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Issue 180 | Thursday, 15 October, 2015
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The Zonta Club of Noosa joined forces at the Safer Families, Better Communities day on Sunday 11 October to say no to domestic violence.
Arrest as Noosa hits streets in protest By JOLENE OGLE LESS than 48 hours after the Noosa community gathered at Lions Park Noosaville to say no to domestic violence, a local man armed with a knife has been arrested over “very serious” threats to his partner. Police said a 32-year-old man was arrested at a store in Noosaville about 4am on Tuesday 13 October after he threatened his 29-year-old partner while she was working. Police will allege the man sent over 90 text messages and tried to call the woman four times before turning up at her place of work and breaking down a grill to try and get to her. Police said the man made “very serious” threats against her and had the potential to carry them out.
While the woman hid in the store, the man fled the scene, but the dog squad tracked him down before he was arrested and taken to the Maroochydore Watch House. The man is expected to be charged with assault, damaging property, possessing a knife, breaching bail conditions and contravening a domestic violence order. Noosa Heads officer-incharge Senior Sergeant Steve McReight said his team were currently attending about one domestic violence incident per day throughout the Noosa region. “In the 24-hour period from Monday to Tuesday, we attended two DV incidents,” he said. For more on the day of action against domestic violence, turn to page 5.
Stockwell in race THE local government election race is heating up, with long-time local and Noosa Shire Residents and Ratepayers Association President Brian Stockwell announcing his candidacy as a councillor for the 2016 elections. Mr Stockwell said he was announcing early so he could spend the next three months listening to the community through “coffee cup consultation”.
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Mr Stockwell plans to travel throughout the shire and meet with residents to hear their concerns. “I hope to sit around a table with small groups of people to identify what the important issues are for them,” he said. “Whether people want to get a few friends around the kitchen table, meet at a local coffee shop, or invite me to their group’s meeting, I am happy to come along and listen to their concerns and aspirations for the future.
“The issues at Peregian Beach are different to those at Pomona, and if I want to represent the whole of the Noosa Shire I need to understand what people want to protect and what they would like to see changed; both on the coast and in the country.” Mr Stockwell has recently been the head of a local movement to address issues with the management of the Noosa River and said he has been actively lobbying the government for a more integrated approach to achieve a better balance between recreation,
fisheries and the environment since the late ‘90s. With the recent announcement that Councillor Tony Wellington will be running for mayor, together with Noosa Mayor Noel Playford and Deputy Mayor Bob Abbot’s pending retirement, Mr Stockwell says he believes there is a need for new councillors who have local government experience and a strong commitment Brian Stockwell has announced to Noosa values. he will run in the 2016 local Continued on Page 3 government elections.
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