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editorial Welcome to this weeks editorial In government we trust—or do we? Vol 16 September 15th 2017

28 December 7th,expect 2017 less and less of our Council meeBngs but this week we discover that they have Vol have 48 27th We come to 111April July 12th 2018 2019 trimmed oﬀ four minutes and forty eight seconds from their live-stream video archive of the Tuesday May 26th meeBng.

One might have expected, if there was to be any ediBng, that there would be a removal of the Mayor saying "Ohhhh Shiiiit" at the 45:16 minute mark but the edits happened around what staff might have considered 'dead Bme". The first edit was during the wait for Clr Brown to renter the meeBng aHer excusing himself on an issue of declaraBon of interest. The next two secBons that were edited were most likely done to remove the "dead camera Bme" being the Bme it took for the Mayor to seek guidance on how to deal with a point of order against Clr Mayne. What can be heard on the video below is the audio of the missing video feed where, aHer the second Bme, they pause for clarificaBon. What is deleted from Council's official record is where Councilor Brown says "He shuts up", to which Clr Mayne responds "Well that's helpful" and laughs. While it is not of great import the fact is that the Council video record has been tampered with. It is not a true and accurate record. Under who's authority and with what jusBficaBon? The General Manager, Catherine Dale, is in charge of CommunicaBons so most likely this comes under her watch. For the sake of four minutes and forty eight seconds of video that shows councillors milling about waiBng for an outcome it is now considered that Council has crossed a line with these edits where anyone watching any archival Council meeBng records might wonder exactly what has been edited out. There is NO statement on the video to say that it has been edited and that it is NOT a true account of the meeBng. The Beagle put the following quesBons to Council There is no statement that accompanies the video to warn residents and ratepayers that it is NOT a true and accurate recording. Can you please advise why instruc on has been given to edit the footage and under whose authority did the instruc on come. Were the Councillors advised that the footage would be edited before being made publicly available? In light of the find can you please advise if any previous Council mee ng footage has been edited and can you advise if this is now a prac ce that we can come to expect of Council.

A response came back from a Council spokesperson that said “the livestream and supply of the meeBng recording is managed enBrely by a third-party. Part of the contractor’s role is to index the Beagle Editor…….. Lei Parker 0405100257 All Enquiries please email beagleweeklynews@gmail.com PO Box 3029 Tuross Head, NSW 2537 Copyright © South Coast Beagle Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. The Beagle Weekly is owned by SOUTH COAST BEAGLE PTY. LTD.

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Editorial con'nued…. recording to make it more user-friendly. You’d be familiar with that funcBonality. While conducBng that work, the contractor removed parts of the recording where nothing was seen or heard. We have requested these edits be reinstated to the recording, and instructed our contractor not to do this in future. Council staﬀ not delete from the recording, nor did they instruct anyone to do so.” Vol 16did September 15th anything 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019

In a nutshell Council says that the video is managed enBrely by a third-party and it was that contractor who, under no instrucBon of council, edited the video. The ediBng of the video and the failure for Council to clearly advise viewers that it had been edited has leH a disBnct taste of distrust as this comes on the heels of Council previously ediBng out a full thirteen minutes of Council meeBng video when a member of the public insinuated malfeasance and refuse to retract it. Council have chosen to throw the contractor ‘under the bus’ by saying that they have ignored the March 2020 Office of Local Government Guidelines of WebcasBng that clearly states: Can a webcast recording be altered before or a er it is published? A webcast recording can be altered a(er it is recorded (including livestream webcasts) to remove any content that is not suitable for public broadcast or that may expose the council to a poten al legal liability. Councils have the flexibility to decide how to edit a webcast recording. It can simply be mu ng the sound in the recording or removing por ons of the recording. The general manager is responsible for deciding if a webcast is to be altered. Before making such a decision, it may be appropriate for the general manager to seek legal advice and to consult with the Chairperson and the other councillors. Councils should include a statement on their website where the recording can be accessed advising users that the webcast has been altered for legal reasons. The Beagle has looked at the register of Contracts and can not find anyone listed there (though the lisBngs start at $150,000 per year upwards. The contractor referred to may well be an in-house contractor employed by Council to edit the videos and avail them to Council’s website. Of interest however is the fact that in 2015 Council paid $18,000 pa to an external provider for webcasBng service that would no doubt include the indexing. So is it an internal or external contractor. Either way it appears that, under the voliBon of the contractor , the record was manipulated and removed the fact that the Mayor did not know how to deal with a Point Of Order and when pressed staff actually gave eventually offered advice that was actually incorrect. It turns out that Councillor Mayne has every right to be heard when he challenged the Mayor on her determinaBon. Fortunately through the revelaBons and protestaBons of The Beagle Council have been put on noBce that the ediBng was in fact noBced, it was revealed, it was publicly decried for its possible deceit by omission and will now see Council restore the full, unedited record of the Council meeBng to the website to reflect a true and accurate account of the meeBng. In the meanBme we shall endeavour to discover who the contractor is so as to offer them a right of reply as they have now been idenBfied as the miscreant who breached the official guidelines of the Office of Local Government. It will be interesBng to learn if they did so under instrucBon because if they didn’t then they have failed in their duty and publicly declared as having done so by their employer… our Council. UnBl next—lei beagle weekly : Vol 157 May 29th 2020

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Celebra'ng Sabina Hughes: Deputy Captain of Batemans Bay Fire and Rescue NSW Sta'on 217 CongratulaBons go out Sabina Hughes Vol 16 September 15th 2017 onVolher commission 28 December 7th, 2017as Deputy 48 April 111new July 27th 12th 2018 2019 Captain of Batemans Bay Fire and Rescue NSW StaBon 217. While this is a personal milestone for Sabina in her career as a firefighter, it is also a milestone for the StaBon as Sabina is the first female to fill the role in the 44 year history of the Brigade. Batemans Bay Fire and Rescue NSW is not new to having a strong representaBon of female firefighters with the staBon once having the highest number of female firefighters in NSW. Batemans Bay 217 is a Primary Rescue and Intermediate Hazmat Fire StaBon with a crew of permanent & retained fire fighters. Whilst it is comprised of highly trained personnel ready to respond to adversity, the brigade members also enjoy their engagement with the community by way of educaBon, aTending open days and doing what they can to promote fire safety. Sabina told The Beagle “It is an honor to be Deputy Captain. The support from my fellow firefighters and the wider community has been very humbling. I feel incredibly lucky to be able to say that I love what I do. Although being a first responder has its own unique challenges, it really is a privilege to be able to make a difference to people’s lives and help the community”. “I remember a day when I aTended a community fair and heard a liTle girl behind me say “Mummy, there is a girl firefighter!”. It reminded me that I was once that liTle girl.” Many in the community will know of Sabina and fellow firefighter Kai ATree from the annual stair climb of the iconic Sydney Tower Eye. Along with hundreds of other firefighters they run as quickly as possible in full structural firefighBng ensemble to raise money and awareness for Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Teams of firefighters climb 1504 stairs (98 floors) each wearing full structural firefighBng ensemble and air sets with a combined weight of over 20kg. Sabina said of this annual commitment “It is just another aspect of being a firefighter; being able to support an important cause such as this and give back to the community in any way we can”. Last week saw another first for the Batemans Bay Fire and Rescue NSW StaBon 217 with their Open Day delivered by video on social media over four days covering a variety of prevenBon and preparedness related topics in order to best keep the community safe for the winter ahead. beagle weekly : Vol 157 May 29th 2020

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Playgrounds and customer areas opening Vol 16 Septemberup 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019

Eurobodalla’s outdoor playgrounds open up today, and as COVID-19 restricBons ease, the Council’s customer service faciliBes are reopening too. From Monday 1 June, Council's administraBon building at Moruya will open to the public with addiBonal safety measures for staff and customers. Surf Beach, Moruya Above: Surf Beach has a new playground, installed by Council and Brou Bps will resume normal during the COVID lockdown and now ready for play. opening hours on the same day. And while the front doors are open, there are changes. Residents are encouraged to conBnue doing business with Council over the phone or online and avoid visiBng if possible. Council’s General Manager Dr Catherine Dale says whatever you do, call 4474 1000 first. “That way our customer service staff can determine if we can help you over the phone or online, saving you a visit,” she said. “If you're coming to see a parBcular staff member, please phone them first as they may be working from home and not available in the building.” Visitors will be asked to saniBse hands on arrival, not touch the counters, and stand behind lines marked on the floor. Payments by card are preferred rather than cash. Clear screens will shortly be installed on the counters as a further safety measure. For now, only one duty officer will be available between 10am and 3pm each day for development enquiries at the front counter. Development assessment planners, surveyors and engineers will not be available for in-person counter enquiries. Surf Beach and Brou Bps resume their normal operaBng hours aHer being closed to the public during the COVID-19 lockdown to allow bushfire clean up to take place. Moruya waste transfer staBon returns to five days per week. Residents are advised that weekends are the best Bme to visit Surf Beach and Brou Bps, when there are fewer bushfire clean-up trucks on the move. Expect to queue on weekdays. The buy-back shop at Surf Beach Bp will not be open. The three libraries will reopen the following Monday, 9 June, with reduced hours and no more than 10 patrons inside and for a maximum of 30 minutes each. Click and collect conBnues to be available, along with online resources like audiobooks. More informaBon about visiBng libraries will be provided next week. Parks and sporBng fields are now open for non-contact training and up to 10 people in a gathering, along with skate parks, picnic shelters and fish cleaning tables. Narooma indoor swimming pool is closed to the public with an excepBon for squad swimming only. Batemans Bay and Moruya outdoor pools are closed for winter. Council tennis courts are available for casual hire, coaching and compeBBons, with players following Tennis Australia COVID-19 guidelines. Council’s depots at Narooma, Moruya and Batemans Bay will stay closed for now, along with Batemans Bay Visitor Centre, community centres, halls and recreaBon centres, and the youth cafes at Narooma and Moruya.

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Reach out: New counselling support services available This year has been a challenging Bme for many, especially during and aHer the devastaBng bushfires across the region. It’s important to remember there are a variety of opBons available, with COORDINARE – South Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Eastern NSW PHN 28 December 7th,today 2017 announcing a new and addiBonal counselling service available to support you in Vol 48 27th 2018 111April July 12th 2019 your recovery from the recent bushfires. According to Dianne Kitcher, CEO of South Eastern NSW PHN, the communiBes in the Shoalhaven and Southern NSW have experienced an unprecedented Bme. “Many individuals and families are dealing with the emoBonal reacBons of disbelief, stress, anxiety, grief and perhaps helplessness about how to get onto their own path to recovery, but be assured help is available,” said Ms Kitcher. “The new counselling service for bushfire impacted community members, delivered by CatholicCare, will provide general counselling and psychological support services to people in bushfire affected areas, and is available to anyone experiencing concern or distress as a result of the 2019-20 bushfires. “This service will support you to plan for your recovery and work with you offering coping strategies, social supports, counselling and family-based intervenBons,” she said. The program will be provided free of charge within the Shoalhaven and Southern NSW. Support sessions will be delivered flexibly via face-to-face where possible and safe to do so, and via telehealth, phone and online services, so community members have a choice in how they are supported. Ms Fiona Phillips MP, Member for Gilmore welcomed the funding announcement and coordinated approach to support the region in bushfire recovery, as well as COORDINARE’s conBnued focus and support of our communiBes’ recovery. “This new service will help individuals and their loved ones deal with the emoBonal impacts the bushfires have caused, and ensure there are support opBons available to assist them with recovery,” said Ms Phillips. “Taking care of ourselves and others has never been more important, and I am pleased to see this assistance being delivered,” Ms Phillips said. Visit the CatholicCare website at www.catholiccare.cg.org.au or call 1800 068 698 to make an appointment or find out more informaBon. This iniBaBve is supported by funding from the Australian Government through the PHN Program.

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CWA State Conference in Bega in May 2021 Vol 16 September 15th 2017 with the CWA of Great news for our 28 December 7th, region 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019 NSW’s State Conference scheduled in Bega in early May 2021. This means 800 CWA members from around the NSW State and ACT territory will visit Bega for the ﬁve day Above: L to R: CWA of NSW State Conference commiTee Conference. members, Lynn Lawson, Nelleke Gorton, Alison Jenkins, Vicki The Conference will be held in the historic Hummel, Robyn Wright, AnneTe Kennewell and Helen Galton Bega Showground so it will have a real on the steps of CWA in Bega. Sue Hall absent from photo. country feel for CWA members and their guests. Most members will stay in the Bega, Tathra and Merimbula triangle to be close to the Bega Showground. There will be a Gala Dinner and Bush Dance with Ian McNamara beTer known as ‘Macca’ and his Australian bush band playing.

The Far South Coast Group CWA office bearers, Helen Galton OAM, Lynn Lawson, Alison Jenkins and Robyn Wright OAM, presented a wriTen submission to CWA of NSW to select Bega, ‘the country heart of the Sapphire Coast’, as the locaBon for the conference. Helen, Lynn, Alison, Robyn, together with other CWA members Nelleke Gorton, Sue Hall, Vicki Hummel and AnneTe Kennewell have now formed a commiTee to help coordinate and organise the Conference. The CWA Conference commiTee members are all local CWA members from across the Far South Coast Region from Batemans Bay to Eden. The commiTee members recently toured the Bega Showground with Manager Charlie Bell to become familiar with the faciliBes. The CWA Conference commiTee members are now busily planning Conference requirements including Bmelines, accommodaBon and bus transport, raffle prizes for fundraising, catering, enlisBng volunteers for their help, local tours plus loads more. Helen Galton, President of the FSCG CWA said “This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase our spectacular Far South Coast region following the drought, fires and COVID-19. We look forward to working with the community and businesses for a successful Conference. “ For more informaBon on the CWA State Conference in Bega, please contact commiTee’s Secretary, Lynn Lawson by email fscgcwa@gmail.com

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Adding to the stories presen'ng to the Bushfire Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Royal Commission 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019 The Bushfire Royal Commission has been hearing the terrible health impacts of the Black Summer bushfires. Mother and GP Dr Michelle Hamrosi’s story in the Australian Parents for Climate AcBon submission described these, and calls for government climate acBon to avoid further climate disasters. Australian Parents for Climate AcBon say "Many of our members were affected directly or indirectly by Australia's terrible climate changefuelled "Black Summer" bushfires of 2019-20. They are sBll processing the physical and mental impacts, and want Australian Federal and State governments to take the climate acBon needed to protect their children from further disasters." Australian Parents for Climate AcBon collated dozens of members' stories to include in our submissions to the Bushfires Royal Commission, the NSW Bushfire Inquiry and the Victorian Bushfire Inquiry. You can view the Inquiry submissions, and ask your elected reps to support a climate-posiBve COVID_19 recovery at www.ap4ca.org/bushfires

Dear Members & Guests,

Rally for Recovery in Ainslie Parade, Tomakin NSW raises funds for research into childhood cancers in conjuncBon with The Sydney Children's Hospital FoundaBon.

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We are open as of 11am Monday the 1st of June! We must adhere to numbers and social distancing requirements. If you turn up and we are at capacity, we will ask you to wait outside unBl space is available for you. On arrival temperature checks and sign in is required for everyone’s safety.

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Narooma Mill Bay boat ramp works Council are preparing to upgrade the Mill Bay Boat Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Ramp and repairs to the adjacent rock wall. Vol 48 April 27th 111 Julyundertake 12th 2018 2019 They plan to start work on the rock wall on 2 June and expect to be on site for three weeks. They’ll be bringing in large rocks and heavy machinery so parking at the boat ramp may be restricted at Bmes. AHer the Queen’s Birthday long weekend they’ll start work on the boat ramp extending the lower end to allow enough water under boats while loading and unloading at dead low Bdes. They will need to close the boat ramp on a few occasions so boaters should be prepared to use Apex Park boat ramp approximately 500m away. The lengthening of the boat ramp will support the widening work they have planned early in the new ﬁnancial year. At that Bme they’ll bring the ramp up to the standard 3.7 metres between the kerb logs and also install extra posts as Be up points.

NSW SES Batemans Bay Unit adds a new vehicle to their Fleet NSW SES Batemans Bay Unit reports it is “stoked to announce the addiBon of a new vehicle to our Fleet. BMB56 is a Isuzu D-Max fiTed out with a General Purpose body (GPV) and replaces our Nissan Patrol EURO19.” The unit says “While BMB56 will carry a minimum amount of gear, it’s advantage lies in the ability that it can be geared up quickly for specific tasks as required. This may be transporBng gear on 4wd tracks our Rescue Truck BMB49 can’t access. “It may see it geared up with SwiH Water Techs if there’s flooding imminent in the area, or even a simple reconnaissance and command vehicle if we’re inundated with storm jobs. It’s a great asset and we’re thankful to have it. Keep an eye out for it around the BBay area”.

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Shire cats, the hunt is over In a few short years, CatBibs have gained credence across the shire 15th as an2017 effecBve way to stop cats Vol 16 September 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 111 July 12th 2019 harassing wild animals and birds. The scienBfically designed apron is proving to be the cat’s meow when it comes to saving Eurobodalla’s wildlife from feline predaBon while allowing cats freedom to run and jump, groom and sleep. Eurobodalla Council’s natural resource officer Courtney Fink-Downes said university studies showed CatBibs stopped over 80 percent of cats from catching birds and reduced small-animal predaBon by nearly half. “Contrary to popular belief, cats hunt even when they are not hungry and roaming domesBc cats are a significant conservaBon issue in Eurobodalla, with birds, lizards, frogs and naBve mammals like bandicoots and gliders at risk,” Ms Fink-Downes said.

Above: Owners of bib wearing cats say they no longer have to deal with dead wildlife le( on the doorstep.

“Made from wetsuit-like material, the removable bibs interfere with the coordinaBon needed for successful hunBng. We were the first council in Australia to distribute the bibs, with a trial at Congo in 2013-14 to help protect the greater gliders there. “IniBally some people thought the cats looked a bit silly in their bibs but the response from the owners using them has been overwhelmingly posiBve – they no longer have to deal with possum entrails or piles of feathers on the kitchen floor!” CatBibs are available free to owners of microchipped and registered cats and can be collected from local vets or posted direct though the mail. “CatBibs really are the answer for hundreds of Eurobodalla cat owners, who can now let their cat enjoy sunshine outside guilt free,” Ms FinkDownes said. For more informaBon about Council’s CatBib program or to request a free CatBib, visit hTps://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/living-in/about/for-pet-owners/catownership or contact Council’s natural resource officer Courtney Fink-Downes on 4474 1310 or courtney.fink@esc.nsw.gov.au

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It's oﬃcial : Eden Monaro votes on July 4th The Hon Tony Smith ,Speaker of the House of RepresentaBves has announced (28 May 2020 10:11 AM AEST.) As foreshadowed on Monday, I have today at 10.00am issued the writ for the elecBon of a Member of the House of RepresentaBves for the electoral division of Eden-Monaro Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 in New South Wales. Vol 48 27th 111April July 12th 2018 2019 The dates in connecBon with the by-elecBon have been ﬁxed as follows: Issue of writ Thursday, 28 May 2020 Close of rolls Thursday, 4 June 2020 Close of nominaBons Tuesday, 9 June 2020 DeclaraBon of nominaBons Wednesday, 10 June 2020 Date of polling Saturday, 4 July 2020 Return of writ On or before Saturday, 5 September 2020 If you live in the federal electoral division of Eden-Monaro, you will be required to vote in this by-elecBon. There will be in-person and postal voBng opBons available for this by-elecBon and it is important to plan how you will cast your vote according to your personal circumstances. COVID-19 safety measures

The AEC is factoring in the rapidly changing COVID-19 environment into our provision of voBng services and throughout the broader by-elecBon process. For this by-elecBon, we are implemenBng a range of safety measures, consistent with advice sought from government health authoriBes. This will include guidance for voters regarding appropriate social distancing and hygiene in the polling place. Hand saniBser will be available and voBng screens will be regularly cleaned by AEC staﬀ. Further details of COVID-19 safety measures for the Eden-Monaro by-elecBon will be made available following the issue of a writ for the event.

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Collect ﬁrewood now ahead of hazard reduc'on burn in Benandarah State Forest Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Community members seeking to collect ﬁrewood from local State forests are being encouraged to arrange 28 December 7th, 2017 48 27th 111April Julyonline 12th 2018 2019 aVolpermit and collect their wood now, ahead of planned hazard reducBon burns.

Forestry CorporaBon of NSW’s ProtecBon Supervisor Julian Armstrong said the Benandarah State Forest was currently the only approved forest for firewood collecBon in the Batemans Bay area, and a hazard reducBon burn was scheduled for the forest in mid-June. “Firewood collecBon is only available in selected areas of State forests each year, which is generally in areas that have recently been harvested for Bmber, to use as much of each harvested tree as possible and maintain important on-ground habitat in other areas of the forest,” Mr Armstrong said. “Due to the impact of fires, this year the only area near Batemans Bay that is currently available for firewood collecBon is Benandarah State Forest, west of the Princes Highway near Cullendulla. “People looking to collect firewood in the local area are encouraged to get a permit on our website and collect their firewood before early June if possible. “Firewood collecBon will be possible aHer the hazard reducBon burn is completed and the area made safe, but there will be a period during which the forest is closed and most logs will be charred on the outside aHer the burn. In June, Forestry CorporaBon will be conducBng a fuel reducBon burn across up to 300 hectares of Benandarah State Forest using low intensity fire. “This hazard reducBon burn will reduce fuel leH over aHer recent harvesBng operaBons, such as leaves and small limbs, create a rich seed bed that promotes forest regrowth and provide protecBon to adjoining private properBes,” Mr Armstrong said. “There’s a narrow window of opportunity to safely complete hazard reducBon burns, when it’s not too hot or damp and the wind condiBons limit the impact of smoke on neighbours, so the exact Bming of this operaBon is uncertain, depending on current and forecast weather condiBons at the Bme. NoBficaBons will be broadcast one or two days immediately before the burn commences in June “While Forestry CorporaBon fire fighters will carefully monitor all controlled burns to ensure they stay within containment lines, we do ask people to pay aTenBon to any signs in the forest or instrucBons from staff and stay away from any burning or recently burnt areas for their own safety.” To arrange a firewood permit, visit www.forestrycorporaBon.com.au For more informaBon about hazard reducBon burns, contact the Forestry CorporaBon Batemans Bay Office on 1300 880 548.

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ROAD CLOSED MEANS ROAD CLOSED Police have been required to aTend to an increase in driving complaints along Dunns Creek Road (the link road between Tomakin Rd Mogo to The Ridge Road Malua Bay). Vol 16 September 15th 2017

28 December 7th,than 2017immediate local traﬃc the road is CLOSED for approximately 12 weeks due to Volmotorist 48 2018 To other 111April July 27th 12th 2019 maintenance and upgrades as a result of being idenBﬁed as a black spot.

Council workers have been on site since the closure on 25/05/2020 and have had numerous drivers disobeying the large VMS flashing signs which are at either end of Dunns Creek Rd, signifying the road closure. South Coast Police District Highway Patrol Sergeant says, "Drivers can expect an increase in police patrols and officers will be issuing infringement noBces for offences such as 'Disregard barrier regulaBng traffic by passing vehicle' and further infringements for any person seen to be removing or damaging the barriers in any way."

South Coast Rugby Union news: Rugby Union is set to return with training to commence from 2nd June 2020 under strict COVID-19 requirements. ACT Southern NSW Rugby Union (Brumbies) has had a number of consultaBon and training sessions with all Clubs to ensure everyone has a clear understanding of planning and implementaBon of a return to training and games plans. All Clubs parBcipaBng 2020 have provided clear mapping of plans for return to training including; Recording training aTendance , SaniBsaBon staBons, Designated areas for maximum 10 persons per grid Entry & exit points, Nominated COVID Compliance oﬃcer, All players and oﬃcials encouraged to download the COVID-Safe app Batemans Bay “Boars” Rugby Union like many other Clubs has been in regular contact with their players are now ready to hit the ground running from this Tuesday 2nd June. Training will commence 6.00pm at Hanging Rock Oval and a good aTendance is expected.

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More than child’s play at Sandy Place There’ll be something for everyone at the Long Beach recreaBon park.

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Work on new park faciliBes at Sandy Place Reserve begins on Monday 1 June, with an exciBng design and acBvity spaces for the whole family. Eurobodalla Council’s recreaBon team have worked closely with residents and professional playground designers to formulate the facility. The park will include a half-court with mulB-sport goal net – perfect for a friendly game of basketball, soccer or hockey – and street workout equipment for those keen to develop their fitness. For young adventurers, the new treehouse and playground has slides, a balance-bridge, climbing net and swings, and for the liTlies there’s interacBve panels under the treehouse, a double springer and toddler swing. A track for scooters, skateboards and other wheelies will encompass the area, with some added features for tricks. Situated in the south west of the reserve, the recreaBon park will wrap around an exisBng undercover picnic table, leaving plenty of open space for running around or kicking a footy. A bubbler will be installed and footpath access from the carpark to the toilets included. The facility is expected to be finished early to mid-July, weather dependent. Council’s recreaBon and sustainability teams will join with locals to landscape the finished facility, ensuring the new park and equipment complements the natural beachside surrounding. Once the Sandy Place Reserve recreaBon park is complete, the exisBng playground at Higgins Park will be removed and that area restored to community green space. For more informaBon on current work to improve Eurobodalla’s playgrounds, visit hTps://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/living-in/faciliBesparks-gardens/parks-and-playgrounds.

Peachy puss I see you looking...bet you’ve never seen anyone as cute as me. I’m 2 and I used to be called Puss, but my Carer named me Peaches, ‘cos of my chubby cheeks and beauBful colouring. My favourite place to hide is under my cat bed - then I can jump out and surprise you - I have lots of games like that. I match any colour scheme, so I’d look great at your house, and you’d love me. If you give me a comfy space, I’d love you, too and give you winter snuggles. Please contact AWL NSW Eurobodalla on 0410 016 612 to ﬁnd out more. Our animals are microchipped, desexed, vaccinated, ﬂea/Bck/worm treated and have had a beagle weekly : Vol 157 May 29th 2020

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Stop before you chop Stop, and call before you chop - that’s the message from Eurobodalla Shire Council. A simple phone call to Council could save you thousands of dollars and prevent inadvertent breaches related to clearing. Volillegal 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019

There has been a threefold increase in tree and vegetaBon-related complaints this year, parBcularly as people clean up fire-affected areas or clear for asset protecBon. “Some people think there’s a free reign on tree clearing because of the fires,” environmental services manager Deb Lenson said. “That’s not the case. There are a lot of legiBmate reasons to clear, but you need to be sure before you start work or it can get preTy costly. “A simple phone call is all it takes, and we can provide advice relaBng to your specific case or let you know if you need to talk to other NSW Government agencies for approval.” Council is working through complaints already logged by residents to idenBfy what is a breach, what is not, and how significant those breaches are. A number of cauBons have been issued and some maTers have been referred to the environment team to work with the responsible parBes to rehabilitate the area at their own cost. Landowners can also be hit with fines of $3,000 for illegal vegetaBon removal, and contractors $6,000. If you engage a contractor to do the work they can also be fined. “If you are thinking of undertaking tree or vegetaBon removal works, whether it be for asset protecBon, removing a dangerous or dead tree, or even just because you would like the tree or vegetaBon gone, a phone call can make all the difference,” Ms Lenson said. “Council has staff that can help. They can explain the requirements about vegetaBon removal, talk you through any issue and answer your quesBons prior to any removal works. “It can give you peace of mind and stop Council resources being Bed up responding to unnecessary complaints.”

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Zookeeper Chad says of the re-opening “We are so happy and pleased to announce that Mogo Wildlife Park will be open for trading on Monday 1st June 2020. “While we have been closed we have been busy preparing for our park to reopen and will be implemenBng a few changes and new procedures that will help keep our guests, staﬀ and animals safe. The changes we will be implemenBng throughout the park are in line with and meet the guidelines set by the Government. “Tickets are on sale for entry from 1 June onwards, and our whole team can’t wait to see you again “

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A new bench seat has been donated by the Asbury Family Fraser-Gray Real Estate Broulee AHer seeing local Maria Zurich going home to pick up her camp chairs to provide for an elderly lady who oHen waits, standing for some Bme at the popular bus stop the Asbury Family who own the adjacent Fraser-Gray Real Estate Broulee stepped in and organised a bus seat be installed for the community. Council generously put the slab for the bench seat aHer they were approached whilst doing footpath work along Francis St, Broulee.

Le(: Maria Zurich went home to pick up her camp chairs to provide for an elderly lady who o(en waits, standing for some me at the popular bus stop Right: The new bench donated by the Asbury Family - Fraser-Gray Real Estate Broulee

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Changed traffic condi'ons on the Princes Highway between Mogo and Moruya Motorists are advised of changed traffic condiBons from next week on the Princes Highway between Mogo and Moruya. Transport for NSW will be carrying out safety upgrades along an eight kilometre stretch between Lynches Creek and Shelley Road. Work will be carried out from Monday 1 June to Monday 3 August between 6.30am to 6pm Monday to Saturday, weather permi_ng. A single lane closure, traffic control and a reduced speed limit of 40 km/h will be in place for the safety of workers and road users. Motorists are advised to allow an addiBonal five minutes extra travel Bme, drive to the condiBons, and follow the direcBons of signs and traffic control. Transport for NSW thanks road users for their paBence during this Bme.

For the latest traffic updates download the Live Traffic NSW App, visit livetraffic.com or call 132 701.

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Who Dares Wins: Britain, 1979–1982 by Trever Moore Dominic Sandbrook, Allen Lane, 2019, ISBN 978 1 846 14747 1, 900pp AVolbook of over 900 16 September 15thpages 2017 that covers 3 years is reading material is not to be 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 111 July 12th 2019 enterprised lightly and it was with some trepidaBon that I started to read it. My mother leH me with enough of a sense of possibly misplaced responsibility to believe that if you have bought a book then you should read it all. It’s a bit like her admoniBon that I should eat all my dinner. The reason I am wriBng this review is not because the period (1979–1982) is parBcularly signiﬁcant and even less because I think that this period of BriBsh history has much, if any, relevance to Australia. Of course, it is an interesBng period because it ends with the events that led to the Falkland War. But it is also interesBng because of what it tells us about the period we are living in today. I have an 18-month-old granddaughter who in 60 or 70 years’ Bme, at the end of this century, will be able to say to her grandchildren that she lived through the great plague of 2019–20. She will have no recollecBon of what it was like, but she will have some credibility for having lived through it. I A he(y but enjoyable tome; the hardback version weighs in at 1.62 lived through Thatcher’s Britain of 1979–1982 when unemployment in the kilograms. UK reached staggering levels. I am not sure that gives me any credibility, but as I read Sandbrook’s book I realised that many of the things that seemed important then, do not seem important now even if I remembered them. I can remember high unemployment in general terms, and I can recall a disastrous budget in 1979 that took aim, in part, at an 83% top rate of tax. I can remember the BriBsh Leyland problems and Ken Livingstone but as for the detail, I could have recalled liTle of it. So, it is with the events of today. Over the last few weeks the news has become, in my view, unremi_ngly tedious and uniform. It’s all about one topic. It’s as if the world has stopped. But the world has not stopped; humankind conBnues on its inexorable march to whatever future it might stumble upon. There will be many books about the coronavirus pandemic, but none will be worth reading unless it is published aHer about 2050, and by then I probably won’t be around to read it. But its readers will recall the events of 2019-2020, which they too will have forgoTen, because humankind just carried on. History as a whole is important even if individual events may be less so. What I gleaned from Dominic Sandbrook’s book is that, however important it seems to be now, it probably isn’t that important when all is said and done. Having said all that, this book is a great read though I am not suggesBng that you should read it unless (a) you have strong arms because it weighs a lot and (b) you are vaguely interested in its subject maTer. Dominic Sandbrook is a well-known historian of modern history. He taught at the University of Sheﬃeld before becoming a full-Bme writer. One would like to meet any writer who can maintain a focus on a short period of history and produce over 900 pages describing that period. I now have on my reading pile an earlier book of his, White Heat: A history of Britain in the Swinging Six es. This is also over 900 pages. He is clearly a man of detail and perhaps, if I did meet him, his aTenBon to detail would outlast my aTenBon span. There is no bibliography in this book but there are 60 pages of notes in a very small font size. These notes suggest that much of what Sandbrook writes is drawn on contemporary and popular accounts; newspapers, magazines and especially a mass observaBon project that was launched in 1981 as a “naBonal life wriBng project”. The period 1979-1980 saw the introducBon of the BBC Micro Computer beagle weekly : Vol 157 May 29th 2020

reading Who Dares Wins: Britain, 1979–1982 by Trever Moore con&nues …….. that radically and dramaBcally changed our views about Vol 16aSeptember 2017 what computer15th was and what it could do. There were 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 2018 111 July 27th 12thcomputers 2019 other personal around at the same Bme - the Commodore PET and the Sinclair ZX - but none came close to the BBC Micro Computer. This was made by a company called Acorn who were hopelessly under-resourced and under-prepared for the demand that followed. It was remarkably prescient of the Thatcher government to support the whole computer iniBaBve of the late 70s and early 80s. AHer all this was a period when The Guardian felt that it could write on 10 September 1981:

Dominic Sandbrook has trawled through yards of this stuﬀ. He is a commi7ed writer indeed.

“Do you actually need a computer? Is the computer a panacea, a plaything, a workhorse, a job destroyer, a profit maker, a job creator, or the overblown puff of a marke ng manager's imagina on?” I suppose we know the answer to that now. The NaBonal Archives of Australia note that, under Malcolm Fraser’s prime ministership “the first personal computers went on sale. Thirty years earlier the first mainframe computer, UNIVAC, had come into use.” Christopher Evans’ 1979 book The Mighty Micro proclaims on the dust jacket “a twenty-hour working week and reBrement at fiHy … a front door that opens only for you and a car that anBcipates danger on the roads … a wristwatch which monitors your heart and blood pressure … an enBre library stored in the space occupied by just one of today's books … Science-ficBon? No, for by the year 2000 all this will be part of our everyday lives.” Apart for the 20-hour week and reBrement at 50, he was preTy close. But not many people believed it. I do remember when the Falklands were liberated or invaded, depending on your point of view. Sandbrook devotes the last three chapters of his book to the events that surrounded the Falklands episode. My recollecBon are of almost universal support, myself included, for the acBons of the government. But reading the book I learn that there was not universal support and the government was not as clearly decided upon a course of acBon as we thought at the Bme. Many people felt that the whole episode was, again according to The Guardian, a “bizarre spasm of post-imperial imperialism” that was talked up by the populist press. Sandbrook points out that it wasn’t the Falklands war that drove the economic improvement of the 1980s; that was happening anyway. But there’s nothing like a successful war to make a leader look good. You would read this book only if you have the stamina for 900 pages and only then if you are interested in the period and the country. But having read it, I have to say that it has given me a sense of perspecBve about what really maTers. And what really maTers is not the poliBcisaBon that happens today (and in 1979-1982) of so much public debate. What maTers is the social fabric of the place that we live in. PreTy much everything else is ephemeral.

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Gadfly 114 By Robert Macklin It’s the nature of the arts community that we live in hope. After all, the material we work with is the human condition. We live with the hope that the glass is half full, not half empty for Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Vol 28 December 7th, 2017

Vol way 48 2018 111April July 12th 2019 that lies27th despair and futility. So against all the odds we hung on Scott Morrison’s every

word at his recent Press Club address, hoping that he’d at least recognise our existence, and even throw us a bone. We waited in vain. We should be used to it by now. Many of us grew up in the preWhitlam era when the Federal Government was actually censoring literature like D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Phillip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint. Films like Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and the British murder mystery Blowup joined the earlier banned list; and that included any that dared feature bushrangers! The Whitlam era was a watershed but in the years since the Hawke-Keating duumvirate, slowly the old anti-cultural forces have been lowering their dead hands of righteousness upon our communal pursuit of delight and wonder. And today’s Pentecostal PM, alas, is become their bullying Master and Commander. We are not quite without allies. Morrison might have banned us from the A Train, but at least the two Bs - Premier Gladys and Chief Minister Andrew - gave us a seat in economy class. But while we dips our lid in acknowledgement, their meagre contributions only highlighted the sightless orb turned our way by the purblind Nelson in The Lodge. It’s not as though we’re an insignificant contributor to the government’s beloved economy. We supply some $112 billion to the nation’s GDP each year. We employ vastly more than coal or iron ore. We engage and entertain literally millions of our fellow Australians; many of whom become our eager bedfellows in that lovely quiet time before lights out. And given half a chance our books, films and television series could become major contributors to the national balance of trade. One of our more impressive exports from the arts put the issue as gracefully as we’ve come to expect from her: ‘The virus is here to stay,’ she said. ‘We will have to live with a mutating, evolving, shifting threat. We are asked to live with doubt, uncertainty and the unknown. ‘Seemingly vast divides – whether political or viral – can leave us frightened and paranoid, more likely to draw back than try and bridge them. But art, in its ability to cross social, partisan and even temporal gaps can help foster a shared sense of understanding. And it can teach us about one another, inspiring empathy rather than anger. ‘Art matters because it lets us engage with our complex social fabric, allowing us to cross divides and work toward a safer and more meaningful existence together.’ The author was Cate Blanchette writing in the New York Times earlier this month. Another insight reached me in a letter from a group dedicated to keeping documentary film alive throughout its desperate time in our polity’s ICU. The authors were Australians of sufficient wealth and soul to become philanthropists. ‘The Arts help us process the pleasure and pain of our shared humanity,’ they wrote. ‘They are critical to the health and well being of our society. Yet despite this, government policy continues to be characterised by neglect and abandonment.’ Why? What are they so afraid of? robert@robertmacklin.com beagle weekly : Vol 157 May 29th 2020

reading Peter Lacey of the South Coast History Society told The Beagle "Our 21st issue of ‘RecollecBons’ is out now and has been distributed to our many subscribers. It’s also available at bit.ly/ RecollecBons21. We trust you will enjoy reading it."

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"This issue will NOT be available in printed form, so we again ask that you forward a copy of the aTached to anyone you know who is interested on our local history." " We’re celebraBng the 21st issue of ‘RecollecBons’. Perhaps not enBrely as we might have hoped, because this issue is, again,not generally available in print format – so many thousands of our usual supporters are regreTably missing out on our party. "Some pessimists and detractors predicted that ‘RecollecBons’ would not survive beyond two or three issues and, I must admit, launching ‘RecollecBons’ was a gamble, and we were quite prepared to quietly let ‘RecollecBons’ die if the necessary support for it was not forthcoming. But the support we received from the South Coast community (and elsewhere – indeed, from unexpected places all around the world) was, and conBnues to be, OVERWHELMING and OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE – so here we are, at 21! "Our challenge now is to produce the next 21 issues – and that, of course, will depend on that widespread community support (especially the vital ﬁnancial support upon which we rely) conBnuing – because there are many, many interesBng South Coast history-based stories sBll to be shared. "At present it looks as though the next printed issue of ‘RecollecBons’ will be the August-September 2020 ediBon so, unBl then, another ‘RecollecBons on-line’ is likely to be produced for July. "Please enjoy reading this ediBon...please share it with others...and, thank you for your greatly-valued support. "

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Art for arts sake or votes sake The revelaBon of only $4000 (0.0009%) of $44M in the last round of arts funding by the NSW coaliBon going to Labor held electorates is very disturbing. Coming in the wake of sports rorts by the federal Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 the revelaBon of arts rorts by the NSW coaliBon government highlights the lack of coaliBon government, Vol 48 111April July 27th 12th 2018 2019 talent in both coaliBons. Where is the skill, the finesse, where is the arbul, delicate manipulaBon of funding announcements to gather addiBon votes without the uTer contempt that the community feels for these artless dodgers? If Mr Barilaro sees the money “deliver real benefits to real people (and) not saBsfy arty types” he runs the risk of having only his artless “real people” in the audience and nothing and no one on the stage in the theatre footlights. Those soirees - art gallery openings of new exhibits will be interesBng. There will be the flutes of champagne of course and lots of artless people, but the walls will be lined with picture frames less art as all the arty types have gone on strike! The bushfires, floods and now CORVID19 have shown how communiBes can pull together for the benefit of all. Is it too much to hope that when this last emergency is over there could be a “new way”? Will the Eden Monaro by elecBon see an intelligent, fresh talent elected who maybe contributes to a government for all the people? Ross Hayward—Broulee Dear Beagle Editor, I sincerely hope that you can publish my leTer of apology, insBgated by my disgust of an incident at today’s council meeBng. “SORRY,” COUNCILLOR MAYNE Unfortunately, I was unable to watch most of the live webcast of today’s Council MeeBng(26 May) due to my preparaBons for the bushfire clean up crew arrival tomorrow. When I did finally manage to connect, I was appalled by what I witnessed. I don’t know what the agenda item was, but Councillor Mayne was speaking unBl he was interrupted mid sentence by a ‘point of order’ called by Councillor Brown and sancBoned by the Chair, Liz Innes. I would like to publicly apologise to Councillor Anthony Mayne for the disgraceful way he was treated by Councillor Brown and the Chair, Mayor Liz Innes. One would think that a councillor could speak freely of his/ her concerns, or residents’ concerns, without colleagues hurling vindicBve accusaBons at the speaker before he has finished. It would have been respecbul for Clr Brown and the Chair to actually allow Councillor Mayne to finish his sentence/explanaBon so as to understand the meaning of the word ‘stacked’ in the context of which it was intended. Clr Brown and Mayor Innes, however, made their own interpretaBon of half a sentence, thereby jumping to an erroneous conclusion and condemning Clr Mayne for something he did not say or mean. Such appalling behaviour by Mayor Liz Innes and Councillor Lindsay Brown is an embarrassment, hence my apology, as a ratepayer, to Councillor Mayne whom I respect as my council representaBve. (I assume I am permiTed to apologise on behalf of another as Mayor Innes was permiTed to do, when she apologised to Prime Minister ScoT Morrison, for the acBons of Cobargo residents when they refused to shake hands with him aHer the bushfires). Patricia Gardiner Deua River Valley beagle weekly : Vol 157 May 29th 2020

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100 Years Ago 29th May 1920 GOOD HAUL.– Mr. W. Witheridge brought in 50 baskets of whiBng from the Tuross Lakes to the RefrigeraBng Works on Wednesday. Some money in that catch at 30/- a basket. Vol 16 September 15th 2017

28 December 7th, 2017 augures well for a big night at Bateman’s Bay on Friday next, 4th June, when the grand ball Vol 48 2018 111April July 27th 12thEverything 2019 GRAND BALL.– in aid of the Race Club will be held. The energeBc secretary, Mr. A. E. Ryan, is working with a will to make the funcBon THE ball of the season.

MORUYA HOSPITAL The monthly meeBng of the Moruya CoTage Hospital commiTee was held in the Shire Hall on the 20th inst. The chair in the absence of the President, Mr. T. Flood, was taken by Mr. E.J. Egan, Vice President; also present were Messrs. W. Jermyn, C. Carter, C. Johnson and R. J. Anderson. Minutes of last meeBng were read and confirmed. CORRESPONDENCE: From secretary of Office of Director-General of Public Health, asking if this insBtuBon requires any special apparatus for instruments for the treatment of venereal diseases, and if so to forward list. Decided to forward leTer on to the medical officer for report. From secretary of Moruya Tennis Club enclosing donaBon of £1 1s to the funds of the insBtuBon. Acknowledged with best thanks. From Under-secretary, Office of Minister of Public Health— Circular 2362 re keeping a uniform system of accounts for Hospitals. Acknowledged. To Miss R. Coppin, accepBng her applicaBon for domesBc services at the Hospital. REPORTS: The financial report showed a credit balance in current account. Schedule of accounts presented for payment amounted to £19 4s 3d. MATRON’S REPORT: PaBents remaining in Hospital on 15th April, 1; admiTed since last report, 5; total treated since last report, 6; discharged since last report, 2; remaining in Hospital on 19th May, 4. Fees received by Matron, £2 7s 6d. Nurse Locke took charge of fever case on 15th May. House CommiTee reported work carried on saBsfactorily. An addiBonal nurse has been engaged to nurse a special case. The firewood blocks require spli_ng up, and recommended having same done. Agreed to. NELLIGEN.- From our Correspondent An unusually successful public meeBng was held on Saturday last to select a suitable stone for our Soldiers’ Memorial. The choice of the meeBng was for an imposing obelisk of Bowral Trochyte, surmounted by the figure of our Australian soldier in marble. The stone is to be about 14 feet high and is exactly similar to one lately unveiled by Major Cox for the Blacktown Shire…. MaTers in connecBon with the burrawang industry have now reached a definite stage. A Company with plenty of money behind it, to be known as the “Austral Starch Co.,” has secured a site at the mouth of Currowan Creek for building a factory. An engineer and several workmen are now located at the site, I understand, and work is to proceed forthwith. The main products are to be starch and paper, but other by products will probably be dealt with also. The establishment of these works will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the town and district. THE ANTI TOBACCO CAMPAIGN. A TIMELY WARNING. ProhibiBonists oHen deny that there is any intenBon of teetotal extremists to aTack the tobacco habit. Those who like their pipe, cigar, or cigareTe may look out for the suppression of this universal solace once fanaBcism has crushed out the liquor trade. In a report published in the American papers of March 29th the AssociaBon opposed to NaBonal ProhibiBon sounds this warning:“The AnB-tobacco campaign of the Women’s ChrisBan Temperance Union aided and abeTed by the AnB Saloon League, is being watched very narrowly by the friends of consBtuBonal liberty, and they are amazed that the friends of tobacco seem to regard the crusade of this organisaBon with complacence and placidity, which is exactly the same a_tude the liquor interests took twenty-five, fiHeen, ten and even five years ago”….

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Reading—le;ers to the editor Dear Beagle Editor, The hunBng horn has sounded and we’re off! Retained by a wafer-thin margin of some 1,600-or-so votes, this reality flags as clear as daylight that in the Eden-Monaro Federal by-elecBon the catchphrase literally holds true: That every single vote counts. Bad news for candidate15th with an overdeveloped sense of their own enBtlement (it’ll be no easy ride and they’ll have Volany 16 September 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 toVol really 48 sing27th for2018 their supper): But, much more to the point, an excellent prospect for the voter! 111April July 12th 2019 With all that our region has gone through since the bushfires, and the opportunity this has given to match actual concrete acBons on the ground against glib rhetoric and media grabs, the electorate is in an unusually good posiBon to call the shots. Some might even venture that it is the poliBcians who need to be quiet and do the listening? Now there’s a prospect! But it is possible. We have one in the neighbouring seat of Gilmore who is already acquiring a strong local reputaBon for doing just that. So Eden-Monaro Eurobodallans take heart, it can happen if you really want it to be so. All the inhabitants, in Bodalla through to Nerrigundah, Cadgee, Eurobodalla, Dalmeny, Kianga, Narooma, Mystery Bay, Central Tilba, Tilba Tilba, Akolele and Dignam’s Creek, are in the box seat. Though, for fear of them ge_ng contagious ideas in their heads, some party spinmeisters and minders will of course be anxiously downplaying this fact! But this is extremely interesBng because it means that it only requires roughly an addiBonal fiHh of, say, Narooma’s residents alone to vote solidly in a parBcular direcBon for that candidate’s electoral success to be sealed! SorBng out the wheat from the chaff. One simple quesBon all Eurobodallans should be pu_ng in front of each and every one of their candidates which would immediately reveal how much their welfare and best interests are truly at heart, would be around the New Level 4 Eurobodalla Hospital on whose construcBon the State Premier and Local Member for Bega promised they would “get cracking” and the Minister for Health anointed as “Full Steam Ahead”……during the State elecBons in a distant 2018! The new Level 4 Eurobodalla Hospital has also long had the support and funding commitment of the present and outgoing federal incumbents of Gilmore and EdenMonaro respecBvely. So ask the direct quesBon of them all, as you have the perfect right to do, and watch the responses like hawks. Any dithering, any qualificaBons or baulking, or reluctance to fully commit will tell you all you need to know about where your fundamental Healthcare rests in the pecking order of their prioriBes and whether they really care. With no proper local CriBcal Care faciliBes over decades, beyond local GP surgeries, every resident will sBll have fresh in their memories that access out of Eurobodalla during the devastaBng bushfires was completely cut, West, South and North! This is partly why 90% of our region’s GPs, including from Narooma, have openly appealed for an immediate start to construcBon of a proper base Hospital for a populaBon bigger than the two closest equivalents in Goulburn and Bega. Succinctly summarised by one senior local medical figure as “a no-brainer”, we hope that all Eden-Monaro candidates have the humility and intelligence to accept the experts’ call on this issue. Fitzroy and Marie BoulBng. Tuross Head beagle weekly : Vol 157 May 29th 2020

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When The Smoke Clears: Surviving the Australian bushfires When Smoke15th Clears: Vol 16 The September 2017 Surviving the Australian 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 111 July 12th 2019 bushfires was digitally launched on May 20 from Bateman’s Bay on NSW’s South Coast, one of the most heavily impacted regions in the 2019-20 fire season. ChrisBan author Chrissy Guinery (Falling Up Stairs, Room to Breathe) joins Dave on the good read and takes us inside the smoke-drenched landscape of the South Coast as over three months she and her family are evacuated numerous Bmes, separated by raging fires and ulBmately, her daughter’s home is lost among the hundreds destroyed on New Year’s Eve in the Bateman’s Bay region. While people across Australia and around the world watched on through media reports, few can comprehend the length and extent of fire terror experienced not only by the people of South Coast communiBes, but in other fire ravaged regions across the naBon. ‘My middle-daughter’s house is burning down and I’ve lost contact with my eldest daughter as the fire front threatens her home. It’s the last day of 2019 and it feels like the end of the world.’ So begins this fast-paced, personal and grassroots account of living through a torturous fire season and finding a way to push through to recovery. And while the eyewitness accounts of being caught in a bushfire emergency are remarkable, so too are the insights, advice and lessons learned about what it will take to recover, including from a range of experts. As a ChrisBan, Chrissy weaves through the book her prayers, her wrestling with God, the faith and encouragement shared with friends and special moments such as pu_ng on community Christmas carols with the threat of fire everywhere, and sharing at the first church service of 2020 – in the midst of blackout. A Postscript to the book describes the way fire vicBms have barely had the chance to breathe clean air, before another emergency has come to shake their world. ‘This is a story of faith, resilience and hope’, Chrissy says, ‘but it begins by bringing the reader into the reality of being surrounded by out of control bushfires for three months, and ends with a plea not to forget those who are sBll a long way from recovery.’ Book informa'on: When The Smoke Clears: Surviving the Australian bushfires, by Chrissy Guinery. Published by FiHy Days Press, May 2020, RRP $22.95, ISBN 978-0-6487934-2-7. Paperback 195 pages plus colour inset. Author informa'on: Chrissy Guinery is all about empowering others. As a successful author and moBvaBonal speaker, Chrissy is renowned for her infecBous joy, passionate faith and her desire to see others rise to fulfil their purpose and potenBal. To achieve this, she has been sharing her life secrets for more than 20 years in a down-to-earth relatable style, leaving people with essenBal tools for pursuing a more effecBve and fulfilling life. She is the author of Falling Up Stairs (2016) and Room to Breathe (2018). beagle weekly : Vol 157 May 29th 2020

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CreaBve Arts Batemans Bay, is asking community members to share "their recent bushﬁre experience” through photographs and stories.

Supported by the Commonwealth-funded ‘SupporBng CommuniBes in Recovery’ program, the iniBaBve aims to build resilience and promote emoBonal healing in the community, to aid in the post trauma recovery. An exhibiBon displaying the photographs, complete with an audio soundscape of community experiences, is proposed to be held in Batemans Bay once corona virus restricBons are eased. Submissions are also being captured in a virtual gallery on Instagram and Facebook.

CABBI President Mr Robert Creed said, “A lot of our members lost everything; painBngs, homes, studios, while the broader membership has been traumaBsed, evacuaBng three or four Bmes. By sharing your personal experiences, you are playing a significant role in helping us all understand the effects, large and small, on our community as a whole.” Business owners have been hit hard with the double whammy of the bushfires and corona virus restricBons, keeping patrons away from a region heavily reliant on Tourism. Hopes that public holiday weekends and Easter would be able to make up some of the income shorball, didn’t come to fruiBon. On top of this, much needed mental health support has been hard to find, with health professionals unable to travel to the area over recent months. The project was iniBally conceived by Mr Mark Blumer (Blumers Personal Injury Lawyers), who felt compelled to help the community reconnect aHer such a traumaBc experience. “In the face of the fire, we were alone (with others, but alone). Many people took photos of what the fire made of our world. This is an invitaBon to share those photos with each other, to see what others saw, to feel, if we can, what others felt, to not be so alone. We hope to build a community of people who understand each other beTer and are not afraid to care about each other. In the face of the fire we can come together and find strength, and love, and healing.” said Blumer. To preserve these stories for the future, CABBI is also proposing to conduct a more expansive South Coast bushfire oral history project following the exhibiBon, and will be seeking volunteers to share their story in greater detail. Community members can upload their photos and stories (audio or text) to the website. hTps://postcardsfromthefire.com/ beagle weekly : Vol 157 May 29th 2020

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The Beagle business and trades Directory a to z Carpet Cleaners

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Computers/ IT

Concretors

Electrical

Excavation

Framers

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The Beagle business and trades Directory a to z Garden Landscaping

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Home Maintenance

Locksmith

Massage

Mowing and Gardening

Painters

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The Beagle business and trades Directory a to z Pest Control

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Plumbers

Roofing

Solar Electrical

Tiling

TV Antenna

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The Beagle business and trades Directory a to z Trees

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Vets

Waste Management

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