Monthly Newsletter for the

Balranald Shire community and

friends

Balranald Shire Council Councilor Contact

Details

Mayor Cr Leigh Byron

0428 201 301

Deputy Mayor

Cr Alan Purtill

0429 201 301

Cr Steve O’Halloran

0429 619 880

Cr Elaine Campbell

0447 271 086

Cr Lynda Cooke

03 5020 0471

Cr Jeff Mannix

0409 783 075

Cr Trevor Jolliffe

03 5020 1597

Cr Ken Barnes

03 5038 2221

Rubbish Tip Hours

BALRANALD

1st October - 31st March

Tuesday 5.00 - 7.00pm

Thursday 5.00 - 7.00pm

Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm

Sunday 10.00am - 3.00pm

1st April - 30th September

Tuesday 4.00 - 6.00pm

Thursday 4.00 - 6.00pm

Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm

Sunday 10.00am - 3.00pm

EUSTON

Tuesday 1.00pm - 6.00pm

Thursday 1.00pm - 6.00pm

Sunday 9.00am - 3.00pm

Tip Tokens $10.00

are available from Councils office,

Visitor Information Centre,

Caltex, Market Street,

Café Cassaro

Euston Post Office & Takeaway

Fees start from $10

per one axle trailer or utility

Council Website

www.balranald.nsw.gov.au

ISS UE

May 2015

5

Balranald Shire Council Newsletter Issue 5 May 2015 www .ba lrana ld .nsw .gov .au

Council wishes to remind Shire residents of the preparation of a draft Operational Plan which details Council’s objectives, activities, actions and detailed revenue and expense estimates (budget) and fees and charges for the 2015/2016 financial year.

As per legislation the document is placed on public exhibition for a minimum of 28 days and the public are invited to make comment. Council advertised and placed the document on public exhibition from 21st May 2015 to 18 June 2015. Copies of the Operational Plan are available for inspection at the Balranald Council Office, Clare School, Balranald Library, Euston Post Office, Balranald Post Office or on Council’s website - http://www.balranald.nsw.gov.au/council-documents/exhibition-of-draft-documents/

Submissions in relation to the Operational Plan should be addressed to: The General Manager, P.O. Box 120, BALRANALD NSW 2715 and be posted or delivered so as to reach the Council’s office no later than 5pm Wednesday 18 June 2015.

Aaron Drenovski, General Manager

Coming Events NEWSLETTER

WHAT’S OPEN

Balranald Museum Open Mondays, Wednesdays &

Fridays 10am to 12 noon

Balranald Library Monday & Friday 2pm - 5.30pm

Wednesday 9am - 5.30pm

Adult Day Care Monday 10am - 2pm

Thursday 10am - 2pm At the Day Centre at the Hospital

Phone Hospital 5071 9800

Seniors Club Meets every Friday 2pm

Senior Citizens Hall Phone Shirley 5020 1890

Hospital Auxiliary Meets 2nd Monday of the month

2.30pm at the Adult Day Care Centre Phone Dawn 5020 1311

Health Advisory Council (HAC) 4th Monday of each month

at 7:00pm Contact 5071 9800

Little Bunyips Playgroup Every Tuesday and Thursday 10am to 1pm - River Street

Contact Bridgette 0427 240 688

Balranald Child & Family Health Immunisation Clinic

2nd Monday of the month 9.30am - 11.30am

Contact Hospital 5071 9800 Clinic closed if Medical officer is

un-available

RMS Opening Hours Balranald

9.30am to 4pm Tuesday to Friday

Closed for lunch 1pm - 1.45pm

Euston 2nd & 4th Thursday of month

11.30am to 3pm Closed for lunch 12.15pm - 1pm

Call Centre 132 213

Newsletter Published by:

BALRANALD SHIRE COUNCIL 70 MARKET STREET

(PO BOX 120) BALRANALD NSW 2715

OFFICE HOURS 8.30AM TO 5.00PM

MONDAY TO FRIDAY

PH: 03 5020 1300 FAX: 03 5020 1620

AFTER HOURS EMERGENCIES 0418 322 902

COMMUNITY GENERAL INTEREST

Sing Australia Meets every Monday evening at the Presbyterian Church @ 7.30pm - all welcome

Men's Shed Tues & Thurs 8am Heritage Park

Take Off Weight Naturally Club at Multipurpose Centre Mondays 6pm Call Heather 03 5020 1478

Optometrist (from Deniliquin) last Wednesday of the month, appointments @ Balranald Chemist

Balranald Wool Centre meet 3rd Friday of month, 11am till 3pm @ The Gallery. New members are most welcome to come and join in

Balranald CWA fourth Thursday of each month @ 5pm Contact Carla Steel (Secretary) 0497 114 957

Balranald Community Arts & Crafts 3rd Monday of month, 2pm @ The Gallery and the Painting Group meets each Monday at 10am

Balranald Hospital Auxiliary every 2nd Monday of the Month @ 2:30pm at Adult Day Care Centre

CanAssist Balranald Branch (& Bookshop) Every 2nd Mon of Month @ 4pm at 92A Market Street Karen 0404 842 037 or Kirstyn 0448 158 709

Robinvale & District Aeromodellers Club Each Sunday 9am Wewak Rd Robinvale

Narelle’s Driving Ph 0402 782 597 email narellet08@y7mail.com

Balranald Harvest Christian Centre each Sunday at the CWA rooms in Market Street from 10.30am

Balranald History Group 4th Tuesday of the month in Theatre Royal Ticketing office Market Street from 5pm

Can Assist Secondhand Book Shop Open Monday to Saturday from 10am and each Wednesday afternoon from 1.30pm (subject to volunteer availability)

www .ba lrana ld .nsw .gov .au

Celebrating National Volunteer Week, communities are being asked to recognise the women volunteers living and working in rural, regional and remote NSW, to be honoured on the NSW Hidden Treasures Honour Roll. Minister for Primary Industries, Niall Blair, said country NSW was filled with so many wonderful people, volunteering their time for worthy causes. “The NSW Government is calling for rural communities to nominate women to be included on the 2015 Hidden Treasures Honour Roll,” Mr Blair said. “Rural women play an important role in ensuring the survival of many of their communities - without their drive, hard work and

enthusiasm, many of these would simply not be the thriving communities they are today.” The Hidden Treasures Honour Roll creates a lasting archive to recognise women volunteers, who do not seek the limelight and go about their work quietly and diligently. Every year the NSW Government is overwhelmed by the scope of these women's stories - Hidden Treasures is our opportunity to say thank you to some outstanding women. The NSW Government is honoured to recognise these special women through this important initiative, during National Volunteer Week. Nominating a rural woman for the Honour Roll is easy to do – simply complete your nomination online or download

a nomination form and share a few paragraphs about why your nominee is worthy. All women nominated will be included in the 2015 Roll which will be launched at the annual NSW Rural Women’s Gathering in Glen Innes on 9 - 11 October 2015. To view the roll, visit www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/rwn/activities/hidden-treasures For more information, contact the Rural Women’s Network on 02 6391 3433 or email rural.women@dpi.nsw.gov.au

Nominations close Friday 31 July 2015.

Nominate a Hidden Treasure in our Community

Calling talented people

Can you act, sing, dance, recite poetry, play in a band or have a special talent? The Balranald Cultural Committee is eager to hold a Variety Concert and is looking for talented people / groups to do a short performance. A tentative date for the concert is 24 October 2015 and the aim of the concert is to fund a grand piano for the Theatre Royal. If you wish to showcase your talents, please contact

Margaret Butler on 03 5020 1906.

3 June

17 June 1 July

15 July 5, 12, 19th

26th

Hospital Bus Dates

Swan Hill Mildura Swan Hill Mildura June Bus-A-Bout Balranald. June Bus-A-Bout Euston/Robinvale Contact Beck at Hospital - 03 5071 9800

28 May Hatfield happening for Ladies

Closing on 13 Jun

Balranald Community Arts & Crafts Inc. Decade of Independence exhibition. Don’t miss this fabulous display.

13 Jun Robinvale Country Market from 8.30am Caix Square. Phone Rosalie to book or more information 5026 3095.

What’s on Mondays Fri / Sun

Mon / Sat Tue / Thu

Wednesday

Thursdays Thursdays

Fridays

Saturdays 13 June

July August

At Balranald Ex-Servicemen's Club Members Seniors Lunch Buffets - Friday night & Sunday lunch $10 lunch specials Bingo Tuesday 7pm, Thursday 2pm Social Bowls - 10am and 6pm

Club Mega Member Badge Draw Smorgasbord member meal deals Night Raffle & members draw (Permit # LTPS/14/02429) Free Poker from 7pm Entertainment - Rock around the world Silver City Country Duo Allan Jackson Tribute Show

3 & 10 Jun

5 Jun 6 Jun

12 Jun 13 Jun 19 Apr 20 Jun 24 Jun 26 Jun

What's on at Euston Club Resort

Barefoot Bowls - FREE. Call Sandy for more information on 0456 235 231 Chris Street Ron Herberte Tony & Nev Viktor Brank Blair Bildstein Steve Coghill MEGA Monthly Raffle Shadow Duo David Routledge

24 Oct SAVE THE DATE - Variety Concert

14 Nov SAVE THE DATE - St. Josephs School annual Christmas Fete

Also available at the Club- *Full TAB facilities, *Keno, *Coffee shop, *Pre-paid phone credit, *City Link pass-es *Fishing licenses, *Pre-paid Broadband vouchers, *Seniors Kiosk - connect with friends & family. And an area within the main bar for under 18’s, who must be accompanied by a Parent/Guardian.

Win a Jet Ski (ends 2 October 2015) New & improved Wednesday raffles from 6pm Membership renewals due June 30th

Disclaimer - Balranald Shire Council reserves the right to edit or rewrite submissions for grammar, style and clarity or to conform to restrictions of space. Council makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of this information and does not accept responsibility for errors or omissions contained within this publication.

If you are aware of errors, please notify Cherie Murphy as soon as possible at cmurphy@balranald.nsw.gov.au or call 03 5020 1300.

Balranald

Visitor

Information

Centre

Cnr Market and River

Streets

Open Daily

10.00am to 4.00pm

Phone 03 5020 1599

CountryLink tickets and

fishing licences can be

purchased from the

Visitor Information Centre

On 22 April Cr. Jolliffe, Councils Director Corporate & Community Development, Elizabeth White, staff members Carol Holmes and Nikkita Rayner, and I attended emergency management training in Euston. The two day training involved providing people with skills, insights and tools to be able to confidently manage disasters/emergencies and the successful running of an emergency management centre. It was very pleasing to see large attendances at all Anzac Day Services held in the Balranald Shire on such a significant anniversary. Council have been busy preparing the 2015/16 budget. This will be a challenge with reduced grants from both State and Federal Governments. Council looks forward to producing a positive budget for our Shire. The Balranald Interagency Group held a Services Expo on 27 May. Balranald is lucky to have so many service providers and agencies visiting, and the Expo is a great way to showcase these services and how they assist our community.

Update - Euston Intersection Upgrade The first stage of the intersection upgrade, which included the reconstruction and sealing of the new bridge approaches, has been completed. Currently earthworks are underway for the widening of the slip lanes at the main intersection of Bridge Road. Please drive with caution when entering roadwork areas.

Notice of Intent to Burn Off

NSW Rural Fire Service

Announcement - Residents

must give 24 hours notice

of Intention to Burn Off

The NSW RFS has issued a

notice to Balranald Shire

residents advising that

you must notify the Dareton

Fire Control Centre and

your neighbours 24 hours in

advance of your intention to

burn off.

For more information, please

go to the Community

Announcements section of

Councils website

www.balranald.nsw.gov.au/

notice-board/community-

announcements/

The Balranald Hospital

Auxiliary would like to take

this opportunity to thank

everyone that donated eggs

towards their Easter Raffle and

a big thank you to everyone

that supported the Raffle. A

total of $1,426.50 was raised

through the Raffle.

Winners of the Raffle

were as follows:

1. Heather Jacka

2. Tisha Barrett

3. Kath Jolliffe

4. Gavin Campbell

5. Emma Jolliffe

6. Albert Davies

7. Jo Fenna

8. Gavin Campbell

9. Shaun Formosa

Domestic Firewood Permits at Yanga National Park

In accordance with the NSW

Government response to the

Riverina Community Firewood

& Home Heating Taskforce

report & recommendations,

permits for domestic firewood

collection on Yanga National

Park are available from 1st

April until 30th September

2015.

The available firewood

consists of redgum milled

timber offcuts (sleeperbacks).

Permits cost $25/tonne or

$12.50/tonne for pensioner

concession with a limit of 6

tonne per household per year.

Permits are only available to

residents of Balranald and

Wakool Shires.

For more information or

permit applications please visit

the Yanga Park Office,

Homestead Precinct, Sturt

Highway Balranald or call

03 5020 1764.

From the

Mayor’s Office

Mayor Leigh Byron

Next Ordinary Meeting of Council

Wednesday 24 June 2015 -

Balranald Health Council

What are Health Councils? A Health Council:

Brings local health needs and issues to the

attention of the Health Service

Participates in the planning, development,

delivery and evaluation of health services

Promotes and improves the health of the local

community in partnership with others.

Health Councils work with the Health Service

to advocate for the community and positively influence health decision-making to make services responsive to the health needs of their community

How do Health Councils work? Health Councils:

Talk to many different people in the community

to investigate the local issues affecting health

Look at all the things influencing local health

including social and environmental issues

Promote local action on issues the community

thinks are important.

Key benefits Your Health Council:

Provides a voice for the community

Becomes an important part of health service

planning and delivery

Benefits communities

Builds co-operation between communities and

health services Who should be on a Health Council?

Nominations are open to all. Your Health Council needs you if you:

Are interested in health issues

Know your community

Want to support your local health service

Have time to attend Health Council monthly

meetings and activities

If interested please do not hesitate to call Pat Croft, Health Service Manager on 03 5071 9800.

PLEASE NOTE The Ordinary Meeting of Council

Scheduled for June

will be held on

WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE

From 5.00pm

Concerned about the health and future of your community?

You can make a difference by being a member of your local Health Council

Murray Darling Basin Authority visits with Balranald Council

The Mayor, Councillor Steve O’Halloran, and Councillor Trevor Jolliffe, General Manager Aaron Drenovski and Director Corporate and Community Development, Elizabeth White met with Chairman Neil Andrew and CEO Rhondda Dickson of the Murray Darling Basin Authority on Wednesday 22 April. Matters discussed included the Nimmie Caira project, River flows, Balranald Weir, Balranlad Weir fish ladder and the Yanga Lake Weir. Ms Dickson invited the Mayor and Councillors to visit the Murray Darling Basin Authority offices while in Canberra in June.

AFS Intercultural Programs, an International High School Student Exchange Organisation are excited to announce the release of over 35 full and partial scholarships open for students across Australia to experience the world as an exchange student. Year 9, 10 and 11 students now have an opportunity to have their high school student exchange paid for with an AFS Scholarship. AFS is keen to let young people interested in doing student exchanges know they have a variety of scholarships students can apply for that will help them make their dreams of travelling overseas come true. Scholarships range from partial support to full scholarships and interested students can contact Jason at AFS on 1300 131 736 or email aus.scholarships@afs.org to find out more information about how to apply. To read the full documentation received at Council, please go to www.balranald.nsw.gov.au

AFS Student Exchange has Scholarships

Pictured above: Cr Steve O’Halloran, Rhondda Dickson, Neil Andrew, Cr Trevor Jolliffe and General Manager Aaron Drenovski (absent: Mayor Byron, and Elizabeth White)