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Bruce Maynard nominated for Bob Hawke Landcare Award By SHARON BONTHUYS LOCAL agricultural innovator and inventor Bruce Maynard is one of three candidates nominated for the prestigious 2022 Bob Hawke Landcare Award. Bruce’s nomination for the top Landcare award recognises the body of work that he has contributed to natural resource management innovation and implementation over 30 years. One of Bruce’s more notable innovations is the unique, revolutionary “No Kill Cropping” technique which relies on disc sowing into dry, full grassland without pesticides, herbicides and fertiliser. Keenly interested in animal welfare, Bruce also developed “Stress-Free Stockmanship” competencies, and he has pioneered a new field of animal behavioural science called “Self Herding”. “All of these inventions are being practiced on farms and stations across Australia and internationally,” Bruce said. Being nominated for the 2022 Bob Hawke Landcare Award is a huge honour for the quietly spoken regenerative farmer, who is a passionate advocate for landcare in the region. Continued page 9
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Trangie fire crews have a busy week By SHARON BONTHUYS TRANGIE fi re crews were kept busy last week, responding to separate fi re incidents in Warren and Trangie. Housefi res occurred in Warren on August 9 and Trangie on August 12, with both properties extensively damaged in the separate blazes. In the latter of the two incidents, an elderly woman escaped the fi re in her Trangie home thanks to the quick actions of a passerby. She was taken to hospital but was not injured in the incident, said Captain Wade Haines of the Trangie Fire Station. The fi rst incident at Warren occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, August 9 when Warren and Trangie fi re crews responded to the fi re at a home in Glen Street, Warren. The timber, fibro and iron home was unoccupied at the time and no injuries were reported. Three days later both crews were called out again early on Friday evening to the housefi re in Albert Street, Trangie. The single level timber, masonry and iron house was well alight when fi re crews arrived to fight the blaze at 5.40pm on August 12. In both instances, fi refighters from Trangie and the NSW Rural Fire Service
The Warren house was extensively damaged. (RFS) were able to protect adjoining properties using additional hose lines to gain control of the fi res. Support was also provided at both incidents by HAZMAT 280 Station Dubbo, NSW RFS Trangie HQ and Warren HQ, NSW Police, NSW Ambulance and Essential Energy.
With two house fi res in the region in a week and a ten per cent increase in the number of house fi res during the cooler months, Fire + Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is urging communities across NSW to “be safe, not sorry” this winter by being home fi re safe. Captain Haines said there
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are traditionally more fi res in bedrooms and lounge rooms in colder months due to heaters, electric blankets and so on. “Over winter, we see a spike in home fi res, fi re-related fatalities and injuries,” Captain Haines said. Continued page 2