11.10 Movie: Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here. (2011) (M)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 WIN News. 1.00 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG) 2.00 Extra. 2.30 Alive And Cooking. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.30 Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 WIN News. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. Final. (PG) 8.30 Britain’s Got Talent. (PG) Hosted by Ant and Dec. 10.00 To Be Advised. 11.00 Beauty And The Beach. (M) 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

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18–24

6.00 Ent. Tonight. 6.30 The Home Team. 7.00 Ben’s Menu. 7.30 Bold. 8.00 Family Feud. 8.30 Studio 10. 11.00 The Talk. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Aust. 2.10 Ent. Tonight. 2.40 GCBC. 3.10 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.40 Ben’s Menu. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News. 6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 Madam Secretary. Henry, Jane and Jose are sent on a dangerous mission. 10.40 Hawaii Five-0. (M) 11.30 The Project.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. 6.30 The Home Team. 7.00 Ben’s Menu. 7.30 Bold. 8.00 Family Feud. 8.30 Studio 10. 11.00 The Talk. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Aust. 2.10 Ent. Tonight. 2.40 GCBC. 3.10 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.40 Ben’s Menu. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News. 6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 Gogglebox. (M) Opinionated viewers discuss TV shows. 9.40 Law & Order: SVU. (M) 10.40 Blue Bloods. (M) 11.30 The Project.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. 6.30 The Home Team. 7.00 Ben’s Menu. 7.30 Bold. 8.00 Family Feud. 8.30 Studio 10. 11.00 The Talk. 12.00 Jamie’s Comfort Food. 1.00 MasterChef Aust. 2.10 Jamie’s Thirty Minute Meals. 2.40 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals. 3.10 Judge Judy. 3.40 Ben’s Menu. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Bold. 5.00 News. 6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Living Room. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M) 9.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 The Project.

6.00 Fishing Edge. 6.30 The Home Team. 7.00 RPM. 8.00 Family Feud. 8.30 St10. 11.00 The Living Room. 12.00 All 4 Adventure. 1.00 Just Go. 1.30 The Doctors. 2.30 GCBC. 3.00 Weekend Feast. 4.00 What’s Up Down Under. 4.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.00 News. 6.00 Movie: Ice Age. (2002) (G) 7.40 Movie: Ice Age 2: The Meltdown. (2006) (PG) 9.30 Movie: A Good Day To Die Hard. (2013) (M) Bruce Willis. 11.30 Motor Racing. V8 Supercars. Round 5. Winton SuperSprint. Highlights.

6.00 Creflo. 6.30 Hillsong. 7.00 Mass. 7.30 Joel Osteen. 8.00 GCBC. 8.30 St10. 11.00 Let’s Do Coffee. 11.30 Ben’s Menu. 12.00 Netball. ANZ Championship. Round 8. Queensland Firebirds v Adelaide Thunderbirds. 2.00 Everyday Gourmet. 2.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. 3.00 iFish. 3.30 RPM GP. 4.00 Motor Racing. V8 Supercars. Round 5. Winton SuperSprint. 5.00 News. 6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Modern Family. 7.30 MasterChef Aust. 9.00 Shark Tank. 10.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 11.00 The Graham Norton Show.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. 6.30 The Home Team. 7.00 Ben’s Menu. 7.30 Bold. 8.00 Family Feud. 8.30 Studio 10. 11.00 The Talk. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Aust. 2.30 Ent. Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Ben’s Menu. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Bold. 5.00 News. 6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) Hosted by Tom Gleisner. 9.40 CSI: Cyber. Final. (M) 10.40 Elementary. (M) 11.30 The Project.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. 6.30 The Home Team. 7.00 Ben’s Menu. 7.30 Bold. 8.00 Family Feud. 8.30 Studio 10. 11.00 The Talk. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Aust. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 GCBC. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Ben’s Menu. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Bold. 5.00 News. 6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 NCIS. (M) The team finds errors in a cut-anddried case. 9.40 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.40 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M) 11.30 The Project.

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Prime Time TV Guide May

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Trespassing Bergman: 1711 Videos. 2.50 SBS Flashback. 3.00 Dateline. 3.30 Insight. 4.30 21st Century Railway. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 10. Campi Bisenzio to Sestola. 219km. Highlights. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Food Safari. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Story Of China. Final. 8.35 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 9.35 Bosch. (M) 10.25 SBS World News Late Edition. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 11. Modena to Asolo. 229km.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Creative Minds. 2.50 Undocumented. 3.05 Guide To Elizabethan England. 4.05 Robson Green: How The North Was Built. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 11. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Food Safari. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 noma australia. 8.00 Gourmet Farmer. 8.30 Poh & Co. Return. 9.00 Made In Italy. 9.30 Follow The Money. 10.35 SBS World News Late Edition. 11.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 12. Noale to Bibione. 182km.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Lily Cole’s Art Matters. 2.50 Swim. 3.00 The Point Review. 3.30 Greater Mekong. Final. 3.55 Who Do You Think You Are? 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 12. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Food Safari. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Blood And Gold: The Making Of Spain. 8.30 Dan Snow: Birth Of Empire – The East India Company. 9.35 Rise Of The Machines. 10.30 SBS World News Late Edition. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 13. Palmanova to Cividale del Friuli. 170km.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Equestrian. FEI Jumping World Cup. 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.05 Monster Moves. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 13. Palmanova to Cividale del Friuli. 170km. Highlights. 5.30 The Lost City Of El Dorado. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 8.30 RocKwiz Salutes The Legends. 9.30 Movie: The Commitments. (1991) (M) 11.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 14. Alpago to Corvara. 210km.

6.00 Soccer. Coppa Italia. Final. Milan v Juventus. Continued. 7.30 WorldWatch. 1.00 The Bowls Show. 2.00 Speedweek. 4.00 Voxwomen Cycling. 4.30 InCycle. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 14. Highlights. Alpago to Corvara. 210km. 5.30 Gallipoli: When Murdoch Went To War. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb. (PG) 8.30 DNA Nation. Premiere. (PG) 9.30 Uranium: Twisting The Dragon’s Tail. (PG) 10.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 15. Castelrotto to Alpe di Siusi. 210km.

6.00 Soccer. Copa Del Rey. Final. Barcelona v Sevilla. Continued. 7.30 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Fairytale Castles Of King Ludwig II. 3.10 SBS Flashback. 3.20 The Lakes. 3.50 The Hairy Bikers: Restoration Road Trip. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 15. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Food Safari. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Michael Mosley: Trust Me, I’m A Doctor. 8.30 Greece With Simon Reeve. 9.40 What’s The Catch With Matthew Evans. 10.40 SBS World News Late Edition. 11.10 Mad Men.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Classical Destinations. 3.00 Destination Flavour Bitesize. 3.05 Into The Universe. 4.00 An Original DUCKumentary. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stages 10 to 15. Highlights. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Food Safari. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 SBS World News Late Edition. 10.30 Hard. (MA15+) 11.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 16. Bressanone Brixen to Andalo. 132km.

RATING ADVICE: (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence PLEASE NOTE: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by the networks.

$5 members meals Thursday nights @ Jono’s

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Opportunity in the center of Cooma!

Perfectly located just a short stroll to Cooma’s main CBD and situated next to Schools this home will prove ideal for the investor or owner occupier. Very neat and well maintained the property offers a modern decor and generous space throughout. Currently tenanted returning $300 per week offers a great opportunity for the investor to get in on a property where you can just set and forget!!

FOR SALE

31 Murray Street Cooma NSW 2630 Sale Details ASKING $285,000

FEATURES INCLUDE: • Great, central location to Cooma’s CBD * Well-presented and maintained both inside and out • 2 spacious living areas with both wood and natural gas heating • 3 generous sized bedrooms • Spacious kitchen with dining area attached • Neat bathroom • Good sized rear yard with single lock up garage.

4 Solari Ct, Cooma

Asking $459,000

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11 Moloola Ave, Cooma

NEW PRICE $399,000

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5 Nulgarra Pl, Cooma

Asking $145,000

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36 Chapman St, Cooma

Asking $370,000

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FOR SALE

Ph 6452 3777

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SHARP ST, COOMA

Cooma makes safe investing

21 Buchan Pde, Cooma $289,000 Agent – Don Menchin Cooma has seen unprecedented activity in the rental market since the end of January. It appears that the major institutions in Cooma are hiring new staff and executives in reasonable numbers. This is having a strong reaction in the rental property market. There are quality homes being leased for $400 plus per week and many near $300 per week. This “rush” has left the number of rentals available to only a small number. Houses in particular are hard to come by. The property at 21 Buchan Pde has just been leased for two years and would make an

ideal investment or superannuation for an investor.

20% of families ‘shelling out’ to get the kids into a first home

Located just on the edge of Cooma in a quiet cul-de-sac. Over 2 acres of fenced land with quiet bush surrounds. The brick home offers hardwood floors throughout and comprises 4 B/Rs, a walk in robe and ensuite, family area, L-shaped living room, galley styled kitchen, excellent insulation and a lovely outlook from the wrap around verandahs. The double carport could be further living space. Double garage. Town water.

$439,000

The contemporary, split level design home offers privacy for the parents with an ensuite, walk in robe, office and sitting area. Children have 3 B/Rs, bathroom, family room and a covered verandah. A studio S/C unit and double garage. A private setting with bushland outlook.

$399,000

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3 Banksia Lane, Cooma

parents and grandparents to help family members buy a first home while protecting their own retirement plans.” More interest-based lending: The findings also found a significant increase in interest-based lending between family members for the purposes of buying a first home, up from 12% of those who lent money ‘more than five years ago’ to 24% of those who lent money ‘within the last five years’. There was a corresponding fall in interest-free lending for the same purpose, down from 39% of those lent money ‘more than five years ago’ to 23% of those who lent money ‘within the last five years’. ME said the increase in interest-based lending within families was likely a case of parents using a ‘price signal’ to provide a life lesson about the value of money. “Like many parents made their children

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to buy property has increased from an average of $27,000 ‘prior to the last five years’ to $42,000 ‘within the last five years’. Loans or gifts where the most common form of financial assistance provided, with 22% of those surveyed saying they received a gift or loan and 5% reporting they received support through a guarantor. ME’s head of home loans, Patrick Nolan said the findings are more evidence of the impact high house prices. “That a significant number of Australians are receiving and giving financial assistance to buy a first home and that an increasing number of givers are doing so at the expense of their retirement, is further evidence of the challenges of house prices, which have risen steeply over the last few decades. “It’s becoming increasingly difficult for

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Twenty per cent of Australian families have provided financial assistance to other family members to help them buy their first home, according to new research by industry super fund-owned bank ME. And 26% received financial assistance from a family member to buy their first home. An increasing number of family members said they were sacrificing retirement plans to help family members buy their first home. Twenty eight per cent of those who have financially helped a family member buy a home ‘within the last five years’ said their generosity has affected their level of comfort in retirement, up from 21% of those who gave financial help ‘more than five years ago’. The survey also shows the amount being loaned or gifted between family members

102 Massie St, Cooma

A brick home and a self contained, big unit. Special features here include a huge living room (6m x 7.5m) with a viewing balcony and a high pine ceiling and gable beams, a walk in pantry adjoining the kitchen/dining, 3 ensuites, 5 toilets, 3 very large bedrooms with excellent built in robes. Double garage with auto doors. The house and unit are separately wired. An ideal B & B opportunity in the centre of town.

Ph 6452 3777 Don Menchin: 0413 028 795

$350,000 rh.com.au

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FOR SALE

Nick Kirshner continues good selling rate

After a very successful start to 2016, last Tuesday evening NICK KIRSHNER Property & Livestock hosted yet another successful auction evening at their local in-room auction house at “Tuscany” in Dalgety, selling three out of three properties on the night for a 100 percent clearance rate. With a full house of spectators and over 10 registered bidders vying for their chosen property, it was hard to get a piece of the action. Bidders came from all around, including several bidders bidding via phone, skype, and facetime facilities now a regular occurrence at the auctions making sure that no one misses out! Despite the crisp evening air, the auction attracted some of the Monaro’s finest to enjoy a night of competition as well as the warmth and hospitality expertly provided by Ron and Jill of the Tuscany restaurant, who certainly had their hands full keeping everyone happy with people spilling out of the auction and cars-a-plenty outside! Vendors were delighted with the results with 1 property being sold prior to auction and another property selling for well over 20% of the reserve price. And don’t forget, NICK KIRSHNER Property &

Livestock’s next auction to be held in Sydney at the Cooley Auction Rooms in the CBD on May 24. On offer will be one of the Monaro’s most iconic tourist attractions, The Brumby Bar & Bistro. For almost 30 years, it has been in the capable hands of Stumpy and Maree Pendergast, but with retirement approaching, it is time for someone new to take over the reins of the Brumby Bar and continue its legacy. Aside from their slew of properties going to auction, NICK KIRSHNER Property & Livestock also have an exciting portfolio of property for sale including residential homes, investment opportunities, building block and grazing properties. With only half of 2016 done and dusted, we can expect some much more from Nick Kirshner in the months to come with livestock auctions, clearing sales, and even more property sales to follow! For further details, visit the website at www. nickkirshner.com.au or please contact 02 6456 6783 or nick@nickkirshner.com.au. To be notified of new listings prior to them being advertised to the public, subscribe to the NICK KIRSHNER Property & LIVESTOCK database.

The The Brumby Brumby Bar Bar & & Bistro Bistro Cnr Cnr Kosciuszko Kosciuszko Rd Rd & & Clyde Clyde St, St, Jindabyne Jindabyne NSW NSW 2627 2627

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Wednesday May 18, 2016

Heather Anoleck Dip FMBM

Finance Consultant

FOR SALE

Contact Craig Schofield: 02 6452 4979 M: 0414 865 922 E: craigschofield@oneagency.com.au W: oneagency.com.au

History on the Market 76 Forbes Street Bombala Commercial Building Land Approx. 1166m2

Whatever your home loan requirements, let me find the best solution for you!

INTEREST RATES DROP! The recent drop in interest rates by the Reserve Bank is the first movement by them in a year. There has not been a rate rise since late 2010, and there are predictions for perhaps another drop later this year. This is good news for those with an existing mortgage, or those contemplating buying a property. Most of the Banks have passed on the full rate cut, and while most of the standard variable rates will still be around the 5.40% mark, I have the opinion that nobody should be paying the standard variable rate with any bank. Depending on your loan amount, most banks offer an interest discount when you take out their loan package, (an annual fee is usually applicable). For those with a smaller loan amount, it is usually more beneficial to look at a ‘basic’ loan, which has lower interest rates & fees, but doesn’t include extra features on the loan. I can help you decide which is the best option for you. Unfortunately, if you are relying on cash investment returns to live on, it is a different story. It may be time to consider using your cash or equity, to buy an investment property, as rental returns may be a better option for you. Whether you are looking for a new loan, or wanting to review your existing one, I am happy to provide an obligation free assessment of your situation. For investment advice, I can also arrange a meeting with Damian Toms, Financial planner.

Just listed is the old picture theatre in Bombala. Currently nicely renovated into a Gym it still has the original facade and all interior features. These include the high pressed metal ceilings, stage, screen area, projector and entrance. However a busy gym now occupies the building and many improvements have been completed including a male and female change rooms and bathrooms.

The building sits on a large corner block approx 1166m2 in size and offers plenty of parking and only around the corner from

M: 0429 788 143 | Office: 6452 7004 E: shannon@fergussonrealestate.com.au | www.fergussonrealestate.com.au | 50 Vale St, Cooma

Absolutely immaculate! 10 Ernest Phillips Ave Cooma NSW 2630 ASKING $235,000

To arrange an appointment, please contact me on mobile: 0431 351 873

Heather Anoleck

is a credit representative (Credit Representative Number 438947) of BLSSA Pty Ltd (Australian Credit Licence No. 391237)

Mobile: 0431 351 873

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Unit 3/30 Baron St, Cooma, NSW

the busy main street. This is your chance to purchase a bit of Bombala history offering plenty of potential.

Beautifully presented and maintained is one of the first impressions of the long held family home. This is a property that will suit the first home buyer, retirees looking to down size and without doubt the investor. With not a cent to spend on this property for years to come it will prove to be a solid investment for whoever buys this property. FEATURES INCLUDE: • Very neat and modern home is a quiet residential area of

Cooma • Fresh & bright throughout with immaculate decor • Modern kitchen and bathroom • 3 bedrooms - 2 with built ins • Spacious lounge room with combustion wood heating and RC/AC • Rear verandah captures the views • Large block of land with double lock up garage • Excellent rental investment opportunities with expected rental return of around $270 per week

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FOR SALE

Contact Craig Schofield: 02 6452 4979 M: 0414 865 922 E: craigschofield@oneagency.com.au W: oneagency.com.au

Green all the Way How would you like to have no more electricity bills & no water bills? This beautifully presented home has that plus views to the Snowy River and Main Range that will take your breath away. The home was constructed in 2008 out of Timbercrete Blocks. Timbercrete has thermal insulation properties that out-perform many masonry products by up to 6 times. It’s made from timber waste products and actually traps the carbon that would otherwise end up as greenhouse gas. You save energy for heating and cooling, it has excellent sound absorption and acoustic qualities it offer the highest possible fire resistance in Australia and is impervious to termites and rot. The windows have comfort glass installed so this combined with full insulation through the coldest days in winter or the most stifling summer days keep the home at a comfortable level. Let’s talk about the layout. Bedrooms two & three are large approx. 12m2 in size, the kitchen has a Walk in Pantry, timber bench tops and a gas commercial oven, further features include a formal dining room and large loungeroom with fireplace. A lovely feature is the main bedroom it is huge over

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139 Hickeys Road Dalgety 4.04 Hectares 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 2 Car $520,000 19m2 in size and also has a large ensuite and a walk in wardrobe that would be the envy of every lady. The exterior additions include a double garage and extra workshop space. The garage houses the solar power and an extra feature is the wind powered turbine. The current owners also supplement an income by growing all types of herbs and salad greens from the hydroponic greenhouse. A covered veranda allows you to sit comfortably and overlook the iconic Snowy River as it borders the south boundary complete with pumping rights, or in winter the Snow Capped main range is also visible. This is spectacular country. The scenery will blow your mind A lifestyle property in an ideal location only 5 minutes to Dalgety Township around 40 minutes to the NSW snow fields or approx.1 and a half hours to Canberra. These types of properties do not meet the market very often so feel free to call today for a private viewing.

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FOR SALE

Shop 3 Centennial Plaza, Cooma

Ph: 6452 4043

www.realestatecooma.com.au

Spacious new family home in prime location 10 Carinya Place, Cooma

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salesc@fnfc.com.au

Ph: 6452 4043

Shop 3 Centennial Plaza, Cooma www.realestatecooma.com.au

A beautiful 2 storey brick home, offering 4 • Ample bench space, generous cupboards bedrooms & modern living & storage • 4 Bedrooms • Spacious dining & living areas • All bedrooms with built-ins, main bdr with • Completely captures the views from large ensuite external balcony • Main bathroom features a corner spa bath • Double remote control garage • Kitchen highlights top of the range stainless • Internal stairway access & u steel & Ariston appliances • Open plan design

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PROPERTY MUSTER Wednesday May 18, 2016

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Ph: 6452 4155

168 Sharp Street COOMA NSW

www.bollerco.com.au

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high tech kitchen. From the left of the kitchen you will enter the bedroom wing where you will find an as new contemporary family bathroom, three large bedrooms, loads of storage, with the master suite complete with walk-in robe and an asnew contemporary ensuite. To the rear through sliding doors off the lounge, you will enter the fully fenced back yard complete with many landscaping features and mature trees. You will access downstairs via an internal staircase where you will find guest accommodation with adjoining facilities and direct internal access to the double garage.

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Sweet and low 4 Victoria Street $228,000 3 bed, 1 bath, 1 car This well maintained home is situated on the high side of Victoria Street. The view from its rear patio looks down towards Cooma Creek and over the roof tops up to the Catholic Church. With a slow combustion wood fire, reverse cycle air conditioning and natural gas for those winter months, the home has been neatly painted and

is bright and enjoys the morning sun. Modern kitchen and bathroom. The yard is divided into two with ‘colorbond’ fencing bordering one area which is perfect for the children or even the fur babies which includes access to the single garage. The second area has lane access and a couple of old sheds and could be utilised in many ways.

Beautiful home offering privacy – town location 36 Chapman Street, Cooma 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car - $370,000 A truly inspiring home, of brick construction, that will impress from the moment you enter the front door. Open plan living with plenty of light. You will find four good size bedrooms, a family bathroom and an ensuite to the master bedroom. To the rear of the property, off the dining room, is a large entertaining terrace that

wraps around the property to the north. The driveway is paved, and you will enjoy level access to the property via the front door or the direct access from the double garage. The gardens are low maintenance, offer privacy with advanced hedges and shrubbery.

Evolving Aussie lifestyles to transform the property landscape for buyers and sellers 14 May 2016: Australia’s population is predicted to swell to 30 million people, one in five Australians will be over the age of 65, and Australia’s passion with renovating is gaining momentum. These factors, and others, will significantly influence the property market over the next 15 years, according to Commonwealth Bank of Australia. In the first of Commonwealth Bank’s Future Home Insights Series, Michael Workman, Senior Economist, said over the longer term, a number of economic, cultural and demographic trends are emerging that may significantly influence the Australian housing market. “Commonwealth Bank has identified the major trends shaping Australia’s housing market by 2030 to assist home buyers understand how the property market is evolving over time,” he said. “Whether you are looking to buy your first home, or make a new investment purchase, understanding future market trends can help you make a more informed decision about where, what and when to buy.” Here’s a snapshot of how Australia’s housing market and lifestyles are evolving: 30 million people will live in Australia by 2030 That’s up from approximately 24 million today. Industry research estimates another 2.7 million homes are needed over the next 15 years to accommodate the population . An increasing population is one factor which can put upward pressure on house prices, therefore it is important new

construction activity keeps pace with population growth. 89 per cent of Australians live in metropolitan areas Australia is one of the more urbanised countries in the world, ahead of the United States (81 per cent), United Kingdom (82 per cent), Germany (75 per cent) and China (54 per cent) . The urbanisation rate has a significant impact on residential property value. High demand for metropolitan living drives prices up in our cities, which means that housing in regional areas is often more affordable by comparison. Multi-unit dwellings on the rise Australian houses are still among the largest in the world but the average floor area of new dwellings has contracted by 0.7 per cent between 2004 and 2013 . Multi-unit dwelling construction is a major driver of the current construction cycle, half of new dwelling investment in this segment, well above the 30 per cent long-term average . Smaller homes are more energy efficient and cheaper to heat and cool. Growing popularity of apartments, townhouses and semi-attached dwellings may see a positive impact on both the environment and household budgets. Rise of the one-person household One person households are the fastest growing group as of 2016, as many Australians marry later, live longer, and divorce is more common . This trend is likely to have a significant impact on the housing market, with smaller apartments and houses configured to suit the lone resident becoming more common.

One in five Australians will be over the age of 65 by 2030 That’s an increase from 3.6 million to 5.7 million in just 15 years; the largest increase in any age group . Different age groups have different housing needs. An ageing population may fuel demand for accommodation that can enable a stimulating lifestyle. Factors such as easy access to quality health care, public transport and safety, will influence housing demand and supply. Australians expect to spend $32 billion on alterations and additions in 2016 Alterations and additions spending is expected to top $32 billion in 2016 alone, or around 36 per cent of total spending on residential investment, according to Commonwealth Bank Global Markets Research. A national love affair with home renovations means Australians may be more willing than ever to buy a property that can be improved, which could influence the price of un-renovated dwellings 70 per cent of Australia’s gross domestic product now comes from the services sector The Australian workforce is experiencing a significant nation-wide shift to knowledge and service-based professions . Future homes will need to cater for a mobile and digitallyfocused workforce, particularly as more companies introduce remote and flexible work arrangements.

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7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Doctor Who. 8.15 Doctor Who: Confidential. 8.30 The Tiny Tots Talent Agency. (PG) 9.20 Bodyshockers. (M) 10.05 Tattoo Disasters UK. 10.30 Jimmy Fallon. 11.10 The Murder Detectives. (M) 12.00 Bill Cunningham: New York. (M)

7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Doctor Who. 8.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 9.00 Episodes. 9.30 Buzzcocks. 10.00 Broad City. 10.25 Jimmy Fallon. 11.05 Live At The Apollo. 11.50 The Alternative Comedy Experience. 12.15 Doctor Who.

7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Doctor Who. (PG) 8.25 Doctor Who: Confidential. 8.35 I’m Having Their Baby. (PG) 9.15 Unsafe Sex In The City. (M) 10.15 Jimmy Fallon. 10.55 Tattoo Disasters UK. 11.20 The Tiny Tots Talent Agency. (PG) 12.10 Doctor Who.

7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Highway Thru Hell. (PG) 8.15 Would I Lie To You? 8.45 Adam Hills: The Last Leg Down Under. (M) Part 2 of 2. 9.30 Live At The Apollo. (M) 10.15 Comedy Up Late. (M) 10.45 Broad City. (M) 11.05 Episodes. (M) 11.35 Louie. (M) 12.15 Louie. (PG)

7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Seconds From Disaster. 8.20 The Daters: Sooz’s First Date. (PG) 8.30 Dylan Moran: Yeah, Yeah Live In London. (M) 9.45 Louis Theroux: African Hunting Holiday. (M) 10.45 Bodyshockers. (M) 11.30 Buzzcocks. (M) 12.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg Down Under. (M)

7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 7.30 Doctor Who. (PG) 8.30 Louis Theroux: Louis & The Nazis. (M) 9.30 Ross Kemp: Extreme World. (MA15+) 10.15 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M) 10.45 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (M) 11.30 To Be Advised.

7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Doctor Who. 8.20 Doctor Who: Confidential. 8.30 Good Game. 9.00 Black Comedy. 9.30 The Murder Detectives. (M) 10.20 Adam Hills: Last Leg. 10.50 Jimmy Fallon. 11.35 Ross Kemp: Extreme World. (MA15+) 12.15 A Different Breed. (M)

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6.15 The New Adventures Of Figaro Pho. 6.25 Hank Zipzer. 6.50 BtN Newsbreak. 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin. (PG) 7.45 Deadly Pole To Pole. 8.15 Adventure Time. 8.35 Degrassi: Next Class. 9.00 World’s End. 9.20 House Of Anubis. 9.50 Rage. (PG) 10.50 Close.

6.10 Game On. Premiere. 6.25 Hank Zipzer. 6.50 BtN Newsbreak. 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin. 7.45 Deadly Pole To Pole. 8.15 Adv Time. 8.35 Degrassi: Next Class. (PG) 9.00 World’s End. 9.25 House Of Anubis. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close.

6.25 Hank Zipzer. 6.50 BtN Newsbreak. 7.00 Merlin. 7.45 Deadly Pole To Pole. 8.15 Adv Time. 8.35 Degrassi: Next Class. 9.00 World’s End. 9.30 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. 9.50 Lanfeust Quest. 10.15 Ouran High School Host Club. Final. 10.35 Close.

6.10 Thunderbirds Are Go. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Operation Ouch! 7.30 Tomorrow When The War Began. (PG) 8.15 Nowhere Boys. 8.40 World’s End. Noah and Cat discover a hi-tech elevator. 9.10 House Of Anubis. A group of students uncovers a mystery. 9.35 Close.

6.10 Thunderbirds Are Go. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Operation Ouch! 7.30 Deadly Pole To Pole. 8.00 Officially Amazing. 8.30 Nowhere Boys. (PG) Sam and Roland accidentally swap bodies. 8.55 World’s End. 9.25 House Of Anubis. 9.45 Good Game: Pocket Edition. (PG) 9.55 Rage. (PG)

6.25 Hank Zipzer. 6.50 BtN Newsbreak. 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin. (PG) 7.45 Tomorrow When The War Began. (PG) 8.30 Degrassi: Next Class. (PG) Zoe worries she won’t be accepted. 8.55 World’s End. 9.25 House Of Anubis. 9.45 Rage. (PG) 10.50 Close.

6.25 Hank Zipzer. 6.50 BtN Newsbreak. 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin. (PG) 7.45 Deadly Pole To Pole. 8.15 Adventure Time. 8.35 Degrassi: Next Class. (PG) Grace realises she isn’t gay. 9.00 World’s End. 9.30 House Of Anubis. 9.50 Rage. (PG) 10.55 Close.

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6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Jonathan Creek. (M) A killer fears he will be murdered. 8.30 Lewis. (M) College dean Phil Beskin is found bludgeoned to death with a rock, in local woodland. 10.30 Air Crash Investigation: Bomb On Board. (M) 11.30 Bargain Hunt.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Vicar Of Dibley. (PG) Geraldine prepares for Alice and Hugo’s wedding. 8.15 Keeping Up Appearances. (PG) 8.45 Murdoch Mysteries. (M) Murdoch and Dr Ogden investigate a woman’s death. 10.45 Air Crash Investigation. (PG) 11.45 Bargain Hunt.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 To Build Or Not To Build. (PG) A landscape gardener builds his own home. 10.30 Front Of House. 11.00 Fawlty Towers. (PG) 11.30 Before And After. 12.00 House Doctor (A To Z Of Design)

6.30 Movie: Maid In Manhattan. (2002) (PG) Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes. 8.30 Movie: The Holiday. (2006) (M) Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet. Two women who live on opposite sides of the Atlantic impulsively switch homes for Christmas. 11.20 Air Crash Investigation. (PG)

6.15 Keeping Up Appearances. 7.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PG) 7.30 Hercules: The Human Bear. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Escape To The Continent. 10.45 Air Crash Investigation. (PG) 11.45 Before And After.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Cities Of The Underworld: Stalin’s Secret Lair – Moscow. (PG) Hosted by Don Wildman. 8.30 Prime Suspect. (M) A country club manager is murdered. 10.30 Air Crash Investigation: Mayday – Collision Course. (PG) 11.30 Bargain Hunt.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. (PG) Henry’s team protects a jury. 8.30 The Last Detective. (M) A gruesome discovery is made. 10.10 Air Crash Investigation: Qantas Flight 32 – Emergency In The Sky. (PG) 11.10 Zero Hour. (M) 12.10 Bargain Hunt.

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6.30 MythBusters: Fever Pitch/Tornado Decapitation. (PG) 7.30 Caught On Dashcam. (PG) 8.30 Storage Wars. (PG) The buyers return to Santa Ana without Jarrod. 9.30 Baggage Battles. (PG) Billy, Mark and the Martins head to Greensboro. 10.30 Barter Kings. (PG) 11.30 Rude Tube. (M)

6.30 MythBusters. (PG) 7.30 Bad Ink. (PG) 8.00 Tattoo Nightmares Miami. (M) A client scares Clint with her tattoo. 8.30 Ink Master. (M) Hosted by rock legend Dave Navarro. 10.15 America’s Hardest Prisons: Fort Dodge – Young Men Behind Bars. (M) 11.30 Operation Repo. (M)

6.30 Drug Bust. (PG) Police raid suspected drug houses. 7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. Pre-game coverage of the match. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 9. Hawthorn v Sydney. From the MCG. 11.00 Friday Front Bar. (M) 11.30 Olympians: Off The Record: Matt Mitcham. (PG)

6.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. Pre-game coverage of the match. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 9. Fremantle v Richmond. From Domain Stadium, Perth. 11.00 Movie: Get The Gringo. (2012) (MA15+) Mel Gibson, Kevin Hernandez. A criminal is caught by Mexican authorities.

6.00 What Went Down. (PG) 6.40 Movie: Kung Fu Panda. (2008) (PG) Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman. 8.30 Movie: Captain America: The Winter Soldier. (2014) (M) Chris Evans, Samuel L Jackson. Captain America is living the quiet life in Washington, D.C., but a new threat to the modern world arises. 11.15 Family Guns. (M)

6.30 MythBusters. (PG) 7.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 8.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) After trying to impress a girl he met in a bar, Howard is upset to learn she is more interested in Leonard than in him. 9.30 Bogans. Premiere. (M) 10.30 Bogan Hunters. (MA15+) 11.30 What Went Down. (PG)

6.30 MythBusters. (PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol. (PG) A teenage driver is pulled over. 8.30 Outback Truckers. (PG) Kurt Shephard loses his way hauling a hut. 9.30 Ice Road Truckers. (M) Lisa trucks a multi-milliondollar load. 10.30 Outback Hunters. (M) 11.30 1000 Ways To Die. (MA15+)

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6.00 Regular Show. (PG) 6.30 Adventure Time. (PG) 7.00 The Middle. (PG) 7.30 Storage Hunters. (PG) T Money puts his honesty to the test. 8.30 Movie: Star Trek: Nemesis. (2002) (M) Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes. A coup leads to a new threat to the Federation. 11.00 Cops Uncut. (M)

6.00 Regular Show. (PG) 6.30 Adventure Time. (PG) 7.00 The Middle. (PG) Sue embraces a new sense of freedom. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 8.30 Survivor: Kaôh Rong. (PG) After weeks on the island, the “ultimate” survivor is decided. 11.30 South Beach Tow. (MA15+)

6.00 Movie: The Ant Bully. (2006) Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep. A youngster is shrunk to ant size. 7.45 Movie: Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone. (2001) (PG) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. An 11-year-old boy learns he is a wizard. 10.55 Movie: The Woman In Black. (2012) (M) Daniel Radcliffe.

6.00 Puss In Boots: The Three Diablos. 6.20 Shrek 4D. (PG) 6.40 Movie: Shrek The Third. (2007) (PG) Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy. 8.30 Movie: The Host. (2013) (M) Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons. After an alien race takes over Earth, one of the last survivors is “possessed” by an invader. 11.00 Go Girls. (M)

6.00 Batman: The Brave And The Bold. (PG) 6.30 Movie: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. (2012) (PG) Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson. 8.30 Movie: Limitless. (2011) (M) Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel. An author takes a new drug. 10.35 Movie: The Sentinel. (2006) (M) Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland.

6.00 Regular Show. (PG) 6.30 Adventure Time. (PG) 7.00 The Middle. (PG) 7.30 Auction Hunters. (PG) 8.00 Top Gear: Burma. (PG) Part 1 of 2. 9.30 Movie: Faster. (2010) (MA15+) Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton. An ex-con sets out to avenge his brother’s death. 11.30 Two And A Half Men. (M)

6.00 Regular Show. (PG) 6.30 Adventure Time. (PG) 7.00 The Middle. (PG) 7.30 Storage Hunters UK. (PG) 8.00 Auction Hunters. (PG) The boys discover a vintage carnival game. 9.00 Movie: Blade: Trinity. (2004) (MA15+) 11.15 South Beach Tow. (M) 11.45 Two And A Half Men. (M)

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6.30 Friends. (PG) Joey auditions for a major TV role. 7.30 New Tricks. (M) A missing man turns up in the morgue. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. (M) A village postman is murdered. 10.50 The Mysteries Of Laura. (M) 11.50 Absolutely Fabulous. (PG)

6.30 Friends. (PG) 7.30 What’s Your Emergency? Babe, Open Your Legs. (M) 8.35 Movie: Toy Soldiers. (1991) (M) Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton. After commandos seize control of a prep school, a group of students decides to take action. 10.50 The Black Adder. (PG) 11.30 New Tricks. (M)

6.30 Friends. (PG) 7.30 As Time Goes By. Jean does her best to remain composed. 8.50 Movie: Two Weeks Notice. (2002) (PG) Hugh Grant, Sandra Bullock. A lawyer decides that she has had enough of her troublesome boss and quits her job. 10.50 Movie: Friends With Kids. (2011) (MA15+)

6.30 Heartbeat. (PG) The officers of Ashfordly find themselves out of their depth when the village is plagued by a series of explosions. 8.45 Silent Witness. (MA15+) Harry and Nikki are called out to a London dogs’ home when the body of a teenage girl is found. 11.00 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M)

7.00 Bangkok Airport. (PG) Meet Dr Geng, the airport doctor. 8.00 Wild Patagonia: Heat And Dust. (PG) A look at Patagonia. 9.10 Movie: Prisoners. (2013) (MA15+) Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal. After his young daughter and her friend go missing, a father takes matters into his own hands.

6.30 Friends. (PG) 7.30 Amazing Medical Stories: The Smallest People In The World. (PG) 8.30 RPA. (PG) A man learns he has a melanoma. 9.30 Embarrassing Bodies. (M) The doctors head to Norfolk. 10.30 Supersize Vs Superskinny: Brooke And Marie. (M) 11.30 Spooks. (M)

6.30 Friends. (PG) Joey accepts Rachel’s help with sailing. 7.30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot. (PG) 8.40 Upstairs Downstairs. Premiere. (PG) Sir Hallam Holland and his wife, Agnes, join his controlling mother, Lady Maud, to reopen 165 Eaton Place. 11.00 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M)

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6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth. (PG) 8.30 Megastructures Breakdown: New York Scrapyard. 9.30 Moments Of Impact. (PG) 10.30 Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen. (MA15+) 11.30 Sons Of Anarchy. (MA15+)

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.00 Brumbies TV. (PG) 7.30 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge. Final. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Hot Shots! (1991) (M) Charlie Sheen. 10.25 House Of Lies. (MA15+) 10.55 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG) 11.55 Shopping.

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 MacGyver. (PG) 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. (PG) 9.30 Movie: Maximum Conviction. (2012) (MA15+) Steven Seagal, Steve Austin. 11.35 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Round 5. Spanish Grand Prix. Highlights.

6.30 Last Man Standing. (PG) 7.00 Last Man Standing. 7.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG) 8.30 Motor Racing. V8 Supercars. Round 5. Winton SuperSprint. Highlights. 9.30 When We Go To War. (M) 10.30 Zoo. (M) 11.30 Bellator MMA. (M)

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 CSI: Cyber. (M) 8.30 Motor Racing. V8 Supercars. Round 5. Winton SuperSprint. Highlights. From Winton Motor Raceway, Victoria. 9.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Italian Grand Prix. Race 6. 11.00 World Sport. 11.30 The Killing. Final. (M)

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 Undercover Boss. Company executives go undercover. 8.30 Movie: Scarface. (1983) (M) Al Pacino, Steven Bauer. An exiled Cuban rises to the top of Florida’s criminal underworld during the ’80s. 11.45 Super Rugby Extra Time.

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) The camp gets shelled. 7.30 48 Hours: Blood In The Sand. Real-life mysteries and crimes. 8.30 Movie: Lincoln. (2012) (M) Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn. As the Civil War continues, US president Abraham Lincoln struggles with the carnage on the battlefield.

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6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 8.00 Futurama. (PG) 8.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 Bordertown. 9.30 Futurama. (PG) 10.00 Bob’s Burgers. (PG) 10.30 Bob’s Burgers. (M) 11.00 Duckman. (M) 11.30 James Corden. (PG)

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 8.00 New Girl. (PG) 8.30 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. (PG) Josh’s sister asks Rebecca to be a bridesmaid. 9.30 Bondi Ink Tattoo. (M) 10.30 Empire. Final. 11.30 James Corden. (PG)

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 8.30 Movie: First Knight. (1995) (M) Sean Connery, Richard Gere. A future queen falls in love with a knight. 11.10 To Be Advised.

6.00 Movie: Glee: The Concert Movie. (2011) (PG) Lea Michele, Dianna Agron. 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M) Guests include Dame Judi Dench. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Sex And The City. (MA15+) 11.50 The Loop. (PG)

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. 6.30 Futurama. (PG) 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 8.00 New Girl. (M) 8.30 Movie: Empire Records. (1995) (M) Anthony LaPaglia, Rory Cochrane. 10.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 11.30 King Of Queens. (PG)

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.05 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 8.00 Fresh Off The Boat. (M) 8.30 Supernatural. 9.30 The Strain. (MA15+) 10.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 11.00 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG)

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M) 9.30 Dating Naked. (M) 10.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 11.00 James Corden. (PG)

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6.40 10,000 BC. 7.30 The Feed. 8.00 Brooklyn NineNine. (PG) Jake and Rosa work with a pair of Swedish cops. 8.55 Movie: Phantom Of The Paradise. (1974) (M) Paul Williams, William Finley. A disfigured composer sells his soul. 10.40 Movie: Streets Of Fire. (1984) (M)

6.40 10,000 BC. 7.30 The Feed. 8.00 Adam Ruins Everything. (PG) 8.30 MythBusters. (PG) A look at a ping pongrelated myth. 9.30 Dark Net: Exploit. A look at exploited children on the internet. 10.35 Fighting The System. (M) 11.40 League Nation Live.

6.05 Street Genius. (PG) 6.30 MythBusters: Ultimate MythBuster. (PG) 7.30 Friday Feed. 8.00 Illusions Of Grandeur: Detroit. (PG) 8.30 Release The Hounds. Hosted by Reggie Yates. 9.25 Adam Looking For Eve (Germany) Couples go on naked dates. 10.15 Movie: Ip Man. (2008) (M) Donnie Yen.

7.30 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 7 Days In Hell. (M) Brett and Cliff head to Roatan Island. 9.20 Survive Aotearoa: Escape And Evasion – Rimutaka Forest Park. (M) 10.20 Movie: Vicky Cristina Barcelona. (2008) (M) Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson.

6.40 Ninja Warrior Sweden. 7.30 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 The Spoils Before Dying. (M) Rock contacts a secret source. 9.30 South Park. (M) Cartman owns up to being fat. 10.20 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (M) 10.50 How To Lose Your Virginity. (M)

6.40 American Ninja Warrior. 7.30 The Feed. 8.00 Human Resources. (M) 8.30 Nathan For You. (PG) Nathan addresses his personality flaws. 9.25 Movie: The Guard. (2011) (AV15+) Brendan Gleeson. 11.15 Movie: In The Loop. (2009) (MA15+)

6.35 American Ninja Warrior. 7.30 The Feed. 8.00 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (M) 8.30 Stacey Dooley: Cyber Sex Girls. (M) Stacey Dooley investigates cyber sex. 9.35 Orphan Black. 10.25 Wild Ride. (M) 11.25 South Park. (M) 11.50 The Feed.

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Sizzling Sports Carnival Last Thursday and Friday the primary students of our local schools competed in the annual athletics carnival at Bombala Public School. It was an actionpacked two days of jumping, throwing, running and sportsmanship as each student strived to do their best. On the Thursday students competed in Long Jump, Shot-put and High Jump events with all running events and Discus being held on the Friday. While all students competed admirably the overall trophy was won by Bombala District Public Schools (Bombala and Delegate) with St. Joseph’s gaining the Handicap trophy. Congratulations to all competitors for your efforts but a special mention goes to Zali Lavender for her record-breaking discus throw of 21.81m! Well done Zali. The K-2 students from the three schools competed in age races on the oval before attending their own carnival events in the playground at Bombala Public School. This event was organised

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Bluebird day for Berridale School Athletics Carnival Last Thursday, children and staff from Berridale Public School made the trip from Berridale into the Snowy Oval at Cooma for their annual Athletics Carnival. With children dressed in their house colours, the oval was awash with yellow, blue and red children all having a go at the events set out on the day’s schedule. The emphasis is placed on participation as a much as it is on athletic ability. The weather was perfect for the day’s events.

The younger children had a chance to try something new on the day with discus and shot put. Meanwhile, the older children competed for their place in the district carnival. Berridale Public School Principal, Tracey Southam stated that “competing at Snowy Oval provided our students with the carnival atmosphere to cheer each other on, complete all the activities on one day, have parents watch and, for children going to District,

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Yes, your honey is very important Preliminary results from a massive five-year research project show that some types of Australian honey promise to be every bit as good as New Zealand’s manuka honey, when it comes to fighting bacteria. Scientists involved in the study are calling on beekeepers from every corner of the country to continue providing honey samples from bees visiting Leptospermum plants, and they have launched a website to provide regular updates. The research is being led by the ithree institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). It is funded by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), Capilano Honey Ltd and Comvita Ltd under the Honey Bee & Pollination R&D Program, which is jointly funded by

RIRDC and Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited. Beekeeper and spokesman for the Program, James Kershaw, said it’s important that beekeepers don’t assume their honey’s not wanted. “We’ve heard that some people think the Leptospermum in their area doesn’t have the right qualities – but the team collecting the samples wants to be the judge of that!� Mr Kershaw said. “If someone has access to Leptospermum honey, they’re encouraged to send in 200500g, some information about the collection location, and plant samples. “From there, researchers can identify the different properties in different species and establish what’s good in particular areas.�

The new website (https:// ozhoneyproject.wordpress. com) provides background and updates on the project, tracks results, and outlines how beekeepers can get involved by sending in samples or hosting researchers doing fieldwork. With increasing microbial resistance to antibiotics world-wide, including the so called ‘last-line’ drugs, greater focus is now being given to the antimicrobial qualities of Leptospermum honey, and honey dressings are increasingly being used in hospitals and clinics to treat wound infections. There is concern that New Zealand manuka honey production will be insufficient to meet global demand and great opportunities exist for the Australian honey industry to capitalise on the growing market for medicinal honey. Beekeepers with access to Leptospermum honeys are encouraged to visit https:// ozhoneyproject.wordpress. com for more information on the project and how to get involved, including submitting samples. For more information about the Program, go to www.rirdc. gov.au/honeybee-pollination.

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NSW Farmers to host biodiversity consultation forums NSW Farmers Association has announced six community consultation forums to be held across key native vegetation regions, from 16th May to 3rd June, as part of its #Farmers4LandReform campaign. The forums are designed to engage NSW Farmers members in the debate on native vegetation and inform the association’s formal submission in response to the government’s draft biodiversity reform package unveiled earlier this month. Attendees will hear the draft legislation explained by Department of Primary Industries representatives and will be able to ask questions and find out more about the impact the reforms could have on biodiversity and their day-to-day business. NSW Farmers CEO Matt Brand said, “This reform is critical to farmers and

we want our members and the public to engage with us, and understand our perspective. Our aim to for these forums to help provide clarity on the implications of the draft legislation and facilitate opportunities to come together to make recommendations that will further improve on what has recently been proposed.” “I look forward to the conversations that we will be having with the farming community over the coming weeks and I am confident that we will have made great steps towards a workable solution by the end of the eight- week consultation period,” added Mr Brand. Whilst NSW Farmers welcomes the government’s proposed reforms, the association warned that vital recommendations from a 2014

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Lambs sell to $150 Kaludah bulls sell to $18,000 at Cooma Cooma Associated Agents yarded 4500 crossbred lambs and 4400 mutton sheep yarded in a mostly good quality selection for both crossbred lambs and sheep on May 10. Both categories saw prices lift with lambs $12-$15 dearer and mutton lifting $10-$15. Heavy trade crossbred lambs sold to a top of $150 with most sales $135-$144 Medium trade lambs selling from $110-$128 Light lambs sold well with most sales $75-$95 Heavy Merino wethers with half wool sold to $118 with most sales $95-$115 Heavy Merino ewes to the butcher selling to $112. Crossbred hoggets reached $120. Merino rams sold to a top of $85 Medium mutton selling from $70 $88 Light mutton ranging from $44- $60 Quotations LAMBS Darren Lucas MLP $150 N & M Walters MLP $144 Willer Pty Ltd ELD $140 Bottom & Bylund BC $139 Old Springfield Partnership 69 $136.50 EBH2 MLP 50 Woodend PastoralELD $135 P & A Deveraeux ELD $133.50 JB & GL Mooney BC $130 Frying Pan P/Co BC $130 Woodend P/Co ELD $130 J & K Rowe LMK $125.50 RW & MV Feilen LMK $112 Eveleigh P/Ship BC

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The Kaludah Hereford Stud Malcolm and Pam Shelley had a successful campaign at the annual Wodonga Show and Sale last week, selling 17 bulls to a top of $18,000. Lot 61, Kaludah Gibbon K190 topped the sales for the stud, with bulls also selling for $14,000 and $12,000. The average for the 17 bulls sold was $7970, with a gross of $1135,500. Two bulls were passed in and one withdrawn from the team of 20. Top price at sale was $95,000 paid for lot

149 Minlacowie Jubliant J123 (P) sold by JJ Honner and Sons. As well as good sale results, Kaludah also won the Grand Champion exhibit with Kaludah Archie K221 (AI) (P), who sold for $14,000 and Kaludah was the most successful exhibitor in the horned cattle section. Pictured, Kaludah Gibbon sold for $18,000 at Wodonga Hereford show and Sale.

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A boost in funding provides support to Landcare When the NSW Government announced funding for the $15 million Landcare Support Program in September last year local Landcare groups around the State crossed their fingers that some of that funding would come their way. The funding is part of the NSW Government’s Local Landcare Coordinators Initiative, supported through the partnership of Local Land Services and Landcare NSW. It as setup to provide a network of locallybased Landcare coordinators to support and enable

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COOMA SHEEP 5000 & LAMB SALE 5000 TUESDAY 24TH MAY 2016 10AM START Including A/C Fraser Brothers (BC) 140 Merino wethers, 1 ½ years, October shorn 200 Merino wethers, 3 ½ - 4 ½ years, October shorn 1010 Merino ewes, 5 ½ years, August shorn Main range and Snowy Plains blood. A/C W F & M L Shanley (MLP) 150 Merino wethers, 1 ½ years, December shorn Boudjah blood A/C WG & MD Hampson (MLP) 400 Merino wethers, 4 ½ years, April shorn, Greendale blood.

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the bottom line is that we would not be able to achieve it all without support.� The funding has allowed Upper Snowy Landcare to keep their current Landcare Coordinator on board. Anna Rudd has

been working with the Landcare Groups for about five years in various roles and she’s happy to have the certainty of funding as the initiative runs through for three years. Whilst it’s not a full time role (Anna works about 10 hours a week), it gives local Landcare committees the backing they need to continue their work. “We really believe that Landcare has a crucial role at a local level in addressing the issues facing landholders, including sustainability, profitability, environmental and natural resource anagement issues, and having certainty of support will help us so much�. As part of the project Landcare Coordinators from around NSW recently got together in

Newcastle to network, to plan and to look towards an effective and valued future for Landcare in NSW. “It was great to meet other Landcare Coordinators from all over NSW to find out what their local groups are doing, to get ideas and to realise what a vibrant and supportive network that Landcare is� commented Anna on her return from the Newcastle workshop. If you’d like to join Landcare or find out more about local Landcare groups on the Monaro you can visit their website at www. uppersnowylandcare. com.au. This funding is part of the NSW Government’s Local Landcare Coordinators Initiative, supported through the partnership of Local Land Services and Landcare NSW.

Are your pastures clean for lambing? A carefully timed drench program and non-chemical prevention methods have helped one Victorian wool grower maintain low-worm risk pastures for lambing. Daryl Clark “Rockgrove� is a sheep and cattle producer from Darlington, in the western district of Victoria. His operation runs a closed flock of fine to super fine Merino sheep as well as Beef Shorthorn cattle. Each year, they shear between 12,000 and 18,000 sheep, and lamb around 7,000 ewes. Maintaining productivity with an operation of such large scale has meant they have had to finetune their parasite management program – especially in the lead up to wet autumns and winters, when small brown stomach worms and black scour worms are most active. They’ve worked out a drenching system that keeps the worms under control – beginning with two summer drenches, before a pre-lambing drench and a final drench again during lambmarking. “We have had some drench resistance to white, clear and ivermectin,� explains Daryl. “So we use different products and they get us through the year without too much trouble. “November and December is shearing time and that’s when we give all the sheep their first summer drench –normally a triple combination of Levamisole, Fenbendazole and Abamectin. For the second summer drench we use Levamisole and Fenbendazole together with an organophosphate. “Prior to lambing we use Cydectin Long Acting injection for sheep and then at lamb-marking time we give them another triple.� Daryl’s four drenches per year

have been working well and keeping the worms’ resistance at bay – which is especially important to make sure pastures are clean for new lambs. During lambing, when ewes are under increased stress, pastures are most at risk to become heavily contaminated with worms. The ewes have a lower immune response, so more worms are able to lay more eggs in the gut. From there, the contamination accelerates. Pastures quickly become contaminated with larvae, and ewes’ level of contamination increases as their already poor immunity prevents them from dispelling the new infections. This scenario is known as the peri-parturient rise in worm egg counts. To avoid this problem, Daryl’s farm started using Cydectin Long Acting injection for sheep as a pre-lambing drench when it first appeared on the market. It protects their pastures against recontamination from small brown stomach worm eggs for at least 112 days, and from black scour worm eggs for up to 70 days. It gave Daryl certainty his pastures would be clean, and that they would stay that way when the lambs dropped. “It’s very expensive to have to muster and drench ewes during lambing,� Daryl says. “With Cydectin Long Acting injection for sheep, we don’t have to worry about worms during lambing at all.� Its effects work for longer, too. Administering Cydectin Long Acting injection for sheep pre-lambing reduces the major source of worm eggs for the year, reducing a lamb’s exposure to internal parasites for well beyond the period its mother’s drench is effective. Combined with the two summer

drenches, Daryl has found the program is effective enough to manage contamination, giving them longer durations of cleaner pastures – which keeps costs down and productivity up. They combine their chemical treatments with non-chemical methods, including rotational grazing between cattle and sheep. “Each year we move cattle out of the paddock after calving, and wean our lambs into that paddock after giving them a drench.� This way, lambs and weaners get a good start, building immunity without suffering high initial parasite infections. Preparing low-worm risk lambing and weaning pastures can also include grazing lambing paddocks with cattle for four months prior to lambing, undertaking hay or silage production before introducing lambs and rotational grazing with short intensive graze periods alternated with rest periods. This pasture preparation can take up to five months – depending on the time of year and climate. But the long-term cost savings and boosts to productivity are worth it. Combined with the drench program including Cydectin Long Acting injection for sheep for prelambing, and alternating grazing helps Daryl’s farm maintain cleaner pastures to protect both ewes and lambs. “I would recommend Cydectin Long Acting injection for sheep to other wool growers and sheep producers,� says Daryl. “It’s a vital part of keeping our pastures clean, and if we weren’t giving them the long acting injection, I have no doubt we’d have to drench more during lambing – and that would be expensive and labour-intensive.�

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CLEARANCE SALE MONBEEF PTY LTD RENDERING PLANT WORKER

Monbeef is looking for a fit, reliable, highly motivated individual to join the rendering team of our beef export processing plant. Rendering is the treatment of left over products from our meat processing facility, to process useful by-products for sale to our customers. We are looking for a person who has general mechanical and machinery maintenance knowledge. A trade certificate is not required. Specific abattoir experience is not essential - full training is available for the successful applicant. The position is based on a rotational shift basis that will involve some daily production work within our processing plant before transferring to either the rendering plant, or the condemn area (basement). The position will also involve cleaning both the rendering plant and the condemn area of the plant. Some overtime will be required.

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PASTURE OVERSEER

Hazeldean Pty Ltd is currently seeking a pasture and crop overseer for their Cooma-Monaro property. The job entails working with an enthusiastic, innovative and motivated group of people dedicated to maximising animalperformance through better genetics and management. The role on offer involves identifying, prioritising and coordinating the pasture improvement and cropping program in consultation with the manager and agronomist. This involves planning and carrying out the program including boom spraying, sowing and monitoring of crops and pastures. Working with the Hazeldean team and taking part in the livestock program and stud activities will also be required at other times. The successful applicant will need to have sound knowledge and experience in all aspects of pasture and crop establishment and management with an interest in livestock. An attractive 3 bedroom house on farm is included as part of the package. If you wish to join a progressive and innovative team please email resume and references to litchfield@hazeldean.com.au

ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT COOMA The Rural Financial Counselling Service, NSW Southern Region is seeking an energetic and skilled person to provide administrative support for the Cooma Office. Work time will be negotiable with the successful applicant ranging from 24 to 38 hours per week and will include Monday to Friday. Applicants will need to be client focussed, demonstrate competency and accuracy in all data processing and general office duties, have a high level of understanding and experience with Microsoft applications plus good oral, written and interpersonal communication skills. Absolute confidentiality is a prerequisite to gaining this position. For further information or to request the full position description containing Selection Criteria please call Mary Miller on (02) 6452 5850. Applications should address the selection criteria, provide a resume and email these to cooma@rfcsnsw-sr.com.au by 9am Monday 30 May 2016.

Wednesday May 18, 2016

Summit Smash Repairs has a casual position available for a well presented and friendly person to work in a team environment. To be successful you will need proven administration experience, Quick Books experience desirable, good attention to detail, dedication towards customer service, polite, energetic and a helpful attitude with the ability to work under pressure. Please send your resume to: summitsmash@bigpond.com or telephone Doug on 6452 3360 / 0428360637 for more information. Applications close 20th May 2016.

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SATURDAY 4 TH JUNE 2016 10.30 AM 51 Polo Flat Road Cooma Account Gordon Weston International Acco Truck 16’ tray and stock crate (Not Registered.) International McCormick AW-7 tractor with front blade, CIG S3-C transmig welder with carrier head, CIG Transarc tradesman Welder, EMF transarc tradesman welder, Quantity welding wire, rods and cut off wheels, MJ10250 (10�) table saw, Pipe notcher and pipe flatner. Autolux drill press,Markita 355mm cut off saw and stand, Auto lux compressor, 5 kiva generator, 3 phase Pupar workshop compressor, stock & dye, assorted electric tools, Ryobi 10� surface planer, GMC 100 x 914 belt sander, onga elec pump, quantity gal & poly pipe fittings, old kettle drench guns, 3 x shearing handpieces combs & cutters, ABEL MK 1b portable welder, Pressure cleaner with Honda G400 10 hp petrol motor, assorted chain saws, Air hydraulic work shop pipe bender with power pack, 3 P/L post hole borer, Wallaby jack, Hydraulic Porta Pack, 3 x nail guns, quantity nails, Ramset blasting Gun drill and fastening systems, DeWalt 7710 205mm blade saw, Quantity nuts bolts hinges, 3 x endless chains, Demac 3 phase elec lift 600 wt workshop endless chain, Quantity timber windows steel, cement vibrator, diesel heated Anderson cleaner, Miller Roughneck 2e welder, corrugated iron sheets 20’ and 10’, Dalgety meat saw, Old pine kitchen cupboard, CIG Model 600 Handi Steam Cleaner, Hilyar & Watts Ltd general Utility Level 24/11/1950 and tripod, Auto Arc Mobile Energy System, Large set dehorners, JUKI LU-563 industrial Sewing Machine, old gardening tools, 3 PL Fergie mower board, 3 PL single ripper with pipe layer, 20 x 12’ rail way line, camping gear, stock saddle, bridles, head stalls, horse rugs, whips, saddle bag, Newcombe’s stock saddle, 14,000 bricks, and sundries.

COOMA Myles Buchanan 0418 410 983 FUNERAL NOTICE

Alfred Lewis Gammon

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Passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 15th 2016 at Cooma Hospital, formerly of York St, Adaminaby.

1.10.1920 ~ 10.5.2016

Alfy passed away after a long and rich life filled with love from his family and his own passion for living. His funeral service was held 14.5.16 Husband of Nancy, Father of Jennifer, Wendy (Deceased), and Vicki. Father inlaw to Rob and Theo. Grandfather to Janise, Kimberley, Tamara, Nicole, Cassandra, Brady, Elena and Annica, Great Grandfather to Madisyn, Naomi and Fenn, Tylah, Bodie, Jaxon, Jyles and Judd. Greatly missed by his family and friends.

LENARD BLEWITT (LENNY) 22 Feb 60 - 12 May 16.

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WE ARE HIRING Positions Available Full-time & Part Time

Looking for an Energetic Staff to Join our Team. Please contact Debra Linga Longa -Bombala 64583201

EXPERIENCED ELDERLY CAREGIVER NEEDED TO START WORK IMMEDIATELY MON THRU FRI 5HRS DAILY 18$/HR EMAIL; BOBBYCHAMBERS1203@GMAIL.COM ENGAEMENT Kim and Gaylene Jennings along with Liz Harris and Brian Noakes and Wayne Gainsford and Alana Stapleton, are very pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Karley to Mitchell Gainsford

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Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary Mum & Dad for the 19th May. Love from all your family.

Son of Doug and Doreen. Brother of Beth. Will be sadly missed. Lenny's funeral is confirmed for Thursday 19 May at 11am at Palmdale on the Central Coast and afterwards at Everglades Country Club at Woy Woy.

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Aged 61 years. Dearly loved wife of Thomas, Mother of Darren, Sally and Jenna. Adored grandmother to Liam. The relatives and friends of the late JAN FOLEY are invited to attend her funeral service to be held in the St Johns Anglican Church, Adaminaby, on Thursday May 19thof 2016 commencing at 11:00 am. At the conclusion of the service, the cortege will proceed to Adaminaby Cemetery. Allens Funerals Cooma Alan Dodd Director Family Owned & Operated FDA - 02 6452 2094

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PROPOSAL TO INSTALL NEW MOBILE PHONE BASE STATION EQUIPMENT AT THREDBO

NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION The Fisheries Scientific Committee (FSC), established under Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, has made a final determination to list the Stocky Galaxias (Galaxias tantangara) as a Critically Endangered Species. The FSC reviewed information and found that the species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in NSW in the immediate future as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2010. The final determination can be viewed on the FSC’s website: www.fsc.nsw.gov.au or by request by emailing fsc@dpi.nsw.gov.au

$1,000 ONO Ph: 0429 321 869 DELI DISPLAY UNIT

COOMA MONARO HISTORIC AUTOMOBILE CLUB

Will be conducting a Hill Climb on Mt Gladstone Road on 22nd May 2016. This will result in Mt Gladstone Road being closed to the public from 7.30am till 6pm on the day. Heidi’s Tea House will be closed for the day. The Club apologises for any inconvenience. Further information can be obtained on

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Robert Wolf - President. John & Francis Ratcliffe will be retiring from full time Electrical Contracting as from 30th June, 2016. Our business has been taken over by Clay & Patrice Clear, who will commence operation on 1st July, 2016. Whilst we will still be involved in a small way, the business in its entirety has been sold to the Clears. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our many clients for their support and friendship over many years, it has been a pleasure to work with you all. We wish Clay & Patrice all the very best with their new venture. - Ratty & Francis

2. Optus regards the proposed installation as maintenance activities in accordance with the Telecommunications Act 1997 based on the description above.

The Bombala RSL Club Ltd are seeking expression of interest for contract cleaners. The position is seven (7) days a week, you must be ABN registered and carry your own Public Liability insurance.

3. Further information can be obtained from Brad James, 0405 013 316, brad.james@huawei.com and at www.rfnsa.com.au (RFNSA # 2625001). The proposed infrastructure will be in compliance with the ACMA EMR regulatory arrangements.

Interested parties can pick up an information pack for the position from the Office between 10am-4pm. Application close 3rd June 2016.

4. Written submissions should be sent to: Brad James at brad.james@huawei.com or Huawei Technologies Pty Ltd, Level 5, 12 Help St, Chatswood NSW 2067 by 27 May 2016.

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Optus plans to undertake maintenance activities at the existing facility located at Radio Room - Crackenback Upper Lift Station, Thredbo NSW 2625 1. The proposed works consist of the replacement of existing internal equipment within the existing equipment shelter.

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All types sourced from the Lachlan Valley. Transport available. Contact - 0428 639 009 PUBLIC NOTICE

FOX BAITING PROGRAM

This is to advise that a fox baiting program will occur on Glenroy, Epona, Bir Zebbug, Rockview, Vaimari, Collingwood, Ingelara Ridge, Ravenswood, Willandra, Ramliegh, Fleetwind, Rosedale, Cappah-Brae, Scottsdale, 2 Up Farm, Costalunga, The Oaks, Prospect Hill and Neikah in the Colinton/Bredbo area. The baiting will occur between the 26th of May and the middle of October 2016. For further information phone 0403152269.

THANK YOU Dean "Toot", Nicole and family take this opportunity to extend a very big thank you to the Cooma Red Devils, local businesses and community for the wonderful support given to us at this time. We are so truly grateful for all that has been done.

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Saturday 21st May 2016 Numeralla “Tynebank�

184 Beresford Road, Numeralla. The family of Gratton Wilson are donating all profit from this sale to Cooma Hospital Auxiliary 9am Start. Antique hall-stand, sideboard, small wood cupboard, pewter, silver, brass and copper ware, jarrah lounge suite, paintings, Parker dining table with 8 chairs, TV, 4 desks, card table, jeweller's work station, book shelves, washing machine, dryer, telephones, office equipment, fire resistant filing cabinet, invalid walker, walking sticks, brooms, mops & brushes, oven ware, wok, china, cutlery, glassware, trays, decanters, cocktail shaker, wine racks, lamps, electrical extension cords, power boards and timers, beds and bedding, leaf blower, jerry cans & siphon hoses, car washing gear, garden hoses & fittings, tanned goat skin mats, garden & pruning gear, wheel barrows, bee keeping gear wax and hives (no bees), hand tools & rack, bar 'fridge, beer fridge, brand new kitchen 'fridge, large deep freeze, exercise bike, games, toys, knitting machine, Christmas decorations, drying racks, lavender, wool skirting table, router and attachments, brush-cutter, grease gun, drill sharpener, wood sander, haircutting gear, dog chains and a treasure trove of other items too numerous to mention. Catering is being generously donated by Rotary.

Cooma Monaro Historical Automobile Club Inc. is calling for expressions of interest to build an extension to their clubhouse at 11 Bolaro Street, Cooma. Plans and specifications are available upon request by contacting 0439676444. Closing date for tenders is May 31 2016 to PO Box 758 Cooma, 2630.

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Undefeated Lady Tigers first on the ladder On Sunday the Cooma Lady Tigers team took on Brindabella in Canberra. It was another successful game for the Tigers winning 2-0. The first half was even with possession going between both teams. Brindabella were playing a very physical game giving away a few free kicks early on. It took the Tigers some time to settle into the match and find their mojo. 20 minutes had passed and the Tigers defensive backline were working well keeping the Brindabella forwards off side.

This helped Cooma set up their first goal scored by Alicia Rampal who struck the ball into the corner and the Tigers took the lead at 1-0. Brindabella didn’t back down and a few long balls and some fast forwards looked to even the score, but keeper Sam de Ruijter had a stellar game saving every attempt using all her skills in the bank from a fantastic dive to the corner post, to a simple well taken catch. A motivated Cooma maintained the pressure and a ball from Tamara Lloyd to

Alicia Rampal saw her score her second goal to make it 2-0. It looked as though Alicia was set to score a hat-trick when she was called offside just before half time. In the second half Cooma started well with Miruna Moruz making some great runs up the wing but a tough Brindabella defence didn’t allow her the opportunity to score. One opportunity arose when Cooma was awarded a penalty outside the 18 yard box for a rough tackle with Miruna Moruz sending it just wide.

Frustration boiled over with four minutes to go when Tigers defender Candice Geach had enough of Brindabella’s rough game getting into a bit of push and shove with her player. The Tigers maintained their cool and wrapped the game up at 2-0. This win now puts the Lady Tigers outright first on the ladder being the only undefeated team in the competition. This weekend the Tigers will play the Goulburn Strikers and are hoping to keep their undefeated run intact.

Tigers Div 2 return to top spot Tigers U12 in nailbiter The Cooma Tigers roared back to the top of the table with a thumping 7-1 win over UC Pumas at Nijong Oval on Saturday afternoon. After collecting only a solitary point from consecutive away games the Tigers were hungry to return to winning ways and put on a show for their loyal home fans. It was the visitors who took the early lead though when they were awarded a penalty that was duly converted in the 15th minute. It didn’t take long for Cooma to square the ledger with a penalty for handball at the other end allowing crowd favourite Serdan Bircan to step up to the spot and make the score 1-1. Laurence Redmond was pulling the strings in the middle of the park and two fizzing long range shots from the midfield maestro had the Tigers 3-1 up, the second of which was tapped in by fox-inthe-box Cam Mackintosh after the goalkeeper could only parry Redmond’s fierce strike. Matt Bruce had the UC left back in his pocket for the entire first half and after skinning his bewildered marker for the umpteenth time, played a delightful pass to Zac Schoon who unselfishly squared to Bircan for a simple tap in to make the score 4-1 going into half time. Coach Ferguson emphasised the need for Cooma to continue their dominance after the break and his team responded with a goal shortly after the restart. A mazy run from Bircan, who breezed past three defenders before returning Zac Schoon’s favour

from the first half, allowed the Tigers marquee striker to thump home a powerful strike and open his goal scoring account for the season. Not to be outdone, Mackintosh was again on the score sheet with a shot from an acute angle giving the league’s top scorer his 9th goal in 5 games and Cooma its 6th of the afternoon. The Tigers were playing with an air of freedom and confidence that was epitomised by Bircan, who had the crowd purring with a nutmeg count that entered double figures. There was still more pain to come for the Pumas and Schoon secured his second half brace with another well placed strike from the edge of the area which rounded out the scoring and secured another big home win for the Tigers. Although happy to put away seven goals, it was Cooma’s strength at the back that was most pleasing to Coach Ferguson and this showed in the man of the match voting with the back three of Oscar Schoon, Dominic Bogatek and Roman Bogatek taking second, third and fourth place respectively. The top honour went to Laurence Redmond though, whose textbook performance of the boxto-box midfield role had the students searching for answers. The Tiger’s reclaimed top spot with the win and will look to extend their lead in a midweek fixture with ADFA on Wednesday night ahead of another away game with Canberra City on Saturday.

The U/12 Cooma Tigers got off to a great start in their match against Belconnen North at home last Saturday. Zane Gourlay made an early run at goal for the Tigers, he was so heavily guarded that his opposition ended up assisting his goal shot to see us leading 1-0. This was followed by a near miss from Finn Chatten and excellent defence from Reuben Hooper, Jessica Norris and courageous work in goals by Tom Carton coming out to shut down a number of the Belconnen attempts. Tigers players continued to pepper the goal and Zane scored goal number two. Our backs stayed busy with numerous tussles and saves from Jonah Perea, Noah Goodman and Liam Davis followed by a full field run from Reuben Hooper who followed

through with goal number 3. Despite being down by 3 goals the Belconnen North team were a quality side and they came out firing in the second half. Again, the backs and goalie Will Miller worked hard thwarting many of their attempts however, they saw more ball this half and were able to score 3 goals to tie up the match. With the score even and only minutes remaining both teams fought neck and neck to make ground. After a Tigers rampage towards the Bel north goal a quick turnover caught us off guard and they were able to score in the dying minutes of the match with the Tigers going down 4-3 despite their determination, effort and sportsmanship throughout the match.

Good results at Monaro High School athletics carnival

Monaro High School held their athletics carnival last Monday. Above: The girls giving everything in the trial for the 100m sprint. Right: Remy Oldrey gearing up for the shot put.

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Delegate Pony Club rally Sunday May 1 Delegate Pony Club had a great turn out with 16 keen riders despite the terrible wind. Thanks to Ange Kane who instructed our older riders with some flat work and other challenging activities. The riders enjoyed putting their ponies through a few new paces, this included the Stockman’s Challenge. New equipment enjoyed by all the riders, thanks to Jordan and Sinead Cameron for building. The riders also had fun doing some sporting activities all in preparation for the up

coming Delegate Pony Club Gymkhana in September. Next Rally is June 5w, 9:30am gear check with a 10am start. All new members welcome. Pictured: the group Gabrielle Kidd attempting part of Stockman’s Challange Natalie Vincent attempting part of Stockman’s Challange Lydia Jamieson putting Bart through his paces Indy White

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Cooma rifle range use Cooma Golf Club enlarges dam declared ongoing

At the last meeting of the CoomaMonaro Shire council on May 9, the operation of the Cooma Rifle Club was clarified. That the Cooma Rifle Club Inc is to be advised that Council is aware of the existing use of the Crown Land known as the Cooma Rifle Range, and of the NSW Police requirements for permissive shooting rights. That the Cooma Rifle Club Inc be advised that Development Consent has not been issued for the use of the site as a Rifle Range, however, it is deemed to be an “existing use” and as such, does not require Development Consent from Council for continuation of Rifle Range activities. That the Cooma Rifle Club Inc be advised that Council is not aware of any unauthorised changes to the use of the Cooma Rifle Range. The Cooma Rifle Club Inc. is a long established organisation that has been operational in the area for many years and encompasses various community members of all ages. Shooting is a popular sport for Rifle Club members, is a sport that encourages outdoor activity, and requires both physical and mental application. The Rifle Club can only operate on the site if it has the appropriate licenses from the NSW Police, as ‘permissive shooting rights’. Such licenses are apparently granted for a limited time period (apparently 3-5 years). Council is required to provide an acknowledgement as an adjoining landowner as Council occupies land that adjoins the Rifle Range – being the Cooma Landfill. The land that the Rifle Range is situated on

is Crown Land, and it is understood that the Rifle Club is a registered lessee or tenant An extract from the Cooma Parish Map (1963) shows the land as being reserved for a “Rifle Range” as being “Notified” on 9 April 1925. It is taken that this means it was published in the Government Gazette on this date, meaning this is the date from which the use of the land for the rifle range legally took effect. Under S 106 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act an “existing use” is defined as (in part): existing use means: (a) the use of a building, work or land for a lawful purpose immediately before the coming into force of an environmental planning instrument which would, but for Division 4 of this Part, have the effect of prohibiting that use, and…” The land is currently zoned as E2 – Environmental Conservation under the Cooma-Monaro Local Environmental Plan 2013. A ‘Rifle Range’ is prohibited in the zone. The continuation of a legally established use is permitted under S 107 of the Act “(1) Except where expressly provided in this Act, nothing in this Act or an environmental planning instrument prevents the continuance of an existing use.” Council’s Planning Officers have accepted that the Rifle Range has been a legal use of the site since 1925, which hasn’t ceased. On that basis, is considered an “existing use” and therefore does not require Development Consent from Council to continue as that use.

The Cooma Golf Club is in the process of enlarging the dam on the 11th Hole with the view to using this as the source of irrigation water for the greens, fairways and Tees. In December 2015 our main water tank suffered a catastrophic failure. After 43 years of faithful service the old girl gave up the ghost. The Club managed to limp through the rest of the summer with minimal watering on the course from a smaller secondary water tank, concentrating on keeping the greens alive. A replacement water supply was urgently needed and after much investigation the cheapest, and in the long term, best option for the club was to enlarge the existing dam and irrigate from this. This will involve new pumping facilities and considerable changes to piping as well as the work on the dam. The increased capacity will help make the course more drought ready, save on pumping costs, reduce the reliance on pumping from the Murrumbidgee supply and allow the Club to better water our greens and begin watering fairways again. The end result will be a better course and the first steps towards a better club for our community. Hopefully the larger dam will attract more water birds in addition to the permanently resident geese, ducks, coots and swamphens. This will benefit not only the Golf Club but also the general community, including charities such as the MEIS who ran a successful fund raiser at the Golf Club on last Saturday.

Door opens on improved access for gymnastics The Cooma Gymnastics Club received a grant from Fundability of $5,500 for the installation of a new access door, which was officially opened last Monday. This door will allow the club to continue its development of ‘access for all’ classes for the Monaro region by providing improved access to the building. The Cooma Gymnastics club is going strong at the moment with 70 kids involved and four new classes being added this term.

The club is currently looking at developing programs for people with disabilities and the improved door will assist in being able to do this. anyone is interested in discussing new potential programs or joining the club, they can get in contact by searching Cooma Gymnastics Club on Facebook. Pictured, former deputy mayor of Cooma-Monaro Shire council, Rogan Corbett, cuts the ribbon to open the door.

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Forty six tried rollerski Cooma Golf Club news The highlight of the week’s golf saw another successful running of the MEIS Charity Day on Saturday with 24 teams competing in the three person Ambrose event. The winners, with a score of 55.167 nett were Christian Stockl, Darren Hedger and A Ryan. Runners up were the medical team of Brian Tugwell, Sean Trutter and Rob Wiles who despite their only occasional games of golf managed to score 56.5 nett to beat Simon Freebody, Craig Turton and B Hearn on a count back. The men’s long drive went to Nick Moon, the ladies long drive went to Helen Crawford and the Nearest the Pin went to the Alpine Hotel team. Last Wednesday’s Medley Stableford attracted 23 starters and John Harris streeted to the field in windy conditions to win by six shots with 41 points with Nathan McGrath runner up with 35. On occasions Nathan was a little unorthodox but effective, putting his second on the green on 10 from the 12th fairway.

Forty-six enthusiastic local children participated in a Come and Try Rollerski Day at Jindabyne Central School on Saturday May 14. Three one hour long sessions were organised by local ski group Snowy Mountains Nordic and conducted by Tim Greville, coach of the Jindy Juniors program and ex National XC Ski Team coach. Participants became familiar with cross country training equipment and the basics of rollerskiing including stepping, turning, stopping and either classic or skate technique. At the end of each session participants enjoyed a game of either tag, stuck in the mud or European handball, all whilst balancing on rollerskis! Organisers were extremely impressed with the speed in which all participants picked

up the skills and the smiling faces on display. Snowy Mountains Nordic would like to extend many thanks to NSWXC for their assistance and support, Jindabyne Central School for providing the venue and John at Mountain Adventure Centre for sponsoring the event with necessary equipment. If you are a local resident of the Snowy Mountains and are interested in becoming involved in cross country skiing, please contact info@smnordic. org.au or look at our facebook page, Snowy Mountains Nordic.

Below:Lukas showing his newly acquired rollerskiing style. Top: It was all smiles for Nash, Ruby and Emelia

Balls were won by Brian Searl (34), Tom Geach (34), Roy Hankinson (34), Dieter Seubert (33), John Peters (33), Tim Bedingfeld (33), Gary Batten (32) and Charlie Beaumont (32). Nearest the pin on nine was Vic Carroll while John Peters was closest for two on 18. Sunday’s fifth round of the Thredbo Super Stableford saw Ged Mackay score 38 points to edge out Rob Smith on a count back. Third went to Tom Geach with 36 points, also on a countback. Balls were won by John Harris (36), Terry Johnston (36), bailey Burke (35), Frank McKnight (35), Tim Bedingfeld (35), Damien Walsh (34), Tony Monday (34), Steve Wheatley (34) and Heikki Evans (34). No one managed to land on the ninth green in one for the second Sunday in a row whilst Kim Howard won nearest the pin on 17. Next week there will be Stablefords on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.

Pictured above, the Coles Cooma golf team of Alan Kelly, Nathan McGrath and Bailey Burke.

Right: Ray and Dorothy Bilbow partnered with Sean Trute.

MEIS Golf day raised $8000 The annual Monaro Early Intervention Service golf day last Saturday attracted more than 70 players and raised more than $8000. The weather was kind to the organisers this year, resulting in a beautiful day for golf. This important fundraiser greatly assists the MEIS in the essential work it does in the community. The organisers would like to thank the following sponsors and donors: Alpine Hotel, Birdsnest, Bombala Council, Bombala Street Surgery, Boyce Chartered Accountants, Coffeys Hotel, Cooma Battery Wholesalers, Cooma Toyota Used Cars, GIO Insurance, Macks Auto and Tyre Centre, Mainstreet Clothing, Mitre 10 Cooma, Modem Office Furniture, Monbeef, Royal Hotel, Sam’s Co, Sharp Street Surgery, Snowy Hydro, South East Tile and Bathroom, Alison and John Starr, ABC Southeast Radio, Bunnamagoo Wine Estate - Victoria Cowlishaw; Coles Cooma, Jo Anne Jones, Kettle & Seed, Leading Edge Electronics, Lee Parkinson,

The Monaro Post, Snow FM/2XL, Snowy Mountains Audio Hire, Sportspower and Trish Williams. Pictured below, the Geach team.

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Cody Gould outrunning Burgmann

Piglets victory at home The U10’s had a great game on Saturday against Marist in front of a large home crowd. We had some brilliant individual performances backed up by a great team effort. Stand outs for the U10s piglets were Kane for his insightful runs from halfback, bagging a great try, Owen at outside centre also coming away with an awesome try, Riley getting a long range try and his three conversions, Joey who played out of his skin both in attack and defense and to our little man of the match Liam, who beat a number

James McGufficke on his way to the try line

Red Devils under 14s With great parent support, Cooma ran onto an oasis of a football ground to play Burgmann. From the kick off the Devils showed good support and more urgency than the previous week. After 10 minutes a penalty to Burgmann led to a lot of defence from Cooma and ultimately Burgmann’s big prop scored under the posts, which was converted. Five minutes later after a big break out wide and support arrived it was James McGufficke under the posts and with the try

converted it was game on at 7-7. A phase of loose ball control and missed tackles allowed Burgmann to cross for three more unconverted tries for a half time score of 22-7. Constructive, realistic half time comments had Cooma focused for the second half. However it was the opposition who scored twice to lead 34-7. Cooma stuck to the task and were rewarded after constant pressure and urgency close to the line allowed a well-timed cross

Monaro Air Rifle Club

The Max Bossman trophy shoot was fiercely contested at the Club on the 20th April. As this long running trophy will be retired this year, Timothy Deamer not only took out first place, but also the honour of being the last person to win this event. Bruno Schnitzer came in second with Thomas Reed closely in third. The “King and Queen shoot”, was held on May 11. This is a traditional competition which dates back to the start of the sport in Europe, and is a club favourite. Members competed for the

field kick to be taken by Will Cahill to score under the posts, and a successful conversion made the score 34-14. After a long passage of well contested play Burgmann crossed again for a full time score of 41-14. Cooma’s tackling and lineouts where an improvement on the previous week and with more game experience further improvement will come. Points; Eddy Clarke 3, Jacob Squire 2, Musa Hudson and Braith Fitzgerald 1.

Benchrest “ Top Gun” on the same night, so it was a huge night of shooting. As we have both the NSW and Australian championships being held in Cooma this year, we thought we would share our sport with the community. So we will be having an Open day on Sunday June 5. Air Rifle is open to everyone over the age of 12, and equipment will be available from the club, so come along and have a go. For Details please contact Tracy Mason on 0456314236.

of defenders to go over for the first try of the game together with making some good hard tackles. Our defence was outstanding, particularly from Rennie and Owen. Congratulations to Luka on his first game! If this is how they are starting the season, it will be exciting to see how it ends! It was great for our little rugby team to come away with a crushing victory over a proven rugby school. Well done Under 10s. Write Up by the Duggans

Minute’s silence for Alf

Before calling the cards for bowls last Wednesday Peter called for those present to observe one minute silence in remembrance of former Member and stalwart of the Club, Alf Gammon. With some regular Wednesday bowlers absent it was a small field that took to the green for social bowls. Max Reeve and Ron Wainwright were early leaders against Ken Rees and Paul Cannell who narrowed the gap to trail 10/12 on end 12. Max and Ron dominated from that point on and ran out winners 24/13. Although Mary Phillips and Kevin Jackson trailed Renate Winckel and Geoff Venables for most of their match they were able to level the scores 19/19 on end 20 but failed to capitalise and went down 20/25.The final match up was Allan Crowe, Peter Harris and Mario Frezza v Max Povey, Max Butler and Mike Mannile, recorded on the card as “Them” and “Us” but not sure

who is which. Scores were level on five occasions, including the last where the score was 14/14, which did not help with identification. Only six players on Saturday with Max Butler, Renate Winckel and Geoff Venables taking on Sergio Roncelli, Ev Hamilton and Don Jarvis, where each player played seven ends in each of the three positions. After the first seven Max, Renate and Geoff lead 7/5 and 15/11 after 14. Over the final seven ends Sergio, Ev and Don recovered to finish an enjoyable game 19/19 Social bowlers endured warm but windy conditions on Sunday which tested their ability to handle the cross breeze. Sandi Litchfield played swinging lead for Chris Mould and Wayne Flynn and for Dale Collins and Brian Searle. Brian’s team set up a handy 11/7 lead at the half way point and withstood a late challenge to win 19/18. Bob Douglass and Geoff

Venables kept in touch with Renate Winckel and Don Jarvis to end 11 but dropped 10 shots on ends 12 and 13 for Renate and Don to lead 20/6 and hold off a fast finishing Bob and Geoff to win 23/15. The draw for the Minor Pairs has been made and first round matches are scheduled for next Saturday 21st with semifinals on Sunday 22nd. The first round matches are; Robert Roberson and Mick Mayhew v Ken Rees and Paul Cannell, Graham Hamilton and Mark Buckley v Ron Wainwright and Peter Harris. Mario Frezza and Peter Marsicano v Max Butler and Bob Douglass. Allan Crowe and John Schoon v Sergio Roncelli and Steve Seears. The Cooma Two team that travelled to Tuross Head to contest the Zone Play Offs in grade six Pennants, ran into some very strong competition and were unable to advance to the next stage.

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Bombala bowls carnival It was fantastic weather for the carnival on the weekend, with 28 teams of local and visiting players. Thank you to the sponsors, Cottrell Toyota, Jamie’s Bobcat Services and RSL Club, bar staff and Jono’s Restaurant and staff, as well as the many hard workers for making it a great weekend for everyone. Div 1 Winners Team Spivey (Eden) 3 W + 11 R/UP Team Blacker (Bega) 2W 1L +7; Div 2 Winners Team Buckley (Cooma) 2W 1L

+9 R/UP Team Maxted (Tura) 2W 1L -9; Div 3 Winners Team Harrison (Eden) 3W +19 R/UP Team Grant (Bega) 2W 1Draw +22; Div 4 Winners Team Grenenger (Candelo) 3W + 41 R/UP Team Lomas (Bombala) 2 W 1L + 11. The winners of the 100 Club raffle were Ian Lucas, Mark Guthrie and Aurora Reed. Next week there will be social bowls and a carnival at Tathra Beach. - Jack

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Mt Gladstone hill climb on again next Sunday Entries for next Sunday’s Mount Gladstone Hill Climb will remain open up to 5pm Saturday May 21. Entries in already include Brendan Coote in his Peugeot 205 GTi. Brendan has a fastest time of 42.19s which is outstanding for a small two wheel drive (2WD) hatch. Another driver preparing for the event is Gareth Rees who had an impressive first outing in his Nissan Skyline at the last Mount Gladstone event (1st May) with a best time of 42.92s. The hill climb will be run over the Car Club’s 1km track up Mount Gladstone Road off the Snowy Mountains Highway west of Cooma; and conducted under the rules and regulations of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sports (CAMS). Competitors need to be financial members of CMHAC or other invited clubs affiliated with CAMS, and must hold a CAMS Level 2 Speed Event Licence. Vehicles Classes will be as nominated on the Supplementary

Regulations up to Type 4 production based 2WD vehicles (Sports Sedans). Vehicle Scrutiny will be held at the CMHAC Clubhouse, Bolaro St Cooma before the events start at 9:30am. SPECTATORS Spectator entry is free. The hill climb is a great day out for spectators including families and will run from 9:30AM to the presentation at 3:15PM. Spectators can arrive at any time as a courtesy shuttle bus will run all day taking them from the bottom to the top and back again after each run. Food and (non-alcoholic) drink will be available. More details about both these Cooma Car Club events can be found on the Cooma Car Club website www.coomacarclub.com. au/. See also Cooma Car Club’s Facebook Page.

Cooma squash results Ray Callaway

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B GRADE – ROUND 3 No Strokes V Cooma Trophy & Gifts Result Gerard Mackay V Alex Childs 3–0 Jeremy Mackay V Reagen Darrant 0–3 Jess Sergo V Sarah Merefield 3–0 Fergus Barrett V Damon Battye 1–3 Truck Stop V Snowy Hydro Result Dane Freimanis V Aaron Pottage 3–1 Andrew Robertson V Bailey Rogers 3–1 Remy Oldrey V Keegan Caldwell 3–2

James Walker vVSam Campbell 2–3 A.G. Corby Plumbing Supplies V Tag the Trend Result Ryan Sagodi-Hogan V Aaron Rogers 3–0 Bailey Rogers 3–0 Sam De Ruijter V Lachlan Sturgeon 0–3 Kayne Johnson v Kathy Sergo 3–1 Hillross V Cooma Crash Repairs Results Tim Wassink V Darcy Clayton 3–1 Archie Allen V Leanne Kent 3 – 1 Sam Campbell V Jeremy Campbell 3–0

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Bombala Golf Club results On Wednesday the Ladies Played the Club GOLF PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK. medal and Putting. Gay Kennedy was the winner with 79 Nett. LADIES. Wednesday 18.5.16. Gay also won the putting with 29 putts. 3 Stick Event. L. Withers Trophy. Members on Saturday played a Par for a The weekend is the Bombala open. Club Trophy. Saturday 21.5.16. Joel Cherry was the winner with +1. Bombala open and ladies day. Balls went to Joel and Brendan Weston - 1. Sunday is catering for the men. NTP was won by Korie Elton. MEMBERS. Saturday 21.5.16. Sunday was a 4 BBB Stableford for Murphys Bombala Open. Afternoon. Foursomes. Transport and Bombala Electrical Trophies. SUNDAY 22.5.16. The winners were Paul Halligan and Ross Mens open day. Brown with 42 pts. Hit off time on both days is 9 a.m. Paul and Ross were the ball winners. MATCH PLAY. Paul Halligan and Ross DUTY ROSTER. Brown defeated Ray Crawford and Ray Saturday 21.5.16. Brad Yelds. Fermor 3/2. You are reminded that all committee men are Single Match Play. Ray Fermor defeated on duty over the weekend. Paul Halligan 2/1.

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POINTS: 51

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LAST WEEKS SCORE: 4

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DRAGONS BRONCOS TIGERS LAST WARRIORS WEEKS SHARKS SCORE: PANTHERS 5 ROOSTERS STORM

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RABBITS BRONCOS TIGERS WARRIORS LAST WEEKS SEA EAGLES SCORE: PANTHERS BULLDOGS 6 STORM

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COOMA AUTO ELECTRICS

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POINTS: 51 RABBITS BRONCOS TIGERS RAIDERS SHARKS PANTHERS BULLDOGS STORM

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PH: 6452 4494 LAST WEEKS SCORE: 7

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LAST WEEKS SCORE: 5

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RABBITS BRONCOS TIGERS RAIDERS LAST SHARKS WEEKS TITANS SCORE: BULLDOGS 4 STORM

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Cooma Colts round three results Full On Constructions and Rhythm Snow Sports Under 6 The Rhythm Snow Sports, Full On Constructions Under 6s started out on the back foot this week, being defeated by Woden Weston Gold 12-16. William Bryan crossed for one try and Hunter Hart crossed over for two tries. Benjamin Fox, Harrison Tatton, Ethan Brazulaitis, Toby McKenzie, Nicholas Burchall, Junior Morgan, and Phillip Jefferies all put in 100% attacking the oppositions defence. Despite Woden being great in attack the boys held their heads up and played hard to the final siren. The kids stayed happy and positive and had a good time. Good work this week guys. Better luck next week. South East Embroidery Under 7 The Cooma Colts were up against the Belconnen Sharks at Melba. The Colts have started playing really well together and started the game with great defence from KeeleyMay Usher Rodahl and Mitchell Fletcher which shut down anything the Sharks had coming their way. Nate Stokes weaved in and out of the sharks defence to score his first try of the day. Brilliance in attack and hard hit ups from Riley Williams saw him cross over the line to score a try. The Colts relaxed a little too early though which resulted in the Sharks scoring their first try of the game but the Colts were quick to recompose with some crunching tackles from Tyler Lee and Jermaine Bartlett. After another great set in attack resulted in Nate Stokes scoring his 2nd try for the game. The Sharks hit straight back with their final try of the game. Harper Woolf and Jesse Hurford ran hard in attack all game and made some good metres. Kurik Nelson and Aiden Dixon showed some great defence stopping the Sharks in their tracks. Jermaine Bartlett showed some lightning speed and crossed the line for the Colts final try of the game with the Cooma Colts coming out victors the final score 16-8. Try scorers were Nate Stokes (2), Riley Williams (1), and Jermaine Bartlett (1) the Medal this week went to Keeley-May Usher-Rodahl and the award went to Riley Williams. Snowy River Painting Under 8 – White The Cooma Colts travelled to Canberra on Sunday to take on the Valley Dragons. The Colts took a bit to fire once again which saw the Dragons cross for the first try of the match. The Colts slowly wound up with some solid runs from Bailey Benn and Jackson Cook, which set the wheels in motion for Kyte Lee to cross for the Colts. The Valley Dragons were quick to take advantage of the Colts slow start and it didn’t take them long to find a gaping hole to score again. This was enough to wake a sleeping giant with the Colts putting on their game faces on. Othon Morgan returned to his best form with outstanding support and crossed for 5 tries. Lachlan Bryan battered the Dragons defensive line to cross for a double and Lachlan Burchall topped it off with a quick dart from dummy half to cross for one of his own. The Dragons tried their best to hit back, but solid defence from Riley McKenzie and Cooper Lee along with a solid Colts defensive line that finally returned to a well-oiled machine, put an end to the Dragons score line. The Colts went out and smashed the Dragons 44 to 10. Try scorers were Othon Morgan (5), Lachlan Bryan (2), Lachlan Burchall and Kyte Lee. Conversions by Kyte Lee, Lachlan Bryan, Jackson Cook and Riley McKenzie. The medal winner was Othon Morgan and the Maccas award went

to Cooper Lee. Monaro Constructions Under 8 – Black Round three saw the Cooma Colts Under 8 Black travel to Canberra, playing at the Gordon grounds. This being only the third game of the season, saw a whole team improvement right across the park. They played a very strong South Tuggeranong team, and when the South Tuggeranong boys were in attack, they proved difficult for the Colts to contain. The Colts didn’t stop trying and chased all day when they had to defend. The South Tuggeranong team played well and got the better of our Colts team, although we didn’t get a win our Colts played strongly. The Colts Black team wish to extend a big thank-you to the South Tuggeranong team who loaned us firstly three of their players at the start of the match, then two players for the last two thirds of the game. Deuchar Waldren unluckily fractured his collarbone at home on the Saturday and will be out until he is fully healed. The Colts wish Deuchar all the best in a speedy recovery. And this being Laith Podger’s first game for the Colts this year he watched the first ten minutes, and then was keen to get out and play the rest of the game. Manson Sandeberg pulled off some great tackles against much bigger players and made good metres with the ball in hand with his weaving runs, earning him the player’s medal for this week. James Burke was again very strong and broke the defensive line with each and every one of his hit ups. Colby Douch ran the ball well, hitting the South Tuggeranong defence at speed and produced a couple of well-timed off loads which kept the boys rolling forward. Rhylee Rosenbaum-Robinson was always keen to get the ball in hand when in attack, and never stopped chasing in defence. When he got the chance for a kick at goal, there was never a chance the ball was not going over the black dot, potting two points for his team. Blaze Podger’s speed gave the opposing players a few headaches, and was hard to catch when he was able to get on their outside. Well done to the boys on their third game of the season, with each game seeing improvements in both their defence and attack and a big thank you to the Cooma Colts Under Eights Black team sponsors Monaro Constructions. Monaro Panel Beaters Under 9’s The Under 9’s Monaro Panel Beaters travelled to Gungahlin on Sunday and were lucky enough to come away with a 32-28 win. Hunter Caldwell with his twinkle toes bamboozled a sleeping Gungahlin Bulls side and went over for five tries. Our gentle giant Dempsey Woolf also showed that with some pace and strength he too was lucky to go over for a try. We also can’t forget our zippy Jett Kelly who yet again showed the opposition how fast he can be and was rewarded with a try as well. It wasn’t a slow game to say the least and with some great hit ups and line breaks from Wyatt Hufford, Charlie Payne, Khian Flanagan & Natasha Kelly they showed that the Monaro Panel Beaters are improving and getting better with each game. Rylee Holland and Jayden Hart showed some tenacity helping their side but it was our defence that kept the Gungahlin Bulls away from the try line. Currently leading the tackle count equally is Connor Nelson and Tyrell Bartlett who did some try saving tackles and hard hits. Not only that, Jack Dunn and Archie Blyton showed their strength with some fantastic tackles and

getting in the face of the opposition and showing who the boss is. Well done team let’s hope we can continue to improve and bring this winning streak back to next week’s home game. Sportspower Cooma Colts Under 10’s The Sports power U10’s had a long drive this weekend to play the Crookwell green devils at Crookwell. The boys where on the back foot from the kick off with Crookwell putting on some quick points from the onset. To their credit the colts kept fighting and with some strong runs from Judah Fai Filiga, Charlie Fleming and Zane Usher Rodahl they kept their heads in the game. Speedster Thomas Rudd scored a great try out wide while Lee Morgan managed to cross the try line for a hat trick of tries. Rhys Cleverly and Clayton Clark tried hard all game in both attack and defence, as did Jacob Smith and Lucas Umback. Jack Roberson had some strong runs and tackled well and was backed up by Hugh Waldren having some great straight hit up’s. Tyler Walden made some good metres for the colts and Mitch Reed played another strong game running well and making some try saving tackles throughout the game. Josh Williams made great yards as soon as he came on and Cameron Filtness played his usual strong game Kicking, passing and running well. Unfortunately with a big lead to chase down and some calls going against us we went down 44-18. Despite the score the boys never stopped trying or dropped their heads and continued to back each other up throughout the whole game which was great to see. Tries Lee Morgan 3, Thomas Rudd 1. Conversions Mitch Reed. Player of the week Cameron Filtness, Hitman award Charlie Fleming. Highland Ground Spreading under 11 The High Country Spreading under 11 team, dominated in defence and attack on the weekend. Their opponents, the Woden Rams were outclassed across the park. The Colts put the pedal down early and didn’t ease up. Tom Bromfield scored early with a determined run and by games end the colts had eight different try scorers. Toby Inskip, Thomas King, Louie Mould, Talon Kelly, Cooper Inskip and Tom Bromfield all scored one each. Jordan Williams and Justin McDonald both scored a double. Jacory Hart and Mason Turner had great games, cleaning up the kick returns. Diezel Barrett and Azack Morgan were strong up the middle. Jack ‘Thumper’ McPherson didn’t let anyone past him and did his job well, belting it up to make valuable ground. At games end the Colts were too fast and strong for the Rams, running away with a 56-6 win. Best and fairest points were Jordan Williams (3), ‘Birthday Boy’ Talon Kelly (2), Tom Bromfield (1). Choc awards to Thumper McPherson and Talon Kelly. Medal went to Jordan Williams. Mainstreet Under 12’s Main Street Clothing Under 12’s travelled to Kaleen to take on a well drilled North Canberra Bears and went down 36-6. They started slow and before we knew it the score was 20-0 at half time. They came out for the second half like a new team. Sam scored and converted his first try for the season and lifted the teams’ spirits. Kayla and James tackled themselves to a standstill as usual. Barrett and Jonah made some good sneaky runs through the middle. Tirone ran straight and fearlessly all game and Doron played great at dummy half. Adam made some great try saving tackles and Lachlan guided the team

around well as first receiver. Jack got us out of trouble a few times with a good kicking game out of our half with Shawn, Jacob, Cooper, Aron and Conor chasing well and applying pressure to the other team. Player of the week was James and he also got the 3 points, 2 points to Sam and 1 point to Jack. Thanks to all the parents for getting up early and traveling and special thanks to Jono, Jane and Brett. Franks Butchery Under 13’s This week the Franks Butchery Cooma Colts U13s played the North Canberra Bears at Northbourne Oval. Unlike the first two games the Colts didn’t have their minds on the job from the start. The lack of urgency by the Colts in both defence and attack allowed the Bears to score some easy tries with dropped balls and some poor decisions putting the under even more pressure. Despite the below par performance the Colts remained in the game with tries to Brock Halls, Remi Braddemanne and James Dyball. There were periods of good play by the Colts with Colby McDonald , Hudson Laird and Jake Taylor- Friend continually involved. Jake Galvin was solid at fullback making several try saving tackles. Final score North Canberra Bears 32 to Cooma Colts 12. Mc Donald’s Cooma Under 15 Cooma Colts under 15s took on the Valley Dragons hoping to build from their round 1 victory. The game didn’t get off to a great start with some friendly fire ending Damon Fanning and Remy Oldreys day with injuries only 5 minutes in. This meant the boys only had 12 for the majority of the game. Cassidy Taylor came on for his debut and was in the action straight away. Cooma earned a repeat set through a smart kick from Nick Zusak and immediately cashed in with a try to Darnell Bartlett under the sticks with Bailey Rogers converting. A great set after the try had Valley Dragons under pressure and a poor kick saw Keegan Caldwell beat four players and score a 70m try under the posts. Strong carries from Nick Coote and Sean Dixon kept Valley Dragons on the back foot and some gutsy goal line defence held Valley Dragons scoreless in the first half. Simple football and playing to our tempo was the message at half time. The second half was a bit of an arm wrestle with Valley Dragons trying to capitalise on Cooma’s short numbers out wide but they boys kept turning up for each other. Jacob Umback and Kobe Watts took some of the workload with some strong carries out of our line. Back to back penalties helped Cooma up the field where Darnell barged over from close range. Bailey converted to take Cooma’s lead to 18-0. Another Solo effort from Bailey pushed the score out to 24-0 after a try from half way. Fatigue crept in with some dropped balls and penalties but strong defence on the line by Will Saddler, Will Dean & Tyler Rees held out the dragons once again. Off the scrum, Darnell threw a long ball to Keegan who took off around the Dragon’s defence for a 60m try to end any hopes of a comeback. The Dragons had all the ball in the back end of the half with an opportunist try after a loose ball in the in goal brought the score to 28-6. A try right on the bell to the dragons put the final score out to 28-10. A gutsy effort from everyone on the field showed through, with a man short for the entire game. Boys should be extremely proud of themselves. Player of the match went to Sean Dixon.

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Stallions enjoy 34-20 win over Bega Roosters Cooma first grade met Bega at the Cooma showground on Sunday in a much anticipated match. Bega have proven themselves to be premiership contenders this season and it was going to give the Cooma side a good indication of where they are as a team. Cooma kicked off and straight away put themselves under pressure after three consecutive penalties but were able to hold Bega out and force an error. From the scrum Cooma were able to find good field position and in the fourth minute Tim Knight opened the scoring for the home side. Bega were able to hit back in the eighth minute with a try out wide but failed to convert, leaving the score locked at four apiece. From here the game played out evenly until James Boller found the line in the 20th minute to put Cooma in front 10-4 after an Astin Nunan conversion. With Cooma’s forwards laying the platform and finding some solid contact in defence through Ricky Bensley and Andy Boller, they were able to force another error. From the scrum, Tim Knight was able to break free and run 65 metres to score his second try and with the conversion from Nunan, Cooma skipped away to a 16-4 lead. Bega were able to hit back just before half time to make the score 16-10 heading into the break. Cooma spoke about slowing the play the ball down and finding shape in attack at half time. The second half saw Bega cross in the 48th minute but failed to convert leaving Cooma with a two point lead. From here Nunan and his halves partner Kyle High were able to steer the side around and find great field position, rseulting in a try to Adam Walters in the 56th minute. The conversion by Nunan was successful giving Cooma an 8 point lead. Cooma were able to string together some great attacking sets and shifted the ball numerous times and were rewarded when the in form Matty Salvestro found Dean Blyton down the side line to score in the 62nd minute. The conversion was once again successful pushing Cooma out to a 28-14 score line. From here it was all Cooma dominating both defence and attack and with a perfect short ball from Nunan he was able to put Todd Williams through a hole to score next to the up rights. With anther successful conversion the score was 34-14.

Bega managed to score in the 72nd minute but this time Cooma had the game under control and were able to come away with a 34-20 win, making them equal second and giving them some good momentum heading into next week’s away games against the unbeaten and inform Moyura. 3 points on the day went to Corey Thomas, 2 Astin Nunan and 1 Tim Knight. Reserve Grade A near full strength reserve grade side took on the competition leaders on Sunday. The visitors were first to score with a suspected forward pass being missed to see them cross in the corner for an early 4 nil lead. The stallions replied with a try only to have the officials correctly rule this one as forward. The home side was looking good in attack and came close on several occasions to scoring. As happens in this game the Bega side soaked up the pressure and posted a soft try adjacent to the posts to increase their lead to ten pints to nil. The stallions kept attacking and were rewarded with a strong try to Fullback David Summerville which he converted and it was game on at 10 to six The Bega side showed why they are leading the competition with some good ball movement from side to side resulting in another try right on halftime to leave the score at 16 points to 6. Stallions coach Scott Lloyd expressed the need for ball security and to eliminate needless penalties. Unfortunately, they failed in this area and gave the opposition too much ball and easy territory gains. With these easy gains the visitors scored a couple of quick tries to extend their lead to 26 points to 6. With 10 minutes remaining, the Stallions clicked into gear and replied with two of their own to give them a slight sniff at victory down by eight points with five minutes to go. However, another mistake saw Bega post a late try to see them victorious 30 points to 16. This was yet another game that The Stallions could have won.

Pictured top, Under 18s Jake Hedger; Reserves Lochy Schofield; Firsts Todd Williams; Bottom left, Firsts James Boller.

Cooma Fillies continue to learn The Cooma Fillies lost game seven of the season, 64 to nil against the highly ranked Bega Chicks. The score-line does not reflect the effort the Fillies display, but in the end the Bega ladies were just too good. In the Players Player voting for the Fillies, Erin Donnelly was awarded the 3 points, Juli Mylan received 2 points and Lan Nichols received 1 point. Next Sunday the young Fillies

face another tough task with a road trip to Moruya. The ladies continue to train extremely hard and this effort and commitment will show with improved results as the season progresses. The Fillies would like to thank all those who attended the game to support their efforts. The ladies are now on the road for the next four matches.

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Firsts win the day for Blue Heelers

Buoyed by their three wins last week at home, the Bombala Blue Heelers travelled to Narooma to take on the Red Devils. The sun was hot and the Narooma sides were hard to handle beating us in Ladies and first grade and coming up with a draw in reserve grade. High Heelers The Heelers started strongly from the kickoff but shortly after Keiarna Rodwell suffered a shoulder injury ruling her out for the rest of the game. With a few key players also missing, a few positional changes had to be made. The captain Patrice Clear led the way, defending multiple sets and motivating the team with Tash Stewart in support in the full-back role. The first half saw both the teams battling for points, with some great defense shown from the High Heelers to wrap up Narooma’s attack. With a half time score of nil-all the girls were forced to work hard under the relentless heat. The second half saw Narooma put points on the board first, however Bombala answered quickly with a fantastic display of ball handling sending it out to the right wing. A set play driven by Emma Sullivan put Kristy Nicholls over in the corner. Lilly Bennett from Narooma created havoc with her lightening pace, crossing twice herself and saving multiple tries at fullback. This along with a few missed tags saw Narooma run out eventual winners 16-4. Chloe Murphy worked hard all game tagging and busting through with strong runs. Abbey Kimber steered the play well, with Georgie Clarke making meters in attack and shutting down the Narooma girls in defense. The workhorses in the middle tagged hard

all game with Makayla Standen kicking well under pressure. Those on the edges supported well injecting themselves for runs and tagging when fresh legs were needed. The ladies should be proud of their efforts with great team work shown after numerous positional changes against a strong team. Players Player and two points went to Tash Stewart (Raw Strength Bombala). Three points went to the captain Patrice Clear (sponsored by Clear Cut Electrical and Rural Services) and one point was shared by Chloe Murphy (Final Touches) and Kristy Nicholls (One Agency Bombala).

Reserve Grade The Bombala Reserve Grade side started strong with both teams battling it out for the first fifteen minutes of play. Keiran Wilson and Chis Halligan worked hard pushing through the line with Chris eventually crossing to score. The experience of Clay Clear and Sam Sten was evident as they led from the front bustling through the Narooma defense. As a result, good field position put Captain Coach Clay Stewart in for Bombala’s second try. With some quick plays, Narooma crossed also to bring the half time score to 10-6 to Bombala. The second half saw Bombala obtain possession early from a penalty on their try-line, with Clay Stewart capitalizing to score his second try for the day. Fred Simpson had safe hands from the kick-off with great runs from Nick Rosten moving the Bombala side forward. A couple of loose balls saw Bombala on the back foot, with Richard Stewart leading the way with great defense. Alex Rosten made considerable ground off the Narooma kick,

putting the Bombala side in good field position. Clay Stewart crossed shortly after for what should have been his third try, only to be disallowed. James Coates slotted well into the hooker role in his first game for the season producing some great defensive plays. Despite Bombala’s tough efforts, Narooma managed to cross the line with some fast pace to bring the score to 16-10. Bombala rallied with Brett Thompson performing a try-saving tackle in the corner. Despite their efforts Narooma scored in the last 2 minutes and converted to bring the final score to 16 all. Players Player went to the Captain Coach Clay Stewart, with three points to Clay Clear, two points to Chris Halligan and 1 point to James Coates. First Grade Andrew Guthrie led the way with a strong kick-off to start the match between the Red-Devils and Blue Heelers First Grade side. The first ten minutes saw penalties to both sides and despite solid defense from Tuwame Turaganivalu and Tyler Jones, a loose ball from Bombala led to Narooma scoring first. Saimoni Buinimasi led the team forward with barnstorming runs through the defense. With Narooma on the back foot Captain Coach Joey Bobbin ran 50 meters to put Bombala on the score board. Narooma answered, scoring quickly and then again off a massive high ball from the kick-off. Mal Stone defended tirelessly with a penalty on our try line putting Gary Giles over the line for Bombala. Despite Gary backing up with great defense in the next set, Narooma’s pace put them over in the corner to make the

score 24-10 in their favor. Bombala fought back with great runs from Chris Anderson, with Charlie Lomas crossing the line in the corner off a great off-load from Tuwame. Another fumble off the kick-off put Narooma close to their line. Despite the best efforts of Mal Stone and Andrew Guthrie, Narooma crossed again to bring the score 30-14 at half-time. Ten minutes in the second half saw Narooma slipping through the Bombala line to score and also convert their try. Tyler Jones was eventually rewarded for his efforts in the second half, taking on the line himself to score for Bombala, with Tuwame converting. An intercept pass from Narooma saw the home side capitalize again bringing the score to 42-20. A Narooma dropped ball and penalty to Bombala saw Andrew Anderson put Tuwame in for a try out wide, which he also converted. Bombala held a strong defensive line to finish the game with great running from the Stone brothers to bring Bombala home strong. After numerous errors and penalties from both sides, Murray Jackson took the line on himself to make the full time score 42-30. Players Player and three points went to Mal Stone (sponsored by Southern Stockyards and Fencing), two points to Tuwame Turaganivalu, and one point to Murray Jackson. The Bombala and District Rugby League Football Club would like to thank their major sponsor the Bombala RSL Club for their continued support and those that travelled to cheer us on at Narooma. Next week the Heelers have a home game on Sunday taking on the Eden Tigers in what is sure to be a great afternoon of footy. See you there!

Bombala junior rugby league results Unders 7s It was an extremely big day of football for the Under 7’s this weekend! With Bega fronting up with two teams in this age group this little team had to play two games consectutively. However even with two big games and strong opposition not once did the Under 7s give up! Even though they were a little tired they showed great skill and team work in both games! If you have seen these boys play then you will know what an amazing little team they are and how they continue to improve each week! This week two Milo Man Of The Match Players were Henry Power and Torrin Hillyer! Both boys played very hard and these awards certainly well deserved! Coach Louise Wright Under 8s Bega had a fight on their hands this weekend with Bombala Blue Heelers Under 8’s putting in a great performance only narrowly being beaten 5 tries to 4 by the Roosters. Under 8s always give one hundred percent. Jake brown led the play once again charging up the field all day and with some beautiful offloads and as a reward earnt himself a try. Zara Brotherton pulled off some great tackles and Sam Power made some strong runs throughout the game. Fred Merritt, Ari Sten and Ruby Smith worked tirelessly all game with defence while Gracie Brownlie, Tanner Hurley, Liam Strickland and Mathew Reed working hard all game in attack. It was hard to pick but this weeks Milo Man of The Match went to Josh Tellis who scored some exciting individual tries and tackled hard throughout the game. Well done champs.

Coach Rollie Skellern Under 9s Blue Heelers Under 9s travelled to Bega with no idea that they were going to face arguably their strongest opposition yet. It was a really good game and the perfect chance for the coach and trainers to see where the team needs to improve their game. The under 9s attack was equal to Bega’s. Bombala Blue Heelers had more structure and seemed to be more organised with several players directing the team around the field. Bega however proved that if you tackle well and your opposition does not, you win. Overall it was another solid game by the Blue Heelers. Everyone is playing well the standout yet again was Tom Marsden because of his strong and willing defence. However this week’s Milo Man Of the Match was Lachlan Reed for his a very powerful running game. Once again a big thank you to the families of the under 9s who are a great support even for the away games, makes such a difference to the team’s performance and it shows. Coach Drew Manning Under 12s Bombala U12’s hit the field in great-spirit. Although it was not far into the game before trouble hit mainly due to the players that were missing this week with illness and injury. Over the last couple of weeks this team has shown improvement perhaps

everyone is getting use to their positions for this season. There were some really great hit ups and the tackling was much improved, overall the defence was a lot better then early in the season. The best and fairest points were awarded as following 3 points Jayden Clear 2 Max Smith and 1 Fletcher Manning. Coach Damien Smith Girls Oz tag Each week gets a little more interesting as the season goes on with the Blue Heelers Girls Oz Tag Team dominating the first 10 mins but were unable to convert into points. The temperature hot and the girls struggled and Bega were up 12 - 0 at half time. Wonderful tagging by Leah Luke and Bree Brownlie. The second half the girls played much better and worked together as a team defending hard. Karter Hampshire had a Length of the field try to and there was an elusive run from Emily Perkins also resulting in a try. The final score was 16-8 Bega taking the win but there was a great improvement from the

Blue Heeler girls yet again and they are all looking forward to next week. Coach Emma Sullivan Under 14s This weekend Bombala headed to Bega for what was a scorching hot day. The U 14’s played well in patches against a very well drilled, in form and much larger team. Unfortunately the Bega boys were able to push through and score a number of quick tries. However, Bombala continued to try their hardest and do their best. Eventually, We made it over the Line, with a fantastic individual try from Bryson Phillips Jones. Bryson was awarded 1 point and Players player for a solid all round game. Well done mate. 2 points went to Lane Stevenson for his exceptional defence. Getting better and better each week! Keep up the great work Lane! 3 points were awarded to Blake Baldwin for his outstanding hit-ups, which made a number of brakes and gained meters for the team. Also a very strong defensive game!

Awesome effort again Blake!! All boys should be proud of their efforts. See you all at training where we will prepare for our next home game ! Sam and Kieren Milo Player of the match Sponsored by Southern Highland Contracting and Foodworks Special thank you to all the 2016 Season Sponsors: Nerida Manning Podiatrist, Linga Longa, Franks Butchery, Bruce’s Earthmoving, Glenavon Pastoral Co., JD Interstate Transport, Foodworks, Bendoc Poll Herefords, Bombala Cycles & Chainsaws, T & J Murphy’s Transport, Envy Industries , Talbot Transport, G& R Brownlie Shearing, IGA Bombala, Guthrie Construction, D & L High Country Earthworks, Damton Farming, MCH Welding, Southern Highland Contracting, Jamieson Bros, Bombala RSL Club, Hands on Bitz & Pizza, Platypus Crush Repairs, R’N’R Massage Clinic, Bombala Bakery, Raw Strength, Palarang Meats,

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Satisfying victory over arch rivals Goulburn SECOND GRADE “WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE COOMA BOYS!� The song was sung loud and proud after Cooma’s Second Grade recorded its first win of the season. Playing the old enemy Goulburn for double points, the Red Devils came out with all guns blazing to stun their more fancied opponents. Running with a strong wind at their backs the Red Devils controlled possession and played the game in Goulburn’s half. Andrew Rolfe “Peppered� the defence and scored 2 early tries. Brad Evans converted one of the tries to give Cooma a 12-nil lead. Adam Schubert was brilliant in the line out winning all of Cooma’s throws and most of Goulburn’s as well. Hooker Dom Giagios’ “friendly� sledging of his opponent kept the pressure on Goulburn’s line out. From one of the wins against the throw Cooma was able to mount an attack close to the Dirty Reds’ try line. Fly half Josh “Maxwell� McDonald steamed on to a short pass from the ruck

to score beside the posts. Brad Evans converted and Cooma led 19-nil. Andrew Stewart played his best game of the season and was replaced late in the first half by Azzam Hudson who took advantage of Goulburn’s tired forwards to score a try just before half time and extend the Red Devils’ lead to 24-nil. The second half started well for Cooma with Eddie Thomas scoring a marvelous individual try which Brad Evans converted to give Cooma a 31-0 lead. However Goulburn regrouped and with the wind at their backs their experienced fly half kept turning Cooma around with well placed kicks. As momentum swung in the visitors’ favour the Dirty Reds were able to score 4 tries, 2 of which were converted, to trail 31-26 with about 4 minutes remaining. The Red Devils dug deep and held off the challenge to win 31-26. With strong performances across the park it was difficult to award points but captain Adam Schubert

stood out not only for his play but also his leadership and deserved 3 points. James Moore tackled everything that moved and received 2 points for his efforts. Eddie Thomas received 1 point for an excellent all round performance. Ben Rolfe, playing with a foot injury, played his best game so far and was Players’ Player. With the 4-try bonus point the Red Devils picked up 6 competition points to lift them from the bottom of the table. The team that tried so hard all year finally got its reward. GO COOMA! FIRST GRADE Second placed Goulburn have been in great form. Having lost their first game of the season, the Dirty Reds won the next 5 and were narrowly beaten by the undefeated Hall last week. With the wind behind them Goulburn attacked from the opening whistle and scored 3 converted tries in the first 10 minutes to lead 21-nil. When Cooma finally got possession the forwards crashed and bashed their way up the field with some powerful running. Hooker James Strange was able to capitalise on the work of his fellow forwards to cross the try line from close range. Ryan Morgan converted the try and Cooma now trailed 21-7. However another try to Goulburn followed by a penalty goal near half time put the visitors ahead 29-7 at the break. Cooma’s second half performance was much better and although Goulburn scored another 2 tries, the Red Devils were able to score through second rower Phil Johnson who typically knocked defenders out of his way to score an excellent

try. The final score of 41-12 flattered the Dirty Reds. The wind was certainly a factor and of the 17 tries scored in both games 13 were scored by the team running with the wind. Unfortunately for Cooma the wind all but disappeared in the second half and the Red Devils lost that advantage. Pat Egan again led from the front in a real captain’s knock and was awarded 3 points. James Strange received 2 points and the ever improving James Thompson picked up 1 point. COUNTRY RUGBY AT ITS BEST After two bruising and hard

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Historic cars have a great weekend on the Monaro The drivers and passengers, and indeed the 24 cars participating had a great weekend in Cooma and on the Monaro in the second running of Cooma Car Club’s Vintage and Classic Pre-1960s Car Rally. Saturday’s run was over 235km to Bombala via Dalgety and returning to Cooma via the Monaro Highway. The run on Sunday was to Berridale and return. The drivers and participants were blessed with a brilliant sunny day on Saturday and a good day on Sunday, and there were a few adventures. Dane and Nola Mackie from Camden collided with a kangaroo driving to Cooma on Saturday and suffered some damage, but were able to

continue and complete the weekend after some minor repairs. Ian and Paula Richardson had a near miss with a deer on Saturday in their MGA. The cars were lined up at the showground in Bombala for judging by the car owners themselves, and the best cars in the different categories were judged to be: · Best 1920-1929 car – Rod Greschke from Isaac in the ACT’s 1929 Dodge DA Sedan · Best 1930-1939 car – Mark Hewson from Wooodland’s 1937 Buick Special · Best 1950-1959 car – Merv Roberts from Tuross Head’s 1954 Holden FJ Ute with canopy Best car of the 2016 rally – Kevin Boardman from

Camden’s 1936 MG TA Highly commended overall – Peter and Candice Anderson from Cooma’s 1958 Austin Healey 100/6. The visitors all enjoyed the Saturday night dinner in the Car Club Clubhouse including the music by Dave Wilkins which was judged to be just right, great to listen to but not intrusive. The participants and cars came from far and wide, and the furthest travelled were Roger Rich and Barb Elton from Ballarat in the 1925 Oldsmobile which was the oldest car in the rally. A special mention goes to the drivers and passengers of the four cars entered from the Razorback Crankhandle Association from Camden.

The rally pulls into Bombala

The Cooma Monaro Historic Automobile Club hosted a pre-1960 car rally which visited the region over the weekend, with the drivers pausing for lunch in Bombala on Saturday.

Jim and Dorothy Hepburn of Lower Bendoc drove their 1933 Ford into town to admire the cars in the visiting rally.

There was a special treat in store for car lovers in Bombala last Saturday, with a pre1960 car rally pulling into town for lunch. The Cooma Monaro Historic Automobile Club hosted the rally, which featured 24 beautiful old cars making their way from Cooma via Dalgety, along the Snowy River Way to Bombala. The group was welcomed to the Exhibition Ground by the Bombala Lions Club who served up a beautiful barbecue lunch, while a number of onlookers called

in to admire the gleaming models on show. The rows of cars displayed everything from the elegance of the 20s and 30s through to the glamour of the 40s and 50s, and there were even a few later models parked nearby to add to the show. Following the lunch break the drivers made their way back to Cooma in their beloved classic cars for a function night, followed by another outing in the region the following day.

Roger Rich and Barb Elton of Ballarat with their 1925 Oldsmobile Coach at the Bombala Exhibition Ground.

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Lachlan Harrigan selected for the Snowy Mountains ITU Cross Triathlon world Championships Sixteen-year-old Lachie Harrigan from Jindabyne has been selected to compete in the Snowy Mountains ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships. The event will be held at Lake Crackenback Resort and Spa in November and is considered to be one of the toughest off road triathlons. X Tri involves a 500m flat lake swim followed by mountain

biking and then a trail run on a marked course in a bushland setting. Lachie has always been passionate about bike riding and made state level for running before starting to compete in traditional triathlon events. “I always rode bikes and got competitive in bikes and I was always running. Then I added swimming in to the regime,” he said. He then started off road triathlons after winning an event at Jindabyne and

considers it to be a lot more fun. Since then he has won the Oceania Championships in 2015 and came fourth in the 2016 event, both held at Lake Crackenback Resort. Competition has also taken him to Bendigo where he came fourth and Queensland where he placed second. These races were taken into consideration in the selection process for the World Championships. X Tri is a grueling event and Lachie trains hard to keep his fitness and stamina. During the winter months

he builds a base, focusing on fitness and tries to train in four sessions of each sport a week. Three months before the event he will focus on speed and technique in preparation for the challenges sof off road triathlon. Lachie said Crackenback is one of the most technical runs in off road triathlon and competitors are always running, jumping over things and climbing. He also said it is “always mad trail riding” for the mountain biking

section, which he considers to be his strongest leg Lachie appreciates the support of his family, coaches and sponsors. “I’m fortunate to have the support of two pro coaches Ben and Jackie of B & J Racing along with Specialised Bikes and Jindabyne Sports,” he said.

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