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Trunding Creek croc encounter

By Giembra Busmer

Close encounter: these photos were captured by the fishermen at Trunding Creek last Thursday, March 7 at around 4pm.

A COUPLE of local men almost got more than they bargained for during a fishing trip last Thursday afternoon. The fishermen were casting for bait on the western side of Trunding Creek when one of them spotted what he estimated to be a three-metre crocodile rapidly approaching them through the water. “Luckily I had polarised sunglasses on and the water was clear as I would never have seen it,” one of the fishermen said. “There was only about two centimetres of water over the croc and even though it was moving really quickly there was not a ripple to be seen. If the water had been muddy I reckon it would have had us,” he said. The fishermen beat a quick retreat further up the bank of the creek as the crocodile emerged from the water. “We weren’t sticking around after that – it was a close one,” the fisherman said. There have been several incidents involving crocodiles at Trunding Creek in the past, and people are again reminded to be cautious when fishing or boating in any of our waterways. Crocodile sightings can be reported to the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection at any time on 1300 130 372.

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THE search for a woman missing on Cape York for four weeks has been concluded with no trace of her whereabouts uncovered. Twenty-three year old Allison Bernard disappeared on February 10 between Archer River, near Coen, and her hometown of Kowanyama. A Cairns District Crime Prevention spokesperson reported that the extensive search involved Police, SES and defence force personnel searching on foot as well as quad bike and four-wheel drive vehicles. The Police dive squad also searched dams and waterways in the area and helicopters assisted with the search from the air. “Unfortunately in these situations a finite time needs to be applied to searches,

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strange about us, something that doesn’t happen to folk in other countries? It seems quite normal for us to live in cities - we are one of the most urban people in the world - where we love, marry and have kids. Then a large percentage of the husbands take off into the bush where the real work of Australia happens, and their families stay at home. We are famous for living apart. Our blokes don’t need female company, as long as we have our beer and our mates. At least it is better now than it used to be. Now we have flyin, fly-out workers. Not so long ago, it was fly in and stay there until the job was done. The old timers really lived their work, and family was something that happened during the holidays.

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I suppose if you do that for long, you get funny ideas about where your home is and where you belong. Perhaps you travel back to town one time and realise that the Missus is getting on just fine without you. A few harsh words, and the bush claims another single man. Does that mean our cities are full of single women of a certain age? I suppose it must do, although I’ve never spent enough time down south to find out. I’d rather stay up here where the work is, where people live together and get the job done. And if there a few cranky old Joes living around the edge of town, who cares? At least they add a little colour to the place, and lend a hand catching the fish and getting the beer drunk.

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Napranum supermarket construction begins Building work has begun on a brand new supermarket at Napranum, the biggest ever to be built in the Cape York Indigenous community. The Island & Cape store, which is being funded by the Queensland Government and Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council, will supply ‘/approximately 850 local residents with groceries, fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, dairy products, clothing and much more. Island & Cape Retail Operations Manager Craig Oxlade said the 550 square metre supermarket will also create more than 20 full-time and part-time positions in Napranum. “This is an extremely exciting development for the local residents, one they have been waiting a long time for,” he said. “Residents of Napranum currently have to travel to Weipa to shop, so this store will greatly benefit the community.” Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council interviewed prospective businesses to run the store as part of the new supermarket process, with Island & Cape winning the contract. “The Council said they chose Island & Cape over other organisations because they were impressed by our track record of running outstanding community-based stores, and our strong commitment to employing and training local

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people,” Mr Oxlade said. Work on the new supermarket is expected to be officially completed for a grand opening in June this year. Mr Oxlade said there will be nationally-accredited training offered to the store’s new employees, as is the case in all Island & Cape stores. “Island & Cape will also be investing approximately $350,000 in new equipment to fit-out the new building, and then it will hold about $500,000 in stock when filled,” he said. “The store will have the latest point-of-sale systems,

including wireless linked ordering system, with integrated security monitoring throughout the complex. “We’d also like to thank the local Council, who are making a significant investment in this project over and above the State Government grant.” Mr Oxlade said Island & Cape has a proud nine-year history of working closely with remote communities across the region. “Island & Cape always plays an active role in the communities where we operate,” he said. “We continually invest

in the communities, through infrastructure, employment and social contribution. Giving back is a core value of Island & Cape.” The Island & Cape retail division provides Indigenous communities across Far North Queensland with food and goods through retail stores, supermarkets and takeaways. Other Island & Cape stores in the region are located on Badu Island, Dauan Island, Horn Island and Yorke Island in the Torres Strait, and in Aurukun, Wujal Wujal and Hopevale.

Have your say on Rocky Point sport and recreation precinct THE Weipa Town Authority is seeking feedback on the future of the Rocky Point sport and recreation precinct following the presentation of a draft report at a community meeting held on Monday, March 11. The report examined how the Weipa Cyclone Shelter (WCS) can best service sport and recreation; integration with other nearby facilities and spaces; and a management plan for both the cyclone shelter and Rocky Point sport and recreation precinct. Some of the key elements included in the draft report included the introduction of an additional court to the

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Get behind the Weipa events... WHO: Weipa Woolworths Team WHEN: Saturday, March 16 from 1.30pm WHERE: Weipa Woolworths supermarket WHAT: Team members to shave their heads (number one), or colour their hair WHO: Weipa Warriors (Evie Addison, Shane Day & Stretch Noonan) in support of John Kennedy’s Goodline Weipa Team

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VMR fundraiser thank you ON behalf of the Weipa Motel & Resort I would like to thank the Western Cape Bulletin for all your support and the article in the February 13, 2013 edition regarding our monthly fundraisers. I would like to say a special thank you to all the businesses who donated goods for the raffles and auctions for our first fundraiser, as well as Robbie Griffiths VMR, Geoff Bryant from Weipa Real Estate, Nick Prus from the Weipa Bowls Club, and Tracy and Phil Healy for their support running raffles and auctions on the night.

Thank you also to Woolworths Weipa, Heritage Hair & Beauty, Weipa Gifts & Music, Cape York Guardian Pharmacy, Albatross Bay Resort, Weipa 4WD & Camping Store, Weipa Gourmet Meats, Weipa Furniture & Electrical, Qantas, Weipa Tackleworld, Kowari Motors, Weipa Auto, CHUB, Suzuki Motors, and Whuntree Sound (Rod Sisson) for your generosity. I would also like to thank everyone who came along to support the event. A total of $3921was raised for Weipa Volunteer Marine Rescue on the night. Mary Bruno General Manager Weipa Motel & Resort

WHEN: Saturday, March 16 from 4pm WHERE: Weipa Bowls Club WHAT: Buy Evie’s plaits & chop them off before she shaves her head! Shane & Stretch will lose their beards! DJ Billy K from 7pm

Public Notice Change to water outage schedule The water outage to Weipa town has now been rescheduled for Monday18 March (originally advertised as 11 March). This outage will commence at 11pm and last for five hours (11pm - 4am). During this timeframe, there will be no access to water. Please ensure that you prepare for this outage and fill up any drink bottles and/or water coolers you may need beforehand. We apologise for any inconvenience this outage may cause, and thank you for your cooperation during this time. This outage is dependent upon weather and may change. This joint initiative by Rio Tinto Alcan Weipa and the Weipa Town Authority is a part of the town’s water system delivery upgrade project. If you would like to receive SMS updates on these outages, please contact us on our freecall community feedback hotline 1800 707 633 or email RTAweipafeedback@riotinto.com

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Event highlights Weipa women WEIPA Community Care Association Inc. would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in last Friday’s International Women’s Day dinner. The event was a huge success and Mary and Stephen from the Weipa Motel & Resort went above and beyond to provide a fabulous venue for a sensational evening. For the first time at this annual event gift bags were presented to guests, which highlighted the diversity of products and services provided by women in Weipa. A very big thank to our guest speakers Joan Watterson, Marita Hird Nicholson and Sussane Gane and MC for the evening Kym-Maree Prentice, and a special thanks to Monique Eichperger and her crew for providing such brilliant entertainment. Thank you also to: Creating Memories with Tari (Tari Sagigi), Weipa Motel & Resort, Weipa 4WD Drive Shop, Weipa Traders, Heritage Hair and Beauty, DolTERRA Essential Oils (Carly Meadon), Weipa Post Office, Happy Jo Designs, Oasis Homewares

(Sussane Gane), Video 2000, Dusk (Sally Antis), Heritage Resort, BLT Travel, Shells Stiches, Weipa Gifts & Music, Avon (Trese Shemlowski), Weipa Hampers (Kelly Rodgers), Intimo Lingere (Kelly Rodgers), Personalised Promotions, Handmade for U, Cape York Candles (Tracey Sekac), Infocus Management (Adam Woodhouse), Weipa Myotherapy (Anna Parker), Bubble n Speak Homemade Soaps (Cherie Woodhouse), Lorraine Linen (Zoe Westcott), Cape Dingo Embroidery (Debbie Ferraris/Jamie Gane), Party Lite (Nicole Malimonenko), Una Miller: visual artist, Letts Leather Craft (Elise Lett), Mary Kay: (Sussane Gane), Creative Fashion (Sussane Gane), Thermomix (Piri Dargaville), Weipa Pottery Club (Lyn Bates), Lucia & Co (Aleta Bates), Cape York Pharmacy, Pash, and Recylcled Mats for your generousity and support. Raffle winners were Sharon Carter, Tracey Small and Kim Witt. Lastly, thank you to everyone who attended the dinner and helped to make is such a success. Piriti Dargaville Weipa Community Care Association Inc.

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Site performance drawcard at community forum

General manager Weipa operations Gareth Manderson addresses the forum.

Providing a summary of Rio Tinto Alcan Weipa’s 2012 site performance and activities proved to be a popular topic with more than 40 residents attending the first quarterly community forum for the year. Rio Tinto Alcan Weipa general manager operations Gareth Manderson said he was pleased with the turnout and the feedback that was provided by the attendees. “Our forums are a great

opportunity to hear what issues matter most to our community and what is of current concern,” Mr Manderson said. The South of Embley Project was a popular topic with attendees asking questions relating to the logistics of operating a mine 40 kilometres south of Weipa such as shift rosters, how staff will travel to work and maritime management.” “The forum allowed us to provide an update on the South of Embley Project including

the State and Commonwealth government approval processes, and the process which will follow.” Other issues raised by residents included safety on the mine and the Weipa housing shortage. “Improving our poor safety performance is a key focus area for us and I was really impressed to see attendees interested in what we are doing about it. Particularly as they have family and friends that work for us and do not want them to get hurt at work,” Mr Manderson said. “I encourage those unable to attend the community forum to provide feedback on our site’s 2012 performance and about the operations in general, so that we can effectively shape our future forums and choose relevant key topics.” To provide feedback, or for more information about the topics discussed at the forum, people can visit the Community Relations Building (located behind Weipa Bowls Club), phone the freecall hotline (1800 707 633) or email RTAweipafeedback@riotinto.com

Weipa shaves for a cure

Members of the Weipa Woolworths Worlds Greatest Shave team with the Easter Bunny.

THE team at Weipa Woolworths are getting into the spirit of the World’s Greatest Shave this Saturday and have already surpassed their original fundraising target. Weipa Woolworths manager Jenny Everist said she and the team had set their target at $1000 but have had to increase it to $2000 due to an overwhelming response to the fundraiser. The Woolies World’s Greatest Shave kicks off at 1.30pm this Saturday with Jenny the first to go under the razor as her assistant manager Dudley, assisted by the Easter Bunny wield the clippers for a ‘number one’. Several other team members will be shaving and more are opting to colour their hair for the cause so come to the

store and make a donation. Weipa CapeAbility will be lending their support to the team, collecting donations at the checkouts, and Weipa Community Care will be selling raffle tickets to support the Weipa Woolworths team. Following the Woolworths shave the clippers head to the Weipa Bowls Club at 4pm where the Weipa Warriors (Evie Addison, Shane Dey and Stretch Noonan) will be lopping their locks (or beards) to add to John Kennedy’s Goodline total. DJ Billy K will be providing music from 7pm. Lend your support to both events this Saturday and help raise funds for the Queensland Leukeamia Foundation.

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How to be Crocodile Wise In areas where estuarine crocodiles may be present you should: • Be aware of crocodiles – keep your eyes open, you might not be able to see them, but they are there. • Do not feed or otherwise interfere with crocodiles, small or large. • Avoid areas where large crocodiles or their nests have been seen • Camp at least 50 metres from the waters edge • Stand at least a few metres back from the waters edge when fishing and don’t stand on logs overhanging deep pools. • Do not clean fish, prepare food or engage in other activities on the waters edge and adjacent banks. • Dispose of food scraps (including fish) away from areas where people gather. • Swim only in areas of shallow rapids well away from deep water • Swim in groups rather than alone • Keep arms and legs inside boat hulls.

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Cape York health services restructured The Cape York Hospital and Health Service (HHS) will streamline service delivery to focus more strongly on direct patient care. Cape York HHS chief executive Susan Turner said an extensive organisational review by consultant Ernst and Young recently had been conducted within the HHS. Ernst and Young had been engaged to help identify more effective and cost-efficient ways of delivering health care to Cape York communities, she said. “This is part of a broad process to restructure our services so that we can deliver them more efficiently, reduce duplication and focus on the core areas of acute care,’’ she said. “As part of that process, a total of 27.5 Full Time Equivalent positions were identified as being surplus to the health service’s needs.’’ She said expressions of interest in a voluntary redundancy had been received and would be accepted for 20 of those surplus positions. “Unfortunately, staff in the remaining 7.5 FTE affected surplus positions will face retrenchment unless they can be redeployed to other areas. “However, there are a number of positions within the HHS that are unaffected by the redundancy process but are currently vacant. “Staff whose positions have been made redundant and who do not wish to take a redundancy package will have the opportunity

Cape York Hospital and Health Service chief executive Susan Turner.

to apply to fill those vacancies, should they have the necessary skills to do so.’’ Ms Turner said five of the 27.5 FTE affected positions were in clinical areas, while the remainder were all either administrative or operational. “Three of these clinical positions are senior Directors of Nursing who have elected to take a voluntary redundancy package as we restructure our nursing workforce to focus more on direct patient care and less on back-office management duties,’’ she said. “A further two clinical nurses within the sexual and women’s health service and the mental health service also have elected to take a voluntary redundancy, so we have redesigned the workload within these services to absorb the duties previously filled by the departing staff. “As we are still in negotiations with some staff it would be unfair

and a breach of confidentiality for us to be any more specific about the positions involved in this process.’’ Ms Turner said the restructure of the Cape York HHS would achieve an overall budget saving of about $2.5 million. She said union representatives and all staff had been advised of the decision on Tuesday morning, March 12, 2013. “Obviously, this is deeply unsettling for people and I want to offer my assurances we will support all staff affected, including those who are not taking redundancies but whose workplaces are affected by the departure of colleagues,’’ she said. “We intend to be as compassionate and understanding as possible as we work through the complexities surrounding these types of changes. “Throughout this process, we have been very mindful of both our industrial obligations and our obligations to affected staff. “I would like to assure all Cape York residents and the rest of our staff that, painful as this process of adjustment may be for us internally, it will have absolutely no impact on direct service delivery. “Indeed, the savings that will be achieved will allow for sensible streamlining and realigning of our service delivery systems and processes. “All this change we believe will be at no cost to our core priorities of delivering improved patient care and patient outcomes.’’

Burke braves the wet in Mapoon FEDERAL Environment Minister Tony Burke and his party made a brief visit to Mapoon on Wednesday, February 27. Mr Burke was given a traditional welcome by Elders who smoked him and his party at the Jean Jimmy Land & Sea Centre before leaving on a tour of Country with the Mapoon Land & Sea Rangers. The Minister toured around the coastal swamps and enjoyed the Backbeach sunset in the company of Tjungundji Elder, Mrs Alma Day. After a short quad bike experience he attended a community feast of Kup Murri beef and vegetables. The Minister and his advisors and community members discussed the outcomes of the Mapoon Country based planning process. The party camped at Cullen Point amidst the rain and mosquitoes, departing with the sunrise over magnificent Port Musgrave.

Thomas Pitt, Land & Sea Ranger gives Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke quad bike riding tips in Mapoon last week.

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Report not so healthy for rural Australians Substantiated child abuse and neglect rises ABORIGINAL and Torres Strait Islander children were almost eight times as likely to be the subject of substantiated child abuse and neglect as non-Indigenous children in 2011-12, and 10 times as likely to be in out-of-home care at June 30, 2012. This one of the findings in a report into substantiated child abuse and neglect in Australia, which has found it has risen with very young children most likely to be the subject of a substantiation, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The report, Child protection Australia 2011-12, shows that over the past 12 months, the number of children who were the subject of substantiated abuse increased from 31,500 to 37,800-a rate of 7.4 per 1000 children. In 2011-12, children aged under one year were most likely to be the subject of a substantiation, with a rate of 13.2 per 1000 children in this age group, up from 12 per 1,000 in 2010-11. “A notification to a department is considered ‘substantiated’ when, after an investigation, it is concluded that there is sufficient reason to believe the child has been, is being,

or is likely to be abused, neglected, or otherwise harmed,” said AIHW spokesperson Tim Beard. “In contrast, older children, aged 15-17, were least likely to be the subject of a substantiation, with a rate of 3.2 per 1000 children in 2011-12,’ Mr Beard said. At June 30, 2012, there were nearly 40,000 children in out-ofhome care. Most (90 per cent) were on care and protection orders. The time a child has spent in outof-home care varied – while 38 per cent of children in out-of-home care had been in a continuous placement for five or more years, a further 19 per cent had been in their current placement for less than 12 months. Across Australia, the vast majority (93 per cent) of children in out-of-home care were placed in home-based care such as with foster carers or relatives/kin. This follows a similar pattern to that observed in previous years. “Our report shows that many of these carers take on responsibility for multiple children. At June 30, 2012, around half of all foster carer households had multiple foster children, with 4 per cent of all households having five or more foster children,” Mr Beard said.

The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has welcomed this week’s release of the National Health Performance Authority’s Healthy Communities report, saying it is a timely reminder that there is more work to be done to ensure rural and remote Australians have even adequate access to local health services. “The key message from this report is that where Australians live has a noticeable impact on whether they will get care when they need it, within acceptable waiting times and at a price they can afford” RDAA president, Dr Sheilagh Cronin, said. Amongst other things, the respondents to the survey that lived in rural areas indicated that: • 20 per cent of people surveyed living in mostly large remote areas, with middle or lower socioeconomic status, thought they waited longer than acceptable for a GP appointment compared with 13 per cent of people surveyed living in areas of high urban density and higher socioeconomic status. (It is worth noting that people living in rural and remote areas probably already have lower expectations about access to healthcare in the first place than people living in cities).

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Stop the job cuts AS the ALP’s candidate for Leichhardt I am calling on Queensland Premier Campbell Newman to stop cutting jobs and start delivering better health services for locals in Weipa. The three billion dollars the Newman Government had slashed from its health budget is risking lives in the region.

Everyone I talk to knows someone who has been sacked or has been impacted by a service that has been cut by the Newman LNP Government. We are being hit hard and my thoughts are with the workers and their families who have been impacted by these cuts. The Federal Member for Leichhardt, Warren Entsch had been far too silent on the issue. It’s time Warren Entsch took up the fight for local health workers by calling on his LNP colleagues to focus on delivering health services and stop these cuts. These are real people we’re talking about here. The LNP Government is undermining the progress being made to improve our health system. One of the ﬁrst acts of the LNP Government after being elected last year was to sack more than 4,000 health workers and cut funding to breast screening services and other preventative health programs.

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Happy social life for people over 70 PEOPLE aged 70 and over are happier than those in their 50s and 60s despite being more likely to live alone and have poorer health, new research shows. The findings were released in the National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre report Staying Connected: Social Engagement and Wellbeing Among Mature Age Australians.

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IN the Garden of Gethsemane the Lord prayed hard and long to the Father to find some other way to remove the impact of the world’s sins on people, but was determined that the Father’s will come first. He then had a go at his disciples who could not stay awake with him in prayer by saying to Peter, “ “Simon, are you asleep? Weren’t you able to stay awake for even one hour?” And then he said to the rest, ‘Keep watch, and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Verses 37-38 are a wake

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