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By Millie Thomas

Locals are fi nding fl ights between Olympic Dam and Adelaide to be increasingly unavailable, but local travel agent Mike French said it’s just a matter of being

organised.However flight carrier Alliance Airlines has reportedly

‘dropped’ a 2pm weekday fl ight because the seats were not being fi lled.

Locals are again asking if there need to be more fl ights during highly traffi cable periods to accommodate for both residents and big industry players.

“Th e fl ights that people try to get are usually heavily booked in advance,” explained Mr French. “People have been smart; they’re booking well in advance now.”

Th e Community Airfares program, which reserves approxi-mately 190 seats a week for lower cost fl ights for Roxby Downs’ residents, has been successful, but is also being booked out well in advance.

Mr French has also been able to expand the program to in-clude a limited amount of seats from Adelaide to Olympic Dam on Monday and Tuesday mornings, and from Olympic Dam to Adelaide on Th ursday and Friday afternoons, all of which were not available previously.

“But it’s the same thing, people have worked out that they’re there, and are ringing me two or three months in advance for particular weekends,” Mr French said.

He said there were a number of restrictions on the allotted times for fl ights between Olympic Dam and Adelaide. Th ese include marrying up fl ights with interstate connections, and

time slots available for landing at Adelaide airport.“When it comes down to it, it’s operational, more so than

demand,” Mr French said. “It’s where they can put the people most eff ectively for them on the day.”

However, Mr French said airlines constantly reassessed fl ight arrangements, and in the meantime, potential fl iers just need to be organised.

“If people are making plans to go away, they need to look at their dates well in advance,” he said. “Th e other thing is, always keep an eye on fl ights online or come through me, and if they’re starting to look like they’re starting to go quickly cheap, that’s when you either have to buy them or take the risk of paying more.

“Sometimes a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Sometimes it’s just the roll of the dice.”

The Roxby Downs Traders Association will submit a formal, written request to both BHP

Billiton and Roxby Council follow-ing a call for a 12 month rent relief program last week.

Retailers spoke out at the recent Rox-by Downs business breakfast – telling guest speaker BHP Billiton Darryl Cuz-zubbo small businesses won’t survive further delays without fi nancial help.

Locals cited last year’s cancellation of

the expansion plan as the catalyst for a ripple eff ect throughout the communi-ty, and a huge downward spiral in local retail sales of up to 50 per cent.

See our full page spread to fi nd out what Cuzzubbo said on Page 3.

Lack of fl ights frustrating residents

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And they’re off!And they’re off!Roxby Downs was the starting line to the 2013 Variety SA 4WD

Challenge last Saturday with 51 cars and 110 “bashers” heading bush on a seven-day adventure across the Simpson Desert.

Local Casey Simmons and his team raised $14,000 for the charity, adding to a total kitty of around $400,000 raised for this year’s event.

Roxby Downs also received a $16,100 grant from Variety SA which will be used to install specialised play equipment at two local playgrounds.

Th e event, in its 19th year, is the sister event to the now famous Variety SA Bash. Th e organisation has raised a total of $3.78 million from the event over the years, which has enabled them to donate valuable funding to vital out-back services such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service and School of the Air.

See the photos from the Roxby Downs start line on Page 9.

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Lo c a l y o u t h Centaine C a ss er le y, 18 ,

loves her home town of Roxby Downs.

It has been a fantastic and rewarding town for the Australia Day Sport-sperson of the Year to grow up in, and she has become a role model to other local youngsters.

Her list of achieve-ments are staggering, and include representation in a wide range of school activities and local sport, mainly basketball, netball and swimming – along with a swag of academic achievements at Roxby Downs Area School.

She wasn’t exactly ‘born and bred” here – but she’s about as close as you can get. Centaine was born in WA one Feb-ruary, and moved to Rox-by Downs that March – the family followed her father over to SA after he was transferred to Olym-pic Dam.

Centaine will be one of the dozens of local youth participating in activities as part of National Youth Week this week.

She said growing up in Roxby Downs had been an amazing childhood.

“It’s a lot bigger than when I was little,” Cen-taine said.

“I always felt safe – and it’s easy access to get everywhere.

“Th e people are really nice – they are always friendly.”

Centaine said Rox-by Downs had been a great place to play sport – she has represented the school at the South Australian Secondary Sports days throughout her school years, and has also been a high achiever in her chosen sports of netball, cricket and swimming. She also made it into the SAPSA-SA soccer side during high school.

“When I was growing up I loved to play sport … I’ve tried cricket, Aus-kick, tennis, soccer…

I’ve had a crack at everything.”

She encouraged Roxby

Downs children to ‘give everything a go.’ And to always keep trying and going back for more.

“I don’t like to give up,” she said.

Centaine has won many academic rewards, was School Captain last year when she complet-ed Year 12, and recent-ly deferred a Business Management Degree at Flinders University to stay another year in Rox-by Downs.

She currently works at the Roxby Culture and Leisure Precinct and is undertaking a Certifi -cate IV in Occupational Health and Safety.

National Youth Week

kicked off across Austral-ia last Friday with a huge array of activities such as sports, dance parties, community projects, conferences, exhibitions, festivals, forums, work-shops, live performances and a battle of the bands competition.

This year’s theme is ‘Be Active. Be Happy. Be You’, aimed to inspire young South Australians to embrace life and its opportunities.

In Roxby Downs youth participated in the Amazing Race ‘round Roxby yesterday involv-ing around 100 Roxby Downs Area School stu-dents in a race through

checkpoints which in-cluded a Dress Up Relay at the Rotunda, a bucket road block in the mall of jelly, pasta and oil, fun with BHP Billiton with an innovation activity at the youth centre and a human pyramid at the lions park.

Other activities in-cluded alcohol and drug prevention talks at the Police Station where stu-dents had to wear “beer goggles” while bowling to understand the eff ects of alcohol on their cooridi-nation.

Youth also went rope climbing with the SES, and saw a static crash display in the SES car

park demonstrating the impact of a low speed crash.

Muso Magic held workshops on Monday, and fi lming of the Out-back Tracks episode re-volving around Roxby Downs will be undertak-en throughout the week.

The Roxby Youth Centre will also be open throughout this week be-tween 3pm and 6pm.

To find out more about Youth Week and youth activities in Rox-by Downs phone Com-munity Project Officer (Youth) Laura Gray at Roxby Council on 8671 0010 or email her at [email protected].

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The driver in an incident that resulted in the death of Roxby Downs local Dylon Fraser in June last year pleaded not guilty to related

charges in court last week.

Salisbury man Anthony Carberry, 38, plead not guilty to Aggravated Causing Death by Dangerous Driving and Leaving Accident Scene after Causing Death by Dangerous Driving at the Port Augusta Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Th e charges relate to an incident which occurred in the early hours of Friday, June 8, 2012. Carber-ry was allegedly driving a utility vehicle when 25-year- old Fraser fell from the rear tray and sustained serious injuries.

He was fl own out by the Royal Flying Doctor to receive further medical treatment in Adelaide, and later died as a result of his injuries on Sunday, June 10.

Carberry has been remanded to appear again on Tuesday, May 28, where a trial date will be set.

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PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY,

REHABILITATION & COMPENSATIONInquiry into:

Occupational Violence in the Health, Retail and Hospitality Sectors

Pursuant to section 16(1) (c) of the Parliamentary Committees Act 1991, the Committee is to inquire into occupational violence in the health, retail and hospitality sectors.

The Terms of Reference1. Prevalence of occupational violence in health, retail and

hospitality sectors and the economic implications to industries and the community

2. The role of workplace cultures in preventing and responding to occupational violence and the capacity of work-based policies and procedures to influence positive cultural change

3. Whether there is scope to improve coordination between regulators, health service providers, police and other stakeholders to address and prevent occupational violence

4. Whether there are regulatory, administrative or legal policy gaps that should be addressed in the interests of enhancing protection against occupational violence, including through complaint mechanisms

5. Whether the existing regulatory frameworks provide sufficient deterrent against occupational violence

6. Whether there are any barriers to reporting occupational violence7. The most effective measures that can be used to prevent

occupational violence in health, retail and hospitality sectors8. What support is available to workers and/or their families who

are exposed to occupational violence9. Any other related matters

Any person or organisation wishing to provide a submission to the Committee is invited to forward a written submission to the Committee by Friday 10 May 2013.

Submission and requests for further information about the inquiry should be directed to:

The Executive OfficerParliamentary Committee on Occupational Safety, Rehabilitation and CompensationHouse of Assembly Parliament House North Terrace Adelaide SA 5000

Phone: (08) 8237 9426, Fax: (08) 8231 9130Email: [email protected]

An Andamooka man has pressed assault charges in relation to an incident that occurred at the local

community meeting last week.

Police are investigating the incident and

ask for any witnesses to to the incident to

contact them.

On Tuesday, April 2 an unknown person

entered the St Barbara Catholic School and

took four new Lenovo Th inkpad X230T notebooks and 1 Toshiba Satallite A210/019 Notebook.

On Wednesday, April 3 a blue Ford sedan was stolen from an address in Andamoo-ka. Th e car was then involved in a collision nearby before being returned back to where it was taken from. Again police are seeking the help from witnesses.

On April 3, an 18-year-old man from

Olympic Dam was reported for urinating

in a public place. Th e same man was also

issued a three month barring order follow-

ing another incident at a licensed premise.

On Sunday, April 7 a 28-year-old man

from Andamooka was issued with an expi-

ation notice of $360 for causing an environ-

mental nuisance caused by excessive music

at a private address in Roxby Downs.

Assault charge from Andamooka meeting

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BHP Billiton should pay local shop rents to ensure the town’s retail future while

it comes up with a plan for the Olympic Dam mine expansion.

Local shops and businesses will not survive the delays, according to many who raised the issue with BHP Asset President Darryl Cuz-zubbo at the Business Forum Net-working breakfast last Th ursday.

Retailers and other local busi-nesses all raised the same concerns about their long term viability and the continual struggle to survive following the expansion delay last year.

Mr Cuzzubbo told the crowd the company was moving forward with plans to gain Olympic Dam a stronger long term future, includ-ing ongoing research into new mine processing technologies to make the local operation more fea-sible. However the trials were still currently underway and could take at least another 12 months.

BHP Billiton still has a further four years extension to resubmit a new plan for the expansion under the State Government indenture agreement.

Mitre 10 Procurement Offi cer Tamara Schutz said any of these plans will be too late for a lot of local businesses.

“By the time you become strong-er as a company, this town won’t be here – we (the retailers) won’t be here,” Ms Schutz said.

“Earlier you spoke about BHP (sic) breaking even, or having small profi ts. Most of the retailers are 40 to 50 per cent down. We don’t have that luxury or the back up of a big company either – we are all indi-vidually owned – what we lose, is what we lose.

“If you paid the rents of the re-tailers for 12 months – you may have a community in 12 months time – but if you don’t come and see us, and make some diff erences to our businesses, it’s not going to be here.”

“As much as we love this town and want to stay here – this town won’t survive.”

Raine and Horne Business Man-ager Sandy Sumsion said locals needed a better idea of what will happen at the mine in the near future.

“Everything that happens in my business is aff ected by the mine,” Ms Sumsion said.

“We’ve invested in this commu-

nity which supports that mine and in 2009 we had a drop in copper prices, the Global Financial Crisis the Clarke Shaft incident – all of those things, which sent this com-munity plummeting, and here we are again,” Ms Sumsion said.

“We have been treading water now for a few years and is there any way that BHP (sic) can be more positive about supporting those people who have invested in this town, and that includes the surrounding areas … to support that mine.”

Mr Cuzzubbo said the compa-ny’s ability to contribute, both in the near and long term, depended on the overall, ongoing and future project planning and success of the Olympic Dam mine, including the development of more viable pro-cess technologies.

“In the next 18 months though – we will know a lot more in terms of these process technologies, be-cause we would have done the full set of trials on them, and we will then have … half a dozen mining options, which are already looking more positive than what we’ve had in the past.”

Local contractor Phil Lacey also raised the issue of reinforcing on-going relationships with local con-tractors and BHPB to keep workers and families in town.

“A lot of our guys live and work here, a lot of the other contractors are in the same boat.”

“Because we are residents in the town we buy and we shop, and we support the local industry as well, so the last thing I want to do is have to cut guys out of my work force as a cost cutting strategy to my busi-ness, which makes them go out of town, which leaves places empty, which takes shopping potential out of the business community.”

Mr Cuzzubbo said a new plan for Olympic Dam would ensure lon-gevity for local mining operations.

“We got very absorbed with the expansion project and we let go of the purse strings at Olympic Dam and the (expansion) project couldn’t get up,” he said.

“We’ve got a tough situation to deal with.”

Mr Cuzzubbo said although local businesses had a right to be anx-ious, they should be assured the company was doing all it could to ensure the mine’s long term future.

“You should have zero doubt we are committed to Roxby.”

BHP Billiton Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo said there could be more job cuts as the company reigns in its costs and looks at future viability of Olympic

Dam .

Mr Cuzzubbo said the company was only one third of the way through implementing the necessary cost cutting measures to make the ongoing mine operation viable.

“We know how much money we need to pull out, and we are probably about a third of the way there.”

“Will there be more cuts? Probably.”“We are working through it – as soon as we know what we

need to do to pull the costs out we act on it.“If we knew the answer to the question we would act on it

now – but we are going through a process,” he said.“With that said though, I think the worst is behind us and

we know that we have to get through the cuts sooner rather than later, because it’s a dark cloud over everyone’s head that we need to remove.

“To say we can get through the next two thirds without some further pain is probably unlikely. But it is our focus to get through that in the coming months so we can remove that black cloud.”

The decision to delay the Olympic Dam expansion could be a “blessing in dis-

guise”, according to BHP Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo.

Mr Cuzzubbo said the expansion would never have been viable using the proposed mining processes and technology currently available.

He said the recent downfall in the resource sector, a slump in commod-ity prices, specifi cally uranium, and a strong Australian dollar had also hurt the future profi tability of the expansion project in its initial form.

“All projects across the group are not as attractive because of these changes, and the outlooks are not as positive,” Mr Cuzzubbo said.

“We have less cash flow, which

means we can’t do the projects we want to do, we can only do the very best projects.”

He said to gain valuable invest-ment dollars away from other BHPB projects, Olympic Dam had to be-come more competitive.

“BHP Billiton is a pretty risk ad-verse company. We tend to stick with what we know, but sticking with what we know isn’t going to work in this case,” Mr Cuzzubbo said.

“We need a break through on the mining side and we need a break through on the technology side.”

“Once we get access to this ore body it’s fantastic – it’s how do you move a million tonnes plus of dirt in a way that just doesn’t bury the project economically.”

“Th e plus here in getting a break-

through is not just the Olympic Dam project, but if you look at the problem we’ve got – a large ore body that’s deep – and under hard rock – if we can crack OD it actually cracks a whole bunch of other ore bodies in SA.

“Th ere’s a prize far beyond OD in cracking it.”

Mr Cuzzubbo said new process-es would lead the way to long term success for Olympic Dam by estab-lishing economically viable solutions to problems that would have plagued the expansion project well into the future.

“I have zero doubt this will turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

“Th ese hard times will end up be-ing good for us.”

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Town Administrator Bill Boehm, BHP Billiton Asset President Darryl Cuzubbo and Roxby Downs Business Forum Chairperson Laura Trotta at the Business Breakfast last week.

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The triangular community noticeboard will be replaced in coming weeks after it was found broken and lying on the pathway recently.

Roxby Council’s Peter Keller said the council would refurbish the former city centre icon, and it would be returned to the same location.

Th e noticeboard would be repainted, and given a fresh look interior and broken glass will be replaced.

It is expected to be back in place within four weeks.

Principal says thank you

Roxby Downs Area School Principal Kath MacAlister has said the recent go

ahead for the Desert Trade Training Centre is a testimony of much hard work from members of the local community.

“The Desert Trade Training Centre (DESTTC) owes its exist-ence to many people and groups.” Mrs MacAlister said.

“Certainly, without the sup-port of its main industry partner it would not be moving towards implementation today. It is im-portant to also recognise the other groups and individuals who have contributed to this endeavour, and who continue to support the pro-ject,” she said.

Currently the appointed coor-dinator, Tony Holden, whose role is to support the building and im-plementation phase of the project, is liaising with the Department of Planning, Transport and Infra-structure (DPTI) offi cer responsi-ble for the project, the architects and other players.

Mrs MacAlister said it is likely that the tendering will occur with-in a week.

Th e project was initiated out of

Roxby Downs Area School and by using some remaining VET fund-ing a project offi cer was able to be employed to support the develop-ment of an application.

That person was Juliette De-maine.

Despite the best eff orts of Juli-ette, the Principal, Kath Macalister and the Industry Skills Offi cer, Jo Stolz the fi rst application was un-successful.

“Funding was very tight in that round and DESTTC perhaps asked for a little too much,” Mrs MacAl-ister said.

“The second part of Juliette’s work, apart from the extraor-dinarily long hours put into the applications in both rounds, was in developing the industry links and partnership for the project. She went on to win her current position with Eyre Futures but was supported by her employer to stay linked to the DESTTC pro-ject which was very successful in its second attempt.

“It is all credit to Juliette, and her ability to build these industry links, that the contractors peak body CFIT (Contractor Framework Implementation Team) fi nancially supported the drawing up of archi-tect’s plans and that BHP Billiton

came on board as major partners.” She remains linked to the project in her current role as the main liai-son with industry and continues to promote both DESTTC and a wide range of other projects benefi cial to youth in and around the Roxby Downs area.

“On behalf of Roxby Downs Area School, Marree Aborigi-nal School and Woomera Area School we want to sincerely thank Juliette Demaine personally, and Eyre Futures for establishing and maintaining the ongoing valuable support in maintaining the indus-try links.

“To CFIT we say without your help we would have been stumped at the beginning by not being able to fund the plans that got us the federal funding.

“To BHP Billiton, particularly Chad Menzies and in round one negotiations Amanda Hudson, our very grateful thanks. We have a viable project because this funding will make the diff erence between off ering an encompassing selec-tion of Certifi cate Pathways and not being viable at all,” Mrs Ma-cAlister said.

“We are a small community but we have a wonderful spirit that is refl ected in projects like this.”

By Millie Thomas

A ‘Roxby Cup Ball’ to be held before the annual Roxby Cup is a distinct possibility, after a committee meeting broaching the subject

was held last week.

Roxby Downs Horse Racing Club committee mem-ber Mike French chaired the meeting, which attracted a number of dedicated locals wishing to be involved in the event.

Th is year’s event, while low key, will still be a cock-tail dress night, with a prominent Adelaide band, Mr French promised. He also said there was good reason for the organisation of the event.

“I actually brought it up with a few people as a way to boost morale around town, give people a reason to get dressed up and have a really good time,” he said.

Prizes and a ‘Belle’ and ‘Master’ of the ball will be awarded on the night, with the Master and Belle being solicited to help at promotional events in the week leading up to the Roxby Cup, as well as undertaking some offi cial duties on Cup Day.

Mr French initially put out an expressions of inter-est on local social networking group sites, and was surprised at the positive response he received.

“I was quite surprised at the amount of people who were keen on the idea and would like to put their hand up to help,” he said.

“It’s a small community, if you don’t get stuck in and help out… you’ve got to put back into a community the size of this what you want to get out of it.”

More information for the event will be publicised in coming weeks, but in the meantime contact Mr French at [email protected].

Noticeboard will be replaced

‘Roxby Cup Ball’ a possiblity

Desert Trade Training Centre

Wedd ingWedd ingAndamooka’s Candice Bland married Leigh Hurrell in Whyalla on March 23. Pictured

here with guests and bridal party MOH Jodi Selin BM Dave Horlor, Kirsty True, Tyson Hurrell, Pam Beazley and Ben Jarmyn, fl ower girl Charlotte Bland and page boy Kevin Hurrell.

The couples son Kevin walked his mum down the aisle and gave her away.

R egional Development Australia Far North in conjunction with SafeWork SA will be conducting a seminar on Work Health and

Safety issues.

Th e following is a list of the topics covered:“Safe Business is Good Business”- Confused about your safety obligations?- Not sure if you comply?- Want to make your workplace safer?- Not sure where to start?“Work Health and Safety Act – Familiar Principles”Th is seminar is designed to give an overview of the

new Work Health and Safety legislation. It reinforces the fact that general OHS Management Principles ha-ven’t changed but the legislation has. New defi nitions

and responsibilities are explained in this presentation.Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2013Time: 6pm – 9pmVenue: Roxby Downs CinemaRoxby Downs Cultural and Leisure PrecinctRichardson Place, Roxby DownsCost: $20 per person(light meal and refreshments provided)Tickets can be purchased from the Visitor Informa-

tion Centre until 5pm Tuesday, 9th April (08) 8671 2001.

For further information regarding the seminar please contact Vivienne Holloway, Roxby Downs Visitor Information Centre on (08) 8671 0500 or to John Rejack, Regional Development Australia Far North on (08) 8641 1444.

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By Millie Thomas

Roxby Downs Ambulance Volunteer Team Leader Peter Walters has enjoyed his senior role so far, but said the spate of job redun-

dancies has impacted on SA Ambulance volunteer numbers.

Mr Walters has held the position for fi ve months, working with approximately 15 to 20 volunteers. He said it is still diffi cult to handle losing team members.

“Unfortunately since the beginning of the year we have had two of our volunteers become redundant at work, resulting in one of them having to leave town,” he explained. “Due to the transient nature of the town we are used to volunteers leaving, however it is still diffi cult when we do lose key people from within our team.”

Despite dealing with the constant threat of losing more volunteers, Mr Walters has enjoyed his new position.

“Th e best part of the role has been the opportu-nity to work closer with both the other ambulance volunteers and also the emergency services in town,” he said. “I am enjoying the opportunity to meet new people around town and contribute a little back to the community that I live in.”

Mr Walters encouraged anybody interested in vol-unteering for SA Ambulance to get in touch with the centre, with the on ly requirements being a full drivers’ license, and ability to pass a medical.

S ister Pat last week officially handed over her Roxby Downs Area School role as the pastoral support worker after 14 years of

association with the school.

She will step aside, but not completely away, from her duties for new Christian Pastoral Support Worker Michael Killeen, who offi cially started the role in Term four last year.

Last week staff gathered in the school staff room for a farewell morning tea to thank Sister Pat for more than a decade of devotion to the school community.

Th is year she also celebrates her 60th year as a nun, and is now looking forward to spending more time on other community and church commitments.

Sister Pat started her connection with Roxby Downs by visiting playgroup, and has spent many devoted hours at RDAS, as well as Woomera, Andamooka and St Barbs schools.

She has become a well-known face throughout the region.

“Th e staff I fi nd really fantastic – we’ve had a terrifi c turnover but any of the teachers I’ve gotten to know have been really good, really caring with the students,” Sister Pat said.

“Th ey’ve been really accepting of me – they have been wonderful in that way.”

She said a pastoral worker’s role at a school was vital to ensure the well-being of both students and teachers.

“If they had anything they were worried about they would come and talk about it … they were deeply ap-preciative of that,” she said.

“We’ve had ups and downs in Roxby and I think it is very important.”

She has also been involved in extra-curricular ac-tivities like sports day and camps, and will remain a member of the RDAS Parents and Friends, as well as continuing to be involved with the school in a smaller way.

“I’m not leaving the school – I’m just not going to be the Christian Pastoral Support Worker anymore,” she said.

Michael Cantell was appointed last year through the help of a new funding initiative. Th e Federal Gov-ernment now funds his role two days a week, and the local community funds the third day.

“I was really happy to fi nd someone who is doing such a great job,” Sister Pat said.

Reverend Mary Lewis said pastoral workers were essential to the well-being of the entire school com-munity.

“Th ere are times when students and staff need to talk to someone who is not part of the organisation,” Rev Lewis said.

“To have someone who is there… someone looking out for them, a person who’s present who is pure job is to be looking out for people.”

“Th e school ministry group has been going for more than 20 years in SA are putting what were called chap-lains, into public schools and that’s now called a Chris-tian Pastoral Support Worker.

Michael Killeen said he was enjoying his new role and the Roxby Downs Community.

“It’s a nice community – it’s easy to get to know people – people are friendly and a good place to bring up kids.”

“I’m enjoying working with them.”

Redundancies affect volunteer

numbers

Sister Pat hands over the reignsSister Pat hands over the reigns

RIGHT: The devine Sister Pat offi cially handed over the role of Christian Pastoral Support Worker at RDAS last week,

but will still be involved with some school activities.LEFT: New RDAS Christian Pastoral Support Worker Michael Cantell who started in Term 4 last year.

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A grant of almost $173,000 has been awarded to local company Cowell Electric from the Enterprise Zone

Fund Upper Spencer Gulf and Outback to help the business service the growing mining, oil and gas industries in the local area.

Th e funding win supports Cowell Electric in its purchase of new equipment to con-struct high voltage lines in Upper Spencer Gulf (covering the areas between Whyalla, Port Augusta and Port Pirie), Eyre Penin-

sula and the Outback of SA.Minister for Regional Development, Gail

Gago, said the company’s new equipment would position them to successfully bid for projects on a competitive and ongoing basis, and build local capacity to support economic development and jobs growth.

“Cowell Electric is a highly successful regional company that has grown both in turnover and employee numbers on the back of the mining boom,” Ms Gago said.

“It has recently been successful in ten-dering to install a 275kV high voltage pow-er line for the Snowtown Wind Farm, with work due to commence shortly.

“Th e project is consistent with the State Government’s Mining Benefi ts for all pri-ority, while advancing our renewal energy goals.”

Cowell Electric’s Sue Chase said that the grant money was a vote of confi dence in regional industry from the State Govern-ment. “Th is grant money will go towards the Tension Stringing Equipment in order to promptly commence the Snowtown

Windfarm project. Th is equipment increas-es our capability to undertake powerline construction projects that require tension stringing – a capability we have not previ-ously had.

“It means the company is in a strong position for the foreseeable future in our ability to confi dently tender for large in-dustrial and mining projects, such as those anticipated in the next six years in the Up-per Spencer Gulf, Eyre Peninsula, and the outback, that will require high voltage pow-er transmission.”

Th e Enterprise Zone Fund Upper Spen-cer Gulf and Outback is a $4 million fund, available over four years. Th e Fund is aimed at capturing the benefi ts of growing indus-tries to further strengthen Upper Spencer Gulf and Outback communities.

For more information on how your busi-ness can access these grants visit http://pir.sa.gov.au/regions/programs/EZF or Call Regional Development Australia Far North (08) 8641 1444.

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A thriving and sustainable local business community is essential to a vibrant and

sustainable community. This weekly column shares some of the issues

facing local business and some of the strategies they are using to gear up for

the exciting times that lay ahead for Roxby Downs. Got an idea for a story or some feedback on a story in the Roxby InBusiness Column? Email vholloway@

roxbyleisure.com or phone (08) 8671 0500.

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Cowell Electric awarded State Government grant

To work on site for $120-$140k per year and then work as a “backyarder” on your days off makes it hard for those who rely on that

same work as their only form of income. It’s easy to rest, organise work and organise

materials in someone else’s time so that things are ready for you to work on your days off!

One income family.

How can the local contractors compete? People on $130K/year working at the mine ‘can’ put a shed up cheaper,

‘can’ install an air conditioner cheaper and ‘can’ wire up your shed cheaper! But most wouldn’t have:- Professional

indemnity insurance, licensing fees and charges, public liability insurance, commercial

mortgage or lease, pay roll tax, building and equipment insurance, work cover levy, services charges, vehicle and equipment

lease, business loans and income tax...These are just some of the costs small

business have to pay before an income can be drawn. ‘Backyarders’ don’t pay for

any of these and most don’t pay TAX!Fair Go!

To the furious local. Stop expecting us to bend over backwards for you. Where do you

think you are? It cost a lot of money to just be open. Paying staff, electricity etc... you probably wanted to buy a $4 pack of nails or something anyways which isn’t going to

cover all these costs. Adelaide a population of 105 million people and Roxby has maybe

4000. Be grateful to even have such amenities as Mitre 10 here!! From a local with a brain.

Right of Reply.

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The Coober Pedy Black Dog Group joined a National One Day Ride recently to help raise

awareness for depression.

Th e ride was part of a national event that included 17 separate rides across every state and territory.

Coober Pedy Black Dog organis-er Barney Boswell hosted the event, bringing together seven riders and 20 people who joined together for break-fast at the Reserved Services League (RSL) Club and then headed to Cadney Park.

In total 5000 bikers participated in the event across Australia.

Local Mental Health worker Tina Boyd spoke about depression and su-icide and provided information about local services in Coober Pedy.

Th e Coober Pedy participants also helped raise money for Lifeline and will help the group maintain and build its suicide prevention programs across Australia.

Black Dog Rider Barney said he hoped the event would help reduce the stigma associated with depression and get people talking about these real issues.

Suicide is the leading cause of death in Australia for men under 44 and women under 34.

Men in regional locations experience a higher rate of suicide, and one in fi ve Australians will experience a mental illness every year.

Barney is keen to involve Roxby Downs and Andamooka riders in the National One Day Black Dog Ride next year.

To fi nd out more go to www.black-dogride.com.au. Th ose in need of sup-port can call Lifeline 13 11 14.

By Millie Thomas

The remote outback community of William Creek is currently undergoing major redevelop-

ment to give the town some basic twenty-fi rst century infrastructure.

Local businessman Trevor Wright has solely funded the project of install-ing an underground power grid for the community, and has further plans to install town with internet Wifi and ac-cessible potable water for all residents.

Th e town’s population varies accord-ing to tourism, and can range from ten residents up to 30 in peak demand.

He said he had no help from the South Australian Government in im-plementing the infrastructure.

“We’re basically using 1940s technol-ogy and we’re still on radio telephone out here. When you talk to politicians they give you a lot of rhetoric but very little on the ground direction.”

Mr Wright owns almost all infra-structure in William Creek and is the operator of sightseeing air tours Wrights Air. He said the upgrade was necessary to ensure a higher quality of power for the town, and to reduce die-sel consumption, by replacing the seven generators in town with just one.

“Th e estimates are it will cut our fuel consumption by 60 per cent and given us 24 hour power at a much better rate,” Mr Wright explained.

Th e underground power grid pro-vides power to the whole town, except the racecourse, which Mr Wright will address if he can secure relevant sub-sidies to help fund the project. Howev-er he was pessimistic of Government support.

“Th e Government has given us noth-

ing,” he said. We’ve approached diff er-ent departments and everyone’s not interested.”

Mr Wright said one of the major problems in accessing Government grants according to have a consultancy to handle it. He also said the Govern-ment was ‘very lax’ in trying to help small communities.

Th e project, which involved locals preparing the area for electrical in-stallation by digging the trenches themselves, followed by a contracted electrician hooking up the power, took approximately one year to complete.

Now, Mr Wright said the next stage will be looking into solar and wind power generation to back up the gen-erator in times of high demand.

“Our projections on that are we can save another 50 per cent of our diesel usage,” he said.

Th e infrastructure designed for the town’s private power grid has also al-lowed for potable water catchment and circulation, a project, along with the implementation of Wifi , will be on Mr Wright’s to-do list.

“Small communities just have to get smarter in the way they go about busi-ness so they can have a value adding situation,” he said.

“Th ere’s no reason why we can’t take on board some value adding exercises and increase the quality of life in the community.”

In light of proposed major industry boosting the South Australian northern outback, Mr Wright said if the Gov-ernment want to progress things in the area they need to ‘get off their ass and give us access to people that can help with decision making and value adding, because it’s in the state’s best interest.’

By Millie Thomas

Following the departure of the D’Arrigo family from management positions at Chives Restaurant, Roxby Downs local

Bec Gluys has been appointed as the new manager of the restaurant.

Bec moved to Roxby Downs with her husband and past local Ross Gluys, and has previously worked in other hospitality establishments in Roxby Downs since moving here in June last year.

Mrs Gluys hopes to re-establish a new face for the restaurant, with plans to introduce new cuisines to the menu.

“(I’d like to take Chives) to bigger and better places,” Mrs Gluys said recently. “I’d like to make this a trendy restaurant, maybe move away from Italian a little bit, get some maybe Asian fusion and some other infl uences, I’ll try and get some Th ai in here, maybe some Mexican, just a really varied menu.”

Mrs Gluys has high hopes for the newly launched ‘Sage Room’, which currently off ers a tapas style setting.

“I’d like to get a cocktail night going, maybe some Sunday sessions,” she said. “Th e idea is that people can go in there for a drink, they don’t have to order a meal, they can just have fi nger food, nice easy sharing plates.”

Finally, Mrs Gluys hopes to ramp up Chives’infamous breakfasts. “Breakfasts I’m hoping are going to be a big thing. I’m thinking maybe all day pancakes, defi nitely through til afternoon.”

Amongst menu changes, Mrs Gluys also has some ideas to change the décor of the restaurant, in hopes of giving it a fresh identity.

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Minister for Transport and Infrastruc-ture Tom Koutsantonis said Th e Big Build emphasises the critical role infrastructure projects are playing to drive economic ac-tivity, private investment and job creation.

Th e Big Build is an online tool designed to provide South Australians with a graphic overview of the many major projects now underway right across Adelaide.

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tunity to showcase the projects unfolding beneath the cranes on our city skyline,” Mr Koutsantonis said.

“It is ensuring South Australians know exactly how each project builds into a bigger picture.

“And this bigger picture is about creating a vibrant city with world-class facilities that will provide a lasting legacy for our kids and our grandkids.”

Mr Koutsantonis said the Weatherill Gov-ernment is delivering an historic $9.3 billion capital program that supports an annual average of more than 7,500 jobs.

“Th ose jobs ensure families have confi -dence in the future of this State,” he said.

“Many of them are highly skilled engi-neering and construction jobs that are cre-ating a work force that can bid for future projects both here and interstate.

“Contracts and sub-contracts are being won by local companies, who are gaining experience from working alongside some of the world’s best experts to improve their capacity to deliver major projects.

“South Australians are helping to deliv-er these outcomes now and into the future through Government investment in these key projects.

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When local Casey Simmons and his mates, Chris Gobbett and Dan Trezise, decided a

road trip in a new four-wheeled-drive was on the agenda – raising funds for Variety SA was the icing on the cake.

Th e team met with bashers at the of-fi cial starting line in Roxby Downs on Saturday, ready to undertake an awe inspiring, seven-day adventure across the Simpson Desert to Birdsville, and then back down to Wilpena Pound.

The bash is reward for months of hard work from teams who move heav-en and earth to fundraise for sick and needy kids across SA.

Simmons, who works for Monadel-phous and has lived in Roxby Downs for fi ve years, was looking forward to the journey on Saturday at the Roxby Downs start line.

“Chris bought his fi rst four wheel drive and we were looking for an adven-ture to do. We saw fl yers for the 4WD Challenge and thought it was a great

opportunity to go and try out these new wheels and support kids along the way,” Mr Simmon said.

They raised just over $14,000 in funds, mainly through a Facebook cam-paign, with some support from local training and apprenticeships agency Career Employment Group.

Event Chairman David Ahola said all teams were looking forward to the seven-day adventure this week.

“Th is is the reward for the fundrais-ing that all our entrants do,” Mr Aloha said.

“Th eir reward is taking them away and wining and dining them for a week in the Simpson Desert and obviously out ultimate aim is to raise money for our special kids,” he said.

Th e week will include a number of ‘fun-stops’, a mystery Th eme Day and nights of entertainment, including per-formances from John Farnham band’s Lisa Edwards at the Coolapyninna Ab-original Community, and Sydney’s Jack Black at Birdsville.

Doing it for the kids

Local Casey Simmons (right) joined mates Chris Gobbett and Dan Trezise and 110 bashers on the 2013 Variety

SA 4WD Challenge this week.

Mia and Jake wave thank-you to the Variety SA 4WD bashers

after they donate $16,100 for play equipment at Saturday’s start line.

The Marios - Mario and Gian Mario Marini at the start-up breakfast at the

Oasis on Saturday.

Local Casey Simmons said goodbye to his family,

Caden, Max and Kim before departing on the seven day

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Red eARTh Funday success

She’s the winner! Jess Richards took the

title in the 60 Minute Dash competition at the Red Earth Family Fun Day on Sunday.

Jack Spear competed in the ‘Unicorn’

event as part of the 60 Second Dash

activities at the Red Earth Family Fun Day on Sunday.

Red Earth Festival Fun Day organiser Sam Secker and clown

Vicky Mason joined forces to organise a very successful

event last Sunday.

Aja competes in the ‘Noodling Around’ game at the Red

Earth Family Fun Day fundraiser 60 Second

Dash on Sunday.

Olivia competed in ‘Separation

Anxiety’ as part of the 60 Second Dash on Sunday.

Shake it baby! Zoe Leslie tries

to remove ping-pong balls from her package in the ‘Junk in the

Trunk’ event.

LEFT: All concentration - Nela Nedelkovic in the ‘Candelier

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and RIGHT: Victorious.

B etween 300-400 people attended the Sunday Funday to help raise funds for the 2013 Red eARTh Festival last weekend.

Th e day included several displays from home-based businesses, raffl es, jumping castle and face-painting but the highlight of the day was the 60 Second Dash where teams competed in Minute to Win It style novelty invents.

Several teams competed in events such as the wag-on wheel, face stacking Unicorn, noodle needle threading Noodling Around, the Elephant March and the face-wriggling Oreo challenge Face the

Cookie, providing plenty of laughs for spectators.Th e winner was Jess Richards, playing off against Nela

Nedelkovic and Paul Huston to take the title home, with a return airfare to Adelaide as the major prize.

Th e Red eArth Festival Committee would like to thank the events’ sponsors; Alliance Airlines, Transpacifi c, Boom Logistics, Coates Hire, Henley Holiday Flats, Blackwoods, Woolworths, Fairy Belle, C & D Racing, The Roxby Downs Community Club, Blockbuster, Chives Restaurant, Roxby Bakery, Roxby Vet Clinic, Roxby Downs Post Offi ce, Arid Recovery, Th irsty Cam-el, Dam Clean Carwash and all of the stall holders.

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ROXBY COUNCIL

Opening hours Monday to Friday9 am to 4.30 pm

Council provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

• Licensing transactions • Learner written theory tests (test to begin before 4 pm)

All enquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi llOpening hours

1 pm to 6 pm every dayDisposal of household rubbish is FREE

Levies apply for businessesRecycling can be taken either

to the Opal Landfi ll orBSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street

All enquiries: 8671 1154

Opening hours 9.00 am to 5 pm Mon / Wed / Fri

9.30 am to 5 pm Thursday9.30 am to 12 noon Saturdays

Telephone 8671 0660 • Fax 8671 1418Email: [email protected]

Library membership is free. Wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.

Toddler Story Time Tuesdays 9.30 and Thursdays 2pm.

Opening hours

9 am to 5 pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452

Email: [email protected]

After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

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Roxby Downs boasts diff erent types of road crossings and this can sometimes confuse mo-torists and pedestrians alike. Roxby Council provides the following information in an eff ort to reduce the confusion for both pedestrians and motorists for safety’s sake.

Wombat Crossings

A Wombat Crossing is a raised pedestrian crossing (like a wide road hump) marked with thick white stripes.

Th is is the type of crossing that is installed on Richardson Place between the Mall and the School/Visitor’s Information Centre entrance.

A 40 km/h speed limit sign and PEDESTRI-AN (walking legs) signs are placed in advance of the crossing, to let drivers know they need to slow down and look out for pedestrians. When a pedestrian is crossing or about to cross, drivers must stop and give way.

School Crossings

Emu (fl ag) School Crossings are facilities designed to help young pedestrians cross the road near schools.

Th ey are marked with red and white posts and operate only when the children crossing fl ags are displayed.

Emu Crossings are located within School Zones, which also have a speed limit of 25 km/h for motorists whenever children are present on the road or footpath.

Emu crossing in Roxby Downs are easily iden-tifi ed by the children crossing fl ags that are dis-

played when children are more likely to be in the vicinity during school terms. Motorists must give way to pedestrians crossing or about to cross the road when the fl ags

are displayed at an Emu Crossing. Roxby Downs Area School and St Barbs Parish School both have emu crossings to help our students get to school safely.

School Zones

S chool Zones are installed near schools to improve the safety of children travelling to and from school.

Drivers must not exceed the School Zone speed limit of 25 km/h when children are present on the road, footpath or in the bicycle lane.

School Zone signs are displayed at the start of the zone. As drivers exit the Zone an END SCHOOL ZONE sign is also displayed showing the speed limit appropriate for that section of road, usually 50 km/h.

Pedestrian refuges and walk-throughs

A raised or painted median can be used as a refuge where pedestrians can stand safely

in the middle of the road. To enable pedestrians to cross

without having to step up and step down from a raised median, small sections can be cut out of the me-dian and handrails added to create a walk-through.

Walkthroughs also have ramps at the kerbs on both sides of the road to enable easy access.

Th ese facilities allow pedestrians to cross traffi c travelling in one direction at a time. Th ey are particularly useful for people with impaired mobility and young and elderly pedestrians who may require more time to cross busy roads.

Walk-throughs also provide the additional benefi t of allowing cyclists and people with prams, wheelchairs etc easy access.

A pedestrian refuge is located on Tutop Road behind the Shopping Centre carpark. Motorists have right of way at these crossings so care must be taken while waiting in the refuge in the middle of the road if needed.

Please note the area in front of the RSL memorial, on Richardson Place is not a formal crossing, and motorist have right of way at all times.

Going to the letterbox and fi nding an account, regardless of who it was sent by, can sometimes make us sigh!

Roxby Council recognises sometimes it can be tough to make ends meet and pay a large account on time.

If you are experiencing fi nancial hardship and are fi nding it diffi cult to pay your ac-counts on time, please telephone our friendly staff on (08) 8671 0010 who will be able to assist you.

We understand that from time to time, some of our customers may face periods of

financial hardship and unexpectedly find themselves unable to meet their account payments, for many reasons.

Whatever the reason, we encourage cus-tomers to contact Roxby Council immediately when they may be in fi nancial hardship. Rox-by Council will work with you and discuss all alternatives.

Rpxby Council has produced a brochure highlighting ways they can assist those having diffi culty paying accounts, in a confi dential and proactive manner.

Please don’t wait until it’s too late, come in and see us.

Crossing regulations and what is required of drivers

Payment arrangements

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Community Library

April School Holiday Program and ActivitiesThe Cardboard, Collage and CD Creature Caper!

On Wednesday April 17 and April 24 from 2pm until 3pm in the auditorium (adjacent

to the Dunes Cafe).For children fi ve to 13 years old.

Bookings are essential. Younger children will need

parental supervision.For more information and

to book call (08) 8671 0660 or visit the library.


The first Business Forum breakfast for 2013 held

bright and early last Th ursday morning was a packed house and attracted an attendance of 90 people, a sell-out event.

The breakfast was a great opportunity for networking within the Roxby and Olympic Dam’s business worlds and to hear direct from BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo.

The Business Forum Executive Steering Com-mittee has been busy the past 18 months having reformed only in late 2011. The forum held two business breakfasts in 2012 as well as the fi rst Roxby Downs Gala Busi-ness Awards.

Th e Chair of the Busi-ness Forum Executive Steering Committee, Laura Trotta, is at the helm of the proactive forum and was the Mas-ter of Ceremonies at the Business Breakfast.

“The Breakfast went

extremely well. Of course we would have loved to have everyone on the wait list attend but we can’t complain about a sell-out event! It demon-strates that the Business Forum is a much need-ed resource in Roxby Downs, particularly in these uncertain times,” Mrs Trotta said.

The audience came prepared to hear about the future of the Olym-pic Dam mine and were armed with questions for Mr Cuzzubbo.

“Darryl spoke very

candidly about the cur-rent situation at BHP Billiton Olympic Dam and provided some much needed positives that the business community needed to hear, despite being very realistic with his news and forecast," Mrs Trotta said.

The event was a rare opportunity for mem-bers of the business community to interact and ask questions with the spokesperson of a large global corporation. The Business Forum is very grateful for this op-

portunity to provide Mr Cuzzubbo’s insight to the community.

Mrs Trotta would like to give special thanks to the Business Forum Ex-ecutive Steering Com-mittee members for or-ganising the event, the Oasis for hosting the breakfast, Mr Cuzzubbo for his keynote address, and the business com-munity for supporting the event.

Th e next event planned is the ‘Safe Business is Good Business’ seminar provided by Regional De-

velopment Far North and Safe Work SA to be held on Wednesday April 10, 6pm to 9 pm at the Rox-by Cinema. Tickets are available from the Visitor Information Centre.

On Friday, September 20, the Business Forum will be hosting the 2013 Roxby Downs Gala Busi-ness Awards. Mark this date in your calendar as you don’t want to dou-ble book yourself! And watch out for the next Business Networking Breakfast later in the year.

WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

Monday of the month.Members of the public are welcome to

attend and observe.If you would like to make a presenta-tion or raise an issue, please contact the Executive Offi cer on 0418 833 818 so that you can be included on

the agenda.Confi dential discussions with the

Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.PO Box 85

Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


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JOINING FORUMSIf you would like to join a forum and would like more information please

contact the following people.

New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000

Thursday, April 18 @ 7.30pmVenue TBC

BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964

Tuesday, May 7 @ 6.15pm

Council Boardroom

SPORTS and REC FORUMDamien Condon 0439 862 784

To be confi rmed.

COMMUNITY GARDENPatrick Ibele (08) 8671 0168

Thursday, April 18 @ 7.30pm

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMBree Gailbraith 0448 168 167

Thursday, May 2 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Thursday, April 11 @ 5.30pm

Council Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, April 17 @ 11.30am Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKKath Messner 0438 871 153

Monday, April 15 @ 7.30pmCouncil Boardroom

Full house at the First 2013 Business Forum Networking Breakfast

Body – Mind – Spirit - SoulIf you are Interested in Sharing Your Knowledge, Prod-

ucts or Services and would like to have a stall or an audience at the

2013 HAPPY HEALTHY EXPO onSATURDAY 4th MAY

Let us know!Contact Kath Messner 0438 871 [email protected]

BOARD VACANCY – SPORT & RECREATION FOCUSThe Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.

is seeking nominations from people with a passion, interest and/or involvement in sport and

recreation to join the Community Board. The Community Board comprises 12 community

members along with the Council Administrator and BHP Billiton representative. Each Board member acts

as a Board representative on a forum and there is currently a gap in the sport and recreation area.

If you are passionate about Roxby Downs and wish to become more actively involved in community

life please contact Michelle Hales - Executive Offi cer on 0418 833 818 to fi nd out more.

To request a nomination form and information pack contact Kath Messner on 0438 871 153 or

via email: [email protected]

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POSITIONS VACANT PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

POSITIONS VACANTPUBLIC NOTICES

Water andSewerageManager

Council is seeking applications from suitably qualified individuals for the position of Water and Sewerage Manager. The position is responsible for managing the town’s water and sewerage works, water recycling and stormwater program and infrastructure including reticulation, pumps, lagoons and dosing control systems. This position is an integral part of the Council’s works operations (water, sewer, municipal and electricity) and will also include some municipal works related functions. While experience in water and sewerage operations is preferred, candidates with a municipal works background and management experience will be highly regarded. This position will share an on call roster for after hour’s emergencies.The position is classified within Level 7 of the Roxby Downs Workplace Agreement 2010. In addition to the salary a housing package will be provided. An application kit including a job and person specification and instructions of how to apply can be obtained by contacting the Council Office on (08) 86710010 or via email [email protected] close at 12 noon 29 April 2013Bill BoehmAdministrator

CommunityLibrary

Assistant An exciting new era awaits with the new Community Library Link space due to open in mid 2013. In preparation for the move an opportunity exists for a new library assistant to join the community library team.Prior library experience is not essential and on the job training will be provided. If you have a strong customer service ethic and a passion for reading and talking to people this position is for you. You will need to have excellent computer skills including the ability to assist patrons using the public computers as well as experience working with databases and Microsoft Office programs.The role also includes assisting with community programs including school holiday activities, toddler story time, and author events. Council offers a family friendly working environment with generous benefits and allowances. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the Roxby Downs Council Workplace Agreement (2010) and classified at Level 2. The position is ideally full time but part time hours can be negotiated. Normal hours will include one Saturday morning per fortnight.A copy of the job and person specification is available from the Council Office during business hours (telephone 86710010; email [email protected]). Enquiries about the position may be directed to Kimberley Hargrave Community Librarian on 0458 150 898.Written applications addressed to the Administrator must be submitted by the closing date and consist of a formal application letter, a Resume and include the contact names and numbers of two referees.Applications may be sent by:• Post to the Roxby Downs Council Office, PO Box 124 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs SA 5725 or• Email: [email protected] Date 12 noon Monday 22 April 2013Bill BoehmAdministrator

Dublin Gerry’s Meat Store. Top quality, grain fed meat at affordable prices. NEW $230 Freezer pack (mix and match) 2kg Lamb Roast, 1kg Beef Schnitzel, 2kg Pork Roast, 1kg Chicken Schnitzel, 2kg Beef Roast, 1kg Budget Bacon, 2kg Roast Chicken, 2kg Marinated Wings, 1kg BBQ steak, 2kg Beef Sausag-es, 1kg Beef Mince, 20 Gourmet Pat-ties, 1kg BBQ Lamb Chops, 1 Large Met-twurst, 1kg Pork Leg Chops, 1 Bottle Mar-inade, 1kg Diced Steak. Phone: (08) 8529 2229.

HOME MOVIES transferred to DVD. VHS, Slides and Movie Films. Cheap rates, excellent qual-ity. Over 20 years experience. Phone 0403 744 666.

Painting and Dec-orating. Residential and Commercial. Quality finish, sen-sible prices. Roxby based. Call Alex for a quote: 0430 495 544 BLD 238 217.

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ODT Australis is a major contracts provider to the Olympic Dam mine site with the following employment opportunities available for highly motivated, experienced professionals to join our team.

If you have experience in one of the following areas, have a high regard for safety in the workplace and prepared to undergo a full medical and drug screen, we would like to hear from you.

Plant OperatorsResponsibilities may include: • Earthmoving • Water cart operations • Operation of dump truck, loader, excavator and forkliftTo be successful in this role you must possess: • Minimum 2 years experience in similar role • HR truck licence • Relevant licences for above operations • Experience in earthmoving • Construction/mining background • Positive attitude toward safety and company goals • Ability to work autonomously and as part of team with a team focused, dedicated, adaptable and forward thinking approach Additional experience required for Civil Projects division: • Subdivision work • Pipe laying, trenching and battering experience • Detailed excavations • Carting materials

LabourersKey responsibilities for site based role include: • Escorting of trucks • Washing steel • Washing machines • Spotter • General labouring dutiesKey responsibilities for stores based role include: • Receive and document goods • Loading and unloading of goods • Goods deliveries • General labouring dutiesTo be successful in this role you must possess: • Forklift licence • Full car licence and ability to drive manual • Experience in similar role •Highlevelofphysicalfitnessandability/willingnessto work in extreme temperatures • Positive attitude toward safety and company goals • Ability to work autonomously and as part of team with a team focused, punctual and dedicated, adaptable and forward thinking approach • High housekeeping standards • Proven track record of maintaining a high standard of quality and safety •Medically‘fitforwork’andwillingtoundergofull medical, drug and alcohol examination • Willingness to work outside normal working hours, shifts and overtime as per company requirement.The following is advantageous: • HR Truck licence • OH&S trainingPre-screening, profile and skills testing, police clearanceand medical clearance form part of the minimum requirement for selection and ongoing employment with ODT Australis.To submit your application please contact ODT Australis for a registration pack and submit together with your resume, coverletter,copiesoflicencesandcertificatestotheHumanResources department.

Ph: (08) 8671 0336 email:[email protected]

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Notice of Road Closure

Section 33 Road Traffic Act 1961

NOTICE Is hereby given that the Administrator of the Roxby Downs Council on April 2, 2013 made the following orders;

That the Administrator of the Council exercises the power vested in the Administrator under the Roxby Downs (Indenture Ratification) Act 1982 and Section 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 and Clause F of the instrument of General Approval of the Minister 28 November 1999.

Pursuant to Section 33(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 declare that the event described below is to take place on the road described below is an event to which Section 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 applies; and

Pursuant to Section 33(1) (a) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, make an order directing that the road on which the event is to be held and any adjacent or adjoining roads specified below can be closed to all traffic except police and emergency vehicles and vehicles involved in the event for the period 5.30am – 6.45am and 10.30am – 11.45am on Thursday 25 April 2013.

ROAD: Richardson PlaceEVENT: ANZAC DAY CEREMONY

ADJACENT / ADJOINING ROADS: Burgoyne Street, Arcoona Street, Norman Place, Tavern Road, Roxby Club Car Park Entrance

Pursuant to Section 33 (1) (b) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 make an order directing that persons taking part in the event be exempted in relation to the road from duty, to observe the Australian Road Rules specified below subject to any conditions described below and attached to the exemption.

Australian Road rules Exemption and ConditionsRule 230: Crossing the road

Rule 234: Crossing the road on or near a crossing for PedestriansRule 238: Pedestrians travelling along the road.

W. J. BoehmAdministratorApril 2, 2013

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OUTBACK COMMUNITIES AUTHORITY

NOMINATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIPNominations are sought for membership of the Outback Communities Authority, a statutory body established to coordinate the provision of, and promote improvements in, public services and facilities in outback communities.

The Authority’s jurisdiction covers almost two-thirds of the State not covered by councils and serves about 4,000 people residing in numerous small communities, service locations and pastoral/farming properties in the outback.

Nominations are open to any person living in the outback, or who has interest in supporting and progressing the development of outback communities. While skills or experience in disciplines such as strategic planning, financial management, community governance, community engagement, business or law would be advantageous, a commitment to community service in the outback is equally important.

The Authority comprises seven members, at least four of whom must come from different outback communities. Members will be appointed for a term up to three years and will be eligible for re-appointment.

The closing date for nominations is Friday 17 May 2013. Nominations should be addressed to “Outback Community Authority Nomination for Membership”, Office for State/Local Government Relations, GPO Box 1815, Adelaide 5001, or emailed to DPLG:Office for State and Local Government Relations.

Information on the nomination and the activities of the Authority can be found at www.oca.sa.gov.au. Information can also beobtained from Mr Mick Petrovski, Director, Office for State/Local Government Relations – telephone 8204 8712 or 1800 352 224 (freecall for country callers).

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Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the Town OvalNO BYO

Far North Football League

LightningCarnival 2013

Game times1.00pm ODFC v RDSC

1.45pm AFC v HSC

2.30pm ODFC v AFC

3.15pm RDFC v HSC

4.00pm RDSC v AFC

4.45pm ODFC v HSC

5.30pm 1 v 2

Stableford ResultsFriday, April 5, 2013

NAME SCOREOVERALL WINNER MARK DILLON 31DIV 1 ROBIN PASSMORE 29DIV 2 BILL BOEHM 24LADIES/JNR 0 0SWEEPSTAKES DOUGAL MacLEOD 29LONG DRIVE DIV 1 NICK TEARE LONG DRIVE DIV 2 MISSED LONG DRIVE L N/A NTP DIV 1 MARK DILLON NTP DIV 2 MISSED NTP L N/A

Coates Hire Monthly MedalSaturday, April 6, 2013

OVERALL WINNER TOM BILNEY 67A GRADE GLEN MUNGUR 69B GRADE MARK KILLICK 72C GRADE GRAHAM WOOD 83LADIES/JNR FIONA BILNEY 70SWEEPSTAKES CRAIG NICHOLS 69 CHRIS PILLAR 72 NEVILLE PETHERICK 72 ADAM MALM 72 JOEL HARMAN 72 0 0BEST PUTTER NEVILLE PETHERICK 24LONG DRIVE A BRAD COX LONG DRIVE B MARK KILLICK LONG DRIVE C JOEL HARMAN LONG DRIVE LJ TRICIA HENDRY NTP A CRAIG NICHOLS NTP B TOM BILNEY NTP C MISSED NTP LJ MISSED

Roxby DownsRoxby DownsGolf AssociationGolf Association

ABOVE: (BACK) Mel Condon, Tricia Hendry, Fiona Bilney, and Sandy Richter

enjoyed a hit of golf on Saturday.BELOW: Fiona Bilney smacks one

off the tee in Saturday golf.

Next Dirt Circuit April 13, 2013

The Roxby Downs Dirt Circuit is on again next weekend.Races start at 7pm, with training laps from 5pm.

By Millie Thomas

Roxby Downs’ sidecar speedway racers Trent and Jesse Headland are now sixth in Australia, following the K Trans 2013

Australian Sidecar Championship, held at Gillman Speedway on Sunday, March 31.

The Headland Brothers’ first round was by no means their easiest, racing against seven time Aus-tralian champion Darrin Treloar and Simon Cohrs, a very competitive West Australian and Northern Territory pair of Mark Drew and Steven Blain and Rick Stephens (New South Wales) and Dale Knights (South Australia).

However the Headland Brothers held a constant third throughout the whole race, following Treloar/Cohrs (race time 59.54 seconds) and Drew/Blain, with Stephens/Knights bringing up the rear.

Th e Brothers were triumphant in their second heat with a race time of 61.25, despite recurring engine problems against Hayden Bond and Brady Cox (QLD), and the two excluded pairs of Dylan Blain and Robert Gottardi and Grant Bond and Glenn Cox, both of QLD.

In the third heat, the usual competitive stand-off between the Headland Brothers and the Mick Head-land/Paul Waters racing team (SA, their father) did not disappoint spectators, with the junior Headlands giving their father a good run for their money.

Th e Brothers held the lead of the race for at least two of the four laps, before falling back into third behind Headland/Waters and Warren Monson and Matt Morgan (VIC), with Brodie Cohen and Josh Sinnott (QLD) bringing up fourth.

Headland/Headland regained second position in front of Monson/Morgan, and Cohen/Sinnott were excluded from the race for barging Monson/Morgan.

Their fourth heat saw a culmination of bike problems pull the Brothers infield in their last lap, after fi ghting for second and third positions against Neale Hancock and Lachlan Greenhal-gh (VIC) and Jason Bradshaw and Steve Behs-mann (VIC) all race. Queenslanders Wes Jenkins and Damien Egan took out fi rst place, followed by Hancock/Greenhalgh and Bradshaw/Behsmann.Sitting on six points, Th e Headland Brothers need to make at least second position in their fi nal heat to reach the semi-fi nals.

Th eir race against current South Australian cham-pions Mark Plaisted and Sam Gilbert, Byren Gates and Michael O’Loughlin (VIC) and Jason Hardy and Geoff Langdon (SA) was hard fought by the boys, who started in fourth position, to win a very close second position against Gates/O’Loughlin.

Plaisted/Gilbert was the race’s victor.Th e semi fi nal placed Headland/Headland against

Jenkins/Egan, Monson/Morgan and Gates/O’Lough-lin. The boys held a steady third position in the race, with Jenkins/Egan the victor, Monson/Morgan second and Gates/O’Loughlin fourth. Th e Australian Sidecar Grandfi nal was relatively un-remarkable, with a landslide seventh Australian Title win for Treloar/Cohrs, followed by Headland/Waters, Plaisted/Gilbert and Jenkins/Egan, with a fi nal race time of 62.54 seconds.

Th e Headland Brothers fi nal race for the 2012/2013 season will take place at the ‘King of the Hill’ in Bro-ken Hill on Saturday, April 20.

The 2013 Senior Basketball Grand Finals saw some good on court action and great umpiring last

Saturday.Th e game of the night was the A-Grade

men’s fi nal, battled out between the Lake Mary Lizards and the Andamooka Bulls.

Both teams put on a good game, with scores pretty even throughout the fi rst half. Both teams stood on 19 fi ve minutes before half time.

When the half time siren went the score had jumped to 23/26, with both sides putting up great attack and defence to hold the scores close.

Th e Bulls experienced some injuries and a cramp throughout the match, and Danny Stetco was carried off half-way through the third quarter after- a hard fall and knock to the knee. After some strapping and ice he was back on court in the fourth.

At the end of the third quarter the Lizards had started to pull ahead with scores at 37-29.

Half way through the last quarter the score had only jumped a few points at 43-31.

Th e Lizards ended up claiming the title 53-38, with both sides putting on a great performance for local spectators, and demonstrating great sportsmanship throughout the game.

B Women - Dynamite II def Flames 49pts to 16pts

Best on court; Nicole NourseAssociation Best and Fairest Play-

er; Amanda Giles, Runner up Best and Fairest Player; Britt Norsworthy, Associ-ation Season Highest Point Scorer; Ruth Rowlands (137pts).

A Women - Hornridge White def Devillettes 35pts to 17pts

Best on court; Elyshiah McCarthyAssociation Best and Fairest; Zoey

Male, Runner up Best and Fairest; Jessica Reid, Association Season Highest Point Scorer; Zoey Male (284pts)

Men - Lake Mary Lizards def Anda-mooka Bulls 53pts to 38pts

Best on court; Adrien KennettAssociation Best and Fairest; Cody

Kenny, Runner up Best and Fairest; Todd Paull, Association Season Highest Point Scorer; Cody Kenny (164pts).

Headland duo 6th in Australia

2013 Senior Basketball Grand Finals

RANGE ACTIVITYWARNING NOTICE

Defence is scheduled to conduct Demolition Activities in the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) during the month of APRIL 2013. The predicted outcome is minimal for the public however if certain weather conditions exist at time of activity, noise and effects from sound wave propagation may be heard or felt in the vicinity of Woomera, Roxby Downs , Olympic Dam, Andamooka and Glendambo. The WPA is declared under Defence Force Regulation 35 as a prohibited area for the purposes of ‘the testing of war material’. From time to time other Defence approved activities, such as sounding rocket launches, are also conducted.The WPA is located in the North West of the State of South Australia and is approximately 127,000 square kilometres (12.7 million hectares) in area. Its South Eastern corner is located approximately 450 kilometres North West of Adelaide.Members of the public traversing the WPA via the Stuart Highway are reminded that these roads are part of a prohibited area and that they are not to deviate from them. Other roads and tracks entering the WPA are signposted to the effect that the WPA is a prohibited area and no person shall enter, be or remain therein without proper authorisation. Penalty for unauthorised entry is $2200 fine and/or six months imprisonment under Defence Force Regulation 35.Under Section 82(1) and 82(2) of the Defence Act 1903, it is illegal to photograph, draw, sketch or paint any part of a Defence Installation or enter a defence installation with materials or apparatus for carrying out such activities, without lawful authority.Members of the public traversing the Anne Beadell Highway from Coober Pedy to Emu Junction are reminded that in addition to a permit being required from the Area Control Officer - Woomera, a permit is required from:Maralinga Tjarutja Lands & Mamungari Conservation ParkOffice Manger Maralinga Tjarutja LandsPO Box 435CEDUNA SA 5690Phone (08) 8625 2946Tallaringa Conservation ParkThe Department for Environment & Natural Resources9 Mackay StreetPORT AUGUSTA SA 5700Phone 1800 816 078There may be some items such as cylindrical rocket motor cases and nozzles, flat rectangular pieces of metal, spherical tanks, military projectiles or unexploded ammunition encountered in the WPA. If any unusual item is encountered it must not be handled as it may be extremely dangerous and could cause serious injury or death. Note the description and location of the item and report it to the Pastoral Station Manager or Range Operations Woomera – Telephone (08) 8674 3370.Within the WPA there are sites of significance to indigenous people. These sites are protected under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 with penalties of up to $50,000.00 for causing damage to or removing items from these sites.Inquires in relation to the use of or entry into the WPA should be directed to:Range Operations WoomeraAerospace Operational Support GroupDefence CentrePO Box 157WOOMERA SA 5720Phone (08) 8674 3370

WOOMERA PROHIBITED AREA

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LEFT: The A-Grade Mens Grand Final winners (BACK) Tom Marshall, Kevin Warc,

Adrian Kennett, Zaza Pachclia, and (FRONT) Bailey

Evans and Ethan Zeptner.

ABOVE: Lake Mary Lizard’s Adrian Kennett goes for

goal, outnumbered by the Bulls Jerry Hackett, Ben

Abella and Todd Paull in the Saturday night A-Grade

Mens Grand Final.

LeapingLeapingLizardsLizards

A-Grade Womens Best and Fairest

Zoey Male.B-Grade Womens Best and

Fairest Amanda Giles.

A-Grade Women’s Grand Final Winners Hornridge, (BACK) Centaine Casserly, Bonnie Harman, Cassie Norton, Elyshiah McCarthy and (FRONT) Zoey Male, Ruth Rowlands and Amanda Giles.

B-Grade champions, (BACK) Bec

Cooke, Amanda Giles, Nic Nourse, Renee Johnson

and (FRONT) Ruth Rowlands, Belinda

Ramsay, and TeAroha Smith.

the monitor newspaper for 10th april 2013

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