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Hands together for Harmony Day
KIDS travelled the world without leaving their classrooms last Friday, when schools of the region celebrated Harmony Day. During the day of cultural respect for everyone who calls our country - and town - home, schools celebrated by exploring traditional customs from India, Papua New Guinea and right here in Arnhem Land. Pictured here, Nhulunbuy Primary School students Sarah, Shyrell, Sarah, Sheena, Abbey and Cecelia. Photos of all the harmonious fun inside, pages 11 and 17.>>
Gove given a $50m. fighting chance By MATT GARRICK A NEW economic rescue package has been announced, aiming to help stabilise Gove for five years following the demise of the Rio Tinto refinery. The Territory Government and
Rio Tinto last week announced new investment plans aimed at helping prop up the region’s waning economy over the next half-decade. Both parties issued media releases last Tuesday, March 18, talking about monetary figures in the millions and
even the billions that could be invested into various sectors around Gove. Rio has offered $50 million over the next five years “to help attract new economic activity and support the community transition in Nhulunbuy and the East Arnhem region,” the
company stated in its media release. The NT Government said they would be contributing $2 million to a new Regional Economic Development Fund, “aimed at driving new private sector investment and facilitating access to key infrastructure
in Nhulunbuy,” said Chief Minister Adam Giles. Mr Giles has also enforced the Government’s commitment to keeping Nhulunbuy as the service and support centre for the East Arnhem region. Continued Page 2.>>
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Gove given a $50 million fighting chance << From Page 1 “Our commitment to the region includes expenditure of more than $1 billion on essential services including health, education and Police over the next five years,” he said. A spokesperson from the Chief Minister’s office told the Arafura Times that this was a significant increase in spending compared to the past five years. “Between the 2008-9 financial year and the 2013-14 financial year government spending on essential services in the region was $853.4 million,” the spokesperson said. Local leaders have said this level of
investment, if used properly, could give the region’s economy a fighting chance over the next five years. Chair of the Regional Economic Development Committee Klaus Helms called the announcements “generous”, but said they must be read carefully. “They’re both limited to a five-year plan. So, we’ve basically got five years to get this up-and-running to make it viable.” Mr Helms said it could be a challenge to get the regional economy into good shape by then. “The growth of the town, the economy in the town, the regional economy and a workable solution to keep this town above
the 2000 number, and almost make it desirable for private enterprise to come to Nhulunbuy and the region to invest money.” Chair of the East Arnhem Chamber of Commerce Dave Suter said that, while the announcements were positive, there needed to be more details about how and where the money would be spent. “From the Chamber’s point of view, anything that can help businesses survive this event will be good, knowing full well there is a possibility some business won’t survive.” He said some members he had spoken to wanted to know the finer details.
“I’ve had varying discussions with people who think the offers are good, and some that are concerned that they don’t go far enough. The nitty gritty of the offer hasn’t been fully explained, and there has to be more work in this space.” Part of Rio’s announcement specified that funding would be used to “further support the arts, recreation and sporting groups, community organisations, and community events and programs”. This comes as welcome news, said Sports, Arts and Leisure Coordinator for the Gove Community Advisory Committee Donna-Marie Grieve. “This is what we’ve been working
towards. If they’re injecting money into our community, let’s take it; it can only be a positive.” The funding is intended to be shared among all cultural, sporting and leisure groups in town. Local MLA Lynne Walker said she welcomed the funding announced by Rio, but said it remained difficult to tell how far it would go. “Without any social economic impact analysis it is very difficult to know how far this money will go in securing a future for Nhulunbuy, especially in the short term.” More information on the announcements, Page 3.>>
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ABOVE: Good Question jamming in the Nhulunbuy High School hall. THE popular Bass in the Grass Festival, in Darwin, could be beckoning for one local group, after they wowed the crowd at the NT Battle of the Bands in Nhulunbuy last Tuesday. Local group Good Question has claimed victory of their local heat in the Territory-wide competition for the second year running. Good Question, featuring senior high school students Harry Walker, Alex Parfitt, Tayla Edwards and Ned O’Dell, hit the judges with a short set of their rocky homespun tunes. Judges came over from Darwin to appraise the four-piece’s musical stylings, and were obviously impressed, as they gave them a good enough score to pull through to the next round. This year the ultimate winner of the battle gets the opportunity to perform at the Bass in the Grass festival in May, which also features big name acts such as Vance Joy and Karnivool. Andy Mison, Principal of the NT Music School, who runs the battle, said students were assessed on stagecraft, originality and musicianship during the heats. “The competition finalists will be judged on their performance of two original songs by a panel of local music industry professionals. “Last year 13 schools from nine urban and four regional centres entered the competition, with more than 30 students from 10 schools contending in the final.” Rock girls Papa Said and local hip-hop dancers also performed in Nhulunbuy on the day, much to the appreciation of the students who packed into the school hall. The NT Battle of the School Bands final is on April 11 at Brown’s Mart Theatre in Darwin. RIGHT: Winners of the East Arnhem heat of NT Battle of the Bands two years running, Good Question - Harry, Ned, Alex and Tayla.
ABOVE: Good Question’s Alex and Harry belt it out onstage. BELOW: Guitarist and Gove FM presenter Alex the Work Experience Guy kicking out the jams.
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$1 billion into public services for next five years DESPITE the population drop expected for Gove, the Northern Territory Government have announced they will still be funneling $1 billion into the region’s essential services over the next five years. Chief Minister Adam Giles said the funding would go towards services including health, education and Police. The Chief Minister’s department have said this stands as a significant increase in spending compared to the past five years.
“Between the 2008-9 financial year and the 2013-14 financial year government spending on essential services in the region was $853.4 million,” a media spokesperson said. This large figure has been branded as a “spin” on recurrent funding by some local leaders, but welcomed by others, as it showed the government would not be pulling large funding out of the region. Chair of the Nhulunbuy
Regional Economic Development Committee Klaus Helms said while any extra regional funding from the government would be welcome, the key part of their announcement was that funding would not be removed. “If you really read the offer, the key element is that they are not going to drop any funding, which is more to the point than them giving more funding. “Because if you have a loss of population as we are
deemed to be getting, then in normal circumstances you would say there would be less money coming into the place.” Local MLA Lynne Walker said the announcement was “spin”. “The CLP Government is trying to spin recurrent funding to the region over the next five years as a generous financial commitment. “In reality it’s what would be spent in the region regardless, for delivery of Government services.”
Chair of the East Arnhem Chamber of Commerce said he believed this figure would contain some recurrent spending. “It seems that people want to throw in these big figures hoping that everyone is impressed. “But you really have to look at what you’re getting. “And the issue would be recurrent expenditure today, versus any new money that may be in the Rio offer or the NT Government offer.”
Rio announces $50 million five-year funding
RIO Tinto has announced they will provide an additional $50 million to the region over the next five years. The announcement follows the company’s decision in November last year to suspend alumina production at its Gove refinery in 2014 and move to a bauxite operation. Key initiatives being offered in the Rio Tinto package include: • Creating a Regional Economic Development Fund to help drive economic development in the region; • Launching a Community Investment Fund to further support the arts, recreation and sporting groups, community organisations, and community
events and programs; • Providing additional funding, training and business mentors to help build capacity in indigenous businesses and support new economic activities, including the potential for mining operations in the region owned by Traditional Owners; and, • Offering professional advisors and financial assistance for community members, local businesses and residential property investors. In addition to the $50m funding package, Rio Tinto have said they would make available surplus company houses valued at $90m to help attract new economic activities to the region. Rio Tinto estimated its ongoing bauxite operation would contribute more than $500m to the
Public servants safe until June 30 . . . PUBLIC servants in Nhulunbuy have been given certainty that their jobs will be secure until at least June 30. Following the announcement of the Rio refinery closure onNovember 29 last year, public servants were informed that the government would not consider making any changes to the amount of permanent workers need for Gove until March 31. An extension of three months was announced by the NT Government last week. Minister for Public Employment John Elferink said that no changes would be made to Public Service positions until June 30, 2014, regardless of any changes to the town’s population. “This will allow individuals more time to gather information and make plans for their future. NT Government departments will
also benefit from the additional time to put arrangements in place and manage the consequences that will arise from refinery’s curtailment.” New NT Public Service Commissioner Craig Allen sent out a bulletin to employees around the region last Friday, March 21, advising them that the extension was given “because the full impact of the decision to close the alumina refinery remains unknown at this point in time”. “The extension will provide agencies with more time to gather information and make plans and put arrangements in place to better manage the consequences arising from the closure of the refinery.” The Territory Government have said they remain committed to Nhulunbuy as the service and support centre for the East Arnhem region.
region over the next five years through expenditure on salaries and wages and spending with local suppliers. Gove Transition project director Jo-Anne Scarini said; “Rio Tinto remains committed to taking positive action to help create a sustainable future for Nhulunbuy and the East Arnhem region. “The bauxite operation provides an important building block for the economic sustainability of the region.” The ramp down in alumina production at Gove refinery is scheduled for completion by August this year. Rio Tinto expects to increase bauxite exports from mid-2014.
. . . and teachers until end of school year TEACHERS in Nhulunbuy have been given the news that their jobs will be safe until at least the end of the school year. Government teachers and education staff received the announcement last Friday, March 21, that current education services and permanent education positions in Nhulunbuy would remain static until then. Since the announcement of Rio’s refinery closure in November, public education worker’s jobs had only been guaranteed until the end of Semester One. The latest announcement came a week after NT Education Minister Peter Chandler travelled to Gove to meet with education workers in the region to discuss their concerns. Chief Executive of the NT Education Department Ken Davies said; “Given that enrolment numbers have remained relatively static,
this commitment is now extended through to the end of the school year. “Any downsizing required during Semester Two will be achieved through natural attrition and by negotiation with principals and individual staff members.” Gove Community Advisory Committee representative for Education Paul Mery said this announcement was something the group had been working towards. “We’re incredibly happy that the government has seen some sense in this. “Hopefully the announcement will bring some stability to the town.” The Department of Education have said Semester Two this year would be used to plan for the 2015 school staffing profile in Nhulunbuy.
The Territory Government also welcomed Rio Tinto’s recent funding announcement, and said they would match a $2 million contribution from the company into a Regional Economic Development Fund. The new fund will be set up to help drive new private sector investment and facilitate access to key infrastructure in Nhulunbuy. The Territory Government
have said they expect to spend $330 million in the region including $272 million on services, grants and infrastructure plus $58 million on public sector wages in 2013-14. Mr Giles said the government had also committed $66.5 million for local roads, $14.4 million in housing contracts, $7.3 million for new community facilities, and $5.46 million for education services.
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STAYING ON IN GOVE
Businesses benefiting from Gov’t Assistance Package WHILE some business people in Nhulunbuy remain traumatised and stunned by Rio Tinto’s
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Business planning - to support Nhulunbuy businesses to identify the capabilities necessary to sustainably operate in a rapidly changing environment.
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Mentor support - assist with a business restructure, to meet the demands of a local economy that is radically different as a result of a shrinking population.
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Business solutions - address business issues whether its workplace safety and OHS, setting up the business online, marketing, promotion or tendering.
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For more information contact Graeme Kevern on 0401 116 812 or email graeme.kevern@nt.gov.au The cost associated with participation into this program is supported though the Territory Business Growth program as part of the Department of Business, Gove Business Assistance initiative.
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businesses have signed onto the Business Growth Program operated by the Department of Business, a scheme that funds a consultant to come out and assess your business - its marketing strategies, its staff and training, and its opportunities for continued viability. A business overview is produced followed by help in creating a business plan, mentor support, a management system, staff retention and technology utilisation. Among the local business people who have used the program is Aaron Palazzi co-owner of the Arnhem Early Learning Centre and Arnhem Land Pest Control. Aaron says: “I’ve always been a champion of the Business Growth Program because it gets you to take a good hard look at your business. “Normally, we’re flat out working in our business not on our business. But their input has been a great help. We were 50 per cent efficient before the Business Growth Program started and now I’d say we’re 80 percent. And we can still be better.” Mark and Kirsty Winter, of Gove Motors, signed onto the program and have just received their business overview from the consultant.
ABOVE: Aaron Palazzi, Joanne Slater and Dave Suter, operators of the Arnhem Early Leaning Centre. RIGHT: Mark and Kirsty Winter, operators of Gove Motors. “Somebody coming in and looking at your business from the outside and giving you some ideas - it definitely helps,” states Kirsty. “They’ve just reported back on it and now we’re about to move into the next stage. “But it’s opened our eyes and changed the way we think a bit which is what we need when we’re involved in the day to day stuff. “The town’s always going to need the service that we provide - just on a different scale. So it’s just being smarter with our business and tailoring it to what the community
needs.” To get more information on the Business Growth Program contact the Department’s Senior Client Manager Graeme Kevern who is stationed in Nhulunbuy and has been working with local businesses. “They look for new opportunities and things that are available for them to expand in the new Gove,” says Graeme. “The hard work is still in front of them - that’s implementing the consultant’s recommendations.” The Winters like living in Gove and bringing up their kids in a safe,
healthy environment. “We always knew that we would keep going,” states Kirsty Winters. “Gove’s our home. “We have our family here. “This is our investment. We just can’t walk away from it. We’re not going anywhere.” For more information about the Gove Business Assistance programs call Graeme Kevern at the Nhulunbuy Community Support Centre (040 1116812) or email him on graeme.kevern@ nt.gov.au See advertisement on this page.
Sea Swift create new jobs based in Gove NORTHERN Australia marine transport provider Sea Swift has announced they will be further expanding into the region by creating two new jobs here in Gove. Last month, Sea Swift announced the commencement of its weekly freight service to Nhulunbuy every Monday morning, providing local freight to the community and local businesses, as well as larger organisations such as Woolworths. Now they have announced the creation of new positions for two Freight Distribution Officers. Sea Swift NT General Man-
ager Chris Sheppard said the new positions were a positive for the Gove community. “Times are certainly tough at the moment. “But it’s in times like these that the community and businesses need to pull together, and Sea Swift is keen to play a major part in that.” He added that these positions were both residential positions based in Gove. “We’re looking for people who can ensure cargo is received in an orderly manner, and ensure its safe delivery.
“They should also be able to accurately complete all freight documentation in a timely manner.” More information on the new jobs can be found in the classifieds section on page 14. Sea Swift provides marine freight and logistics services to communities and coastal islands across the NT, Far North Queensland, Cape York and the Torres Strait.
16 new ranger positions to be funded THE Australian Government is investing up to $4m over two years to provide an additional 16 Indigenous ranger positions in the Northern Territory under an expanded Working on Country program. East Arnhem ranger groups have been invited to apply for funding for the positions that will help to protect and conserve the environment and strengthen land and sea management. New and existing groups can
apply for funding. NT Senator Nigel Scullion said: “Indigenous rangers play a vital role in managing Australia’s land and sea country. “Their work is instrumental in protecting and conserving Australia’s environment and heritage assets, and brings with it strong social benefits through employment and economic opportunity for Indigenous people in remote communities.” The Working on Country Indig-
enous Ranger Program operates in close partnership with the Indigenous Protected Areas Program. Both initiatives deliver important environmental outcomes and are highly valued by Indigenous communities as a means of reducing Indigenous disadvantage. Applications close on Friday, April 11, and for more info on the Working on Country program visit: www.indigenous.gov.au/article/ grants-funding/.
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Fridgers caught fleeing the scene: And Police dispel fridging ‘myth’ TWO men were arrested for fridging in Nhulunbuy last Tuesday night, charged after they were caught allegedly trying to flee from the residential crime scene. Both men have been charged with unlawful entry, stealing and possessing and consuming alcohol in a prohibited area. Police said the men allegedly stole a significant amount of alcohol, as well as frozen food and soft drinks. A 30-year-old will face court in Gapuwiyak on April 1 over the charges, while the other, a 24-year-old man, was remanded in custody and transferred to Darwin where he will face court.
Information sought on possible crime POLICE have asked residents in the area around Pandora Circuit and Quandong
Avenue to contact them if they were the victims of property theft in the early hours of last Sunday morning. It was reported four young men were spotted in the confines of a property on Quandong Circuit at around 4.30am on the day. The men allegedly fled the scene after they were spotted by a resident. Nhulunbuy Police can be contacted at (8987 1333).
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Croc spotted at Beach Camp RESIDENTS have been warned to exercise caution if walking on Yirrkala’s Beach Camp Road with a saltwater crocodile estimated to be 3.5m spotted in the area. There have been reports that the animal was sighted at the same location a number of times over recent days. If residents spot a crocodile near to the township or surrounding communities, report it to Dhimurru (8939 2700) or after hours (0408 512 589).
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Police urge residents to report fridging NHULUNBUY Police have said three cases of fridging were reported to Police last week, but they believe many more to have occurred unreported. Sergeant Erica Sims said it was very
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Arnhem Land Traditional Owner Eddie Mason at an anti-fracking meeting in Darwin last year. Photo: Cat Beaton, Environment Centre NT.
The fight against fracking continues ARNHEM Land Traditional Owners have taken their fight against fracking to one of the highest offices in the land. A group of TO’s last week met with the Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt to voice their anger at the prospect of a petroleum company (Paltar) fracking their traditional land and coastline. For more than a year now, they have been heavily lobbying to have legally binding protection agreements of all coastal waters off Arnhem Land. The group includes lobbier Eddie Mason, whose traditional land lies near the remote East Arnhem community of Milingimbi. Many of the TO’s involved in the battle come from the community of Maningrida. Mr Mason has told media that the meeting with Mr Hunt went well. He said the minister expressed support for his people’s wishes. “We talked about...a 20-year moratorium,” he said. “He told us that we are on the land and that we, the traditional owners...should be making all the calls, making the decisions, not the government.” Mr Mason said he planned to take court action sooner than later to ensure that the area, about 500km east of Darwin, remained protected. He has also said the group would take their fight to the High Court of Australia if necessary.
the alleged offenders were arrested.” She said that even if there was no officer manning the station late at night, Police were working 24 hours a day, and if locals called they would receive a response.
important for people to report the crime after it had occurred, and before posting about it on facebook. “There’s been a rumour going around that victims of fridging who report the matter could face prosecution themselves, or lose their liquor licence. “This is not true - it’s a myth.” Sgt Sims said a case of fridging that was reported last week saved the community from some further strikes, as two offenders were caught after Police were alerted soon after the incident. “Because the complainant called the Police, we were there in five minutes and
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ABOVE/RIGHT/BELOW: Extracts from an edition of the Gove Gazette from 1972. BEFORE the days of facebook Gladys Agius, Joyce Brock- and occasionally as far away and the Gove Notice Board, there ington, Anne Garrett, and the as Nhulunbuy West? It’d be nice was a simpler, more-primitive following collectors/reporters; to sit in one’s un-airconditioned platform used by locals to get Pat Humphries, Chick Dague, home and listen to one’s own their voices heard. Margaret Loveday, Jenny Engdal, music without having to compete It was called the Gove Ga- Shirley Willebrands, Louise with that from the Hotel. Are the zette, from the early 1970s, and Couch and June Wallace. patrons down there deaf?” it was 32 pages of gloriously Mr Herdman said the Gove Or this one, from a Margaret typewritten information about Progress Association and the Devlin; the little town being forged out Housewives of Gove could well “I was interested to learn from here in the east of the tropical have been the same group. last week’s Gazette about the Territory. Before the Progress Associa- opening of the Town Shopping Arnhem Land Historical So- tion, the ‘original’ Gove Gazette, Centre. If a Milk Bar is to be inciety historian Phil Herdman has from May 8, 1970 was produced cluded, however, it will mean the looked into the beginnings of the by the Nabalco Public Relations end of a fine old Gove custom (at Gazette, and found information Centre. least for some residents) - going which suggests it was first comThe paper featured staples of a on leave to have a milkshake! On piled and published by the Gove community newspaper, including reaching more civilised Progress Association - forerun- Letters to the Editor, weather and centres, the appeal of ner to the Gove Community Club tides, community notices and the milkshake has proven and The Arnhem Club. births, deaths and marriages. irresistible in the past The paper was believed to It also contained some quin- and holidays from Gove have been created as part of the tessentially Gove information will never quite be the Association’s aim to promote and about power outages, fishing same again when the improve community activities. news and a bumper classifieds milkshake becomes part “There are a couple of people section of things for sale. of our daily lives.” laying claim to having started it,” As well, it had gripes from If anyone in the comMr Herdman said. locals about various, now kind of munity has any extra Another group with a sup- hilarious, ongoings around town. information about the posed connection to the Gazette Take this one for example, Gove Gazette, or can was the so-called Housewives plucked from the Gove Gazette, clarify some of the of Gove. Volume Three, Number 21, from statements on its origins, They were Alicia Cornelious, Friday, May 26, 1972. please contact Phil “OFFENSIVE TO THE EAR Herdman at philgove@ - Why is the music in the Walka- bigpond.com, or Arafura bout so loud that it can be heard Times at editor@arafuraeasily throughout Nhulunbuy times.com.au.
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IF residents in the process of cleaning out their homes stumble across any old artefacts of Gove, the Arnhem Land Historical Society wants to talk to you. One particular historical artefact the Society is looking for is old newspapers from the region. Historian Phil Herdman has a comprehensive collection of papers from Gove’s history, but his archive still remains incomplete. He has travelled the country, from the University of Sydney to libraries in Darwin and Canberra, to locate some missing pieces. “I’ve been able to fill in some of the gaps, but there are still a lot that remain.”
Mr Herdman said that if anyone discovered any Gove-related stuff while cleaning out their places, they would be welcome to donate it to the Society. Any old publications people come across, even if they want to hold on to them, Mr Herdman has asked if he could borrow them just to photocopy then return them. “Just so all the information stays here in town.” The Arnhem Land Historical Society have a facility out near the airport where many artefacts of the region are stored, including the remains of a crashed bomber from World War Two. It is hoped that the museum will one
day, sometime in the future, be able to be opened. For now, some of the early Nhulunbuy newspaper publications Mr Herdman is looking for include; Projector, The Independent, Gove Gazette, Nhulunbuy News, Nhulunbuy Newsweek, Conveyor (a former mining company paper of which the only known copy is in the Nhulunbuy Library), The Arnhem Club Newsletter, Peninsula News, The Planet, Lions Times, Arnhem Courier and the Aluminator. If you have any information, contact Phil Herdman on philgove@bigpond.com or through the Arnhem Land Historical Society’s website, www.arnhemland. org.au.
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Rangers plunge into protecting sea country By SALLY HAYNES A GROUP of 23 local rangers plunged into part of a new course at Gove Aquatic Centre earlier this month. Yirralka Rangers from homeland communities across East Arnhem Land started the process of completing a maritime training course in order to gain their
Coxswain Grade Two Certificate of Proficiency from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority in Canberra. During the course so far the rangers have learnt important boat handling and water safety skills such as coastal navigation, survival at sea, fire-fighting, first aid and marine radio operating procedures.
Lecturer of Maritime Studies for CDU Bill Buckley explaining important lifesaving techniques.
Manager of the Yirralka Rangers Dave Preece said: “Training is important for rangers to further develop their sea country management role.” The rangers are responsible for protecting both land and sea across the Lanhapuy IPA. Later this year, in May, the area of the Lanhapuy IPA managed by the Yirralka Rangers will increase in size by 285 percent including sea country. The Laynhapuy IPA currently encompasses 450,000 hectares. These rangers undertake many land and sea management activities including feral animal and weed control,
removal of ghost nets and marine debris, marine diversity surveys, monitoring of commercial and recreational fishing activities, visitor management and community engagement activities. “ Yi r r a l k a R a n g e r s employ 47 Yolngu Rangers spread across 12 Homelands throughout the Laynhapuy IPA,” said Dave. “By learning new skills that compliment an already intricate knowledge of their country, Rangers are able to make a valuable contribution towards the management of the region’s natural and cultural values, as well as have the opportunity to live and work on their ancestral lands.”
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ABOVE: Important rescue techniques were taught at part of a maritime safety course at Gove Aquatic Centre. Photo: Melanie Clark. BELOW RIGHT: A Yirralka Ranger takes the plunge. BELOW LEFT: IN THE DEEP END: Yirralka Rangers dive into their CDU Coxswain course. NT Government (Cal) Fully Qualified
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letters to the editor/comment Feds fail to deliver ‘even a pittance’ or ‘one red cent’ THE Federal Government’s continued failure to deal properly with the Gove community and the surrounding region during the curtailment of the Rio refinery at Gove has once again been highlighted following the pitiful announcement by the Northern Territory Government of a grant
of $2m for the region. Despite the pittance that this amount represents, it is $2m more than the Commonwealth has committed towards mitigating the impacts of the closure of the refinery on Gove and the region. Nothing for Gove, despite the fact of the job losses, the impact
on small business and provision of services that have been a direct result of the announcement. Still, neither the NT or the Federal Government has carried out a socio-economic impact assessment of the closure on Gove and the region. NT Senator and Cabinet Min-
ister Scullion with his colleague the Minister for Small Business finally visited Gove a fortnight ago, over three months too late and yet despite the disaster at Gove have delivered nothing, not one red cent. Warren Snowdon, Member for Lingiari.
Funding promises: The devil will be in the detail
Pool comp at The Arnhem Club, Tuesdays.
WEEKLY Every Wednesday. Nine-hole Chook Run, Gove Country Golf Club, 2.30 - 5.30pm.
Every Wednesday. Barefoot Bowls at the Arnhem
Club, from 5.30pm, followed by Karaoke. Every Wednesday. Open Mic Wednesdays - Walkabout Tavern from 8pm. Every Thursday. Badge Draw, Arnhem Club, from 5.30pm, followed by Karaoke. Every Friday. Nine-hole Beer Run, Gove Country Golf Club, 2.30 - 5.30pm. Every Friday. TGIF Weekly Draw, in the Walkabout Tavern from 4.30pm, prizes drawn at 6.30pm. Every Friday. Jag the Joker, Arnhem Club, tickets from 5-6pm, draw 6-9pm. Every Friday. Gove Surf Club open from 4pm, great views and family atmosphere, BBQ 6-8pm. Every Friday & Saturday. Grant Pukeroa live in the Beer Garden, 9pm-3am @ The Arnhem Club. Every Friday & Saturday. DJ Wil.K The Baddist, live in The Jam, 9pm 'til late - Walkabout Tavern. Every Saturday. Goose Club (tickets on sale from 11.30am), and Jam Session from 1pm at the Arnhem Club. Every Tuesday. Pool Comp at the Arnhem Club, from 7pm. Every Tuesday. Trivia at The Arnhem Club, 8 - 9.30pm.
RIO Tinto’s announcement last week of a support package of $50 million for the East Arnhem region for the next five years is welcome news. There are four, key platforms earmarked for the $50 million, including establishment of a regional economic development fund to drive new economic development, along with the creation of a community investment fund to support the social fabric of our community; clubs, and community organisations. I note also that Rio has said it is looking at a number of strategies during the ‘community transition’ including developing a
long-term strategic plan for the town as well as reviewing the governance arrangements of Nhulunbuy Corporation as the provider of municipal services. Will this be about normalisation? On the back of Rio’s funding announcement and, after months of uncertainty, the only new money announced by the CLP government was $2 million to match Rio’s contribution to the regional economic development fund. The Federal government’s contribution remains at zero. These monies, combined, still fall way short of the packages other communities have received with
major industry closures. The remaining forecast expenditure spruiked by the Chief Minister for the next five years is simply recurrent spending for the East Arnhem region across areas of essential service delivery - health, education, housing, police and roads. Of course, the devil will be in the detail that is never contained in the spin that goes with announcements such as these. OTHER positive announcements from the CLP government during the week, after four months of pressure, was to extend two pressing deadlines. One to guarantee NT public service jobs until
end of June and the other, to guarantee the school year for teachers, staff and students until end 2014. About time. I RETURN to parliament this week where the CLP and Adam Giles have had their worst week on record with dysfunction and deep divisions within their ranks. They have two vacant seats with one CLP member off on her honeymoon and one awaiting a by-election which could be delivered to Labor on April 12. It leaves them very vulnerable with numbers on the floor with three renegade bush backbenchers holding Adam Giles to ransom because of his lack of support and threatening
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to pull the pin to go to the cross benches. That leaves the CLP government in a very vulnerable position. Add to that, the appalling behavior of the Tourism Minister Matt Conlan who thinks it’s OK to bully a female colleague and who has the full support of his boss, Adam Giles, who has failed to discipline him.
Move to raise Age Pension age ‘ill considered’ OLDER Australians have warned Treasurer Joe Hockey off any move to raise the Age Pension age following public comments made recently. Mr Hockey has told media: “The age pension, when it was introduced in the early 1900s, life expectancy was 55. Today, life expectancy is 85 and yet the
pension starts at 65.” In a number of interviews, Mr Hockey has not ruled out that the government may be considering changes to the pension. Media reports have suggested the government may be seriously considering raising the pension age above 67 years. National Seniors Australia
Chief executive Michael O’Neill said any move to raise the Age Pension age would be ill considered. “Without tackling mature -age unemployment first, government will be shifting people from one form of welfare to another,” he said. “Older Australians want to
work but once they lose their jobs, no one will hire them. “Raising the pension age is a simplistic approach to a deeper problem, and it is not a solution to the national welfare bill. “Only business, government and society working together will change the employment fortunes of older Australians,” he said.
Life goes on between drinks
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Sat 29. NCL Art and Craft Markets, Town Hall,
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April
Fri 4. ART EXHIBITION OPENING. Oil paintings by Janice Clifton Wykes. Gove Regional Arts Centre, Captain Cook Community Centre (opposite bakery). 6pm. Sat 5. ART EXHIBITION. Oil paintings by Janice Clifton Wykes. Gove Regional Arts Centre, Captain Cook Community Centre (opposite bakery). 10am - 2pm.
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DOWN by the Ski Beach causeway, at low tide in Melville Bay, this sunny scene was snapped last Thursday afternoon. The aptly named boat ‘B’tween Drinks’ leaned comfortably on one side, out of the deep drink in the shallows near the Gove Boat Club, as the refinery steamed ahead in the background. Perhaps a good metaphor for Gove’s current transition process? Locals are encouraged to send any photos they may have through to editor@arafuratimes.com.au for publication in the Arafura Times.
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Telling the Yolngu story by tunes ABOVE: BIRITJIMI BAND: Jarrod Burarrwanga, Sebastian Burarrwanga, Mizak Gurruwiwi, Larry Gurruwiwi and Dion Gurruwiwi practising at the ARDS/ Yolngu Radio studio in Nhulunbuy. RIGHT: Singer and keyboardist of the Biritjimi Band, Larry Gurruwiwi. IN the tradition of rock groups named after the remote communities they hail from - think Warumpi Band, Lajamanu Teenage Band - comes one from our own neck of the woods. The Biritjimi Band is Gove’s newest musical export, hoping to take sounds from their home off Melville Bay Road to the wider NT community. And they should know what they’re doing - music has been a part of lead singer Larry Gurruwiwi’s entire life. His father is renowned yirdaki (didgeridoo) master and maker, Djalu Gurruwiwi, who also lives in Biritjimi (Wallaby Creek). “We’re telling the Yolngu story,” said Larry. “It’s real Arnhem music, saltwater music, and we’ve got a big story to tell.” The group have been practicing every
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day, in the hope that they may be able to play some of the big festivals planned for the region later this year. Manager of the ARDS/Yolngu Radio studio in town, Ahva, said the group were looking in good shape to take on some larger audiences. “They’re quite talented, and I think they will be well-loved in the community. “Continued efforts are sure to bring them success in the local music industry.” ARDS/Yolngu Radio has been working with the lads to try and get them to the level where record companies are interested in their authentic brand of East Arnhem music.
Stay tuned to The Cactus Channel Wooden Boy by The Cactus Channel. Review: ANGELA MADDEN THE Cactus Channel is a 10-piece funk and soul ensemble based out of Melbourne. These guys formed in high school back in 2009, aged around 14-years-old, and amazingly, the core five members of the group have stayed constant since that time. Now aged in their early 20s, The Cactus Channel seem to be both enjoying themselves a great deal and simultaneously gaining a solid reputation as a tight funk and soul act. Sound-wise, The Cactus Channel are described as harnessing their own brand of, “high-octane, instrumental car chase funk and smooth soundtrack soul”. This seems an apt description. It is hard to sit still when you listen to these recordings, as the urge to dance translates into foot-tapping and hip-swaying. Sounds more 1970s James Brown-era than modern day Melbourne. Wooden Boy is the second release from The Cactus Channel, following on from their 2012 release Haptics. Released late last year, Wooden Boy has gained strong reviews around the traps, and enabled further exposure for the young band-members. The Cactus Channel have had the incredible opportunity to play with one of their heroes, American soul legend Charles Bradley. In addition to that, funk-soul masters The Dap-Kings’ Tom
Brenneck and Tennessee soul legend Charles Walker are also purported to be big fans of the group. Fun times await this very entertaining band. In fact, these guys seem like the dream party group to facilitate a full dance-floor. I would keep your ears tuned into The Cactus Channel. Each week we will feature an album by an Australian artist or group. Listen out as we play a track from the feature album Monday to Friday this week, just prior to the midday news. A full interview between Station Manager Ange and
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2013 PHOTOS of the YEAR EXHIBITION LAST weekend, the first-ever Arafura Times Photos of the Year Exhibition was held at the Gove Regional Arts Centre, in 4C’s. Opening night, on March 21, featured delicious food, great live music and a diverse display of pictures from our talented local photographers
These photographers included Matt Burman, Jo Duncan, Blue Douglas, Codey Simpson and mum and daughter Fiona Brooks and Alexandra Wilbur, as well as the finalists for Photo of the Year.. Guests of the exhibition had the chance to vote for their favourite Photo of the Year for 2013, out of
12 photos picked as finalists from all that had been submitted to the newspaper last year. The winner revealed on page 19.>> Staff of the Arafura Times Mark, Meg and Corey Bousen, Matt Garrick and Bec Cottam - wish to thank all our lovely readers and
contributors for taking part in the photo competition and exhibition. Also, a huge thank you to the members of Gove Peninsula Festival Association and Gove Film Society for setting it up, and for their good humour and dedication to the cause of bringing fun, new, artistic activities to the town.
ABOVE LEFT: Graham Hughes with his winning photo of an eagle from last year (top). ABOVE CENTRE: Andrew and Danika with photographer mum and daughter Fiona and Alex. ABOVE RIGHT: Blue and Ev Douglas with Matt Burman. Blue and Matt both displayed some of their stunning works on the night.
ABOVE: Donny and Loz. BELOW: Brett Martin and Erica Sims.
ABOVE: Best-dressed couple in town Jossa Keys and Robbie Stewart with Jossa’s winning photo from last year. RIGHT: Doctors Phoebe Lee and Maggy Wong. BELOW LEFT: Rowena Stokell and chef extraordinaire Charmaine Rungan. BELOW RIGHT: Heather Lewis and Sharmaine Rufford.
ABOVE: Tania and Tara Ryder. BELOW: Karina and Heath Stevenson.
LEFT: Clint, Liam and Kara Gourley. BELOW: Paul Dewhurst, Ahva, Amy Dewhurst, Matt Burman and Dion Gurruwiwi performed fantastic live music for the crowd.
Leanne Parise and Mache Eloff-Collins. To submit an entry send your photo as an email attachment to editor@arafuratimes.com.au and please include your contact phone number. Photos need to be in full resolution, between 1mb and 10mb in size. Photos with date stamps impressed into them will not be considered.... Happy snapping!
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IT was a day of peace, culture and togetherness when Nhulunbuy High School celebrated Harmony Day last Tuesday, March 18. Different cultural groups from around town got involved and helped
host activities including African beading, Henna painting, Punjabi cricket matches and traditional weaving from Papua New Guinea.
Yolngu elders from surrounding communities also took part on the day, where they opened the eyes of
students to some of their music, dance and face-painting techniques. There were also lessons given on spear throwing, Yolngu place names
and more. On top of all this, local hip-hop dancers had kids busting moves at their workshops, and Battle of the Bands rocked out the hall in the afternoon.
LEFT: Gabbie Davidov from Year 9 busy at work making her headband. CENTRE: Maxine Yunupingu, Michelle Haines and Melanie Marika. RIGHT: BUST-A-MOVE: Rachel and Ineke Wallis and Milika Marika showed students a few tricks in a hip-hop dance class.
ABOVE: Best friends Whitney Yunupingu and Chloe Baxter. RIGHT: William Smith shows off his handiwork. HANGING IN HARMONY: Kato, Joel, Dakota, Braedon, Jacintha and Shandyn. LEFT: Milton Pascoe smiling on the sunny day. ABOVE: Yolngu elder Dopeiya Yunupingu helped students like Ethan Randle learn about art, dance and music from the East Arnhem region. RIGHT: Jaylin and Ned getting into the fun.
ABOVE: Jack, Ben, Tom and Jesse from Year 8 learning to make traditional headware from Papua New Guinea. RIGHT ABOVE: Punjabi cricket players Harry Pitkin, Harry Parfitt and Mac Barnett. BELOW: INDIAN DREAMING: Bodhi Caldwell, Ella Graham and Tayla Dowzard. RIGHT: High School students were taught to dance in a bunggul (ceremonial dance).
ABOVE: Hendrianne Winaulin (right) taught kids Mahlia, Cheyenne and Chanti about headband and head crown making techniques from PNG.
TRIP TO BOLLYWOOD: Teacher Olivia Johansson gives Demi Slatter a new Henna tattoo.
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6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 Janet King 2:00 At The Movies 2:30 As Time Goes By 3:00 Bed Of Roses 4:00 New Tricks 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:05 Grand Designs 6:50 What’s Your Story? 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Would I Lie To You? 8:30 The Doctor Blake Mysteries - When the old parish priest is found dead, Doctor Blake needs to unravel the secrets and lies of parishioners in order to get to the truth. 9:30 Line Of Duty - With Gates on the run, the anticorruption team comes under pressure to close the case once and for all. And tensions flare between Arnott, Fleming and Hastings. 10:30 Lateline 11:10 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL 11:40 Rage
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5:00 World News 1:00 The Food Lover’s Guide To Australia 1:30 Inspector Rex: Ice Time (Part 2) 2:30 NITV News Week In Review 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Coast: The Riddle Of The Tides 8:35 Henry Viii’s Enforcer: The Rise And Fall Of Thomas Cromwell 9:35 As It Happened 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 The Feed 11:30 Movie: “At A Glance” (M l,n,s,v) - In Italian. When art critic Pietro Lulli brings his significantly younger companion Gloria to an exhibition, he doesn’t realise that her admiration of the work by struggling sculptor Adrian will have such a lasting effect on her. The two immediately hit it off and Gloria soon becomes Adrian’s companion. 1:40 Movie: “Kurt Wallender: The Courier” (M n,v,l,d) 3:20 Weatherwatch Overnight
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SUNDAY 30
SBS
6:00 Rage 8:00 Weekend Breakfast 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Offsiders 10:30 The World This Week 11:00 7.30 11:30 Songs Of Praise 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Compass 2:00 Death In Paradise 3:00 Art Of Germany 4:00 Big Art Ideas 5:00 Midsomer Murders: Dark Autumn 6:30 Compass 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Ice Age Giants: Land Of The Cave Bear 8:30 Rake 9:30 Waking The Dead: Care (Part 2) 10:20 Wallander: Faceless Killers 12:00 Movie: “The Tropic Of Cancer” (MA l,s) - The sexual exploits of an American in Paris. Based on Henry Miller’s celebrated novel. 1:25 Movie: “Mary Of Scotland” (G) - The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords. 3:30 Ice Age Giants: Land Of The Cave Bear 4:30 Catalyst 5:00 Gardening Australia / 5:30 Collectors
5:30 Children’s Programs 6:30 Weekend Today 9:30 Financial Review Sunday 10:00 Wide World Of Sports 11:00 Sunday Footy Show 1:00 Broncos Insider 1:30 2014 Intrust Supercup 3:30 Football: Newcastle Knights Vs Cronulla Sharks 5:30 National News Sunday 6:00 The Block: Fans Vs Faves 7:10 60 Minutes 8:10 Fat Tony & Co 9:10 Person Of Interest 11:10 Who Gets The Last Laugh: Who gets the last laugh? pit’s two comedians against each other in the ultimate prank challenge. Given the same situation and elements with which to work, the guest comedians must dream up the funniest and most outrageous pranks possible, then successfully unleash them on the public. 11:40 Financial Review Sunday 12:10 What Would You Do? 1:00 Spyforce 2:00 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America - Sunday 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:00 Today
5:30 Children’s Programs 6:30 Weekend Sunrise 9:30 AFL Game Day 11:00 Footy Flashbacks 12:30 Movie: “Judy Moody And The Not Bummer Summer” (PG v,l) 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 4:00 TBA 5:30 Seven News 6:00 My Kitchen Rules 7:30 Sunday Night 8:30 Downton Abbey 9:30 Castle: Close Encounters 11:30 Dr Oz: “The Controversial Pill That Could Prevent Cancer: Should You” Get answers to your health questions from Dr Oz and other leading doctors, hospitals, associations and authors. 12:30 Special: Images Of Italy - Greg Grainger takes viewers from the enchantment of the Tuscany region to the classic charm of Verona and Venice. 1:30 Home Shopping 2:30 NBC Today 3:30 NBC Meet The Press 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Al Jazeera News 1:30 Cycling Central 2:00 Speedweek 4:00 Football Asia 4:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 5:00 Wainwright Walks 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are? 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Mexican Fiesta With Peter Kuruvita Bitesize 7:35 Lost Worlds: The Vikings 8:35 I, Human. 9:30 There’s Something About Patrick 10:30 Movie: “The Good Life” (M l,n,s) In Spanish. A thoughtprovoking depiction of life in the Chilean city of Santiago, following four characters who struggle to reach their goals, but each of them obtains something unexpected and different from what they wanted. 12:20 Movie: “A Short Stay In Switzerland” (MA a) - Just after losing her husband to a fatal neurological condition, Dr Anne Turner is diagnosed with a similar illness. So she plans to end her life herself. 2:05 Weatherwatch Overnight
MONDAY 31
7 CENTRAL
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 Landline 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen 3:00 Bed Of Roses 4:10 Kingdom 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs 6:55 Audrey’s Kitchen 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q&A 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Monroe 12:25 Movie: “The White Tower” (PG) 2:05 Movie: “The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle” (G) 3:40 Movie: “Swing Time” (G) 5:30 Eggheads
5:30 Today 8:30 Danoz Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Movie: “Every Little Step” (M l) 2:30 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Block: Fans Vs Faves 8:10 Love Child: Joan wrestles with the consequences of telling Annie the truth about her baby. Shirley is left with a seriously ill baby and no money when Johnny goes on the run from the police. Viv uncovers a disturbing secret about Matron. Joan promises to take special care of Martha during childbirth. 9:20 Embarrassing Fat Bodies 10:20 Inside Story: Teen Killers 11:20 Unforgettable: Man In The Woods 12:20 Extra 12:50 Nine Presents 1:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 1:30 Brand Developers 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:00 Today
5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 10:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “United” (M a,l) 1:30 The Daily Edition 2:30 The Chase 3:30 Seven News At 4 4:30 Deal Or No Deal 5:00 Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Home And Away 7:00 My Kitchen Rules 8:30 Revenge: Exodus 9:30 How I Met Your Mother: How Your Mother Met Me 10:00 How I Met Your Mother: Karma / The Broath 11:00 Talking Footy 12:00 Parks And Recreation: Ron And Diane 12:30 Home Shopping 3:00 Sons And Daughters - After a promising start, Jill hits problems in her new relationship with Derek. 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 The Royal Jewels 2:05 Battle Castle 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 The Farm Fixer 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Idris Elba: King Of Speed 8:35 Stephen Hawking’s Future Universe 9:30 Housos 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 The World Game 11:30 Clown: Casa Tua - Mia forces Frank to get his sperm count checked. Complications including a children’s DVD, a porn movie and a furious Iben ensues. Meanwhile, Casper finds a pregnancy test in the kitchen and after disbanding the idea that Frank could have placed it there, he moves on to find the guilty party. 12:00 Shorts On Screen 12:40 Derren Brown: The Heist 1:35 William Shatner’s Weird Or What? 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight
TUESDAY 01
IMPARJA
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Four Corners 11:45 Media Watch 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 Q&A 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen 2:30 As Time Goes By 3:00 Dirt Game 4:10 Kingdom 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs 6:45 Little Crackers: Tommy Tiernan 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foregin Correspondent 8:30 New Tricks: Lost In Translation 9:30 At The Movies 10:00 The Book Club 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 Movie: “Sister Kenny” (G) 2:35 Grand Designs: The Lifeboat Station 3:30 Rugby Union: Shute Shield: Round: Eastern Suburbs Vs Randwick 5:30 Eggheads
5:30 Today 8:30 Danoz Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Movie: “Armored” (M v,l) 2:30 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Block: Fans Vs Faves 8:10 The Big Bang Theory: The Locomotive Manipulation 8:40 The Big Bang Theory: The Re-Entry Minimization 9:10 2 Broke Girls: And The Kilt Trip 9:40 2 Broke Girls: And The Pearl Necklace 10:10 Two And A Half Men: Slowly And In A Circular Motion 10:40 Two And A Half Men: A Possum On Chemo 11:10 Weeds: Do Her / Don’t Do Her 11:40 20/20 12:30 Extra 1:00 Brand Developers 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:00 Today
5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Subdivision” (M l) 1:30 The Daily Edition 2:30 The Chase 3:30 Seven News At 4 4:30 Deal Or No Deal 5:00 Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Home And Away 7:00 My Kitchen Rules 8:15 TBA 11:15 Smash: The Read Through - Julia’s fears increase when Tom airs his suspicions of Peter. Jimmy and Kyle confront their own crisis of confidence as ‘Hit List’ is read for the first time. Meanwhile, Ivy realizes her triumph might not be all she hoped when she meets her new co- star, Terry Falls, and Karen wonders if she can trust Jimmy. 12:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 One Born Every Minute 2:50 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Bitesize 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Food Safari 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Queen Victoria’s Children 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 The Killing: In Danish. The body of a female lawyer is found in a Copenhagen park. Shortly after, an ex-soldier who served in Afghanistan is savagely killed. Are the murders linked? Only one person can help: a stubborn, rebellious woman in her early forties, Detective Inspector Sarah Lund. Running parallel to the case, both the Minister of Justice and an escaped prisoner are also desperately searching for the murderer. 12:10 Art And Copy 1:45 My Asian Heart 2:50 Weatherwatch Overnight
WEDNESDAY 02
ABC
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 One Plus One 11:30 Foreign Correspondent 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Devil Island 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen 2:30 As Time Goes By 3:00 Dirt Game 4:10 Kingdom 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs 6:50 The Checkout 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL 8:30 Spicks And Specks 9:00 The Agony Of Modern Manners: Work 9:30 The Kumars: Daniel Radcliffe, Chevy Chase & Olivia Colman 10:00 The Wrong Mans 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Hustle 12:35 Movie: “The Little Minister” (G) 2:30 Football: VFL: Round 1 (Split Round): Williamstown Vs Box Hill 5:30 Eggheads
5:30 Today 8:30 Mornings 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Movie: “The Great Mint Swindle” (M v,l,a) 2:30 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Block: Fans Vs Faves 8:10 Inside Story 9:10 CSI: Love For Sale - A 16 year old girl with ties to a brothel dies and Nick and Greg have to investigate. 10:10 TBA 11:10 Partners: Sperm Und Drang - Ali gets a pregnancy scare, Louis decides to have a baby as well, Joe and Louis’ relationship is tested. 11:35 Extra 12:00 The Baron 1:00 Brand Developers 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News 5:00 Today
5:30 Sunrise 9:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Disney TV Features 1:30 The Daily Edition 2:30 The Chase 3:30 Seven News At 4 4:30 Deal Or No Deal 5:00 Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Home And Away 7:00 My Kitchen Rules 8:15 The Blacklist: The world’s most wanted criminal mysteriously turns himself in and offers to help them hunt down the very men he’s spent his entire life protecting. 9:15 TBA 11:15 Defiance: Brothers In Arms - Nolan welcomes an old army buddy, Eddie Braddock, who is now working as a bounty hunter. 12:30 Home Shopping 3:00 Sons And Daughters 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News
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26 Mar - 1 Apr 2014
5:00 World News 5:30 UEFA Champions League 2013/2014 8:00 Weatherwatch 8:05 World News 1:00 Insight 2:00 Dateline 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 My Family Feast 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Indian Ocean With Simon Reeve 8:35 One Born Every Minute 9:30 Lilyhammer 10:25 SBS World News Late 11:00 Movie: “Potiche” - In French. When her husband is taken hostage by his striking employees, a trophy wife takes the reins of the family business and proves to be a remarkably effective leader. However business and personal complications arrive in the form of her ex-lover, a former union leader. 12:50 Movie: “A Heart Elsewhere” (PG) - In Italian, English Subtitles. Nello is a sensitive and shy 35-year-old whose philandering father keeps encouraging him to seduce women. 2:45 Weatherwatch Overnight
CROSSWORD No. 191
SUDOKU No. 191
Your Lucky
Stars
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) There has been complete chaos at your house for too long. You must make a better effort to coordinate your schedule and tackle projects early. Romance. You will be very popular this week; especially with members of the opposite sex. Be careful of unforeseen jealousies, however.
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) A meeting with a stranger will turn out to be much more entertaining than you’d expect. It’ll make you want to get out more often! Romance. When things don’t go just the way you would like, there will be trouble. If your partner is wasting your time, they will wish that they had not done so!
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)
FOR KIDS
Before you start criticising your boss for something they have done, consider the consequences. This is not the best time to take a risk with your career. Romance. A surprising comment from your partner may shock you for a while. Try to hide your feelings about this for the moment.
GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) Other people may try to slow you down don’t let them. At times this week, you will have to march ahead at your own pace. Prepare to walk alone. Romance. This would be an excellent time for a trip away from home. You need the chance to spend some time alone with your partner.
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) You may be a little less conscientious about your work than you are normally. This would be a good time to take a break. Romance. Someone that you know very well may be giving you the wrong kind of advice about your relationship. Be wary of what is said to you this week!
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd) You may be feeling a little cut-off from other people this week. Use this time to get ahead of things and you will have more time to spend later. Romance. You may be feeling a little insecure. If you are prepared to “stick to your guns”, you will be able to improve an upcoming difficult situation.
FINDWORD No. 191 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) Don’t allow yourself to be led astray by a false promise. If possible, ask a friend for their opinion. You shouldn’t be so trusting! Romance. Try to inject some passion into your relationship. If you are not careful, you could become complacent. Or worse, your partner could become bored.
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd) Don’t take the credit for everything: somebody who helped you recently may need more encouragement than you realise. You can have the spotlight at a later time. Romance. You’ll lose an important opportunity if you don’t decide what to do. Any decision will be better than none.
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SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) You mustn’t allow yourself to be held back by other people’s negativity. You have plenty to do and need to overcome their scepticism. Be strong! Romance. A short day-trip with your mate will proof fruitful. It’ll give you time to catch up on things you normally don’t have time to talk about.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) You may have become frustrated with your exercise routine. Infuse it with something new; such as a yoga or spin class. Romance. A favourable aspect between your Ruling Planet and Mars will give your love-life an extra boost of passion. You’ll be left daydreaming about this!
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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SOLUTIONS No. 191
You will be thinking about your wallet at the moment. The expenditures of the last month will soon be taking their toll! Be thrifty this week to save some cash. Romance. You’ll be surprised when someone you were introduced to wants to get in touch. You need to make the next move.
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) This should be a very good week. A social event with friends will put you in touch with someone new. Be sure to take down their contact information. Romance. A gettogether will go much better than planned, thanks to your partner’s considerate and spontaneous attitude.
–Zig Ziglar
Arafura Times
26 Mar - 1 Apr 2014 – 13
LAYNHAPUY HOMELANDS ABORIGINAL CORPORATION
CRISIS ACCOMMODATION GOVE
Annual General Meeting 2014
POSITION VACANT Finance Officer - Full Time
Crisis Accommodation Gove Inc (CAG) will be having a special AGM on Saturday, March 29 at 10am at 24 Wuyal Road. CAG is a not for profit organisation with sound management and staff. CAG needs to appoint a new committee to ensure the ongoing provision of essential searches to Gove and surrounding communities. CAG is the only Domestic Violence Shelter for Women and Children in the East Arnhem Region.
Without a full committee for 2014 CAG will not be able to operate. The position requires only a small amount of your time to attend structured and organised committee meetings once a month. If you are interested but unable to attend contact details are below. All positions previously held will be declared vacant. Please support the vulnerable members of our community by joining the committee and ensuring this essential service remains ongoing. For more information or to express your interest please email or phone CAG on (08) 8987 1166 or email frontoffice@cagove.com.au
POSITION VACANT Sea Swift provides marine freight and logistics services to Northern Australia and surrounding regions, including remote communities and coastal islands across the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland. We are currently seeking applications for the following position:
FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION OFFICER
- Yirrkala -
Laynhapuy Homelands is a large Aboriginal corporation based in Yirrkala that delivers services and infrastructure in support of around 30 homelands and over 1000 Yolngu residents in the region. This is a new position and we are looking for an enthusiastic and flexible person to join our organization in the Finance team. Duties and tasks would include: • • •
Financial processing of accounts payable/receivable (Quickbooks system) Administrative project and support Customer service to both internal and external clients
If you have the following skills and qualities we would love to hear from you: • • • • •
Prior experience and/or qualification in Finance or Bookkeeping Positive work style and good communications Team player and flexible work approach Willingness to maintain confidentiality Ability to perform a range of tasks and admin projects Salary: $43,482-$45,448 depending on qualifications and experience Friendly colleagues and modern office; Housing may be available 9.25% Superannuation Guarantee; Salary Sacrifice; PBI purchase card; 6 weeks annual leave; RDO Position based in our Yirrkala office.
For more information and to apply please contact Donna Orchard, (08) 8939 1806 or email donna.orchard@laynhapuy.com.au To apply please send your resume by email to the above e-mail address indicating your qualifications and relevant experience.
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Based in Gove, your main responsibilities will include: • Ensuring that cargo is received in an orderly manner • Ensuring safe delivery of all cargo • Accurate and timely completion of all freight documentation • Logistics experience desirable The successful applicant will possess a forklift licence, HC licence. Knowledge of the logistics industry will be highly regarded and you will be required to work flexible hours including weekends at times. The successful applicant will undertake a pre-employment medical including a drug and alcohol test. Please forward your resume to Jacyln Ross, PO Box 240, Berrimah Traffic lights at the Melville Bay Road and NT 0828 or email jacylnr@seaswift.com.au As of Monday 17 February, Sea Swift will service Nhulunbuy every Monday morning, Overland Conveyor Road intersection Sea Swift is an equal opportunity providing vital freight to Goveemployer. Peninsula communities and local businesses.
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Rio Tinto Alcan Gove thanks the community, employees and contracting partners for their cooperation during the changed traffic conditions.
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26 Mar - 1 Apr 2014
NEWS
Youth leader to raise voice on the round table
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In times like this you realise how special and unique the Gove community is. Your love and support is helping me manage this very difficult time. My heartfelt thanks go to the Gove Community, family and friends for your support, kind messages and wonderful meals. Thank you Rio Tinto, Combined Unions and Contractors for helping out in every way, it is greatly appreciated. Special thanks must go to Brinkley and Taylor for always being there for me and to Nicky, Toosh, Angie, Haenga and Owie for your daily visits and unwavering support and organisation.
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Mando would be very humbled by all the love and support shown by everyone. And to Troy, Saara and girls I will always be there for you. Coral
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Annual General Meeting When: Thursday, April 17, 2014 Where: 16 Wuyal Road Time: 8pm Purpose of AGM is to elect a new committee. All positions will be declared vacant.
Golf Club Competition Results Week Ending March 22, 2014 Chook Run: L. Waters 27 Pts, R. Akapita 23 c/b Beer Run: C. Borrett 19 Pts c/b, A. Jones 19 Pts c/b Saturday Comp: 18 Hole Par: D. Troughear +3, T. Appo +1, R Bailey Sq, B Small Sq, E Cox -1. Next Week’s Event: 18 Hole 4 BBB Par Upcoming Events: Green Jacket Day June 15, Gulf Open June 7-9, Nomination forms now available at club “Ninety percent of the putts that fall short don’t go in” - Yogi Bera Bob Small, Club Captain
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1. Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt. 2. A metre is longer than a yard. 3. Nothing happens if you put gold into Sulfuric acid. 4. TJake Coppinger branded the glove ‘Swirlesque’. 5. The last 542 million years of geological time is represented by the Phanerozoic Eon.
Young East Arnhem man Jermaine Campbell has been selected as a member of the 2014 Chief Minister’s Round Table of Young Territorians. EAST Arnhem and Galiwin’ku youth leader, Jermaine Campbell, has been selected as a member of the 2014 Chief Minister’s Round Table of Young Territorians. At just 21 years of age, Jermaine is an Indigenous Assistant Teacher in Galiwin’ku, on Elcho Island, and was motivated to nominate for the Round Table through his desire to help young kids and improve counsellor services and access in communities. “I feel that many Indigenous communities over the Top End don’t have safe houses and a lot of Indigenous youths out in remote communities don’t have resources or counsellors,” said Jermaine. “That’s where I am passionate about helping kids and I would love to see safe houses all across the Top End remote communities.” With a strong vision of one day seeing a safe house up and running in his community of Galiwin’ku, Jermaine has just returned from his first meeting representing East Arnhem youth on the Round Table in Darwin, and will spend the year attending meetings and developing a project to present to the Chief Minister and his staff at the end of 2014. East Arnhem Regional Council Gumurr Marthakal Ward Councillor and Deputy President Mavis Danganbarr was glowing in her appraisal of Jermaine. “Jermaine is an outstanding member of our community. “He is a valuable role model for youth and adults, and we are very proud to have him represent Galiwin’ku on the Chief Minister’s Round Table of Young Territorians”. For further information on the Chief Minister’s Round Table of Young Territorians please visit www. youth.nt.gov.au.
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STEP BACK IN TIME
Whitlam spent time in Gove during WW2
Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam during his days as a navigator with the RAAF in the Northern Territory.
WHO knew that former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam once spent some time in Gove during a stint serving in the RAAF? Historical facts such as this can be unlocked using a new website that contains the first comprehensive list of military units and ships that served in the NT during World War II. This new tool was launched recently at the NT Library, and has been created to help people unlock the military history of their family and friends. According to the web-
GOUGH IN GOVE: Back row, from left, Gough Whitlam, Peter Clarkson and Ian Sinclair. Front: Les ‘Digger’ Davies and Jim Pugh at Rocky Bay in Gove.
site, 548 military units came to the NT during WWII including Australian, British, American and Dutch personnel from Army, Air Force, Navy, Civilian and Medical units. Ships from the Danish, Norwegian, Filipino, Canadian, New Zealand, Portuguese, French and Malaysian merchant navies were among the 522 ships to visit Darwin as part of the war effort. Some of the interesting visitors to the Territory discovered when collating the information for the new website included Australian Prime Ministers Gough Whitlam and John Gorton, who both served in the RAAF in the Territory, US President Lyndon Baynes Johnson, who came to the Territory while on a mission, Field Marshall Montgomery reviewed troops in Darwin and Douglas Macarthur landed on one of our dirt airstrips. The new website lists books, unit histories, ships logs, manuscripts,
photographs, websites, and newspaper and journal articles for each unit. Locally, Arnhem Land Historical Society historian Phil Herdman has a vast collection of Gove World War Two information, and is happy to help anyone trace one of their relatives that may have served here. The new website can be visited at: www.ntlexhibit. nt.gov.au/exhibits/show/ unit. Mr Herdman can be contacted at: philgove@ ABOVE: Soldiers stand on the beach in East Arnhem Land. Photos bigpond.com, or www. courtesy: Arnhem Land Historical Society. arnhemland.org.au/. BELOW: War-time construction of the Gove Airstrip, 1943.
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Nhulunbuy Community Guide Community organisations Arafura Dance Assoc. Contact: President Belinda Verrall E: Belinda_verrall@hotmail.com
Contact: President Jamie McVeigh M: 0458 034 402 Lodge Arafura Contact: Secretary P: 0418 831 120 or 0437 272 210
Arnhem Early Learning Centre Contact: Director 8987 1004 E: aelcdirector@bigpond.com
East Arnhem Land Tourism Association Contact: John Tourish P: 8939 2000
Arnhem Gun Club Contact: President, Grub Stevens E: grub.gove@bigpond.com
East Arnhem Rugby Union Contact: Eddie P: 0407 002 357
Arnhem Land Bowls Club Contact: Secretary Lisa Pullen P: 0418 609 807
8EAR Community Radio (Gove FM) Contact: Angela Madden P: 8987 1500 E: admin@govefm.com.au
Arnhem Writers Contact: Ian Maclean P: 0417 601 490 Australian Breastfeeding Assoc. Contact: Meaghan Kennedy P: 0438 175 260 Helpline:1800 686 2686 E: nhulunbuyaba@gmail.com Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre P: 8987 1701 E: art@yirrkala.com Captain Cook Comunity Centre Captain Cook Community Centre President: Richard Webb M: 0404 351 839 E: richard.webb@riotinto.com Endeavour Room Bookings: Contact: Lorretta Peirce M: 04130913 127 E: westrett@optusnet.com.au Gove Arts Theatre Contact: Chris Andrews P: 0428 856 392 E: sma44324@bigpond.com Nhulunbuy Playgroup Contact: Michelle Finnan E: nhulunbuyplaygroup@gmail.com Nhulunbuy Toy Library
Gove 8 Ball Contact: Adam White P: 0438 809 620
Gove Peninsula Surf Life Saving Club Contact: Chris Putland P: 8987 8083 Gove Peninsula Tennis Club Contact: Nicky Mayer P: 8987 2640 Gove Touch Footy Contact: Victoria Mastin E: secretarygtouch@hotmail.com Gove Volleyball Assoc. Contact: Fred Rowe - Pres P: 0417 080 579 E: fredntash@froggy.com.au Junior 8 Ball Contact: Marian Richter P: 0402 355 499 MOPS Contact: Nat Todd P: 0409 972 816
Gove Astronomy Club Contact: Ian Maclean P: 0417 601 490 Gove Country Golf Club & Gove Country Golf Club - Juniors Contact: Jamie Henderson E: manager@gcgc.com.au P: 8987 3191 Gove Golden Oldies Contact: Ria Ngamoki P: 8987 3530 Gove Junior Football Club Contact: David Hill P: 0438 861 599 Gove Junior Rugby Contact: Jon Regan P: 8987 8094 Gove Netball Assoc. Contact: Helen Clark - Pres P: 8987 3728 M: 0438 873 728 Gove Peninsula Festival E: contact@govefestival.org.au
Nhulunbuy Amateur Swimming Club Contact: Stephen Wolfaardt P: 0488 082 503 Nhulunbuy BMX Club Inc Contact: Donna Leahy, Secretary P: 0409 173 562 Nhulunbuy Community Neighbourhood Centre Contact: NCNC Director P: 08 8987 2191 E: ncnc@email.voicetalk.com.au
Nhulunbuy Speedway Contact: Dan Wagg P: 0409 679 938 Northern Territory Emergency Service P: 0427 392 264 Oasis Play Time Contact: Nisha, P: 0437 141 291
Thu 27
Fri 28
Time 0258 0954 1635 2210
Time 0412 1110 1800 2333
Time 0533 1226 1914
Ht 3.00 0.99 2.47 1.64
Ht 2.94 0.98 2.54 1.59
Sat 29 Ht 2.96 0.91 2.70
Time 0057 0657 1338 2010
NEW MOON
Queens Bus (Variety NT) Contact: Angie Moyle P: 0408 838 498 or Facebook us at: Queens - Variety NT
Nhulunbuy Baptist Church Sundays 9.30am at Town Hall – Ph: 8987 1256
Runners North Contact: Vanessa Drysdale P: 8987 8005
Forward in Faith Ministries Sunday: 10am – 12.30pm. Endeavour Room at the Captain Cook Community Centre. Ph: 0434 059611 or 8987 8268.
RSPCA: Contact: RSPCA Volunteer P: 0437 526 502 Rotary Club Nhulunbuy Contact: Sharon Norris P: 0401 153 100 E: shazznorris@gmail.com Scouts Nhulunbuy Contact: Group Leader E: gl.nhulunbuy@nthq.scouts.com.au Squash Club Contact: Donna Marie, P: 8987 1272 Tae Kwon Do Nhulunbuy Contact: Paul Macloy P: 0407 106 525
Nhulunbuy Regional Sport Fishing Club Contact: Ian Shepherd P: 0412 892 703
TourDeArnhemland Contact: Des O’Sullivan P: 0418 840 957 E: tourdearnhemland@hotmail.com
Ht 1.43 3.05 0.83 2.88
Sun 30
Mon 31
Time 0208 0810 1439 2055
Time 0304 0906 1529 2133
Ht 1.21 3.18 0.77 3.04
NEW MOON
Ht 0.99 3.28 0.75 3.17
T.S. Melville Naval Cadet Training Contact: Grahame Deppeler P: 0439 033 688
Tue 01 Time 0352 0954 1614 2209
Ht 0.82 3.31 0.79 3.26
NOTE: these are predictions only, subject to change due to prevailing weather conditions. It is recommended you use this table as a guide only.
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Seventh-Day Adventist Church Ph: 8987 2375 / 0419 465 045 Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga Hala Tupou – Ph: 8987 3553
Tide times – Gove Harbour (Melville Bay) Wed 26
OASIS Christian Assembly Pastor Phil Sampson – Ph: 8987 1522 / 8987 1369
Old Codgers: Contact: Shane Ogg P: 0423 172 139
Nhulunbuy Motorcycle Club Contact: Pete McKormack P: 0447 801 141
Nhulunbuy Child Care Services Inc. Contact: Maria Akapita (Director) P: 8987 3311 F: 8987 3097 E: nhulunbuychildcare@bigpond.com
Church services
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Vigil Saturday 6.00pm, Sunday Service 8.30am
Uniting Church: Sunday Service 9.30am Hazel Trudgen – Ph: 8987 3545 Mobile 0413 536 877
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Brother Forbes 0428 767 616 – Sunday 10am.
WATER CONSUMPTION TABLE
NHULUNBUY
W/E Mar 16 W/E Mar 16 Variance Actual Usage Target Usage
Day
Total Per head Total Per head Total Per head Kilolitres of Pop: Lt Kilolitres of Pop: Lt Kilolitres of Pop: Lt
Monday 10/03
5688
1497
5200
Tuesday 11/03
5122
1348
Wednesday 12/03
4758
1252
Thursday 13/03
4517
Friday 14/03
4346
Saturday 15/03
4321
1137
Sunday 16/03
3844
1012
8578 29700
TOTAL
32596
1368
488
129
4600
1211
522
137
4000
1053
758
199
1189
4500
1184
17
5
1144
4100
1079
246
65
3500
921
821
216
3800
1000
44
12
7816
2896
762
Other Cities Av. Consumption / Head of Pop. Brisbane 270 • Darwin 1100 • Perth 340
Weather details Temperature (oC) Max Min Rainfall Monday 17 29.5 25.2 7.2 Tuesday 18 31.2 24.1 2.4 Wednesday 19 31.6 23.0 NIL Thursday 20 31.8 21.3 NIL Friday 21 32.5 23.9 NIL Saturday 22 31.3 24.4 TCE Sunday 23 30.5 25.7 14.2 Monthly total rainfall to date: 226.6mm
Weather details supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology – Gove Airport from Monday, Mar 17 to Sunday, Mar 23
Mean sea level pressure Max: 1013.2 hPa on Tuesday Min: 1005.4 hPa on Friday Averages for the month of March Max temp: 31.3 Min temp: 23.9 Rainfall: 278.8mm
Photos by JESS TURNER and MATT GARRICK PEACE and fun poured into the classrooms at Nhulunbuy Primary School last Friday, for the celebration of Harmony Day. Each class enjoyed the day with different activities, including Yolngu face-painting, weaving head bands and designing harmonious flags. There were also stories told from cultures around the world. Harmony Day is known as a time to celebrate and bring together the many different cultures of Australia, from our Traditional Owners to those who come from all over the world to settle in our nation. LEFT: Kids having a ball at Harmony Day. RIGHT: Harmony Day flags painted by kids at Nhulunbuy Primary.
ABOVE: Darren and Djoki. BELOW: Harmonious Primary School staff Principal Matt Matt Watson and Sarah Bamford.
ABOVE: Di, Jess, Leanna, Djoki, Irish and bub Mikayla. Up front: Jaamal. BELOW: Kids have a quiet moment finding some inner harmony.
Local ladies taught the children about Yolngu face-painting techniques.
Tour de ArnhemlAnd 2014 If you are interested in the Tour then please check it out on Facebook, by joining the Facebook group “Tourdearnhemland” If you are interested in being part of it as a crew or a rider, then please send email to tourdearnhemland@hotmail.com. If you want to sponsor the event in anyway, then please contact the organisers on the above email address as well.
Evelyna Dhamarrandji.
Emily Osborne.
Richard Dhamarrandji.
Youths pushing our remote region forward THREE of our East Arnhem youths have been recognised for their tireless community work in remote regions. They were recently announced as finalists for the prestigious annual awards, the NT Young Achiever Awards. Young carer Emily Osborne, from Nhulunbuy, and community leaders Evelyna Dhamarrandji and Richard Dhamarrandji, from Elcho Island, have all been chosen to represent the region. Emily has made it as a finalist for the Young Carer’s Award, due to her selfless service as a carer in the Nhulunbuy community.
The 20-year-old was also named as last year’s NT Young Australian of the Year. As well as her work as a carer she has achieved much in the field of promoting suicide prevention in the Gove region. Richard, a young Yolngu man living in Galiwin’ku, Elcho Island, has been chosen for the Environment Award. He is involved in many aspects of his community including the Learning on Country Conservation Program and the Galiwin’ku Young Men’s program, in which he volunteered to refurbish the local gym, establish com-
munity gardens and build over 200 bicycles for school children. Evelyna has been picked for the Health and Wellbeing Award. A youth worker in her community, she is known to be passionate about improving the life choices of young people including creating health opportunities for them to thrive in remote areas. Prize winners will be up for a $2000 for their individual awards, from out of nine categories, to be presented at a dinner in Darwin on April 5. More more info or to book tickets, phone (1300 735 445).
And if you are driving out and about, please be careful and give the riders a wide berth as possible. They will utilising the tracks around the peninsula as far out as the Giddies in the training rides, particularly on Saturday mornings. Proudly Sponsored by
Arafura Times NEWS FOR EAST ARNHEM LAND, INCLUDING NHULUNBUY AND YIRRKALA
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PHOTOS: MATT GARRICK
R TARY TRIVIA NIGHT, MARCH 22 A HORSE, flower girls, mental patients, a knife-wielding cook and Caesar himself; where could you see them all together in the same room? It could only be Nhulunbuy Rotary Club’s annual Trivia Night, and it happened again last Saturday night, March 22. Rotary worked tirelessly to pull
together 10 rounds of questions as well as rousing games including a dance-off and a push-up competition. With great prizes up for grabs donated by generous sponsors from around the community, people battled brains hard. The quiz was won on the day by team Master of Pasta Disasters;
FIRST
a carry-on team from last year’s RockQuiz winning team, Pastor of Muppets. Gove’s trivia champions! All money raised at the event will go back into future community events via Rotary throughout the year. A big thank you to the hardworking Rotary team, the trivia judges and MC Shiny.
THIRD
ABOVE: THE GRAND WINNERS: MASTER OF PASTA DISASTERS: Jason, Kade, Tina, John, Derrian and Anna. BELOW: SECOND PLACE WINNERS: THREE YEARS MINIMUM: Rachel, Rob, Denise, Nick, Kerry and Sarah.
ABOVE: Jason ‘Reb’ Minney horsing around. LEFT: THIRD PLACE WINNERS: DRESSED DOWN: Sim, Clint, Emma, Gill and Dave. BELOW: THE NOT THE WENDY TROE TEAM: Harry, Lawrence, Naomi, Lynne, Sabina and Chappy.
SECOND
TOP: Flower girls Frieda Munz and Eula Rohan. ABOVE: Osama Bin Laden brought his own bag to carry home any prizes. BELOW: WARD B: Sophie, Gail, Tara. Front: Cassie, Paul and Eliza. RIGHT: GRILLER TACTICS: Ahva, Alex, Matt, Ange. Front: Donny and Loz.
THE CAESARS: Shirley, Kathy, Debbie, Greg, Bernice and Peter won Best Dressed Table.
Three C ’s CAFÉ
Open for Breakfast and Lunch
Why choose us? We were established in 1986 and are 100% locally owned and operated and we’re not going anywhere! We’re more than our name suggests!
Monday – Saturday, 6am – 2pm Sunday 8am – 2pm And Friday night for dinner takeaway 5 – 8pm • We also cater for gluten and dairy-free choices and paleo meals are available • Outside catering also offered
phone 8987 1877
Captain Cook Shopping Centre, Nhulunbuy
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Our services include: • Termite treatment and inspections • Rat control • Dog control • Mosquito control • Feral animal control • Weed control • Waste management • Sanitation management • Wheelie bin hire/sales • Tipper hire • Water blasting Our customers come first. Give us a call on 8987 3900.
ABOVE: PUTTING ON THE RITZ: Karen, Megan, Shani, Steph, Emma and Sam. BELOW: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY: Shelley, Helen, Derek, Mel, Chris and Bob.
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2013 PHOTOS of the YEAR EXHIBITION, and the WINNER IS:
‘You may have the gun, but I’ve got guts’ THE PEOPLE have voted - and the 2013 Photo of the Year competition has been won by a feisty frilled-neck lizard standing on a Nhulunbuy police officer’s boot. Sergeant Erica Sims’quirky pic won the Photo of the Month for last October, making it eligible for the main prize, voted by locals at the Arafura Times 2013 Photos of the Year Exhibition last weekend. Twelve photos were in the running for the accolade, chosen as the best of the bunch submitted to the Arafura Times by readers last year. The winning photo was snapped when Erica met the unusual offender down in Yirrkala. The curious lizard took a fancy to her leg, she said. “He decided that my leg must have looked attractive, and he literally ran up it.” The lizard jumped off before she had to use police force, luckily.
Out of 174 votes, Erica’s photo bolted away to win the day, with 53 votes. Second place went to Nicole Zimmerman’s spectacular lightning shot (36 votes) and third to Graham Hughes’s swooping eagle (18 votes). The rest of the votes were spread out pretty evenly among the remainder. The winner will now be framed and hung with a commemorative plaque in the Nhulunbuy Community Library. A silent auction was also held at the exhibition, where the photos were sold to happy new owners, and nearly $400 raised to be given to a local charity. A big thank you and congratulations to all the Photo of the Year finalists for 2013; Nicole Zimmerman, Graham Hughes, Michael Reid, Matthew Burman, Jo Duncan, Sallianne Venour, Ali Thorn, Erica Sims, Jossa Keys, Rob Stewart and Vanessa Drysdale. Locals are encouraged to keep those photos
SECOND
Sergeant Sims’ lizard wins Photo of the Year
THIRD
Young fish fighting fit in Darwin
Junior Barras Grace Dwyer, Tia Hutton, Ciara Arkcoll and Connor Watson. Team members stuck to the ‘no junk By JANE McCAFFREY food’ edict until after the last session of IT was a very excited group of mums, the meet, and were duly rewarded with a couple dads, and several Barras McDonalds, soft drinks and Trampoline who gathered in Darwin recently for ice-creams. Special mention must go to Matthew the 2014 NT Vorgee Open and Age Wolfaardt, who cleaned up in the Championships. Led by Head Coach Mandy Kirby, 13-year-old boy category - taking out we gathered on the hill at the Casuarina top honour of Boy Champ for the NT. Matthew’s medal tally was an imprespool under our banner for four days of sive six (four gold, two silver). swimming, networking and fun. And Ms Kirby is to be congratulated Sandwiched in between the Katherine Turtles and the Alice Springs Club, it was for her tireless work with the Senior obvious that our group was smaller in squad in particular. Junior Coaches Vanessa Drysdale size than the other clubs, some of which had come from as far away as Victoria and Trudy Guiney also ensured that our swimmers were race ready and in peak and South Australia. However, as they say, it is not the size condition. Although there wasn’t much time of the dog in the fight, but the size of the for sitting around and chatting, we have fight in the dog that does the talking! Over the four-day carnival, our started discussions about the forthcommighty swimmers collected over 30 ing 2015 season. If your child has shown an interest in medals to come 4th overall in the NT. In between swim sessions, we made improving their swimming and enjoys time for shopping, museum-going and being part of a great team, we’d love to games, including the old favourites - see you at the sign-on. This date, plus the AGM, will be press all the buttons in the elevators and advertised soon so stay tuned. ‘door knock’ at the hotel.
BARRAS ARE CHAMPIONS: Liam, Connor, Boy Champ for the NT Matthew Wolfhaardt (front), Patrick, Jordi, Tia, Grace, Ciara and Taylah.
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