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ALLIED health staff at Inglewood and Districts Health Service have packed hundreds of promotional bags ahead of Speech Pathology Week starting on Sunday.

Speech pathology services are offered across the Loddon Shire by Inglewood and Boort health services and Northern District Community Health.

Staff at Inglewood on Tuesday packed information leaflets in bags that will be distributed next week in Speech Pathology Week to raise awareness of communication disability and the role of speech pathologists.

Speech Pathology Week aims to highlight the vital role speech pathologists play in supporting quality of life across the lifespan, their work and the profession.

Speech Pathology Australia says one in seven Australian’s will have a communication difficulty at some stage in their life.

Unpaid rates trigger sale

LODDON Shire Council is selling a parcel of Wedderburn land after rates were not paid for more than three years.

dliffe said: “We have had hundreds of people sign the petition. We need all the buildings possible at the moment and there has been no evidence offered as to why this building should be demolished.”

Work started late last year on the new station that is contained within a gated block of land adjoining the old station.

The State Government said a 2016 report had shown there was asbestos in the old station but has refused to release that finding.

Late on Sunday a Department of Health spokesperson said: “We have continued to monitor and maintain the old building to ensure the safety of our paramedics while work to prepare and build the new station is underway.”

The spokesperson said “The 2016 report on the building was “an independent document prepared for internal purposes to help inform the Department of Health on the condition of the building and its suitability for ongoing, long-term use.

“Asbestos testing is undertaken prior to any demolition,” they said.

Northern Victoria Region MP Gaelle Broad in State Parliament this month asked Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas to intervene and hold talks on saving the building.

A Melbourne law firm advertised the sale in regional media last week.

“Council may sell any rateable land to recover unpaid rates and charges ... that is more than three years overdue, where no current payment arrangement exists, and where all other means of debt collection have been exhausted,” said the shire’s corporate director Amanda Wilson.

“All steps in the legal process have been taken in order to collect the outstanding rates and charges, with no success.”

Safety appointment

FORMER Boort school student Tracey Slatter has started in her new role of chief executive officer of the Transport Accident Commission. Ms Slatter also serves on the boards of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (Victoria) and Water Services Association of Australia and is deputy chair of the Barwon Regional Partnership. Ms Slatter was previously CEO of Barwon Water.

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Lakes on Aboriginal register

Property owners around Lake Boort, Lake Lyndger and Little Lake Boort received letters of the decision from Department of Premier and Cabinet’s director heritage services first peoples - state relations Harry Webber.

Mr Webber said the Lake Boort cultural landscape had been registered for its cultural, spiritual, social, historical and archaeological significance to Aborigines.

“The registration of Lake Boort is not likely to affect your continued use of your land nor does it impact your right to control or access your property,” he said.

“However, in the event you wish to undertake new development activities on your property, you may need to assess the impact of these activities in accordance with the Act.

According to a fact sheet with the letter to landowners, farming can continue on land in the Lake Boort cultural landscape provided it does not harm Aboriginal heritage.

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“Aboriginal cultural values can be tangible and intangible - values we can see or touch, as well as values that are not immediately visible but are culturally known.

“Prior activities do no diminish those values ... Aboriginal cultural heritage does not cease ... if it is damaged or modified.”

High-impact activities since 2007 “may require” a permit or approval.

The fact sheet says all of the Lake Boort cultural landscape is an area of cultural heritage sensitivity.

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