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Radiation submission lodged

Radiation submission lodged

by | Jul 6, 2023 | , , ,

By Chris Oldfield AN SA Legislative Review Committee inquiring into radiation therapy in the Limestone Coast is underway in State Parliament. A written submission by the Limestone Coast Radiation Therapy Working Group includes the awful experiences of many forced to travel to Adelaide, including Naracoorte’s “Lisa” and “Graham Hinze”. The contribution from Lisa involves a Naracoorte doctor who sent her straight away for scans after she presented with her breast “not feeling right”. She could not get all the scans done in Mount Gambier on the same day, so travelled to Adelaide and had all the procedures done there. “The following day the Naracoorte doctors rang with the bad news and made an appointment with Dr McLeay who visits the South East,” Lisa wrote in the submission. “I was lucky I got in the next day, he informed me it was cancer and the next journey starts. “I had more […]

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No public interest

by | Jul 6, 2023 | , , ,

By Chris Oldfield NO-ONE from the Naracoorte Lucindale community turned out for a public consultation meeting regarding the council’s draft 2023-24 business plan and budget. The budget will see the council increase its rates by an average 5 per cent, with some people paying much less, and some copping increases of more than 20 per cent. At the June 7 meeting – which also adopted a 10-year strategic plan – councillors learned only one person gave feedback during the 21 day consultation phase of the draft business plan and budget. In a written report for the meeting, CEO Trevor Smart and manager fiancé and corporate Alex Edmonds highlighted public consultation commenced on May 9, with written comments invited up until May 30. Ms Edmonds explained the communication strategy for the consultation included a May 9 media release, advertisements in The News and other media including Facebook and via council’s website. […]

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$550,000 machine saving more lives

by | Jul 6, 2023 | , , ,

PATIENTS arriving at Naracoorte Hospital from vehicle crashes, farm accidents and sports injuries will no longer be always sent away for further high tech, detailed computer tomography scans. Similarly, those requiring comprehensive images – perhaps of their brain, heart or kidneys – will no longer need to travel to Mount Gambier or Adelaide. A scanner installed 7.5 years ago – which saved hundreds of lives – has now been replaced with a $550,000 new, faster, high-tech one. And not one cent of government funding was involved. More than a decade ago, leading doctors at Kincraig Medical Clinic identified the need for a CT scanner at Naracoorte. With no support from governments or the health bureaucracy of the day, doctors turned to the community they wanted to help. Seed funding of $6000 was soon announced by Dr Brian Norcock following a 2010 Two Cocks Golf Day. From Robe to Edenhope, Greenways […]

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We are a New Metrics School!

by | Jul 6, 2023 | , , ,

Naracoorte High partners with University of Melbourne By Naracoorte High School Universities and leaders in Business across Australia have been in discussions about the skills students leave school with, and how what were traditionally known as “soft-skills”, for example Communication, Collaboration and Quality Thinking, are actually essential to success. How can information about these skills be captured in a reliable way, and how does this form a part of University entry requirements, or used in a pathway to employment? In 2022 and 2023 Naracoorte High has been a part of a Research Project with the University of Melbourne, a partnership which centres on the assessment and recognition of complex competencies, such as those listed above. Naracoorte High has been working in the area of Agency in Learning, determining how schools can work in partnership with families and community to give students the skills to independently know what to learn, how […]

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Kingston SE Small Steps Inc

Kingston SE Small Steps Inc

by | Jul 6, 2023 | , , ,

By Liz Wingard In 3½ years, volunteers have upcycled fabric to donate over 25,000 shopping and 15,000 produce bags to Kingston supermarkets and retail outlets. Over 10,000 volunteer hours have been dedicated to the process each Monday 10am-4pm, plus 4 machinists each contribute an additional 16-plus hours per week from home. A core group of 12 includes three nonagenarians and two octogenarians, visiting helpers periodically attend, sewists work from home, while others complete “homework”, all contributing to a well-oiled production line. The inclusive group embraces a diverse range of ages and abilities, with tasks adapted and allocated depending on capabilities and preferences, each contributing as little or as much as suits the individual. Rescuing resources from leftovers, scraps and pre-loved fabric reduces the environmental impact of materials otherwise destined for landfill. Indicative of shifting attitudes towards sustainability, community requisitions have been fulfilled for library bags, hospital bereavement bags, wildlife sanctuary […]

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Footy report

by | Jul 6, 2023 | , ,

There were no surprises in last Saturday’s round 10 matches in the KNTFL A grade competition, with all five favourites winning. The results mean the top five is almost set, with a three-game break plus percentage between the top and the rest, with 6 rounds left in the season, In the clash of local traditional rivals, winless Kybybolite took it up to the more favoured Naracoorte at times, but the Demons prevailed in the end 16.7 to 10.12. Three of the four quarters were very even, but Naracoorte dominated the second quarter with 5.2 to 1.3 to set up the win. Zac Peake and Sam Willson combined for 10 goals for Naracoorte and Rory Taggert was named best, while Brad Castine kicked 4 goals and was again best for Kyby along with Bill Laurie. In a rematch of last year’s grand finalists, it was the losing team on that occasion […]

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Naracoorte murals

by | Jul 6, 2023 | , , ,

Your say: Jillian McLean As Naracoorte residents, we have reason to be proud of the rich Scottish heritage our town reflects. If local council believe painting murals is a worthy project, why then are those painted in our town depicted in gaudy colours which are a distraction to drivers, when they could record, in discreet sepia, realistic images of our early settlers? Such murals would be symbolic, a tribute to our forefathers, and a reminder of our good fortune in having Naracoorte as a legacy.

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Plastic free July is here again

by | Jul 6, 2023 | , , ,

Your say: Heather Heggie, Naracoorte The Guardian sites tell us many cold and unpleasant truths about plastics globally. The Guardian tells us plastic has increased from 2million tons in 1950 to 368 billion tons in 2019 (not including synthetic fibres), and is expected to reach 600 billion tons in 2025. Packaging, construction and automotive industries use the most plastics. “Over 800 additives to plastic products include phalates, bisphenolA, bromine flame retardants, UV screens and anti microbiol agents, all of which have a negative effect on the biosphere and organic life.” Volatile organic compounds are most evidenced dramatically when toxic houses “explode” in bushfires. (Google the CFS reports recently released after analysing Australia’s catastrophic bushfires.) Many additives are not identified. Recycling plastic increases the toxicity many times and the volatile chemical compounds created by burning, decaying with other substances etc., also increase many times. It is not safe to let plastics […]

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Power prices

by | Jul 6, 2023 | , , ,

Your Say: Cliff Hignett, Naracoorte People who are complaining about power prices do not understand capitalism. Our power is supplied, transmitted and delivered by (mostly multinational) corporations – whose sole objective is to maximise profits for shareholders – they only provide power to customers as a means of making sure the suckers (you) keep sending them money. Recent talk of another power price rise refers to the government agreed ‘default price’- a sort of recommended retail price. If you have just ‘gone with the flow’ or accepted the first offer made to you, then, in all probability, your price is the ‘default’ and will rise around 7% in July. Power in SA is the highest price in Australia. When over 50% of our supply comes from cheap solar and wind, why are we paying so much? The reason is that most South Australians have not changed their supplier since ETSA […]

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Not an ordinary bus tour

by | Jul 6, 2023 | , ,

By Nasik Swami It was not just an ordinary bus tour of the district. It was a tour that included some of the elected counsellors of the Naracoorte-Lucindale Council on a bus, witnessing the various conditions of some of the roads in the district. As fascinating as it sounds, Cr Peter Ireland described the tour as an important one, giving elected members the opportunity to be “out in the field and not just be making decisions from the council chambers”. The June 16 tour was organised following a question with notice from Cr Abigail Goodman at the council’s May 2023 Strategic Asset & Planning Committee meeting, asking whether elected members would be interested in participating in a full-day bus tour that showcases the different roads in the district. Cr Goodman stated the tour would include examples of: Roads that demonstrate the different service levels and how they are determined. How […]

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Council heads for $2.9m loss

by | Jul 6, 2023 | , ,

By Nasik Swami The Tatiara District Council is headed for a $2.9million loss this financial year, thanks to some “extraordinary circumstances”. The loss, which the council administration says is “largely due to grants not received yet,” was discussed at the council’s meeting in Bordertown on June 13. When asked by this newspaper for some clarity on the loss, council chief executive officer Anne Champness said the deficit included carry forwards and that it was important to understand where council revenue came from. “A large part of the projected deficit is related to grant payments, which include both payments received in the previous financial year, the 2021–22 financial year for this current financial year, and grants expected to be paid in this financial year at the time of setting our 2022–23 annual budget but now likely to be received in 2023–24 instead,” Ms Champness said. “Another significant component of the deficit […]

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Little for Naracoorte

by | Jul 6, 2023 | , ,

By Nasik Swami There is very little in the federal budget for towns like Naracoorte in regional South Australia. And with the new budget, the government has put the heavy lifting at the feet of the community, with very limited spending in the region to counterbalance the increasing costs. That’s how the shadow minister for finance and tax reform, Heidi Girolamo, has described the new budget, claiming it would only “bring economic hardships”. “Speaking of the federal budget to add to the pain, a lot of commentary from the credit-ratings agencies is saying that this latest budget will possibly add to inflation when what was needed was deflationary spending,” Ms Girolamo claimed. She told The News that the Reserve Bank’s decision to increase interest rates for the tenth time under the Federal Labor Government was difficult news for Australians struggling with the rising cost of living. “This latest hike means […]

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