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Drug raid nabs four

F our men have been arrested and more than $1 million worth of drugs have been seized following a police operation conducted in the Hunter last week.

The raids were a culmination a year-long inves-tigation by Strike Force Meaney into a Hunter Valley-based syndicate believed to be involved in the manufacture and supply of amphetamine-type substances.

Assembled by the State Crime Command’s Gangs Squad, the coordinated raids saw five properties searched in Largs, Rutherford, Dungog, Port Stephens and Maitland.

The Port Stephens raid was on a Bobs Farm prop-erty, where police seized several items, including approximately one kilogram of base metham-phetamine, two shortened, pump-action shotguns and $20,000 in cash.

At Largs, 360 grams of a substance believed to be methylamphetamine was seized, along with an unlicensed pistol and $17,000 cash, small amounts of ice and cannabis were found at the Rutherford house, and a replica pistol and ammunition were seized at Dungog.

The Maitland property search was that of the Gladiators outlaw motorcycle gang’s Horseshoe Bend clubhouse.

There, police seized alcohol, fridges, furniture and gang paraphernalia.

Central Hunter Local Area Commander, Superin-

Police find million dollars worth of drugs during region-wide operation

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tendent Garry O’Dell said that the Gladiators were not an isolated target, following a social media backlash to the clubhouse raid.

“The supply of prohibited drugs is a big issue in the area and whether it be outlaw motorcycle gang members or any others, we’ll target anyone who is known in the supply of drugs,” he said.

“We’re talking about significant quantities and obviously if we hadn’t intervened these drugs would have been available to people in the community.

“They’re illegal drugs and we see lots of poor behaviour and lots of crime connected to these illegal drugs so I expect it will make a significant impact on the drug supply in the area.”

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It may be time to let the apathetic voters stay that wayWith multiple elections in our region at the moment, the question of whether we should be forced to vote has raised its head.

Firstly, I’m not sure I can support Newcastle lord mayoral candidate, David Chapman’s suggestion that local voters be let off the hook and not fined if they failed to vote in the two recent by-elections.

Everyone knows that voting is compulsory - or at least they should know. You’d have to offer the same relaxation of the rules for all elections in that case.

Mr Chapman’s reasoning was that voters were sick of seeing and hearing about politicians due to all the recent negativity.

I’m sure they are, but there are clear rules in place.

In saying all that, I don’t think we should have compulsory voting in Australia.

If people aren’t interested in participating in the process then I’m happy to let them be excluded.

But they can’t be expected to be listened to when complaining about who gets elected.

I would still vote if it wasn’t compulsory. As I wrote in a recent column, I often can’t make up my mind as to who to vote for until very late in the process.

But I still like to take satisfaction in the fact they I can have some influence, albeit very small, over who is elected.

I’d actually be very interested to see how many people would make the effort to head down to the polling booths if they weren’t forced to.

A check of voter turnouts for recent USA presi-dential elections shows an increase from 50% in 2000 to 59% in 2012.

With the United States’ population around 318 million, that’s still a lot of people turning out to have their say. But it’s also a lot that aren’t bothering.

The NSW Electoral Commission’s iVote system has been an interesting initiative in recent years.

Originally it was designed for vision-impaired people to cast their vote by phone or over the internet using a unique PIN.

It has now been expanded to include those with literacy needs or disabilities and those who live a great distance from a polling place or who will be interstate or overseas on election day.

Perhaps letting all voters choose that option would increase turnouts.

Apparently, Australia is of only 11 countries in the world that enforces compulsory voting. The others are: Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, Equador, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Nauru, Peru, Singa-pore and Uruguay.

There are another 17 countries, including France, Thailand and Mexico who have laws relating to compulsory voting, but they are not enforced.

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M aitland City Councillor Philip Penfold will run for the seat of Maitland in the 2015 State election.

Mr Penfold will run as an independent candidate, saying that the Government currently finds itself in disarray.

“The people of Maitland expect the Government to take Maitland seriously,” he said.

“We have a Minister for the Hunter who lives in Sydney.

“The Premier is a good man with a diffi-cult job, though in his first six months in the top job he has spent a total of one hour in Maitland despite being less than two hours away.”

Although he was current Maitland MP Robyn Parker’s campaign manager for the 2011 election, Mr Penfold resigned from the Liberal Party two years ago.

The former Liberal Party President for Maitland said that he did not agree with some of the party’s decisions, including the rail line truncation, but said that Ms Parker had done a good job.

“Robyn Parker has taken great strides toward acting on many infrastructure needs, and in her absence we need a

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Philip Penfold will contest the 2015 State election

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Water education kits available

We all know about the importance of saving water, which is why Maitland Council is currently offering education kits, full of water-based activities for pre-schoolers and early stage one and two students.

Called Water: Our Life, the kits have been funded by Hunter Water and Council’s development and environ-ment manager David Simm said they were invaluable in teaching children lifelong water-saving skills.

“The…education kit aims to develop an appreciation and responsibility within the youngest members of the community about the impact we all have on local water,” Mr Simm said.

“The kit also provides long daycare centres, family daycares, playgroups and schools with information about reducing water use and the potential impact nutrients have on local creeks and rivers.”

“The kit reinforces messages about saving water from a dripping tap which can waste up to 45 litres of water per day and choosing appliances such as front-load washing machines and dual-flush toilets that use less water,” said Mr Simm.

The kits contain interactive activities, story books on water, and information on where Maitland’s water comes from as well as information that can be used in newsletters to educate the community. The kits can be loaned for up to two months and are available at Council’s administration building.

proven Maitland representative to ensure we see these promises, and more, are delivered upon quickly,” Mr Penfold said.

“We deserve our fair share and a fighter for Maitland’s needs.”

The popular councillor has received a flood of support on social media.

“I believe that I already assist the people of Maitland in their many requests for my assistance, and I would be continuing to

do that if they decided to elect me to this role,” he said.

Mr Penfold said that if elected he would remain on Council until the end of the 2016 term.

He joins Labor candidate, Jenny Aitch-ison and Greens candidate, John Brown, while current Newcastle City Councillor, Lisa Tierney has confirmed she has nomi-nated for the Liberal Party pre-selection.

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U nder a Labor State Government the new Lower Hunter Hospital will be entirely publicly-funded, Opposition Leader John Robert-

son announced last week.Mr Robertson was joined by Labor

candidate for Maitland, Jenny Aitchison, Shadow Minister for Health, Walt Secord and delegates from the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association, saying that the Government is outsourcing its work.

“It is no longer acceptable for the Liberal Government in NSW to outsource all its responsibilities to the private sector,” Mr Robertson said.

“Maitland is seeing significant growth in population and what we need to see is a proper investment in health.”

Mr Robertson said that a fully-public model could be afforded while also slam-ming the Government’s lack of confirma-tion of their own funding model.

“This is a site that’s been found by the Government and it’s something that can be built and delivered,” he said.

“It’s absolutely critical that health services in this state are not privatised, which is the model Mike Baird wants to operate.”

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NSW Opposition Leader, John Robertson, Shadow Health Minister, Walt Secord and Labor candidate for Maitland, Jenny Aitchison, discuss the hospital with NSW Nurses and Midwives Association delegates, David Pfanner and Gaye Ashbourne

More light may be shed on the funding model tomorrow (Thursday) however, after the Government releases the busi-ness papers and modelling for the hospital.

“I’m hopeful that those documents will reveal the funding model so people will know what is going on and what this Government is trying to hide,” Mr Robert-son said.

“The fact the Minister continues to refuse to reveal the funding model can only raise alarm bells.”

Premier, Mike Baird, has previously said he was open to a private-public partner-ship for the hospital, while Health Minis-ter, Jillian Skinner, could not confirm last month whether the funding model would be known before March’s election.

Mr Robertson, however, could not provide a timeline for work on the Metford site, despite demanding one from the Government in April, only saying that Labor will “get on with the job”.

Ms Skinner, and Member for Maitland, Robyn Parker have accused the Opposition of staging nothing more than a political stunt, particularly following comments by the party’s own former health spokesper-son, Andrew McDonald, earlier this year.

“It has to be a public hospital, possibly with some private involvement as part of a public private partnership, but it has to

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the ‘Lower Hunter Public Hospital’,” Mr McDonald said, in May.

Ms Skinner said that Mr Robertson was peddling lies.

“They announced an unfunded thought bubble,” she said.

“Make no mistake - Labor’s announce-

ment is empty. They have no plans and no money set aside to build this hospital.

“John Robertson needs to show Maitland the money - where is it?”

Ms Parker said that Labor’s attention to Maitland was nothing more than lip service.

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S tockland’s redevelopment of the Green Hills Shopping Centre is a step closer, after Maitland City Council approved modifications

to the development application.The new plans will see a small reduc-

tion in floor space after amendments to the internal layout, slightly less car spaces and additional traffic manage-ment measures.

The total floor space of the two-storey centre will now be 67,382 square metres, a reduction of more than 2000 square metres, but still almost double the size of the current centre.

The reductions will see floor space taken away from the Myer department store and an additional, yet to be named, discount department store.

The small expansion planned for Coles and Big W will not go ahead.

A left-only exit lane onto Stronach Avenue has been added.

Stockland have also removed a planned 147-space mezzanine carpark, to be replaced by a 101-space area, reducing the total number of carparks to 3240, twice the number of what currently exists.

Councillor Ben Whiting noted Stock-

land were providing 170 spaces more than required which will help to stop “dollars driving to Kotara and Charlestown”.

“It’s a massive investment in the city,” Cr Whiting said. “It will bring a lot of jobs into the community.”

Cr Philip Penfold said the development

was a fantastic vote of confidence in the city and that it will not kill Central Mait-land as there was plenty of business to go around.

Stockland have not provided a state date for construction, but have established a 27-month development timeline.

Modified shopping centre development application approved

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Councillors under new media policy

Maitland City Councillors will no longer be able to provide real-time updates from Council meetings under a new media policy.

Adopted last week, the policy also prohib-its Councillors from releasing information contained in the meeting agenda until 10am on the prior Friday morning, the time which Council will distribute official media releases on matters of interest.

A separate social media policy, also adopted last week, asks Councillors to ensure their use of social media is “appro-priate”, asking that Councillors do not independently share Council information before it has been distributed through official channels.

The policies state that they are trying to achieve consistency in how Council’s social media is managed and the messages that are spread. General Manager, David Evans said that the policy was not trying to stop councillors engaging with the community.

“All we are asking is that you make it clear you are expressing the official view of the Council,” he said to Councillors.

Cr Steve Procter said that policies seemed to be reasonable. “I don’t think it is asking any more than common courtesy,” he said.

“It’s only asking councillors to show a great deal of respect.”

Earlier this year, Newcastle City Coun-cillors were banned from using Twitter during Council meetings.

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A planning proposal for an Anam-bah residential area will return to public exhibition after concerns were raised about its placement

near a flight path.A proposal to rezone an 18-hectare parcel

of land, which included a 31-lot indicative subdivision, was initially brought to Council in January 2012, before it was amended and resubmitted in August 2013.

The placement near the flight path has now drawn issues related to safety of those living in the area, the noise level and its impact on future aerodrome activities.

The site is situated near the Royal Newcastle Aero Club (RNAC), who consoli-dated two runways and re-oriented the new single runaway in 2008 due to noise concerns over the Windella estate.

RNAC’s Michael Patten questioned the proposal to build under a flight path, considering the issue had already arisen once. “We were discussing the same thing five years ago,” Mr Patten said.

“Activity on the northern side could

reduce the activities [of the aerodrome] significantly.”

If no submissions are received during the

exhibition period the rezoning proposal will be passed on to the Department of Planning.

The Royal Newcastle Aero Club is concerned their future activies could be restricted

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NBN rollout gather momentum in the Hunter

The rollout of the National Broadband Network is continuing across the Hunter

with consultation underway for the construction of new fixed wireless facilities in Rothbury, Lochinvar and Winders Hill.

The fixed wireless network will deliver speeds of up to 25 megabits per second,

which is faster than speeds achieved over the ADSL network in capital cities. The latest phase of the rollout locally follows on from similar fixed wireless installations at Pitnacree, Tenambit and East Maitland.

Public to have another look at Anambah residential project

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M aitland has a new sporting champion to add to its ranks.

Lorn’s 17-year-old basketball whiz kid, Claudia Jackson,

has returned from the Special Olympics National Games with a smile on her face and a gold medal to boot.

The games saw over 1000 athletes with intellectual disabilities, and of all abilities, converge on Melbourne late last month to compete in 16 sports including athletics, bocce and ten-pin bowling.

Athletes had to be at least 16-years-old, making Claudia one of the youngest competitors.

She played eight games with one of the NSW’s two mixed basketball teams and played an integral part in downing West-

ern Australia in the grand final, 44-18.She was selected on her ability, after play-

ing in four state tournaments throughout the year.

Claudia said that she had lots of fun.“It was fun meeting boys and making

new friends, and Melbourne was a nice

place” she said. “The best part is shooting for your team and playing at the stadium.”

At last year’s Special Olympics Asia Pacific Games Claudia picked up a silver medal.

Claudia said that she would like to play in America and in the Paralympics.

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Service NSW shopA raft of government services will be

able to be accessed from under one roof before the end of the year.

State Finance and Services Minister, Dominic Perrottet and Member for Maitland, Robyn Parker announced the Service NSW one-stop-shop last week.

“The motor registry at 4 Garnett Road, East Maitland will close temporarily to make way for the new Service NSW one-stop-shop,” Ms Parker said.

The motor registry closed on November 1 and will re-open by mid-December. Ms Parker added the renovation would see the installation of technology that will allow customers to undertake more than 800 transac-tions in one location including vehicle registrations, owner-builder permits, housing payments and driver licenses.

Operating hours will be 7am-7pm weekdays and 9am-3pm on Saturdays.

During the refurbishment, customers are able to carry out a range of transac-tions at www.service.nsw.gov.au. For face to face transactions they will be able to visit the Newcastle Service Centre, which is open for extended trading hours or the motor registries at Raymond Terrace and Cessnock.

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S ummer will kick off with a splash at Beresfield Swimming Centre this year, with pool-goers enjoying drastically-reduced

entry fees. Single entry at the pool will drop from

$5 to $2.80, while families will now be able to enjoy a full day of swimming for just $9.50.

In another coup for families, children up to the age of five will be admitted for free.

The new reduced fee structure was endorsed by Newcastle City Council on a knife’s edge last week, with newly-elected Deputy Lord Mayor, Stephanie Posniak exercising her casting vote to pass the changes.

Councillor Jason Dunn said the cheaper entry was needed if Council

wanted to get the most out its ailing inland pool. “The social outcomes of this change should not be underestimated either - this will be great for the health and wellbeing of children and families in Beresfield,” he said.

Despite voting to send the new pricing structure to public exhibition in August, Cr Allan Robinson ultimately voted against adopting cheaper entry fees.

Council heard that expenditure would need to be cut from other service areas in order to make up for the additional cost of cheaper entry on Council’s budget, with planned pool-side entertainment, CPR courses and community Christmas party at Beresfield Swimming Centre likely to go.

General manager, Ken Gouldthorp said that Council would have to consider shortening the season at Beresfield Swimming Centre, in order to address the balance.

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CR PETER BLACKMOREMaitland City Council Mayor

Earlier this week celebrations were held across the state to mark 75 years since the birth of free public libraries in New South Wales.

Maitland City Library along with libraries across the Hunter and Central Coast, celebrated this significant milestone with a simultaneous cake cutting, which I unfortunately was unable to attend due to a prior commitment.

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the wonderful contribution public libraries make to our community.

Maitland City Council’s first library branch opened on 17 December 1946. A great deal has changed since this time, today we have four libraries in our city: East Maitland, Rutherford, Maitland and Thornton.

Library services extend way beyond book lending and story time, with all four of Maitland’s libraries offering holiday fun programs, guest speakers, literacy programs and technology training amongst many other services.

These services are available to everyone in the community and you can find out more information about Maitland’s libraries and the services they offer by visiting maitland.nsw.gov.au/library.

Before I sign off for another week, I want to let you all know that nominations are still open for the Australia Day Awards.

Council has extended the nomination period for a further two weeks and nominations across the categories of Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Junior Citizen of the Year can now be made until Friday, November 14.

The awards will be presented at Maitland’s Australia Day celebrations and recognise the outstanding achievements of individuals who work tirelessly to enrich the community through their commitment and service to others.

Nomination guidelines and nomination forms can be found by visiting maitlandevents.com.au or maitland.nsw.gov.au.

Copies of the nomination form are also available at Council’s Administration Building.

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BOB PYNSENTCessnock City Council Mayor

I was thrilled at the announcement last week that the Japanese team will be based here in Cessnock for their pre-competition training camp in early January 2015. This level of publicity for our beautiful area is invaluable for international tourism. I look forward to keeping you all updated of our preparations for the team’s arrival. A big thankyou for the overwhelming amount of support we have already received at council from the local community and the media.

We hosted colleagues from City of Swan Council, Western Australia last week. With very similar LGAs, the visit was a great chance to share information between our two areas, particularly in areas of planning and development.

I encourage all of our locals and visitors to visit the Wine-country Art Trail Group Exhibition to support the array of local talent on display. The exhibition is at the Visitor Information Centre, Wine Country Drive, Pokolbin until 9 November 2014.

The 2014 Mayoral Photography Competition has closed and I will be acknowledging the winners at Cessnock Library this week. We received an overwhelming amount of entries and judges were impressed with the high calibre of the work especially in our primary school categories. Entries will be on exhibition at Cessnock and Kurri Kurri Libraries until Novem-ber 10. Kindergarten to Year 2 and Years 7 to 10 photographs are on display at Kurri Kurri, with Years 3 to 6 at Cessnock.

Coming into summer, there’s so much happening in our local area. I encourage all of our residents to check out council’s ‘What’s On’ section of our website to support the great events our community holds every year. I attended the Kurri Kurri Community Festival a couple of weeks ago - a great example of a long-standing, local volunteer-organised event.

I would like to extend a big welcome to our new businesses in Vincent Street. There’s a really great vibe to our main street and so many new businesses opening is a great sign that this good feeling is here to stay.

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David Evans General Manager 285–287 High Street, PO Box 220 Maitland NSW 2320t 02 4934 9700 info@maitland.nsw.gov.au

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PUBLIC NOTICESADOPTION OF THE CORONATION OVAL SPORTING COMPLEX PLAN OF MANAGEMENT AND MASTERPLAN In accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Act, notice is hereby given that Council resolved at its meeting on 14 October 2014 to adopt the Coronation Oval Sporting Complex Plan of Management (PoM) and Masterplan.

The PoM and Masterplan provide direction for the future management of the Coronation Oval Sporting Complex and provide Council staff and the community with management policies, directions and priorities, whilst identifying responsibilities for implementation.

Copies of the PoM and Masterplan are available to view at Council’s Administration Building, High Street, Maitland during normal working hours or on Council’s website at maitland.nsw.gov.au

Further enquiries should be directed to Amanda McMahon, Acting Recreation Planning Coordinator on 4934 9717 or via email at amandam@maitland.nsw.gov.au

COMMUNITY DISABILITY DAY In accordance with Council’s Special Events Policy notice is hereby given of the following proposed event occurring in Maitland.

• Mai-Wel Limited propose to hold a community event to celebrate International Day for People With a Disability at Maitland Park between 7am and 4pm on Friday, 5 December 2014.

Written submissions regarding this event are invited from the public and will be received up until 4pm on Friday, 14 November 2014.

Please Note: The Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 applies to Council. Under this Act, certain information held by Council may be released upon application by members of the public. Council will not consider your submission as confidential, and may reproduce it in part or in whole.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Council’s Service Planning and Regulation Group on 4934 9700.

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Council wishes to advise that the section of Tocal Road between Paterson Road and Moore Road will be temporarily closed due to road works:

• From Thursday, 20 November to Tuesday, 25 November 2014 (inclusive) weather permitting.

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I t has been a long time coming, but an end to the drainage issues that have plagued Rutherford’s Norm Chapman Oval is finally in sight.

A Maitland City Council investigation has found that an uneven surface was a major contributing factor, meaning that the field will have to virtually be replaced in order to fix the problem, which often renders the field unfit for use.

“Over time the surface has become uneven due to settlement of the fill and the impact of various activities that take place on the site,” a Council report said.

“The site survey indicates that the fields will have to be stripped, filled and regraded to ensure surface water can drain.

“In addition, subsoil drainage will need to be installed at selected locations.”

Approximately 20,000 square metres of grassed surface will have to be replaced, taking the field out of action for three months.

If Council proceeds with the works they would begin at the end of the 2015 winter sport season, with the cost anticipated to be between $150,000 and $250,000.

Council will meet with user groups to discuss the outcomes of the investiga-tion and complete a project design.

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W hen the ladies of the Maitland RSL Sub-Branch Women’s Auxiliary set their minds to something,

there’s no stopping them.With Remembrance Day around the

corner, on Tuesday, November 11, the ladies have set their fingers to the task of creating knitted poppies as a keepsake for the veterans and in just one month they’ve already managed to produce 100 of them.

“It’s a significant gift, we think,” Auxil-iary President, Christine Kidd said.

“The women are only too happy to do them.

“When the idea was formed there was no hesitation in doing it.”

Half a dozen faithful knitters and crocheters have volunteered their time to produce the poppies, each one unique.

“There will be quite a variety of them,” Ms Kidd said.

“There’ll be none the same, just as all flowers are different.”

The Women’s Auxiliary will be selling badges in the Heritage Mall, Rutherford Shopping Centre and Pender Place this week to raise money for their welfare work.

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Women’s Auxiliary President, Christine Kidd, displays some of the knitted poppies

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T wo months on from the new Cessnock PCYC’s official open-ing, the $7 million development has reached another milestone.

Last week, the centre’s youth activities space was officially opened, funded by a $63,360 grant from the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation.

The space contains gaming consoles, computers and table tennis, foosball, pool and air hockey tables, in what club manager Kathy Smith said would create a safe space for all age groups.

“This is something we’ve never had here,” Ms Smith said.

“They can come and be comfortable and the parents will know they are safe.”

The grant has also paid for a new boxing ring to be installed and equipment to be used in the under-construction indoor skate park.

The 800-square-metre skate park will contain both style and speed elements, and is expected to be completed by Christmas.

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and we couldn’t grow any bigger,” Ms Smith said. “This stuff could not have been done at the old building.”

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If you are a woman with diabetes (type 1 or type 2), it is crucial to do some pre-pregnancy planning to ensure the best possible outcome for you and your child.

Your diabetes healthcare team are the best people to speak to,.

Some arrangements need to be in place three months prior to conception to ensure the best start to your baby’s life. Some of the things that your diabetes team can help you with include:

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It may seem a little strange to talk about the impor-tance of goals and in particular written goals. Any strategy is looking to achieve outcomes ie goals, which are therefore fundamental in the process.

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While head lice are usually not dangerous in them-selves as they don’t carry or transmit disease, they can be quite an annoyance.

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES Advertise in theClassifieds from as little as $25!

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Want to become an integral part of a dynamic team?Looking for security in the media industry? Yes? Then read on...As a publisher of market leading local newspapers and specialist

publications, we continue to grow and increase our share of the

local advertising market in the areas in which we operate.

Due to some exciting changes in our business, we’re looking to

add an experienced sales rep to our team. With a mix of business

development and account management, this will be a broad and

varied role. This may well develop into a leadership role for the

right person.

The main responsibilities in these roles will be...

• Finding leads and generating new business

• Maintaining an existing client base

• Providing exceptional customer service

• Representing our other periodical publications as they arise

• Representing us at various industry and sporting functions from

time to time

While this is a broad and varied role, the key skills you will require to be successful are...

• Confident telephone manner

• A willingness to prospect and generate leads

• Persistence and determination

• The ability to close a sale

• High levels of attention to detail

• Intermediate computer skills

On offer for the successful candidate will be a negotiable salary based on experience, commission, the opportunity for advancement and a relaxed working environment along with the security of joining a growing business.

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SPORTthe hunter post // www.thehunterpost.com.au

Wednesday 5 November 2014

A fter four tough away matches the Newcastle Jets finally return to Hunter Stadium this weekend, still searching for their first win of the season after a

2-1 loss to Perth Glory last Saturday.The Jets looked set to improve on a poor

record in the west when Argentine striker, Jeronimo fired a shot past Glory goalkeeper, Danny Vukovic in the 74th minute,

But it was Perth substitute, Jamie McLaren who secured the three points for the home side with two goals in three minutes.

McLaren only entered the match following Jeronimo’s goal and scored his first almost instantly.

Jets coach Phil Stubbins said his players were struggling mentally when in winning positions late in matches.

“I think it’s pretty clear now that without actually believing that you’re going to win the contest and having that real mental edge and resolve about how you last out the contest, you get found out and you get punished, and that’s what happened to us,” he said.

For the most part, the Jets’ solid defence

Weary Jets are home at last

The Newcastle Jets will play in front of their home fans for the first time this season

Hunter Stadium ready for action as loss to Perth Glory ends diff icult month of travel

PAUL MONFORTE returned after last week’s aberration against Wellington, but didn’t have a great deal of goal-scoring opportunities.

Newcastle take on Melbourne Victory at 5pm on Saturday afternoon at Hunter Stadium.

However, final preparations following the laying of the new playing surface means the Jets will not have a training session on the ground prior to the match.

Joel Griffiths is expected to take his place in the side after leaving the field on Saturday after a knock to the shin.

A-LEAGUE ladder after round 4: Sydney FC 10pts (+5), Adelaide United 10pts (+4), Perth Glory 9pts (+1), + Melbourne Victory 7pts (+6), + Wellington Phoenix 6pts (+3), * Central Coast Mariners 3pts (-2), Melbourne City 2pts (-4), Newcastle Jets 1pt (-5), * Brisbane Roar 0pts (-4), ** Western Sydney Wanderers 0pts (-4).

+ played Monday night * denotes game in hand **denotes two games in hand

The Jets’ W-League team will head across the country to play Perth Glory on Saturday afternoon.

Newcastle’s Youth League side were defeated 3-0 by Perth Glory on Sunday. Their next match will be against the FFA Centre of Excellence in Canberra this Saturday afternoon.

Andrew NashClinicWe would like to welcome Dr Nico de Bruyn, who has recently joined us at our new location in our brand new, state-of-the-art medical centre, located just down the road from our previous centre.

Dr de Bruyn is experienced in all aspects of General Practice and join our existing Doctors: Dr Brad Bitossi, Dr Beth Fraser, Dr Keith Shumack, Dr Gerry Lister & Dr Max Lenzer, to offer the highest standards of healthcare for all ages, including:

NOW OPEN!

Andrew Nash Clinic is now located between Metcalfe Street and Murnin Street, opposite the bus stop. Patient parking is accessible from Campbell Street. Phone us today! We look forward to seeing you at our new location soon.

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