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Yarrabah NewsV2 Issue 10 THURSDAY 31 May 2018
Volunteers clean up beach
If you were just under a metre and a half (five feet) tall and of small to average build, you could quite possibly weigh as much as the rubbish collected from a 250 metre stretch of Yarrabah beach front last Saturday.
A team of about 20 volunteers collected about 50 kilograms of rubbish at the first of a series of Yarrabah Social Reinvestment Project clean ups for 2018.
Material collected included aluminium cans, broken glass, lolly wrappers, food wrappers, straws, shoes and clothing items that have been blown onto the beach, found trapped in the rock walls, or left behind.
Gunggandji-Mandingalbay Yidinji Peoples Prescribed Body
Corporate Aboriginal Corporation Executive Officer Helen Tait said the bags of rubbish were weighed and a cross section of rubbish was sorted and counted.
“Many items have been recycled and the waste collected was transferred to the Cairns Regional Council Gordonvale Transfer Station,” she said.
Free T-shirtA sausage sizzle for their efforts was
well-received and those who took
part have registered for their free Project T-Shirt.
“The free project t-shirt, which will be available in November, is only offered to those who participate in at least two of the four clean up events,” Ms Tait said.
“We’d like to acknowledge and thank everyone who volunteered their Saturday morning to assist us with this first event. “
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acknowledge Faith Richards for assisting Matt Wheldon from Tangaroa with the data collection and learning how to input the data in the portable data collection device,” Ms Tait said.
Ms Tait said the device was to assist them with working out what types of waste they had collected.
“That helps us to figure out how we can work with the community to target and reduce those items into the future,” she said.
“We would love the community to join us at the next event which will be on Saturday 16 June from 9am to 11:30am on the beach below the Esplanade at Bishop Malcolm Park.
“More hands definitely lighten the load and will also mean we can collect even more waste, preventing it from ending up in the ocean and harming turtles, dugong and other marine and bird life.”
Families celebrate local ambo achievements“Congratulations to two of our finest: Yarrabah Officer in Charge Claine Underwood and Wynnum Advanced Care Paramedic Neil Hobbs,” the Queensland Ambulance Service has posted on their Facebook page.
The Governor of Queensland His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey presented Claine and Neil with the prestigious Ambulance Service Medal at a ceremony at Government House [earlier this month].
The ASM recognises distinguished service by the men and women of Australia’s Ambulance services.
Claine, who commenced his operational career with the QAS in 1995, was acknowledged for significant
service to the QAS, in supervisory and managerial roles within operations and education, including as an Area Manager, and for his leadership in the establishment and development of the QAS Indigenous Paramedic Program.
Neil, who has more than 40 years of service with the QAS as a frontline officer, was recognised for significant service to the QAS as a paramedic in regional
Queensland and in Brisbane, and as a mentor to new operational staff including graduates.
The QAS is very proud of both officers.
Thank you for going above and beyond to deliver outstanding service to the QAS and the Queensland community.Source: QAS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qldambulanceservice
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NDIS roll-out priority for working groupDisability services, including those provided by PHAMS, the State Government and other agencies, are to be replaced with a ‘one stop’ funding shop for all supports and services under the new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), due to be rolled out from Sunday 1 July.
A recent Yarning Circle, hosted by Joanne Houghton and the Thrive team in Yarrabah, hoped to assist people with information about how they can access disability services after July 1, with presentations from National Disability Insurance Agency representative Minnie Saxena and Synapse’s Jodi Sampson (pictured right).
Jodi took a lead role facilitating the yarning circle with Minnie and Joanne adding to the discussion where needed.
Topics covered included what is and is not covered by NDIS, who can help, continuity of support for people with mental health concerns and training possibilities for potential providers.
The meeting was attended by more than 35 people and the Yarrabah NDIS Working Group, which was formed last year, will meet again soon to table community concerns and issues, and encourage local initiatives and solutions.
The Working Group wants to encourage local people to set up their own businesses and become registered providers.
The meeting asked that this type of information session be ongoing and wanted to encourage community members to find out what the NDIS means for them. For information and support about registering as an NDIS provider contact Connections Mentor Coordinator Isaac Mundraby.
Members of our hard working road crew were all smiles as they finished off important reinforcing work across the road from Gurriny
Yealamucka Health Services earlier this month...
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Closing Date for Applications is 8am on Monday 11 June 2018
Yarrabah News is published fortnightly by the Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council and edited by Jaeleen Geary & Christine Howes. Members of the Yarrabah community and local organisations are welcome to submit birthdays, community information, pics, yarns and letters to the Editors.
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POSITIONS VACANT
CASUAL LABOURERS The Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council is seeking two suitably qualified applicants for two positions of Casual Labourer. Position Descriptions will be available from Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council’s website or from front Reception at Council’s Administration Office. For more information and/or to discuss your eligibility to apply for these positions, please contact Richard Wright, Human Resources Risk & Regulation Manager on 4056 9120 during business hours. Applications must be addressed to the Human Resources Risk & Regulation Manager 56 Sawmill Road, Yarrabah or [email protected] close 5pm on Monday
4th June 2018
Coral Trekker still on trackSEE OUR NEXT ISSUE FOR MORE!
Pic thanks to Captain Kippa Zechariah
The Last Straw on the Great Barrier Reef has welcomed YarriCino Cafe to their official plastic straw-free list.
“Keep up your amazing work ,” they said on their Facebook page.
Pictured right is The Last Straw on the GBR’s founder and manager Nicole Nash with YarriCino’s Sue Andrews. More at: http://thelaststrawonthegbr.org/
State Emergency Service: YarrabahGroup Leader + Local Controller
State Emergency Service: YarrabahGroup Leader + Local Controller
The role of the volunteer (unpaid) State Emergency Service (SES) Group Leader position is to provide operational support to the volunteer Local Controller (also unpaid) within the local volunteer SES Unit. Please submit a letter or email together with documentation stating your skills and experience relative to the role you are interested in. Applicants who are not already SES members must successfully apply to join the SES, and complete all mandatory training if appointed to this role. Minimum requirements for both include having medium to high computer abilities, leadership and management skills.Your application should be submitted to:James Gegg, Area Controller, State Emergency ServicePO Box 242, CAIRNS QLD 4870Email: [email protected]: 4032 8682
Closing Date for Applications is 8am on Monday 11 June 2018
