Lismore CBD Magazine - AUGUST ISSUE 2022 - Vol.2 No.15

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MOPPY CHIRING CHUDEN FEATURE

Mali Cooper

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The 19th Bangalow Music Festival 2022 finale features Southern Cross Soloists and headline guest artists in a dreamy program of vivid imagery, vibrant colours and nostalgic memories, with Debussy’s poignant Violin Sonata, Lachlan Skipworth’s bright and lively Oboe Quartet, Debussy’s shimmering La Mer, and Piazzolla’s feisty Fuga y Misterio and Libertango.

Artists: Southern Cross Soloists Emma McGrath – Violin Jonathan Békés – Cello Vatche Jambazian – Piano Maxwell Foster – Piano

Program: Debussy – Violin Sonata L.140 Skipworth – Oboe Quartet Debussy (arr. Rotar) – La Mer (The Sea) L. 109, CD. 111 Piazzolla – Fuga y Misterio; Libertango

11th - 14th AUGUST FULL PROGRAM www.southernxsoloists.com/festivalprogram Phone 0427 638 324 - 1300 994 208 Australian Digital Concert Hall info@australiandigitalconcerthall.com

7PM Thursday August 11 A&I Hall, Bangalow Emerging Stars of Tomorrow features some of Australia’s most outstanding early career musicians on the cusp of their professional careers. This year’s concert will showcase an incredibly prodigious talent from Northern NSW: Lismore composer, Tilly Jones who is the 2022 recipient of the 2022 Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society (ADFAS) Byron Bay & Districts Young Musician Award in partnership with the Bangalow Music Festival.

The concert will feature works by Tilly Jones performed by Southern Cross Soloists and the 2022 SXS Next Gen Artists fellows: Robert Smith violin, Drew Gilchrist clarinet, Kyle Brady viola, Erna Lai cello, Amelia Cherry double bass, Crystal Smith piano and Jordan He composer, as well as performers from the Northern Rivers Conservatorium of Music.

Proceeds from the concert will go toward the Northern Rivers Conservatorium’s Student Fee Relief Program to make music lessons available to all by offering tuition scholarships to young musicians of the region who have been badly affected by the 2022 floods.

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It’s on this Friday!

I am feeling a tad bit anxious…considering my last Flourish Art Gallery Grand opening the opening was AMAZING! But we are in for a re-treat the Flourish Art Gallery Grand Re-Opening and Gather South (a revival group exhibition) will be spectacular.

There will be live music to have a boogie too and celebrate the goodness and so much more yet to come.

This is an event not to be missed. Flourish Art Gallery Re-Grand Opening will be a treat! Our first exhibition 'Gather South' will showcase a selection of some of the best artists on the North Coast.

Steve Giese/Rai De Weerdt/ Anna Nordstrom/Jay Manby/ Jeremy Austin/Jeht Burgoyne/ Victoria Pitel/Rahima Jackson There will be a live band 'Stardust FUNK' so bring your dancing shoes!

Wine and nibblies available.

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Love for Lismore Heart Space Exciting news !!!!

We are open The Heart Space is located at Shop 2 - 119 Magellan Street Entrance on Hampton Lane (At the back of the old Affordable Wholefoods shop) Initially we will be open 10.00am - 2.00pm Monday to Saturday.

The space will be the home of the Love for Lismore Heart Banners, a space to meet and have workshops, a free arts and craft op shop and a creative ”hot desk” for sewing and crafting!!

We have a kitchenette also, so please drop in and grab some craft supplies and have a cuppa and reconnect with your creativity.

Our space has been created to support those who lost their art and craft supplies and spaces in the flood but we welcome everyone to utilise it.

Donations towards the cost of running the space will be gratefully accepted. https://gofund.me/872e69c7

Photograph: Natalie Grono/The Guardian

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Lismore Pet Memorial remember all the pets/animals that we lost in the floods.

Sunday 02nd October at 9:30am at St Andrew’s Lismore.

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Natural disasters and emergencies disrupt lives and routines. When things around us change, we change too – and what that means for us emotionally is different for everyone.

The emotional impact can be difficult for people to cope with both in the short and longer term.

“One of the inspiring things to come out of this has been the community resilience, one of Hope, Kindness and Co-operation as we find we can do more together than we can do apart in these times.”

Every month our pages roll out the news, events and happenings from our business and community, scroll through and enjoy the best of Lismore.

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Bush's debut single 'Wuthering Heights' was inspired by the novel of the same name written by Charlotte Bronte, and her song chronicles the turbulent relationship between leading man Heathcliff and his longtime love Catherine Earnshaw. Wuthering Heights day is a hugely popular event, with similar gatherings taking place all over the world annually on July 30.

Hundreds of Kate Bush fans across Australia have come together to honour the legendary singer in the midst of her newfound fame.

“You sing it really beautifully. I’m incredibly touched by your warmth and all your smiling faces. Thank you!”

In a refreshing change of pace though, it's 1978 single Wuthering Heights taking the spotlight, instead of the Stranger Things-boosted Running Up That Hill.

According to music sales data in July, Bush had earned US$2.3 million in streaming royalties from 1985’s Running Up That Hill since season four of the Netflix series premiered in late May.

Similar events took place across Australia, including in Lismore, and the rest of the world as part of what’s become known as The Most Wuthering Heights Day Every, which falls on Kate Bush’s birthday.

Meanwhile, after enjoying a highly successful career, Bush recently saw a resurgence in popularity when her iconic song 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' was recently featured in season 4 of Stranger Things on Netflix. The track was hails from her 1985 record 'Hounds of Love' , and the hit even enjoyed several weeks at Number 1 in the UK and Irish charts, delighting Bush who thanked her dedicated fans as the song broke records by reaching the coveted number one spot 36 years after its initial release.

It’s not the first time such a re-enactment has taken place, with fans across the globe bringing the music video to life for almost close to a decade, starting with a British flash mob in 2013.

“It’s utterly, utterly wonderful! I love it so much! Thank you everyone,” she said.

Last month, Brisbane collective Pub Choir caught the attention of Bush with their version Bush’s popularity around the globe has surged, of Running Up That Hill. with the track topping success, which also Bush responded after seeing a video that includes the ARIA Single Chart, where it still sits at featured “1,600 strangers” singing Running Up #1 for the last 20 weeks.

That Hill in three-part harmony at Fortitude Music Hall.

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Moppy Chiring Chuden Image: Vicki M. Harvey

Wuthering Heights Day

Little Miss Gerrey Image: Linda White Donna Louise Walker

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The Most Wuthering Heights Day Lismore 2022

Andrew Parry and Donna Louise Walker

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Out & About SAMPLE FOOD FESTIVAL

U3A NR Lismore Zoom.

After two heartbreaking postponements Zoom offers U3A Northern Rivers Lismore members due to COVID lockdowns and restrictions, the opportunity to safely meet during times of we are looking forward to celebrating our isolation from COVID and other winter illness.

10th Anniversary Sample Food Festival, a Four Zoom classes are offered each week Tuesday with taste of Northern NSW with you on U3A talks, Technology Discussion Group, Investments and SMUG (Senior Mac Users Group).

Saturday 3rd September 2022 at the Members continue to enjoy face to face meetings, Bangalow Showground. classes and groups in a variety of venues in and around

Join us for $5 and $10 tasting plates from the Lismore. Our “home "for many years has been the region’s top restaurants, some of the best Lismore Workers Club but sadly since the two floods in beverages Northern New South Wales has to February this venue suffered major damages as a consequence this is no longer an option. offer and a huge selection of market stalls featuring local producers and artisans.

Venues today vary from country halls, a Seniors retirement village, private homes and of course Attendees can also enjoy live cook-offs and outdoor bush and beach walks. demonstrations, festival workshops, live music Anyone interested in knowing more about U3A and and fun activities for the little ones. Subscribe wanting to join in any of our classes or activities please to our friends of the festival mailing list for contact announcements.

0417 234 984 www.facebook.com/samplensw www.samplefoodevents.com

Pat 6622 7408 or email pmaclaren-smith@bigpond.com

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Out & About TWO HILLARIOUS COMEDIES Have you noticed the poster for our new show? It’s up outside the theatre and inviting you to book your tickets.

It’s with great excitement we announce our next BTC Production - HAIR We are thrilled to be bringing this incredible musical to the stage in March 2023! Auditions are now open - head to the link in our bio We are calling for all local performers, who are vocally strong to send in their audition videos for first round of auditions.

Greg Crane is directing this double bill British comedy - the Covid times comedy, Lockdown in Little Grimley plus Alan Grimaldi and the 183 Starring Jenny Craig, Lisa Walmsley, Stephen Bocking and Carl Moore. $25/$20 or contact us for a special price for a group booking of 10 or more. www.lismoretheatrecompany.org.au Opening night is just weeks away!

We are looking for a diverse cast, eccentric, groovy and peace-lovin. Age range 18+.

0421 067 645 www.facebook.com/bangalowtheatrecompany http://www.bangalowtheatre.com.au

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Graham's Solicitors and Conveyancing are a leading law firm in Northern NSW, Australia. Although based in Lismore, Graham's Solicitors service Australia wide as well as internationally.

With over 30 years of local experience, founding solicitor Keith Graham will assist you through your most testing times, whether that be after the death of a loved one, a compensation battle, or a family drama.

Please contact us today for a free quote, or call into our Lismore office for a chat with one of our friendly staff.

Graham's specialise in family law, compensation, conveyancing, real estate, wills and estates, and farming and agriculture.

Graham's Solicitors are built on Christian principles, and strive to service all customers with "honesty, integrity, compassion."

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HI my name is Kate Cairnduff and I am 49, and passionate about the changes that a healthy lifestyle can bring to peoples lives and those they have in their lives.

I will take your fitness goals seriously. I understand that losing weight and gaining confidence can be challenging.

Together we will get you overcoming hurdles that prevent you reaching your goals. With my many years of experience as a personal trainer I can draw from my extensive Knowledge of many and varied areas of exercise.

Lismore Personal Trainer Lismore This workshop is perfect for people who: - are thinking about getting qualified to become a Group Exercise Leader, Fitness Instructor or Personal Trainer?

- love fitness and want to learn more about fitness training methods and programs.

- are currently studying to become a become a Group Exercise Leader, Fitness Instructor or Personal Trainer and would like some additional support and hands on practical experience.

- are already qualified as a fitness professional and want to upskill with some ongoing education, professional development and inspiration.

SUNDAY, 21 AUGUST 2022 FROM 10:00am -1:00pm Workshop Outline: 10.00 am Session Overview - Introduction 10.15 am Practical Session - Participation 11.00 am Session Debrief - Review 11.15 am Role Plays - Practical 12.30 pm Session Debrief - Review 12.45 pm Personal Coaching - Actions 1.00 pm Session Conclusion Read more about Fit & Healthy at Any Number on my blog at https://fitnessmanouvers.com/fitnessfacts-benefits/ 0424 196 060 139 Dawson Street, Lismore kate@fitnessmanouvers.com www.facebook.com/fitnessmanouvers www.fitnessmanouvers.com

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A once-in-a-decade report from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, identifies seven global megatrends that hold the key to the challenges and opportunities ahead.

A once-in-a-decade report from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, identifies seven global megatrends that hold the key to the challenges and opportunities ahead.

With an outlook to 2042, Our Future World revisits CSIRO’s ground-breaking 2012 report of the same name, exploring the geopolitical, economic, social, technological and environmental forces unfolding around the world, predicting their likely impact on Australia’s people, businesses and governments.

“We have the opportunity now to use science to invent the kind of world we want to live in – but we have to act, and we “From resource scarcity to drug resistant have to do it together.

“Australia is at a pivotal point. There is a tidal wave of disruption on the way, and it’s critical we take steps now to get ahead of it," Dr Marshall said.

superbugs, disrupted global trade, and an increasingly unstable climate threatening our health and way of life – these are just some of the challenges we face.

“Trust in science led Australia’s response to COVID-19, and science can help us lead a Team Australia response to the challenges ahead," he said.

“But these challenges also tell us where the most powerful innovation can be found, when we see a different future and leverage science to create it.

Our Future World report co-lead author Dr Stefan Hajkowicz said: “We analysed thousands of data points collected over decades. Some of the trends we identified have been widely discussed, "Australia has the highest wind and solar while others are newer and directly capacity of any developed nation and a related to our experiences during the wealth of critical energy minerals – we pandemic. can be a leader in feeding the world’s "We are, for example, just beginning to hunger for clean energy.

The seven global megatrends are: understand the potential long-term Adapting to climate change; Leaner, “The next wave of digital innovation will impacts of the pandemic on mental cleaner and greener; The escalating generate $10–15 trillion globally. health and chronic illness. health imperative; Geopolitical shifts; Diving into digital; Increasingly "Australia can tap into this to transform “We anticipate that while the pandemic autonomous and Unlocking the human existing jobs and create new jobs and sped up digital transformation, the real wealth while leveraging Artificial explosion in our capability is yet to dimension.

Intelligence to solve some of our come. In this environment, digital skills CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Larry Marshall greatest challenges, like outthinking will become more valuable, but rather said megatrends help us to understand bushfires, accelerating vaccine than replacing human intelligence, the challenges and massive development, predicting drought, or technologies like AI will assist us in doing opportunities that will shape our future. stabilising our energy grid. our work better.”

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2022 Darrel Chapman Fun Run for Our Kids, a charity raising money for lifesaving medical equipment for local Northern Rivers NSW hospitals, to keep Our Kids local when needing medical care.

Go the distance and raise money for ‘Our Kids’ The Darrel Chapman Fun Run is an event that has been established in Lismore for over 25 years.

The NAB and the Lord’s Taverners team with ‘Our Kids’ to make this event a reality.

This year ‘Our Kids’ is proud to again be hitting the pavement. You can register for either: 4km walk/run 10km run 21km Marathon Virtual Marathon 10km and 21km starts at 7am 4km starts at 9am All funds raised from the Darrel Chapman Fun Run will go to ‘Our Kids’. ‘Our Kids’ is a local charity that raises money to purchase lifesaving equipment for our local hospitals. Keeping our kids local when needing urgent medical care.

Darrel Chapman Fun Run is sponsored by NAB

Walk it. Run it. Do it in a costume. Do it with friends. Do it for the fun of it. Do it because you can.

Do it for the heart of the Northern Rivers.

This year's Darrel Chapman Fun Run is all about recovery and showing our support for our beautiful community. Wear Red to show support So join in the fun on August 28.

There's NO CHARGE to enter.

(02) 6620 2705 www.facebook.com/DarrelChapmanFunRun info@ourkids.org.au www.darrelchapman.com

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TEEN JESUS & THE JEAN TEASERS

ALEX THE ASTRONAUT

BAKER BOY REGURGITATOR THE TERRYS

THE MEANIES

THE LAZY EYES

STONEFIELD

Vlossom

THE PINHEADS

BUTTERFINGERS JEROME FARAH DALLAS WOODS

SUNFRUITS

NICE BISCUIT

THE REGIME River Sounds Festival

FRIDAY AUGUST 19TH, 20th & 21st A diverse line-up of over 50 artists will perform across three stages ensuring cracking tunes and good times will be front and centre at this event.

River Sounds is a 3 day, licenced and all ages music festival located in the eclectic village of Bellingen NSW. Comprising of a diverse line up of high profile, emerging and First Nation artists, plus an an extensive array of craft food and beverage offerings.​

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"We respectfully acknowledge the original and traditional custodians of this land the Gumbaynggirr People and the wider gumbaynggirr Nation.

We recognise their continued connection to the land and waters of this beautiful place. we pay our respects to Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all First Nations people." www.riversounds.com.au

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New Board Directors For Destination North Coast Destination North Coast welcomes two new directors to our Board - Julie Stewart (Airport Manager, Ballina Byron Gateway Airport) and Margaret Shannon (General Manager, Tiona Holiday Park).

Julie Stewart (Airport Manager, Ballina Byron Gateway Airport

With more than 35 years of tourism, hospitality and aviation experience in both Queensland and New South Wales Julie is the Airport Manager of the Ballina Shire Council owned and operated Ballina Byron Gateway Airport. Julie has vast experience in hospitality, tourism and aviation operations, business development, infrastructure planning, project delivery and investment funding.

Margaret Shannon (General Manager, Tiona Holiday Park).

Margaret has 20 years’ experience in the hotel, cruise and caravan industry, and is currently General Manager at Tiona Investments; responsible for strategy, capital investment and business planning of tourism holdings on the NSW Mid North Coast.

Throughout her career, she has developed a reputation for tourism excellence, regional advocacy, and innovative marketing and product development; driven by a passionate commitment to the tourism industry and community.

She was 2022 Myall Lakes Woman of the Year in recognition of her contribution to regional tourism, and currently sit as a director on the National Caravan and Camping Industry Association board. She is a judge for the NSW state and Australian Tourism awards, and is actively involved in local and regional chamber, tourism association and strategy groups.

Having worked on Hayman Island and pre-opening of resorts in the Whitsundays and on the privatisation process at Sydney Airport and also working at local government, and completing her Masters in Business Administration her knowledge and appreciation for private and public business processes and benefits has supported her throughout her career. Julie has also studied a Bachelor of Science (with Japanese) at Griffith University – a language & cultural skill she used in assisting a family business in the exporting of goods to Japan under an Austrade program.

Julie is the current NSW Chair and Director on the Australian Airports Association board. Her drive and passion for aviation has been built from years of crisis and major event response at Sydney Airport during the major Sydney Airport upgrades in the late 90’s, the 2000 Olympic Games, 9/11 and common-user integration of the former Ansett terminal after the airline’s collapse and more recently saw Ballina Byron Gateway Airport lead the national aviation recovery during the pandemic and support the local community during the devastating Northern NSW floods. Julie also guest lectures at UNSW in Aviation Management studies.

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We also sincerely thank Donna Carrier one of our inaugural Board Members who is stepping down after five years as part of the Destination Networks that replaced the previous Regional Tourism Organisation of which Donna was also a Board member.

Donna is a superstar operator for the North Coast of NSW, as the owner operator of the multi awarded winning and highly respected "Bent on Food" café and catering in Wingham on the Mid North Coast. Donna is embarking on a new food and beverage venture housed with the newly renovated Taree Rowing Club, a spectacular location and one in which we are sure Donna will shine for the local community and visitors alike.

FINAL CALL - North Coast Tourism Symposium & Awards Gala Dinner Don't miss your chance to join the Destination North Coast team and Clarence Valley Council as we host the North Coast Tourism Symposium and Awards Gala Dinner in Grafton, Thursday 28th July!

Without giving too much away, we are thrilled with this year's line-up of Symposium speakers and know the day is going to be high octane and full of meaty content that is sure to get everyone thinking outside the box.

the restaurant & catering industry as well as for

Our Awards Gala Dinner is set to be a local showcase of amazing Clarence Valley treats.

Let's gather, share a magnificent meal and raise a glass or two to celebrate success within our industry. Join in the fun of our industry's night of nights.

events across the region, her experience,

www.dncnsw.com/2022-tourism-symposium-awards/

DNC Chair Cameron Arnold said "It has been an absolute pleasure to have worked alongside Donna on both regional boards, as a voice for

knowledge, local intel and connections has been monumental for the success of the visitor economy across the North Coast. On behalf of the Board, I wish Donna all the very best with this new business as well as continued success with her existing ones, you will be missed".

Julie and Margaret (and Donna) will be all be attending the North Coast Tourism Symposium and Gala Dinner, in Grafton on 28th July so come along and meet them.

The Sample Food Festival, a taste of Northern NSW, is returning to the Bangalow Showground in the Byron Bay hinterland on Saturday 3rd September 2022.

Sample Food Festival celebrates the incredible produce, unique culinary experiences and creative talent of the local chefs, farmers and producers from the Northern Rivers. This year’s event will mark the 10th Anniversary of the annual festival. www.facebook.com/samplensw

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! www.samplefoodevents.com

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Blockade Australia (BA) activists 22yo, Mali Poppy Cooper.

The young woman who locked herself onto the steering wheel of a car blocking Sydney's harbour tunnel in peak-hour traffic was granted conditional bail along with fellow climate protesters.

Mali Poppy Cooper, 22, appeared in Central Local Court via video link shortly after when she was given liberty under strict conditions that she return home near Lismore and abide by a curfew between 10pm and 6am.

She is one of 10 Blockade Australia activists who were charged with multiple obstruction and disruption offences following the mass interference campaign in Sydney's central business district on Monday.

The group of up to 60 activists converged on Hyde Park about 8am before marching towards the harbour, chanting, playing drums, pulling down signs, dragging wheelie bins onto the road and blocking intersections.

Some of the charges laid include entering Sydney Harbour Bridge disrupting vehicles, obstructing drivers and other pedestrians, and wilfully preventing the free passage of a person, vehicle or vessel.

She was again arrested on her way home to Lismore after police "calculated" that she wouldn’t get home in time to meet bail conditions.

Cooper's lawyer Mark Davis on Tuesday acknowledged her alleged offending was more serious than others in the group but that she had strong family support with her grandmother and aunt present in court, and no prior criminal history.

He said the onerous conditions including reporting to police three times a week, restrictions from entering Sydney's CBD, and prevention from contacting co-accused would be enough to cause her to "re-think activities of protest".

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Cooper is accused of parking a white rental hatchback diagonally across the entrance to the busy Sydney Harbour Tunnel, causing a queue of traffic that stretched for 20 kilometres and promoted widespread fury in the Harbour City.

Mali Cooper – had a bail condition requiring her to report to her local police station, in Lismore, by Thursday morning.

But she was arrested just after midday on Wednesday by coppers in Sydney, who "estimated" that she wouldn’t be able to drive back to Lismore in time.

Lismore's most infamous climate protester modelling past.

The Lismore woman who brought Sydney to a standstill by blocking a major road and chaining herself to her steering wheel once pursued a career as a glamorous teenage model.

Mali Poppy Cooper, 22, was once a budding catwalk star in her mid-teens and was on the books of a top model agency until it went bust five years ago.

She appeared in several advertising campaigns and fashion photoshoots and was even in a pop video before becoming an eco-activist.

It takes eight hours to get there by car, so of course she could have, but that isn’t the kicker.

The kicker is that after the floods, there is no Lismore police station. So Mali reports in via phone.

The woman at the centre of Sydney's roadblock chaos is former teen model Mali Cooper whose stunning looks stopped traffic and brought the city to a standstill.

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The Woman Who Blocked The Harbour Bridge Tunnel Has Appeared On ‘The Project’ Blockade Australia protester Mali Cooper appeared on an episode of The Project to discuss the ongoing protests across Sydney after her arrest.

Cooper spent 30 hours in police custody after allegedly locking herself to her car steering wheel after blocking the entrance to the Sydney Harbour Host Kate Langbroek questioned Cooper on how Bridge tunnel during peak hour traffic. her actions would help the fight against climate She was one of ten protesters who were taken change. into police custody and was reportedly only “Do you understand that people find you to be released after agreeing to return to her home in extremely divisive? You talk about privilege but Lismore and abide by a 10pm-6am curfew. the ultimate privilege would be you deciding Following her release, Cooper appeared via when people could get to work or not,” livestream on The Project. “It’s been a really big Langbroek asserted. few days but I’m glad to be out and to have had a chance to see my family and to be here to have Cooper — who lives in the flood-ravaged town of Lismore — acknowledged her privilege but stressed this conversation,” she told the panel. that it was important to be vocal to get climate When asked how she was doing after 30 hours in action. custody, Cooper said she felt anxious and scared “I think there’s a bigger conversation we need to at the state of the world. have about climate change and I think that not a lot “Anxiety about the way that the world is of people get a chance to speak on national going, a lot of fear about the way that television about this really important situation that we treat the planet and the fact that impacts all of us,” said Cooper.

there are people who are determined to extract vast numbers of resources from this earth and the implications that has on all of us, as well as the fact that it is typically less privileged people who experience the impact of climate change and climate devastation that is happening now,” said Cooper.

“And that I recognise my privilege in this world and I recognise that I have the privilege to be here talking to you and I think that is part of the reason why it is so important that I am here and I am having this conversation and that we open up the discussion about how we move forward and how we take steps to support our life systems and to support one another and to ensure that we take climate action because it is so important.”

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'Come and stand in solidarity. Find your voice,'

Waleed Aly queried whether Cooper’s strategy was to get attention and get arrested for media publicity. “So Mali, if I’m hearing you correctly, are you saying that you take extreme, illegal, disruptive action in order to cause the chaos, get the focus, perhaps get arrested and then you will end up on television to be able to talk about it,” asked Aly. “Is that the strategy?”

Cooper denied that the end goal was TV publicity, but stressed that disruption and radical action is a proven way to get results when it comes to activism. When asked if she regrets her choices, Cooper noted that while she’s nervous for the outcomes of what the future holds, she doesn’t regret what she did.

“I don’t regret anything, though I do feel nervous about what the future holds. I don’t want to have to be in this position, I don’t want to have to be facing these things. I do understand the implications and the way forward and I think that it is so important in this critical time that we don’t stay silent and that people speak up and speak out.”

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The North Coast of NSW is an area of extremely high biodiversity. Where we now see a diversity of weed species, lowland subtropical rainforest once grew all along the banks of the Wilsons River and its tributaries.

The biggest event (usually) for each year is Lismore's National Tree Day where around hundreds of people from all walks of life come together on the riverbank to plant between 10002000 trees and celebrate our long history of riverbank restoration.

The rivers being the first point of access, in the mid to late 1800's these riparian forests were the first to fall to the needs of new settlers for red gold (red cedar) and other timbers, and for subsistence agriculture.

Another significant project is the Wilson's River Schools Project funded by the NSW Environmental Trust. This project has been running for over six years where Wilsons River Landcare is collaborating with seven Lismore schools, Rous Water, Envite and other conservation groups across six riverbank sites.

Prior to European settlement the Big Scrub was We can grow forests in our own lifetimes, working the largest tract of lowland subtropical rainforest with many hands to restore our riverbank rainforests. in Australia.

This rainforest has since been reduced to less than 1% of its former range. As a result the NSW Scientific Committee recently determined that lowland rainforest on floodplain in the NSW North Coast Bio-region is an endangered ecological community.

Large-scale reforestation is needed to offset ecological degradation in such extensively-cleared subtropical landscapes.

The Wilsons River Landcare Group Inc. (WRLG) formed in 1990 making it one of the oldest landcare groups in NSW. I have been planting with the group since 1993.

The Wilsons River Landcare Group has undertaken work both on private lands downstream and upstream of Lismore and on the riverbank in Lismore itself. WRLG, with a current membership of 100 volunteers, now concentrates its efforts on urban riverbank regeneration, revegetation and stabilisation with the support of many other community groups and organisations.

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A beautiful gathering of people planting trees and enjoying the sunshine on the riverbanks of Lismore.

350 trees so good for the river, so good for the soul!

Cr. Vanessa Ekins

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*** NEW YOUTH PROGRAM ***

This program aims to keep our kids engaged at school and form good relationships with other kids, our local police, youth support services and community.

If you are interested please contact Youth Engagement Officer SC Courtney Pietens: 49934@police.nsw.gov.au OR In School Support Coordinator (Goonellabah & Lismore South Public Schools) Bree Dorrington: bree.dorrington@redinc.org.au OR 0402 187 382

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Save the Koalas of Sydney – NSW Parliament e petition To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, this Save the Koalas of Sydney – NSW Parliament e petition To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, this Petition of certain citizens of New South Wales notes that: Macarthur’s Campbelltown Koalas are uniquely Chlamydia free and the largest recovering Koala population in the Sydney basin, indeed NSW. The NSW government must stop approving the loss of Koala habitat and corridors in Macarthur (Airds, Campbelltown, Appin and Wilton).

Gilead is the shortest wildlife corridor between the Georges and Nepean Rivers, providing an escape from fire and a pathway to recolonise habitat. Losing Gilead will fragment this local population and push this colony, and with it NSW Koalas, towards extinction.

NSW Planning must apply their own Koala protections (SEPP 44 - Campbelltown Koala Plan of Management - minimum 425m wide Koala corridors along creeks & rivers with Appin Road Koala crossings), rather than rely on ‘developer Koala reports’ to approve (rezone/biocertify) as they have for Lendlease’s Gilead development and are doing for Walker at Appin and SE Wilton.

The Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan must apply the Chief Scientist’s Campbelltown Koala Advice (2020) - min. 450m wide koala corridors, keep EPBC oversight of biobanks and set up an independent Koala Recovery Team to approve Koala management plans.

We ask the Legislative Assembly to: 1. Declare an Upper Georges River Koala National Park.

2. Stop the rezoning of Stage 2 of the Gilead development and review the approval of Stage 1 3. Build 5 effective Koala crossings on Appin Road.

4. Implement min. 450m wide Koala corridors across the rivers and creeks of Macarthur. www.tec.org.au/save_sydneys_koala_petition

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Become an R U OK? Workplace Champion An R U OK? Workplace Champion takes a lead role in encouraging and enabling peer-to-peer support and regular meaningful conversations in your workplace.

R U OK? has released new resources to encourage more business leaders, owners and employees to build an R U OK? Culture in their workplace so that everyone feels safe, supported and encouraged.

The resources, including the R U OK? Workplace Champions Guide, promote peer-to-peer support and regular meaningful conversations amongst colleagues in the workplace.

For an R U OK? conversation to be meaningful it must be authentic and involve a level of trust between people who know each other and are familiar with each other’s routines and behaviours. Building an R U OK? Culture can help establish that trust and increase a sense of belonging and connection in your workplace.

R U OK? recognises that workplace initiatives are often effective when driven by ‘Champions’ within the workplace.

Champions are the ‘beating heart’ of change and can be the motivating force to drive a commitment to an R U OK? Culture within a workplace.

Our new resources, including a Workplace Champions Guide, will provide a framework to help R U OK? Workplace Champions tailor R U OK? messaging and activities for their workplace and build an R U OK? Culture. Register as an R U OK? Workplace Champion to access the resources.

Be an R U OK? Workplace Champion Register. Build an R U OK? Culture.

The 'R U OK? Workplace Champions' resources have been developed with the support of Avis Budget Group.

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“Hey, are you ok?”

Lismore It’s our national day of action when we remind Australians that every day is the day to ask, ‘are you OK?’ and start a meaningful conversation whenever they spot the signs that someone they care about might be struggling with life.

Lismore CBD Event 2022 Presented by Lismore CBD Magazine

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Lismore Head to Health Hub Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters Whether you are trying to improve your own sense of wellbeing, looking for help with something that is bothering you, or helping someone you care about—Head to Health is a good place to start.

Head to Health services are now available on the North Coast to support people of all ages seeking mental health advice and services.

Now is the time to reach out, even if you’ve never felt like this or asked for help before.

Head to Health can connect you to the right advice, information and services that is the best fit for your needs.

As part of our flood recovery response, and with additional funding made available through the Australian Government’s PHN The free helpline is currently operating on Program, we have launched the free 1800 weekdays 8.30am – 5pm (except public holidays).

595 212 helpline, as well as a physical Head 8.30am – 5pm Monday to Friday. No referral to Health Hub located in the Lismore is needed. Walk-ins are welcome, or you can Primary Health Precinct. call or email the service.

Lismore Health Precinct, Southern Cross University, P Block, Rifle Range Rd, East Lismore

LismoreHeadtoHealth@neaminational.org.au

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The Good Pantry Lismore is now open at former Wyrallah Road Food Hub, 51 Wyrallah Rd, East Lismore.

Lismore locals recovering from the floods are able to buy grocery items at low cost in this new partnership.

We've now had 2 weeks of operation and several hundred people have become members, and utilised the service.

On Monday 18 July, the Lismore Soup Kitchen and the Catholic Diocese of Lismore opened "The Good Pantry Lismore" at 51 Wyrallah Rd East Lismore, on the site of the previous food hub.

Ian Phillips from the Lismore Soup Kitchen was enthusiastic about the venture.

“We usually operate from the historic Winsome Hotel in North Lismore. We’re working hard to restore normal operations on that site, but there are ongoing immediate needs that have to be met. The Catholic Diocese of Lismore also has a long term commitment to food security for those in need. I wouldn’t say it was a match made in heaven, but it comes close,” he said.

Lismore Soup Kitchen Inc is overseeing the The 50/50 partnership will operate the pantry for at project, and is an agency partner of FoodBank least the next 12 months from Monday to Friday NSW. between 10am and 3pm.

The Good Pantry operates on a 'cost recovery' basis, with their priorities being to provide flood relief and assist holders of Health Care Concession cards and other people in need who will be invited to take up membership of The Good Pantry. The small amounts charged for items will help to cover some of the operational costs of the project, in line with their FoodBank NSW agreement.

Photo: Part of our Good Pantry team at the Good Pantry Warehouse, with the Minister for Flood Recovery, Steph Cooke MP on Thursday this week. L-R Ian Phillips, Mieke Bell, Steph Cooke, Karen Willott, Cassie Bush (FoodBank NSW), Steve Smith

Tax-deductible donations can be made via https://www.givenow.com.au/winsome (there is a tick box on the giving form to indicate you wish to give to this cause)

51 Wyrallah Rd, East Lismore, offering discounted grocery products, and is an agency partner of Foodbank NSW. Open 10am-3pm Monday-Friday.

Jointly funded by Lismore Soup Kitchen (The Winsome), and Lismore Catholic Diocese. Open for any who have need www.facebook.com/goodpantrylismore

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Carlina Ericson launched the inaugural Australian Festival Industry Conference (AFIC) in late 2019. Talk about timing!

But the AFIC is back bigger than ever when it returns to the Gold Coast.

So what has been the biggest life lesson for Ericson over the last two years?

“Learning how to be resilient has been a big one for me,” she says.

“The other is learning how to be adaptable at the same time! I’m sure every event organiser faces the same sort of roller coaster of emotions when planning a significant event, but I’m still working on how to remain focused on the things I can control rather than the things I can’t.”

The festival sector is rebounding fast, with the public appetite for events evident in the turnout for major festivals such as Vivid Sydney and Dark Mofo. But challenges remain.

The skills shortage is one of the biggest.

“For months I’ve been hearing from all corners of the industry that employers are struggling to attract experienced and qualified staff relating to any aspect of their festival, whether it be in hospitality, marketing or event production,” says Ericson.

The AFIC will be tackling the issue head on with a panel discussing both the challenges and solutions over 1.5 hours.

With Covid still very present, site planning is another key topic. Expert panellists for that topic include Dr Jamie Ranse from Griffith University, who led the development of Queensland’s ‘Industry Framework for COVID Safe Events’, and Rna’s Luke Pearl who brings his experience from a venue (Brisbane Showgrounds) and major event organiser (Ekka) perspective.

Dr Andrew Mathieson, senior lecturer at the Australian National University, will be covering off on some of the lessons he learnt on preparing for natural disasters from working firsthand on the UK’s Glastonbury Festival over a number of years.

Event insurance is another issue that remains top of mind for everyone.

Jason Holmes, managing director of H2 Insurance Solutions, will be giving his top tips on how festival organisers can best insure their event against the worst-case scenarios.

“Covid-19 has also shifted the industry’s focus onto technologybased methods of delivering festivals,” says Ericson.

“We’ll be exploring this in greater depth in one of our keynote presentations by Ulrich Schrauth, founder of Germany’s VRHAM! (Virtual Reality & Arts Festival).”

With budgets still very lean, maximising a revenue stream from festivals is also a priority.

“As festivals slowly emerge from the pandemic, most are still watching their budgets very closely, so I have lined up renowned regional events and tourism expert, Linda Tillman, to talk on the topic of ‘Managing your festival’s revenue streams’,” says Ericson.

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“This will be followed up with a workshop on the final day of the conference: ‘Grant writing 101’.”

In some ways the pandemic has galvanised the festival sector into a greater sense of unity, at least for those that remain.

“The pandemic also highlighted how fragmented the industry is in terms of what associations are representing particular pockets of the wider industry,” says Ericson.

“It forced the industry to look at itself, including how it defines itself and how better coordination is needed among peak national bodies to ensure there’s an appropriate level of representation to all levels of government, particularly federally.”

One flip side to the pandemic is an increasing number of funding programs being offered across the country, according to Ericson.

“Presently you can almost guarantee that every state tourism organisation is offering at least a hand full of funding programs targeted at festivals of varying sizes and types,” she says.

“It’s encouraging to see and I don’t doubt there’s an enormous amount of gratitude from the industry in response, but there’s still a long way on the road to financial recovery for the industry as a whole. Recovering losses from two, sometimes three years of cancellations is going to take some time yet!” www.cimbusinessevents.com.au

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What I Do The write right kind of copy can make all the difference.

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CBCA BOOK WEEK 2022 PRESENTING THE CBCA SHORTLIST - 2022 Congratulations to all CBCA Shortlist Authors, Illustrators and Publishers

The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) is a not for profit, volunteer run organisation which aims to engage the community with literature for young Australians.

The CBCA presents annual awards to books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature.

Each year since 1945 the CBCA has brought children and books together across Australia through CBCA Book Week. During this time schools and public libraries spend one glorious week celebrating books and Australian children's authors and illustrators.

Classroom teachers, teacher librarians and public librarians create colourful displays, develop activities, run competitions and tell stories relating to a theme to highlight the importance of reading.

You will often see parades with students dressed as their favourite book character.

Theme: Dreaming with eyes open...

Dates: August 20-26 Artwork: Jasmine Seymour #CBCA2022 #dreamingwitheyesopen Download the Shortlist - 2022 in PDF Download the Judge's shortlisted books critiques in PDF Watch the special 2022 Shortlist announcement on YouTube

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CBCA BOOK WEEK 2022 Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling. Ages 13-18 years.

Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended

BOOK OF THE YEAR: OLDER READERS A complicated friendship.

A roadtrip in a stolen car. The stories that define us.

And two funny, sharp, adventurous young women who refuse to be held back any longer.

Rosa was never really trying to hurt anyone, no matter what they said in court.

But she's ended up in juvenile jail anyway, Girls in Boys' Cars living her life through Felicity Castagna Pan Macmillan Australia books and wondering why her best mate ISBN: 9781760982980 Asheeka disappeared.

He doesn’t plan on sticking around and has nowhere to stay, but a local café owner's kindness offers him a chance to change his story.

Then Isaac meets Sophie and learns he’s not the only How to Repaint a Life one wanting to Steven Herrick University of Queensland Press repaint his life.

ISBN: 9780702263156

The CBCA judges say...

The CBCA judges say...

This is a sophisticated story written in the first person. It delves into cultural and sexual expectations, how these change people’s perception of you, and how wearing all these burdens can push you to break.

A gentle exploration of difficult things, some universal, some specific to coming of age.

The characters' search for escape and visibility demonstrates the consequences of the experienced injustices and degradation.

The metafictional structure is not lineal, reflecting the haphazard way we remember events, an effective and unusual method of revealing the characters' circumstances.

The emotional journey each of the main characters experience feels authentic and the development of their characters is strong.

The author has accurately captured the female anger towards a society which is still failing them.

Wen Zhou is determined to create a future for herself that is more satisfying than the life her parents expect her to lead.

Isaac is running from his old life when he steps off the bus in a small town.

Homelessness, domestic violence, misogyny and privilege are all unpacked in a way that is genuine, real and tense without ever being too overwhelming.

A dramatic opening moves the story quickly along engaging readers in the outcome and the main characters lives.

This is a beautiful story of contrasts; contrasting hopelessness with optimism, homelessness with family security and privilege, moral courage with revenge, old fashioned homeliness with modern chic and overall builds a picture of kindness and resourcefulness.

The stunning prose captures a vivid picture of life in this small town without ever feeling overwritten. The characters are authentically written. It's compelling, honest, and heartfelt.

Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760877644

What I feel most days is that nothing is ever going to change.

That my life won't even start, and that I'll be stuck like this forever.

Wen Zhou is the daughter and only child of Chinese immigrants whose The CBCA judges say... move to the lucky country has Written with the palpable proven to be not anger of being kept silenced so lucky.

in a cage of patriarchal injustice.

Wen and her friend, Henry Xiao - whose mum and A beautifully written story of dad are also the challenges and struggling injustices of culturally based immigrants - both domestic violence and the dream of escape from their injustices and effects of unhappy migrant discrimination. circumstances, The strength of love, and and form a plan to sit an entrance the importance of exam to a connection to community selective high are clear themes school far from throughout. home.

The book also explores grief, cultural clash, patriarchy, racism and friendship.

Youth wins out over adult indoctrination, disappointment and pessimism.

But when tragedy strikes, it will take all of Wen's resilience and resourcefulness to get herself and Henry through the storm that follows.

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CBCA BOOK WEEK 2022 Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling. Ages 13-18 years.

Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended

BOOK OF THE YEAR: OLDER READERS In the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, eighteen-year-old orphan Terciel learns the art of necromancy from his great-aunt Tizanael.

'I don't paint so much anymore,' I say, looking to my feet.

'Oh. Well, I got a boy who needs to do some art. You can help him out,' Aunty Pam says, like I have no say in the matter, like she didn't hear what I just said about not painting so much anymore.

'Jackson, this is Tomas. He's living with me for a little while.'

The Boy from the Mish Gary Lonesborough Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760525880

The CBCA judges say...

A tender, contemporary First Nation's coming of age book that speaks of the slow realisation of identity and one's place in the world.

An important book in this category. Love fills its pages — family love, friendship love and romantic love, as well as love of culture.

Set in an Indigenous mission, the story gives a realistic and positive insight into happy Indigenous family life.

The language includes poetic descriptions of bush and countryside, and sensitive descriptions of emotions.

The clash of Indigenous culture with modern Australia and the loss of culture and its impact is explored in depth.

It's a hot summer, and life's going all right for Jackson and his family on the Mish.

It's almost Christmas, school's out, and he's hanging with his mates, teasing the visiting tourists, avoiding the racist boys in town.

Just like every year, Jackson's Aunty and annoying little cousins visit from the city - but this time a mysterious boy with a troubled past comes with them…

As their friendship evolves, Jackson must confront the changing shapes of his relationships with his friends, family and community. And he must face his darkest secret - a secret he thought he'd locked away for good.

But she's ended up in juvenile jail anyway, living her life through books and wondering why her best mate Asheeka disappeared.

Fifteen-year-old Amandla's mother has always been strange.

For starters, she's a white woman living in Sugar Town, one of South Africa's infamous shanty towns.

But not to raise the Dead, rather to lay them to rest. He is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, and Tizanael is the Abhorsen, the latest in a long line of people whose task it is to make sure the Dead do not return to Life.

Terciel and Elinor Garth Nix Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760878818

The CBCA judges say...

A great story in the fantasy genre.

Written with lovely language, the story builds and the tension is created as the background to the two main characters is filled in.

The world they live in is realistically created with vividly imagined details.

The story manages to avoid stereotypes which are common in this genre.

Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, a steamage country where magic usually does not work, nineteen-yearold Elinor lives a secluded life, her only friends an old governess and an even older groom who was once a famous circus performer.

Her mother is a tyrant, who is feared by all despite her sickness and impending death . . . but perhaps there is even more to fear from that.

Elinor does not know she is deeply connected to the Old Kingdom, nor that magic can sometimes come across the Wall, until a plot by an ancient enemy of the Abhorsens brings Terciel and Tizanael to Ancelstierre.

In a single day of fire and death and loss, Elinor finds herself set on a path which will take her into the Old Kingdom, into Terciel's life, and will embroil her in the struggle of the Abhorsens against the Dead who will not stay dead.

She won't tell anyone, not even Amandla, about her past.

Sugar Town Queens Malla Nunn Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760526832

The CBCA judges say...

An engaging, well-written socioeconomic/family drama, exploring racism, poverty and wealth in Durban, South Africa. Welldeveloped and authentic with tangible differences between the city and the township.

And she has visions, including ones that promise the return of Amandla's father as if he were a prince in a fairytale, but their hardscrabble life is no fairytale.

Amandla knows her father is long gone since before Amandla was born - and she's pretty sure he's not a prince.

He's just another mystery and missing piece of her mother's past, and one of the many reasons people in Sugar Town give them strange looks that and the fact that Amandla is black and her mother is not.

The entire cast of characters felt nuanced, with their own stories happening, and were fleshed out and full of life, each with unique reactions to the drama and for the Lately, her mother most part managed to avoid being has been acting even more strangely, so stereotypes.

The setting was rich and well described. Despite being a setting far removed from a typical Australian teen's experience, there were enough elements in the story to relate to, while simultaneously giving insight into another way of life.

The story unfolds gently and is well-paced, maintaining tension.

Each twist/dramatic event happening in a realistic manner, sparking emotion, drama, and humour, creating an entirely enjoyable read.

An up-lifting story of 'Ubuntu', the Zulu idea of compassion and humanity.

when Amandla finds a mysterious address at the bottom of her mother's purse along with a large amount of cash, she decides it's finally time to get answers about her mother's life.

With her best friends by her side, Amandla is ready to take on the devil himself, and as she confronts devastating family secrets and pain that has lasted a generation, taking on the devil is exactly what she must do.

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CBCA BOOK WEEK 2022 Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. 7-12 years.

Note: Some of the titles in this category may only be suitable for readers who are in the upper primary years as they contain mature themes, including violence. Parental guidance is recommended.

BOOK OF THE YEAR: YOUNGER READERS How to save a dragon: 1.

Assemble equipment. Water, Weet-Bix, sugar, syringe, sticky tape, scissors.

2.

Believe in everything.

For as long as she can remember, Pepper Stark has wanted one thing: to join her father, the Captain, aboard the magnificent RMSAquitaniaon a voyage to New York.

Pip never wants to go home. She likes to sit at the waterhole at dusk and remember Mika, her best friend.

The CBCA judges say...

This exceptionally well-crafted novel supports the reader to grow with 10-year-old Pip and her friends.

Slowly but surely as part of the development of the characters and plot they are able to free themselves from manipulative, controlling and abusive situations in a sensitive and age-appropriate way.

This book cleverly deals with themes of loneliness, emotional vulnerability, neglect, verbal and physical abuse and neglect in a calm, hopeful and dignified way and never detracts from the magic found by Pip, Laura and Archie.

The parallel between Pip’s needs and the needs of the baby dragon is cleverly written.

They don't laugh anymore and Pip has to go to bed early, turn off her light and pretend she doesn't exist.

When she finds a halfdead creature at the waterhole, everything changes.

She knows she has to save this small dragon and return it to where it comes from. But how?

I can tell she's excited because she has a little smile on her face and she keeps glancing at her pink digital watch.

She has never been allowed to set foot on her father’s ship – until now.

At home her mother's not the same since her boyfriend moved in.

Dragon Skin Karen Foxlee Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760526108

Huda's sitting in the airport lounge, fiddling with our tickets.

The Detective's Guide to Ocean Travel Nicki Greenberg Affirm Press ISBN: 9781922400673

The CBCA judges say...

This beautifully crafted historical novel powerfully transports readers back to a 1920s adventure via a group of young children.

Each character is creatively brought to life and the author’s style and red herrings ensure that the reader remains glued to each page.

The actions, interactions and the relationships developed within the narrative explore social class, gender roles, parent / child roles, mystery and deception.

From the decadent food to the starstudded passenger list, travelling First Class on Aquitania is every bit as glamorous as Pepper had imagined.

And most dazzling of all is American stage sensation Perdita West, wearing the world-famous Saffron Diamond around her neck.

When the priceless jewel disappears mid-voyage, Pepper unexpectedly finds herself entangled in the crime.

With the Captain’s reputation at stake, Pepper and her new friends set out to solve the mystery.

But finding a missing diamond isn’t so easy on Aquitania, where everyone has something to hide…

The opulent extravagance of the first class setting is consistent throughout and the reader is ushered through it seamlessly by the protagonist’s sense of wonder.

I can't believe we're doing this. I can't believe we're running away from home.

Huda and Me H. Hayek Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760526023

The CBCA judges say...

Offering a fresh perspective of Australian life with two children from a LebaneseAustralian family running away from home, the author uses an accessible and lighthearted style even when dealing with complex topics such as racism and cultural identity.

Huda and Akael were a delight to read and their family's bond was portrayed realistically: at times humorous and other times duty-bound.

The alternating chapters depicting their adventures create an engaging and fastpaced tale of family, mischief and adventure perfect for this age group where problems are best faced together.

Well, we're not really running away. We'll come back. We're running to our parents.

On the other side of the world.

When their parents have to travel to Beirut unexpectedly, twelve-year-old Akeal and his six siblings are horrified to be left behind in Melbourne with the dreaded Aunt Amel as their babysitter.

Things do not go well, and Akeal's naughty little sister, Huda, hatches a bold plan to escape.

After stealing Aunt Amel's credit card to buy plane tickets to Lebanon, Huda persuades her reluctant favourite brother to come with her.

So begins Huda and Akeal's hair-raising and action-packed journey to reunite with their parents half a world away, in a city they've grown up dreaming about but have never seen.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” - Dr. Seuss

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CBCA BOOK WEEK 2022 Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. 7-12 years.

Note: Some of the titles in this category may only be suitable for readers who are in the upper primary years as they contain mature themes, including violence. Parental guidance is recommended.

BOOK OF THE YEAR: YOUNGER READERS

Huda and Me H. Hayek Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760526023

The CBCA judges say...

Meixing Lim and her family have arrived at the New House in the New Land, inherited from First Uncle who died tragically and unexpectedly while picking oranges in the backyard.

Anahita Rosalind GhorbanGalaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is discovering that life is absurd.

Everything is vast and unknown to Meixing and not in a good way, including the house she has dubbed Big Scary.

As if dying of cancer at the age of 12.5 isn't bad enough, she still has to endure daily insults from her nemesis, Alyssa (Queen Mean) Anderson.

She is embarrassed by the second-hand shoes given to her by the kind neighbours, has trouble understanding the language at school, and with fitting in and making new friends.

Huda and Me H. Hayek Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760526023

The CBCA judges say...

Ana's on a wild Using the rarely seen An amusing, sensitive and roller-coaster of second person point of at times heart-breaking life and death, view, Marr addresses both look at life through the kindness and Her solace is a the reader and the glasshouse in the eyes of a 12-year-old. cruelty, ordinary protagonist in a tale of garden that and identity, belonging, social inexplicably holds the Supported by her best extraordinary. sun and the moon and exclusion, cultural friend Al, Ana openly faces all the secrets of her And she's got a diversity and adaptation. her terminal cancer memory and few things to do imagination. diagnosis and treatment, before she exits This challenges the reader her relationship with her .

Her fragile universe is and makes the parents' and their new rocked when tragedy protagonist's emotions strikes and Ma Ma partners, whilst also refuses to face the and fears direct and coping with bullying. world outside. personal.

The characters and plot Meixing finds herself The subtle magic of both trapped within the are enhanced by the house and the shrinking walls of Big strategically placed glasshouse serves as an Scary. Her parents said illustrations, changes in this would be a better extension of the life for them all, but it font, and cleverly inserted protagonist's emotions feels like the worst and word definitions which most heart-breaking and provide her with enable the reader to experience of hope. The story asks the Meixing's entire access the content in a reader to look beyond existence. non-confronting way. tragic and difficult events Without offering a happily Surviving will take all to a resilience that ever after ending, the the resilience and enables one to dream and inner belief of this difficulties Ana encounters addresses cultural biases, brave girl to turn their are authentically world around. customs and portrayed with hope, expectations. humour and positivity.

Wood splinters and Mama screams and the nearest soldier seizes her roughly by the arms.

My sister pokes her bruised face out from beneath the table and shouts, 'Run, Sasha! Run!'

Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief Katrina Nannestad HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780733341465

The CBCA judges say...

Inspired by a true story this book sensitively deals with the horrors, friendships, hardships and ingenuity that are the products of wartime.

The four parts of the story are each foreshadowed by the motifs that Sasha collects, adding meaning to the telling. The parts are also reflected in the title enhancing the meaning-laden story full of sadness, tragedy, hope and joy.

Sasha's innocence is conveyed beautifully, bringing light and joy to what could have been a very dark story.

The characters are heart warming and engaging for the readers and a highlight of the story.

So I run. I run like a rabbit.

It's spring, 1942.

The sky is blue, the air is warm and sweet with the scent of flowers.

And then everything is gone.

The flowers, the proud geese, the pretty wooden houses, the friendly neighbours.

Only Sasha remains.

But one small boy, alone in war-torn Russia, cannot survive.

One small boy without a family cannot survive.

One small boy without his home cannot survive.

What that small boy needs is an army.

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AUSTRALIAN MADE OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT & CLOTHING Outdoor adventure enthusiasts have been coming in to Aussie Digger Camping & Workwear since 1994.

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We stock a huge range of camping equipment and clothing from leading brands OZtrail, Redback, KingGee and many more.

We’re committed to providing you with the outdoor equipment and workwear you need. If we don’t have what you’re after in stock, we can order it in for you.

Visit Aussie Digger Camping & Workwear today to get the gear you need to conquer the great outdoors.

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NOW OPEN Music Bizarre has been operating for over 20 years now in Lismore, Northern New South Wales.

MUSIC BIZZARE MUSIC STORE

It was originally established by David Lacey & Marcus Bowden who employed me as a book keeper in the early years.

Marcus decided to move on in 1998 and l, Deborah Ray, became business partners with David for the next 16 years.

David retired last year and so l became the sole owner and what a total pleasure & a privilege it has been to be sharing the love of music with all my beautiful fellow music enthusiasts.

More than your local music store…

6622 3262 60 Magellan St, Lismore musicbizarre@outlook.com

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Planet Music We are now once again open!

Same location 25 Molesworth Street, 9am-5pm Monday to Friday, 9am-1pm on Saturdays.

Come in and see our great new display and range of guitars, drums, pianos, PA systems, recording gear, accessories and necessities. Great to be back in the heart of Lismore, we look forward to seeing all you wonderful people soon

Planet Music is a the largest musical instrument retailer in the Northern Rivers.

We are situated in the CBD of Lismore NSW, so please feel free to come and see us!

(02) 6621 7784 www.facebook.com/planetmusiclismore www.planetmusic.com.au

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BA t s e t n o C ND Contact John: 0478 090 390

The aim of the Lismore Band Contest is to bring together musicians and artists from Lismore and the surrounding villages, who are passionate about music.

2022 BAND

BAND

CONTEST

They compete in a positive environment and get the experience of performing live in front of a large audience, critics and media coverage.

Competition entry open only to to ALL musical acts— including but not limited to vocalists, instrumentalists, bands, DJs, songwriters, etc. Entrants must be sixteen (16) years of age or older (“Eligible Entry Age”) There are no genre restrictions.

Our judges are professionals with extensive music backgrounds.

Scoring as follows: Technical skills Voice quality Presentation and appearance Artistic style Applause Each band will receive a breakdown of their final score.

Bands need to prepared to perform two songs and one must be an original song.

The song should have original, appropriate lyrics and no outrageous stunts or indecent acts are allowed during the performance.

Only 20 minutes will be given for setting up and playing both songs.

No backing tracks are to be used.

Please, feel free to invite friends and family.

Winners will receive cash and other valuable prizes.

All photos and videos of the event are to be used as promotional tools in years to come.

You can register to receive the Lismore Band Contest Registration Form through AAA Event Media at jwt@jwtpublishing.com.au Please don’t hesitate to contact us know if you have any questions.

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Fostering a Child Can Change Their Life – and Yours The benefits of a safe and loving Speak to any foster carer environment: and you’re likely to hear a similar story: fostering has changed their Foster carers provide the security and stability crucial to a child’s development. life.

Being welcomed into a secure and loving foster home can transform life for a child in need – and bring a host of benefits for foster families as well.

The benefits of care for a foster child A child’s brain grows and changes rapidly in the first three years of their life, and the attachments they experience during this time can affect the way the brain is shaped.

Experiences of neglect often have long-lasting negative effects – but foster care can give children the chance to build new secure attachments and begin to heal from past traumas.

The benefits of foster care for children can be countless, but it can also cause additional trauma from being removed from their family, even if it is in their best interest.

Our foster families help to build their confidence and their therapeutic parenting applied can help to support children through the initial tough times.

The role of foster carers Foster carers, often discover that looking after a child in need is a life-changing experience. When some people begin looking into looking after children, some families draw up a pros and cons of fostering list.

This is a way to understand the benefits and can help you figure out how your lives will change. The positives will always outweigh the negatives, and our foster families play such a important role.

Modelling a positive family dynamic gives foster children a chance to experience a more fulfilling and positive life – and for children who may have felt like outcasts, there’s nothing better than to be welcomed into a loving home.

Many looked-after children experience unsafe or abusive living situations before coming into care. Foster care plays a vital role in giving children the chance to get out of those environments.

Foster care improves a child’s chances of succeeding in education. Not only are they able to access additional support and receive a carefully considered plan for their education, a safe and secure home allows a child to concentrate and improve their academic performance.

Positive bonds formed with foster parents and foster siblings can affect the way looked-after children behave towards others and give them a better framework for developing relationships in the future.

An encouraging home environment helps a foster child build critical social skills and become more confident in themselves.

Very simply – and very importantly – foster parents give a foster child the love they need to thrive.

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Types of care

Long term care

Just as we have different needs, so to do the children in care.

To ensure every child is given the best support for their circumstances and each Carer the opportunity to provide care in a way that suits their life, CASPA offers a variety of different types of care.

Long term care is when the young person is not expected to return to their biological family, and guardianship or adoption are not an option, they’ll find a permanent home with a long-term carer. In some circumstances, carers can apply to become legal guardians of, or adopt children, who have been in their long-term care.

Family Restoration

Respite care

Restoration placements have a focus on reuniting the child with their birth parents or extended family. You would be part of a team which helps parents work out how to safely look after their children, or assist in making the hard decision that the child needs to live in a new family.

From time to time, parents and carers need a break from their caring role. Respite care provides a safe home away from home for short periods such as weekends, once a month or during school holidays.

Guardianship

Relative | Kinship care

Guardianship differs from adoption in that it legally grants the guardian independent control to make decisions on behalf of a child, while the child still maintains a legal connection to their birth family. It is a common path for caregivers who are related to the child. We assist long term foster carers who are considering becoming a child’s legal guardian.

Relative or Kinship care is when the young person lives with a relative or someone they already know. Relative or Kinship Care is the preferred option is for children and young people - ideally where the child already has relationship and connection.

Adoption Adoption permanently transfers all the legal parenting rights and responsibilities from the child’s birth parents (or anyone with parental responsibility for the child) to the adoptive parents. Children who are adopted grow up with an understanding that they have been adopted and, where possible, are supported to have a relationship with or knowledge of their family of origin and cultural heritage.

Emergency care Emergency care provided at short notice, often after-hours and weekends, when there are concerns for a young person's immediate safety. As an emergency carer, you may be asked to provide care of children of all ages, including infants and young children.

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In-house care In-house care for a child or children in a home provided by CASPA. The accommodation is rent-free for the carer and we cover household running costs. A fully maintained vehicle with a fuel card and a generous tax-free carer allowance is also provided for the duration of the care.

BAL (Bail Assistance Line) program If you are empathetic and passionate about keeping children out of juvenile detention and able to provide a safe and supportive home for a 28-day period, we encourage you to contact us for more information. We are looking to work with a variety of people from different backgrounds and with different life experiences to support young people. CASPA will provide you skills training, a higher-than-normal Carer allowance, intensive casework support.

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Fostering a Child Can Change Their Life – and Yours Foster and Kinship Care – CASPA www.caspa.org.au/foster-care

There are many benefits for foster parents, including: Discovering the best version of yourself. As you rise to new challenges and strive to meet the needs of a child, you may discover skills and resilience you didn’t know you had.

Building new skills through training and experience, such as therapeutic parenting and conflict resolution.

Fostering a child broadens your family’s horizons and teaches your children empathy, kindness and acceptance.

You get to join a new and loving community of carers. At Compass Fostering, we see carers form wonderful and long-lasting friendships as they support one another through the fostering journey.

What does it take to be a Carer?

There’s no such thing as a ‘perfect’ carer. You don’t have to be married, have children or own your home. However, patience, energy and an open heart go a long way towards helping care for a child. It is also essential that you can provide a living environment that is physically and emotionally safe for the child.

Modern carer models are a vital part of a broader strategy to reunite a child with their natural family in a safe environment. Carers are required to collaborate with others who are working to achieve that outcome, including the child’s caseworkers, medical professionals, teachers and the child’s birth parents.

Come along to our free Shared Lives training and kick start your carer journey

Foster care also benefits your community as it reduces the risk of that child ending up homeless or involved with crime.

Fostering is a deeply fulfilling act, as you get to watch a child overcome their past to flourish and grow – all while knowing that you were a key part of making that happen.

Foster carers often develop lifelong relationships with former foster children, with many keeping in touch and remaining important parts of one another’s lives.

Fostering can truly change your life for the better – and change the lives of children in need.

Discover the difference you can make by getting in touch to find out more about become a foster parent.

If you need any more convincing about the benefits of foster care, this wonderful poem from one of our Compass Fostering carers shows just powerful an experience fostering can be.

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Our Purpose As a leading child welfare and care services provider in our communities, we work hard every day to provide a better future for the children, young people, families and people living with disabilities in our care. We are dedicated to our work because we believe that every child, person and family deserves the chance to live a full and functioning life.

Our Story CASPA Services Ltd. is a non-denominational organisation which was formed in January 2017. CASPA Board and staff are passionate about providing support and protection to those most vulnerable in our communities. We are committed to conducting our work with compassion, transparency and evidence-based understanding.

As a leading child welfare and care services provider in our communities, we work hard every day to provide a better future for the children, young people, families and people living with disabilities in our care. We are dedicated to our work because we believe that every child, person and family deserves the chance to live a full and functioning life.

We currently employ over 660 staff across a variety of programs in NT, NSW & QLD, with this number growing rapidly.

CASPA actively advocates for child-safe practices and reporting, and wholeheartedly supports the findings of the Royal Commission.

Our organisation’s expertise is available to anyone affected by institutional abuse and we are willing and able to provide support and counselling services to help an individual’s recovery.

Improving the lives of at-risk children and families is at the centre of everything we do.

www.caspa.org.au

Our organisations name comes from our resident experts – the thoughtful consideration of children in care. Casper The Friendly Ghost was raised as a well-known story about a child living in limbo.

The name resonated with the kids and staff because Casper, the ghost, is a child who needs a friend but is mostly invisible to the world.

And so with a slight spelling modification, it was settled. CASPA is proud of the inclusive way the name came about and how it embodies the work that we continue to do.

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SANDAKAN DEATH MARCH The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches in Borneo from Sandakan to Ranau which resulted in the deaths of 2,434 Allied prisoners of war held captive by the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II at the Sandakan POW Camp, North Borneo.

By the end of the war, of all the prisoners who had been incarcerated at Sandakan and Ranau, only six Australians survived, all of whom had escaped. It is widely considered to be the single worst atrocity suffered by Australian servicemen during the Second World War.

AFTERMATH Nelson Short, William H. Sticpewich and Keith Botterill; three of the six Australians believed to be the sole remaining survivors of 2,700 POW of the death marches.

Due to a combination of a lack of food and brutal treatment at the hands of the Japanese, only 38 prisoners were left alive at Ranau by the end of July. All were too unwell and weak to do any work, and it was ordered that any remaining survivors should be shot.

They were killed by the guards during August, possibly up to 12 days after the end of the war on 14 August. It has been estimated that in total, approximately 16% of the population of North Borneo were killed during the three years of Japanese occupation.[8] In total, only six Australian servicemen managed to escape.

During the second marches, Gunner Owen Campbell and Bombardier Richard Braithwaite managed to escape into the jungle, where they were assisted by locals and eventually rescued

by Allied units.

During July, Private Nelson Short, Warrant Officer William Sticpewich, Private Keith Botterill, and Lance Bombardier William Moxham managed to escape from Ranau and were also helped by the local people, who fed them and hid them from the Japanese until the end of the war.

Of the six survivors, only four (Sticpewich, Botterill, Short, and Campbell) survived the lingering effects of their ordeal to give evidence at various war crimes trials in both Tokyo and Rabaul.

The world was able to receive eyewitness accounts of the crimes and atrocities committed.

Captain Hoshijima was found guilty of war crimes and hanged on 6 April 1946.

Captain Takakuwa and his second-in-charge, Captain Watanabe Genzo, were likewise found guilty of perpetrating the murder and massacres of prisoners-of-war and were hanged and shot on 6 April 1946 and 16 March 1946, respectively.

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SANDAKAN DEATH MARCH The route of the Sandakan Death Marches (about 270 km long)

Sandakan POW Camps.

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In May 1945 the Allied War with Germany ended. There were many great celebrations held in the UK (United Kingdom) and in much of Europe. However, while the British and Europeans were celebrating and having fun…

The war in Australia continued as the Japanese still controlled many areas of the South Pacific. Australia had lost some of its best soldiers when Singapore fell. Other soldiers had died or had been captured by the Japanese.

After the War ended in around August 1945, people started to hear stories of the men who had been prisoners at Changi, on the Burma Railway, and other camps.

However, there was a story, which became masked in secrecy, partly because there had been only six Australian survivors, meaning that only few could tell the story and partly because the Army authorities wanted to keep it a secret, even from the Australian Government. This story related to the Sandakan death marches, which had resulted in the deaths of nearly 2500 allied prisoners of war.

The Sandakan Death Marches remain the greatest and most inspiring stories in WWII. 2,400 Allied prisoners of the war, along with 3,600 Indonesian slave labourers, were forced to walk from Sandakan to Ranau.

Those who were left behind during the March were either left to die on the route or killed.

Only six of the POWs, who were Australians, survived it. The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of Marches that took place in 1942. Many Australian prisoners were involved as well as British Prisoners. Japanese soldiers also took part of the Death Marches.

The prisoners and the Japanese soldiers were forced to walk on a very long route from Sandakan to Ranau, the prisoners had limited resources and no medical help around them, so therefore who ever could not successfully complete the marches were left to on the routes.

That is why they called the marches; The 'Sandakan Death Marches'.

The Prisoners of the War stayed in camps. More than 140,000 prisoners lived in these camps.

The Prisoners of the War lived under cruel and harsh conditions and every one in three died would have died from starvation, work, punishment or disease. If any prisoner tried to escape they would be executed while the other prisoners would watch.

The majority of the prisoners were forced to work in mines, fields, shipyards and factories.

There diet consisted of only 600 calories a day, which is terrible because an average person is meant to have around 2,500 calories per day. Therefore this suggests the hardship and the courage of these Prisoners.

When the Prisoners were marching from Sandakan to Ranau, it resulted in more than 3,600 deaths. There were three marches and at the end of the marches only 38 prisoners were left alive in July of 1945. 12 days later they were all shot, However only 6 Australians remained alive, as they were lucky enough to escape during the marches.

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FURTHER IMAGES & READING 17 Bataan Death March Photos That Reveal How Brutal It Really Was (www.allthatsinteresting.com)

LEFT: Sandakan, October 24, 1945. North East Borneo Force. In an area of no. 1 compound of Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp, the bodies of 300 prisoners were discovered. They were believed to have been those left after two Death Marches to Ranau.

Picture: AWM

Source: Atomic Heritage Foundation PRISONERS of war from the Northern Rivers who were killed at Sandakan POW Camp and on the notorious Second World War Death March will have their names inscribed in a memorial Honour Roll plaque at St Andrew's Church in Lismore.

The Rotary Club of Lismore is hoping the families of all 47 local soldiers whose names will appear on the roll will be at the unveiling.

Rotary Club of Lismore secretary Brian Wheatley said 17 of the 47 names on the list were still missing current contact details for relatives.

He said organisers expect the unveiling to be an emotional event for families.

"It will be the first time they'll actually see those names and be able to touch them on the honour roll," he said.

"We have 47 names on the final roll, a very significant number when one reflects on the population of the Richmond Valley back in 1940."

The unveiling will be on the 70th anniversary of the murder of the last man (believed to be Captain John Oakeshott) on August 27.July 4, 2015

Mr Wheatley said the honour roll was particularly emotive because many of the men were killed after the war and it took a long time for families to be notified.

"It was murder … because a lot of those men were killed after the declaration of the end of the war," he said.

In 2010, memorial plaques were placed in Lismore's Commemorative Park and, in 2012, the Rotary Club installed a Sandakan Memorial Window in the Warrior's Chapel of St Andrews.

The Honour Roll will be dedicated and unveiled by the Bishop of Grafton Dr Sarah Macneil at 10am.

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DESCRIPTION The memorial is a stained glass window, commemorating the 1,787 Australian servicemen who died in the Sandakan Death Marches or the infamous prisoner of war camp in Borneo during the Second World War. The window features a border of 45 leaves representing the number of local servicemen who died there. It also includes two inscriptions and depictions of wattle, water, a Latin cross and two cupped hands.

The window is located in the Warriors' Chapel inside St Andrew's Anglican Church at Lismore. It was dedicated on 11 August 2012.

The memorial was made by stained glass artist Bill Klease, of the Tweed Valley, and installed by Lismore glass artisan Greg Gallpen. Klease has designed other windows in the church dedicated to the First World War and the Vietnam War.

The window was partly funded by a 'Saluting Their Service Grant' awarded to the Lismore Rotary Club on 11 April 2012.

It was the second stage in a two part commemoration of soldiers who died at Sandakan. The first was the unveiling of the Sandakan Death March Memorial in Lismore Commemorative Park on 27 August 2010.

Access to the memorial window is by appointment/tour.

INSCRIPTION Top The boys who played here once are gone Middle 1942 SANDAKAN 1945 FAITHFUL AND TRUE RELATED MEMORIALS St Andrew's Anglican Church Anzac Memorial Window, Lismore St Andrew's Anglican Church Vietnam War Memorial Window, Lismore St Andrew's Anglican Church Sandakan Roll of Honour, Lismore St Andrew's Anglican Church Second World War Memorial Gates, Lismore Sergeant Major Stanley Wilson Memorial Cross (Below)

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The roll is in addition to two other Sandakan memorials established by the club. In August 2010, they unveiled the Sandakan Memorial in Lismore Commemorative Park and in August 2012 commissioned the St Andrew's Anglican Church Sandakan Memorial Window, Lismore.

DESCRIPTION The memorial is a simply designed bronze plaque with raised lettering. It features the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces insignia in the centre at the top, above the dedication and 47 names of those who died as a result of the Sandakan Death Marches in 1945.

The roll was designed and installed in St Andrew's Anglican Church in Lismore by the Lismore Rotary Club, to commemorate those who made the supreme sacrifice. It was unveiled on 27 August 2015 by the Grafton Bishop, Right Reverend Dr Sarah Macneil. Access to the memorial is restricted by the opening hours of the church.

The roll is in addition to two other Sandakan memorials established by the club. In August 2010, they unveiled the Sandakan Memorial in Lismore Commemorative Park and in August 2012 commissioned the St Andrew's Anglican Church Sandakan Memorial Window, Lismore.

INSCRIPTION [Australian Commonwealth Military Force Rising Sun insignia]

ROLL of HONOUR Honouring Soldiers from the Richmond Valley who made the Supreme Sacrifices on the Sandakan Death Marches 1945 A project of the Rotary Club of Lismore. Dedicated by the Bishop of Grafton, The Right Reverend Dr Sarah Macneil on 27 August 2015

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PRIVATE EDWARD CLIVE ALEXANDER Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX32241 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

GUNNER ROBERT BERNARD COLLINS Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) QX21956 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/10th Field Regiment South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

LIEUTENANT DANIEL GALTON Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX50524 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE NORMAN WILLIAM BAGNALL Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX38445 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/10th Field Ambulance South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE REGINALD JOHN DAVIS Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX49304 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE GERARD ALEXANDER GRAHAM Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX47078 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/10th Field Ambulance South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

SERGEANT ERROL DAVID BANCROFT Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) QX9488 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE ANDREW THOMAS DAY Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX53571 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE JAMES EMMANUEL BIRD Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX67878 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 9th Light Horse Detachment South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE GEOFFREY OWEN DICKIE Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) QX17153 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 22nd Australian Company Australian Army Service Corps South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE JOHN CHRIS BRYANT Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX43424 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/18th Australian infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE BURDETT CARR Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX67398 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 22nd Australian Company Australian Army Service Corps South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE STANLEY HOWARD CHAPMAN Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX42001 (N165026) Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE THOMAS FIELDING DIXON Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX43404 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE VIVIAN EDWARD GRILLS Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX22895 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2nd Australian Mobile Bacteriological Lab South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE MERVIN ERIC HANNAN Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX65864 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/3rd Motor Ambulance Company South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE LESLIE CHARLES HARDING Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX33952 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/10th Field Ambulance South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

SAPPER JAMES RODERICK DRINKWATER Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX68039 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/12th Field Company South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

GUNNER BRUCE HERD Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX42238 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/15th Field Regiment South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

CORPORAL STEPHEN DONALD DUFFY Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX72698 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE HAROLD RAYMOND HICKS Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX47755 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

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Continued from Page 57 CORPORAL JOHN JACKSON Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX72749 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 8th Division Provost Company South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE GEORGE FREDERICK KANE Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX13718 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 LANCE CORPORAL JOHN VALENTINE KEALEY Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX13718 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE JACOB SYDNEY MILDENHALL Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX46432 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 22nd Australian Company Australian Army Service Corps South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE EDMUND GEORGE NOONAN Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX46184 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/10th Field Ambulance South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE WILLIAM ALBERT NOONAN Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX15554 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/10th Field Ambulance South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

GUNNER JOHN KNOWLES Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX26019 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/15th Field Regiment South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE ARTHUR HENRY O'CONNOR Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX7991 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE REUBEN MICHAEL O'CONNOR Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX7941 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 10th Australian General Hospital South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 CAPTAIN JOHN BERNARD OAKESHOTT Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX76223 (N109609) Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 10th Australian General Hospital South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE CHARLES FREDERICK RANKIN Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX38426 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/10th Field Ambulance South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE CHARLES WILLIAM RANKIN Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX47925 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE ARTHUR BLANDFORD LAST Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX65726 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 1st Company Australian Company Australian Army Service Corps South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE GEORGE HENRY RANKIN Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX33210 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/10th Field Ambulance South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

GUNNER WILLIAM CHARLES LEADBEATTER Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX46793 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/15th Field Regiment South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

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Continued from Page 58 PRIVATE FRANCIS WILLIAM REARDON Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX46643 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE MARK ROY RUANE Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX1655 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE CYRIL ARTHUR RUNDLE Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX31254 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE RONALD DUDLEY STONE Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX23033 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 8th Division Provost Company South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE JAMES RENNIE WHITELAW Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX54167 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 1st Company Australian Army Service Corps South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE MELBOURNE GEORGE THOMAS Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX33263 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/10th Field Ambulance South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE ARTHUR WILLIAM JOHN WOOLNOUGH Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX14526 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 -

PRIVATE JACK SYDNEY WEST Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX47833 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) Administrative Headquarters AIF Malaya South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

PRIVATE STANLEY GEORGE SHEARMAN Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX72692 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE WILLIAM SAMUEL CHARLES SMITH Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX23002 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 PRIVATE CHARLES STEVENS Second World War, 1939–45 Died of disease (DOD) NX13738 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945

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Community LISMORE

HER ES Local Voices Heroes in Our Community!

Nominate Now Highlight Your Hero!

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Heroes in Our Community!

Highlight Your Hero: How have they been contributing to the recovery?

Thank you to all those on the front line, such as our healthcare workers and other essential workers. We appreciate you for helping your fellow humans. We simply cannot thank those working day after day on the recovery enough! Now more than ever, let’s all commit to showing kindness.

We would love to help you share stories of your heroes with your community. Please share them with us!

Here’s an opportunity to let others know about a hero or unsung hero and share his or her inspiring, awesome story. Heroes walk among us and we want to recognise and show appreciation to our heroes.

Give your hero the recognition he or she deserves.

Heroes and Volunteers, are the heart and soul of our community, the backbone of safety and security in our society.

Unsung Heroes are really all around us: from medical personnel, or a neighbour to the unrecognised, hardworking volunteers serving others in our community.

Many Unsung Heroes are volunteers and youth working in the background to get the job done…and rarely receive recognition— until you take a few minutes to share their story with us.

Use the form below to nominate someone you think deserves recognition for his or her service.

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HER ES Local Voices

Highlight Your Hero!

NOMINATION FORM

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Form compiled by:__________________________________ Title:_____________ Nominees Name:_____________________________ Phone No:_____________ Please state in less than 100 words why your nominee is a Lismore Community Hero:____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ EMAIL TO: Lismore CBD Magazine jwt@jwtpublishing.com.au www.jwtpublishing.com.au 0478 090 390

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Australian Department of Home Affairs Celebrating the achievements and contributions of eminent Australians who are role models for us all.

In 2023, we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Local Hero category in the Australian of the Year Awards, and nominations are now open!

Since 2003, the Department has been the proud sponsor of the Local Hero category, highlighting the outstanding work of everyday Australians making a difference in their local community.

Shanna Wahn, the 2022 Australian Local Hero winner, is the Founder and CEO of Sober in the Country, a grassroots charity which now has a national reach and offers peer support, powerful broadscale advocacy and education. Through this national charity, Shanna is amplifying the essential, life-saving message and charity campaign that it is always #OK2SayNo to booze.

For more information on the awards or to submit a nomination, visit: https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/nominate

2022 NSW Local Hero recipient Shanna Whan, Founder and CEO of Sober in the Country.

When Shanna almost lost her life to alcohol addiction in 2015, giving up drinking was just the start. What began as volunteer work to help others locally, evolved into a grassroots charity called Sober in the Country (SITC) which now has a national reach and offers peer support, powerful broadscale advocacy and education.

Through this national charity, she is amplifying the essential, life-saving message and charity campaign that it is always “OK to say no” to booze.

As sponsor of Australia’s Local Hero award we are proud to share the remarkable work, achievements and values of all nominees.

These everyday Aussies are making significant differences in the lives of people around them and the communities they touch.

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Cemetery Friends To Honour Loved Ones

Lismore City Council has launched the “Friends of the Lismore Memorial Gardens, Crematorium and Cemeteries” Program.

The program is a result of family and friends who have requested to do volunteer work at Council’s cemetery sites.

The Friends of the Lismore Memorial Gardens, Crematorium and Cemeteries are a group of volunteers interested in the maintenance and conservation of cemeteries within the Lismore Local Government Area (LGA).

The volunteers will assist with activities such as weeding, rose pruning, mulching, cleaning up leaves and sticks, cleaning headstones and plaques and removing degraded flowers and trinkets.

This will be done in partnership with staff and in sections or areas of the cemeteries of interest to the volunteer.

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The Cemetery Friends may also assist with promotional and research activities such as preparing tours and guided walks for community members, genealogical research and preparation of information materials.

The program sets out to protect and maintain the integrity of the Lismore Memorial Gardens, Crematorium and Cemeteries in the physical, philosophical and spiritual sense with regard to Council guidelines and policies now and into the future.

To qualify as a member, you must live in the Lismore LGA or have family/friends interred at the Lismore Memorial Gardens or other cemetery and be able bodied to undertake such activities. You must also be willing to undertake promotional and research activities associated to the cemeteries.

Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer can phone Council on 6625 0500 and speak to the Cemetery Manager who will provide you an application form and talk to you more about the program.

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Resilient Lismore is a collaborative community effort to provide information and connect people willing to volunteer their time or services to help Lismore residents affected by floods.

Resilient Lismore

Resilient Lismore

VOLUNTEERS & HELPERS NEEDED!

DO YOU NEED FLOOD HELP?

Cleaners and general help

Tool Library

Carpenters and Handypeople

Clean up help

Electricians & Plumbers

Handy Jobs

Admin & Organising

PPE & Mould Products

We can organise payment for tradies who work with us for some jobs, please get in touch to find out more Register at www.floodhelpnr.com.au You can find Resilient Lismore on Facebook

Community resilience & recovery

Our Two Rooms Project If you would like to join a Two Rooms team, visit www.floodhelpnr.com.au.

It's a great way to learn new skills, connect with your community and help get people into safe, secure and warm housing.

Thanks also to local photographer Elise Derwin for capturing the action and giving us her talent and time.

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Animal Rights and Rescue Group

The crisis pens, although still unfinished ( we are awaiting caging to be installed as the roofing to each of the 8 pens as we have had a few dogs prove what great escapees they can be.)

Mid construction we had to halt as the floods meant a drop in availability of both workers and supplies, but Joel Jensen Constructions has continued their support and have done a brilliant job of enclosing the pens and also installing a Colorbond roof over the entire run.

The emergency pens were put to good use during the floods and helped house many dogs, from a family of a wolfhound pup, a German shepherd and a small mix breed terrier, to a family of 4 (2 Staffies, a wolfhound and a mastiff x) to a kelpie pup who has proven that the runs definitely need individual lids to keep them contained, if we hadn’t already thought of the idea.

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Animal Rights and Rescue Group (ARRG) - Rehoming Organisation R251000005 - is a No-Kill organisation and staunch advocate for the rights and life of all animals and proud to have Philip Wollen as our Patron.

(02) 6622 1881 135 Three Chain Road, Lismore. www.facebook.com/animalrightsandrescuegroup

www.animalrights.org.au Since the floods we are absolutely DESPERATE for volunteers both at centre and our new op shop (located 1/1 Casino Drive, Casino PH: 0468 738 101, open Tue -Fri 10am3pm and Sat 10am - 1pm ) and foster carers.

We have come to a halt with what we do have in care until we can find more reliable carers and volunteers to assist with day to day tasks or temporary homes.

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ANIMAL RESCUE COOPERATIVE ARC FLOOD ASSISTANCE FOR ANIMALS (and Humans!)

LISMORE AND THE NORTHERN RIVERS ARC has been on the ground helping people to feed their animals in the Queensland and Northern NSW flood zones since the first week of the Flood emergency in February/March 2022.

ARC initially supplied companion animal food and other urgent supplies from our existing ARC Hubs in Brisbane, Toowoomba and Kempsey, then, as the massive needs of the Lismore community and surrounds became apparent, we put together a local volunteer team and set up a central hub in Lismore.

From there, we distributed supplies to local Evacuation Centres, Community hubs and individuals in Lismore and in the hard hit surrounding towns.

ARC Lismore Hub volunteers coordinated, packed and delivered companion animal supplies, hay for farm animals, medical supplies, animal beds, coats and accessories; either on a one-off basis as needed or on an ongoing basis, to both Hubs and individuals situated at: SCU Evacuation Centre. Bangalow Showgrounds, Koori Mail, Wardell Core, Wyrallah Rd Hub, Woodburn, Broadwater, Coraki, Alstonville, Bungawalbyn, Evans Head, Murwillumbah, Mullumbimby and Nimbin… just to name a few.

WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS Can you help us to help your Northern Rivers community by being a volunteer at the ARC Lismore Hub? Sorting, packing, transporting supplies or helping with admin stuff? (Hours are up to you - as much or as little as you want - and anything from a hatchback to a truck is great!)

Please click on the link https://arcsupport.org.au/volunteer/ and provide your details. One of the ARC Flood Assistance team will be in contact with you.

ARC provides flood assistance for dogs, cats, birds, guinea pigs, chooks, sheep, cows, and horses, and through our association with WIRES, assisted the local WIRES Northern Rivers branch in helping local wildlife with macropod pellets, Wombaroo milk supplements, sugar cane mulch used to dry out the ground at the sanctuaries, and other items like thermostats and heating pads for reptiles.

In addition to distributing Companion animal food, flea/tick/worm treatments and pet accessories such as bowls and leads and collars, the ARC Lismore Hub team assisted with pet rescues, finding foster homes for displaced pets, rehoming pets that could not remain with their owners due to flood damage, and reuniting missing pets with their owners where possible.

ARC Hub Coordinator Clare and the Team also coordinated and distributed animal food and supplies that were donated by communities, businesses and individuals from all over Australia and sent to ARC Lismore Hub for distribution.

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ANIMAL RESCUE COOPERATIVE ARC FLOOD ASSISTANCE FOR ANIMALS (and Humans!)

LISMORE AND THE NORTHERN RIVERS Help for Humans We became aware of Sophia’s Kitchen in early May 2022, a couple of months after the floods had receded. The situation in Lismore and surrounds was still in crisis, People were living in tents, caravans, or ‘camping’ in the shells of their flood damaged homes. They had no power. No way of cooking a meal. No way to eat properly. This, on top of the trauma they had already endured during the floods, and during the never ending clean up.

Sophia and Carolyn have been providing free home cooked meals for people who lost their homes and were unable to cook right from the start. They made hundreds of meals a day from one small stove and a couple of slow cookers.

ARC realised that we could make that better. And we would add pet food for people to collect for their pets at the same time they are collecting their own meals.

We started a fundraiser on our Animal Rescue Cooperative Facebook page and sent the details out to our sponsors. We raised enough to purchase a multitude of essential equipment and ingredients to enable Sophia and Carolyn to continue providing meals every day - to as many people in need as could be reached.

Four months on from the floods, ARC is still helping.

WE are not leaving till the job is done.

ARC Animal Rescue Cooperative.

We save animals by supporting rescue.

We do this by providing a scaled-out national support program helping rescuers, peak bodies, and aligned industry partners to get help where it is needed.

We have built a national capacity for supporting the broad rescue ecosystem. whether it is food, medical/craft, advice, or logistics.

ARC. Changing the face of animal rescue for the good of all.

You can find out more about us here: arcsupport.com.au For further information please contact: Sharon Rigby ARC Comms/Media Email: Sharon.Rigby@arcsupport.org.au Phone: 0417659788 17th July 2022

Fridges, food processors, gas bottles, hand blenders, knives, deep fryer, electric frypan, food vacuum sealer, stock pots, vegetables, lentils, rice, chicken, pork, beef. ARC purchased all of these from donations made to our fundraiser for Sophia’s Kitchen.

Through Resilient Lismore (Lismore Helping Hands) Community Resilience and Recovery, Sophia and Carolyn provide details of the day’s menu and also a donation link to keep the food coming.

If you have been affected by the QLD / NSW Floods and need some support for your animals, please complete the form via this link http://www.arcsupport.org.au/floods

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Pallet load of supplies headed to Alstonville

Koori Mail Hub - ARC Food donation

Koori Mail Hub - ARC Food donation

Animal Rescue Cooperative (ARC)

Alstonville football team unloading a ute full of hay for farm animals at Wardell.

ARC is a major distribution organisation for Petbarn Foundation, WIRES and many other large peak bodies.

ARC redistributes tonnage of food, medical, craft and rescue items across a national network of rescuers. We take every product, every size load and through our large national contact base we can ensure that product gets to animals in need without stockpiling. Your donation does not go to waste.

Please click this link here - www.arcsupport.org.au/floods The ARC team and the craft guild are grateful to be part of the work you are all doing and we wont leave you.

To offer product donations click here or email donate@arcsupport.org.au www.arcsupport.org.au

Flood assistance for animals recipient Oliver with his dogs Kobe, Huntley and Sandy ARC volunteer Liz and her Dad taking supplies to Wardell Core by boat

ARC assistance for farm animals

Pallet load of supplies headed to Alstonville

ARC Volunteer and Lismore Hub Coordinator Clare, with Rachel from the Gold Coast delivering supplies to flood affected areas

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Hanging Rock Flowers

Australian natives and proteas grown fresh on our local farm. Unique gemstone jewellery, beautiful wood products, native themed gift lines and cards

Star Court Arcade, 126 Molesworth Street Lismore

THE BIG BIKE.... One rider’s colourful adventure through dramatic landscapes to the illumination of hot air balloons; a small School’s ambitious plan to create a sustainable way to increase students' health and well-being; three friends' mission to the centre of South America on a treacherous 2500kilometre bike and raft trip; a camp designed for female athletes to ride together and progress together; a group of young rowdies expressing their individuality through uni-cycling; a bicycle that is transformed into a work of art; two trail builders' creative expression coming to life before your very eyes; AND one man’s journey from India to Germany on a tandem bike, who on his way picks up strangers to inform them about modern-day slavery; ALL in the mix!!

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Asghar Farhadi’s latestbookings@starcourttheatre.com.au film, A Hero, which had its premiere at the Jerusalem Film Festival (and which won the Grand Prix at Cannes) and which opens throughout Israel on July 28, looks at what happens when one mistake leads you into a sinkhole that keeps getting deeper.

It’s a feeling that anyone, no matter how successful they are, can relate to and Farhadi tells the story with real feeling for the protagonist’s predicament, but with a certain detachment.

Rahim (Amir Jadidi) is not a gleaming innocent in an evil world but a man who makes many bad choices, understandable though they may be, and the story keeps getting more complicated as it goes along.

It may also help that his movies tend to focus on criticism of small-minded bureaucrats and not of the bigger picture.

It starts as Rahim leaves debtors’ prison, where he is being held for a two-day leave, and goes to see his brother-in-law, who, conveniently for the director and the viewer, works on a crew that is restoring the archeological site at Persepolis.

You may recognize Farhadi’s name because his movies A Separation and The Salesman have won Oscars for Best International Feature, and not because he is one of several Iranian directors who He climbs step after step on scaffolding to have recently been imprisoned by the get to the top, only to be told he needs to government. Farhadi’s success has given go down again and it sets the theme for him a certain degree of protection. the movie: ascent and descent. When his Even the Iranian government respects the fiancée, Farkondeh (Sahar Goldust), is Oscars, apparently, and he has been introduced, she also must descend a flight allowed to go abroad and make movies in of stairs to meet him and I wondered if it Europe, such as The Past and Everybody was more than coincidental that she was Knows (which was completely in Spanish). donning a chador as she walked down.

Star Court Arcade, 126 Molesworth Street Lismore

'A Hero' tells the story of one man's bad choices

Gatsby’s is the Theatre's licenced bar which is open one hour before all live events and movies.

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Domino's Pizza Lismore DOMINO'S GOONELLABAH

UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED FRANCHISEE ORYSSA VAN KEUK

Download the Domino's App Order online at www.dominos.com.au or phone

(02) 6623 5020

A friend in need is a friend we'll feed, for free!

Domino's community based 'Feed the Knead' program provides localised support by giving those doing it tough one less thing to worry about – a safe, hot meal.

To fill out a nomination for, head over to www.dominos.com.au/feed-the-knead

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Domino's Pizza Lismore Domino’s Lismore has reopened at the Harold Fredricks Carpark in the world’s first Domino’s Food Truck!

We are looking to hire delivery experts and instores from the Lismore community.

Oryssa and her team in Lismore at Domino’s first Mobile Pizza Kitchen!

The Mobile Pizza Kitchen has been parked up in Lismore, providing hot and fresh pizzas to the local community for the first time since Domino’s Lismore was flooded earlier this year.

Trading hours will be 2pm till 8pm daily Entrance via rural street and after 6pm take the second driveway entrance - come down to the middle and there is a walkway we will light this up.

Currently have thin and crispy bases until next weekend & a menu that has all the favourites.

New team! New local franchisee & loving the support we are already receiving in Lismore.

Come down and check us out from 2pm daily Order online at www.dominos.com.au or phone

(02) 6623 5020

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Good Food LISMORE GOOD FOOD GUIDE

Good Living

HISTORY OF DEEPAVALI Let’s start with the tale of ‘Ramayana,’ the most famous mythological epic in Hinduism.

It is a story about one of the greatest kings of all time. Rama was the rightful king of Panchala, an ancient kingdom that predominantly covered the Indian subcontinent.

But, due to family politics, he was exiled for 14 years from his home. He went to live in a forest, and his devoted wife and brother followed him.

Deepavali means rows of lights, it is the festival symbolising victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance.

Though there are many mythological explanations to this wonderful festival, however, in the current world what the festival of lights really stands for is a reaffirmation of hope, a renewed commitment to friend ship, religious tolerance, spreading the word of peace and harmony and above all, celebration of “simple joys of life” The Deepavali Festival Celebrated in spring (in Australia), Deepavali or Diwali as it is commonly known, represents the Hindu festival of lights.

A lot happened during these 14 years, including the abduction of Sita (Ram’s wife). A great war ensued to bring back the queen, who was abducted by the evil king Ravana.

This war came to be known as the greatest war of all time and symbolised the fight between good and evil. Rama won the war.

By the time the war ended, 14 years of exile had also come to an end. They returned home on a new moon night.

The citizens of Ayodhya (capital of Rama’s kingdom) light up their homes and streets to welcome the king home, hence sparking the beginning of Deepavali. Deepavali is the union of two words; ‘deep’ means ‘lamp’ and ‘vali’ means ‘array.’

Little India.

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NOW IN TWO LOCATIONS

Blue Kitchen Gourmet Foods Flora the friendly flower filled food van is still in Pop up precinct (Harold Fredrick's Carpark) downtown from 6am to 2pm...

Serving up some fabulous coffee and great food including our Signature wraps and New yummy Halloumi Burgers...

Call our blue kitchen phone number (02) 6622 7192 to track us down

"Project" Uni-Fi is underway...

Come sit and relax on the patio and enjoy a good coffee or chai or chocolate and a snack...

Take in the view and the space and help us imagine the future of this great space..

SCU campus, above the gym and pool www.facebook.com/BlueKitchenGourmetFoods

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NOW OPEN in EAST LISMORE 6621 5618 Shop 7, 62 Wyrallah Road, East Lismore.

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The Team that brought Lismore coffee and smiles weeks after the devastating floods have now join forces in Alstonville!!

Nat Byron and Ghettobabe Team up to bring the northern rivers , the freshest Asian street eats and local roasted coffee this region has to offer.

Our new location at Nats Cafe Alstonville industrial Estate Ghettobabe lunches from 11.30 - 2pm mon to Friday

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GOOD FOOD

GREAT COFFEE NAT BYRON & GHETTOBABE ALSTONVILLE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LISMORE

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celebrate health, wellness & good food

Fundies Wholefood Market A massive thanks to all the local legends who have swung by to show their support this week since we've reopened our team are so glad to be back bringing you all the fresh, organic foods!

Fundies Wholefood Markets are health food grocery stores, that offer a large variety of natural and organic food, personal & home products.

we are committed to creating a healthier, happier world by enhancing wellness through good food

6622 2199

140 Keen St Lismore

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The Garden Plate

NOW OPEN Serving wholesome vegetarian food cooked and speciality items with love and care. Mostly Vegan and gluten free. Enjoy a great coffee, indoors, or outside on those sunny Lismore days. Fresh jui and much more to satisfy your taste buds.

6622 5160 86 Magellan St, Lismore www.facebook.com/thegardenplate LISMORE

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BANZAI

JAPANEESE RESTAURANT

Wide range of authentic Japanese cuisine and fresh sushi made to order.

WE ARE OPEN BUT WE ARE STILL UNDER RENOVATION, THERE WILL BE LIMITED SEATS BOOKING ESSENTIAL 34 MOLESWORTH STREET, LISMORE. 6621 8881

WWW.BANZAILISMORE.COM.AU

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BBQ RESTAURANT THE BEST IN TOWN

FOOD - BOOZE & GOOD TIMES

THE NORTHERN RIVERS FAVOURITE FRIED CHICKEN AND SMOKEHOUSE BBQ / LOCAL PRODUCE / SHARED FEASTS DIRTY NACHOS Pulled pork or chopped brisket or Mexi beans, cheese, BBQ sauce, avocado cream and pico de gallo on crack seasoned corn chips.

angus reserve brisket

crack chicken

SMOKEHOUSE BBQ MEATS

BURGERS

RESERVATION / PREORDER & FOR MORE INFORMATION

SPECIALITY ITEMS

0493 266 281 stockpotkitchen.com.au

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY LUNCH 11:30-2:00 AND DINNER 4:00-8:00

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NOW OPEN | 7 AM to 2 PM Strand Arcade, Molesworth Street, Lismore.

0401 480 552

We are the proud creators of luxury home accessories including candles, diffusers and bespoke fragrance sprays. www.samsonandbronc.com.au

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MANDARIN PALACE CHINESE RESTAURANT E S T .

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Jo Brown recommends Mandarin Palace Chinese Restaurant.

I have been going to this restaurant since I was a little girl, a lot of my most memorable moments were celebrated here. Now as a 41 year old I have carried on the tradition with my children and grandchildren. And now I have my fiancée addicted too! This place is the best on the North Coast as far as I am concerned. Will continue to be a loyal customer for many more years to come .

www.mandarinpalacelismore.com 151 Keen Street, Lismore.

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LISMORE

CBD MAGAZINE AUGUST 2022 Issue Vol. 2 - NO.15 Lismore CBD Magazine is published by John Tozeland. Whilst the publisher has taken all reasonable precautions and effort to ensure the accuracy of material contained in this issue Vol.2 No.15 at the time of publishing, no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage will be assumed.

All conditions, rates, specifications and policies are subject to change without notice. Expressed or implied authors’ and advertisers’ opinions are not necessarily those of the editor and/or publisher.

All material produced and/or published by Lismore CBD Magazine in electronic, printed or other format is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced in whole or part without the express written permission of the publisher. The advertiser assumes all responsibility for attaining copyright permission for any and all material produced by Lismore CBD Magazine.

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Henry's Bakery Café The Good Choice

Dubbed the "Tradie Pie" Made for the tradies doing so much Made with Love Chunky steak Lovemore Hazy Pale by our very own twomatesbrewing Caramelised onion & Bacon AUGUST 2022 www.jwtpublishing.com.au

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