the monitor newspaper for 23rd january 2013

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Volume 10, Wednesday, January 23, 2013www.themonitor.com.au Phone (08) 8671 2683 Fax (08) 8671 2843

By Millie Thomas

The Andamooka Opal Hotel will close following normal business hours on Australia Day this Saturday.

However, the decision is not permanent, with Andamooka Opal Hotel SA Pty Ltd Direc-tor Brett Matthews applying only a temporary suspension to the hotel’s license.

Th e decision came after BHP Billiton’s deci-sion not to go forward with the expansion of Olympic Dam last August, and the cancellation of a years’ worth of booked accommodation at Th e Opal in July last year.

Major trade for Th e Opal relied on accom-modating temporary mine workers when ac-commodation in Roxby Downs and worker’s camps had no vacancy.

Mr Matthews said without overfl ow accom-modation opportunities from Roxby Downs and the camps, the hotel was not profi table.

“We don’t want to be closing, we haven’t taken the decision lightly,” Mr Matthews said. “Given BHP's (sic) situation this year there’s not much opportunity to trade.”

Th e fi nal decision was made around Christ-mas time last year after mounting speculation by locals and local media.

“Trading just got quieter and quieter,” Mr Matthews explained. “Th ere’s a lot less people in the town, there’s people moving out of the town currently and there were more houses released in Roxby.”

Th e higher vacancy rate in the Roxby Downs real estate market was a large contributor to declining trade.

“It’s a disaster. Th is is a worst case scenario for us,” Mr Matthews stated.

However this is not the end for the iconic outback hotel.

A caretaker has been appointed to look after the premises, which will continue to run with water, electricity and gas as normal.

Should business pick up in the area, Mr Matthews said the license suspension could be lifted with only 30 days’ notice.

“We’re mothballing it for want of a better word,” he said. “It will still be a functioning property, we’re not disconnecting anything. Well open as soon as possible as soon as the business is there.”

Mr Matthews is also hoping to extend plan approvals that would have seen 120 new rooms added to Th e Opal.

In the meantime, Andamooka Opal Hotel SA Pty Ltd is open to local leasing opportunities.

“One option we’re exploring is leasing the business on a short term basis. If somebody comes along with a proposition that makes sense we’ll look at it.”

At the end of the day there’s no hard feel-ings from Andamooka Opal Hotel SA Pty Ltd, they’re just looking forward to the next oppor-tunity Andamooka presents.

“We’ve had good relationship with BHP, they’re a great business partner and we’ve en-joyed dealing with them,” Mr Matthews said. “It’s clearly not the fault of anyone locally.”

“We’re not precious about that, it’s a business decision.”

By Millie Thomas

L easeholders in Roxby Central are becoming increasingly unhappy with unwavering commercial rent rates amidst a declining local retail and real estate market, reports

have revealed.

According to Roxby Central Traders Chairperson Leigh Malcolm, retailers have seen a sharp downturn in trade, with some shop revenues falling as much as 30 per cent compared to corresponding periods from last year.

“Because BHP (sic)decided not to go ahead with the expan-sion, there’s been quite a dramatic downturn in trade,” Mr Malcolm said.

Th e news comes following the closure of Simon’s Pizzeria on Richardson Place last week, and long standing business Desert Décor late last year.

“Traders are anxious that they’re not going to be able to keep up, they’re falling behind,” Mr Malcolm said. “Quite a few of

the traders are behind already in their rent, which is not good.”Numerous failed negotiations with property managers Savills

Property Management has now forced lease holders to look at hiring a lease negotiator.

“It doesn’t appear that the landlords want to negotiate,” Mr Malcolm said.

To Mr Malcolm’s memory, a Savills representative hadn’t visited the mall since November 2012, and had presented an unresponsive front to leaseholders concerns.

“Th ey’re conspicuous by their absence to say the least. Th ey’ve been very ineff ective really.

“Now the time has come as a group, we need to get cohesive, stick together and try and negotiate a better deal for all of us.”

Robert O’Loughlin from Pie R Squared said businesses were left chasing their tail.

“Rent is too dear. It’s quieter than it’s ever been, especially with what’s happening at the mine at the moment.

“It doesn’t help looking for money each month, it’s only get-ting harder and harder.”

“And it’s every shop, we’re all fi ghting.”Mr Malcolm said the obvious drop in residential rates should

correspond with the local commercial market.“I think the landlords, if they’re not careful; will end up with

a shopping centre that is empty.“Surely it’s better to have three quarters of a sandwich than

no sandwich at all.“If there are no shops and services here, people won’t come

and live here. So other businesses will fi nd it hard to attract staff .“Because at the moment it’s probably touch and go whether

it’s viable or not in Roxby.”Mr Malcolm told Th e Monitor in light of any upcoming lease

renewals he would be advising shop owners to be proactive and would recommend employing a professional to negotiate on their behalf for the best possible outcome.

A representative from Savills stated, “Retail in general throughout Australia is suff ering and this is not isolated to Roxby Downs. We look forward to a prosperous 2013 and for an increase in consumer confi dence.”

Opal Hotel to close – but not forever

Central Traders Unite Local traders fed up with low retail and high rents

Let’s Celebrate - fi nd out more about local Australia Day celebrations on Page 4

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The Andamooka Town Management Committee is searching for its first

paid maintenance contractor to oversee general duties within the township.

The position includes some services previously undertaken by volunteers within the Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Associ-ation (APOMA), and will be partly funded by the town’s recently in-troduced Community Contribu-tion Scheme (CCS).

Community Administrator Deb Allen said the committee was looking for suitably experienced and skilled persons or companies to provide part-time caretaker or handyperson services on behalf of the community.

Duties would include basic re-pairs, scheduled maintenance du-ties and any other general services required. Th e position would also provide second line support to local police in dog management, feral animal and noxious weed control.

Ms Allen said the position would ensure essential repairs and main-tenance was undertaken.

“It takes a little while to get things like contracts in place so that they (locals) can see some

work is being done around the place,” Ms Allen said.

She said a lot of essential work previously undertaken by volun-teers was now being put in the hands of paid contractors, who were partly funded by the levy.

Work on the town’s roads was now happening more regularly.

“We are doing more (road) maintenance, more often, because we now have more money to do it,” Ms Allen said.

“We are doing the main roads, and now we are starting to get onto some of the ancillary roads,” she said.

Th ese included the ongoing wa-tering, rolling and grading of Hal-lion Hill Road, Matrix and Wogg Roads, Faehrmann Drive and Horse Paddock Road.

“People are starting to see road-work and earthmoving equipment out there regularly, and we are moving around the town.”

ATMC has also recently made a new cut at the tip for household waste, which would be opened once the current area was fi lled.

She wanted to stress to locals the committee had a “no burn” policy, and said recent fi res at the dump where either caused by self-com-busting materials, or it was delib-erately lit.

“Th e ATMC never burns the tip. Some people are under the impres-sion that when it burns we have gone out there and intentionally lit. We’ve got a no burn policy. We will never, ever light it.”

“Some of the things that come from that (smoke) are just nasty and it comes over and sits on our roofs and washes into our rainwa-ter tanks,” she said.

“What we are waiting for is for the old cut to fi ll up … either people are setting it alight or it’s self-combusting and then it burns down,” Ms Allen said.

“What we want it to do is fi ll up with rubbish and cover it over and then people will be able to drive over it. Th at is going to be a hard waste area, and then we will open up the recycling area,” Ms Allen said.

Dirt will now be dropped over the site twice a week in an eff ort to discourage fi res and feral cats, which were on the increase in An-damooka.

She said the noxious weed ‘Prickly Pear’ was also on the in-crease in Andamooka, and the new maintenance offi cer would help manage these issues.

Levy brings town maintenance contract for Andamooka

The Andamooka Town Management Committee plan to hire a paid maintenance contractor to undertake essential duties within the township as a result of the town’s fi rst ever levy.

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By Millie Thomas

G iftware and cigarette retailer Smokemart will take up residence in Roxby

Central in the near future.Th e franchise will occupy shop

number 14, which used to host

long standing local business, De-sert Décor.

Roxby Central Traders Chair-person Leigh Malcolm is glad new business has been attracted to the ailing mall.

“I’m just glad to see a shop full,”

Mr Malcolm told Th e Monitor last week. “Th e last thing we want to see is an empty shopping centre.

“It’s good to see a new business come into town and good on them. I hope they make a success of it and wish them all the best.”

R ising temperatures are being blamed for the increased number of snake and emu

sightings at Roxby Downs in recent weeks.

Native Animal Network volunteer Gay Darling was recently called to help an injured and heat stressed emu found during the State’s latest heatwave. Unfortunately the emu had to be euthanized.

Residents are reminded to call Mrs Darling if they encounter an-imals in need of help – like these two-seven-month old joeys who were recently bottle-raised at her Roxby Downs home.

One joey was found abandoned at the Olympic Dam mine site, and the other was discovered in his mother’s pouch after she was hit by a car.

Mrs Darling said she and her hus-band Stephen had been rescuing na-tive animals for 18 years.

Th ey have helped rehabilitate all types of creatures, including Bet-tongs and Wedge-Tailed Eagles, af-ter moving from Port Neil to Roxby 25 years ago.

Mrs Darling said the recent emu incident was unfortunate.

“Th e poor thing … there was no way he could have been rehabilitat-ed,” Mrs Darling said.

“I felt sorry for the lady that found him, but I was also very thankful as a lot of people would just drive past.”

She reminds people they can call her for help with all animals except for snakes.

Volunteer snake handlers could be contacted through Arid Recovery on (08) 8671 2402, depending on

their availability.Arid Recovery Education and

Community Offi cer Hannah Spronk said soaring temperatures were bringing native wildlife closer to town.

“Sightings of emus in Roxby Downs have increased over the past several months, most likely due to the animals seeking water,” she said.

“Animals venturing in to town will not just be limited to emus, with snakes, goannas and other reptiles, along with small mammals and kangaroos possibly coming closer in search of water and food.”

She reminded people not to be tempted to leave buckets of water around backyards.

“Whilst the emus are most likely seeking water, so are many other ani-mals, including snakes,” Ms Spronk said.

“It is not advised for people to leave out buckets of water for the animals, as this can attract snakes and other possibly unwanted vis-itors. “

“If you do encounter an emu wandering the local streets, it is advised not to get too close as they can cause harm to humans and they can scare easily, possibly injuring themselves,” she said.

“If you are driving, slow down to walking pace or wait on the side of the road until the emu has moved off the road. If you are walking, or the emu has made its way into your yard, keep children and pets away and wait for them to move on.”

The Roxby Downs Environment Forum will also discuss the forma-tion of a fauna partnership group to provide awareness, resources and

sup-port within the commu-nity regarding injured and orphaned animals, residential snake removals and other fauna concerns and re-quirements.

Mrs Darling also said she would be grateful to anyone interested in assisting the Native Animal Net-work in Roxby Downs. Her home was now in need of an aviary in order to help rehabilitate the many rescued birds delivered to her door.

Anyone willing to donate an ap-propriate structure should call her on 8671 2402.

Th ose interested in becoming a Native Animal Network volunteer can fi nd out more online at www.nansa.org.au

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The two local joeys rescued by Gay and Stephen Darling as part of their work with the Native Animal Network.INSET: Native Animal Network volunteer Gay Darling provides a sanctuary for injured or orphaned wildlife in Roxby Downs.

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The SA Arid Lands (SAAL) Natural Resources Management (NRM) Board

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Two drivers had their vehicles clamped due to drink driv-ing last weekend

On Friday, January 18, a 35-year-old woman from Roxby Downs was reported for driving with a prescribed concentration of al-

cohol. She was disqualifi ed from driving for six months and her ve-hicle was clamped for 28 days. She will appear in court at a later date.

On Saturday, January 19 a 46-year-old man from Adelaide was also reported for driving with

a prescribed concentration of al-cohol.

He was also disqualifi ed from driving for six months and his ve-hicle was impounded for 28 days. He will appear in court at a later date.

By Millie Thomas

Local Australia Day celebrations will be held at the Roxby Cultural and Leisure Precinct this Saturday, beginning at 9am.

Roxby Council will host the event, off ering a free BBQ breakfast and pool entry between 9am and 12pm.

The day will feature the annual Australia Day awards, Citizen of the Year, Junior Citizen of the Year and Community Event of the Year.

Th is year, the celebrations will strive to be envi-ronmentally friendly off ering only cups, plates and cutlery made from biodegradable sugar cane, or a better option of recycled napkins.

Recycling bins will also be available.

Council Administrator Bill Boehm said “Australia Day festivities are a highlight on our event calendar.

“It is a chance to celebrate as a community, recog-nise outstanding citizens of the year and welcome new residents. I encourage everyone to come along and enjoy the day”.

By Millie Thomas

Construction for the ‘LINK’ build-ing set to house

the Roxby Community Library and local art gallery is well under-way and running on schedule.

Th e 22-week construc-tion will culminate with a building linking both sides of the Roxby Cul-tural and Leisure Precinct in between the current sports centre and Dunes Café buildings.

Main contractor Mul-tispan Supervisor Scott Gregory said the project was on track.

“We’ve had a couple of small hiccups with a lot of underground services – extra footings that we

weren’t notified about underground, but we’re going alright,” Mr Greg-ory said.

He estimated the con-crete slab for the building should be down by the end of this week or the middle of next.

Multispan are work-ing collaboratively with local contractors MPS Building and Electrical, and a number of region-al labourers from Port Pirie and Port Augus-ta, but said some facets of the project would be undertaken by interstate contractors, according to industry capabilities and qualifi cations.

“Th ey do a very good job and are good at what they do.”

Last weekend the lay-

out of the site changed, directing pedestrian traf-fi c bound for the sports centre through a walkway on the grassed area in the pool, which enabled more space for machinery and storage.

Not only are Multispan working on Roxby’s new-est community asset, the workers are also involving themselves in community groups and events.

Mr Gregory has start-ed playing a few games of cricket for the Olympic Dam Cricket Club.

“Some of the guys from MPS (sic) play for them out there and they were running a bit short every now and again so they just told me to come down to training,” he said.

Mr Gregory also con-

ceded that (over a few beers before Christmas last year) he had dobbed both he and a co-work-er in to helping cook the barbecue breakfast at this weekend’s Australia Day celebrations.

“It’s (part of ) helping out the community as well, it’s getting to know the community people,” he said.

Mr Gregory also asked that the public be aware that four car parks are reserved for workers on the site, and to keep them free for that purpose.

Any enquiries relating to the construction of this project should be direct-ed to Roxby Council Pro-ject Manager Alan Male on 0438 010 088.

“LINK” building construction on schedule

More vehicles clamped

Australia Day celebrations this Saturday

Contractors are making steady

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By Millie Thomas

Locals have been outraged recently by youths riding through Roxby Central, an activity that is prohibited by the mall’s

management.

Reports have washed over local social media platforms, describing an uncouth attitude from children on scooters and bikes, upsetting other shoppers.

Numerous local reports suggest collisions be-tween shoppers and riders and verbal abuse have become a regular occurrence in the mall.

“I feel like I’m being bullied for simply going to my local supermarket. Th ey (the riders) have this aura that says don’t mess with us,” one concerned resident said. “Th ey think they are untouchable and I think this has made their attitudes worse.”

Roxby Central Traders Chairperson Leigh Mal-colm said the riders seem to be more prevalent due to school holidays.

“Any bikes or scooters are prohibited,” Mr Mal-colm stated. “Th ere’s prohibited signs up saying no skateboarding, no bike riding.

“It’s dangerous; I’ve witnessed many near misses and a couple of hits.”

Th e restriction on riders through the mall was imposed on the area by property managers Savills Property Management, but Mr Malcolm said the responsibility of policing the riders remained a grey area.

“We can only tell kids to get off their bikes which we do, but lots of them turn around and tell us what they think as well.”

A representative from Savills agreed it was a diffi cult issue to monitor.

“We have signage in place but will investigate the options available to us for further signage at the Centre.

“We encourage the tenants to contact the police if there are any major incidents or dangerous ac-tions occurring at the Centre.”

For police ssistance, call 131 444 or in an emer-gency, call 000.

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Feel ‘The Vibe’Feel ‘The Vibe’

By Millie Thomas

A new radio show is set to hit the airwaves this Friday on local station

RoxFM.

Th e new community focused show will take to the air in a bid to help promote Roxby’s ‘young, vibrant community’.

Th e show’s presenters Sasha, Kath and Viv trained with Rox-FM manager Julian Tregenza last week to get radio ready for their show at 1pm this Friday.

“Julian was very patient with

us,” said Kath. “It’s interesting to see how it all works.”

Th e Vibe will provide not-for- profi t sporting and community groups the chance to promote what’s going on within their realm of Roxby.

“We really hope the people within these groups will contact us,” urged Kath. “We can have a spot ready for them, interview them and help them promote their group.”

Th e Vibe will also integrate with the roxbydowns.com community calendar, as well as

the Roxby Downs community Facebook page, and promote what is happening across the community.

“It’s all linking,” Kath ex-plained. “Its giving the commu-nity the opportunity to spread their messages.”

Programming and music choice will follow Roxby’s cur-rent events calendar, with the fi rst show holding an Austral-iana theme in preparation for the Australia Day celebrations at the Roxby Cultural and Leisure Precinct on Saturday.

“Because the three of us all have such different musical tastes, that will make things in-teresting!” Kath fi nished.

Tune into 105.5 RoxFM every Friday between 1pm and 2pm to fi nd out what’s coming up in the Roxby community.

Information about your club or organisation’s events and ac-tivities can be sent to [email protected] for inclusion in the show.

For further information on ‘Th e Vibe’ contact Kath on 0438 871 153.

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No wonder this town is so quiet over summer! Struggling air conditioners, restricted pool hours and blistering sun is not how I pictured spending C hristmas!

Hot and Sweaty

I think the pool being open till 10pm at night was a fantastic idea. Dinner at the pool

without the blistering sun!!! Pity it was short lived due to the whingers in this town.

Late Night Swimmer

Great to see contractors practising all safety requirements on and off

site when carrying out a job.Safety Sam

The smell that comes from the town oval is so putrid it wakes me in my sleep.

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Why does nobody seem to be taking responsibility for retrieving snakes? Buggered

if I’m going to wait around with a snake in my backyard, not knowing who to call.

I know what I’ll be doing next time.Snake Hater

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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

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O ver the Christmas break the world-wide media was in a frenzy over US President Obama’s “fi scal cliff ”

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Whilst it isn’t unusual for the world me-dia to be fascinated with United States (US) politics and candidates’ morbidly hilarious commentaries, the fi scal cliff is one element of US politics which could play out to have a deep impact on the world economy.

What is the fi scal cliff ?Th e term fi scal cliff refers to a combination

of dramatic US Government spending cuts and tax increases mandated to come into ef-fect from January 1, 2013. Th e cuts are sched-uled to shave billions off the US Government defi cit in a 12 month period. Th e combina-tion of spending cuts and tax hikes has been dubbed the ‘fi scal cliff ’ since it would have an enormously negative impact on the US economy if all of the current laws scheduled to go into eff ect at the beginning of the year actually did so.

What is the deadline about?Th e deadline is about a debt ceiling, and an

old tiff between the parties in the US House of Representatives. Th e debt ceiling is the max-imum amount that the US Government can borrow at any given time.

Currently, the limit is set at $16.4 trillion. Each year, the Government spends more than it takes in, and this gap must be funded with debt, or more specifi cally, bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury.

By law, however, the Treasury can’t issue new debt once the country is at its borrowing limit – and this limit, or ceiling, needs to be agreed to by Congress.

Since the Treasury can’t issue new debt once the limit has been reached, the Government will be forced to slash spending if it exceeds the borrowing limit.

Th e result, if they didn’t, would be a partial Government “shutdown” and a debt default (or

the failure to make interest and/or principal payments on time).

In the past, the process of approving in-creases to the debt ceiling has largely been a formality that occurred frequently. In mid-2011, Republicans resisted signing on to the usual debt-limit increase unless the Democrats agreed to future spending cuts.

Th e debt-ceiling increase was eventually passed on August 2, 2011 – increasing the debt limit by $2.4 trillion following concessions by the Democrats to cut future spending. How-ever, Th e Budget Control Act of 2011 forces the Government to slash spending by $US1.2 trillion over 10 years from January 1, 2013.

While the compromise solved the problem in the short term, two issues resulted from the agreement.

First, the automatic spending cuts that were part of the fi nal 2011 agreement were sched-uled to go into eff ect on January 1, 2013.

On that same date, a series of substantial tax increases were also scheduled to take eff ect. Also on that date, a package of tax reductions and an extension of unemployment benefi ts will expire, meaning taxes will rise signifi cantly for most Americans.

Th e second issue is the US’s debt is now growing so quickly that even the $2.4 trillion increase to the debt ceiling agreed upon in 2011 bought the US Government less than two years’ grace.

According to the Treasury Secretary, the United States would again hit the debt limit on December 31, 2012. Once the US exceeds the debt limit, the Treasury can forestall a cri-sis for about one to two months via stop-gap measures.

If a compromise isn’t reached by the time the Treasury exhausts these stop-gap meas-ures, it will no longer be able to issue new debt and the government won’t be able to pay all of its obligations. Th e most likely outcome of this scenario would be a large hit to econom-

ic growth and a substantial downturn in the fi nancial markets

So why do we care?Th is fi scal cliff could have several impacts

on the world economy.If the US Government could not reach a

solution – to either increase the debt ceiling or fi gure out a way to introduce the spend-ing cuts, they risk not being able to fund their economy and defaulting on their debts.

Th e US Government debt is funded by US Treasury Bonds. US bonds are traded on the worldwide fi nancial markets and treated as one of the most highly stable investments. If the US Government defaults on these debts (cannot cash people’s bonds or pay the inter-est) this will send the already instable world fi nancial markets into a tailspin.

Th e default would also result in a downgrad-ing of the country’s credit rating, which would devalue the US dollar, which is also a stable of the world currency markets.

Th e default would not occur immediately, however. Th e US Congress would have until March before they could no longer fund their spending.

If the US Government introduced the spending cuts it could slice the $US1.1 tril-lion defi cit racked up in the 2012 fi scal year by almost $US500 billion next year.

Th is would vastly improve the Government’s fi nancial picture.

However, it is forecast that these cuts would also send the country back into recession and US un-employment would be pushed up to 9.1 per cent.

A massive slowdown in the US economy has an impact on the world economy. Th e US is one of the world’s largest purchasing mar-kets. US citizens buy products manufactured in Brazil, Russia, India and China (remember the BRIC countries we talked about the the Euro Crisis article?), and the BRIC countries purchase the mineral resources we’re digging

up down the road at Olympic Dam. If the US economy slows down, the whole

world economy slows.If the US Government cancelled some or all

of the scheduled tax increases and spending cuts, this would mean they need to increase the debt ceiling and would add to the defi cit and increase the odds that the United States is unable to fund its debt if there is insuffi cient growth – a similar crisis to the European debt crisis. Th is would have global impacts similar to the Euro Crisis.

So what did they do?Th e US Congress passed a deal on January 2

2013 to postpone the fi rst round of automatic spending cuts for two months with some in-creases in taxes on wealthier Americans which are scheduled to raise $US620 billion over 10 years.

Th e deal, however, only postponed the issue. Th e tax increases do not solve the funding issue. Come February the US Congress will need to decide whether or not to increase their debt ceiling or become insolvent.

Sources: http://bonds.about.com/od/Issues-in-the-News/a/What-Is-Th e-Fiscal-Cliff .htm Accessed 29 Dec 2012

http://bonds.about.com/od/Issues-in-the-News/a/What-Is-Th e-Debt-Ceiling-A-Simple-Explanation-Of-Th e-Debate-And-Crisis.htm Accessed 29 Dec 2012

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-28/what-is-the-fi scal-cliff /4445990 Accessed 29 Dec 2012

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-02/us-house-votes-to-approve-fi scal-cliff -deal/4450338 Accessed 16 January 2013

http://www.news.com.au/business/fi s-cal-cliff -markets-rise-barack-obama-deal/story-e6frfm1i-1226545956521 Accessed 16 January 2013.

What is the fi scal cliff and why do we care?

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Have your say on NRM Investment in Arid Lands NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO THE SA ARID LANDS REGIONAL NRM PLANThe SA Arid Lands (SAAL) Natural Resources Management (NRM)

Board is seeking your feedback on proposed amendments to Volume 2

of the SAAL Regional NRM Plan. Through the delivery of the Plan, the

community will continue to benefi t from a range of programs to help protect

valuable ground and surface waters; ensure sustainable industries; help

pastoral land management; conserve natural ecosystems; and encourage

community participation.

Members of the public are invited to meet with key Board and staff

members to hear about the proposed amendments to Volume 2 (the

Business Plan) and provide feedback:

Iron Knob 4/2/13, Telecentre, from 5pm.

Leigh Creek 5/2/13, Leigh Creek Tavern, from 5pm

Yunta 6/2/13, Telecentre, from 4pm

Proposed amendments

The Board has reviewed Volume 2 and proposes to make the following

amendments, taking into account the achievements of previous years and

the activities and funds required to continue to effectively manage our

natural resources into the future:

• an increase in the land-based NRM levy to $50 in 2012/13, increasing

only by CPI in 2013/14 and 2014/15.

• an increase in the 2012/13 water levy for holders of commercial and

industrial water licences in the Far North Prescribed Wells Area (water

used for stock and domestic purposes is exempt from the NRM water levy)

INCOME SOURCE ADOPTED BUDGET PROPOSED BUDGET 2012/13 2013/14

Carry-over funds $230,000 $661,000

NRM levies Regional (land-based) NRM levy

Inside Council $171,750 $175,000Outside Council $123,500 $127,000

NRM water levy $700,000 $744,000

State Funding State recurrent allocation – NRM Fund $1,020,000 $960,000Payroll tax refund $19,000 $0

Commonwealth Funding Caring for Our Country – base funding $1,659,000 $1,659,000Caring for Our Country – competitive $250,000 $400,000

Industry Partnerships Program $400,000 $149,000

Other Sources $200,000 $300,000

Interest $60,000 $60,000

Total Income $4,833,250 $5,235,000

Further information and an information package are available from the

Board 8648 5300 or via the Board’s website www.saalnrm.sa.gov.au

Written feedback is due by 8 February 2013.

By Millie Thomas

A study undertaken in 2000 showing a higher germination of Mulga seedlings in bilby digs has

recently been supported by a Western Australian study.

Th e original study undertaken by PhD students at Arid Recovery over ten years ago showed germination of Mulga seed-lings was nearly three times higher in bilby digs compared to rabbit digs or undisturbed surface soil.

The complementary Western Aus-tralian study shows bilby digs can trap moisture and minerals, creating nutrient rich soil.

Arid Recovery Education and Com-munity Coordinator Hannah Spronk said results such as these show the integral role small mammals of the arid zone play in the smooth running of the ecosystem.

“Our bilbies act as ecosystem engineers, animals that can change and improve the environment through their actions.

“We are now discovering that the removal and extinction of some of our small mammals in the arid zone could possibly have altered the ecosystem, but we hope that through programs such as Arid Recovery and the studies that we complete, that we will give another rea-son to preserve the unique animals we have.”

Ms Spronk said the fi ndings were not necessarily the original intent of the study.

“One (study) was a comparative study of the impacts that bilby and rabbit digs had on vegetation structure, and another looked at the AR (sic) ‘big four’ and if and how they created fertile patches,” Ms Spronk said last week.

Studies such as this undertaken by stu-dents are presented to Arid Recovery, and if proven benefi ciary to the reserve are published in journals such as Aus-tral Ecology and Th e Rangeland Journal, which are available to the public.

Andamooka resident Ted (Howard) Jones, 97, drove himself to the local town hall last week for a cuppa and chat.

He is one of many residents making valuable use of a new ‘drop in’ program organised by the Andamooka Town Management Committee, aimed to encourage locals to get together and utilise the central location and kitchen facilities.

Ted, who has lived in Andamooka since 1965, still drives a car – and is well known for his gofer burnouts in front of the local service station.

Young at heart, Ted is one of Andamooka’s many colourful senior characters who are now beginning to drop into the town hall tea room.

Ted grew up on a farm near Koolunga, but was one of the many lured to the opal fi elds of Andamooka 47

years ago – beginning his opal mining career with a hand pick and carbide lamp. Even a double hip re-placement and broken leg has not stopped him from living independently in Andamooka.

Andamooka Town Management Committee Com-munity Administrator Deborah Allen said the aim of the drop in program was to provide the elderly and other groups a central meeting place for company and a chat in air-conditioned comfort.

She said any residents could use the free tea and coff ee and kitchen facilities between 9am and 5pm weekdays.

Th e room is gradually being fi lled with board games and magazines, with plans to include a lounge, TV and DVD area in the future.

A A cuppa cuppa with with

Ted, 97.Ted, 97.

Ted (Howard) Jones, 97, is one of the Andamooka residents now dropping in for a cup of tea and chat as part of the new drop in program at the Andamooka Town Hall.

Arid Recovery research supported

interstate

Research has proven bilbies help stimulate

the germination of Mulga trees.

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The Monitor Newspaper re-opened its doors last week, ready to roll into another year of community news and

sport in Roxby Downs.

Th e surprise is Millie Th omas, formerly a cadet journalist with Th e Monitor for almost three years, has returned from an amaz-ing six months at Roxby Council to her old stomping ground at Th e Monitor.

“Probably the most satisfying aspect of my previous experience at Th e Monitor was getting to know the community not only on a social level, but also a professional level.

“It was some of the raw, fi rst hand experi-ences that I was privy to witness in my time here that eventually lured me back to Th e Monitor, and to hounding the streets for sto-ries,” Millie said. “It was those familiar faces on the street I saw daily that I really missed.”

Millie will also get the chance to further her education once again, by picking up post graduate study on top of her workload.

“Whilst studying I couldn’t wait to see the end of it, but after only a couple months study free, I was itching to get straight back into it! I can’t wait, and am very thankful

for Th e Monitor’s support to be able to once again further my study.”

Managing Editor Gail Heritage said Th e Monitor farewelled previous journalist Va-nessa Switala late last year so she could re-turn to her home in Adelaide.

“We were sad to see Vanessa go, but we are extremely happy to have Millie back on board as well,” Ms Heritage said.

“Millie is a real success story for Th e Mon-itor. She started her cadetship with us, and has become very multi-skilled in a lot of aspects of the paper, including photography, editorial, layout and graphic design.”

“It’s uncommon in the industry for cadet journalists to work on so many aspects of the paper, but that’s the thing with a small community newspaper like Th e Monitor. Th e small number of staff means we all have to be somewhat multi-skilled.

“Millie’s training and skill base is really a testimony to what Th e Monitor can provide for young, up and coming staff members,” Ms Heritage said.

Th e Monitor reduced some staffi ng levels last year in order to meet budgets which were also aff ected by the Olympic Dam ex-

pansion delay, like many other local busi-nesses.

Millie will return to her normal duties working on Th e Monitor, as well as other media initiatives such Th e Guide to Living in Roxby Downs and the new Giant Yearly Planner.

Millie reunites with old work buddy, Of-fi ce Manager and Sales Consultant Jody Gow-Smith, and Jodie Zschorn who is work-ing part time in administration and accounts after having baby Sophie late last year.

“Th e Monitor also took on a part-time weekend photographer last year, Salvadore (Doy) Velasco. Doy covers a couple of week-ends of sport each month, which we hope will also help to boost our sport coverage,” Ms Heritage said.

Th e 2013 staff also includes part–time graphic designer Marisa Wilson, who brings a long career of newspaper graphic design to the team and long-serving cartoonist Dave Kovac.

Former Roxby Downs resident Ali Web-ber also joined the sales team late last year, and will help boost advertising sales from her new home in Clare.

By Millie Thomas

This week’s message in support of SAPOL’s summer safety campaign pinpoints safety on the internet,

and ways to avoid attracting unwanted behaviour online.

The South Australian Police (SAPOL) launched their multimedia summer safety campaign on November 29 last year and has since been posting weekly Facebook mes-sages and daily tweets, helping people stay safe over summer.

Th e campaign will last three months, with safety messages promoted weekly in Th e Monitor, as a sign of support.

Personal safety on the internet is para-mount, but much of it can be controlled only by the user.

• For optimum safety against online predators, be sure to;• Use a genderless screen name.• Avoid posting images that reveal your location.• Avoid giving out information (the infor-mation may go further than the intended recipient).• Ignore trolls or report and block them.• Log off if a situation becomes hostile.

• Avoid posting content that is obscene or objectionable or that infringes on the legal rights of the owner.For parents of teenagers using Facebook,

the fear of the unknown can be a prevalent issue. However, there are controls that can be put in place to put parent’s minds at ease. Th ey can include;

• Considering giving your teens a code of conduct i.e. If they wouldn’t say it to someone’s face, they shouldn’t text it, IM it or post it.• Reminding them to use the social networks’ privacy settings so only their friends can see their profi le and;• Advising them against sending pictures to strangers or viewing pictures sent to them by strangers.Of course, there are some general safety

tips for everybody that should be consider-ing when perusing online.

• Utilise a fi rewall and up to date virus protection software.• If you don’t recognise the sender of a document or fi le, delete without opening to avoid viruses.• Program your computer with a password to restrict access.• Do not tick the box that allows a com

puter to remember a password.• Avoid giving personal or business infor-mation out over the internet.• Always know exactly who you are communicating and sharing information with when you are online.• Supervise and monitor internet use in your house, scanning browsing histories, especially with children.• Do not give out credit card details online unless it is a secured site.• Banks do not ask their customers to fol-low links from their emails – do not click links on emails saying they are from a fi -nancial institution.• When creating a login ensure you select a secure password and consider changing it regularly.• Select a password with capital and lower case letters as well as numbers and keep it private and;• Check your fi nancial institution to see what security they recommend.For more information concerning Sum-

mer Safety, contact the Crime Prevention Section at the nearest police station or visit www.police.sa.gov.au.

Be vigilant with internet safety

We’re baaaaack ... and so is Millie!

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THURSDAYS 9am JOB BOARD2:30-3pm THE RDAS REPORT with Jayme4-5pm AN HOUR WITH ‘K’ with Kaye & Friends5pm JOB BOARD6-7.30pm THE SUMMER SCOREBOARD with Gotchy, Woody & Dags

FRIDAYS9am JOB BOARD1-2pm THE VIBE with Kath, Sasha & Viv4-5pm TUNES IN THE DUNES with Leroy5pm JOB BOARD7-8:30pm THE LOWE-DOWNE with J-Lowe

SATURDAYS 7-8am THE ROCK (Market days) with Andamooka/Roxby Bible Church8-9am THE ROCK with Andamooka/Roxby Bible Church9-10am THE SUMMER SCOREBOARD REPLAY with Gotchy, Woody & Dags1-2pm THE SCOREBOARD REPLAY (Market Days with Gotchy, Woody & Dags

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S ignificant road work along the Stuart Highway is expected to be completed next month.

Th e work included road widening of up to ten metres to provide a consistent width of sealed road for the expected increase in traffi c that would have resulted from the now delayed Olympic Dam expansion.

Th e fi nal phase of the project includes the recent installation of 6.4 kilometres of new guard rail, after some areas of increased width placed lanes closer to embankments.

Th e $19 million project, which is the most extensive upgrade in decades, was part of the expected BHP Billiton $1.2 billion spend on preliminary works and equipment con-

tracts for the proposed BHPB Olympic Dam mine expansion.

Th e work continued despite a later an-nouncement the company would delay any Olympic Dam expansion plans for another four years.

A Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure spokesperson said the project is now near completion.

“Shoulder reconstruction was undertaken along with other road safety improvements ahead of the proposed Olympic Dam expan-sion,” the spokesperson said.

“As a result of the shoulder widening which located traffi c lanes closer to em-bankments, guard rail was required to be installed in identifi ed areas based on traffi c

volumes and clear zone requirements.”

“Th e shoulder sealing and associated road

improvements were funded by BHP Billiton

and works were undertaken by South Aus-

tralian contractors as well as departmental

resources. Th e total project cost was $19m.

“…Th e completed works will deliver a

safer road environment for all users,” the

spokesperson said.

Other improvements included new line

marking and signage.

Th e fi nal phase of road work is expected

to be completed mid to late February with

further guard rail to be added to the Olym-

pic Dam to Pimba road.

Road work nears endRoad work nears end By Millie Thomas

The Environment Forum hopes to develop a long term plan of action for wildlife caring, rescue and removal following their fi rst forum

meeting for 2013.

Th e meeting will be held on Th ursday, February 7 at 7pm in the Roxby Council Boardroom.

“Until then, if Roxby residents do encounter injured or distressed wildlife, they are advised to call volun-teer wildlife carer Gay Darling on 08 8671 0573 who will assist if able,” said Arid Recovery Education and Community Coordinator Hannah Spronk.

However if a snake is encountered, residents are encouraged to call Arid Recovery on (08) 8671 2402 where a trained volunteer may be able to retrieve the snake, if available.

In the meantime, any queries can be directed to the Roxby Downs Environment Forum Facebook page, where forum members will endeavour to answer con-cerns to the best of their knowledge.

Snake plan in process

6.4 kilometres of guard rail is being installed along the Stuart Highway as part of the $16m upgrade to be completed next month.

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Approximately 30 children participated in a one day summer dance workshop last week.

The workshop was held by local dance teacher

Lana Chamberlain and her visiting sister Emma Palmer.The children were taught

cheerleading, hip hop and jazz during the fun-fi lled day at the auditorium.

Registration Day for the Roxby Academy of Dance will be

held between 5pm and 7pm on Wednesday, January 30.

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J anuar y 26 is a chance to celebrate ‘what’s great’ about

Australia.

In 2013 we are again hosting Australia Day in the best possible way - it’s off to the pool for barbe-que brekky, a swim and the presentation of our Australia day Awards for 2013.

Roxby Council and Roxby Leisure hope you will join us for the morn-ing. A breakfast will be cooked and served by Roxby Council’s master chefs from 9am at the Roxby Leisure Pool.

Th is will be followed by the presentation of our Australia Day Awards for Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Event of the Year by Bill Boehm, Council Administrator at about 10am.

Th ere have been many worthy contenders for these awards and each nomination has high-lighted the special eff orts made by members of our community to help make Roxby the great place it is.

Come and show your support and apprecia-tion to the worthy and no doubt surprised winners of our Awards, then relax and chill by our beautiful pool which will be free to enter up until midday.

The Community Library had a clean out prior to Christmas of books that are no longer popular or have been replaced by other

publications.

We love to share our resources with other places but often the cost of freighting things south can be prohibitive of this generosity. But, some Council staff who were heading out of Roxby for the Christ-mas holidays overcome that obstacle - amongst the bags, tents and beach balls were the boxes of books.

We are happy to announce that books donated from the Roxby Downs Community Library have ended up at several new homes around the state.

Elkanah Retirement Village Morphett Vale has a little library that a retired couple look after. Th ey really appreciated the donation of non-fi ction books on gardening, craft and art.

A city youth centre has also accepted the ado-lescent books

Lutheran Community Care where these books will be distributed to their op shops and the pro-ceeds of sales will go toward helping to buy items for the less fortunate and people in need of assistance

Peterborough Childcare Centre and Kindergarten just loved the books they received.

Barunga Village at Port Broughton who have gratefully accepted the books as part of their di-versional therapy programs within their retirement centre

In West Papua, the books will become part of a literacy program in the remote highland villages.

It’s a great thought that someone, somewhere is benefi ting from the wonderful world of the written word.

Our scorching summer continues to roll on and with recent very

high temperatures, Roxby Council wishes to remind our community of the importance of keeping our pets, particu-larly dogs, safe.

Heatstroke (hyperthermia) is common in dogs, but can af-fect all animals. Dogs left in hot cars, pets exposed to extreme heat when left outdoors with a lack of shade, or being exer-cised in hot weather can lead to heatstroke.

Th is condition is potentially life threatening when the ani-mal’s body absorbs more heat than it can release and the tem-perature inside the body begins to climb.

As the body temperature increases, your pet’s gums be-come bluish/purple or bright red due to inadequate oxygen supply to tissues. Once the temperature reaches a certain point, the body is unable to reg-ulate normal functions, dam-age to muscles and organs can

quickly follow.A pooch in this condition

needs urgent medical treat-ment, sometimes even inten-sive care.

To care for your dog in our hot summer and to prevent heatstroke we provide some tips.

Ensure your dog has plenty of fresh, clean water at all times. Make sure their water bowl cannot be tipped over (heavy bowls or broad based contain-ers that can not be fl ipped over)

Never leave your dog unat-tended in your car – opening windows will do little to slow the overheating process. Avoid exercise during the hottest hours of the day, wait til early morning or late evening when the air and pavements have cooled. Take water for your pet too.

Make sure there is adequate shade for your dog if they have to be left outside during the day, consider a child’s plastic pool half filled with water, which can double as a water bowl and somewhere cool to play.

I t’s a heart sinking feeling when you realise your pet is not where they should be. Council wishes to remind the community that the

quickest way to reunite a pet with it’s family is by contacting their offi ce or on call after hours number - 0418 892 870. Th e pet is then collected by our trained staff , who will make every eff ort to contact the owner to arrange collection. If the pet is microchipped this is a fast and easy process, causing less stress on everyone concerned.

If you do fi nd a pet that has lost its family, please do not rely just on social media to reunite them, not everyone has access to, or an interest in such forms of communication, so please contact Roxby Council also.

D ecember 2012 Quarterly Water Accounts have been issued and are due for payment by the 15th of February

2013.

In an eff ort to improve road safety, the De-partment for Planning, Transport and Infra-structure has published road safety rules re-fresher booklets, designed for those of us that may have had our licences for a while with the 10 most common road rules clarifi ed in the booklet. You can pick one up at the front coun-ter of our offi ce.

NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS IN BRIEF

Book donations:

Lost pets

Australia Day,Australia Day,the Roxby way!the Roxby way!

LEFT: Last year’s Australia Day

Award winners.

Hot pooches Remember, our pets feel the heat too!


The Community Garden site is the reserve bordered

by Pioneer Drive, Alberrie Street and Mulgaria Street.

The purpose of this land is that it be used by the community but also for the community.

It will become a place to showcase what can be grown in our arid climate and to promote sustaina-ble gardening practices.

Th e Community Gar-den has been progress-ing and the shed for the group to operate out of is on order, and is due to be built early February.

Th is will see the start of ground works on the allocated Community Garden site which runs

from Alberrie Street through to Pioneer Drive.

If you have gardening skills, a bit of a green thumb or just love get-

ting out in the fresh air with like-minded people of your community con-sider joining the Com-munity Garden Group and be part of this com-

munity environmental project as it starts to put down its roots!

Th e fi rst meeting for 2013 will be held on Feb-ruary 14 in the Council

Boardroom at 7.30pm, all are welcome. Con-tact Bree Galbraith on 0448 168 167 or [email protected]

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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contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000

Thursday, January 24 @ 730pm

88 Stuart Road, Roxby Downs

BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964

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Wednesday, February 20 @ 730pm Council Boardroom

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Ch e r i e C l a r k h a s been living in Roxby Downs for eight years

and works as a Visitor Information Centre Offi cer at the Roxby Downs Cultural and Leisure Centre.

Cherie and her husband have owned and operated businesses in the transport industry and pest control in-dustry for approximately 20 years.

Cherie has worked in the banking sector and has valua-ble experience in lending, con-veyancing and customer ser-vice. Cherie has also worked in Real Estate within the sales and property management section in Roxby Downs, Ad-elaide and Kalgoorlie.

As a new member of the Community Board, Cherie is excited about being involved in the Community and is very passionate about Roxby.

She is looking forward to being able to contribute back to the community, to see Rox-by Downs continually develop and assist local businesses and its people.

Community Garden Forum news

The Roxby Environment Forum’s fi rst meeting of the year will be held on February 7, 2013 in the

council boardroom at 7pm.

One of the agenda items will be working to form a fauna partnership group who will work together to pro-vide awareness, resources and support within the community regarding in-

jured/orphaned animals, residential snake removals and other fauna con-cerns/requirements.

New members are always welcome to come along and join in the environ-mental initiatives.

If you would like to join or fi nd out more contact Bree Galbraith on 0448 168 167 or send an email to [email protected]

Environment Forumnews

Community Board Profi le:Cherie Clark

Community Garden volunteers at the site recently.

Cherie is enjoying being back in her community involved role.

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When: Saturday 9 February, 5:30pm to midnight Where: Roxby Downs Oval

SATURDAY 9 FEBRUARY

What: Double Header Alliance 1 Twenty20 Cup:

Andamooka vs Olympic Dam

Roxby Rogues vs Hornridge Bar facilities and food, original Dave Kovac artwork auction, activities, prizes for best dressed

By Millie Thomas

Local speedway sidecar racing team the Headland Brothers narrowly missed making the

fi nals at the South Australian State Titles at Gillman Speedway on Saturday night.

Trent (rider) and Jesse (passenger) Headland are this season competing at ‘local’ speedway events at Gillman, and also at IKON Suspension Grand-slam events interstate. Th e duo will also make a special trek north to Al-ice Springs in coming weeks.

The Headland Brothers started Saturday night’s meeting with a plethora of mechanical issues, in-cluding a failed fuel pump and miss-ing engine fl oor, leaving heat one of fi ve’s results less than desirable, fi n-ishing fourth.

“Problems with the bike put a bit of pressure on everyone in the be-ginning,” explained Trent. “But we got it all together and got quicker and quicker in our heats as the night went on.”

After some quick mechanical work by ex-Roxby local and Headland Brothers mechanic Richard Powell, Trent and Jesse entered heat two with fi erce determination, fi nishing second against an unbeaten Mark Plaisted and Sam Gilbert.

Heat three saw the Headland Brothers continued determination render them a second to two-time world champion, and father, Mick Headland (and passenger Paul Wa-ters) of Headland/Waters Racing Team.

After one restart due to an ‘un-clean’ beginning at the starting line,

heat four saw the boys bring home a win against Jason Hardy and Geoff Langdon, Damian Neische and Dam-ien Egan and another team.

Now sitting on seven points, the Headland Brothers had to secure a second place in their fi fth heat to keep them in the competition and place them in the semi-fi nal.

“By the fi fth heat, we were really on a roll and momentum was strong amongst the team,” Trent said. “Gill-man track conditions were good, it was a little bit slippery but we man-aged to overcome that as the night progressed.”

He said across the fi eld compe-tition was fi erce with a lot of ‘argy bargy’ amongst teams. This was confirmed by two major crashes throughout the night leaving the involved riders and passengers un-conscious for an extended period of time.

However, eventually all were able to walk off the fi eld.

Some strong riding in the fi fth heat brought them into a strong second position to close rivals and South Australian Riverland team Justin Plaisted and Sam Harrison.

Headland/Headland and Plaist-ed/Harrison collided as Headland/Headland started to overtake to claim fi rst position in the second quarter of the fourth and fi nal lap.

As a result of the collision, Plaist-ed/Harrison spun out, hitting the walls of the arena. Following the incident, Headland/Headland was excluded from the race.

With no injuries to the Plaisted/Harrison team, the race was re-start-ed with only three teams, and Plaist-

ed/Harrison being the victor. Th e decision to exclude Headland/

Headland brought controversy to the track, as an earlier decision regard-ing Darrin Treloar and Simon Cohrs and Plaisted/Harrison in a similar incident saw an overturned decision, with no exclusions.

“I don’t agree with the decision,” stated Trent. “Th e decision was not consistent with previous decisions on the night plus we didn’t actually hit Justin we leant against him as he crossed up in front of us.

“If anything, we straightened him

up.”No meeting points were attributed

to Headland/Headland for the exclu-sion, keeping them on 7 points and out of the semi-fi nal.

Winners of the night were the unbeaten combination of Plaisted/Gilbert, who also broke the Gillman track record on the night.

Th ey were followed by six time Australian champion Darrin Treloar and passenger Simon Cohrs, Head-land/Headland who was excluded after going infi eld and Plaisted/Har-rison who was excluded following

a crash.Th is weekend the Headland Broth-

ers Racing team will be back at Gill-man on Sunday night to compete in round four of the IKON Suspension Grandslam.

“Th is weekend at the Grandslam we will go back and as a team pick up where we left off and win!” Trent said.

The Headland Brothers Racing Team would like to thank their sponsors and congratulate Plaisted/Gilbert on their fi rst State Title win.

By Rein Geraghty

An under-strength Woomera won the toss and elected to bat and were in early trouble to be

three for 15 after seven overs after a great opening spell of bowling from Wally Hand in Friday night cricket between Woomera and Olympic Dam.

Had OD been able to hold their catches the score could have been a lot worse early on.

Only one batsman managed to make it to double fi gures and they were all out for 38 from 17.2 overs.

Top scorer for Woomera was P Caulfield with 14. Overall Olympic Dam bowled very tight and only con-ceded one extra from Wade “butter fi n-gers” Stevens wide. Th e wickets were evenly shared between the bowlers with R Geraghty 4/3, A Hand 2/5 and R Bennett 3/8.

Th e new OD opening partnership of Lucas Holbrook and Scott Gregory made light work of the run chase and hit shots to all parts of the ground to chase the low total down inside four overs with Lucas Holbrook making good use of his new bat.

Rumour has it he has not hit a six since grade seven, however he man-aged to dispatch back to back sixes and looked like he was on track to make a maiden fi fty should there have been enough runs to chase down.

At the request of the scorers Woomera bowled one more over and this saw Gregory get in on the action and took 16 runs off Strawbridge’s fi rst over before he was bowled on the last ball.

Final scores were Woomera 10/38 OD 0/59.

On Saturday night Hornridge and Rogues took each other on in what looked to be a battle for second spot on the ladder.

Scoresheets are unavailable however, it is understood that Rogues batted fi rst and made around 129 with Poly (Po-lujnikoff ) top scoring. Wanderers lost regular wickets in their run chase and fell around 40 runs short.

Th is week’s games see Olympic Dam and Rogues battle in a 20/20 game on Friday night and Andamooka taking on Hornridge on Saturday night. Both games are being played in Roxby and should provide plenty of entertainment.

OD still on top

Headland Brothers narrowly miss fi nals

Headland Brothers overtaking Ronnie Parker and Shane Rudolf.

Paul Caulfi eld batting on Friday night.

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By Millie Thomas

Local boxer Stephen Finey found long awaited suc-cess last year, winning the Boxing SA Elite Open Middleweight State Title for the fi rst time.

Th e Boxing SA Championships were held at the West Ade-laide Football Club on November 17 and 18 and was a pinnacle in Stephen’s boxing career to date.

In an ironic turn of events, Stephen’s opponent, John Weetra, by whom he beat by one point (13 -12) was the main event boxer at the Roxby Downs boxing event in 2010.

Since winning the state titles last year, Stephen has been awarded with BSA Most Potential Boxer and BSA Runner-up Boxer of the Year – second only to Australia’s Super Heav-yweight Champ and Olympic boxer, and continues training ahead of the 2013 Australian Championships, starting on February 10.

Trainer Craig Clark described Stephen’s state title opponent as a “very clever, technical and slippery boxer, with twice as much boxing experience as Stephen.”

“He

would have been three or four points behind going into the last round, but he picked up four or fi ve unanswered points toward the end of the bout,” Craig explained.

It was Stephen’s superior fi tness that carried him over the line in the third and fi nal round.

“We knew how fi t Steve was so that was the game plan, the fi rst two rounds were fairly evenly matched, with some clev-er boxing, but in the third round it was all about fi tness and desire,” Craig said.

After surprising himself by winning the BSA State Champi-onship Semi Final convincingly (21-12), it was Stephen’s sheer stubbornness helped get him over the line.

“Before the fi nal I was that stubborn, I was so determined to get it, it was set in my head and I don’t think there was any way of getting it out of my head, which is the perfect mind set,” he said

“Everything was just perfect; it couldn’t have run any better mentally, physically, and emotionally. Everything was 100 per cent.”

Craig explained Stephen had honed his fi ghting condition by accepting fi ghts against highly talented and experienced fi ghters.

“When you’ve got a really good opponent, you don’t need a big mistake for him to make you pay for it,” Craig said.

“So, small stuff that Steve may have been doing wrong,

they were scoring easy points. “Th is highlighted to us where Steve is going wrong, so we

focused on those fi ne points and that’s where those wins to-wards the end of the year came to us.”

Training right through the Far North Region’s most recent heat wave, Stephen will attend the Australian Championships in Adelaide in February where he will compete against the best the country has to off er.

“We got my body to 100 per cent and peaked at state titles,” Stephen said. “It’s almost like a hangover – you get your body to a point and after that if you push too hard, your body doesn’t really want to work, it’s sort of just saying let me breathe let me have a break.

“So we all knew that was going to happen, but if you don’t win the state you don’t go to the nationals, so it’s catch 22 sort of thing.”

“Stephen will still be ready to have a red hot go next month, and we will see what changes, if any, need to be made to now compete at a national level” Craig added.

Stephen is looking forward to a well-earned break, before piling himself straight back into the year-round sport.

“Th e rumours from the boss (Coach Steven Rudd) are there’s going to be a month off , but I’ll believe it when I see it.”

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LEFT Stephen’s fi tness is a key player in his success.

RIGHT Stephen with girlfriend Hollie Cockshell after winning the state title.

Drop into Roxby Leisure and check out what’s on at the movies this week!

the monitor newspaper for 23rd january 2013

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