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All horses will be moved off Yaralla Estate by May 31.
“Unsafe” Yaralla report as Mounted Police lease terminated In a win for local horse owners, Sydney Local Health District Chief Executive, Dr Teresa Anderson announced on Wednesday May 15 that the lease agreement with the NSW Mounted Police Unit to agist police horses on the Yaralla Estate at Concord has been terminated but that all horses must leave the site by May 31 because of safety concerns. “A new safety report on the condition of the Yaralla Estate at Concord has found all horses agisted on the site must leave by May 31,” Dr Anderson advised in a press statement. “The report, conducted by a panel of horse experts, found conditions on the Estate to be worse than previously thought and unsafe for horses and the public until significant rectification works are completed.” Dr Anderson had commissioned the report to assess the suitability of a community proposal to extend agistment on the site by six months, following a packed meeting late last month with angry local horse owners and interested locals who criticised Sydney Local Health District, for their decision to enter an agreement with the police without seeking expressions of interest or tenders. The District responded to community concerns regarding management of the site and has terminated its lease
agreement with the NSW Mounted Police Unit. “Sydney Local Health District will now open calls for tenders for site management, allowing all interested parties to apply for the agistment licence,” she said. The tender process will be overseen by an independent probity officer and a tender review panel member from the Ministry of Health. Rectification works are expected to take three months and will include fence replacement, bush regeneration, maintenance and pasture improvement and weed eradication. The expert panel has advised that all horses must be off the site for this work to be carried out safely. “When the District granted the current agistment licence in 1996, the intention was that any income received from the licensee would be reinvested into maintenance of the facilities and Estate to support the provision of health services,” said Dr Anderson. “Unfortunately, the licensee has failed to maintain the property as per the contractual agreement and we are now in a situation where the District must pay for significant repairs. This is money which could have been used for health services for our patients,” she said.
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Craig Laundy
Supporting Seniors in Reid
A Liberal Government will build a strong, prosperous economy and a safe, secure Australia to benefit all Seniors. Reduce cost of living pressures by immediately scrapping the world’s biggest carbon tax to take pressure off rapidly rising electricity and gas prices. Pension increases will be funded without Labor’s carbon tax. Strengthen superannuation by delivering stability and certainty so people can once again have confidence in their retirement.
Strengthen Medicare and take pressure off public hospitals by restoring the Private Health Insurance Rebate as soon as we responsibly can – forcing down costs for everyone. Improve health services and aged care by delivering the benefits of the first ever Aged Care Provider Agreement with the aged care sector.
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