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potable water suppliers. The funding, (if approved), would provide up to 100 per cent, (approximately $100 million) of eligible capital costs for projects that meet the criteria. Participation in water ﬂuoride input was made voluntary by the Queensland Government in November 2012.

Amendments were made to the Water Fluoridation Act 2008 and Water Fluoridation Regulation 2008. The ongoing maintenance costs for the WTA would be $50,000 p.a, plus stafﬁng. “Based on feedback from the public and internal research it was agreed not to

pursue the installation,” said WTA Interim Chair Stretch Noonan. “This will save Weipa rate payers approximately fifty thousand dollars,” Stretch said. “If people wish to ﬁnd out more about the use of ﬂuoride, they can contact their local dentist or pharmacy.”

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Nominations extended for Weipa by-election

NOMINATIONS for candidates have now been extended until February 5 for the election of a new Weipa Town Authority Chairman and Weipa Town Authority Member. The WTA Members agreed at last Friday’s general meeting to extend the date to include people who were out of town due to the holiday period. The by-election is required following the resignation of former Chairman Peter McCulkin on December 13 and retirement of former WTA Member Trevor Snodgrass on December 31. Weipa Town Authority CEO Warren Seen is the returning ofﬁcer for the by-election which is scheduled to be held on February 22. “It’s important to include all of the community to give people the opportunity to get involved with governance and help create a better quality of life on the Cape,” said Mr Seen. “Rio Tinto Alcan and the WTA will continue to work together to identify a pathway to normalisation through the government process,” he said. “The immediate focus is to strengthen the capability and capacity of the WTA to deliver in the interests of the community. “ Nominations must be made on the approved form from the Weipa Town Ofﬁce, and accompanied with a nomination fee of $250. Nominations can be received up until noon on nomination day Wednesday, February 5, 2014.

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A 31-YEAR-OLD Aurukun man was charged by Weipa detectives on Saturday, January 18 following investigations into the theft of a number of vehicles from Port Douglas. It will be alleged that the man stole a utility from a vehicle depot at Teamster Close on December 8, as well as a boat and trailer from outside a St Crispens Avenue residence on the same night. He then allegedly set ﬁre to the utility at a location near Mount Carbine before towing the boat and trailer to Aurukun with another vehicle. Detectives recovered the boat and trailer and the man was charged with three counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle and one count of arson. He was scheduled to appear in the Aurukun Magistrates Court on January 20.

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POLICE continue to investigate the cause of a vehicle fire at Napranum around 4am early Saturday morning. Police came across the vehicle whilst on patrol and initial investigations reveal the ﬁre to have been deliberately lit.

ably quiet. Quite by chance, our Tony has discovered that if the Australian public is kept safely in the dark about anything contentious, no-one asks the embarrassing questions. That works even better if you avoid having press conferences - reporters are always bugging the Government about something or other. It works. Australians have just sat through their hottest year on record and, until the last few days, no-one was talking about it. And then came the tennis. It’s getting pretty hot down in Melbourne but the tennis authorities rubbed their hands t o g e t h e r. T h e f o r e i g n e r s would be dropping like flies

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SEVEN persons of various ages have been dealt with for a recent break and enter at the Heritage Resort, two offenders have been dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justice Act and another ﬁve were due to appear in the Weipa Magistrates Court on January 21. Information is still being sought regarding an earlier break at the Heritage were alcohol was stolen and the pool area was vandalised. Further to this there have been several break and enter type offences at the Western Cape College were windows in the bus have been smashed, vandalism and rooms have been entered. Police are actively seeking information in relation to those matters. Any information can be provided to Weipa Detectives or anonymously via Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.

and us tough Aussies, forged in the furnace of the Wide Brown Land, could sweep the board. One Canadian player started to see cartoon dogs on court, and then collapsed. Jelena Jankovic announced her bum had got sunburnt (can’t imagine how that happened!) and there it was - climate change laid bare on the only stage Aussies care about. If hot weather is affecting sport, isn’t it time our Tony did something about it? Time to wheel out a deniable spokesman, sort of semi-ofﬁcial Government mouthpiece, in the shape of Mr Maurice Newman, head of Tony’s Business Advisory Council. He is the

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Rio Tinto Fire and Rescue were quick to arrive on scene however the vehicle had already been extensively damaged. Any persons with information are encouraged to call Weipa Police on 4090 6000 or crime stoppers 1800 333 000. clear headed, responsible voice of the business elite, and he is convinced we are all prey to climate change madness. What would he say? Not to worry; Mr Newman sees change in the wind or, as he puts it, “The scientific delusion, the religion behind the climate crusade, is crumbling.” That’s just fine, then. By this time next year the 99.8 per cent of climate scientists who are stupid enough to disagree with Mr Newman will be born-again sceptics, and he expects them to join him ice skating on Lake Burley-Griffin every Sunday. In the mean time - what sort of Wet will we have? Is anyone down there worried?

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Federal funding to flow to Cape York COMMUNITIES in Cape York will benefit from new improved infrastructure, with a $210 million Commonwealth package set to enhance the region’s economy. Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss joined Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch in Cairns last week to present the Cape York Region Package to the community. “This funding commitment is great news because it will boost the economy by upgrading key roads and infrastructure to better connect areas of economic opportunity with the local communities,” Mr Truss said. “The Commonwealth is seeking advice from the local community on how the package can best be spent. We want the funding to improve accessibility to Cape York for the local community, and produce flow-

on benefits to local industry, including mining.” “Building better links throughout the region will also support the growth of the hospitality, transport, tourism and maintenance industries. “Infrastructure development is a key part of improving social outcomes for Indigenous peoples in this area, giving them better access to health services, employment, education and training opportunities. “We will now work cooperatively with the local community and Queensland Government to finalise the overall package.” Mr Entsch, who also chairs the Parliamentary committee for Northern Australia, welcomed the Government’s commitment of $210 million to the package, and said it was evidence of the Coalition’s commitment to far north Queensland. “This provides a solid foundation for building on our

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Northern Australia policy,” Mr Entsch said. “The Cape York Region package will look to upgrade key access roads in the region to ensure they are able to withstand severe weather conditions”.

“This will keep those roads open for longer during the annual wet season and underpin stronger local economies and better services for locals.” The project is expected to commence this year and be completed by 2020.

Tougher school disciplinary powers in 2014 QUEENSlaNd state school principals will have greater powers to discipline students when school starts back next week. The Strengthening Discipline in Queensland State Schools strategy will be introduced as part of the State Government’s Great Teachers = Great Results and will give principals increased authority. “Principals can now deal with disruptive behaviour quickly and effectively, with less regulatory burdens,” Minister for Education, Training and Employment John-Paul Langbroek said.

“They’ll be able to use their own discretion when handling incidents requiring student discipline.” The changes will enable principals to implement solutions that best fit the unique needs of their own school community, and also expand their abilities to discipline a student for actions outside school, including online bullying. “They can also carry out disciplinary measures on non-school days, for example – a Saturday detention and students may now be required to participate in Community Service Interventions as a

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consequence of their behaviour,” Mr Langbroek said. Other changes included the extension of short-term suspensions from up to five school days to up to 10 school days, and long-term suspensions, which can now be between 11 to 20 days. “All Queensland state schools will be audited before the end of this year to ensure strong, fair and consistent discipline,” Mr Langbroek said. “This new legislation is aimed at reducing exclusions and suspensions by giving principals a greater scope to find

alternatives for individual student situations.” “It also includes an enhanced commitment to alternative learning centres that provide specialised support to students with complex needs.” “Schools still have an obligation to provide an education program to all students, including those who have been suspended and proposed for exclusion from school.” “Fortunately the vast majority of state school students behave well and come to school ready to learn to the best of their ability every day.” “This new legisla-

tion is about working with the families of atrisk students to increase opportunities for them through a personalised approach to behaviour management.” “All students have a right to learn - and staff the right to work - in a safe and supportive school environment.” “Our high quality education system relies on good order and discipline in schools.” “That’s why the Newman Government is working hard to cut the paperwork and allow our teachers and principals to get back to doing what they do best – teaching,” Mr Langbroek concluded.

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Weipa Swimming Club raffle results

The Weipa Swimming Club would like to thank the Weipa Community for supporting their Christmas Raffle in December. The money raised was fantastic and it will go towards new equipment, canteen supplies etc. The winners of the raffle were: 1st - Claudia Ross, 2nd – Geeza, 3rd - Linda McGrath and 4th Peter Hoffman. Thank you to all the local businesses who donated goodies for the raffle: Woolworths, Diesel Field Services, Heritage Hair & Beauty, Weipa News & Sports Store (TackleWorld), Cape York Pharmacy, Weipa Furniture & Electrical, Weipa 4WD Fishing & Camping Supplies, Weipa Gourmet Meats, Weipa Post Office, Sue Gane and Weipa Traders. We would also like to personally thank Jenny (manager of Woolworths) for letting us set up and sell the tickets in store. The Club also appreciates all the mums and dads that sold tickets behind the scenes and at Woolworths.

We look forward to seeing all the swimmers back in the pool for fun and fitness. Weipa Swimming Club

Reasons for abolishing Schoolkids Bonus

YeT again our local Senator, Jan McLucas, has been caught spreading misinformation about the Schoolkids Bonus (Western Cape Bulletin, January 15, 2014). It was the former Labor Government which linked the payment of the Schoolkids Bonus to the proceeds of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT), a tax that was initially going to raise $49.5 billion, then $26.5 billion… but wait - has only actually raised $0.4 billion! Because the mining tax has not raised enough income, the Government can’t afford the things it was meant to pay for. Labor was using borrowed money to pay for these measures - money we can’t afford and our children will have to pay off in the future.

Our move to repeal the Schoolkids Bonus is consistent with the position we took to the election and is part of our commitment to repair the nation’s finances, saving $4.5 billion over the forward estimates. Unfortunately, Labor’s failure to support our policy will cost an additional $728 million to the Budget this year as a new round of Schoolkids Bonuses has just gone out the door. The Government is committed to improving schools and education outcomes for students through policies proven to deliver better education outcomes, rather than with bonus payments to individuals. We are also easing cost of living pressures by abolishing the carbon tax, but keeping the income tax cuts and fortnightly pension increases and paying superannuation on paid parental leave. I hope this clarifies the situation both for readers and Senator McLucas. Warren Entsch MP Federal Member for Leichhardt

Calling for people who would like to become a part of a great event The Weipa Rodeo Association is looking for new committee members to help out with the organisation of the Weipa Bullride. If you’re new to town and would like to help out, or if you have been here for a while and would like to be a part of a great event, come on down to our new members meeting. The meeting will be held at 7.30pm on

Tuesday, January 28 at the Carpentaria Golf Club. Come and meet with some of the current committee members and see how you could get involved and lend a hand while making new friends and giving back to the community. We’ll even provide some nibblies for you while you mingle. Weipa Bullride Committee

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news Welcome boost to SES funds WEIPA State Emergency Services recently received a helping hand from the Queensland Country Credit Union. Pictured at left is Weipa SES local controller Trevor Snodgrass receiving a QCCU Community Grant cheque from QCCU Weipa branch manager Darryl Hill. The funds will go towards the purchase of six GPS units.

Public Notice Water outage to Weipa town On Thursday 6 February, a new pipe will be installed resulting in a water outage to Weipa town. This outage will commence at 9.30pm and last for seven hours (9.30pm - 4.30am). During this timeframe, there will be no water supply. Please ensure that you prepare for this outage and fill up any drink bottles and/or water coolers you may need beforehand. The length of the outage is dependent on weather, existing pipe conditions and your location. We apologise for any inconvenience this outage may cause, and thank you for your cooperation during this time. For more information on this public notice, please phone 4030 9405. This joint initiative by Rio Tinto Alcan and the Weipa Town Authority is a part of the town’s water system delivery upgrade project.

Tangaroa Blue identify weather balloon pollution TANGAROA Blue Foundation have been the first to calculate the impact of weather balloons on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The findings were part of a collaborative project with James Cook University and were published this week in the international journal Marine Pollution Bulletin. Tangaroa Blue Foundationfirst identified the problem during beach clean-up events in 2011 and tracked weather balloons and their components through clean-ups and data collection around the country through the Australian Marine Debris Initiative. “With both the Federal and State Department of Environment prioritising protection of the Great Barrier Reef, it is shocking to find that another Federal Government agency – the Bureau of Meteorology is releasing pollution both into this World Heritage Area and other sites around the country on a daily basis” said Heidi Taylor, Tangaroa Blue Foundation managing director. “Given the high numbers of balloon fragments found in Far North Queensland we used the Great Barrier Reef for a case study for the research and we highlight the numbers of these balloons and the equipment attached, being released into the environment and the associated impacts. “The Bureau of Meteorology, while providing a vital weather service for the public, needs to get with the times and stop using outdated and environmentally unfriendly practices to predict weather.” Heidi said. “Alternatives do exist that would prevent more than 100 weather balloons being released into the

Tangaroa Blue Foundation managing director Heidi Taylor at the 2013 Chilli Beach clean-up.

environment every day.” The paper brings together data from on-ground marine debris monitoring efforts by Tangaroa Blue Foundation and modeling to show the end points of these balloons and the impacts they cause by Dr Owen O’Shea from the Cape Eleuthera Institute, Bahamas and Dr Mark Hamann from the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at James Cook University. “Our hope is that the release of this research paper increases the awareness of Federal Government agencies and acts as a trigger for them to reassess the use of weather balloons for predicting weather patterns”. “Implementing changes could prevent more than 36,500 weather balloons and their components from being needlessly polluted into the environment every year” said Dr Mark Hamann from James Cook University.

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Calling all singles... DO you know a bachelor or bachelorette living in Weipa? Following the success of the past three annual Weipa Bachelor and Bachelorette series’ we are again seeking singles to have a bit of fun and enter the 2014 event. Weipa Oztag will be presiding over cupid’s bow and is searching high and low for eligible boys and girls to take part in this year’s series. To nominate yourself or a single friend simply send Cicely Baira an mail to weipa@oztag.com. You will be provided with a series of fun questions to answer,

and we will arrange to take your photo, and that’s it... you’re in the running to take out the crown! All nominees will be featured in The Western Cape Bulletin and a panel of judges will be appointed to decide who takes the 2014 Weipa Bachelor and Bachelorette titles. There will also be a people’s choice award given and you can cast your vote for your favourite entrant by visiting The Western Cape Bulletin’s facebook page and “liking” your favourite contestants. The 2014 Weipa

Bachelor and Bachelorette series will culminate with a Valentine’s Dance on Friday, February 14 where contestants will have one last chance to wow the crowd and judges before the titles are awarded. So come on all you single Weipa people, have a bit of fun and who knows, you may end up ﬁnding love! What have you got to lose?

Indigenous community nominations sought for HIPPY INDIGENOUS communities can now nominate for an Australian Government initiative that helps parents and carers put their children on the path to school success. Assistant Minister for Education Sussan Ley and the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, recently launched the process for selecting the locations of the next 25 sites for the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY). Ms Ley said the additional sites, to be operational from early 2015, would focus on supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. “HIPPY provides families with regular in-home support and works with them to help put their kids on the path to school success from an early age.” HIPPY is a home-based initiative that supports parents and carers with regular visits from tutors to help integrate learning activities and materials into daily family life. Once all sites are up and running from early 2015, about 4000 children and their families will be supported by the program each year. For more information about HIPPY and the community nomination process visit www. education.gov.au/home-interaction-programparents-and-youngsters-hippy or call (02) 6240 7308 for nomination details.Communities have until February 14, 2014 to nominate.

Queensland youth set to steal seats THE YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament is preparing for its 19th consecutive year and it’s time for those who want to make a difference to stand up and take their seat! Applications for the 2014 YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament are now open. The program once again seeks to provide young Queenslanders with the opportunity to have their voices heard, debate key issues and propose new legislation. After four months of bill drafting the program will culminate in September with a four-day sitting of parliament, where Members of state Parliament will hand over the reins – and their desks – to 93 young people aged 15-25 years. Bella Vecchio 19, Youth Governor for 2014, will lead the Youth Members and says this year is shaping up to be the most inspiring yet. “YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament allows society’s most engaged, passionate and energetic youth to make a tangible difference in their communities,” she said.

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A unique opportunity, the 2014 YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament will be comprised of one Youth Member from each of the 89 state electorates including four Indigenous seats. With such a diverse group of participants, Ms Vecchio says the program operates primarily to empower and support individual beliefs. Numerous YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament bills have inﬂuenced Queensland legislation and provide an insight into the issues that

our state’s next generation of leaders prioritise. From mental health legislation and debate on same-sex marriage to a matter of public importance promoting compulsory organ donation, the 2013 sitting of Queensland Youth Parliament saw an array of fresh ideas. Once again, each Youth Bill passed by the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament in 2014 will be handed directly to the Government before being distributed to Members of Parliament.

“Queensland Youth Parliament isn’t just a program about political education, it is an experience that changes lives, affords the opportunity to bond with like-minded individuals and equips members with the tools to make ongoing state-wide change,” says Ms Vecchio. Individuals aged 15-25 years can be part of the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament by contacting their local Members of Parliament, or by visiting www.ymcaqyp. org/.

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my management team appreciate them,” she said. On this page are featured the seven Weipa Woolworths department managers who work hard, under sometimes trying conditions, to supply the Weipa community with groceries and produce.

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Lynn Hill Nightﬁll Manager

Newly appointed to her position, Lynn is in charge of replenishing the shelves of the Weipa Woolworths supermarket. She is also responsible for organising the nightfill team members to get stock on the shelves. Lynn lists getting stock in due to inclement weather and the remote location of the store, along with equipment failure as challenges she faces in her position. “My team at Woolies Weipa are like family to me because of what I’ve been through, and I love this small town,” Lynn said.

Sue Clegg Store Services Ofﬁcer

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Dudley Friske Assistant Store Manager

Andrew Bimrose Longlife Manager

Andrew has held the position of Longlife Manager for two years and looks after all the dairy, freezers and the aisles, as well as assisting with nightfill. He also does the planning for any specials that are coming up. Forecasting the right amount of products needed with the increase and decrease of customers as the season change is the biggest challenge Andrew faces. “I work with a great group of people which makes working here in Weipa an enjoyable place to be,” Andrew said.

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Over her eight years employment at Weipa Woolworths Sue has filled several positions, including nightfiller, service cashier, service supervisor and store service assistant. She has been the supermarket’s Store Services Officer for four years. Sue said rostering in a remote location was challenging as team members come and go on a regular basis. In her role she is expected to keep on top of changes, which is a huge job but something she finds exciting. Her role also includes keeping the day to day running of the Invoice Office updated. “Getting to meet all the new team members and helping them with any concerns regarding rosters, and working with a team that’s more like a family is a pleasure. I also enjoy great support from the managers,” Sue said.

Dudley has held the position of Assistant Store Manager for three years and is a self-confessed ‘jack of all trades – master of none’. His role is to assist and develop store personnel to feed Weipa locals. The supermarket’s remote location presents Dudley with delivery and storage challenges, as well as the problem of retaining staffing levels to keep the shelves stocked. “There is a terrific spirit of mateship amongst the team, and a never say die attitude. We take criticism as a positive and commit to doing better,” Dudley said.

Debbie Gabbert Customer Service Team Manager

Debbie has been in her position for 10 and a half years,

managing all front-end staff, making up rostsers and performing Human Relations tasks as well as relieving in the supermarket’s office. The challenge of the increase of customers during the tourist season has been an issue however Debbie says the the second barge has made a big difference. Other challenges Debbie meets in her role are fulfilling customer expectations and the inability to get equipment fixed. “We try to please. Do we always get it right? No, but we do try,” Debbie said.

Christine Dolby Produce Manager

Christine has been managing the produce section of Weipa Woolworths for six months now, and has previously held a wide variety of positions including planograms, longlife, nightfiller, staff services assistant and service cashier. The greatest challenge she faces in her role is a lack of space on Monday’s as she and her team try fitting all their produce into the refrigerated rooms. Christine said the department was limited to what they can bring in for the community because of space. “I enjoy the coaching of new members, especially the younger ones,” Christine said. “My position allows me to interact with the local community daily.”

Sharyn Walker Deli/Bakery Manager

Fairly new to the position Sharyn has been busy managing staff, baking bread and cookies, slicing meats and cooking chickens for four months now. She said the biggest challenge was when freezers break down and holding stock. “I have a great team. We work well together and I enjoy working with them...and like me – they love food!” Sharyn said.

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Capacity at Scherger remains at about An expression of interest process for 600. There are currently about 470 accommodation in Weipa has recently people accommodated at the centre. been finalised and those who responded been informed of the outcome. This followspeople the announcement theaware,have As many would nowbybe on January 14 the Minister for The accommodation bookings are needed to Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Immigration Border Protection, Scotthouse Morrison, announced closure departmental service the provider staff.of Chris Bowen,and that the Scherger operations will mainland continue until 30 June 2012. four detention facilities, including Immigration Detention The Scherger new hotel redevelopment remains

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on course and additional rooms are expected to become available in early September.

Citizenship (DIAC), the detention services provider Serco andthat health services IDC will be closed by the end of February. It is anticipated Scherger provider International Health and Medical The old hospital reconstruction has been Services (IHMS) continue to effectively The department is aware of the impactcompleted the closure have on the Weipa withwill some 90 rooms now manage the client caseload. Serco also available for Serco and subcontractor staff. community. We are working closely with local stakeholders to enable as continues to recruit people from the area DIAC continues to consult closely with all to meetaitstransition staffing needs, which has smooth as possible under the circumstances. continue to relevant stakeholdersWe in Weipa to ensure risen to include 14 indigenous locals. the best accommodation possible outcome for all service parties. be in contact with local stakeholders, including and The department is very conscious Visit from the minister’s providers. of the potential impact its staffing advisory group accommodation requirements may have AWe visitwould from members of the Minister for like to take this opportunity to tourist thank and the other Weipa community for on accommodation in its Immigration and Citizenship’s advisory Weipa and it continues to take steps to generosity, patience, friendship and support over the past several years. group, Council for Immigration Services address this issue. and Status Resolution (CISSR), is Comments? Comments? scheduled for August 3–5. They will also attend the next community If you would like to get in touch with the If you would like to get in touch with the department directly, please don’t reference group meeting in the Weipa department directly, please don’t hesitate to send an email to scherger.idc@immi.gov.au Town Authority rooms on August 5. hesitate to send an email to: scherger.idc@immi.gov.au

Community Nominations for the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) The Department of Education is seeking nominations from communities who are interested in having HIPPY delivered in their community from 2015. The Department of Education is expanding this programme to a further 25 new communities, with an emphasis on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander focussed communities. HIPPY is a two-year home-based programme that works with parents and children from the year before the child commences school. It gives parents and carers the confidence to be their child’s first teacher and be engaged in their child’s learning. If you would like more information on having HIPPY in your community, please visit the department’s website at www.education.gov.au/hippy or call (02) 6240 7308 for nomination details. Community Nominations should be submitted to the department and received by 14 February 2014. AG80298

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and evaluate how such things as pharmacy outposts and tele-pharmacy can allow more equitable access. Small rural hospitals often do not have the capacity to employ a pharmacist, but they could if the role also provided professional support to local Aboriginal Health Services and professional medicines reviews in the community. People living outside major cities also have poorer access to advice related to medicines, and this has implications for both the safety of patients and for the effectiveness of their medications. There should be better integration of various programs already in place for the provision of medicines and pharmaceutical advice. By prioritising Quality Use of Medicine initiatives, the government could better manage and reduce chronic disease in rural and remote areas. Many Aboriginal people in remote areas access medicines through Section 100 arrangements but there is often insufficient professional pharmacist advice provided in these settings. Better funding could allow greater access for these vulnerable Australians to professional pharmacy services the rest of us take for granted. The Alliance is calling for action on this issue and for further investigation of potential solutions. It is time to ensure that people in rural and remote Australia receive the same level of health care as those in the major cities, including access to medicines.

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The National Rural health Alliance says the relatively poor access to medicines and pharmaceutical advice to people in rural and remote areas can be resolved with some simple and low-cost changes to programs and regulations. Dr Tim Kelly, Chairperson of the Alliance, described the situation as an important healthcare deficit which has received insufficient attention. “The Alliance’s new discussion paper demonstrates the extent to which people in Australia’s rural and remote areas have poorer access to prescribed and non-prescribed medicines, less advice about the use of medicines, and poorer access to professional pharmacy services,” Dr Kelly said. “As with so many other issues in the rural and remote health sector, there is a gradient of deficit as one moves from major cities through regional areas to remote and very remote places. “Our Discussion Paper explores these issues and begins scoping for a project which could advise Australian governments on the best ways to improve the situation.” The paper describes how and where people access medicines and considers the bottlenecks and inefficiencies that need to be addressed. Reimbursement through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is the main means by which the Australian Government funds access to medicines and there should be action to bolster the supply of pharmacists (and the services they provide) to rural and remote areas of Australia. For instance there could be scholarships for pharmacy students from rural areas and increased incentives for rural pharmacists to provide training opportunities for pharmacy interns. The Alliance proposes the investigation of ways to simplify medication prescribing and dispensing legislation

Western Cape Bulletin January 22, 2014 Page 9

feature story: gas-to-gove – a 50-year old issue Pipe dreams: The long and failed history of getting Gas-to-Gove Written by Matt Garrick Research and photos: Alex Nelson

THE last year gone by saw the urgency of needing to build a gas pipeline from Katherine to Gove to save the town’s refinery hit fever pitch. The pipeline project, known universally as Gas-to-Gove, was a plan to pump gas into the region, to facilitate mining company Rio Tinto with a more economically viable energy supply to replace the heavy fuel oils that power their alumina refinery.

Cheap power must be on the table – 1964 IN some form or another, the need for cheap power to run Gove Operations has always been a talking point. On June 18, 1964, the Centralian Advocate ran an article titled, Cannot build Aluminium Smelter without cheap power from Government. “An aluminium smelter could never be built at Gove without cheap power from the Government, according to mining investment authorities in the south,” the article says. This was written just a year after the government sold part of the Arnhem Land reserve on March 13, 1963, to a bauxite mining company. The article continued: “One source said that if the Commonwealth wanted the immediate industrialisation of the Territory it would have to make some substantial contribution such as the provision of a nuclear power station”. A nuclear power station appeared to be the best means of generating cheap power at the time, while gas options in the NT were still being explored.

Early thoughts on how to get Gas-to-Gove – late 1964 The powers-that-be of the mid1960s must have been salivating over the bauxite deposits available at their fingertips in Gove. They realized the prospects were huge - they also began to realise that the operation could be much more economically-efficient if there were a cheaper way of running it. Ideas such as piping gas from the Mereenie Basin gas field near Alice Springs were thrown around in the public sphere. Page 10 Western Cape Bulletin

As it was, Gas-to-Gove never came to fruition. In late November 2013, Rio Tinto announced the Gasto-Gove pipeline project was no longer a viable option for keeping their refinery afloat. Less than a week later, on November 29, 2013, Rio Tinto announced they were shutting their loss-making refinery, and 1100 jobs were to be slashed. The failure of getting Gasto-Gove to materialise has now raised a lot of questions; some which may take years to get proper answers for.

But as tensions over the announcement that the refinery will be closed begin to boil over, one question has bubbled to the surface. Governments and mining companies have known about the prospect of getting Gas-toGove and the necessity to do so since the mid-1960s. So why did it take so long to do anything about it? Researcher Alex Nelson has busied himself with this question over recent months. Scouring through old Northern Territory newspa-

Journalist Paddy Ethell put it like this back in November 19, 1964: “On world standards, the bauxite deposits at Gove are extensive. Some thought has already been given to the feasibility of using natural gas from Papua New Guinea as a possible source of power for converting the bauxite to alumina, but Mereenie gas could well be utilised in potential smelters at Darwin for producing the endproduct, aluminium.” Good thoughts - but what became of them? No such pipeline was ever constructed from PNG or Mereenie, even though it could possibly have solved the region’s problems 50 years before they appeared in full. Mr Ethell reiterated the shortsightedness of the day’s politicians by saying, “Now is the time for long-range, constructive planning to decide how this tremendous reservoir of natural gas could be best utilised in the rapid development of the north - it can be done. And if properly handled, Mereenie could well-provide the answer for those clear-thinking Territorians to whom autonomy for the NT has been a pipedream for so long.” - Paddy Ethell, Centralian Advocate, Nov. 19, 1964.

use within the Territory of natural gas from the Mereenie Basin near Alice Springs. In a House of Representatives debate in 1965, Mr Nelson addressed his colleagues on the possibilities of natural gas for fuelling the Gove bauxite operations in East Arnhem Land. He pointed out that if gas were piped from Mereenie to Gove it could be used on the way at a number of other large mining developments such as “Groote Eylandt, McArthur River silver and even lead at Mt Isa”.

Commonwealth backs gas use – 1965 Gas was now becoming a viable option for fuelling the Territory’s future - unfortunately, due to argy-bargy between political forces and fears of tight purse strings, Gove never saw much of these early opportunities. One of the first advocates in the Commonwealth for getting Gas-toGove was the Territory’s Member in the House of Representatives Jock Nelson. Mr Nelson took up the fight in the mid-1960s for the constructive January 22, 2014

pers from decades past, Mr Nelson has dug up articles concerning the need to build a Gas-to-Gove pipeline that date back nearly to the middle of last century. Mr Nelson said: “In my opinion the saga of providing a cheap source of energy for Gove, now spanning half a century, reveals an astonishing level of incompetency and bungling on the part of the Commonwealth, the NT Government (both CLP and Labor), and the big mining companies.

“They have effectively robbed the NT of far greater economic development than has been achieved.” So why, in recent months, have we not heard much about past-governments’ and mining companies failures in forging ways to distribute the Territory’s abundance of natural gas as cheap energy? “In light of this appalling recent history, it’s not surprising that no attention seems to have been paid to it,” said Mr Nelson.

Gas opportunities in the Mereenie Basin – 1966 The topic of potential energy sources for mining operations in the east Arnhem region has been discussed since before mining at Gove and the construction of the town of Nhulunbuy had fully commenced. Researcher Alex Nelson said he was aware of at least three occasions between 20 and 50 years ago when Gas-to-Gove was being discussed and/or negotiated. The first of these was in the mid 1960s, when the natural gas reserves of the Mereenie Basin in Alice Springs were first discovered. The options being considered then were to link the Central Australian gas fields with Moomba/ Gidgealpa in South Australia, or to facilitate major prospective mining operations at McArthur River, Groote Eylandt, and Gove - and also to Darwin, for development of refining and secondary processing to these resources. On June 30, 1966, the Centralian Advocate published an article titled Bid for inquiry on NT gas find possibilities. In this article, Alice Springs Town Management Board member

Gove bauxite conveyor belt, 1986.

Brian Martin is quoted as saying that gas from the Mereenie field, south-west of Alice, could be used as a way to supply an alternative source of power to Gove. “Some of this gas probably could be turned back into the Territory to boost development.” Mr Martin also had other ideas for the Gove bauxite industry, indicating that looking for cheaper options to run operations in East Arnhem Land have always been considered, but never fully acted upon. “There is a strong possibility that a nuclear reactor may be built to provide a cheap source of power for the Gove bauxite industry linking with Groote Eylandt manganese and McArthur River silver.” The year previous to this, a press conference took place in Alice Springs, discussing the possibilities of piping gas to Darwin from the Mereenie field. The Minister for Territories said

at this juncture that it would be uneconomical to construct a gas pipeline out of Mereenie because he was hopeful “that we’d find oil and probably gas in the Northern end”. At this stage, gas was already being extracted from out of the Mereenie Basin at a rate of about 30-million cubic feet per day - yet the Minister of the day still thought it was “too early in the piece” to contemplate the construction of a gas pipeline to the Top End. Centralian journo Mr Ethell pushed the point that a gas pipeline from Mereenie could have revolutionised the Territory’s industrial economy - “The provision of cheap power through the Territory must result in rapid development. “And besides bringing largescale mining operations into early economic production, a pipeline from Mereenie could well transform Darwin from a ‘Public Service Town’ into a thriving manufacturing centre for South-East Asia.”

feature story: gas-to-gove – a 50-year old issue Pipeline grid ‘only a matter of time’ – 1990 OPTIONS for natural gas markets were under negotiation and discussion again in the very early 1990s. Questions at the time centred upon if gas should be piped south to Moomba, or supply Gove?

Everything fell through by 1992 - yet the NT Government subsequently funded the construction and operation of a gas pipeline from Daly Waters to the newly commissioned McArthur River mine in 1993.

By these early 1990s, it was evident history was already repeating itself; the Mereenie basin was back on the cards to get Gas-to-Gove, and fear of losing too much money on the deal was once again the boulder in the road to achieving it.

Departure from Gove, 1986.

Skipping forward two decades Mr nelson reveals that gas-to-gove was raised again in 1984, when a gas pipeline to Darwin was being negotiated by the nT government. Mr Nelson said: “In fact, the main proposal was for the major gas pipeline to go to Gove with a spur line to Darwin from Mataranka.” Darwin-to-Alice Springs pipeline negotiations - December, 1984 Gas-to-Gove was firmly in the minds of government officials in the mid-1980s. Negotiations about constructing a pipeline into the region were ongoing, and reaching stalemates around the end of 1984. One of the big debates of the day was where exactly the pipe would run to, and how big it would be. The Chief Minister at the time, Ian Tuxworth, was busily embroiled in discussing what size the pipeline should be. Mr Tuxworth spoke at a dinner held by the NT Confederation of Industry and Commerce in December, 1984. At this dinner he said he would propose a 40cm pipeline to be built from Alice Springs to Gove. He said there would be a 30cm spur line from Mataranka to supply Darwin. However, he said “joint venturers must prove there were enough reserves of gas available before banks would finance the 40cm pipeline”. Mr Tuxworth confirmed there were enough proved reserves to supply Darwin so the banks would finance a 30cm line from Alice Springs to Darwin. At the same dinner, as a tangential point of interest, Mr Tuxworth also said the Territory Government had started talks with Australian Airlines about the possibility of having Concorde flights from Tokyo to Alice Springs. The end of 1984 appeared to have been epitomised by a series of big ideas and pipe-dreams.

BY the 1990s, the Territory government was finally ready to embrace a gas pipeline option that could supply gas not just to gove, but to myriad locations across northern Australia. And for real this time, they said. At the forefront of such pledges was former NT Minister of Mines and Energy Barry Coulter. Mr Coulter announced bold plans to tie up the Top End in a gas pipeline grid, in March 1990. At a Australian Gas Industry Associations conference in Alice Springs, he outlined the Territory Government’s energy strategy, which included piping Gas-toGove. He described the government’s strategy as a “blueprint for the Northern Territory’s future progress”. Under the strategy, he said, encouragement would be given to “the construction of new pipelines to major industrial centres such as Gove, Mt Isa and Adelaide”. The 1990s were also an era when environmentally-aware energy strategies were starting to work their way into the community consciousness. As Mr Coulter said, “Natural gas is the cleanest burning fossil fuel in terms of carbon dioxide development”. So if Gas-to-Gove seemed like such a goer, why then did the pipeline project continue to falter? By 1992, calls were out for Mr Coulter’s neck on the chopping board. His department was accused of “interfering in the decisions of the private sector,” according to opposition Labor spokesperson Maggie Hickey in January, 1992. “Explorers can’t be expected to invest millions of dollars identifying gas reserves in the Territory if the minister wants to interfere and tell them where they can and can’t sell their gas.” In short, Mr Coulter’s grand scheme for the Territory’s “future progress”, was falling by the wayside due to a clashing of swords between private and government sectors.

Mereenie Basin still keen to supply Gas-to-Gove – 1992 nEARLY 30 years since it was first proposed as a viable option for piping gas-to-gove, operators of the Mereenie Basin gas fields were still seeking new markets for their huge gas reserves. One of their key pitches was to the Nabalco-owned bauxitealumina mine in Gove. At the time, Nabalco General Manager Andrew Michelemore said the giant Swiss-based miner was committed to transferring their refinery from oil to gas. But Nabalco and the gas producers were still haggling over the best price. Management at the mine began to naysay their prospects of getting Gas-to-Gove at an affordable price. They said the gas price being offered at the time did not warrant the huge capital investment required to change to gas. Mines Minister Barry Coulter was pushing for the gas deal to go ahead. He said he believed the Nabalco deal could lead to lower electricity generating costs in the Territory. Hesitation from the mining giant saw the deal slide through.

Skipping forward two decades

in 2012, gove’s bauxite-alumina operations are run by Rio Tinto, who say they are ready to shut their loss-making refinery unless they can secure a gas-to-gove deal. Why would Rio have believed, after nearly five decades of Gasto-Gove not being successfully delivered, that suddenly it could be delivered? Mr Nelson questions why none of the events - the failed attempts at organising a gas pipeline to the region - leading up to the 2013 rejection of the Gas-to-Gove proposal have taken up much airtime in recent months. He also questioned how the Chief Ministers involved in the recent negotiations with Rio Tinto

that would eventually lead to the refinery’s demise - Terry Mills and Adam Giles - could have, at any point in negotiations, claimed there was not enough gas in the Territory to supply to the company. Mr Nelson said: “In light of all the discoveries of gas offshore from Darwin, which was the original reason why the Commonwealth was reluctant to fund a gas pipeline to Gove from Central Australia in the mid-1960s, why is there now not enough natural gas to spare for Gove?”

History repeating itself – 2013

CHiEF Minister Terry Mills was seen as a knight on a white horse when he rode in with a gas-togove deal from his government to Rio Tinto on February 11, 2013. The problem was, taking into account all the other quashed attempts at getting gas to the region in the decades past, it seemed to offer nothing too different from what government ministers before him had already put on the table in years gone by, to no avail. At the time Mr Mills said, in a media release entitled Territory Government supplies Gas-to-Gove: “The release of the Northern Territory’s gas supply to the Gove refinery has been met by support from the Commonwealth Government and the Federal Coalition, as well as a realisation that there needs to be a greater focus on domestic energy supply across Australia. The Commonwealth Government has showed its commitment to the Northern Territory Government’s decision by announcing last week

Bauxite conveyor, Gove, 1986.

they would underwrite the financing of a gas pipeline to Gove. Additionally, during my visit to Canberra last week a Memorandum of Understanding was developed between the Northern Territory Government and the Commonwealth Government which seeks to increase energy security and economic development by encouraging onshore and offshore gas exploration and development. During my talks, I also highlighted the need to plan for the long-term energy needs of the Northern Territory and Australia by establishing a national pipeline grid, connecting energy supplies from the Territory to the eastern seaboard and the existing national pipeline grid.” Talk of the Territory and Commonwealth governments working together with mining companies to secure a cost-effective gas supply to Nhulunbuy abounded, following Mr Mills’s announcement. Early the next month, Mr Mills was rolled from government by his colleague Adam Giles, who continued to use much of the same rhetoric when talking about getting Gas-to-Gove. Talk of a pipeline grid connecting Northern Australia and a gas supply to Gove being able to provide energy to other parts of the Top End were also conversations that took place throughout the year. Unfortunately, as history has proved, these conversations also took place as far back as the mid1960s; and despite everyone’s best intentions and efforts, Gas-to-Gove never came to fruition back then either.

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Australia Day bonanza Saturday 25 weekend at The Albatross and Sunday 26 Bay Resort. Sunday 26

Australia Day Awards Ceremony at Carpentaria Golf Club from 7.30am.

Tuesday 28

Red Hatters “Pandanas Pearls”meeting at the Carpentaria Golf Club at 6.30pm

Tuesday 28

Weipa Rodeo Association “meet and greet” for any new interested committee members at Carpentaria Golf Club at 7.30pm.

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WTA monthly optional meeting at Council Chambers 8am

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Red Hatters “Pandanas Pearls” meeting at the Heritage Resort at 6.30pm. Wednesday 23 Red Hat Society’s Birthday is April 25 (1998) Let’s wear red and accessorise in purple (our birthday regalia) MAY Thursday 1

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Tuesday 20

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THURSDAY 23

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 10:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 1:00 Dragon’s Den 2:00 A Quiet Word... With Bill Bailey 2:30 The Wonder Years 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI 8:30 Michael Palin’s Brazil: The Deep South 9:30 The Moaning Of Life 10:20 ABC News: Late Edition 10:30 The Trip: Hipping Hall 11:00 Genius: Chris Addison And Mel Giedroyc 11:30 Life: Creatures Of The Deep 12:20 The Picture Show Man 2:00 The Moaning Of Life 2:45 Sticky Bricks 3:40 Movie: “Saint Joan” (PG) 5:30 Eggheads

6:00 Today 9:00 Danoz Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Movie: “With Honors” (PG l,s) 3:00 National News Now 4:15 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Alien Parasite Hypothesis 7:30 Getaway 8:30 Person Of Interest: The Crossing 9:30 CSI: NY: Misconceptions 10:30 TBA 11:00 2014 Santos Tour Down Under - Highlights 12:00 Extra 12:30 The Baron 1:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 2:00 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 2014 Australian Open 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 2014 Australian Open 11:30 That ‘70s Show: The Trials Of M.Kelso - Jackie tests Kelso to see if he’s cleaned up his act enough for them to get back together; Kitty and Red are upset to learn that the Pinciotti’s are throwing a party and they’re not invited, but their plan backfires when Fez, Hyde and Eric decide to trash a rival school’s locker room. 12:00 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today - International news and weather including interviews with newsmakers in the world of politics, business, media, entertainment and sport. 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 1:00 Man Vs Wild 2:00 One Born Every Minute USA 2:50 Destination Flavour 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 Grand Tours Of Scotland 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Italian Food Safari 8:00 Gourmet Farmer 8:30 Luke Nguyen’s Memories Of The Mekong 9:30 Falcon: The Silent And The Damned: Part 1 9:30 pm Falcon – The Silent and the Damned: Part 1 - Falcón is still recovering from the loss of his nephew and the shocking discovery that he is the product of an affair that cost his mother her life. Unable to face staying at home with his demons and nothing to keep them at bay but the amphetamines he’s addicted to, Falcón asks to be allowed to return to work. 10:25 World News Australia Late 11:00 Thursday FC 12:00 Is Seeing Believing? 1:00 Miracle Cure? / 2:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

FRIDAY 24

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 10:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 One Plus One 1:00 Land Girls 2:45 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:05 Grand Designs 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI: Flotsam 8:30 Death In Paradise - Carnival comes to Saint-Marie. Richard sees the dark side of show business when a comeback concert ends in the most public of murders. 9:30 Case Sensitive: The Other Half Lives - Based on the book by Sophie Hannah - a gripping psychological thriller about love, obsession, trust and betrayal. 10:20 ABC News: Late Edition 10:30 Hustle - After a close brush with the law in Australia, Mickey Brick is back and looking for a new crew! With the credit crunch, Mickey is keen to target the greedy few who are getting rich from others’ losses. 11:35 Rage

6:00 Today 9:00 Danoz Direct 10:00 Brand Developers 11:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:00 Extra 12:30 One Day Series - Australia Vs England 5:00 National News 5:30 One Day Series - Australia Vs England 10:00 House Husbands - Still reeling from her parent’s separation, Gemma rekindles her friendship with a childhood sweetheart. Kane and Tom’s relationship faces its biggest challenge yet when Stella’s father returns. And Lewis struggles with Lucy’s decision to move out with Tilda’s teacher, Mr Tuck. 11:00 Movie: “Assassins” (M v,l) 1:40 Movie: “Hooper” (M s,l) - Top Hollywood stuntman, Sonny Hooper, a veteran of many films, meets his potential rival, Ski. On the day of a dazzling flying car stunt the two must do for a film, Ski attempts to chicken out but learns that Hooper has other ideas. 3:30 Extra 4:00 Brand Developers 4:30 Good Morning America

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 Dr Oz 10:00 TBA 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 TBA 2:00 2014 Australian Open 5:30 TBA 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 2014 Australian Open 11:30 That ‘70s Show: Eric’s Naughty No-No - A visit from Paula, Kitty’s beautiful and successful sister, makes Kitty believe that her life is going nowhere. 12:00 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Celebrity Juice: Gok Wan, Josie Gibson, Lethal Bizzle And Danny Jones - Keith Lemon presents the celebrity panel quiz show. He is joined by team captains Rufus Hound and Fearne Cotton. Tonight’s guests include Danny Jones, Josie Gibson, Gok Wan and Leathal Bizzle. 1:45 Auction Squad - The team hits the road for a first-time makeover in the nation’s secret property hotspot, already home to Australia’s most expensive house. 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today

5:00 World News 1:00 Behind The Front Door 1:30 Inspector Rex 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 Grand Tours Of Scotland 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Town With Nicolas Crane 8:35 David Starkey’s Music And Monarchy: Great British Music 9:40 As It Happened: Doomsday: The Fall Of A Man 10:35 World News Australia Late 11:10 Movie: “Talk To Me About Love” (M a,l,s) - In Italian. Sasha is a young man in his twenties, deeply in love with the beautiful Benedetta, who doesn’t seem to recognise his existence. Nicole is a French woman in her forties, living in Rome with her husband. They casually meet and start a friendship which becomes a sentimental education for the youth. 1:15 Inspector Montalbano: Paper Moon 3:15 Weatherwatch Overnight

SATURDAY 25

6:00 Rage 10:30 Rag 11:30 My Family: Dutch Art And Dutch Courage 12:00 Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials Mystery 2:15 Miss South Sudan Australia 3:00 Basketball: WNBL: Round 16 - Dandenong Vs Adelaide 5:05 Nature’s Miracle Babies: Islands 6:00 Australian Of The Year 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Cliffy 9:05 The Mystery Of Agatha Christie With David Suchet: David Suchet has spent more of his life acting out the plots of Agatha Christie’s work than anyone else in the world. Now he takes a journey around Britain to get under the skin of the best-selling author of all time. 10:00 Silent Witness: Lost (Part 2) - Leo investigates a potential copycat killing, but the team are starting to wonder if Karl Bentley was wrongly convicted, leaving the real murderer free to set out on a new killing spree. 10:55 TBA 11:30 Rage Goes Retro 5:00 Rage

6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Today - Saturday 10:00 Danoz Direct 10:30 2014 Santos Tour Downunder 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Alive And Cooking 4:00 Explore Japan 5:00 4WD TV 5:30 Musomagic Outback Tracks 6:00 National News Saturday 7:00 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7:30 Movie: “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (PG l,v) - An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers’ retaliation. 9:15 Movie: “Passenger 57” (M v,l) - While aboard an airplane, an undercover anti-terrorism expert is forced to use his expertise when the flight is hijacked by a psychopathic terrorist. 11:00 2014 Santos Tour Downunder - Highlights 12:00 The Deer Hunter 3:25 Nine Presents 3:35 Impractical Jokers 4:05 Brand Developers 5:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 5:30 Wesley Impact

6:00 Saturday Disney 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 12:00 Dr Oz 1:00 TBA 3:00 2014 Australian Open 5:00 New Zealand On A Plate 5:30 Queensland Weekender 6:00 Seven News 6:30 2014 Australian Open 9:30 Movie: “The Frighteners” (M v) - A small-town ‘ghostbuster’ is in league with the very spirits he’s supposed to be exorcising. The scam works well until a powerful spirit goes on a murderous rampage, forcing Frank to find a way to stop the diabolical ghoul in this special- effects-packed supernatural chiller that’s so fiendishly entertaining, it’s frightening! 11:50 That ‘70s Show: Eric’s Panties - Donna seems unconcerned despite of the fact that Shelly, Eric’s lab partner, is continuously hitting on him. 12:20 Celebrity Juice 1:00 Movie: “Mexico City” (M v) 3:30 It’s Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Dr Oz

5:00 World News 1:00 Salome 2:55 Ice Music: The Sounds Of The North 3:25 In Mondrian’s Studio 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are? 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 An Original Duckumentary 8:30 Meet The Amish 9:30 Movie: “Shaolin” (MAV v) - In Mandarin and Cantonese. Set in the early 20th century, China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords fight to expand their power. General Hou is at the centre of the struggle with his violent and ruthless tactics that rarely discriminate between soldiers and civilians. When Hou is betrayed by fellow general Cao Man, he is forced into hiding, and takes refuge with the monks at their hidden mountain temple. 11:55 Movie: “Largo Winch” (MAV v) - In French, Croatian and English. After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father’s killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire. 1:55 Movie: “Breakfast On Pluto” (MAV v,l) 4:10 Weatherwatch Overnight

SUNDAY 26

SBS

6:00 Rage 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Weekend Breakfast 11:30 Australia Day Flag Raising & Citizenship Ceremony 11:00 Weekend Breakfast 11:30 Songs Of Praise 12:00 Best Of Landline 1:00 ABC2 Live: The Reef 2:30 Artscape: The Making Of The Reef 3:00 Football: W-League: Round 10 - Canberra United Vs Perth Glory 5:00 Midsomer Murders: Garden Of Death 6:25 Australia’s Remote Islands: Lord Howe Island 6:55 Governer General Australia Day Address 2014 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Australian Story: Driving Greg Norman 8:30 Mystery Road - Indigenous cowboy detective Jay Swan returns to his outback home town, to solve the murder of a teenage girl whose body is found under the highway trucking route out of town. 10:30 Muse Of Fire 11:55 Romulus, My Father 1:35 The Night, The Prowler 3:00 Countdown Spectacular 2 4:30 The New Inventors 5:00 Catalyst / 5:30 Collectors

6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Cybershack 10:30 Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman Series 12:30 One Day Series Australia Vs England 5:00 National News Sunday 5:30 One Day Series - Australia Vs England 9:00 2014 Santos Tour Down Under - Highlights: Highlights from Stage Six of Australia’s prestigious international cycling race in its final 85.5km leg of the 815.5km circuit; staged in and around Adelaide, South Australia. 10:00 CSI: Miami: Special Delivery - A delivery-truck driver and a businesswoman on his route are murdered, and the CSI’s investigate to uncover the connection between the two victims. 11:00 TBA 1:00 Spyforce 2:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 2:30 Brand Developers 4:00 Good Morning America - Sunday 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today

6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 Dr Oz 11:00 That ‘70s Show 12:00 World’s Strictest Parents 1:00 TBA 3:00 2014 Australian Open 5:00 Better Homes And Gardens 6:00 Seven News 6:30 2014 Australian Open 9:30 TBA 11:45 That ‘70s Show: Fez Dates Donna - To get Caroline off his back, Fez pretends to be dating Donna, while Eric enjoys living as a bachelor again. The guys establish a pool which will pay off when the reunited Kelso and Jackie have their first fight. 12:15 Special: Backyard Killers 1:15 Room For Improvement - A big family gets a double story makeover, with a kitchen and a vast entertaining area. 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 1:00 Al Jazeera News 1:30 Cycling Central 2:00 Speedweek 4:00 FIFA World Cup 2014 Magazine 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 Living Black Conversations 5:30 Destination Flavour Japan - Bitesize 5:35 Urban Secrets 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 China’s Great Wall 8:30 Generation War 10:20 America In Primetime 11:20 Movie: “Heiran” (PG) - In Farsi. When Iranian high-school student Mahi falls in love with Heiran, a poor Afghani teenager, her parents oppose their proposed marriage. Defying her family, Mahi follows Heiran to Tehran, where they wed. 1:00 Movie: “A Heart Elsewhere” (PG) - A multi-award winning Italian romantic comedy. Nello is a sensitive and shy 35-year-old whose philandering father keeps encouraging him to seduce women. When Nello goes to Bologna to teach Latin, he meets a beautiful socialite and falls in love. 2:55 Weatherwatch Overnight

MONDAY 27

7 CENTRAL

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 10:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 As Time Goes By 1:00 The Picture Show Man 2:35 Lily 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI 8:30 Stephen Fry 9:30 Rake 10:30 ABC News: Late Edition 10:40 Dalziel And Pascoe: A Game Of Soldiers 12:10 ABC2 Live: 2 One Another 1:20 Movie: “Darling Lili” (M a,v) 3:35 Movie: “The Four Feathers” (PG) - A young member of a military family automatically joins the army. However, he feels unsuited to his new life and when he becomes engaged to his sweetheart he resigns his commission. 5:30 Eggheads

6:00 Today 9:00 Danoz Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Movie: “The Dragon Pearl” (PG v) 3:00 National News Now 4:15 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Alien Parasite Hypothesis 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Justice League Recombination - The guys get Zack and Penny to join their Justice League costume for a New Year’s Eve bash at the comic book store. 8:30 TBA 11:30 Partners: Troubled Partners - After Louis offers Joe his grandmother’s ring to give to Ali as her long-awaited engagement ring, he is shocked when a hurt Wyatt objects. 12:00 Oh Sit! 1:00 Extra 1:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 2:00 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Elizabeth Taylor: Auction Of A Lifetime” (PG a) 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00 TBA 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 TBA 12:15 Celebrity Juice: Alex Carter, Vanilla Ice And Gino D’Acampo - Keith Lemon presents the celebrity panel quiz show and is joined by team captains Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton. Tonights guests includen Alex Carter, Vanilla Ice, Rufus Hound and Gino D’Acampo. 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons And Daughters - Wayne makes a clean breast to Katie of his part in Jeff’s betrayal. Barbara changes tactics in an effort to get Liz out of the house. 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 1:00 Oz Concert 2013 2:20 At The Piano With Mozart 2:55 Life Is Beautiful 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 One Man And His Campervan 5:30 Global Village 6:00 The Lakes With Rory McGrath 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Strip The City 8:30 Swallowed By A Black Hole 9:30 Housos 10:00 Swift And Shift Couriers 10:30 World News Australia Late 11:00 The World Game 11:30 Clown: Dalai Lama - Casper and Frank are close to closing a contract with Low Power. When Palle goes on a date with Szhirley - Joker’s ex-girlfriend - Frank allows him to borrow his beloved suit jacket, but major consequences follow. When Mia gets a visit from an old friend, Frank finds it extremely difficult to deal with her past. 12:00 Shorts On Screen 12:35 Monster Bug Wars / 2:25 Weatherwatch Overnight

TUESDAY 28

IMPARJA

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 10:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Compass 1:00 Dick Smith’s Population Puzzle 2:35 The Wonder Years 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI 8:30 New Tricks: Dark Chocolate 9:30 By Any Means 10:30 ABC News: Late Edition 10:40 Our Queen 11:35 Life: Plants - The drama of the plant world is impossible to view with the naked eye. But using the latest time-lapse technology, all is revealed. 12:25 The Australian Ballet 50th Gala 2:30 By Any Means 3:30 Basketball: WNBL: Round 16: Dandenong Vs Adelaide 5:30 Eggheads

6:00 Today 9:00 Danoz Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Movie: “And Then Came Love” (PG l,a) 3:00 National News Now 4:15 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Bus Pants Utilization 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Proton Resurgence 8:30 TBA 10:30 Two And A Half Men: My Bodasious Vidalia 11:00 Two And A Half Men: Cows, Prepare To Be Tipped 11:30 Weeds: Threshold 12:00 20/20 12:45 Nine Presents 1:00 Extra 1:30 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 TBA 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00 TBA 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 TBA 11:45 That ‘70s Show: Jackie Bags Hyde - Red and Bob throw competing Veterans’ Day barbeques, while Jackie and Hyde go on a date. 12:15 Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia: Frank’s Back In Business Frank and Charlie help our Frank’s old company with one last big merger. Meanwhile, an unwritten rule of the bar causes a case of mistaken identity. 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra - Bringing you the best moments of your mornings with the Sunrise team. 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 1:00 Tom Thumb 2:35 Swimsuit 46 2:50 The Circus 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 The Lakes With Rory McGrath 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8:30 Person Of Interest 9:30 Extreme ER 10:25 World News Australia Late 11:00 The Bridge: The homeless man’s survival becomes a race against time, and depends completely on the four landlords’ willingness to pay what the murderer demands. Saga and Martin have understood that they’re dealing with someone who has really thought through his crimes, planning them down to the smallest detail. Maybe they can catch the murderer off balance by doing something he doesn’t expect? 12:05 The Khmer Rouge: A Simple Question Of Justice 1:35 Egypt’s Revolution: The End Of A Dictator 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

WEDNESDAY 29

ABC

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 10:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 The Jonathan Ross Show 2:35 The Wonder Years 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI 8:30 Kevin McCloud’s Man Made Home: Shower Search 9:20 David Bowie: Five Years In The Making Of An Icon 10:20 ABC News: Late Edition 10:20 The Straits: The Hunt For Vlad - While Harry’s in hospital and his sons hunt down the hired killer, Sissi finds a large sum of money hidden inside Paddy’s house and sets about leaving Cairns until prevented by Sutherland, a corrupt cop. 11:30 Life: Primates 12:20 Dead Famous 1:15 5 Lost At Sea 2:10 Kevin McCloud’s Man Made Home: Shower Search 3:30 Football: W-League: Round 10 - Canberra United Vs Perth Glory 5:30 Eggheads

6:00 Today 9:00 Danoz Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Movie: “Joe Versus The Volcano” (PG l) - Joe Banks, a hypochondriac, becomes very ill with a terminal brain disease and has only six months to live. He is visited by an eccentric industrialist who has a proposition he can hardly refuse - a luxurious boat ride in the company of a beautiful female to an exotic volcano! 3:00 National News Now 4:15 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Twenty/20 - Australia Vs England 10:30 TBA 12:30 Dallas: Guilt And Innocence - Pamela’s mother, Afton Cooper, returns to Dallas to take care of her daughter. Emma is put in the middle of her father and grandmother’s relationship, pushing her closer to Drew. 1:30 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “The Sandlot: Heading Home” (PG l) 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00 TBA 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 TBA 12:20 The Cult: The Other Woman - A reluctant Michael agrees to Sophie’s plan to shoot Edward North. But the shooting doesn’t go to plan and it becomes clear that Sophie’s mission is very different to that of the Liberators. 1:30 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons And Daughters - Wayne’s desperate measures to convince Gordon that Liz is being terrorized put Barbara’s life in danger. While Patricia plans for her future with David, Luke is shocked by something he finds out about the business. 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 1:00 How To Build - A Super Car 2:00 Oz And Hugh Raise The Bar 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 The Lakes With Rory McGrath 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Australia With Simon Reeve 8:35 One Born Every Minute 9:30 Borgen 10:40 World News Australia Late 11:10 Movie: “Baaria” (M v,l) - In Italian. Oscar-winning filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore directs this grand-scale portrait of life and love over several decades in a small town in Sicily. The story centres on a poor Sicilian family in the 1930s and its prodigal son, Peppino. As Peppino grows older he becomes a passionate political activist, and despite receiving only a basic farm education, he joins the communist party to fight for workers’ rights. 1:50 Movie: “The Result Of Love” (M a,l,n) - In Spanish. 3:30 Weatherwatch Overnight

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CROSSWORD No. 182

SUDOKU No. 182

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CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)

Your work will be much more enjoyable than usual this week. Your relationship with your colleagues will finally start to improve and work will feel less like work. Romance. Recent changes to your home should make your daily life a little more pleasant. Your partner may seem more at ease this week.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)

Time spent with a group of people that you don’t know very well will be interesting. You will find much more in common with them than you expected. Romance. Don’t do anything that might make your partner jealous. You will be surprised how easily they can misinterpret the situation.

PISCES (February 20th - March 20th)

A meeting later in the week may be a little too intimate. You will soon grow to like this person, however. Don’t discount them as a possible friend. Romance. Don’t put yourself down. Your feelings may be a little more negative than usual at the moment. Take your partner’s praise with grace.

FOR KIDS

ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)

A message which seems more important than it really is could waste your energy this week. Check everything very carefully. Romance. Don’t get too jealous about something that your partner does. This contact is much more innocent than it seems. You need to have better trust in your relationship!

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)

Everybody will want to give you advice. One insight that you are given may be less use than it seems, however. You will need to sort through it all. Romance. Don’t allow yourself to be held back by someone who is more conservative than you. They’ll do anything to ensure you don’t achieve your goals.

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)

You would benefit from a short break from your everyday routine. Even a few days away from home would be enough to see everything in perspective. Romance. This is not a very good time for romance. You may be a little confused about your relationship. Analyse this before telling your partner.

FINDWORD No. 182

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)

A LAUGH WITH LOTSA

A frustrating situation may not be quite as bad as it first seems. It may be you who is making it worse than it is. Romance. An innocent remark could have quite an effect on you. Make sure that you don’t jump to conclusions, however. Realizing that you may be overly sensitive is the best thing you can do.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)

Your social life has taken a complete dive lately. Reinvent yourself with a new wardrobe or accessories and get back on the scene! Romance. You will waste a lot of time looking for something that was never really lost. Think hard about where you last saw it. Your partner may be the best person to ask.

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VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd)

Try to put some negative thoughts out of your mind. They will only hinder your performance. Take a break from everything if you need to. Romance. Don’t get jealous if your partner wants to spend time with friends. You may benefit from having time apart and having separate stories to tell at your next party.

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)

This is not the best time to do anything which could damage your reputation. Be cognisant of those around you and those with cameras! Romance. A person who talks to you in the street may want something more. Take this one step at a time. This may not be a dangerous situation, but you should be careful.

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SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)

QUOTE OF THE DAY

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Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. –Henry Ford

SOLUTIONS No. 182

A puzzling conversation with one of your colleagues may have confused you. It is very important that you work out exactly what they meant. Ask for clarification as needed. Romance. This will be an excellent time for getting to know your partner a little better. There are parts of their life that are still a mystery.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st)

A new business in the area will draw you in. You’ll be giddy over all of the great gadgets and great prices. Romance. You may be a little wild at the moment. Don’t do anything too unexpected or your friends will start to wonder what is going on! This doesn’t mean that you can’t have a good time.

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What the roles entail Residentially based in Weipa (Monday to Friday roster) and reporting to the Nominated Supervisor, you will be: • Preparing, implementing and evaluating programs for children that honour the practices/principles and learning outcomes of the Early Years Learning Framework and QLD Kindergarten Guidelines. • Working with individual children and their particular needs to maximise learning opportunities, establishing routines, developing and implementing intentional teaching to extend each child’s learning. • Communicating consistently and effectively with other Educators regarding each child’s participation and progress within the program. • Working with the Centre Director and Educational Leader to engage in critical reflective practice that contributes to quality improvement for the educational programs. • Developing and promoting health and safety for children in care. • Maintain Learning Centres within the environment that reflect curriculum development and allow children opportunities to engage in a wide range of learning experiences. • Play a leadership role in meeting National Quality Standards and support the Centre’s participation in the review process.

What you will need for this role • A working knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), QLD Kindergarten Guidelines and the Education and Care Services National Regulations and the National Quality Standards (NQS). • An approved qualification under the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) guidelines for graduate level entry as an Early Childhood Teacher in Australia. • A registration by the service as appropriate in the position of a Certified Supervisor under the Education and Care Services National regulations. • The ability to obtain a working with children check QLD (blue card). • Accredited first aid qualifications that comply with the Education and Care Services National regulations 2012, including Level 2 or Senior First Aid certificate and CPR certificate. • A passion for the childcare industry along with the ability to enhance and encourage a great team environment. • An Anaphylaxis and Asthma Management certificate. • Permanent accommodation in Weipa. Sunday 26 January 2014 Email your CV to capekidsweipa@bigpond.com or drop it into Cape Kids Childcare Centre, Wattle Tce.

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• Secretariat support at College meetings • Collation of quarterly data

Interested applicants are required to provide a cover letter no more than two pages, outlining skills and personal attributes. A comprehensive resume outlining previous experience should also be attached. The resume should also contain the names & contact details of two current referees. The Commission for Children and Young People Act 2000 requires the preferred applicant to be subject to employment screening. A non-smoking policy is effective in Queensland Government buildings and office.

Applications can be delivered in person to the Weipa Campus administration ofﬁce, marked Attention Michele Elms or emailed to melms2@eq.edu.au. Applications must be received by 4pm Friday 31/01/2014.

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This position provides administrative & secretarial support to the Executive Principal Western Cape College, and the Manager Corporate Services. Duties include but are not limited to:-

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To apply or for more information please email melissa.flanders@pcyc.org.au

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Western Cape College is currently seeking applications from highly motivated persons with previous administration experience for the position of Administration Support Officer. This position is full-time, and is to commence immediately. At this stage, the position is temporary until 28th February 2015, with the possibility of extension.

• Support the development and publishing of communication materials

The primary responsibility of the School Age Care Assistant is to assist in the provision of a high quality school aged care program which meets the requirements of the Police Citizens’ Youth Welfare Association, Parents and Children, Funding and Licensing bodies and School Staff.

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Cape York Sustainable Futures Inc. has vacancies for the following portfolios: • Land Stewardship • Community Development x 1 Interested people can call Joanne Gaylard at CYSF on 4053 2856 for an information pack detailing the criteria for board portfolio selection. Expressions of interest close at noon on Wednesday, February 13, 2014

PUBLIC NOTICES PORMPURAAW ABORIGINAL SHIRE COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE OF PROPOSED PORMPURAAW ABORIGINAL SHIRE PLANNING SCHEME Section 118 of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 and Stage 3, Step 7.3 of the Statutory Guideline 02/12. Notice is hereby given that Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council has now placed the proposed Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Planning Scheme on public notice. The proposed Planning Scheme is available for viewing and purchase at the Council Office, 24 Thiraanthin Street, Pormpuraaw. Written submissions about any aspect of the proposed Planning Scheme may be made to Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council by any person on or before 17 of April 2014 (the consultation period). Each submission must be in writing and signed by each person who makes the submission; be received by Council on or before the close of the consultation period; state the name and address of each person who makes the submission; state the grounds of the submission and the facts and circumstances relied on in support of the grounds; and be made to: Edward Natera Chief Executive Officer Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council 24 Thiraanthin Street, Pormpuraaw, QLD 4871 For information about the proposed Planning Scheme, please telephone Council on (07) 4060 4600

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Sunday Church Services 10am - Singing and Worship; 10.30am Service starts 6.30pm Prayer Meeting and Evening Healing Service every Sunday Tuesday 6pm - Youth Group Contact: James Hughes 4069 7228 Wednesday School 5 to 7pm Contact: Gay Lesine Huni 0428 146 899 • Kids Club Mon & Thurs • Hoopla Fri Night Fundraising We invite people to attend early morning Prayer meetings with us every day 5 – 6.30 am For Weddings, Baptism, Marriage and Funeral contact Pastor Palmer Wapau, 0447 801 660 Community Minister Napranum

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“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:8 For more information on service times please contact Reverend Mairu on 4069 9634

WESTERN CAPE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD What is missing? CH––CH UR! So come along and be enlightened by the word of God Sunday Service 10am at the Convention Centre ALL WELCOME! Senior Pastor Semi Ratocoka – 0458 530 854 Assistant Pastor Sai Nadredre – 4069 9604 Assistant Pastor Leon Proud – 4069 9584

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Reporting to the Office Manager, the Administration Officer–Receptionist provides daily administration support to the Office Manager, assisting in the efficient and effective functioning of the WCCT Office. This role will be responsible for the daily input of data into the administration system and the general maintenance and upkeep of admin records. It is desirable for applicants to have previous reception experience and “C” Class Drivers Licence.

ADMINISTRATION OFFICER (Specified position) 1 year Fixed Term Contract Reporting to the Office Manager, the Administration Officer is responsible for assisting in the efficient and effective functioning of the WCCT Office in order to meet organisational objectives. This includes demonstrating appropriate and professional workplace behaviours, performing their responsibilities in a manner which reflects and responds to continuous improvement, and providing administration support to the Office Manager as directed, and to other areas as required within the office of the WCCT. The Administration Officer is also responsible for assisting in the coordination of all WCCT, WCCCC, Sub-Regional Trusts and Sub-Committees meetings scheduled throughout the year. We anticipate applicants will have some experience in a similar Administration role and a “C” Class Drivers Licence. MYOB experience is desirable.

Traditional Owners and Indigenous people are strongly encouraged to apply Please forward or email your resumé marked “PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL” to the address below: Acting Executive Officer PO Box 106 Weipa Qld 4874 deputyeo@westerncape.com.au

CLOSING DATE – Wednesday, 05 February 2014 PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF ELECTION WEIPA TOWN AUTHORITY Nominations are hereby invited for the election of the Weipa Town Authority Chairman and for a by-election for a Weipa Town Authority Member for Weipa Town. I, Warren Seen, Returning Officer notify that an election for Weipa Town is to be held on the Saturday, 22 February 2014. Closure of the voters roll will occur Wednesday, 22 January 2014. Residents are encouraged to contact the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) to check their current enrolment details. I further notify that I have appointed Wednesday, 5 February 2014 as nomination day for the elections and Weipa Town Office as the nominated place for the purpose of receiving nomination forms of candidates. Nominations must be in the approved form and must be given to me before 12 noon on nomination day, together with payment of the nomination fee of $250.00. Nomination forms may be obtained from me at Weipa Town Office. The nomination fee must be paid in cash or by cheque drawn by a financial institution. Warren Seen Returning Officer

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This Wednesday, January 22 & next Wednesday, January 29 6pm – 8pm @ Andoom Oval

Calling all people who would like to become a part of a great event. The Weipa Rodeo Association is looking for new committee members to help out with the organization of the Weipa Bullride. So if your new to town and would like to help out or if you have been here for a while and would like to be a part of a great event, come on down to our new members meeting. Where: Carpentaria Golf Club. When: Tuesday, January 28 at 7:30pm

• Register as a team or individually • Mixed season commences Wednesday February 5 • $90 per person, must pay before you play • Great prizes, fun environment, team sport for all ﬁtness levels

For more information email weipa@oztag.com or call James 0457 997 891

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Come and meet with some of the current committee members and see how you could get involved and lend a hand while making new friends and giving back to the community. We’ll even provide some nibblies for you while you mingle.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING All positions declared open (president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and general committee members)

Wednesday, February 12, 6.30pm Carpentaria Golf Club

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meet the first Tuesday of each month at 7.00pm at the Golf Club. Contact Tonia 0429 699 300 or Randall 0428 199 248

Dinner will be at Club expense, drinks at own expense at the bar Guest Chair: Richelle Ryan, Sports & Recreation Co-ordinator, Weipa Town Authority To nominate for a position or for any other queries contact Jess Hall (secretary) on 0419 581 875 or check our facebook page: Weipa Squash Club

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings for family and friends of alcoholics. Meets Mondays and Wednesdays at 9.30am - 11am at the Napranum Women’s Services Centre in Napranum St. Napranum. Please call Maxiene: 0434 217 481

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Based in Weipa, the Western Cape Communities Trust (WCCT) on behalf of eleven Traditional Owner Groups, assumes responsibility for the administration, investment, allocation and custody of funds sourced from Rio Tinto Alcan and the Queensland State Government under the Western Cape Communities CoExistence Agreement (WCCCA).

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MEETING NOTICE Native title holders of the land and waters within the area of Central Cape York as shown in the map below Meeting is to authorise a new native title claim for the area within the map below. Venue:

Mercure Harbourside, 209-217 the Esplanade, Cairns

Date:

Thursday, 20th February 2014

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9am start (lunch and refreshments will be provided)

Who Should Attend: All descendants of the following ancestors: Old Charlie, Old Man Barney Dockerty, Dick Callaghan, Mosquito Upton (Coleman), Mo Billy, Willy Johnson, Long Jim Coleman, Lily (Thompson) Malcolm, Johnny Upton, Charlie Gunnawarra, Brasso (Basil/Jack) Ross, Mustard, Nellie, Lucy Long, Bally (Agum/Upton), Bob Sellars, Ngoiungum, Parry, Old Man Bally, Frank Yam, and Nellie Moran/Puller, including those adopted in accordance with traditional laws and customs from those ancestors. Also, those who claim that according to their traditional laws and customs hold native title common or group rights and interests to the area within the map below. The Purpose of the meeting is to authorise a new native title application under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) for the land and waters included in the area outlined in the map below.

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WEIPA Crocs will come up against Biggalo’s XI, Black Bream and Smacked Around in their three matches a t t h i s w e e k e n d ’s Goldfield Ashes cricket carnival in Charters Towers. In previous years the Crocs had competed in the harder B-1 division which were full day clashes. But this year the Crocs players will appreciate the drop in class to the easier B-2 grade in which matches are played under the 35 overs a side shorter format. Batsmen must retire at the end of the over in which they reach 50 and bowlers are restricted to seven overs each. First up this Saturday on field 43 at the airport reserve the Crocs take on Biggalo’s XI which finished 26th at the 2013 Ashes in B-2. Not much is known about Biggalo’s but it will be important for the Crocs to record a victory in the afternoon match. On Sunday the Crocs take on local Charters Towers side Black Bream XI which is a team of local Indigenous players. Black Bream is named after the fish caught in the Burdekin River and that side did win B-2 several years ago.

Weipa Crocs players John Barton and Aaron Johnson.

They will field a strong side with plenty of big hitters and the game will be at Mossman Park Junior grounds. This is one of the best of the 70-plus fields used at the Ashes. To complete their 2014 Ashes campaign on Monday at the aerodrome reserve field 35, the Crocs take on the aptly named Smacked Around which finished 29th last year. Crocs bowlers will hope they don’t get “smacked around” the field at the end of what will be a rigorous campaign. Whilst the Crocs players will surely appreciate the drop to B-2, there are many more teams in this division with 136 battling it out for honours. By comparison 26 will compete in B-1, 48

in Social Grade, and the number to be finalised in the blue ribbon A-1 at time of deadline. Some recent rain has freshened up fields however players can still expect temperatures in the mid thirties. The Goldfield Ashes started in 1948 with just six teams and has expanded rapidly since then. It was given the status of being a Queensland Iconic Event and in 2007 was recognised by Queensland Events as a regional event worthy of funding. The object of the carnival is to bring together from near and far cricketers to participate with good sportsmanship and friendly rivalry. The Bully will be there to cover all the action.

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SIDES from the Cape Cluster League may be involved in a new competition in 2014. QRL Northern Division Divisional co-ordinator David Maiden said on January 20 that if Southern Cape and Northern Cape competitions come to fruition they would help revive the struggling Three Rivers League which was contested by two Hopevale sides, Cooktown and Wujal Wujal. “I have some ideas about how to revive the Three Rivers and its clubs may be included in a Southern Cape competition similar to the Cape Cluster. “The idea is for Pormpuraaw, Kowanyama, Coen and the Three Rivers teams to play against one another while Weipa, Napranum, Aurukun, NPA and possibly a TI side plays in a Northern Cape comp with the winners of each playing each other,” Maiden said. Maiden said the matter would be

discussed further when he attends meetings at Weipa and on Thursday Island in coming weeks. Cape Cluster competition sides in 2013 season were premiers Kowanyama Wallabies, runners-up Napranum Natives, Lockhart River Scorpions, Weipa Raiders, Coen Colts and Pormpuraaw Crocs. Three rounds were played last season including at Weipa, Kowanyama and Lockhart River before a gala grand final day in early September. Cape York also runs a wet season competition held before the Cluster.

Napranum Natives take on the Pormpuraaw Crocs during a 2013 Cape Cluster match.

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to fight another day. Over on Bagley’s Reef the Fingermark have been biting with a few Tuskies as well. I also had a report of some very large Fingermark caught just around the corner from Duyfken Point in three metres of water, fishing at night. After getting their bags the anglers shone a torch in the water and it was alive with fish. Nothing much to report from the rivers but there should be Threadies around the creek mouths Mission River Bridge has Blue Salmon, small Queenies and Sharks from tiddlers up to three metreplus beasts. ‘Til next week smooth seas, calm breezes and tight lines.

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new people, and in particular like to teach the younger generation about the joys of sport fishing. We have a competition once a month and meet at one of the club member’s houses for a weigh-in, meeting and a BYO barbecue tea. We consider ourselves a very social club. The club is affiliated with ANSA and each competition is run by ANSA rules. Anyone considering joining can contact Frenchy at frenchds@hotmail. com or ph on 0447 453 972 for more details.

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a Queenfish on this line class. He also managed to land a nice Queeny over five kilos on 4 kg. Gaven ended up taking out the comp with over 700 points. Phil came in second landing a King Salmon and a Queenie as well as releasing some Fingermark. Will and I weighed in a couple of Queenies to put us in the draw for the lure which Will ended up winning. The Club would like to welcome anyone interested in joining a familyfriendly club who are passionate about their sport and having a good time. We all enjoy sharing our knowledge with

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The Weipa Sportfishing Club held it’s first competition for the year on the weekend of January 11 and 12. Target species for the weekend was Jewfish. Gaven Roberts and I tried hard to target some in the usual haunts within the confines of the harbour but they eluded us this time around. In fact, no Jewfish were weighed in this month. Queenfish seemed to be the flavour of month and there were quite a few weighed in. Gaven fished with me and my son Will on both days and scored great success fishing one kilo, landing a Tarpon and

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 from page 20 I had a report from Terri at Tackleworld that one of his customers had camped up on the Jackson and got good hauls of Threadfin Salmon, but he didn’t say whether they were caught on bait or lures. With these tasty treats around it would pay to hit their favourite haunts like the Mission River Bridge or creek mouths, and if you are going to use lures then try the Thready Busters that Tackleworld has good stocks of. There have been a few by-catch Barra caught and it appears that the big girls have spawned as they are a bit hollow in the bellies, but will start to bulk up with a few good feeds. All of these fish have been returned

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Lousy weather, but the fishing is excellent ALTHOUGH the weather hasn’t improved the fishing has been excellent if you time your trips right. In saying that, there has not been a lot of fisherman taking advantage of the conditions with very few boats on the water. Dylan Wilhelmi and I went to Jantzens Reef on Saturday morning and we found a big batch of bait fish a few kilometres short of the reef so we had a troll and I scored a good Mackerel. The next fish was either a big Shark or our Mackerel was taxed and we boated a big Shark. Out on Jantzens we found a big patch of fish on the sounder and anchored on top of them and the current was fair belting to the south. With our first baits in the water it wasn’t long before the bites came and we scored a few nice-sized Fingermark and a couple of Cod before the Sharks moved in and nailed all the good fish - we got a couple of Cod and Fingeries back half filleted for us. We persevered but the Sharks made it impossible to get a fish to the boat. With rain clouds on the horizon we headed back home but had to go via the Pine and come around from behind the rain. Phil Mannion with Paul Cook in tow went and fished around Westminster Reef and they managed some Trout and a mixed bag of bottom fish.  continued page 19

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