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$11.5 M FOR MYALL GROVE The Roxby Downs Myall Grove Caravan Park has just changed hands, selling for $11.5 million plus costs.

New owner, the Aspen Group, is an ASX listed property investment and funds management group.

It is one of Australia’s largest ASX listed companies, managing assets worth more than $1.2 billion.

The group owns and manages a portfolio of eight commercial property assets spread across the commercial, industrial and retail sectors.

The Myall Grove Caravan Park was purchased by the Aspen Parks Property fund, which invests in the holiday and accommodation park industry.

In an ASX announcement the Aspen Group said the purchase of the Myall Grove Caravan Park and a seven park portfolio in Victoria and NSW would bring the number of properties owned by the fund to 26, worth a total of $218 million.

“The Myall Grove park at Roxby Downs comprises 264 sites, providing largely permanent and semi-permanent accommodation for workers at the nearby Olympic Dam mine, one of Australia’s largest mine sites owned by BHP Billiton,” Aspen Group Managing Director Angelo Del Borrello said.

“The strong demand for accommodation in the town underpins the high level of occupancy at the park resulting in a sound yield from Myall Grove.

“The potential for expansion at Olympic

Dam provides an opportunity to enhance the park’s yield in future years”.

“We are delighted to have acquired such diverse assets which provide the Fund with a good mix of permanent and tourist sites across several locations.

“These new acquisitions will further enhance the unique nature of the Fund and the strong brand Aspen Parks has created in the sector.

“Aspen Parks has been an outstanding success since its inception in June 2005, with an average annual total shareholder return of over 19 per cent,” he said.

Here in Roxby it should be business as usual for Myall Grove residents, with interim manager Hazel Lee stating there will be no change in the day to day running of the park.

“Everything will stay the same,” Mrs Lee said.

“We’ll be here until new managers, probably a husband and wife team, are appointed,” she said.

The Myall Grove Caravan Park was formerly owned by Defcon Pty Ltd, the company that built the park.

Originally intended to accommodate the 50 - 70 families that were living in an interim park at Olympic Dam, where Camp One now stands, Myall Grove was built in two stages, with construction on the first stage commencing in 1997.

The sites were built around existing trees so the park could be divided into street allotments and converted to housing blocks if not required anymore.

Above: The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games mascots proved a huge hit at the BHP Billiton Family Fun Day at the weekend.

For more photos from the BHP Billiton Fun Day, see pages 7 and 8.

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Finding love with strawberries If you are looking for love this spring, the opening of the strawberry season may be just what you are looking for according to the folks at Beerenberg Farm near Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills.

Ancient Romans believed the strawberry with its red colour and heart shape was a symbol for Venus the goddess of love.

Legend had it that if you shared half a strawberry with the object of your affection love would blossom.

Yet another good reason to get out and get picking according to Managing Director of Beerenberg Farm, Anthony Paech.

“There’s no doubt picking strawberries in the field on a beautiful day is a romantic thing to do, and

it’s also a fun activity for the whole family,” Mr Paech said.

“This year will be the 32nd year the farm has offered public strawberry picking so it’s become a bit of a tradition for locals, as well as an interesting way for interstate and overseas tourists to really get out and enjoy the countryside in the Adelaide Hills.

“Last season we had 20,000 people come to pick more than one million strawberries, including international visitors from as far away as China and Japan. This year we are hoping to increase that figure even further.”

Strawberries are a fruit packed with nutrients including vitamin C, folate, potassium and antioxidants.

The berries are also known for their medicinal values and have

been proven to lower the risk of certain kinds of cancer.

Mr Paech said people were now more aware of where their food was coming from and the importance of freshness.

“Consumers are looking for a fresh product and nothing could be fresher than picking your own fruit in the field,” he said.

“It’s wonderful to be able to pick a tub of strawberries with your own hands and then go home and make something beautiful with them to share with loved ones, just like our grandparents might have done.

Strawberries make great jam and are considered the traditional accompaniment to our homemade scones.

The strawberry season runs from October – May each year.

Wrecked by the southern seas The drama and tragedy of Australia’s most devastating shipwrecks is the focus of a new exhibition which has opened at the National Maritime Museum.

‘Wrecked! Tragedy and the Southern Seas’ features more than 100 artefacts, some never before seen, salvaged from 19th- and early 20th-century wrecks around the Australian coast to show the devastating impacts they had in a time when shipping was central to daily life.

Developed by the South Australian Maritime Museum, the exhibition offers a rare insight into why fear of shipwreck loomed so large and the devastation these wrecks caused.

Objects from Dutch shipwrecks on the west coast show a different, much older and mysterious side to European beginnings in Australia.

These include an elephant tusk from Vergulde Draeck, wrecked in 1656, and bottles, a buckle and key belonging to passengers on the Zeewijk wreck of 1727.

The early colonies depended on the sea for trade, industry, culture, migration, travel and survival.

‘Wrecked!’ examines how shipwrecks could lose an entire community’s supplies or destroy valuable export goods.

Interestingly, the exhibition also notes that 19th century migrants to Australia had a less than 0.5% chance of being killed in a shipwreck.

One of Australia’s most significant maritime treasures, the figurehead from the Irish Star clipper Star of Greece (1888), is central to a display about how this wreck, infamous for the inadequacy of

the lifesaving equipment and tardy rescue effort, came to define the identity of Port Willunga in South Australia.

There are also reminders of the terrible death toll from some of the worst disasters - Dunbar off Sydney Heads in 1857 with the loss of 120 lives and the Admella catastrophe in 1859, when 89 of 113 onboard died after the steamship struck a reef on its way from Adelaide to Melbourne.

Pounding seas thwarted rescuers for a week as survivors slowly died, able to watch one rescue attempt after another fail.

Admella displays include medals given to rescuers for bravery as well as china and fittings from the ship.

Personal items, such as a tureen and carved stones thought to be destined to a Freemason’s Hall from the wreck of the Nashwauk (1855), give visitors a glimpse into life in the early colonies and what treasured objects migrants would bring with them.

“We felt it was important to present the drama, tragedy, people and extraordinary events surrounding some of these shipwrecks and at the same time illustrate their impact on the colonies and the country itself,” exhibition curator Bill Seager of the South Australian Maritime Museum said.

The tragedy has shaped Australia and in particular South Australia because of the feats and stories from that bygone era.

‘Wrecked! Tragedy and the Southern Seas’ at the National Maritime Museum, will remain on view until 28 January 2008.

Above: The “iconic” Roxby Rocket.

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Roxby Rocket needs a home

he ‘Icon’ for children growHowever because the ‘Rocket’ registration costs plus maintenance. ing up in Roxby Downs, the no longer fits within BHP Billiton’s “We need it to go to a good home Roxby Rocket needs a new safety policies it needs a new owner so it can be used to continue to home. and home. interact with the children of Roxby The ‘Rocket’ built by crews from Western Mining has been used over the many years in Roxby Downs as one of the centerpiece’s for the Christmas pageant.

It is normally used at other special functions such as the BHP Billiton Family Fun Day.

At the recent Community Board meeting the company’s Vice President of Finance Paul Dunn said there was an urgency to find a new home for the ‘Rocket’ and has offered it free of charge to any organisation that wants to take over ownership of the icon.

The new owners would have to pay the annual insurance and road

Downs,” Mr Dunn said.

The Roxby Rocket is serviced and maintained at Northpoint Toyota which prepares the Rocket for its public outings.

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Board buckles over veto

The Roxby Downs Community was disappointed that the council Board has resolved not to pursue knocked back the proposed changes its push to have the veto power to the Terms of Reference. of the town’s Administrator “This differing of removed from its Terms of roles is so frustrating, Reference.

Board Chairman Chris Schultz said there was no process available to the board to have the veto power removed or changed within its Terms of Reference.

“However we will approach both the state government and BHP Billiton to see if we can improve the process,” he said.

At its last meeting the Board had sought to discuss the Administrator Bill Boehm’s veto power in camera, where the public and media would be asked to leave the meeting.

However the Board, after receiving advice decided to keep the meeting open to the public.

Before discussion opened Mr Schultz told the meeting that an email had been sent to members late in the day from the Administrator that they needed to follow due process for good governance.

Mr Boehm addressed the meeting and said that there was due process to follow.

“I’m not in a position to discuss the issue in this open meeting because of my roles as a board member and council representative.

“However you can close the meeting now and I’m quite happy to discuss the issue with you as Administrator,” Mr Boehm said.

But the meeting remained open to the public and Mr Boehm took no part in the following debate, that role was left to Mr Ray Goldie from Goldie Strategic Management, the council’s community consultant.

The chairman outlined the Board’s frustration with the representative roles of Mr Boehm as a board member for the council and his role as Administrator.

“This differing of roles is so frustrating, because the council’s representative (Mr Boehm) can’t speak at the meetings on behalf of the Administrator (Mr Boehm), and there is a considerable time period in getting anything done,” Mr Schultz said.

Mr Schultz told the meeting he

because the council’s representative (Mr Boehm) can’t speak at the meetings on behalf of the Administrator (MrBoehm)...

“I even thought of dissolving the Board by a majority vote and then set up a separate Board that would be totally independent,” Mr Schultz said.

“However it was deemed not to be in the best interest of the community to go down this track as the community would lose out.

“The forums would be put in jeopardy and whilst it was a resolution to our issue it’s not going to happen,” Mr Schultz told the meeting.

The Board will ask BHP Billiton and the State Government on ways it can get involved in the new indenture to include such things as the roles of the council, the Community Board, the prospects of an elected council and fixed terms for the Administrator.

“Community Board members are not covered in the indenture so we will lobby to include these things in the new indenture to give the Board more say in council matters and how monies are allocated,” Mr Schultz said.

“The Terms of Reference sub committee should go away and look at changing the indenture to give us power, and to see how we can do that,” Board member John Warneke said.

Mr Ray Goldie from Goldie Strategic Management asked the Board what was the issue the Board had.

“If we can’t get the change through (to remove the veto) then it will carry through all future decisions. It’s a precedent that could influence future decisions,” Mr Schultz said.

Board member Yvette Mooney said the credibility of the Board in the eyes of the community is impacted.

“There’s no guarantee that it won’t happen and I don’t see the purpose of the Board being under such strict controls,” she said.

Mr Goldie replied: “The Board was set up to be involved in community issues rather than rates and rubbish and not to operate like an elected board.

“But the community is saying we have no power and are ineffective,” Mr Warneke stated.

“We are representing the community and we have the opportunity to make a change whilst the indenture is being negotiated,” he said.

“Who’s saying it? How many are saying it?” Mr Goldie asked.

Vicki Mason replied that community feedback from Market Day stall questionnaires clearly demonstrated the community felt the Board did not have enough say.

Mr Warneke said: “I feel a problem representing a community when I’m not elected by the community.”

“What are people basing it on?

More power or an elected council?”

Mr Goldie asked.

“If council has prevented you from doing one thing, name it, you can’t have all the things you’re asking for,” he said.

“We have lost this group. We have lost what we’re here for. It was about all working together,” Mr Goldie said.

New Board member Steve Ingham said he continually gets feedback from the community about the lack of transparency and other matters.

“I don’t feel I’ve got the answers to that.”

“What matters?” Mr Goldie asked.

“Building and community facilities,” Mr Ingham replied.

Yvette Mooney supported Mr Ingham and said, “ We were told the Terms of Reference would not be processed until we (the Board) had seen them, but they went through without us seeing them.

“What was told to us never happened,” she said.

At this stage the meeting was closed to the public so questions could be asked of the Administrator Mr Boehm directly, which prevents this newspaper from reporting on that debate to its readership.

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Board Chairman set to leave The Roxby Downs Community Board is about to lose its Chairman, Chris Schultz.

After three and half years in the town working with BHP Billiton Chris has decided to take up a transfer to the company’s operations in Wollongong which he’ll take up at the end of this year.

He joined the Community Board in March 2006 and became its chairman in January this year.

He also took great community pride in Roxby Downs not only serving on the Board where he was a champion of community rights but also was chairman of the town’s Environmental Forum.

“The Board is now entering a great phase after going through the painstaking Governance issues,” Chris said.

“There are a few passionate people on the Board and I hope the Board maintains the momentum because I expect there to be a fair bit of new blood on the Board next year,” he said.

Mr Schultz is referring to the fact that

seven current Board members are up for re-appointment in December and he hopes they’ll re-nominate in order to provide a continuation of experience.

“I think our achievements have been significant this year not only in lifting the profile of the Board but making in-roads into the council’s budgeting process where we can reflect and lobby for the views of the community to be considered,” he said.

“We are now representing the community views in our negotiations with council, and that role may not be what the council wants, but it’s what the community wants.

“As for the Environmental Forum, I think our biggest impact was in the Services Allowance Review, which is a significant win for the community and the environment.

“It will be difficult leaving Roxby Downs because of the lasting friendships I’ve made, but I hope to leave the community in the hands of a strong Community Board,” Mr Shultz said.

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Plans for the upgrade of the Roxby Downs Cultural and Leisure Precinct have come in for criticism from the Family and Youth Forum.

Speaking at the latest Community Board meeting the forum’s chairman Scott Sauerwald said the forum had been approached by a number of residents wanting to know what was happening with development at the centre.

“On dozens of occasions I’ve had people asking me what is happening with the cultural centre re-development,” he told the board meeting.

“What the forum wants is board support to have those plans put up on public display for at least a week or maybe two before they’ve been approved.

“We need to see them,” he said.

Plans for the upgrade to the Dunes Café and Visitor Information Centre were announced in this newspaper several months ago and we understand those plans are in their final preparation stage.

BHP Billiton’s representative on the board, the Vice-President of Finance, Paul Dunn told the meeting he would have a problem with the plans going up on public display before they’ve gone through the approvals process.

“When such things go on public display before they’re approved the public perception is that they have been approved. “ We (the company) haven’t seen those plans yet,” he told the meeting.

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“We need to see them before they’re approved because we end up indirectly funding such work through our partial funding of the council deficit.

“We’ll write to council asking them to show us the plans before they go on public display and the state government may also want to have a say about those plans,” Mr Dunn said.

Community Board member John Warneke took up Mr Sauerwald’s call saying people may want to have input into the plans.

“If they ask for our input, it would be great,” Mr Warneke said.

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Desperately seeking skilled tradespeople

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he shortage of skilled tradespeople in current resource availability at Olympic Dam, a Australia has been a problem for some key priority for us is ensuring we have enough tradespeople to provide high level training and time.

The Institute for Trade Skills Excellence, a body that promotes training in Australian trades education said the inability to secure skilled staff can be a barrier to a company’s success.

BHP Billiton is helping to address that shortage by increasing the number of apprentices it puts on.

“BHP Billiton Olympic Dam expanded its apprentice program towards the end of last year to develop skilled tradespeople,” Olympic Dam Vice President Human Resources Paul Walters said.

“This program comprises of three groups, namely new starters, dual apprenticeships, and mature age apprenticeships.

“The dual and mature age apprenticeships are reserved for current BHP Billiton employees and fill up half of the program.

“The new starters are employed by Career Employment Group (CEG) and hosted at Olympic Dam. “CEG, in collaboration with Olympic Dam, is currently recruiting new starters to join the Apprentice Program in 2008,” he said.

Thirteen new apprentices will be employed next year, taking the Olympic Dam total to nearly 100.

“The intake of 13 new apprentices is in line with

supervision of the apprentices, particularly in the first two years,” Mr Walters said.

“The apprentices will be employed by CEG and hosted to BHP Billiton.

“BHP Billiton is committed to providing apprenticeship opportunities for local youth, so we are clearly targeting local young people who have recently left school and undertaken prevocational courses, work experience or other vocational education and training courses.

“However, while this program is aimed at providing young people with opportunities, we do encourage men, women and people of all ages who meet selection criteria to apply,” he said.

Mr Walters said BHP Billiton’s apprentice program is about developing a skills base to address the company’s current need for skilled tradespeople and also in anticipation of an increased need should the Olympic Dam expansion go ahead.

“Olympic Dam apprentices are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at Olympic Dam once qualified,” he said.

“While positions are not guaranteed, when an apprentice is nearing the end of their apprentice program we encourage them to investigate available job opportunities and support them in gaining employment in BHP Billiton positions.”

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One of Roxby’s most tireless volunteers is leaving town this month, Lol Wilton and her husband are moving to Harvey Bay. “John is going to semi-retire and we are looking forward to a change of pace,” Mrs Wilton said.

“Harvey Bay is where we came from, so we are returning home to a nice climate, no more 45 degrees and minus 5 degrees.

“I am very much looking forward to it, we have been in Roxby for nine years now, so it is time for a change,” she said.

Mrs Wilton, who has volunteered with the Roxby Downs SES for six years, with the last three as Unit Manager, will be sorely missed, but Roxby’s loss will be Harvey Bay’s gain.

“I’ll keep volunteering with the SES once I settle, I was actually a member in Harvey Bay before we moved here, I might do marine rescue too.

“I will miss my grandchildren, who are here, and the good friends I have made, but now they will all have somewhere to come on holiday.

“I am looking forward to creating a new garden, the house we have bought is brand new, so there is nothing but dirt there now.

“I’m going to put in lots of fruit trees and vegies and rainforest plants.

“Thanks to all the people who supported me in my role at the SES, I have met so many lovely people while I have been here, I will miss you all,” she said.

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Roxby will Remember commander, General Foch of the French Army.

The demands of the armistice included the withdrawal of German forces to the east bank of the Rhine within 30 days; immediate cessation of warfare; and surrender of the German fleet and all heavy guns with no further negotiations until the signing of the peace treaty.

The armistice became effective at 11am the same day, and as the guns fell silent on the Western Front in France and Belgium, four years of hostilities ended.

The cease-fire was made permanent the following year when members of the Commonwealth and the League of Nations signed the Treaty of Versailles.

People across the world celebrated the war’s end - celebrations tempered by thoughts of the enormous suffering and loss of life resulting from the war.

More than 416,000 Australians volunteered for service in World War I. O f th e s e , 3 2 4 , 0 0 0 s e r v e d overseas.

Town PAR now law

The Roxby Downs Town Centre PAR was formally approved by the State Government last thursday and was printed in the government gazette.

The zoning changes were released for public consultation in a draft Ministerial Plan Amendment Report (PAR) in April 2007.

Some of the original proposals were amended following the consultation.

The approved zoning changes will now be incorporated into the Municipal Council of Roxby Downs Development Plan.

The Urban Development and Planning Minister Paul Holloway said Roxby Downs is growing quickly and it is vital that this growth is properly planned.

“The approved Ministerial Plan Amendment Report will ensure Roxby Town Centre’s development will be carried out in an orderly fashion while accommodating desirable features such as enhanced community, shopping, business and entertainment facilities,” Mr Holloway said.

“I believe this planning process will deliver a sound and vibrant outcome for the township as its population more than doubles to 10,000 plus from the current 4,000 in

the years ahead.”

Mr Holloway said the Roxby Downs PAR was approved with a number of amendments in response to submissions received during the two-month consultation process conducted by the Development Policy Advisory Committee (DPAC).

The original development plan said the Town Centre’s development must be orderly, and able to accommodate desirable features such as more and enhanced community, shopping, business and entertainment facilities.

The PAR stated that as the Town Centre is currently already experiencing significant development pressures - independent of a decision on the potential Olympic Dam mine expansion - it is important that action is taken now to ensure future development is well managed and results in a sound and vibrant outcome.

To ensure this, the Roxby Downs Council had requested the Minister for Urb an Development and Planning prepare a new zoning plan for the Town Centre.

The period for written submissions on the new draft plan opened on 19th April and closed on the 19th June.

A formal public hearing was held on July the 4th.

Above: Belinda Flood says goodbye.

Goodbye to the Flood family Roxby Downs will lose another of its long term local families soon, the Flood family is moving to the Riverland.

“We’ve been here for 12 years, it is time to move on, it will be good to be closer to family,” Belinda Flood said.

“Roxby has certainly grown since we came, and lost a little of that small town feel.

“I’ve loved living here, it has been the experience of a lifetime.

“I’ve made great friends, raised

two children and worked for ten years at the Chinese restaurant.

“I will miss my customers, my fellow workers and my friends.

“Thanks to the Roxby Downs Childcare, Kindy and the Area School for helping raise my children.

“Goodbye to the girls, thanks for the cuppas,” she said.

The Floods will leave Roxby Downs at the end of the school year.

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More than 60,000 Australians were killed, including 45,000 who died on the Western Front in France and Belgium and more than 8,000 who died on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey.

In Australia and other allied countries, including New Zealand, Canada and the United States, 11 November became known as Armistice Day - a day to remember those who died in World War I. The day continues to be commemorated in Allied countries.

After World War II the Australian Government agreed to the United Kingdom’s proposal that Armistice Day be renamed Remembrance Day to commemorate those who were killed in both World Wars.

Today the loss of Australian lives from all wars and conflicts is commemorated on Remembrance Day. In October 1997 the GovernorGeneral issued a Proclamation declaring 11 November as Remembrance Day - a day to remember the sacrifice of those who have died for Australia in wars and conflicts.

Alliance One’s record profits Roxby’s own Alliance One Credit Union has gone from strength to strength in the last twelve months, with profits from the last financial year of more than $1 million dollars.

“As a mutual organisation, Alliance One is owned by its members, which requires our focus to be on returning the benefits to our members and the community,” Chief Executive of Alliance One Phil Lynch said.

“Alliance One is completely local to the region with an extremely strong connection in Roxby Downs through the employment of five local management and staff, a branch at Richardson Place and nearly 1000 members.

“We are in your community, we play local sport, we shop at the same places you do and we volunteer at local events.

“Everyone in the Roxby Downs community would know someone that does or has worked at Alliance One, and that’s what being local is all about,” he

said.

Since its establishment in 1998 Alliance One’s membership has grown by almost 50 per cent, it has funded over $130 million worth of loans and is managing assets of $137 million.

According to Alliance One it contributes more than $200,000 a year to Roxby’s economy, through local employment, sponsorship and use of local businesses.

Mr Lynch said the success of the Community Partnerships Program, through which a number of volunteer organisations in Roxby Downs received grants this year, has been one of the highlights of the year.

“Alliance One to date has provided over $17,000 in funding to community projects, funding that would not have otherwise been received by local organisations and charities in support of the valuable services they provide,” he said.

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Remembrance Day is the day Australians remember those who have died in war.

In 1918 the armistice that ended World War I came into force, bringing to an end four years of hostilities that saw 61,919 Australians die at sea, in the air, and on foreign soil.

Few Australian families were left untouched by the events of World War I - ‘the war to end all wars’ most had lost a father, son, daughter, brother, sister or friend.

At 11am on 11 November we pause to remember the sacrifice of those men and women who have died or suffered in wars and conflicts and all those who have served during the past 100 years.

In Roxby Downs a Remembrance Day service will be held at 10.50am at the memorial in Richardson Place.

The local Scout troop will be involved and wreaths will be laid with a minute’s silence being observed at 11am.

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What is meant by ‘In Camera’?

I had to contemplate this issue when the recent Community Board meeting went ‘in camera’ to discuss the right of veto with the council Administrator Bill Boehm.

The context, the subject and the debate had been in the public domain since June and reported extensively by this newspaper.

Why then all of a sudden should the media and hence the public be excluded from the debate?

Normally matters go ‘in camera’ where if discussed in open session it would undermine the Council’s deliberative processes or would result in the disclosure of conclusions or rationales before the Council has formally decided the matter.

Other reasons include matters subject to legal professional privilege or any other legally recognized privilege where discussion of such matters in open session would compromise the continued applicability of the privilege and any contractual

and procurement matters where discussion of such matters in open session would compromise the board’s or council’s business objectives or negotiating strategy.

‘In camera’ sessions can also be held where staffing matters concerning a specific individual are discussed or any matter that may reveal commercial or financial information obtained from a third person or entity.

As well investigations, disciplinary action or pending or contemplated enforcement action against a person or organisation can go ‘in camera’ as can any information where disclosure would constitute a breach of privacy.

These are the normal bounds for holding any debate ‘in camera’.

But for the Board to enact this at its latest meeting doesn’t appear to fulfill the criteria I’ve just mentioned because the issue has been in the public domain for the past five months.

‘In Camera’ sessions can’t be reported or divulged to the public, they are confidential.

So what happened in that meeting? What was said?

We’ll never know because of the privilege that covers ‘in camera’ sessions.

The only debate we can bring to you is what occurred during the open session as reported in our Page 3 story.

I’ve known in the past for ‘in camera’ sessions to be pulled on the media to stifle public debate on an issue. But I’ve found this process only fuels gossip, rumor and innuendo.

The other extraordinary event on that night of the Board meeting was early on before the debate started.

It was the call by the Administrator to follow ‘Due Process’ as part of good governance. That was his reason for not taking part in the open debate.

However when the meeting went ‘in camera’ normally all people not appointed to the Board have to leave.

But that wasn’t the case here.

The council’s Community consultant Ray Goldie and an observer with BHP Billiton, the company’s Vice-president of HSEC John Hatty, remained in the ‘in camera’ session.

Now I ask the question about due process and good governance. Was it followed?

Letters to the Editor Letter to the Editor In response to the story for the film ‘A Hard Rain’ (The Roxby Downs Sun Newspaper - 1 November): The film ‘A Hard Rain’ includes some unsupported and incorrect statements about radiation effects and risks.

By way of background I have worked in radiation protection for almost 20 years including working in uranium mining, nuclear technology and the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.

As such I feel an obligation to correct attempts to create unnecessary fear in the Roxby Downs community. To assist in supporting my statements I have included links to the premier radiation scientific bodies in the world.

The effects of radiation have been subject to rigorous scientific study over the last hundred years.

The body responsible is the International Commission on Radiological Protection (www.icrp.org). This organisation of international radiation scientists reviews all the available information and makes recommendations on radiation protection.

BHP Billiton fully complies with all the recommendations in providing radiation protection to its employees and the public.

The recommendations are law in

South Australia and most of the rest of the world.

‘A Hard Rain’ asserts that an annual radiation dose of one millisievert (mSv) is dangerous but this is not supported by scientific evidence. The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (www.unscear.org) reviews how much radiation occurs naturally from the world around us.

UNSCEAR states that worldwide natural background levels average at 2.4 mSv/y and have a normal range between 1 and 10 mSv/y.

In Australia, including at Roxby Downs, our natural background doses are at the lower end of the scale with an average of 1.5 mSv/y as determined by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (www.arpansa.gov.au).

I am personally proud of radiation protection at Olympic Dam and moved to Roxby as I know it is a great area to bring up my son (and soon another child) as well as being a safe one.

I also believe the community should have access to credible information about the impacts of the work they do on the town in which we live.

Frank Harris Statutory Radiation Safety Officer BHP Billiton - Olympic Dam

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Above: Long time Roxby Downs residents, Marcy and Faye Fernandez, celebrating Marcy’s 50th birthday with a party at their home recently.

AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS 2008 Nominations are now invited for the 2008 Australia Day Awards

These Awards are provided by the National Australia Day Council through the Australia Day Council of South Australia Inc. and are administered by Local Government Authorities throughout Australia.

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Roxby Downs is a unique and wonderful place to live, work and raise a family. Council believes this to be a direct result of ordinary people within our community accomplishing and achieving extraordinary things.

Now is your opportunity to identify those people within our community who, over the past twelve months have made an outstanding contribution, and/or have given outstanding service to the Roxby Downs and Olympic Dam communities over a number of years.

Community events are those that galvanise the entire community and showcase Roxby Downs and Olympic Dam as the positive place that we all cherish may also be recognised.

Nominations forms are available from the Council Ofce, Richardson Place, Roxby Downs or by Fax on 8671 0452 or email roxby@roxbycouncil.com.au Nominations Close at 5.00 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 and will be received and considered in strictest condence.

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On the verge of remote mining

A major research area of CSIRO’s Minerals Down Under is expected to focus on transforming mining by developing and introducing automated technologies.

The main goals of this sector of work include removing workers from risky areas, making mines of the future more efficient, and finding ways to access resources that are currently ‘stranded’ due to geological or other constraints.

One of the most exciting projects in this field is ROES, a new mining method being developed by CSIRO in collaboration with Orica Mining Services.

ROES is being developed as a more economic and safer way of mining orebody types that use drill and blast for rock fragmentation within a stope.

ROES has been developed to solve many OH&S issues, reduce mining costs, and reduce the time to bring ore on-line and shift marginal mineralised zones from resource to reserve.

It seeks to remove operators to safer locations and improve operator and equipment utilisation through the removal of travel time.

It also aims to improve mining performance by more accurate control over drilling and blasting, and by responding

faster and more accurately to changes in rock conditions within the stope.

It will be able to measure changes in rock during mining and alert operators immediately, thereby avoiding long delays and maximizing efficiency.

A Research Leader with CSIRO Exploration & Mining , Jock Cunningham, said the potential benefits of ROES are significant.

“First of all it offers greatly improved safety as mining staff can operate outside zones of elevated risk, controlling the machines remotely,” he said.

According to Senior Research Engineer, Ian Gipps, who has under-

taken the ROES mine Designs: “the automation will also mean improved drilling and blasting performance and a reduction in the amount of time it takes to bring ore on-stream.

“Several studies have been completed and are underway comparing ROES to existing open stoping methods, and they indicate that our system can offer a reduction of about 50 percent in the amount of tunneling required to access applicable orebodies.

“This conservatively results in a reduction of 10-20 per cent in mining cost/tonne as first order savings,” he said.

“The main feature of ROES is that it involves principally vertical or inclined access to the orebody rather than lateral access.

“This allows reductions in development metres required, smaller average development profiles and more efficient and effective use of development in both tonnes per metre and total metres.

“ROES will also provide remote controlled and ‘real-time’ survey options so that blasting patterns and stope shape can be modified easily during the production cycle if required,” Mr Gipps said

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xiana claims that it is continuing to find significant copper and gold mineralisation at its Prominent Hill mine just north of Roxby Downs.

In its quarterly report just released the company says it is continuing to identify this mineralisation below its currently outlined open-pit mine which includes results such as 87 metres at 1.2% copper and 21 metres at 3.7% copper.

The company says following on

from significant exploration success, studies to expand the Prominent Hill operation via underground mining has commenced.

Mining was ahead of schedule with more overburden being removed which means the main Prominent Hill ore body will now be reached within days, two months ahead of schedule.

Early work on expansion studies has suggested that development of the underground mine could commence as early as the last quarter of 2008 with a 1-2 million tonnes per annum underground operation producing

from late 2011.

This material will supplement the 8 million tonnes per annum open pit operation and add to copper and gold production.

The company says construction activity on its process plant and infrastructure development increased throughout the quarter with more than 500 people on site by the end of September.

During the September quarter work started on construction of the tailings dam.

Concrete construction for the

processing plant proceeded well with major pours completed for the mill pedestals, crusher, stockpile reclaim tunnel, slabs in the concentrate storage area and foundations for the flotation area.

Oxiana told the Stock Exchange that drilling beneath the western end of the currently planned open pit has now reached depths of approximately 1200m below the surface.

This early stage drilling has identified an extensive zone of predominantly gold mineralisation, with copper, which appears to thicken with depth.

These results have indicated the potential for a bulk caving operation which could extend mine life out to 2030.

Drilling in the second half of 2007 on Program Two is designed to identify an Inferred Resource over a vertical extent of 500m and a strike length of 600m.

These early estimates are based on drilling to the western end of the currently planned pit.

Drilling beneath the eastern end of the pit is the focus for the second half of 2007.

As far as further exploration is concerned the company says four holes have tested areas several hundred metres immediately west of the Prominent Hill deposit beneath broad intervals of anomalous copper and narrow high grade gold intersected in previous drilling.

Development drilling programs focussed on improved definition of the resource below the current open pit to support studies into concurrent underground mining at Prominent Hill.

Phase one of the definition drilling is complete and the results are currently being used to re-estimate the resource for underground mining evaluation Deep extensions of thick, mineralised hematite breccias characteristic of the

Prominent Hill Shear Zone mineralisation and adjacent ore domains have continued to produce significant results throughout the quarter.

Grade continuity has been demonstrated within these domains.

Mineralisation has been confirmed over a vertical extent greater than 1km.

The company is undertaking extensive exploration within the region.

Its Minotaur – Oxiana Generative Alliance is drill testing a gravity anomaly at the Trumpeter prospect, 40km to the NE of Prominent Hill, intersected basement at 1045m. Drilling is continuing.

Drilling of various gravity and magnetic targets at Deception Hill, approximately 100km to the SW of Prominent Hill, did not intersect any significant mineralisation.

All targets have been tested and assay results are pending.

Construction of the powerline from Olympic Dam was ongoing with most of the tower foundations completed and construction of the towers underway.

D ur ing the quar ter O xiana announced plans for studies to investigate expanding and extending mine life at Prominent Hill beyond the currently defined 10 year pit.

A 12 month exploration drilling program has focused on identifying new resources from the western end of the deposit and clearly indicates the mineralisation is more extensive than outlined in the June 2006 Resources Statement.

Following this exploration success, two follow up drilling programs for 2007 will form the basis of studies to expand and extend the current mine life through the potential development of a concurrent underground mining operation immediately beneath the pit followed by a high tonnage caving operation at depth.

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Currently under construction, the Prominent Hill copper and gold operation in South Australia is due to commence production in 2008. Prominent Hill is located 650 kilometres north west of Adelaide and 130 kilometres south east of Coober Pedy.

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After a trip to Broken Hill by the founder, George Adie Noble, an interest in supplying mining equipment was soon developed.

Wire rope was imported from the United Kingdom, which was the basis for Noble’s growth.

In 1957, Nobles in Adelaide became the first Australian Wire Rope distributor to manufacture Talurit mechanically spliced slings.

In 1961, this business was developed in Melbourne, while tensile testing of wire rope, slings and other lifting gear became established.

In 1969, Nobles purchased an engineering business and concentrated on items for the offshore and mining industries.

Through the 1970’s and 1980’s the company established operations in Perth and Karratha in Western Australia.

Nobles took over the lifting gear operations of Spear & Jackson in Brisbane and Sydney in May 1983.

In 1987 a branch was estab-

Downs (1997), Port Lincoln (1999), Newcastle (2002), Port Hedland (2004), and Mackay (2007).

Nobles now have fourteen branches throughout Australia.

The mining industry has played a large part in Noble’s progress. The company has supplied wire ropes, Reliance Hexham suspension gear and other shaft equipment to all major areas of underground mining.

In the open cut areas Nobles have supplied drag line productivity monitors, as well as wire ropes.

With increased requirement for larger lifting gear, Nobles, in 1978-80 built a 2,500 tonne swaging press to manufacture wire rope slings up to 203mm in diameter.

A 1,000 tonne capacity machine was also built and commissioned for the testing of heavy lift slings and associated rigging.

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We now have two full time personnel based in Roxby Downs, with regular support from Adelaide.

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Nickel in the block The remote northwest corner of South Australia known as the Musgraves has the potential to emerge as a significant nickel province in the medium term, according to Adelaide-based explorer, Mithril Resourcres Limited.

Addressing the recent 2007 Paydirt Australian Nickel Conference, Mithril Resources’ Managing Director, Graham Ascough, said much of the Musgraves acreage had been locked away since the 1980s to

modern day exploration, due to access issues.

“While the Musgraves takes in the area around the intersection of the SA, WA and NT borders, the SA section lies almost entirely in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjara (“APY”) lands,” Mr Ascough said.

“The granting of four mineral tenements has provided Mithril with initial exploration access to its strategic exploration land holding in the region.

“The Musgraves in South Australia is a large underexplored or greenfield block of Protoerozoic-aged rocks comprising a diversity of geological environments,” he said.

“It has a number of known nickel sulphide occurrences associated with the extensive mafic-ultramafic intrusions of the Giles Complex but has been basically unexplored and not subjected to modern day exploration techniques and concepts”.

Above: Darren Smith and Rami Tabet outside the new GHD office in Roxby Downs.

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GHD is an international professional services company delivering sustainable solutions.

GHD’s South Australian office led the BHP Billiton pre-feasibility study for a large desalination plant to provide water to the proposed Olympic Dam mine expansion.

GHD is also the lead consultant on the $600 million expansion of facilities at Edinburgh RAAF base for the new Hardened and Networked Army Regiment.

This is the Department of Defence’s largest infrastructure consultancy contract.

GHD’s SA operations provide a broad range of services to clients within the state and elsewhere.

GHD has been delivering sustainable solutions to clients in South Australia for over ten years.

The SA business has nearly doubled in size over the past two years and now has more than 180 staff.

Last year, GHD expanded its SA business with the opening of an office in Mt Gambier.

More recently, GHD was welcomed locally at an event on 11 October 2007. The event was held at the Roxby Downs Bowls Club and marked the official opening of GHD’s third South Australian office.

GHD Office Manager for Roxby Downs, Darren Smith explains why Roxby Downs was chosen as the place to continue this expansion.

“GHD has been providing services to Roxby Downs, Olympic Dam, Andamooka, Woomera and Port Augusta for ten years from Adelaide.

“We saw the opportunity to further build our business in this region by having a dedicated, local presence,” Mr Smith said.

“This started when Rami Tabet and his wife, Celia, moved here earlier this year in April and was continued by the opening of our office at 1/14 Tutop Street.”

Mr Smith moved to Roxby Downs from Adelaide with his wife, Susie, and two small children. Talking about how his family are adjusting in their new home, Mr Smith said: “We have all been made to feel welcome by the local community.

“Our office-opening event was well attended by community, industry and business members with their families and was our first opportunity to meet everyone.”

GHD was a recent sponsor of the Roxby Downs Career Expo and the company is keen to undertake more activities in the community with sponsorships of local schools, including career mentoring planned.

When asked what services GHD will be able to offer from their new office, Mr Smith said: “Our local office offers the full range of GHD services - we are the gateway to all that GHD can deliver.

“With the support of our Adelaide office, clients can be assured that they have access to all of GHD’s skills.”

GHD began nearly 80 years ago as an engineering consulting firm in Melbourne.

It has grown to an organisation with more than 5,000 people and offices all over the world. GHD now has architects and interior designers, planners, environmental scientists, project managers as well as specialists in risk, safety, economics and management consulting, in addition to the engineers.

With a local workload including projects for the Olympic Dam mine, Woomera township and the Roxby Downs Council, Mr Smith believes that the growth of GHD’s South Australian business is forecast to continue.

“There are several large projects in development in SA. “The expansion of Olympic Dam mine is of course one of them, but there other mining projects such as Oxiana’s Prominent Hill and Teck Cominco’s Carapateena prospect, that present real opportunities.

“GHD also has an ongoing relationship with the geothermal power providers, Petratherm,” he said.

“We are currently looking for professionals to join our GHD team, both here in Roxby Downs and in our Adelaide office,” Mr Smith continued.

“We are looking to replicate GHD’s success interstate in the mining and resource areas here in South Australia and continue to provide services to our clients such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Alcoa.”

The Roxby Downs office is currently staffed by Mr Smith, Office Manager; Rami Tabet, Project Engineer; Lilliosa Magombedze, Environmental Scientist and Hydrogeologist; and Kaye Doyle, Office Coordinator.

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MINING SKILLED is seeking fully quali¿ed Refrigeration Mechanics to work in Roxby Downs.

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Resources go into the APY M

inister for Mineral Resources Development Paul Holloway said there has been a significant increase in the number of land access approvals for both mineral and petroleum exploration licences in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara (APY) Lands in the past six months.

been made than at any other time since the launch of the Plan for Accelerating Exploration (PACE) initiative in April 2004.

There are now 13 active mineral exploration licenses in the APY Lands, up from only three active mineral exploration licenses in early 2007, and six petroleum exploration license applications, or PELAs, up from just four in early 2007.

The applicants for those PELAs During the past two months, are also close to finalising finance more approvals for mineral for key reflection seismic survey exploration in APY Lands have and deep drilling in the APY Lands

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POSTION VACANT - READVERTISED Municipal Works Officer Directly assist our existing Municipal, Works and Asset / IT Of¿cer’s in the operation of Council’s municipal works maintenance and construction programs for roads, streets, ovals, parks & gardens and waste management.

Supervision of contractors, inspection and regulatory control, OH&S and risk management are key elements.

Experience in works supervision, practical knowledge of plant and machinery together with sound communication skills are desirable.

For a job and person speci¿cation please contact the Council Of¿ce on (08) 8671 0010 or email roxby@roxbycouncil. com.au Applications close Monday 3 December 2007.

Previous applicants need not reapply.

Apprenticeships now available at BHP Billiton. See page 4 for more details.

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The chairman of Geodynamics, Martin Albrecht claims tough decisions made early in the year are now being vindicated as the company forges ahead with its hot rocks development near Innamincka.

In his annual report Mr Albrecht said difficulties encountered in the drilling of Habanero 1& 2 focussed attention on a range of issues that led the company to make a number of courageous decisions, including the basic selection of equipment, well diameter for production wells and execution capabilities required to realise its objectives.

“It is now exciting to observe the progress being made with drilling Habanero 3, with the best in class drilling rig acquired by our Company, combined with the appointment of Easternwell Drilling Services, a preeminent Australian on-shore drilling company,” he said.

“We are mindful that all this has only been possible, by the sustained support of our shareholders (now over 11,400), who seek to make a difference in responding to the global threat of climate change through their investment in our Company.

“A range of share placements, share purchase plans and rights issues over the past five years have raised in excess of $150m.

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ELECTRICAL SERVICES OFFICER ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER – PLANNING AND BUILDING DEVELOPMENT 1 Contract position/1 Fulltime position Due to an existing employee on accouchement leave and following a minor staff reorganisation, Council is seeking the services of up to two (2) energetic persons with appropriate skills to perform the duties of Electrical Services and Administrative Of¿cers.

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Ideally you will need to have excellent customer relations, communication, typing and word processing skills.

Experience in working in an of¿ce environment and with Microsoft applications such as, Word, Excel, and Publisher whilst not essential, will be well regarded.

A Àexible approach to recruitment will be taken.

Interested persons should obtain a copy of the Position Speci¿cations from the Council Of¿ce from Monday 12 November 2007.

08 8671 0010 PO Box 124, Richardson Place Roxby Downs 08 8671 0452 roxby@roxbycouncil.com.au

Closing Date 12 noon December 3, 2007.

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of January 2008,” he said.

“Global human intervention, through the relentless growth in carbon based energy production is now widely accepted as a major contributor to climate change.

“The urgency for a new paradigm in clean energy production is acute and giving rise to unprecedented demand for low emission sources of base load power.”

The Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change, which involves six prominent businesses including the company’s cornerstone partner Origin Energy, released a report in April demonstrating that large early reductions in Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions will lead to increases in economic growth and jobs through to 2050.

“The global economy continues to expand, with pressure on oil, gas and coal commodity prices,” Mr Albrecht said.

“Although constrained by the run-out of long term material supply contracts, the flow-on to correspondingly higher energy prices over this coming decade is inevitable.

“Carbon Taxes are also increasingly likely.

“In this environment the true value and competitiveness of Geodynamics HFR geothermal resources will rapidly gain further recognition, both at home and abroad”, he said.

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Government’s stringent regulation. “This confidence in turn has fostered an improved relationship between the APY and the resources sector,” Mr Holloway said.

“The potential opportunities and benefits for the APY and the State through exploratory activities on these tenements are many and varied ranging from improved community welfare, education, employment, business opportunities and infrastructure for the local communities to wider benefits flowing to the State as a whole”, he said.

Tough decisions for Geodynamics

If interested, please forward your resume along with work references to: Fax: 08 8671 3082 Email: roxby@skilled.com.au

SKILLED are seeking quali¿ed Boilermakers and Fitters to work both on and off site at Olympic Dam. The successful applicants will need to posses the following attributes:

that could lead to further exploration and investment.

Mr Holloway says the activity on these tenements is anticipated to make a significant contribution to the financial stability of APY communities as well as provide a boost to spending on exploration within South Australia.

“The progress made in the past two months can be largely attributed to the increased confidence of the APY communities with the process due to a greater understanding of mineral exploration codes of practice and the

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Steer your career in the right direction GHD is an international professional services company. Our people deliver innovative and sustainable solutions by combining technical skills and experience with an understanding of our client’s objectives and aspirations.

We provide services to clients in South Australia from of¿ces located in Roxby Downs, Adelaide, and Mt Gambier. With over 180 staff in SA, we are involved with major projects in SA, including BHP Billiton’s proposed desalination plant and the Department of Defence Hardened and Networked Army facilities at Edinburgh Parks ($600 million). Our substantial resource base in SA reinforces our ability to deliver major projects with local resources, whilst maintaining access to GHD’s global capabilities.

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Due to internal transfers, promotions, managed growth and a buoyant forward workload in our South Australian business, GHD is looking for a number of dynamic professionals to ¿ll the following positions.

ROXBY DOWNS OFFICE Mining x Project Managers / Controls Managers x Engineers and Scientists (all disciplines) ADELAIDE OFFICE Mining x Service Group Manager, Mining & Industry x Senior Mechanical Design Drafter x Mechanical Engineer x Electrical Engineer Engineering x 12D/MX Civil Designers for Transport and Land Development Groups x Civil Engineer (Pavements/Aviation) x Civil Engineer (Land Development) x Structural Engineer Water x Technical Of¿cer (minimum 5 years experience) x Senior Water/Wastewater Engineer (minimum 7-10 years experience) x Water/Wastewater Engineer Environment x Senior Contaminated Land Engineer/Scientist x Principal Contaminated Land Engineer/Scientist x Senior Environmental Of¿cer

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MINING

Thirty years and still going strong

Roxby Downs and the surrounding area is expected to see some great change over the coming years as the region’s mines are expanded and new ones are developed.

With this change comes a number of considerations, predominately the need for these mines to source suitable major contractors to provide the vast number of services required in the development and operation of a mine.

One contractor already familiar with the challenges a mining boom presents is United Group Resources (UGL Resources).

The company has been working in the industry for more than thirty years and is currently lending its experience to BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam. UGL Resources provides project management and execution, engineering, design, and maintenance management services to Olympic Dam. Like the rest of Australia’s resources industry, UGL Resources has faced

the challenges of finding staff for the Olympic Dam project. Luckily for the team at Olympic Dam, it has access to an extensive national labour pool from UGL Resources’ many locations around the country.

In addition, the team recently used 3D virtual ‘walk-through’ technology known as VirtualVision on the Olympic Dam site to help with engineering being completed by its Perth office.

The capture of the Concentrate Leach tank using VirtualVision enabled engineers to complete their design activity in Perth without having to physically visit the Olympic Dam site.

This allowed BHP Billiton to reduce costs by eliminating accommodation and travel requirements for the UGL Resources engineering team. It also meant UGL Resources had access to key engineering personnel and expertise for the Olympic Dam job who may not have been able to attend site personally.

With approximately 30 personnel and multiple sub contractors working

on site, UGL Resources is aware of its responsibilities to its people in the unique conditions posed by SA’s Far North region.

In addition to a number of different health and safety programs used by UGL Resources across Australia and New Zealand, one particular initiative being rolled out specifically for the Olympic Dam team is ‘Operation Heat Smart’.

This program will provide all UGL Resources staff with heat and sun protection education and equipment, including drink bottles with specially insulated covers to keep them cool in the soaring temperatures of this region. The program has also introduced Health and Safety policies which protect the workforce in hot weather.

As our region prepares for an influx of mining industry workers and contractors like UGL Resources, it is satisfying to know that they bring with them experience in both getting the job done and in providing high quality Health and Safety support to employees.

Bright future for Olympic Dam The future has never looked more exciting at BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam, Australia’s largest single underground mine and minerals processing operation.

A copper/uranium mine, Olympic Dam is located 560 kilometres north of Adelaide and processes ore through to final, refined products of international standing, all on the one site.

Today around 3,200 people work at Olympic Dam, equally divided between BHP Billiton employees and contractors. It is a diverse workforce with more than 35 different nationalities represented.

With each part of the process occurring at our site – from mining the ore in our underground operation, to producing our four final products of refined copper cathode, uranium oxide, gold and silver – there are a huge range of job opportunities available.

And, with an expansion study currently underway, there could be a massive increase in our workforce in the near future.

From entry level roles such as process technicians (who have responsibility for monitoring the production process to maximise plant utilisation and metal recovery) right through to university-qualified roles, there is something for everyone at Olympic Dam. The first stop for job-seekers is the jobs section of the BHP Billiton website, http://jobs. bhpbilliton.com.

This is where you can search for jobs available at Olympic Dam (as well as BHP Billiton sites around the world), register for a job alert to let you know when roles become available, and also lodge job applications online.

It’s also a good idea to keep an eye on our local newspapers, as we will advertise positions vacant

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CEG is supporting the mining industry through the provision and management of quality apprentices for tomorrow’s future workforce Roxby Downs Phil Lacey Ph: 8671 3033 / 0407 945 191 phil.lacey@ceg.net.au

Head Ofce Whyalla Ph: 8645 3033 Fax: 8645 3718

Supporting the Australian Resources Industry

from time to time.

Locally, Career Employment Group (CEG) assists with our apprentice program, which gives apprentices a wide exposure to various parts of our operation through a structured rotation plan.

We offer apprenticeships in a range of trades including electrical, diesel fitting, mechanical, auto electrical, fabrication, instrumentation, radio technology and bricklaying trades.

Contact CEG in Roxby Downs for more information about prerequisites and how to apply.

BHP Billiton is the world’s largest diversified resources company with some 39,000 employees working in more than 100 operations in 25 countries around the globe.

A role at Olympic Dam could be a stepping stone into a career working just about anywhere in the world!

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There is also new wool carpet in the spacious bedrooms.

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Arts & Youth News Growing up Arts Matters too quickly

By Rodney Mitchell

Above: Jamie-Lee Oldfield with her exhibition last year.

Roxby’s young artists The Art Gallery at the Cultural Precinct has had some red hot exhibitions this year, and the next one will be no different.

Due to be hung early this month is the RDAS Senior Art Exhibition.

Arts Development Officer for the Roxby Downs Council and Country Arts SA, Rodney Mitchell said the chance to exhibit in a public gallery can be an important milestone in the life of a young artist.

“These senior art exhibitions give DECS moderators a chance to see students’ work in the best possible light,” Mr Mitchell said.

“Students receive valuable experience in working as a team to hang the work in a way that showcases it at its best and it

gives teachers a chance to discuss issues to do with the presentation of the work as part of the students’ art curriculum.

“The experience of showing their work in a gallery can be an important milestone in the development of a professional artist or art student.

“Jamie Lee Oldfield who exhibited last year got very high marks indeed.

“I think that exhibiting as part of a group show puts the students on their mettle.

“It can also overcome some of those first fears anyone has about showing deeply personal work to a wider audience,” he said.

The RDAS Senior Art Exhibition will be on show in the gallery in November.

A joint study by the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the University of Washington has found that almost 4% of 12-to-15-year olds deliberately harm themselves each year.

The study found 5% of females had deliberately self-harmed during puberty compared to 2.2% of males.

More than 3300 American and Australian secondary school students participated in the study which was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The participants were asked if they had ever deliberately hurt themselves or done anything they knew would harm or even kill them, with 3.7% admitting to episodes of deliberate self-harm.

Deliberate self-harm is considered to be a key risk factor for suicide in adolescents.

The research findings show that puberty is a major factor driving the risk for self-harm.

The risks were found to be over four-fold higher once a young person had reached late puberty.

The biggest rise in self-harm across puberty was in cutting or self-poisoning by females.

“This study has important implications for the prevention of and early intervention for self-harm in teenagers,” Professor George Patton from Murdoch Childrens who led the research said.

“It’s the young people who were growing up too quickly who were at most risk.

“This group were far more likely to be sexually active, using alcohol and other drugs and had the kinds of emotional problems that suggest they were not coping well with their lifestyle.”

Above: Two scary dudes, Kane and Billy.

Below: All dressed up for Halloween, Liam, Jessica, Nellie and Louella.

It was a full moon and Saturday was windswept and dusty. I was thanking the Lord we weren’t out wrestling with the Cheeseboy tent. There had been plans to bring Slingsby Theatre’s tent show here on the Friday night.

They were to produce their new play The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy in their fantastic new tent which was to stand adjacent to the Lions Skate Park as the full moon danced on the horizon.

The show has been postponed till next year. Slingsby encountered some problems bumping the show into the tent. It’s a circular tent that becomes a hundred seat theatre, dust proof and inflated with cool air. But the sound of the air coming into the tent was drowning out the actors’ voices.

As I listened to the wind, I was very glad the tent show postponed their Parks Alive gig. As it was the event went ahead with the staging of a mini concert, a botanic walk and a sausage sizzle and cramming it all into a window of opportunity on the Sunday morning.

The North wind had blown all Saturday and into the night. In the morning it was calm until midday. It was the first day of daylight saving. When I arrived at the park a group of about 14 people were walking off with Phil Barron from the SA Arid Lands Management Board.

Phil has promised to come back again one month after our next rain. The Red Earth Band set up alongside the barbeque and by the time the walkers returned an hour or so later we were cooking along quite nicely. The cricketers were playing, kids were using the batting nets, and the skaters were skating and the toddlers toddling. All was right with the world. What better way to celebrate our wonderful Council Park?

People from all over the State were doing the same thing. Not all of them were as lucky as we there in our beautifully maintained family park right in the heart of the desert.

Then the wind came in again from the west and all the dust came back the other way. They have a season like this in the Top End. They call it knock ‘em down season.

Since then St. Barbara’s have produced a great family play in the auditorium. Congratulations to all the staff and students and volunteers who made that happen.

We are blessed with local theatre in Roxby Downs and region. The Arts and Culture Forum are looking forward to helping to produce more local drama in 2008 and I am very pleased to learn that we now have an independently operated dance school for kids between 2 and 8 years old.

The October Arts and Culture Forum meeting heard our Leisure Centre Manager outline plans for imminent renovations to Dunes Café. He also sought Forum input regarding other renovations around the Precinct.

The sky’s the limit when community volunteers and Council Management get round the table and work together.

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Above: Alyssia, Ebony and Alyshia at Halloween.

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Monday 7 - 10am 11 - 12pm 12 - 1pm 1 - 2pm 2 - 3pm 3 - 5pm 5 - 6pm 8 - 9pm

Easy listening music Easy listening music NOT QUITE COUNTRY with Wendy Easy listening music Easy listening music ROXFM’S YOUTH PRESENTERS DRIVE TIME KIWI SHOW with Lyn

Tuesday 11.30 - 12pm 12 - 1pm 2 - 3pm 3 - 5pm 5 - 6pm 6 - 7pm 7 - 8pm

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Wednesday 7 - 9.30am 10-12pm 1 - 2pm 2 - 3pm 3 - 5pm 5 - 6pm 7 - 8pm 8 - 9pm

Easy listening music Easy listening music NEW COUNTRY with Wendy WHAT’S COOKING AT THE CLUB ROXFM’S YOUTH PRESENTERS NEW ANNOUNCERS with Ben LATIN ROCK with Jariel and Jarvier COUNTRY with Lyn

Thursday 11.30 - 12pm 12 - 1pm 3 - 5pm 4pm 5 - 6pm 7 - 8pm 8 - 10pm

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Written by Michelle Hales

recently had the privilege ers to participating, these include pursue this as part of my community of attending a reception at shiftwork and not being able to find development role.

Government House where I babysitters.

The Conference/Expo included Finding solutions will not be easy a mass photo call of volunteers and met the Governor and his wife.

This event was held to mark the 25th anniversary of Volunteering SA. Taking over from Marjorie Jackson-Nelson as the new patron of Volunteering SA, the Governor spoke about the importance of volunteering to the South Australian community and the vital role that Volunteering SA has played in supporting volunteering organisations.

The organisation has been instrumental in advancing volunteering in South Australia by lobbying governments and representing the state’s interests at a national level.

The reception coincided with my visit to Adelaide to speak at the State Volunteering Conference/Expo which was held at the Entertainment Centre on October 19.

I spoke about the challenges facing volunteering organisations in Roxby Downs. These challenges arise because of the way our population is distributed.

Only 1.4% of our population is aged over 60 and retired people are traditionally a large force in volunteering organisations.

Local residents face other barri-

but I believe one area of opportunity is non working mums who are available between the hours of 10 am and 2pm.

These hours will not impinge on other commitments like dropping off the kids at school and picking them up in the afternoon. I hope to

volunteer managers who all dressed in red. The aim of the photo was to demonstrate the force of volunteering in this State.

Below: The “Big V” formed by volunteers and volunteer managers recently. Photo courtesy of Volunteering SA.

Lung cancer, it’ll take your breath away

Seven thousand Australians die of are diagnosed with lung cancer “Anyone with concerns about lung cancer every year, according each year,” TCCSA Chief Executive such symptoms should call 13 11 to The Cancer Council.

Associate Professor Brenda Wilson 20 during the Lung Cancer Call-in It is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia and more than 75 per cent of all cases are caused by smoking.

In Roxby Downs, as in much of rural Australia, it can be difficult to access specialists, so The Cancer Council SA has organised a Lung Cancer Call-in today (Thursday) from 6pm to 9pm.

“More than 700 South Australians

said.

“Prevention is paramount, but should not be the only approach.

“To improve lung cancer outcomes we also have to focus on improving both survival and quality of life,” she said.

Lung cancer symptoms include persistent coughing, shortness of breath, blood stained phlegm, chest pains and bouts of pneumonia or bronchitis.

or see their GP,” Associate Professor Wilson said.

“We encourage all people concerned about lung cancer to phone the call-in and take the opportunity to put their questions to lung cancer experts,” she said.

The Lung Cancer Call-in lines will be manned by lung cancer specialists and nurses.

Call 13 11 20 to access this special TCCSA service.

Above: Tina Swann, showing the UnderCoverWear, Cancer Council tees.

Supporting the cause Local businesswoman Tina Swann has been at it again, selling t-shirts to raise funds for The Cancer Council.

“I had my first UnderCoverWear tshirt drive for TCC last year and it was such a success I thought I’d do it again,” Mrs Swann said.

As an UnderCoverWear consultant Mrs Swann is in good company when it comes to supporting TCC. UnderCoverWear’s Supporting the Cause T-Shirts were designed to raise funds for breast cancer support. $10 from every shirt sold goes to TCC. So far UnderCoverWear has raised more than $1 million.

Last year Mrs Swann sold more than 100 t-shirts, a feat she is hoping to match again this year.

“I have sold about 40 shirts so far, so

that is $400 for TCC,” she said.

“I still have plenty in stock in sizes 8 – 26 and can order more if needed.”

Mrs Sw ann w a s p ar t of an UnderCoverWear contingent that visited TCC’s head office in Sydney earlier this year and she said she was blown away by what they do.

“I got to see where our money goes and it was just amazing,” she said.

“The funds go back to the state they were raised in to provide support and counselling, TCC is trying to get more people on the ground out in the field.

“I came away feeling very impressed by what they do and what my fundraising helps to accomplish,” she said.

To purchase a Supporting the Cause T-Shirt and support The Cancer Council, contact Tina Swann on 0417 820 846.

Upcoming meetings...

Sports & Recreation Forum Family & Youth Forum Environment Forum Volunteering Partnership Alcohol & Substance Abuse Community Board

13 November 13 November 14 November 19 November 4 December 26 November

6.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 6.00pm 7.30pm

Under discussion...

Volunteering -

Planning for National Volunteer Week, May 2008

Alcohol & SA -

Alcohol and Sport

To advertise upcoming discussions for your Forum/Partnership, phone Michelle Thomas on 8671 2683.

Meetings held Above: Helen Edwards and Teya Dunn at the Girl’s Night In held recently.

Pink dollars

The tallies are in for Girl’s Night In at the movies and congratulations must go to all involved, over $1,000 was raised for The Cancer Council South Australia.

“On behalf of Community Health at the Roxby Downs Health Services and the Red Sands Foundation, I would like to thank the local businesses and the women who were able to join in the fun at the Girl’s Night In

held at the movies last month,” event organiser Petra Noble said.

“You helped to raise an astounding $1037.00 to aid in research for breast cancer.

“Everyone looked as though they were having a fun night.

“I have heard that everyone who went enjoyed the evening and the movie,” she said.

Ms Noble would like to thank the

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Red Sands

Environment Forum

Volunteering Partnership

Sport and Recreation Forum Arts and Culture Forum Community members wishing to have input to discussions at Community Board meetings must notify Executive Officer, Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818 prior to the meeting date.

Please note: Forums (Excluding Health and the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Partnership) are open to the general public. The Community Board encourage all members of the community to attend and participate.

For further information on any of the Forums or Partnerships please contact Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818.

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7pm - 9pm

Friday November 9th Roxby Downs Bowls Club Night Owls 8pm

Nippy Gym - Auditorium 9.30am - 11.30am

Saturday November 10th Roxby and Districts Cricket Association Wanderers v Olympic Dam at Roxby Downs 8.30am

HEALTH Roxby Downs Family Practice Phone 8671 3231 Roxby Downs Medical Practice Normal hours 9:00am-5:00pm Saturday morning by appointment only. Phone 8671 1900

Saturday night Woomera v Rogues at Woomera 5.30pm Monday, November 12th Karate Auditorium Colts (Age 5-12) 6pm Juniors/Adults 6:45pm Contact Tracey Fouet 0400 894 429

Eyebus Woomera November 14th Andamooka November 15th Roxby Downs November 15th

In the Roxby Downs Hospital Seminar Room.

8671 9020 Crisis Care Counselling Uniting Care Wesley Port Augusta Regional Women’s and Children’s Support Services call 1800 655 716 or call the crisis care line on 13 16 11.

For immediate response if feeling stressed call 0428 326 529 to speak with a counsellor 24/7

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT Every Week Visitor Information Centre 8.30 - 5.00 Mon-Fri 9.00am - 3.00pm Sat 9.00am - 2.00pm Sun Phone 8671 2001

Visiting Allied Health Service Occupational Therapist Speech Pathologist Dietician Podiatrist

Indoor soccer 6 -7pm Volleyball 7pm - 9pm Tuesday, November 13th Squash 7pm - 10pm Come-n-try soccer 3.30pm -5.30pm indoor soccer 6pm - 7pm

Hearing Services November 15th - 9.00am - 2.30pm For an appointment call 1800 006 303

ladies Social Basketball 8.45am - 10am Wednesday, November 14th Karate Auditorium

Roxby Downs Community Health Swimming Group for Mums With Prams every Friday morning Swimming pool 9am - 10am

Colts (Age 5-12) 6pm Juniors/Adults 6:45pm Contact Tracey Fouet 0400 894 429

Australian Breastfeeding Association Roxby Downs Branch Friday’s 9.30am - 11am coffee morning Dunes Cafe

Women’s & Mixed netball 6pm - 9.30pm Thursday, November 15th Indoor Soccer Leisure Centre Social matches from 6pm All welcome Contact Kenton Maloney 0408 797 158

Doctors’ New Specialised Drug Telephone Number for Medicare Use. 1800 700 270 Weight Loss Support Group Tuesday Nights.

Weigh in 6pm Group Time 6:30pm – 7pm

Karate 6pm -8.30pm Squash

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Coffee Mornings for Families Meet and chat for all families.

New comers especially welcome.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Every Friday Playgroup Roxby Downs Kindergarten Phone 86710455 Every Sunday Raptors Cycling Club Social Bike riding group from 8am Contact Daryl Wake 0408 118 685 Roxby Downs Market Days November 17th 2008 February 16th March 15th May 17th June 21st August 16th September 20th October 18th November 15th

Cultural & Leisu re Precinct Movies Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday (see schedule below) Phone 8671 2001

Child Adolescent Mental Health Services For appointments phone 1800 819089

11.am at the Dunes Café.

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

Roxby Downs Childcare Monday - Friday 6.30am-5.30pm Phone 8671 0911 for details

Community members welcome to attend any meeting of the Roxby Downs Community Board.

Gym Cultural & Leisure Precinct Monday to Friday 6 am-12pm & 4pm - 9 pm Saturday 8-12pm Sunday 11-2pm Phone 86710500

November 26th - 9.30am- 11:00am Normal weight gains Roxby Downs Health Seminar Room

Roxby Downs Community Library Monday to Friday 8.30-5.00pm Saturday 9.00-12pm.

Phone 8671 0660 for more information.

Sport & Recreation Forum November 13th 7pm at the Community Club

Toddlers Story Time Fun for young children and mums Roxby Downs Library Richardson Place Tuesdays 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Community Board November 26th - 7.30pm Council boardroom

Family & Youth Forum November 13th 7.30pm Environment Forum November 14th 7.30pm Volunteering Partnerships November 19th 7.30pm

Playgroup St Barbara’s Parish School Phone Jakki 86712323

Alcohol & Substance Abuse December 4th 6pm

Roxby Downs Health Services Coffee Mornings, Thursdays 9.30am to

For further details on Community matters call Michelle Hales on

Mt Dare Hotel Open every day 8:00am -9:00pm, 7 days.

School Terms 2007 October 15-December 14 2007 Art Gallery Exhibitions November RDAS Year 12 Art Exhibition RDAS Year 12 Students November 23 - December 14 Festival of Xmas Trees RD Library December 14 – Jan 20 Collectanea Various artists from the Clay Collective January 4 - 25 Burning South (Photographs) RFDS 4wd Mystery Tag Along Tour Sunday November 18th Contact Cherie Gaskin 86712924 Woolbalers B&S Ball 2007 Glendambo Racecourse 8pm Saturday November 24th Recovery 10am Sunday Roxby’s Local Toy Run Sunday November 18th Assemble Richardson Place at 1pm Bring a Toy for the ride to Andamooka Soul Food A unique combination of quiet live music and inspirational readings from different faiths and deeper wisdom from all over the world Sunday November 11th 11am Cultural complex Art Gallery The Outback 2007 International Dinner Saturday 17th November 6.30pm to 10.30pm St Barbara’s School Courtyard 3 course meal provided and bar. $40 family or $15 adult contact Fr Brian on 86713207

ROXBY DOWNS CULTURAL & LEISURE PRECINCT REGULAR SCHEDULE Cultural Precinct Visitors Information centre Dunes café Art Gallery Open Mon – Fri 8.30am – 5pm Sat - 9.00am - 3.00pm Sun - 9.00am – 2.00pm Leisure Centre Gymnasium Mon – Fri 6am – 12pm 4pm - 9pm Saturday 8am - 12pm Sunday 11am - 2pm Creche for patrons of the centre Mon –Fri 8.45am-12pm Women’s only sessions Mon, Wed and Fri 12:30pm - 3pm

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Phone: 8671 2001 Fax: 8671 2021 EVENTS OUTBACK CINEMA

SPORTS CALENDAR Monday Volleyball 7pm - 9pm Karate - 6pm - 8:30pm Tuesday Ladies Social Basketball 8.45am - 10am Come-n-try Soccer 3.30 - 5.30pm Squash 7pm - 10pm Indoor Soccer 6pm - 7pm Wednesday Women’s & Mixed Netball 6-9:30pm Karate 7pm - 8:30pm Thursday Nippy Gym – Auditorium 9.30am - 11.30am Squash 7pm-9pm Indoor Soccer 6pm - 8pm Karate 6pm – 8.30pm Friday Indoor Hockey 5pm - 9.30pm

Sunday Touch Football 5pm (town oval)

Now Showing RDAS Yr 12 Art Exhibition Coming Soon Festival of the Trees (collated by Roxby Downs Library)

Pool Opening Hours General Public Mon - Fri: 3pm - 6pm Weekends: 10am - 7pm Lap Swimming Mon, Wed & Fri: 6am - 8am Mon - Thurs: 6pm - 7pm Weekends: 9am - 10am

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Tourism Minister Jane LomaxSmith said 116 entries were received for the South Australian Tourism Awards this year, underlining their importance as an industry benchmark for excellence.

“Tourism is big business in South Australia, and the awards are an important way of recognising the contribution our tourism achievers make to strengthening the economy and creating employment.

“A tourism industry that continues to evolve will also contribute greatly to increasing visitors to South Australia, which is one of the key aims of the State’s Strategic Plan.

“The awards offer a great opportunity for tourism businesses to continue to evolve and improve, while at the same time celebrating the sheer hard work and dedication of many individuals.”

The awards are judged in accordance with a strict set of rules and criteria, and major category winners will represent the State at the Australian Tourism Awards in February next year, to be held in Canberra at the National Convention Centre.

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The Local Government Association has applauded Planet Ark’s national recycling initiative which began this week and dovetails neatly into Roxby Downs Councils’ year long waste management and recycling initiatives.

“Local Government in South Australia is an active participant in recycling initiatives diverting over 55% of household rubbish to recycling depots and composting plants,” LGA Executive Director, Wendy Campana said.

“Even though Local Government is achieving great results in waste management we are investing in Research and Development programs and we have currently engaged independent consultant, Bill Cossey, to review councils’ waste and recycling activities to identify areas where improvement could be achieved.

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“The LGA Waste Committee should receive the Cossey report in early December and part of that report is assessing what is best practice waste management and recycling and what can be done to improve it.

“This would include policy instruments such as the solid waste levy which in reality is making recycling harder for councils and communities because of added costs.”

“Councils in SA currently assist their communities to recycle,” Ms Campana said. Approximately 300,000 tonnes of household waste is picked up at curbside per annum with almost 170,000 tonnes per annum are diverted to recycling depots and composting plants.

“We have heavily invested in upgrading waste management infrastructure such as the three bins initiative,” Ms Campana said.

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Nominations are now called for 2008 Roxby Downs Sports Person of the Year. Nominations Forms are available at the Council Office.

Rubbish Collection Residents are reminded that there is a limit of one bin per household for weekly rubbish collection and that it is the resident’s responsibility to ensure that bins are in serviceable condition with closable lids that prevent flies and birds from accessing rubbish.

Please be diligent as littering attracts an Expiation Penalty Fee of $315.00 – ie over flowing bins.

Waste Oil Disposal Council operates a waste oil collection facility at the Roxby Downs Landfill site. Disposal of all used motor oil at this facility is free.

For Further information contact Council 8671 0010 or BSH Waste Solutions on 8671 1154. No cooking oils, coolants, diesel, or diesel blended fuels (bio Diesel) are to be deposited into the unit. This Facility is open 1pm -6pm seven days.

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Residents are encouraged to utilise this FREE service as the dumping of litter in reserves or lands surrounding the town attract an expiation penalty fee of $315.00 as per the Local Government Act. Adv erti sing on C ounc il Infrastructure Advertising on Council infrastructure such as light poles can attract expiation notices under the Local Government Act. If you spot any such advertising please notify the Council.

Dog Registration Dog Registrations for 2007/08 financial year are now overdue.

Grace period for registration expired on 31 August 2007.

Therefore an $80 expiation fee can apply, plus an expiation fee of $80 for every14 days the dog remains unregistered.

Rates Th e s e c o n d I n s t a l m e n t notices for rates will be issued in November and the Due Date will be 17/12/2007 Water: Accounts for September 2007 quarterly billing have now been issued and are due for payment on 15th November, 2007.

Electricity : Accounts for September 2007, quarterly billing are now overdue.

Reminder notices have been issued. Please pay by the due date to avoid late payment fees.

Parking Please be aware that there has been an increase in the expiation fee for parking in a bus zone, it has gone up to $73 from $47.

Justice of the Peace Justice of the Peace services are available at the Council offices by appointment only. The Justice of the Peace is registered for South Australia only; therefore proof of residency is required. Please contact Council front desk for further details.

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The cricket season continued to roll out on the weekend, with Olympic Dam triumphing over the Woomera Redbacks and the Rogues easily accounting for last year’s premiers the Wanderers.

Olympic Dam continued to show good form with a convincing nine wicket over a depleted Woomera Redbacks outfit at Roxby Downs oval on Saturday morning.

Although not at full strength themselves the Devils had too much depth for their opponents who were without Staines, Searle, Blatchford and Broome.

The Redbacks posted a relatively moderate tally of 136 with Chris Pillar top scoring from the opener’s spot with 50 supported by Joey Payne16 no, Simon Turner and Andy Fyfe both with 14.

Wayne Moroney with his left arm medium pace took 4/22 from his eight overs and Mick Hoffmann remained in the bowling spotlight with another two scalps.

Scott Prior took no prisoners in an all out assault on anything wayward from the Woomera bowlers to post 60 in quick time and Moroney and Darren Leonard took the score past the target in the 23rd over.

Woomera Pillar c Geraghty b Moroney 50, Fyfe b Geraghty 14, Cox c Nichols b Hoffmann 4, Berkelaar c Nichols b Botes 8, Turner b Moroney 14, Watkinson c Kothari b Hoffmann 9, Payne not out 16, Couzens b D McEvoy 2, Young st Nichols b Moroney 4, Blackie c Prior b Moroney 1, Martin not out 0, Extras 16, Total 136.

Bowling: Kothari 5-2-0/26, White 5-00/12, Botes 8-1-1/24, Geraghty 3-0-1/1, Hoffmann 8-0-2/27, Moroney 8-2-/22, D McEvoy 3-0-1/12.

Olympic Dam Moroney not out 40, Prior c Martin b Turner 60, Leonard not out 16, Extras 22, Total 1/138 Bowling: Cox (6) 0/47, Payne (5) 0/31, Pillar (4) 0/10, Turner (3) 1/11, Blackie (3) 0/12, Couzens (1) 0/13, Watkinson (1)

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Roxby Rogues took full advantage of a depleted - but disappointing non the less -Wanderers side at Roxby Downs oval on Sunday morning.

The only highlights for the Swaggies were 4 wickets with the new ball by exciting left arm prospect Jack Hombsch and 24 not out from Les Rochester after the top order had capitulated.

Rogues batted first and made 148 due mainly to the efforts of Dave Barnes and the unbeaten Toby Ferguson both with 29 backed by 26 from David Kaminski, after their top order had not performed up to scratch.

Ferguson ripped through the early batsmen taking 5/15 from which Wanderers never recovered and they were all out for 70 with Paul Trotta finishing the task at hand with 3/9.

Roxby Rogues Wyatt c Smith b Hombsch 12, Trotta c Watkins b Hombsch 8, Westlake c Hancock b Smith 0, Barnes c Carroll b Hombsch 29, Clafton c Farrell b Hombsch 6, Kaminski lbw b Warren 26, Ferguson not out 29, Howard c Watkins b Warren 6, Martlew c Grimston b Smith 8, Benson c Grimston b Smith 3 Neyland c Farrell b Ryan Paxton 0, Extras 21, Total 148 Bowling: Smith 7-1-3/22, Hombsch 8-1-4/31, Carroll 8-1-0/25, Ryan Paxton 8-1-1/18, Warren 8-1-2/38 Wanderers Smith b Ferguson 8, Taylor c Martlew b Ferguson 5, Watkins b Ferguson 0, Carroll c Wyatt b Ferguson 6, Hombsch c Kaminski b Barnes 3, Warren b Ferguson 0 Grimston b Trotta 9, Rochester not out 24, Farrell lbw b Martlew 0, Paxton Ryan c Ferguson b Trotta 1, Hancock c Westlake b Trotta 2, Extras 12, Total 70 Bowling: Barnes 8-1-1/19, Ferguson 8-1-5/15, Kaminski 3-0-0/18, Trotta 5-3-3/9, Martlew 2-0-1/8.

The swing scene With the winter season about to come to a close, the Roxby Downs Golf Club held the ITT FLYTT Closing Day Ambrose competition on the weekend.

The Overall Winners were Sally Benn, Adele Wallace, Rob Charman and Glen Mungar, with Tony and Seb Holbrook, Ben Chinner and Martyn Gobbie the runners up.

In third place was the team of Rick Russell, Damien Condon, Damien Flavel and Robin Passmore and in fourth was Don Shields, Joel Roberts, Col Fraser and Tony Richter.

Tom Beckett, Harry Noll, Julie Darling and Uleen Pearce took out the mixed competition and Dave Pattenden, Justin Abraham, Paul McGuire and Don Ness were the NAGA winners.

Rick Russell struck the longest drive in Division 1, Seb Holbrook in Division 2 and Julie Darling flew furthest for the Ladies.

Col Fraser, Damien Flavel and Adele Wallace were nearest the pin in their divisions.

The final competition for the winter season will be the Louminco Stableford, held on Saturday, hit off will be between 8am and 8.30am.

There will also be a nine hole competition for the ladies, which will begin at the same time as the men’s competition.

For more information contact Robin Passmore on 0437 613 344.

Junior Championships in Go Karting will be held this weekend at the Go Kart track.

Get along for some great action. See our future drivers on display. People from all over the state will converge on the Roxby Downs track making for some very competitive racing.

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Local Hotspot Myponga Rocks has turned on some fantastic squid and tommies action throughout the past fortnight.

Anglers trekking to the southern rock ledges of Myponga Bay have found mornings with no winds very productive.

The school of tommies are being nabbed on gents.

Try setting up a teaser with one of the tommies you catch and the squid should start to fire up.

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With warmer conditions on the horizon, Murraylands fishermen have reported big carp in the back waters.

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Late afternoons has been most productive with pilchard baits working well with metal FishWatch lures.

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Cape Jervis boaties again have reported great ssquid and snapper.

Glenelg River tinny launchers suggest hard bodied minnow lures are responsible for some nice mulloway.

The odd big bream has also showed up around Donovans Landing.

Streaky Bay visitors recently caught a nice haul of blue swimmers and whiting from their run about.

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Going solar with a hybrid Although Annesley College failed to take the honours in the recent solar chyallenge event from Darwin to Adelaide, they did win through the experience of running the all-schoolgirl team driving their creation - an electric/petrol hybrid Holden Viva.

The Greenfleet Class showcases fuel efficient technologies and low carbon fuels… practical transport technologies of tomorrow.

Annesley was the only all-female team to enter the Challenge.

The college claims it achieved its ultimate goal!

Day 6 of the event was an especially exciting day for the team because it was its first day testing “Lissie” and her sans electrics, so they could compare her petrol-only performance to her performance as a petrol/electric hybrid.

The team are happy to say its little car achieved exactly what they wanted her to as a hybrid!

Although the figures won’t be confirmed until WSC officials finally announce the results on performance the team calculated that Lissie uses just over 10 litres of petrol for every 100 kilometres when driven via petrol only whereas when she’s switched petrol/electric hybrid mode she uses around 7 litres.

That’s a 30% reduction in petrol consumption and the team is very proud!

The team travelled approximately 550km from Coober Pedy (where they had time to visit the underground opal museum while they took partin the morning public display) to Port Augusta, with only driver/navigator swap-over stops and a lunch stop.

The roadhouse café staff must not have been informed the WSC would be cruising past because there was only one person in the kitchen.

The landscape changed a fair bit on that day.

The team reported the scenery on either side of the highway transformed from flat red earth with little vegetation to a browner coloured earth that was hilly in spots and quite shrubby, especially as they got close to Port Augusta.

Grants for grabs

Applications are open for the state government’s Active Club Program grants for 2007/08.

The program, will provide more than $2 million to grassroots clubs, aims to increase participation, improve services and provide quality sport and recreation facilities to South Australian communities.

“Active recreation and sport are key contributors to our quality of life,” Recreation and Sport Minister Michael Wright said.

“The Active Club Program offers financial assistance to support these grassroots organisations to strengthen and sustain active communities.

“This increases the community’s access to quality sport and active recreation activities and facilities,” he said.

Applications for an Active Club grant must be in by Monday, November 12.

For more information visit the Office for Recreation and Sport website at www.recsport.sa.gov.au.

Above: Annesley College with their Electric Hybrid Viva.

2008 ROXBY DOWNS SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS Applications are now open for the inaugural Roxby Downs Sports Person of the Year Award The Roxby Downs Sports & Recreation Forum has decided on behalf of the community to formally recognise individual sporting achievements by expanding the inaugural Sports Person of the Year Award that was established in 2007 to include both a senior and junior category.

The Sports and Recreation Forum believes that each year, wonderful sporting and sporting administrative achievements are undertaken by ordinary people within our community. Extending themselves with personal effort or by providing outstanding sporting administrative support to allow others to achieve their sporting potential.

Those nominated do not necessarily have to be outstanding athletes. Those outstanding “team players” or sporting administrators are equally worthy.

Now is your opportunity to publicly recognise those people within our sporting community who, over the past 12 months are considered worthy of recognition.

The Award will be announced on Australia Day 2008 Nomination forms are available from the Roxby Downs Sports and Recreation Forum c/o the Council Ofce Richardson Place, Roxby Downs.

Nominations Close at 5.00 pm on Monday, January 7, 2008 and will be received and considered in strictest condence by the Sport and Recreation Forum

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