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Volume 9, Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Expansion on track R

By Vanessa Switala

ecently, The Sydney Morning Herald reported BHP Billiton plans to send a train from Olympic Dam to Darwin every day of the year once the mine is operating.

The biggest shareholder in BHP Billiton and the world’s largest investor in resource companies, BlackRock Investments, have doubled its stake in Genesee and Wyoming- the American company that operates the railway which has

been proposed as the main export route for Olympic Dam’s resources.

This move has increased expectations the mine expansion will be approved by the BHP Billiton Board by July.

The Adelaide to Darwin railway is considered Genesee’s most important growth asset as the company operates the track on a 50 year lease.

This move comes as Chief Executive of BHP Billiton Marius Kloppers stated the expansion of Olympic Dam is at the core of the company’s strategic plan.

BHP Billiton also recently announced their half year profit of US $9.94 billion; a stable cash flow but not as high as one year ago.

Mr Kloppers said there is minimal technical risk in stage one of the expansion of Olympic Dam and out of three major projects is the project with the most urgency.

“Nothing is low risk when it comes to spending a lot of money, but we feel very comfortable in deeply understanding the Olympic Dam ore body,” he said.

“We feel that what we are going to do there is slap-bang in the middle of the strategy and the core skill set of the corporation.”

Mr Kloppers said miners have always had to be cautious as nothing is low risk in the mining environment. “ Th i n g s c a n g o wrong, rather than go better than expected,” he said.

“But phase one is largely ‘dig hole’, you know… It’s largely build airstrip, build camps, dig hole- and keep digging for a five-year period.”

Mr Kloppers added, “And that is the precommitment.” “ The subsequent phases are, again, not low risk but the metallurgy of the ore body is well known and we’ve got a couple of years before we need to approve the final configuration of what the second and third phases of the expansion are.”

In reply to a question

from Chris Russell of The Advertiser Mr Kloppers responded, “No investment decision is ever made until it’s made.”

He added, “Having said that, I do think that, over the last year in particular, on the indenture negotiations, on the environmental approvals and so on, we have gone as well as we could have hoped in advancing that project into the next stage.

“Now, I always tend to look at it that a project must have four things: it must have the resource; it must have all of the approvals; we have got to have the people and the capability; and we have got to have the financial means.

“Now, all of those boxes are only ticked when we sanction it, but the Olympic Dam project has progressed very satisfactorily through all of those gates, so we are very pleased, and we have no reason to update our timing at this stage.”

The Olympic Dam expansion, the outer harbour development at Port Headland in Western Australia and Jansen potash in Canada are three major investments scheduled for Board decision this year.

Mr Kloppers said no final decisions had been made regarding the projects as they would be measured against difficulty of the project and the effect of the commodity on the market.

Mr Kloppers ranked Port Headland easiest, followed by Olympic Dam and then Jansen. For effect on the market Mr Kloppers said Olympic Dam’s copper would feed into the most liquid market with Western Australia’s iron second and Jansen’s potash last.

“Clearly- Olympic Dam- some decisions (have) to (be) made by the end of the year, or the agreements we’ve got with the SA Government expire,” concluded Mr Kloppers.

This comes as Boom Logistics recently finalised a five year contract worth $100 million to work on the mine.

BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have also recently announced $3.7 billion in spending and upgrades for the Escondida copper mine in Chile.

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Helen fills Roxby’s pregnant void R

By Millie Thomas

oxby Health Services welcomed Community Midwife Helen Freeman to their team last month, in answer to a growing demand for services in the community.

After the departure of long serving Community Midwife Mel Allen in December 2010, Roxby Health Service was unable to secure a permanent midwifery service for over twelve months.

At one stage in the interim, visiting midwife services were only available approximately once every six weeks.

However, Ms Freeman’s appointment means full time services will now be available to be used at the discretion of local pregnant women.

Ms Freeman moved to Roxby on January 13 this year, from a rural primary health care centre in

Dareton, New South Wales.

After growing up on a sheep station in remote New South Wales and completing schooling, Ms Freeman travelled the nation practising midwifery, including at locations in Western Australia, Darwin and Adelaide, as well as a number of country communities in New South Wales.

She recently spent 12 months in a relief position for the Royal Flying Doctors, based in Broken Hill.

She has three adult children, Michelle, 25, Andrew, 22 and Alison, 20.

Ms Freeman told The Monitor last week that she preferred positions in small communities. “In your role (in a small community) you’re involved with the family, not so much just the patient,” she said.

Ms Freeman’s role with Roxby Health Services will allow her to

guide expectant women from the first step of a pregnancy, to six weeks post natal checks and immunisations.

“It virtually is focussing on the women and giving them as much information and education, so that they can make their own decisions about how they birth,” she said.

Ms Freeman illustrated it is the whole family unit that needs to be considered during a pregnancy, so they can manage and support the process together.

She also said if additional services are needed to assist with a pregnancy, referrals can be arranged through her role.

Birthing classes will be introduced at the end of the month as an added service.

“So far I’m enjoying it, everyone is so friendly, I’ve settled in and have a nice little house to live in.”

Community Midwife Helen Freeman is new to the Roxby Health Services team.

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Comedians Jimbo and Bob with Garry the goat last week.

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By Millie Thomas

hat would your first thought be, when thinking about the Dunes Café? Coffee maybe, noisy kids perhaps, - but a goat – very unlikely!

This is what surprised coffee enthusiasts saw last Thursday, whilst sipping on their skinny mocha lattes.

Travelling comedians ‘Jimbo’, ‘Bob’ and Jimbo’s pet goat ‘Garry’ visited Roxby Downs last Wednesday as a part of Jimbo’s ongoing Australian tour.

Garry the goat came to be in Jimbo’s possession after a quarrel with his sister.

“She bought a goat for somebody she doesn’t even know right (through Oxfam) and I was upset, you know what I mean? I mean, I got her a record voucher and she

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He explained he couldn’t let Bob come to the Adelaide Fringe without going to the ‘real Australia’.

“We’ll come to Coober Pedy, and we’ll come to Roxby Downs, we’re going to go to Andamooka,” Jimbo told Bob. And Garry just came along for a ride. “Everybody loves him or hates him, we get a few goat fascists every now and then,” said Jimbo.

When asked about hygiene issues associated with living and travelling with a goat, Jimbo assured The Monitor Garry is fully toilet trained.

“I just give him a rest every hour or he stands up and gives me a bit of a ‘baa’ and nibbles my ear!

“He follows me around, I don’t have to feed him and he sleeps with me next to my swag every night.”

Jimbo, Garry and Bob performed at the Community Club Thursday night, to a bewildered audience of about 60 people.

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gives me nothing I mean it wasn’t really for me! She ended up going well, bugger you, I will get you a goat!

“And she gave me Garry, and Garry’s just been travelling in the car since Christmas and so I just throw him in the back of the car, he’s unreal.”

Jimbo told The Monitor the trio had slept in the park, been woken by the sprinklers and later by ‘the rangers’ before being kicked out.

They proceeded to go for a swim in the town pool and got kicked out and even stormed the area school before getting kicked out. Apparently some were not as fond of Garry’s presence as others.

“I travel around Australia doing comedy shows and I do outback shows and this is my mate Bob Slayer who’s a comedian in England and he’s come over to do the Adelaide Fringe Festival,” said Jimbo.

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Arid recovery open night

By Millie Thomas

dress to the audience.

“In terms of an experiment and in terms of science it’s actually really interesting to see the changes that you get with these small mammals and reptiles populations.”

The trapping days are one of the most unique long-term data sets in arid Australia. Ms Crisp explained that although in the first four - five years there was not much difference in population trends, but in the proceeding years there has been a large increase in small mammals inside the reserve compared to outside.

Last year alone over the four nights of trapping, the Arid Recovery team caught and processed around 1300 mammals, due largely to the amount of rain around that time.

“The reptiles are not having big booms inside the reserve compared to outside, they’re quite stable inside and outside which is a bit interesting, some part of reserve some numbers are lower,” she added.

Arid Recovery later informed The Monitor that this may be due to bilbies or other native species, however that is yet to be determined in an upcoming paper about the issue.

This week, while Arid Recovery are trapping, they will also feature a display at the Visitor Information Centre, and hold an open processing session at the lab on Charleton Road in Olympic Dam on Thursday February 23 from 3pm until 5pm. Each year Arid Recovery also host visits from local and regional schools.

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nnual trapping days, Bettong program and a Kids Club were among some issues showcased at local ecosystem restoration initiative Arid Recovery’s annual Open Night last week.

A crowd of approximately 30 interested locals attended the pleasant evening event at Saint Barbara’s Parish School, which catered for both children and adults Manager Kylie Piper, Volunteer and Community Coordinator Hannah Spronk and Ecologist Helen Crisp, addressed the crowd and described the initiative, which was established in 1997.

Of the 123 squared kilometres the reserve covers, 60 squared kilometres are now ‘feral free’ meaning they have no inhabitant introduced species such as cats, rabbits or foxes.

The aim of the project is to restore the area of land to what it would have looked and functioned like pre –European settlement.

The annual trapping days, which started on Sunday are celebrating their 14th year and are a major event for Arid Recovery. The days are used to monitor population trends of small mammals and reptiles inside and out of the reserve.

“It’s really interesting to be able to trap for these animals that naturally occur in the arid zone,” said Ms Crisp in her ad-

Arid Recovery’s Ecologist, Helen Crisp gives a talk on grid trapping at last week’s information night.

Invest SA conference to rock Roxby Downs

By Vanessa Switala

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ecently, the Property Council of Australia’s Member Relations Manager, Chris Hagi, visited Roxby Downs to finalize plans for the ninth annual Invest SA conference to be held at the end of this month.

Premier Jay Weatherill will be one of the key note speakers along with South Australian Olympic Dam Task Force Chair Bruce Carter, Economic Development Board Chair Raymond Spencer and Real Estate Australia UBS Managing Director Tim Church.

Also attending the conference will be local investors Lachlan Perks (owner of PPI Investments which owns Roxby Central, the Tavern and Roxby Downs Motor Inn) and Frank Agostino (owner of the Olympic Way BP).

The two day conference will see 130 property investors visit Roxby Downs where they will attend dinner on Sunday, February 26 and a business session on Monday, February 27 both held at the Roxby Leisure

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Centre Auditorium.

During the ‘Rocks Roxby Downs’ conference delegates will also tour Andamooka and Olympic Dam. Ms Hagi said the plans for the conference have been going extremely well since her first visit to Roxby Downs in October, 2011.

“I’m really impressed with the facilities Roxby has to offer,” she stated.

Her visit on Tuesday, February 7 and Wednesday, February 8 was to meet community members face to face and finalize plans for the Invest SA conference.

“I’m looking forward to it, the guys are going to love it!” she exclaimed.

The Property Council of Australia hold numerous events from lunches, workshops and site visits to educational and professional development courses every year.

Ms Hagi said she always holds the Invest SA conference in a remote, regional town of particular interest.

“The mines now, every one is talking about it!” she exclaimed.

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The conference aims to provide an insight into what it is like to live in a mining town.

Ms Hagi said, “Get a feel of the lifestyle and people; where they’re at and where they’re going.”

Discussion topics at the conference will consist of what the mine expansion means for South Australia and how the building industry can assist.

Invest SA is an industry body that takes care of the building industry.

Members vary from architects and surveyors to builders and property owners. Ms Hagi said during the conference Invest SA hope to find out what they can do to help our community and how their members may benefit.

So far only one local business has registered for the Invest SA conference at a greatly reduced rate.

To register or obtain more information please contact Chris Hagi at 8236 0900 or chagi@propertyoz.com.au.

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ntries are now open for the 2012 Telstra Australian Business Awards with local businesses eligible for national awards including one that celebrates top regional businesses.

John Tonkin, Telstra Country Wide Area General Manager for South Australia North, urged small and medium businesses to get their entries in by the closing date of April 2.

For finalists and winners, the 20-year-old awards program brings increased public profile, a share of $500,000 in cash and prizes and the privilege of joining an exclusive national business alumni.

Information on nominating and entering the awards or voting for the People’s Choice Award is available at telstrabusinessawards.com or by calling the Telstra Business Awards team on 1800 262 32.

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Roxby Kindergarten get tech savvy

By Millie Thomas

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oxby Downs Kindergarten ha s embrace d the ‘Apple’ revolution, purchasing seven iPad 2’s for both student and teacher use late last year.

The move came after New Zealand Teacher Wendy Lee introduced use of the iPad’s at Andamooka Primary School and ran a training session with Roxby Downs Kindergarten teachers.

Kerryn Jones, RDK Director said New Zealand had been using the iPads in learning and student documentation for a long time. “The work they’re doing in New Zealand is seen as the best work in terms of documenting children’s learning and assessing children’s learning, so that’s why Andamooka and our kindy are going down the path too.”

The iPads are used to document ‘learning stories’ which map a student’s progress in both photos and text, feature educational games and programs for students.

“They are obviously a huge hit with the kids, are

very user friendly, and the kids pick it up faster than myself!” said Ms Jones.

Ms Jones went on to explain the ‘learning stories’ captured on the iPads keep rich assessments of the children’s learning, and enable staff to show what sort of learning disposition each child has.

“And the children have really embraced it,”

she said. “Some of them obviously maybe have an iPad or their parents have an iPhone, but to others it’s a whole new concept but they’ve been able to pick it up really fast and run with it.

“They are the digital natives, because they were born in a digital world… the one where you don’t have to get up and change

the channel on the TV!” She went on to say technology is a massive component of the children’s learning, and today is a natural part of the learning process.

Having used the iPads for a little of last term and all term so far, Ms Jones said the children are already creating their own movies, which are pro-

jected onto the kindergarten’s smart board.

As flexible as the iPads are in a teaching capacity, Ms Jones insisted it would not mean the end of the use of books – not in her kindergarten anyway.

“It just adds another dimension to learning for them and then for us it’s about capturing a whole lot of their learning.”

Javen, Henry, Kaylen, Willem and Manny using the iPad 2 at kindergarten last week.

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Youth @ your library success in Andamooka

Jodie enjoys providing local children with after school activities.

By Millie Thomas

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ndamooka Primary School and Andamooka Community Library have answered a need for out of school care and youth activities in a successful bi-weekly venture.

Held on Monday and Thursday afternoons, Jodie Evans opens the 20 hour a week library to local youth looking for fun afternoon activities or a place to stay until their parents finish work.

Approximately 20 children attend the afternoon sessions religiously, playing on the computer, iPads or Wii game consoles, or even reading a book and enjoying the complimentary afternoon tea.

Ms Evans has been the local librarian for 18

Road safety an New issue in Roxby exploration R licence granted

By Millie Thomas

oxby Downs Area School Principal Kath Macalister spoke out from personal concern last week about children’s behaviour on and around public roads.

Her concern is timely, after an eight year old was fatally run down in front of a western Sydney school last week.

“My concern has been the same one I’ve had ever since I came to Roxby, and that is that this town is in many ways very safe for some people, however, it’s not safe if they don’t follow basic rules of the road and our students from here and in fact other students, don’t,” she said.

Michelle Hales, Chairperson of Roxby Roadsafe, supports Mrs Macalister ’s concerns .

“Roxby Roadsafe is worried about the general complacency of pedestrians no matter what age they are.

We often see children and adults crossing the road without looking. It is only a matter of time before an accident happens.”

Mrs Macalister said children running, scooting and riding across roads without looking, and using the school’s crossing on Arcoona Street as an all day priority crossing ‘as if it’s their inherent right to beat all the traffic out’ were a concern.

RDAS currently teaches all students the ‘Way to go’ road safety program, but Mrs Macalister said the learning should not stop there.

“Education on it’s own is not enough, and what I see in this community is that students are being allowed to behave foolishly, they are not being picked up by community members, they are not being picked by their parents, they are not having messages reinforced,” she said.

Mrs Macalister stated that although Roxby Downs is perceived as a very safe town, it takes one accident or incident to change this.

“Do we have to get to the point where we actually have a serious accident where somebody is maimed or killed before people start to listen?

“I just think that as a community, and I am a member of this community, we have to do something.

“It really does concern me, I only have a few years left with education I would hate to go out having lost a child, through something that we can collectively do something about. It’s so unnecessary it really is.”

Rebellious behaviour in main areas of foot traffic was also addressed by Mrs Macalister, who reinforced it was not school staff ’s duty to pick up the pieces.

Helmets, knee pads, stopping and checking traffic and not riding through the Roxby Central Mall all seem to be amiss amongst Roxby

Downs youth.

“That kind of behaviour is antisocial, but it is not the sole responsibility of a school. We certainly reinforce all of these common sense messages but it’s got to come more widely,” said Mrs Macalister.

“I would ask, why is it that the only people who will stop and pick students up and tell them to behave appropriately out of school hours seems to be school staff?”

Finally, Mrs Macalister would like to remind the community that school parking on Arcoona Street is for staff only.

“It’s been spelled out in every mechanism we have access to, papers, and newsletters over and over again, yet we still have parents who come onto our school site to pick their kids up or drop them off,” she said.

Although staff have reminded parents not to park in the area, they have often been met with hostility and as a result, the RDAS Governing Council are contemplating using part of the school budget to install boom gates.

“I would suggest that is setting a poor example to all children, including their own,” concluded Mrs Macalister.

If you have any ideas about how to improve road safety for children and the wider community, contact The Monitor via text talk on 0439 898 159.

A child chances a dash across Richardson Place after school last week.

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he Directors of Core Exploration Ltd announced last week the grant of Exploration Licence (EL) 4816 (Sandy Point) as part of its Roxby South project near BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine.

Historical exploration data has highlighted a 10 kilometre long gravity ridge (approx. four milliGal) within EL 4816.

The gravity feature is 5 kilometre north of the Horse Well Prospect which returned 16 metre at 0.67 percent copper (HWD1 903-919m) in historic drilling by Western Mining Company.

At Horse Well prospect a magnetic anomaly was defined and modelled at near 1000 metre depth. Hole HWD, drilled by WMC approximately 1,500 metres to the south of EL 4816, intersected basement at 861 metres that comprised of volcanics and hematite breccias associated with copper minerals chalcocite, bornite and chalcopyrite typical of IOCGstyle mineralisation.

Core’s Sandy Point tenement (EL 4816) and the Company’s Roxby Downs (ELA 227/09) tenement application are located on the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton, within the Olympic Iron-OxideCopper-Gold (IOCG) Province. The Olympic IOCG Province is host to the massive Olympic

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months, and said the program, which has been running since the beginning of the school term, provides a safe location for children to stay in the afternoon.

It caters for children from the ages of 10 – 18 years old and is classified as their ‘priority’ time, meaning they ‘rule the roost’ so to speak in terms of using the library’s facilities.

School Principal Angela Turner also said it helps the children find strengths in their own abilities, and helps them to feel involved in the community.

Currently, the children are helping organise a fundraiser for unwell local Ed Sach, and are about to be delegated a $5,900 grant from Innovative Community Action Networks and will be deciding together how to spend it.

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The Sandy Point tenement (EL 4816) and Roxby Downs (ELA 227/09) application cover approximately 400 squared kilometres of the Olympic Dam Copper-Gold-Uranium Province of the Gawler Craton. The tenements are located approximately 40 kilometres south of the world class Olympic Dam mine and within kilometres, of known IOCGU mineralisation at the Wirrda Well, Acropolis and Horse Well prospects.

Pre v ious explorers over the Roxby South Project area have undertaken a number of detailed gravity surveys to determine potential targets for IOCGU mineralisation.

Initial wide-spaced gravity surveys were completed across Core’s Rox by D ow ns and Sandy Point tenements and regions of interest were then covered with detailed gravity surveys to accurately define target for drill testing.

Th e R ox b y S o u t h Project covers a number of anomalies which the Company considers are yet to be adequately drill tested. Geophysical surveys over these targets are planned to commence once both granted tenements are in place.

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Roxby InBusiness A thriving and sustainable local business community is essential to a vibrant and sustainable community.

This weekly column shares some of the issues facing local business and some of the strategies they are using to gear up for the exciting times that lay ahead for Roxby Downs. Got an idea for a story or some feedback on a story in the Roxby InBusiness Column? Email vholloway@ roxbyleisure.com or phone 8671 0500.

Health laws on hold

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armonisation of Work Health and S afe ty ( W H S) Laws have officially been put on hold in South Australia.

New work health and safety laws commenced in New South Wales, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, the Commonwealth and Northern Territory on January 1, 2012. But notably not in South Australia.

In July 2008, the Council of Australia Governments formally committed to the harmonisation of work health and safety laws by signing an International Governmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Occupational Health and Safety (IGA).

The model work health and safety legislation consists of an integrated package of a model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act, supported by model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations, model Codes of Practice and a National Compliance and Enforcement Policy.

Under the IGA, all jurisdictions have committed to adopting the model work health and safety

legislation, with minor variations as necessary to ensure it is consistent with relevant drafting protocols and to achieve consistency with other laws and processes operating within the jurisdiction.

However, on November 29, 2011 South Australian Parliament voted to adjourn debate on the Work Health and Safety Bill until February 14, 2012, with suggestions that a review of regulatory costs of the WHS Bill will be undertaken.

This meant that there will be was no new WHS Act or WHS Regulations to implement in South Australia on January 1, 2011 and that the current Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare [OHS and W] Act 1986 and Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 2010 remain in place indefinitely.

On February 15 the Legislative Council moved “That the bill be restored to the Notice Paper as a lapsed bill, pursuant to section 57 of the Constitution Act 1934”. At the time of writing this article debate has not yet resumed.

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NZ decides who buys their assets – What can we learn?

We can learn a lot from New Zealand as they give priority to their own wealth creators and long term national interests.

New Zealand dairy farmers recently won a case in their Supreme Court to stop the sale of eight dairy farms to China.

The case was won on the basis that the long term economic value of these farms would be lost to the New Zealand economy if foreign interests bought them. New Zealand has several issues in their favour. Their government must be notified and approve any sale of land over five hectares. The Maori Treaty signed with the British allowed the sale of land to the Crown but protected the people from the acquisition by other foreign powers.

In Australia foreign sales are not noted unless they exceed $244 million or in the case of the US $1001 million.

Recently Cargill, a privately owned American family company has bought the prized Billabong station near Wagga Wagga through its Hedge Fund, the Black River Asset Management Group (an unlisted Cargill family company). They paid around $9 million for the property. Given that Cargill already dominates beyond the farm gate in our beef and wheat exports, the wealth created from these assets do not stay in Australia. If this was an Australian company the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) would have limited its dominance in the local market place.

Under the rules of withholding tax in Australia, foreign buyers who borrow off shore or use off shore consultants as expenses to purchase and run business here, pay only 10 per cent withholding tax on expenses off shore.

This means profits from these assets are not circulated within the Australian economy as they go off shore before profits are declared and tax paid on profits. Unlike public companies, private companies are not easily scrutinized and millions of profits are siphoned off Australian shores before tax.

In the meantime our governments give subsidies to foreign companies to set up business in competition with local manufacturers (OLAM Singapore almond processing) or sell our assets and intellectual property to foreign interests (Victorian Dairy Research Centre to China leaving local bidders out).

Our interest rates are among the highest in the world and we have a ‘for sale’ sign on. We need to learn how to manage our wealth creating assets for our long term benefit not just the benefit of foreign interests. We have much to learn.

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Last week’s Hot Topic: Do you think it is time Roxby Downs had an active Neighbourhood Watch?

Neighbourhood Watch is a valuable asset to any town – why not have one here?

Doc. Neighbourhood Watch in my former place of living involved the police, other voluntary organisations and, above all, individuals and families who wanted to make their neighbourhoods better places to live. It fits well in Roxby.

AA Anything that reduces the fear of crime by means of improved home security, greater vigilance, accurate reporting of suspicious incidents to the police is fostering a better community.

Good Neighbour Who will turn off the lights? As foreign owners of key strategic Australian assets the Thai owners of Centennial Coal, Banpu, have flagged that their priority will be to use our resources to export to their markets and move local prices to export parity. We will have to pay the prices they demand if we want our lights on. This from the same country we allowed tariff free access to their imported cars, then used as a gateway by Japan and Korea in direct competition with our local industry. This scenario will be increasingly played out across industry sectors where we have allowed the loss of control and sale of our wealth creating assets and strategic resources. And we say we operate in a level playing field. Time to wake up Australia!

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Do you think Australia should sell property assets to overseas invetsors?

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o-one is immune: the reality of organ donation.

When a patient waiting for an organ transplant is finally given one that is compatible, it’s as though all their prayers are answered. But, it is just the beginning of the long road to recovery.

Having a transplant is more than just surgery, it’s about life long management of your immune system.

This week is ‘Donate a Life Week’ and this year will concentrate on the reality of organ donation and the battle that begins when the recipient fights the inside battle as the immune system tries to reject the organ.

While it protects us from evil invaders, the immune system becomes a hindrance for organ transplantation.

It is important to find a close match between the donor and recipient to reduce the risk of rejection. If they are compatible the transplant can occur. However, the immune system can still recognise that this is foreign tissue and try to reject the transplanted organ.

This is national awareness week for organ and tissue donation. All Australians are encouraged to ‘ask and know your loved ones’ wishes’ as the family will always be asked to confirm donation wishes of the deceased before donation for transplantation occurs.

We should all sit down with our families and ask what they think about organ donation. There is no time like the present.

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or the month of March, Peter Kapitola will be holding photography courses for the youth of Roxby Downs.

Budding photographers will meet once a week from 7.30pm until 8.30pm at the Youth Centre to learn ‘tricks of the trade’ from Mr Kapitola.

Youth Activities Officer, Nicole Trethowen thinks it is a fantastic way to offer the youth of Roxby Downs a skill they may not learn without a workshop.

She said the workshops may even inspire a future career.

“It’s great to see members of our community getting involved with our youth; forming relationships between our youth and wider community is very important.”

Mr Kapitola has been taking photographs since he was given a ‘Mickey-Matic’ camera for a present as a child.

“Ever since then I’ve been on a never-ending quest to produce better photos. I don’t think it’s something you ever finish,” he said.

Mr Kapitola enjoys being able to capture an event or place and re-live the memory of it later.

“I love that (photography) integrates really well with the rest of your life. You don’t have to be at a certain place at a certain time to enjoy doing it.”

Mr Kapitola added, “You can be at home with your kids, travelling to a beautiful place, doing your day job, or at a big sporting or cultural event.”

“I also like that it involves combining technical knowledge and skills with creative and artistic expression, working both ‘sides’ of the brain at once.”

“Plus you get to play with some cool gadgets.”

Mr Kapitola has previously won a competition with a photograph of a lily pool in the Milstream National Park, Western Australia.

During the workshops he wants to teach children how to take control of their cameras and know which settings to change in different situations.

He hopes to inform the youth of general rules of

Peter Kapitola will be holding youth photography workshops next month.

creating a good photo and how to break away when they want something a bit different.

Mr Kapitola said he hopes to pass on a desire to experiment with photography and further development of their skills.

“I’ve always really enjoyed helping other people understand things, especially the moment of ‘seeing the penny drop’,” he said.

“There doesn’t seem to be much for youth to do in Roxby Downs and photography is something fun that brings joy to other people who view your photos,” Mr Kapitola added.

The photography workshop is limited to 12 to 17 year olds and will be held on March 5, 12, 19 and 26.

The workshop costs $10 per week or $40 per person for four weeks.

Children will have to bring their own digital camera, preferably one with manual settings.

If interested please register at the Leisure Centre Kiosk.

Selected photographic works of Mr Kapitola are currently on show in the Roxby Leisure’s Art Gallery.

COMMUNITY GRANTS for safer, greener, more active travel The Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure is offering grants for groups and organisations to deliver small scale projects that promote safer, greener and more active travel choices. Projects can focus on improving road safety, getting people cycling, walking or catching public transport; replacing car journeys with technology, doing things locally; or using the car smarter.

For further information and grant criteria or to apply, visit www.dpti.sa.gov.au/communityprograms or phone 8402 1913.

Applications close Friday 23 March 2012.

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Natural Way to service Roxby

By Vanessa Switala

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he Natural Way’s Master Franchisee, Marianna Callisto began the Hyde Park clinic in Adelaide and is now looking to service Roxby Downs.

The Natural Way’s Mail Order Program aims to help people’s weight loss goals by posting all that is needed on a regular basis.

In addition, weekly phone consultations are provided by Hyde Park Consultant, Chris Jose which assists in keeping motivation levels high.

The Natural Way tailor weight loss programs to suit individual needs.

Ms Callisto said The Natural Way’s mail order clients have a huge success rate.

“It’s remarkable to hear and share their results!”

Ms Callisto wants to make the Mail Order Program available to the Roxby Downs community as she has heard there is a lack of programs in rural areas to assist with weight loss based on one on one support.

“At the end of the day our one on one support leads to weight loss results, whether it is in our clinic rooms, face to face

or on the phone,” she said.

Both Ms Callisto and Ms Jose are on The Natural Way program, having lost weight and are currently losing more.

Ms Callisto wants to share the program with the Roxby Downs community as she has found it successful after ‘yo-yo’ dieting for 13 years.

“I believe that this program works and works so well, it caters to suit the individual not only for weight loss and health but to create a lifestyle change long term,” she stated.

Nusia Gent, a customer of The Natural Way spent most of her adult life overweight which resulted in her feeling withdrawn and unconfident.

It was at her son’s wedding that Ms Gent felt ashamed instead of proud.

“It was my son’s wedding day and he asked me to join in the family photographs. My heart sank as now there would be a permanent record of the fat mother of the groom,” she said.

Ms Gent weighed 109 kilograms and wore a size 24 to 26 in clothing.

After many years of battling with her weight and trying fad diets Ms

Gent joined The Natural Way program.

Now, Ms Gent has lost over 54 kilograms and participates in Pilates, Zumba and belly dancing. She also owns her first pair of bathers since 1977.

Ms Gent won the national Slimmer of the Year competition in 2010 followed by the all-star slimmer title.

It was with the help of votes cast by the Roxby Downs community online that Ms Gent won the allstar slimmer title.

The Natural Way has been successfully assisting with weight loss for 30 years.

To get started on The Natural Way’s Mail Order Program call Chris on 8357 8865.

Marianna Callisto, The Natural Way master franchisee.

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r e m House and Home m u S More Selecta Homes coming to Roxby!

This new unit will be in Roxby!

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electa Homes is set to continue their strong relationship with Roxby Downs as they prepare to deliver another 40 homes to the new sub-division in 2012.

Paul Kassara of Selecta Homes in Adelaide said the company constructed and delivered 21 transportable homes to Roxby Downs last year.

These included a series of character stone fronted villa-style homes, and various large double-lift designs with contemporary facades.

“This year approximately 40 further transportable homes will be provided to Roxby Downs by Selecta Homes including a couple of new designs,” Mr Kassara said.

“A stunning open living five bedroom home, with a super impressive frontage, will be amongst these.”

“Our entire range includes up to 50 different designs including granny flats, small to middle size homes up to our extensive selection of four to five bedroom designs,” Mr Kassara said.

These can all be viewed on the company’s website.

Mr Kassara said Selecta Homes welcomes any

change its customers wish to make, to its standard range as well as being able to easily price and construct a customer’s own plan.

Find out more by visiting www.selectahomes.com.au or by phoning 8283 0477.

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his year’s tips for time you contemplate a budgeting, spending new expense. and managing your Resolution 2. Slash mortgage. your cash limit Becoming a better budgeter, wising up on spending and making the most of any savings can help borrowers master their mortgage and own their home outright sooner, according to Australia’s largest independently-operated mortgage broker, Mortgage Choice.

Resolution 1.

Become best buddies with your budget If you don’t already have a budget, the New Year is the ideal time to start one.

Ensure it factors in all your regular spending – home and/or other loans, utility bills, medical expenses, memberships, grocery bills, insurance costs, etcetera. Don’t forget to include funds for socialising treats. Be honest with your budget and refer to it each

Consider ways to cut your daily spend. For instance, a daily caffeine hit at $4 per weekday equates to $80 per month. Did you know by making a coffee an every-second-day spend and contributing $40 extra per month to your mortgage from day one (based on a $300,000 loan over 30 years at 7 percent) could reduce the total interest owed by over $31,000 and the loan term by almost two years?

Resolution 3. Review your home loan with a fine-toothed comb There could be underutilised loan features costing you money or features worth refinancing for. Get to know your loan’s features. Your mortgage broker can help review your current loan and its fea-

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tures and identify any opportunities to shop around for something better suited to your goals.

Resolution 4. When rates fall, keep repaying more If your home loan’s interest rate has recently fallen, consider keeping your repayments at the higher, pre-fall rate. For example, take a home loan of $300,000 at 7 percent over 30 years. If your rate reduces to 6.5 percent and you keep repaying your loan as if the interest rate was still 7 percent, you could shave approximately four years off your loan term and save over $60,000 in interest owed.

Resolution 5.

Make the move from monthly to fortnightly Switching your monthly repayment to fortnightly may make a significant difference to your loan term

Kristin Nicolson is the area consultant for Mortgage Choice and the interest owed.

There are 12 months and 26 fortnights in one calendar year; by paying fortnightly, you make the equivalent of 13 monthly repayments. The savings, based on a $300,000 loan at 7 percent equates to around $103,000 in interest and six years and six months off the loan term.

Visit Kristin Nicolson’s website at www.mortgagechoice.com.au/kristin. nicolson or call 0409 011 081 for more information.

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our refinancing custom“When considering ers on average $10,000 refinancing, our brokers each over five years*. will help borrowers to “Borrowers who want assess the overall costs to investigate any sav- versus benefits, taking ings that could be made into consideration not on their own home loan, only home loan interand who may not have est rates but also any the time or know-how upfront, ongoing and to research the market exit fees, loan features, L o c a l M o r t g a g e themselves, can call on lender service and accesChoice mortgage broker a home loan expert. sibility, etc.”

Kristin Nicolson said now is a great time to right move refinance.

“The bold decision this month by some lenders to move their home loan interest rates out of step with the Reserve Bank has signalled to borrowers that home loan interest buying your investing in rates could shift at any first home property time, in any direction and by any amount.

“Borrowers need to be aware of this buying your refinancing changed interest rate next home your loan environment and should be prepared to switch to a better suited lender and, or, loan product. Otherwise, Talk to us today about finding a they may risk paying home loan that suits you. more over the life of their loan.

“The savings made by Kristin Nicolson on 0409 011 081 reviewing a loan can be significant. An analysis of our recent loan data shows we have saved

enders’ recent interest rate movements are sure to be bewildering for borrowers, making now an opportune time to enlist the help of a home loan professional.

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UTand A BOU T Maya and Summah at the Arid Recovery Open Night at St Barbara’s Pariish School.

Keiran and Chris Burggraaf at the Big Warm Welcome barbecue on the weekend.

Mark and Jack Butterworth at the Big Warm Welcome barbecue.

Joselyn at the Big Warm Welcome barbecue.

Silvana at the Big Warm Welcome barbecue.

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Asha and Sam at the Arid Recovery Open Night.

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New students at Roxby Downs Area School in Bev Zeptner’s reception class were asked what they like the most about school.

Silvana, Lily, Brayden and Bella were absent on the day the new students spoke with The Monitor.

Brodie likes relaxing.

Chelsea likes playing on the playground.

Liam likes playing inside.

Ekas likes playing at lunchtime.

Indy likes playing with Chelsea.

Jordan likes playing on the playground

Mitchell likes reading books.

Riccard likes going to the pool.

Lucas likes playing on the playground.

Degan likes learning, the playground and lunchtime!

Paige likes the big playground!

Latika likes drawing, playing with friends and reading!

RIGHT: Andamooka Primary School new students Kevin, Cheyannah, Karmaley and Ellie with new teachers Emma Turner and Ali Knights.

Riley likes playing with his brother.

Taylee likes swimming.

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CFIT Hazardous substances around the home

By Millie Thomas leaning products, fertilisers and insect sprays are common objects found in any home, but what some may not realise is their ability to cause physical harm.

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Hazardous substances, although often useful for recreational, hygienic and other personal uses, if used or stored inappropriately have the potential to cause serious harm to household residents.

Storage of hazardous substances is important to keep your family safe. Guidelines can be taken from Australian Government website ‘Comcare’ at www. comcare.gov.au.

The guide outlines hazardous substances should be kept in a secured cupboard, away from children’s hands and away from areas of consumption.

Individual containers should be marked clearly, so as not to cause confusion about what the substance might be.

Hazardous substances should be kept distinctly separate from non-hazardous substances, in undamaged containers with secure caps or lids.

There are also certain storage requirements for each individual hazardous substance and combined storage with an opposing substance could lead to fatal implications.

Examples of hazardous substances around the house include, but are not limited to; Nail polishes and removers, pool chemicals, hairspray and deodorant, bleach, floor cleaning chemicals, window and toilet cleaners, air fresheners and laundry detergents / softeners, fly spray, methylated spirits, turpentine, dishwashing liquid, furniture polish, cleaning sprays, fertilisers, car washing detergents, oils, lubricants, petrol, diesel and gasses, prescribed and over the counter medicines.

All hazardous substances have a material safety data sheet, which can be obtained online, so if you have any concerns this document should outline potential hazards.

To further heighten your awareness, hazardous substances feature warning labelling, which will advise the user if it can be used near an open flame, if it is poisonous etcetera.

If any hazardous substance has been ingested or has had an affect on someone in anyway, contact the poisons hotline for immediate advice on 13 11 26.

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Poking around with a Moke!

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wo bottles of red wine followed by a session on eBay has dragged Julian Tregenza into the popular past time of car renovation much to the chagrin of his wife, Kerryn Jones.

The manager of the RoxFM recalls vividly how it all came about and puts it down to several reasons. The first being two bottles of wine after last year’s RoxFM annual general meeting, going home, scanning through eBay and discovering the next morning it wasn’t all a dream!

He had the invoice for the purchase of two Mini Moke shells and a host of parts and then had some explaining to do with Kerryn.

Needless to say Julian has been banned from eBay anytime he has been drinking.

So why a Moke? “I love Mokes.

There is something beautiful about sitting next to the petrol tank – it’s like living on the edge,” laughed Julian.

With two car body shells sitting in his yard, the effervescent ideas man is even thinking perhaps there is some merit in converting the two into one and making it a Moke stretch limo.

You can hear the cogs cranking in his head as he speaks about the unlimited prospects of a local limo service.

So what prompted the former motor bike restorer to turn to a four wheel project?

“It stems from the VW (volkswagen) convertible we used in the Christmas Pageant – it might have got me thinking,” admits Julian but he doesn’t attribute any of blame to the Warneke family who drove their open top for RoxFM in the parade.

Only last weekend, Julian made a quick trip to Adelaide to pick up the two car bodies in different states of disrepair as well as a couple of motors, but somewhere between Port Augusta and Pimba he lost a rear axle assembly when it somehow bounced onto the road.

Despite his best efforts retracing his travels, there is no sign of the only part he doesn’t have two of.

So what with the bodies, motors, wheels and about ‘13 boxes’ of parts the project has commenced!

While he freely admits restoring the Mokes or Moke to the popular “Californian” style is new to him, Julian has tinkered with other cars and more frequently, motorbikes in particular. His pet project in former years was the rebuild and restoration of his much loved Yamaha SR500, which over the

years has been pulled down and rebuilt as is his passion for bikes.

He also submerged himself into the Postie Bash last year and is also in the process of doing up his Postie Bike in readiness for this year’s big event in June.

“Yeah, they tell me you really do need some things like brakes,” he joked.

The plan now is to get loving, long suffering Kerryn to warm more to the idea of the car project.

The first words after telling her of his eBay purchase was “You’re a fool!”

And then the biggie, “Where are going to put this thing?”

Of course Julian’s answer, ‘in the shed’ but he wasn’t prepared for the very quick retort form Kerryn, “So where are you going to put all the sh.. that’s in the shed?”

While Julian is till pondering the answer the yard resembles something of a wrecker’s yard, but with the help of some friends and new friends he hopes to make with locals Tig and Mig (welding skills) and new mates with engine lifting hoists, the project will be under way.

With the aim of driving his yellow Californian Moke in the next Roxby Downs Pageant, Julian Tregenza will not be seen socially until then.

His weekends and are allocated for the rest of this year!

THE SPECS: Year Model: One shell is a 1978 the other is unknown.

ENGINE: 1100cc which he may bore out at a later date.

SUSPENSION: Standard Moke configuration with the thoughts of a lifter kit so Julian can travel the Far North tracks.

WHEELS: Standard Moke wheels – although they are in conjecture as to using the popular Sunraysia wheels as per the ‘Californian’ style of vehicle of the 1970’s.

With hundreds of parts all over the yard and nowhere left for the pet dogs – to say Julian will be spending a lot of time between the shed and doghouse is an understatement!

If you have a project on the go – we would love to hear from you and let other restorers know just what is going on the world of ‘Pimping My Ride’ locally.

The Monitor will be running a regular column called ‘The Roxby REVonators’ and we would love to hear from you.

Contact either Millie or Vanessa on 8671 2683.

ABOVE: Julian explains to Kerryn they will need a motor and wheels before they can go for a drive!

LEFT and BELOW: Unloading the bits and pieces with help from friend Alex Cameron.

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WOMEN Disha among well educated international women in Roxby

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octor Disha Suchak is only one of the many educated, international women living in Roxby Downs and contributing to our diverse and unique culture.

Before moving to Australia, Dr Disha was working as a dentist in India. She is currently studying to convert her dental qualifications to Australian standards as the Bachelor of Dental Surgery she gained is not recognised here.

Dr Disha is originally from Gujarat, a state located in Western India with a population of over 60 million.

She moved to Roxby Downs in April 2011 after she was married to be with her husband who has been working as a mining engineer locally for the past three years.

Dr Disha is determined to become a recognised dentist in order to practise in Australia. She is currently studying for the second of three exams to obtain a medical licence in Australia.

So far, Dr Disha has passed her Occupational English Test (OET) and is now studying for the dentistry theory exam. Finally, she must sit a practical exam which lasts for one week.

In order to sit each exam, the certificate for passing the previous exam must be obtained, making it a very lengthy process.

Dr Disha said she has invested five years in dentistry and it is a dream of hers to work as a dentist in Australia.

“I always wished to be a dentist; to serve people and help them to have a healthy life.”

Disha enjoys living in Australia, and is currently studying to validate her Dentistry qualifications to Australian medical standards.

She added, “I did not want to leave my profession just because I have moved to another country, hence in order to fulfil my dream I am doing this (taking the exams).”

As well as studying to convert her qualifications, Dr Disha is highly involved with the Roxby Downs Multicultural Group.

As part of the Multicultural Group, she assists new residents to settle into the community.

Currently the Multicultural Group is creating a multicultural quilt which represents various traditions of respective countries.

Dr Disha said the Multicultural Group helped her immensely when she first moved to Roxby Downs.

“I love being part of this group as all members are very friendly and helpful.”

“When I was new to town this group played a vital role to help me settle (into a) new country and adapt (to a) new culture.”

She added, “They encourage to involve all ladies in many creative activities.”

Dr Disha enjoys being part of the small Roxby Downs community and likes that everyone tends to know each other.

“It didn’t take me long to make friends here,” she said.

“I love to go for drives in the outback and around town.”

“Roxby has people from various parts of the world which contribute to the unique, diverse culture here,” Dr Disha added.

Eco Parenting with Laura Trotta

• Close internal doors so you’re not heating or cooling the entire house.

NB: You can also swap small for big by purchasing items in bulk (saves packaging).

Swap often for sometimes • Introduce a vegetarian night into your household each week.

• Swap single-use disposable nappies for cloth or only use disposables when travelling.

• Have a go at making your own infant food and children’s snacks rather than buying commercial and heavily packaged varieties.

Swap sitting for moving

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• Walk or cycle into town instead of driving.

• Get active in the garden and grow your own vegetables and herbs. hanging our habits and rituals is difficult and is best • Use local parks and the pool to entertain your child rather than done incrementally. Rather than going for change the TV.

‘cold turkey’ we can up our chances of sustained change by gradually modifying our behaviour.

Swap watching for playing

I’m a big fan of the Federal Government’s ‘Swap It, Don’t Stop It’ campaign. Targeting Australia’s obesity epidemic, this campaign promotes healthy eating and active lifestyles for all Australian’s by suggesting small and relatively easy food and exercise swaps.

Individual swaps are easy to make and quickly accumulate to build momentum into sustained behavioural change and a healthier lifestyle.

The theory behind the program easily transitions into the environmental sphere. It is here where the focus shifts from changing our consumerism-based and waste-intense lifestyle to an existence that is more simple and sustainable. The benefits of making simple eco swaps are profound on our health, wallets and the health of our environment.

Using the key four pillars of the ‘Swap It, Don’t Stop It’ campaign, here are a few simple eco parenting and lifestyle changes you can make:

• Plan one activity per day to do with your child. Activities such as constructing a nature collage or baking some biscuits together are easy, enjoyable and free!

• Get your toddler involved in your daily household tasks such as picking up their toys and watering the garden. Toddlers learn by mimicking adults and they thrive on helping out around the home.

• Involve your children in food preparation and they will learn vital skills that will help them live a healthy and sustainable life.

Change is a continual process and even the greenest of us can improve. Here are a couple of eco swaps I’ve made recently to further reduce my family’s environmental footprint: • Bring my own reusable fruit and vegetable bags to the supermarket rather than using the thin plastic bags on offer.

• Switched to Enjo cleaning products to further eliminate chemicals from our household.

• Using everyday household items such as bicarb soda, vinegar and eucalyptus oil in the laundry rather than detergents.

What are some of the eco swaps you’ve made recently or plan to Swap big for bmall make soon?

About the Author: Laura Trotta (BEng (Enviro), MSc (Enviro • Rather than buying your children a mountain of presents Chem)) is an eco mum, environmental engineer and founder of each birthday, purchase one quality item that will last.

• Drive a car with a smaller engine and hire something larger Sustainababy. She lives in Roxby Downs with her husband Paul and for occasions when you need it. son Matthew.

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Fringe sales strong

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icket sales for the Adelaide Fringe Festiv al have passed 100,000,days before the official start.

Fringe director Greg Clarke says the financial climate has not harmed ticket sales at all.

“We’re tracking at over 10 percent (up) on where we were last year, so it’s made absolutely no difference,” he said.

The Fringe starts in a week with a street parade but a popular feature, the Garden of Unearthly Delights, has already opened to the public.

A play at this year’s Fringe Festival explores the theme of cuttlefish in Spencer Gulf and the impact of a proposed desalination plant.

BHP Billiton plans to build the plant at Port Lowly near Whyalla

to supply water for the outback Olympic Dam mine expansion.

Playwright Emily Steel said the locals of Whyalla gave her information to help as she wrote Sepia, the fictional story of a family in the area.

Ms Steel also wrote Rocket Town - a play at last year’s Fringe about children growing up at Woomera.

Adelaide has three festivals coinciding in the next few weeks, with the Fringe, the Adelaide Festival and Womadelaide all on in the Festival period.

Other major events include the Clipsal 500 motor racing at the start of March.

The Adelaide Fringe festival is on from February 24-March 18, but some activities and the popular Garden of Unearthly Delights start about a week earlier.

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ome of the busiest places in thousands of dollars.

• Go slow in the car park, there are all town are our car parks, they are also more chaotic than other manner of obstacles that can appear • Use indicators every time you turn; places.

Often people are in such a hurry to get into the shops that good driving and patience flies out the window. Well, we’ve found some tips to help you and your fellow motorists’ co exist in tight spaces. (Thanks to the RAA’s South Australian Motor Magazine).

• If possible do your shopping first thing in the morning, it’s usually less busy.

• Park in a less congested area, even if you have to walk a bit further, your stress levels and the chance of a dent may be reduced by such a simple move.

• Be aware of poles, pillars and other obstructions.

• When you get back in your car, take a deep breath before starting the engine; taking a moment to focus could save you

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arking is an extremely common animal behaviour problem.

In fact it is often the most commonly reported problem to councils around the country. So, if you have a problem with a noisy canine, you are not alone.

A canine’s bark can be loud and distressing it can reach up to 90 decibels (as loud as a lawnmower or motorcycle). So, prolonged exposure to this level of noise can cause significant irritation and annoyance.

Council has a free booklet called ‘Barking! Problems solved for dog owners’, written by the experts at the Dog and Cat Management Board. It contains pages of great information about understanding and then solving the barking problem of your pet. We urge you to collect a copy if your pooch seems to have a bit more to say than you (or your neighbours) want to hear!

Dogs bark usually out of boredom, separation anxiety, discomfort, disturbances or excitement. Yes, it is a natural behaviour to communicate with a pack and the community, but not when done excessively.

If you have a dog that barks a lot, you should speak with your neighbour to see if they are being affected, or if you are tired of hearing your neighbour’s dog barking, approach them and politely let them know – they may not even know that there is a problem when they are not at home.

We found it!

For continual barkers, you can collect a barking dog form to complete, which includes logging the barkouncil recently purchased a machine to find things that are ing incidents over at least one week. Once this form hiding. Gee, we all could use has been lodged, a Council officer will visit both you one of them at home! and the dog owner to discuss the issue and ways to The recent purchase of the Dynatel resolve it.

Locator and Fault Finder will make the often dreaded task of locating cables and services a thing of the past. This

By Vanessa Switala h e l l e S h o r n e clever yellow machine has the ability to locate markers deep underground that McGrath alert workers to the site of power, gas, w a s g r a n t e d water, communications and waste water Australian citizenship services to name a few. Each service and on Wedneday, February identification marker is colour coded 8 after living in Roxby and the ball shaped marker can be proDowns since 2009. grammed to indicate a specific detail for Shelle was born and example a ‘T’ junction in a pipe, a bend raised in Jamaica before in a cable run, or even a valve in a water moving to the Cayman Islands where he worked in water sports where he met his wife Kim. He first moved to Australia in May 2007 but enjoys living in Roxby Downs now with Kim and their 10 month old son Khenan.

The BHP Billiton employee works in the smelter as a Process Technician.

He enjoys spending time with his family and the slow pace of Roxby Downs.

“In my spare time I spend it with my family or go out on my motorbike or going hunting,” he said.

“I like living in Australia because it is great being able to drive all day and being in the same country and being able to see different things.

“I get a lot more opportunities here,” Shelle Shelle, Kim and Khenan at the citizenship ceremony on February 8. concluded.

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many drivers often seem to forget this as soon as they enter a car park.

• When waiting for another driver to leave a park so you can take their spot, make sure you give them plenty of room to reverse.

• Don’t overtake cars waiting to enter a parking space – patience is the key!

• If you are involved in a crash, do the right thing and give the other person your contact and insurance details.

• Make sure you insurance policy is up to date.

• Question why you are using your car (if you don’t have much shopping) – it’s so much healthier to walk and enjoy the morning air, before it gets too hot.

By following these easy tips, car parks will feel less like ‘demolition derbys’ and a better place for all concerned.

LIBRARY Opening hours 8.30 to 5 pm weekdays 9.30 am to 12 noon Saturdays Telephone 8671 0660 • Fax 8671 1418 Email: roxbydowns.library@plain.net.au Library membership is FREE wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities Toddler Story Time 9.30 am Tuesday and Thursday

service. Once the service is detected the locator can then alert the operator to the exact depth of the marker and therefore service with pin point accuracy.

The marker is filled with glycerine and a programmable microchip that floats on the surface, no matter how the ball is situated. The locator also has a very useful fault finding function that will save Council time and money spent on locating, excavating and fault finding of our underground services around town. We will also no longer have to replace ground level markers that often get damaged by cars and trucks saving more time, money and energy. Now that‘s great news!

Manager of Roxby Power, Dave Hallett with the new locator and fault finder. Inset: Underground services will now be easier to locate saving time and money for Council.

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Opening hours Monday to Friday 9 am to 4.30 pm Council provides transport services including: • Vehicle registration • Boat registrations • Licensing transactions • Learner written theory tests (test to begin before 4 pm) All enquiries 131 084.

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he next 12 months represent a critical time for businesses in Roxby Downs.

The Business Forum Executive Steering Committee (BFESC) is in the process of compiling an Annual Business Plan to promote a sustainable business environment and economic growth in Roxby Downs.

Feedback from the business community is vital in their preparation of this plan.

BFESC is seeking feedback from local businesses on current issues and objectives and aspirations for local businesses.

They perceive the most pressing current issues for Roxby Businesses to be: 1. Ability to increase capacity due to: a. Housing and land cost. b. Recruitment and retention (wages and lifestyle issues).

2. Lack of market diversiďŹ cation opportunity.

3. StaďŹ&#x20AC; training (availability of training and suitably qualiďŹ ed staďŹ&#x20AC; ).

4. Cost of commercial space.

5. Lack of choice and limited amount of commercial space.

6. Business management skills.

7. Threat of competition from new business.

8. Online shopping and out of town shopping.

9. Lack of information from and communication with BHP Billiton, Council and State Government.

10. Opportunities for networking.

11. Recognition and goodwill.

12. Telecommunications.

13. Transport costs.

14. Marketing and advertising.

15. High entry and establishment risk.

The objectives and aspirations to be: 1. Sustainable growth: a. A diverse, vibrant and innovative business community.

2. Business development: a. Roxby businesses are employers of choice. i. Personal growth. ii. Skills growth. iii. Safe workplaces. iv. Equal opportunity employers. b. Local housing is available and affordable. c. Commercial property is aďŹ&#x20AC;ordable, available and diverse. d. Roxby businesses have the capacity and skills to grow and innovate. e. Roxby businesses are leaders in innovation, achievement and excellence. f. Roxby businesses are renowned for excellent customer service. g. The Roxby business community has a reciprocal relationship with the Roxby community. h. The Roxby business community has an eďŹ&#x20AC;ective and reciprocal relationship with BHPB. i. Roxby businesses are well informed and responsive to changing environments.

BFESC encourages all businesses to send their feedback to the Committee via the secretary Vivienne Holloway at vholloway@roxbyleisure.com.

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If you would like to join a forum and would like more information please contact the following people.

New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUM Rachel Young 0428 671 000 Thursday March 8, 7.30pm Dunes CafĂŠ

BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964 6.15pm Thursday March 1 Council Board Room

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Within the pages of this newspaper you will ďŹ nd a randomly placed teacup.

The teacup is the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Network â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;mascotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and is proof that these women are up to something!

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The Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Network is proud to join women across the globe to celebrate International Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day in Roxby Downs on March 8. Tickets are on sale now, so drop into the Visitors Information Centre or Roxby Hourglass Jewellers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; seats are limited. More details about the event will be in the next edition of The Monitor.

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For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Members of the public are welcome to attend and observe.

If you would like to make a presentation or raise an issue, please contact the Executive Officer on 0418 833 818 so that you can be included on the agenda.

Confidential discussions with the Board can be arranged if required.

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PUBLIC NOTICES DUBLIN Gerry’s Meats February Super Special.

Pre – order one of our great value $100 meat packs and pay only $75.

Phone 8529 2229.

ADELAIDE accommodations from $85 per night Seacroft Apartments, Semaphore SA www. seacroftapartments.com. au ph 0412 106 646.

ROOM for rent. Walk in robe and en suite inclusive. Call 0429 329 859.

POSTIE Bash one and only Rego night 9th March, 7.30pm at Oasis.

PAINTING and decorating. Residential and commercial. Quality finish, sensible prices.

Roxby based. Call Alex for a quote: 0430 495 544 BLD238217.

ROSEMONT Collectables ‘Old and Modern Pre-loved Wares’ bringing beautiful treasures ‘straight to your door’. Specialising in shabby chic, French provincial, vintage, retro, country curios and much more. Visit us at www.rosemontcollectables.com. Become a fan of our Facebook page and mention this ad for 10 percent off your first mail-order. info@rosemontcollectables.com.

FOR SALE FARM Shed 15m x 27m x 5m (50’ x 90’ x 16’8) with 2 large openings $28,900 ono Ph 1300 559 668.

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Administration Officer Community Projects Part Time (0.6 FTE) Council invites applications from people with diverse skills in administration and an interest in community to join our team. This position will work closely with the Manager Community Development, Governance and Strategic Support and other members of the Community Projects Team to ensure that the community development goals of Council are achieved. The position provides administrative and organisational support for a range of community programs and committees managed by Council and the Roxby Downs Community Board.

Previous experience in community services/community programs and working with committees will be highly regarded.

Council offers a family friendly and flexible working environment.

The salary and conditions will be in accordance with the Municipal Council of RoxbyDowns Enterprise Agreement 2010 and classified at a level 3.

If you have a passion for community development and are interested in this position please obtain a copy of the job and person specification prior to applying by calling the Council office on 8671 0010 or via email: roxby@roxbycouncil.com.au Written applications addressed to the Administrator must be submitted by the closing date and consist of a formal letter and a Resume.

Applications may be sent by: • Post to the Roxby Downs Council Office, PO Box 124 Richardson Place Roxby Downs SA 5725.

• Email: roxby@roxbycouncil.com.au Applications close 12 noon on Monday 27 February 2012 Bill Boehm Administrator

POSITION AVAILABLE BAR MANAGER 40-50 hours Attractive Wage Offered The suitable applicant will hold a Drivers Licence All queries can be directed to Club President, Michael Hoffmann mickhoffmann@iinet.net.au or phone 0408 827 296

Scaffolders required Olympic Dam & Adelaide must have scaffold lic, mine site/industrial exp.

Shift work & FIFO available.

Apply at www.capeplc.com/careers.

Olympic Olympic DamDam Devils Netball ClubTrials AGM 2012 Netball

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Lifeguard – Casual A position exists for a casual lifeguard to fill shifts during weekdays and weekends until the end of the swimming season on April 26 2012.

Duties will include maintenance of water clarity, cleaning and maintenance of equipment and surrounds, and upkeep of visitor numbers.

Please send your Curriculum Vitae including the names of two referees with your application to mackenziep@transfieldservices.com, or hand deliver to the Woomera Heritage Centre.

Applications close Wednesday, February 29,2012

Assistant Financial Controller ODT Australis Pty Ltd is a fast growing company involved principally in the mining industry.

The company requires a responsible person to become a key member of the company’s finance department.

The position is full time, permanent and offers an excellent chance for the successful applicant to become part of this highly sort after company.

Based at Olympic Dam the successful applicant will take on the responsibility for the key accounting and financial reporting functions. The position requirements include; • Excellent computer skills with a preference to have experience with the Pronto Software • Advance experience in Spreadsheet applications, developed communication, numeric and reporting skills • Experience in data entry to trial balance stage, reconciliations, invoicing, financial reporting, debtors, creditors and stock control • Be flexible and embrace multi-tasking with precise organization and has a desire to be part of a vibrant and enthusiastic team

21st February 6:30pm-8pm Outside Court 2 28th February 6:30pm-8pm Outside Court 2 6th March 6:30pm-8pm Outside Court 2 All new players welcome For more information please contact Beth on 0408818449 or bethandrubbish@bigpond.com

Expressions of interest: Head Trainer Support Staff The Andamooka Football Club is seeking expressions of interest for a head trainer and other football support staff for the 2012 season.

If you are interested, please direct all enquiries to: Ian Tuohy, President of Andamooka Football Club PO Box 65 Roxby Downs 5725 Phone 0408 925 854

A competitive remuneration package will be offered on experience.

If you believe you have the skills and ability to meet this challenging position please forward your CV and references to: The Managing Director ODT Australis Pty Ltd PO Box 31 Olympic Dam SA 5725 Or email vlamb@odtaustralis.com

Expressions of Interest To push start this year’s event volunteers are required for various roles and marshalling duties.

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raduates and BHP BIlliton vac (vacational students) students played a couple of friendly rounds of cricket on Sunday afternoon.

Enthusiastic considering the blistering temperatures, it seems the match was one of few sports not cancelled

due to the heat. Above pictured is Bradley Pattrick (vac), with Luke Francou (new graduate) as wicket keeper and umpire Roger Ianson (old graduate) and Inset: Sam Pattullo (vac student) batting.

In a round robin tournament, ‘vaccie team one’

beat ‘new grads’, and ‘vaccie team two’ beat ‘old grads’, ending up in a ‘vaccie’ play off for the grand final. Vaccie team two took out the title for the first annual grads vs vaccies cricket match. The event was organised by the ‘GODS’ - ‘Graduates Olympic Dam Society’.

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RESULTS FROM round 10 February 18 2012 UNDER 12 BOYS Jets 36 points defeated Cruisers 20 points Wildcats 29 points defeated Raiders 8 points UNDER 12 GIRLS Cougars 42 points defeated Phoenix 16 points Lakers 16 points defeated Flames 11 points UNDER 14 GIRLS Roxby Reds 37 points defeated Bulls 22 points Flames 49 points defeated Roxby Heat 43 points UNDER 14 BOYS Cavaliers 31 points defeated Tigers 17 points Lakers 56 points defeated Roxby Heat 10 points Magic 62 points defeated Thunder 32 points

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ricketing greats will travel to Roxby Downs next month to help raise much needed funds for 10 year old Savannah.

The Roxby Downs community is invited to spend the evening with Australian cricket legends Greg Blewett and Rodney Hogg on Thursday, March 1 for a Sportsman’s Night at The Club.

The evening will commence at 7pm with tickets to be purchased at the door for $15.

Sportsman’s Night will include an auction of sporting memorabilia and humorous stories from both Mr Hogg and Mr Blewett.

Roxby Downs Cricket Association Secretary, Brad Cox said Mr Hogg and Mr Blewett will bounce off each other well.

“Greg has been coming up here for years so he is like part of the furniture as far as these things are concerned,” he said.

He added, “The Sportsman’s Night is going to be great!”

Roxby Downs Cricket Association President, Craig Wilson said, “Having seen Rod-

ney Hogg at a Sportsman’s Night a few years ago he is not to be missed! He is very funny and very forthright.”

Greg Blewett will then join a team in the Association Cricket Grand Final twenty/20 match on March 2 with cricket superstar, Greg Manou playing for the other team as the Projects/Functions take on the Mine End. Mr Manou has recently been playing in Melbourne for the twenty/20 Big Bash covered on Fox Sports.

Mr Cox said, “Everything we raise over the nights will be given to the family of Savannah so we need a big turn out.”

As previously reported in The Monitor, Adelaide girl, Savannah has been diagnosed with Diffuse Pontire Giloma which is a type of brain tumour.

Savannah’s father, Steve Jarrad has been employed in Roxby Downs for the past two years with the MPS Group and was previously employed here some time ago.

He previously told The Monitor how great it is to have the support of the Roxby Downs community.

“I can’t believe the amount of support of the community; of people that both know us and don’t know us. It’s very overwhelming,” he said.

Savannah’s Fundraiser and Auction night saw the Roxby Downs community raise $48,681 at The Club.

The Quiz Night which was held on February 3 also raised funds for the operation in Sydney, flights, accommodation and medical equipment.

At last report, the Roxby Downs community had so far raised $65,181 for Savannah and her treatment.

Savannah’s family would like to thank everyone involved and everyone who donated and have supported Savannah.

For more information on the Sportsman’s Night or Association Cricket Grand Final please contact Craig Wilson on 0447 352 856; Brad Cox on 0457 513 363 or Pat Walsh on 0457 458 987.

The Roxby District Cricket Association would like to thank Precision Engineering for sponsoring the Sportsman’s Night.

Kira Weaver and Chloe Odgers (Cougars) jump for the ball against Maria Sobey (Phoenix).

Hayley Wurfel (Cougars) tries to pass over Phoenix defence.

Men 14/02/2012 Jets 47pts defeated Devils 41pts Hypo’s 37pts defeated Miners 32pts James Curyer 17pts, Tyson Webber 10pts and CamErika Syvertsen 21pts Elysihiah McCarthy 14pts and eron Green 18pts, Rian Hornhardt 11pts.

Kateland Fraser 17pts, Danni Weir 11pts.

Magic 60pts defeated Roxby 49pts Ethan Zeptner 20pts, Bailey Evans 14pts and Danni Stetco 17pts, Ben Haines 14pts.

Raptors 53pts defeated Chocies 41pts Cody Keen 17pts, Greg Aird 16pts and Lochie Munro 13pts, Jacob Haugum 7pts.

B Women 16/02/2012 Eagles 31pts defeated Outlaws 24pts Lisa McDonald 15pts, Amy Rigg 6pts and Mikaela Wedding , Rachel Williams 8pts each.

Dynamite II 33pts defeated Dynamite I 29pts Ruth Rowlands 16pts, Amanda Giles 8pts and Sharn O’Leary 11pts, Danielle Thiele 6pts.

A Women 16/02/2011 Devillettes 59pts defeated Hornridge 39pts Hornridge 56pts defeated Flames 30pts Ali Knights 27pts, Fiona Hooper 20pts and Zoey Millie Clarke 20pts, Tayla French 18pts and CenMale 14pts, Kristen Hickey 9pts. taine Casserly 14pts, Abby Hick 8pts.

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ast week the Roxby Districts Cricket Association travelled to Adelaide to take part in the South Australian Country Carnival, blitzing the competition and returning home triumphant.

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The victorious Roxby Districts team.

The team had a very successful week winning all games and Friday night receiving the winners’ trophy.

All players had a good week but special mention must go to Lucas Holbrook taking 19 wickets with his off spin bowling, Brett Baldey making the highest score for the carnival at 121 on the Thursday, Ryan Bennett taking 15 wickets which included a hatrick on Wednesday and scoring around 180 runs for the week.

Ryan Selkirk was honoured after being named Captain of the Carnival combined side also making this team was Lucas Holbrook and Brett Baldey.

It was a great week from all players.

The Roxby Downs Cricket Association would like to thank all sponsors for making this week possible where the players presented themselves in a very professional manner both on and off the field.

At the completion of the Carnival on Friday, trophies were presented at the Walkerville Sports Club. Individual trophies were presented and then all players and support staff received the winning medallions and listened to a victory speech by Ryan Selkirk, which made everyone proud. Word has it he missed his calling and should be writing speeches for the Prime Minister.

What’s happening at the Roxby Downs Cultural & Leisure Precinct

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MINE TOURS ARE BACK!!!

Please note they will only be operating on Thursdays at 9 a.m until further notice.

roxbyleisure phone 8671 2001

Should you have any further queries regarding this matter, please contact the Visitor Information Center on 8671 0500.

SHERLOCK HOLMES: GAME OF SHADOWS

ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS

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Rated ( PG) Duration: 87 mins.

Rated ( M) Duration 128 mins.

Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise.

They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems. Stars Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney. Screens: Friday 17th @ 3.30pm, Saturday 18th @7.30pm, Sunday 19th @12noon, Tuesday 21st @ 3.30pm.

Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr.Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty. Stars Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris.

Screens: Friday 17th @ 7.30pm, Saturday 18th @ 12noon, Tuesday 21st @ 7pm, Wednesday 22nd @ 10am.

Tickets > !DULTS #HILDREN #HEAP 4UESDAY TICKETS s Coming Soon > The Descendants, Hugo, The Iron Lady

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