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6 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, October 19, 2007

Blackall gardens hit TV -- page 2Woolscour Whispers -- page 15

Blackall’s own community newspaperOctober 19, 2007 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $1.10 Contact: [email protected]

Sport on the BarcooThere was only one game of

A singles played at the Blackall Bowls Club on Sunday, October 7, due to illness and players being unable to attend.

Dally Holden and Lloyd Alexander engaged in battle but found very windy conditions made it difficult to play good draw bowls.

Dally flew out of the gates to lead by 8 – 1 after six ends and then shot away again to lead 20 – 14 after 21 ends.

Lloyd dug deep to make it 29-all on 36 ends, but with the shot bowl too close for the spotter to call on the next end, Lloyd decided to drive and unfortunately took his own bowl out.

Dally then drew another shot to win 31 – 29.

No games were played on

Sunday, October 14 due to players being unable to attend for various reasons.

This Sunday, October 21, it is hoped the Inter-Town shield will be held in Barcaldine.

Cars will leave from the bowls club no later than 7.30 am.

If Barcaldine does not eventuate, fixture matches will be arranged for Blackall.

Any players for these games will be notified no later than Thursday night.

Don’t forget to nominate for Publican’s Day on Sunday, October 28.

All are welcome and there will be fun bowls and lunch for $10 a head.

-- by Dally Holden

Windy conditions cause havoc on green

Federal Member for Maranoa, Bruce Scott took the opportunity while in Blackall last week to officially open the Centrelink facilities which were relocated to the Blackall Community Services building from the Blackall Community Inc premises at the Memorial & Sports Club.

“With these new premises and new facilities, the Centrelink staff can enjoy a more appropriate workplace and the customers will have easier access to staff assistance and to the information they need,” Mr Scott said.

He acknowledged the support of the Blackall Shire Council in enabling the move, noting that local government was at the centre of communities and that the Centrelink office provision was a good example of that.

The Centrelink office in Blackall provides ten hours of service a week, two hours each morning.

Mr Scott said it helped many

New premises for Blackall Centrelink

Member for Maranoa, Bruce Scott congratulates local Centrelink agent Meka Russell and support staff from Mackay and Longreach on the reopening of the Blackall Centrelink office at the Blackall Community Services centre

continued on page 2

Over half a million dollars of federal money for a 10-bed extension to Blackall’s aged care facility, McLean Place has been welcomed by the Barcoo Retirement Village committee.

Federal Member for Maranoa, Bruce Scott announced the funding package of $550 000 when he visited Blackall last week.

The Barcoo Living Multipurpose Service has received the funding from the coalition government’s Regional Partnerships program.

Mr Scott said the funding would help with the demand for aged services in the town, extending McLean Place’s current 14-bed facility.

Barcoo Retirement Village chair Owen Stockwell said his committee was most grateful that the government had judged their application to the Regional Partnerships program worthy.

“With the government’s and the community’s generosity, we will get this extension now,” he said.

Mr Stockwell said a need for the

extra beds had been identified at the time the original building was opened by federal Minister Julie Bishop in 2005, and the committee has since raised $1.2 million towards it.

“The generosity of the Blackall community has been amazing,” he said.

In the last financial year donations amounted to $443 000. This year the Barcoo Retirement Village has been listed as a beneficiary of the estate of Peter Wyman.

Mr Stockwell added that $3.8 million had been raised from various sources for the initial McLean Place construction project, most notably from Lex and Gordon McLean, but also from Barcoo HACC, Churches of Christ Care, the Blackall Shire Council, local Meals on Wheels and CWA committees, from BRV coffers and from amongst the community itself.

“None of the original funding came from the federal government,”

More beds for Blackall aged care

continued on page 2

-- by Sally CrippsThe Blackall and Benlidi BestPrac Group is among five Queensland organisations that will benefit from $149,400 funding under the federal government’s Advancing Agriculture Fund.

The group will receive $54,750 to support a project to demonstrate best practice ‘e.sheep’ technology for extensive grazing in central western Queensland.

Group spokesman Bill Cripps said the project would act as a springboard for local wool and fat lamb producers to learn about and trial innovative methodologies.

“Individual producers will be able to see and experience first-hand the benefits of tagging, weighing, scanning and micron testing their own and local flocks of sheep,” he said.

“This hands-on approach will not only demonstrate the ease of using the technology, but also demonstrate the labour saving gains from automated drafting and profits from holding and selling the right animals.”

Bill said the Benlidi Bestprac group had learnt a lot from the production wether trial it ran for a number of years, which gave members the confidence to experiment with the next step.

“A group trialling things is better than expecting an individual to take it on,” he said.

“You might know the way of the future but it can be frightening to put your toe in the water by yourself.”

Senator Ron Boswell, in announcing the funding on behalf of the federal government, said Agfund was aimed at assisting primary producers to manage change and improve profitability of their enterprises and industries.

“It matches funding from local producer groups to support projects that help them tackle industry issues at the local level,” he said.

The four other groups to receive funds are The Leucaena Network, The Q-Group at Gayndah, Callide Valley Landcare Association and the Gayndah Shire Council.

Senator Boswell said that he looked forward to seeing the improved outcomes for local farmers that would likely emerge from these small, but significant projects.

“In these times of severe drought, the AgFund initiative is just one of the ways that the coalition government is seeking to assist farmers,” he said.

AgFund assistance for Blackall group

Outpatient department times: 9 am -10 am Monday to Friday. Please contact Blackall Hospital after 8 am to make an appointment.

If you come to the hospital outside of outpatient hours or without an appointment a registered nurse will see you.

The nurse will do a rapid assessment of your condition/problem and you will be categorised according to the urgency of your condition. Our Health Service district uses the Australasian Triage Scale, which categorises patients into 1 – 5 categories of urgency. Maximum waiting time targets are in place for each category and we aim to meet these targets, however the urgency and number of clients present may affect your waiting time.

Category 1 – Immediate resuscitation; Category 2 – Very urgent care; Category 3 – Urgent care; Category 4 – Semi-urgent care; Category 5 – Non-urgent care.

Depending on the nature of your problem, the nurse will further assess you and the doctor will be contacted, or you may be asked to wait if there are other people who require more urgent care. In some cases you may be able to be treated by the registered nurse without having to be seen by the doctor.

We understand that waiting to be seen by a doctor can be frustrating. If indicated, we urge you not to leave, especially children, before being reassessed by the nurse or being seen by a doctor. If you think your condition has deteriorated while you have been waiting please notify the nurse immediately.

We are always looking at ways that we can improve our service and value your input. If you would like to give us your feedback, please fill out a feedback form located in our waiting area.

Blackall Hospital Outpatient Department/Accident and Emergency Guide

Health News

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Three local Santa Gertrudis studs conducted their annual bull sales last week.

Drensmaine and Forest Park registered an 88 per cent clearance or 45 head sold at the Barcoo Breeders sale at the Blackall saleyards.

Forest Park sold 21 ‘s’ bulls for a gross of $75 500, averaging $3595 and sold three commercial bulls for a gross of $9000, an average of $3000.

The top price paid was $10 000 for a bull that will travel to CK & MF Gentle, Esperance, WA.

Drensmaine, based at Tambo, sold 14 “s” bulls for a gross of $54 500, averaging $3893, and seven commercial bulls for a gross of $31 000, an average of $4428.

Top price of $10 000 was paid for Lot 3, Drensmaine Sumo which was purchased by I&K Walker, Strathmore stud, Blackall.

All up the sale grossed $170 000 and had an average price of $3778.

Later in the day the Walker family conducted their on-property sale at Ravensbourne.

They sold 38 ‘s’ bulls for a gross of $178 500, averaging $4697, and 42 commercial bulls for a gross of $137 000, an average of $3262.

Top price was $11 000 for Lot 30 purchased by Billeroy Farms P/L, Sandalwood Downs, St George.

Total gross sales amounted to $315 500 for 80 head, at an average price of $3944.

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Blackall gardens hit the headlines

Lindy Hardie with Colin Campbell and the Gardening Australia film crew

The Blackall district’s reputation for growing the lushest of gardens in the toughest of conditions is set to grow following the recent visit by an ABC TV Gardening Australia crew.

Led by presenter Colin Campbell and Melbourne-based producer James Lipscombe, the four-member team last week travelled to the area to film the gardens at Dumfries and Gillespie and to speak with the creators of those gardens, Lindy Hardie and Peta Walker.

The Bottle Trees that are a feature of the paddocks and streets of Blackall also came under the spotlight.

Colin Campbell said he first became acquainted with the district’s gardens when he led a train and bus tour from Brisbane out through Charleville, Quilpie, Blackall, Barcaldine and Longreach back in May.

“I was filled with admiration for the ladies who created the gardens we visited, so I accosted our executive producer on our return and told him we had to do something to support these people,” he said.

Further reasons for his desire to return with cameras came from the tour group, according to Colin.

“I know how much they were impressed by the gardens and how much they enjoyed seeing them.

“These women put up with 40 degree temperatures and bore water that’s salty.

“City people whinge about restrictions but it’s child’s play compared to this.”

Colin and his crew experienced the vagaries of the weather while they were in the district, with sticky unsettled days giving way to thunderstorms and wind.

Muddy roads were something they hadn’t planned on contending with, and only a few days before their arrival, dust storms blew away the last hardy blooms

in Lindy’s garden.When the segments filmed in Blackall go to air, likely

to be later this year and early next year, viewers are will gain an appreciation of the dedication of Lindy and Peta, according to Colin.

“I think they’ll also see the importance of watering wisely and the value of good water. These outback ladies have never had it to waste.”

Each of the gardens is different to the other and will offer viewers alternate perspectives on gardening in the west.

“Lindy has created rooms while the Gillespie garden is more parklike,” Colin said.

“This is where the psychology of the gardener comes into play.”

Gardening Australia has never ventured further west into Queensland than Roma before this trip and Colin said it had been difficult to arrange.

“The costs, which included travel from Melbourne and Brisbane, and all our equipment, for three stories, were not inconsiderable.”

Colin can’t stay away from the area though – he is leading a second train and bus tour through the region again this week.

For the former New Zealand dairy farmer’s son, it’s where the real Australia starts and ends.

Some of that love of the outback is sure to come through on the Gardening Australia segments.

Woolscour WhispersOctober 6 saw a special event at the Blackall

Woolscour when 111 people attended a camp oven cook-out under the stars.

The baked dinner and six sweets, all cooked by Bob Wilson, Bob Harvey and friends was provided to thank those who have helped the district’s premier tourist attraction over the past year.

Woolscour patron Simon Campbell said the committee and its helpers had done a truly fantastic job over the last 12 months, reflected in big increases in the bank account and visitor numbers.

Excitement was in the air on Saturday, October 13 as staff at the Woolscour waited to see who would become their 10 000th visitor for the season.

Mr Steve Murray, a self-confessed grey nomad with no fixed address, was awarded a certificate when he achieved this milestone.

This is the first time the Woolscour has recorded 10 000 visitors in one season.

Employee Julie Darbey said they were still coming through.

A comprehensive report on the Woolscour’s year will be given to the public when the group holds its annual general meeting this Saturday, October 20 at 1 pm in the cookhouse.

Plans are now underway for the Woolscour’s centenary weekend to be held on May 24 -25, 2008.

Above: Annette Richardson and Julie Darbey helped serve up the camp oven dinner at the Woolscour recently.

John Harlow e n t e r t a i n e d the Woolscour diners with his songs

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The Blackall Hospital Auxiliary Committee members would like to express their thanks to everyone who assisted in any way at the Springtime Affair.Once again the help and assistance received has made the Springtime Affair a success, and ensures the Blackall community has a wonderful time on the day.

Letter to the EditorHard nosed politics not the answer for Premier

In response to a claim by Aramac mayor, Gary Peoples that Premier Bligh is avoiding visiting central western Queensland shires, the premier announced she would tour amalgamating councils in western Queensland before the end of the year. If I were a punter I would lay money that her ‘tour’ will be in December when everyone is either on or preparing to go on holidays. She would not want to be confronted by our summer of discontent. My crystal ball tells me her ‘tour’ will consist of a visit to the Labor heartland of Barcaldine.

Premier Bligh tells us she has no intention of stopping mergers. If that is truly her position, I ask her to do away with the clichés, spin doctor quotes and political rhetoric and explain in detail to us how our communities will benefit from the forced amalgamation of our shires. Take away the political manoeuvring of former Premier Beattie in announcing that council workers would have their jobs assured for a couple of years, and what you have in central western Queensland is the deferred loss of council workers’ jobs. Dress it up how you like but in the end it is a net loss of jobs. Whilst I only did first year economics at tertiary level, I do remember the impact of the multiplier effect being drummed into me. The multiplier theory goes that for every dollar spent in the community it is recycled and spent many times, thereby creating other job opportunities. This means the retention of more families due to increased employment opportunities. What Premier Bligh and her government are doing is not just removing council jobs; they are indirectly destroying other jobs within our small communities as well.

Premier Bligh stated in Toowoomba recently, when referring to the forced amalgamation process, that “it was about creating stronger councils that put all their resources together to service the needs on a regional basis…It was never about saving money, but using resources in the best possible way and in the best interest of ratepayers.” The efficiencies to which she refers can and were being achieved already between councils without them being forced to amalgamate. In the premier’s drive for ‘regional efficiencies’ we will ultimately lose council workers, their skills and their positions from within our

communities as they and their families are forced to relocate to find employment. The question I ask is, where are the families of the contractors who will lob into our communities to carry out tasks such as road building in the name of efficiency before leaving with all their wages to spend at home? You can bet your bottom dollar most will live on the coast or in the south-east corner of the state. Of one thing you can be certain – they will not be living permanently in our local communities. In effect they will take our rates money and spend it elsewhere.

Council changes that may be right and reasonable for some coastal and city communities are most certainly not good for central western Queensland and its long term viability. At a time when Premier Bligh should be encouraging families to not only stay but also to move out here, the forced amalgamation course she continues to set, without any thought or empathy for the people, is ensuring the opposite. I urge the premier not to be dismissive of country people. She needs to not only listen to the grass roots, our heart and soul, but have the courage and leadership to act on our concerns and change the course on forced amalgamations.

To all of us here, when you get the chance to express your view on forced amalgamations, please vote and let your voice be heard, not only in Queensland but in Canberra, throughout Australia and most importantly, for the record.

Remember, Premier Bligh wants you to feel our amalgamation fight is a lost cause and that it is not worth voting to express your opinion. Wrong – it is critical that you exercise your democratic right and vote when you receive your postal vote in the mail from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). The voting form will be sent to you shortly after the federal election. If you are going away on holidays please take the time to return your ballot paper in the envelope provided by the AEC before you leave home. If you will already be away, make arrangements for the forms to be sent to your holiday location.

By the way, come federal election day on November 24, please remember before you vote, it was the Australian Labor Party who arrogantly forced amalgamation on us.D.T. (Terry) BrennanBlackall

people find appropriate financial and emotional assistance.

“We may be going through a drought cycle in Australia at present and it’s important to support people on the land and in small business,” he said.

Local grazier Trevor Lloyd, who was present at the opening, said he had a number of dealings with local representative Meka Russell recently in relation to Exceptional Circumstances guidelines and said it was good to have a local person to deal with.

“I’ve been on the phone to seven or eight different offices around Australia but you can’t get satisfaction with them,” he said.

“Whereas with Meka, if she didn’t know the answers, she asked around and found out.”

Mr Scott thanked Blackall Community Inc for partnering with Centrelink to support the residents in Blackall and surrounding areas.

“I also congratulate the staff and customers for their patience during Centrelink’s relocation and I am sure the refurbished premises will be a welcome addition to the Blackall community,” he said.

Centrelink provides support for Blackall continued from page 1

he said.Mr Scott said the 10 new beds would be a very

welcome addition to McLean Place, as the current shortage means some older residents are living in the Blackall Hospital in general medical beds.

“McLean Place already provides much needed aged care services, such as respite care and in-home care packages, and this funding will help them to further support the Blackall aged community.”

Glen Churchill, the Nationals candidate for Flynn, also welcomed the funding.

Mr Stockwell said his organisation had contacted architects Merrin & Cranston, but said that by the time final plans were drawn up and building tenders called, construction wouldn’t begin until the new year.

Building to begin in the new yearcontinued from page 1

Barcoo Retirement Village chair Owen Stockwell and McLean Place’s Director of Services, Bernice Leek with Member for Maranoa, Bruce Scott following the announcement of funds to assist with an extension of the aged care facility.

Federal Member for Maranoa, Bruce Scott opened a new multipurpose centre in Tambo last week, which was made possible with $220 000 from the coalition government’s Regional Partnerships program.

Mr Scott said the funding helped the Tambo Shire Council build the multipurpose centre to provide a range of community services for residents in the town and surrounding areas.

“This new multipurpose centre will essentially be a ‘one-stop-shop’ for the Tambo community, with the town’s medical, health, government and other community services all under the one roof,” Mr Scott said.

“Previously, many Tambo locals had to travel to Charleville or even further for certain health and

medical appointments, which is costly and tiring.This new multipurpose centre means the community

will have easy access to necessary services, which is great news for the older citizens of Tambo.

“Previously, many of the service providers were sharing offices in cramped conditions around town but the new centre will provide customers and clients with privacy and confidentiality in their appointments and meetings.

“I thank the Central Queensland Area Consultative Committee for helping to bring this Regional Partnerships project to fruition, and I congratulate the Tambo Shire Council and wider community for its hard work and tireless efforts to provide a easily accessible range of important services,” he said.

Services centred in Tambo

Gardening Australia filming in the Dumfries garden

Cindy Harvey and Bob Wilson enjoyed the thank you dinner at the Scour

Barcoo Independent TV Guide - October 28 - November 3ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Wednesday O

ctober 31

4:30 Movie: The Frozen Limits (G,1939,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Battleplan 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Talking Heads 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Children’s Shows 6:00 A Place In Slovakia 6:30 The Cook & The Chef 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 The New Inventors 8:30 Spicks & Specks 9:00 The Chaser’s War On Everything 9:30 The Librarians (M*) 10:00 At The Movies 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Cutting It (M*,R) 12:30 Movie: Tiara Thaiti (G,1962,R) 2:10 Movie: Foreign Affaires (G,1936,R) 3:25 National Press Club Address

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 The Fairies 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Young Billy Young (M,1969,R) 2:00 Desperate Housewives 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Medical Emergency 8:00 Child In A Million 8:30 Las Vegas 9:30 Criminal Minds 10:30 The Unit (M) 11:30 Zero Hour 12:30 The First 48 (M,R) 1:40 Family Plots 2:05 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4:30 The Sleepover Club 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 The Farmer Wants A Wife 9:00 Without A Trace 10:00 CSI: Miami 11:00 Torchwood 12:00 Numb3rs

5:20 Overseas News 12:30

Business Report 1:00 Movie:

Festival In Cannes 3:00 She’ll

Be Right, Boss 3:30 Festive

Ways 4:00 A Fork In The

Road 4:30 The Journal 5:00

Newshour 6:00 Living Black

6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Is Your House Killing

You? 8:00 Parent Rescue 8:30

Dateline 9:30 World News

Australia 10:00 Newstopia

10:30 Movie: Ring 12:15

Movie: Godforsaken

Thursday Novem

ber 1

4:30 Movie: Bitter Harvest (Pg,1963,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Visions Of Space 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Pie In The Sky 1:30 Strictly Dancing 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Children’s Shows 6:05 Grand Designs 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 Ten Pound Poms 9:30 Difference Of Opinion 10:25 Lateline 11:00 Lateline Business 11:25 jtv Live 12:25 Rising Stars 12:55 Movie: The Bad Lord Byron (G,1949,R) 2:15 Movie: King Arthur Was A Gentleman (Pg,1942,R) 3:55 Wombats: Bulldozers Of The Bush

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 The Fairies 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Code 11-14 (M,2003,R) 2:00 Desperate Housewives 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Ghost Whisperer 8:30 Bionic Woman 9:30 Heroes 10:30 Famous Presents Hollywood Uncensored (M) 11:00 Stargate SG-1 12:00 Life As We Know It 1:00 Infomercial 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Judge Judy 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4:30 The Shak 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 Getaway 9:00 House 10:00 Missing Persons Unit 11:00 Sopranos 12:00 Supernatural

5:20 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 Chefs Of The Great Hotels Of The World 1:30 Raul The Terrible 2:30 Dateline 3:30 Europe From Above 4:00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Global Village 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Inspector Rex 8:30 Unit One 9:35 World News Australia 10:05 The Movie Show (M,R) 10:15 Movie: A Common Thread 11:55 Movie: A Common Thread

Friday Novem

ber 2

4:30 Movie: Dear Murderer

(Pg,1947,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows

11:00 Nigel Marven’s Animal

Detectives 12:00 Midday Report

12:30 Fireflies (F) 1:25 Parkinson

2:10 Words 2:30 Spicks & Specks

3:00 Children’s Shows 6:00

Executive Stress 6:30 Can We

Help? 7:00 News 7:30 Stateline

8:00 Collectors 8:30 Rebus (M*)

9:40 Rose & Maloney (M*) 10:25

Lateline 11:10 Spy Shop: Keeping

Australia Safe 11:15 The Chaser’s

War On Repeats 11:40 jtv’s 12:10

Good Game 12:40 rage (M)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 The Fairies 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Sylvia (M,2003,R) 2:25 Hayden Pannettiere – Heroes 2 2:30 Famous Presents Hollywood Uncensored 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Better Homes & Gardens 8:00 Movie: Seabiscuit (Pg,2003,R) 11:30 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2007 1:00 Movie: Dreaming Of Joseph Lees (M,1999,R) 3:00 Guthy-Renky Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4:30 The Shak 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 All New Simpsons 8:30 Just For Laughs 9:00 So You Think You Can Dance 10:00 Movie: Troy (M,2004)

5:20 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 Everyone Loves A Wedding 1:30 Insight 2:30 Vietnam Symphony 3:30 Living Black 4:00 Wine Lover’s Guide To Australia 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Global Village 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Adventure Of English 8:30 As It Happened: The Book That Shook The World 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Russian Dolls: Sex Trade 10:50 Movie: Torremolinos 73 12:30 Queer As Folk 1.25 The Madam And Company

Saturday Novem

ber 3

5:00 rage 8:00 rage: Guest Programmers: James Lavelle From Unkle 9:00 jtv Saturday 11:00 Bowls: NSW Open 2007 12:00 Stateline 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Foreign Correspondent 1:40 Mr Bean 2:00 Movie: The Demi-Paradise (G,1943,R) 3:50 Little Echo Lost 4:00 Basketball: Canberra Vs Townsville 5:00 Bowls: Tri Nations 2007 6:00 Goodnight Sweetheart 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 News 7:30 New Tricks 8:30 The Bill 9:20 ABC News 9:25 The Sideshow With Paul McDermott 10:25 Parkinson 11:10 rage

6:30 Children’s Shows 8:30 It’s

Academic 9:00 the 2007 Mel-

bourne Cup Carnival: Derby

Day 4:30 According To Jim 5:00

Creek To Coast 5:30 Queens-

land Weekender 6:00 News 6:30

Movie: Aladdin (G,1992) 8:30

Judge John Deed 10:30 Seven’s

V8 Supercars 2007: Bahrain In-

ternational 1:30 Movie: A Cool,

Dry Place (M,1998,R) 3:30 It Is

Written 4:00 Guthy-Renker Aus-

tralia 5:00 Dateline NBC

5:30 Christian City TV 6:00 Chil-dren’s Shows 7:30 I Got A Rocket 8:00 Totally Wild 8:30 Scope 9:00 Yamba’s Playtime 9:30 Dora The Explorer 10:00 H2o 10:30 Video Hits First 12:00 Joan Of Arca-dia 1:00 Gilmore Girls 2:00 The Boatique 2:30 FINA World Cup Swimming Championships 3:30 Australian Fishing Champion-ships 4:30 MXTV 5:00 4WD TV 5:30 Escape With ET 6:00 Test Drive 6:30 News 7:00 Austral-ia’s Funniest Home Video Show 8:00 Movie: Bewitched (Pg,2005) 10:15 Movie: Breakfast Of Cham-pions (M,1999)

5:20 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 Dracula: Pages From A Virgin’s Diary 2:20 The Aroma Of Tea 2:25 Roberto Rossellini 3:35 The World In Art: 1517 4:30 Newshour 5:30 Vasili’s Garden 6:00 Here Comes The Neighbourhood 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Top Gear 8:30 Long Way Round 9:20 RocKwiz 10:15 Movie: Classic Albums: Nirvana 11:10 Classic Albums: Motorhead 12:05 SOS Shorts On Screen 1:05 Ghost In The Shell 1:35 Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law

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“SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER”

The Combined ChurchesOf BLACKALL & TAMBOinvite you to a time of friendship and worship and prayer for the future of our communities to be

held at the Barcoo River Rest Area Landsborough Highway

onSunday October 28 2007

at 10 am.Tea & Coffee provided - a plate for shared

morning tea would be appreciated.Further information contact from: Blackall Fr Bruce Little 46574105 Rev Beth O’Neill 46574154

Tambo Kerry Holmes 46546227 Deanne Battaglene 46546062

Council NewsDog Registration

Registration falls due on the July 1 each year and is required for all dogs from 3 months of age.

In Blackall, all dogs must be registered each year and carry an identification tag. Dog registration is an important investment in your pet, providing safety and security as well as assisting Council to identify you in case your pet is lost, injured or involved in an incident.

Irresponsible owners who fail to register their dogs with Council will face significant penalties.Blackall Saleyards

Dates for next cattle sales: October 25, November 8, November 27 2007Water Restriction Hours

From October 1 to April 30 sprinklers are banned between the hours of 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Monday to Friday. No water restrictions are in force over the weekends. Be WaterWise – save money, energy and the environmentWestpac In-Store

Reminding customers the hours for the Westpac In-Store are Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 4.30pm.WaterWise Tip:

Water your garden only when necessary if the soil below the surface is damp the plant is unlikely to need water. Council Meetings

The next Ordinary Meeting of Council is scheduled for Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at the Council Chambers commencing at 9.15am.

Council meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Meetings are open to the public.

The Blackall shire’s chief executive officer, Brenda Kelly has been appointed as interim CEO of the Blackall-Tambo regional council.

The appointment was made at a meeting of the local transition committee in Tambo on October 4, and will take effect from next Monday, October 22.

The Blackall Shire Council has appointed Tricia Gleeson as its acting CEO, a position she will undertake up to the local government elections scheduled for March 2008.

Tambo’s CEO, Rob Hayward was appointed as the community representative on the transition committee at the October 4 meeting.

The Blackall shire has appointed Blackall councillors Peter Skewes and Sally Cripps as proxies for representatives Les Wheelhouse and Alan Lane in the event that they are unavailable for a meeting.

Local Government Minister Warren Pitt said that with all 31 interim CEOs now appointed, transition planning was well underway across the state.

He said he hoped to meet with local transition committees (LTCs) during the next few months.

“During the next five months, interim CEOs and the LTCs will prepare changeover plans for the incoming councils.

“These plans will cover various items such as providing advice to the new councils on the merging of financial systems, budgets, planning schemes, staffing structures and the co-ordinated delivery of services, to name but a few.

“These transition action plans will allow the new councils to make prompt decisions to ensure the transition is as seamless as possible for residents and ratepayers,” he said.

Mr Pitt said funding of $8.75 million had been allocated to help transition committees during the five-month transition planning phase.

At its October meeting the Blackall-Tambo transition committee discussed the dissemination of information to local residents following an enquiry from AWU representative Tim Sullivan.

Committee members were advised that agendas and minutes were available at Blackall and Tambo shire council offices for inspection, and that meeting summaries would be published in the Grassland Whisperer and the Barcoo Independent.

The next meeting is due to take place in Blackall on Thursday, November 8. A further meeting has also been set for Tambo on December 6.

All transition committee meetings are open to the public.

Blackall-Tambo interim CEO appointed

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide - October 28 - November 3ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Sunday October 28

5:00 Rage 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Message Stick 2:00 Stories From The Stone Age: Urban Dream 3.00 Beethoven: Faith And Fury 4:00 Lee Miller: Through The Mirror 5:00 Sunday Arts 6:00 At The Movies 6:30 The Einstein Factor 7:00 News 7:30 Captain Cook: Obsession And Discovery 8:25 News 8:30 Rain Shadow (M*) 9:25 Compass 10:25 Girl In A Mirror 11:20 55 Degrees North 12:15 Order In The House 1:15 Stand Up! (M*) 12:55 Movie: Carry On Behind (Pg,1975,R) 2:15 Movie: Carry On Dick (Pg,1975,R) 3:55 Rivers Of Fire

6:00 One 6:30 Children’s Shows 8:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 10:30 Amazon To Ice 11:Movie: Girls! Girls! Girls! (G,1962,R) 1:30 Movie: Inspector Gadget (Pg,R) 3:05 Movie: Inspector Gadget 2 (Pg,R) 5:00 Queensland’s Best Living 5:30 Great South East 6:00 News 6:30 National Bingo Night 7:30 Kath & Kim 8:00 My Name Is Earl 8:30 Movie: Fantastic Four (Pg,2004) 10:50 Movie: Once Upon A Time In Mexico (AV,2003) 12:50 Movie: Roadflower (AV,1996,R) 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 NBC Meet the Press

5:30 A New Way Of Life 6:00 Mass For You 6:30 Children’s Programs 8:00 Business Success 8:30 20/20 9:30 Sunday 11:30 My Home 12:00 NBL 1:00 T4 x 4 Show 1:30 Speed Machine 2:00 Surfari 3:00 Totally Australia: Untamed Territory 4:00 Totally Australia: Working Below Zero 5:00 Jamie At Home 5:30 Garden Gurus 6:30 News 7:00 Singing Bee 7:30 Aria Red Carpet 8:00 60 Minutes 9:00 21st Annual Aria Awards 11:00 Australian Idol 12:00 Movie: Bridget Jones – The Edge Of Reason (MA,2004,R)

7:00 Overseas News 10:30 The Movie Show 10:35 Corner Gas 11:00 Dateline 12:00 Cycling: 101st Paris-Tours 2007 12:30 IAAF World Road Running Championships 1:30 Speedweek 3:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 4:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 5:00 The World Game 6:00 Thalassa 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Movie Show 7:40 Lost Worlds 8:30 The Face Of Evil 9:30 Movie: Downfall 12:20 Newstopia 12:40 Parra 1:10 The Storm Rages Twice

Monday O

ctober 29

4:30 Movie: The Huggetts Abroad (G,1949,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 A Place In Italy 12:55 Nigel’s Place In France 1:30 The Cook & The Chef 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Children’s Shows 6:00 Message Stick (G*) 6:30 Talking Heads 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Enough Rope 10:35 Lateline 11:10 Lateline Business 11:40 Children Of Abraham 12:30 Teachers (M*,R) 1:20 Movie: Baroud (G,1934,R) 2:45 Glenn Skuthorpe/ Black Olive 3:10 Fire On The Rim: Preparing For Disaster: Java 3:25 Bowls: Tri Nations 2007

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 The Fairies 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: The Brush Off (M,2003,R) 2:00 Desperate Housewives 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Border Security 8:00 Surf Patrol 8:30 City Homicide 9:30 Criminal Minds 10:30 Boston Legal (M,R) 11:30 In Case Of Emergency (M) 12:00 Lost 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4:30 The Shak 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 9:00 Nganampa Anwernekehne 10:00 Damages 11:00 Australian Idol 12:00 Californication 1:00 The Office


The Food Lovers Guide To

Australia 1:30 The Big Lie

2:30 Three Sisters Make

One Baby 3:30 Insight

4:30 The Journal 5:00 The

Crew 5:30 Living Black

6:00 Global Village 6:30

World News Australia 7:30

Mythbusters 8:35 South

Park (M) 9:00 Pizza (M)


10:00 Shameless 10:55 Oz

11:55 Movie: Bichunmoo

Tuesday October 30

4:30 Movie: The Seekers (Pg,1954,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Supervolcano 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Einstein Factor 1:00 The New Inventors 1:30 Catalyst 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Children’s Shows 6:00 Time Team 6:50 National Treasures 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Apes In Danger: Gorilla 8:35 The Bill 9:20 Foreign Correspondent 10:00 Not Quite Art: The Business Of Culture 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 Movie: Nor The Moon By Night (Pg,1931,R) 2:10 Movie: Third Time Lucky (G,1931,R)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morn-

ing Show 11:00 The Fairies

11:30 News 12:00 Movie:

Number One Fan (M,1994,R)

2:00 Desperate Housewives

3:00 Infomercial 4:00 It’s

Academic 4:30 News 5:00

MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal

6:00 News 6:30 Today To-

night 7:00 Home & Away

7:30 Dancing With The Stars

9:00 All Saints 10:00 William

& Mary 11:00 Interns 11:30

Murder Squad 12:00 The

Practice 1:00 Infomercial 2:00

Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker

Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Huey’s Cooking Adven-tures 4:30 The Shak 5:00 En-tertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 Surprise Surprise Gotcha 9:00 NCIS 10:00 Crime In-vestigation Australia 11:15 Law & Order 12:15 Law & Or-der: SVU


Business Report 1:00

Movie: My Mother Likes

Women 3:00 H e r e

Comes The Neighbourhood

3:30 Football Stars Of

Tomorrow 4:00 A Fork In

Africa 4:30 The Journal

5:00 Newshour 6:00 Global

Village 6:30 World News

Australia 7:30 Insight 8:30

Why Democracy? 9:30

World News Australia 10:00

Why Democracy? 11:00

Political Assassinations:

Gandhi 12:00 Movie: The

Hero

Programs correct at time of printing but may change owing to unforeseen circumstancesCLASSIFICATIONS: G General Classification PG Parental Guidance Recommended M Mature Classification Recommended for viewing by mature audiences.MA Mature Audience Not suitable for people under 15 years of age. AV Adult Violence Classification Not suitable for people under 15 years of age.

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Australia’s most ambitious charity cattle drove was expected to be completed in Blackall this week, with a special sale at the local saleyards, an agribusiness forum on a local property, and a gala dinner featuring cuisine by Cha Cha Char’s master chef, AA Co’s premium beef and entertainment by country music legend Troy Cassar-Daly.

With the gala dinner sold out, Stock Up For Hope organisers put together an outdoor function for locals who wanted to join in the festivities, broadcasting the night’s entertainment on a three metre screen in the Memorial Park and providing a barbecue dinner for $20 a head.

Despite battling drought conditions, plummeting cattle prices and the nation’s first equine flu outbreak, the charity drove is expected to make a significant contribution to the sustained health of the bush.

Profits from the 1100 purchased cattle and 200 donated cattle will go to supporting the state’s fastest growing youth initiative: SU Qld chaplaincy in regional Queensland.

According to local agents, 50 of the 230 donated cattle sold at the saleyards came from Blackall producers.

Event Director Duncan Brown said it was hoped up $200,000 would be raised. He acknowledged that the financial success of the event was in the hands of cattle buyers bidding on the quality line-up from Queensland cattle companies.

But he said the financial windfall for regional youth was just part of the benefit.

“This event captured the imaginations of rural Queensland, bringing together youth workers, agri-business leaders, beef barons,

media and politicians. This is the real legacy.

“We’ve seen dozens of city slicker corporates trying their hand at droving on horseback, we’ve heard genuine life-changing stories from kids and chaplains and we’ve joined in songs round the campfire with Brendon Walmsley.”

The number of chaplains state-wide has doubled this year, with more than a dozen chaplains in outback schools, largely due to funding from the National School Chaplaincy Program.

The second and last round of that funding, announced last week by federal Education, Science and Training Minister Julie Bishop has granted $69.2 million to 1238 schools around Australia.

Tim Mander, CEO SU Qld, said more funds were needed from the community to support chaplains in regional areas.

“Our chaplains are in a great position to connect with students from all walks of life – many of whom are dealing with the effects of big issues such as the drought, which often takes a hidden emotional toll on families.”

Charity drove hits town

Stock Up for Hope boss drover Barry Read, pictured here with Winton school student Kate Cusack, has had a tough job keeping the charity cattle in top condition along some parched stock routes along the way from Hughenden over past weeks.

Four environmental projects in the Blackall-Tambo area are amongst the 89 successful applicants from the Maranoa electorate that will share in more than $2.2 million of funding from round nine of the federal government’s Envirofund.

Protecting creek corridors and vegetation are the focus of projects to be undertaken on Sunny Downs, Cheero Downs and Lansdowne in the Tambo district, and at Swan Hill in the Blackall area.

Member for Maranoa, Bruce Scott said the projects are of enormous benefit to the landscape of Maranoa, with projects involving vegetation restoration, erosion prevention and protection of native flora and fauna.

“Many of these projects are being undertaken by farmers and land owners, who are our most practical, hands-on environmentalists, and their projects will help to preserve habitats, improve water quality and find even more effective ways to utilise the land.

“Many of these projects will also help to fight weeds, which are a huge problem and can devastate natural environments and limit good grazing area for livestock.”

Since its inception in 2002, the Envirofund has provided more than $9 million in funding to projects in the Maranoa electorate.

Individuals and groups can apply for grants of up to $50,000 for local projects and are required to make a contribution to the project in the form of cash or in-kind services such as labour.

The next round will open in early 2008.

Latest Envirofund grants announced

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Wednesday O

ctober 24

4:30 Movie: Gangway (G,1937,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Bomber Crew 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Talking Heads 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Shows 6:00 A Place In Slovakia 6:30 The Cook & The Chef 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 The New Inventors 8:30 Spicks & Specks 9:00 The Chaser’s War On Everything 9:30 Summer Heights High (F) 10:00 At The Movies 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Cutting It (M*A) 12:30 Parliament Question Time 1:30 Movie: Everything Is Thunder (Pg,1936,R) 2:55 Rest In Peace 3:25 National Press Club Address

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 The Fairies 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Doomsday Man (M,1998,R) 2:00 Desperate Housewives 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Medical Emergency 8:00 Child In A Million 8:30 Las Vegas 9:30 Prison Break (M) 10:30 The Unit 11:30 Zero Hour 12:40 The First 48 (M,R) 1:40 Family Plots 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4:30 The Sleepover Club 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 The Farmer Wants A Wife 9:00 Without A Trace 10:00 CSI: Miami 11:00 Torchwood 11:50 Numb3rs

4:30 UEFA Champions League 2007/2008 9:00 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 Overseas News 4:00 A Fork In Asia 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Living Black 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Is Your House Killing You? 8:00 Parent Rescue: What About Me? 8:30 Dateline 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Newstopia 10:30 Movie: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... And Spring 12:20 Movie: The Carpenter’s Pencil

Thursday October 25

4:30 Movie: English Without Tears (G,1947,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Visions Of Space 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Pie In The Sky 1:30 Strictly Dancing 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Shows 6:00 Moments In Time 6:10 Grand Designs 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 The Catalpa Rescue 9:30 Difference Of Opinion 10:25 Lateline 11:00 Lateline Business 11:25 Live At The Basement (F) 12:25 Rising Stars 1255 Parliament Question Time 1:55 Movie: Reach For The Sky (G,1956,R)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 The Fairies 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: The Sight (M,2000,R) 2:00 Desperate Housewives 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Ghost Whisperer 9:30 Bionic Woman 9:30 Heroes 10:30 Famous Presents Hollywood Uncensored 11:00 Stargate SG-1 12:00 Life As We Know It 1:00 Infomercial 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Judge Judy 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4:30 The Shak 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 Getaway 9:00 House 10:00 RPA 11:00 The Sopranos 12:00 Close To Home

4:30 UEFA Champions League 2007/2008 9:00 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 Overseas News 2:30 Dateline 3:00 Europe From Above 4:00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Global Village 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Inspector Rex 8:30 Unit One 9:35 World News Australia 10:05 The Movie Show 10:15 Kings Of Clubs 10:50 UEFA Champions League Hour 11:50 Speaking In Tongues 12:20 Movie: The Happiness Of The Katakuris

Friday October 26

4:30 Movie: Aunt Sally (Pg,1950,R)

6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Five

Big Cats And A Camera 12:00

Midday Report 12:30 Fireflies 1:25

Parkinson 2:10 Words 2:30 Spicks

& Specks (G,R) 3:00 Children’s

Shows 6:00 Executive Stress 6:30

Can We Help? 7:00 News 7:30

Stateline 8:00 Collectors 8:30

Rebus (M*) 9:40 Rose & Maloney

(M*) 10:30 Lateline 11:15 Spy

Shop: Keeping Australia Safe 11:20

The Chaser’s War On Everything

11:50 jtv 12:20 Good Game 12:50

Rage (M)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 The Fairies 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: After Dark My Sweet (M,1990,R) 2:30 Famous Presents Hollywood Uncensored 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Better Homes & Gardens 8:30 Movie: The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (M,2002) 10:50 Movie: Carrie (Pg,2002) 1:30 Movie: Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (AV,2000,R) 3:30 Guthy-Renky Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4:30 The Shak 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 All New Simpsons 8:30 Just For Laughs 9:00 So You Think You Can Dance 11:00 Movie: Catch Me If You Can (M,R)


Business Report 1:00

Everyone Loves A Wedding

1:30 Insight 2:30 Gone To A

Good Home 3:30 Living Blaa00

Newshour 6:00 Global Village


7:30 The Adventure Of English

8:30 As It Happened: Hitler’s

Family 9:30 World News 10:00

Russian Dolls: Sex Trade

10:55 Movie: Sex And Lucia

1:05 Queer As Folk

Saturday October 27

5:00 Rage 8:00 Rage: Guest Programmers 9:00 jtv Saturday 11:00 Bowls: NSW Open 2007 12:00 Stateline 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Foreign Correspondent 1:40 Mr Bean 2:00 Movie: The Incredible Shrinking Man (G,1957,R) 3:15 The Big Day 3:30 Commonwealth Games Cultural Festival Special 4:00 Basketball: WNBL 2007/08 : Bulleen Vs Christchurch 5:00 Bowls: Tri Nations 2007 6:00 Goodnight Sweetheart 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 News 7:30 New Tricks 8:20 News 8:30 The Bill 9:20 News 9:25 The Sideshow With Paul McDermott 10:Parkinson 11:10 Rage

6:30 Children’s Shows 9:00 Movie: Ducktales The Movie: Treasure Of The Lost Lamp (G,1990,R) 10:30 Children’s Shows 12:00 Eclipse 1:00 V8 Xtra 1:30 Seven’s Motorsport 2:00 Beyond Tomorrow 3:10 Movie: Stuck In The Suburbs (Pg,2004) 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender 6:00 News 6:30 Movie: Lilo & Stitch (G,2002) 8:30 Judge John Deed 10:30 Movie: Darkness (M,2004) 12:30 Movie: Pitchblack (MA,2000) 2:30 Blue Mountains Wonderland 3:30 It Is Written 4:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 5:00 Dateline NBC

5:30 Christian City TV 6:00 Children’s Shows 7:30 I Got A Rocket 8:00 Totally Wild 8:30 Scope 9:00 Yamba’s Playtime 9:30 Dora The Explorer 10:00 H2o Just Add Water 10:30 Video Hits First 12:00 Joan Of Arcadia 1:00 Gilmore Girls 2:00 Talk To The Animals 2:30 RPM 3:30 The Boatique 4:00 Australian Fishing Championships 5:00 MXTV 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 Test Drive 6:30 News 7:00 Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show 8:00 Movie: Son Of Mask (Pg) 10:00 Movie: Batman Begins (M,2005)

5:25 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 Renee Fleming And Bryn Terfel: Under The Stars 2:50 A Tribute To Jacqueline Du Pre 3:25 Us Art 21: Art In The 21st Century 4:30 Newshour 5:30 Vasili’s Garden 6:00 Here Comes The Neighbourhood 6:30 News 7:30 The World In 50 Years 8:30 Iron Chef 9:20 RocKwiz 10:15 Jimi Hendrix: Live At Woodstock 11:15 Tupac: Live At The House Of Blues 12:15 SOS…Shorts On Screen 1:15 Ghost In The Shell 1:45 Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law

Union involvement queriedI was amazed to see that our local council transition

committee included three union members, with two not even belonging to our community. What use are these union reps in knowing our concerns here in Blackall?

We have been reliably informed that in the Barcaldine/Aramac/Jericho area, the council representatives voted for the Aramac mayor to head the transition committee, but he was defeated on the votes of the union reps, who serve on seven of the transitional councils, and are obviously government plants.

We, the people who live in Blackall, are affected by these ridiculous forced amalgamations. Why should we be further disadvantaged by having further dictatorships imposed by outsiders? Apparently these union reps know better than any of us how our new combined shire should be run to suit the Bligh government.

It’s typical that the commonsense approach the bush brings to problems should be ignored by these city bureaucrats, who only implement what is required by the blinkered state government.

Let’s keep protesting for our rights to be consulted on our own future.Meryl GibsonBlackallMedical accolades

Recently, whilst on a return trip to Blackall, my home town, I consulted Dr Viney Joshi in relation to an infection in my back. I was admitted to the Blackall Hospital where I received excellent attention by both the nursing and domestic staff. Likewise, the attention and treatment provided to me by Dr Joshi and, on one occasion by his associate, Dr Gandhi was first rate. Through the pages of your paper I wish to publicly thank the persons concerned for their attention to my needs. Allan KinseyFormerly Clematis St, Blackall

Blackall’s reputation for hospitality growsIn the middle of July my coach engine blew up. The

RACQ came and towed us to the rest area in Blackall. We then went through the routine of getting quotes to see which was the best for our finances. We were very fortunate to meet and have Mark Wearne of AutoPro and his motor mechanic Jack carry out the work. The Motor Association of NSW allowed us our quota of money and made arrangements for us to be accommodated at the Barcoo Hotel. This was the start of a great time for us. The people there made us so welcome and eased the stress of the breakdown and the financial cost much easier to bear. Not forgetting our good friend Hazel who took us to her home where we had a very enjoyable afternoon with her and most of the hotel staff preparing costumes for their trip to Birdsville, even if there were no horses there. We used to meet Milton in the morning and have coffee at the old National Bank that has been turned into a little café. Also the good people of the Church of England for the fellowship we had with them, to Gladys Hayward for the afternoon tea we had at her home, also the ladies of the op shop, and the raffle ladies who do a great job. I think they have a well organised town, which made our stay a real holiday. We will be back next year. Elsie hopes she will be back for Max’s sales.Elsie and Andy Watson

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide - October 21 - 27ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Sunday October 21

5:00 Rage 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Message Stick 2:00 Stories From The Stone Age : Daily Bread 3.00 Beethoven : Love And Loss 4:00 The Man Who Shot Beckett 4:40 Margaret Barr: Hebridean Suite 5:00 Sunday Arts 6:00 At The Movies 6:30 The Einstein Factor 7:00 News 7:30 Incredible Journeys With Steve Leonard 8:25 News 8:30 Rain Shadow 9:25 Compass 10:25 Andrew Olle Media Lecture 11:15 55 Degrees North 12:10 Order In The House 1:00 Stand Up (M*) 2:10 Movie: Carry On… Follow That Camel (Pg,1967,R) 3:55 Once Upon Australia

6:00 One 6:30 Children’s Shows

8:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00

Up Close Music 10:30 Live At

The Chapel 11:00 Seven’s V8

Supercars Lexmark Indy 300

& V8 Supercar Challenge 5:30

Great South East 6:00 News

6:30 National Bingo Night 8:00

Kath & Kim 8:30 Australia

Revealed 10:40 Movie: Double

Take (M,R) 12:15 Movie:

Crosswinds (M,R) 2:05 In The

Footsteps Of Pharaohs 3:00

Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00

NBC Today 5:00 NBC Meet the

Press

4:45 Rugby World Cup: England

Vs South Africa 8:00 Sharky’s

Friends 8:30 The Shak 9:00

Business Success 9:30 Sunday

11:30 My Home 12:00 NBL

1:00 4 x 4 Show 1:00 Speed

Machine 2:00 Rugby World Cup

4:00 World Cup Review 5:00

Jamie At Home 5:30 Garden

Gurus 6:30 News 7:00 Singing

Bee 7:30 Dirty Jobs 8:00 60

Minutes 9:00 Movie: Kenny

(M,2006) 11:00 Australian Idol

1:30 Motorsport


The Movie Show 10:35

Corner Gas 11:00 Dateline

12:00 2007 UCI Road World

Championships 1:00 UCI

Mountain Bike World Cup

2007 1:30 Speedweek 2:30

FIA World Rally Championship

2007 3:30 UEFA Champions

League Magazine 4:00 Les

Murray’s Football Feature

5:00 The World Game 6:00

Thalassa 6:30 World News

Australia 7:35 Homo Sapiens

8:30 Volcano Hunt 9:30

Decadence 10:00 Movie:

The Crime of Father Amaro

12:05 McLibel 1:05 The Storm

Rages Twice

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ctober 22

4:30 Movie: For Freedom

(G,1940,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows

11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday

Report 12:30 A Place In Italy 12:55

Nigel’s Place In France 1:30 The

Cook & The Chef 2:00 Parliament

Question Time 3:00 Children’s

Shows 6:00 Message Stick 6:30

Talking Heads 7:00 News 7:30 The

7.30 Report 8:00 Australian Story

8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media

Watch 9:35 Enough Rope 10:35

Lateline 11:10 Lateline Business

11:40 Children Of Abraham 12:35

Teachers 1:30 Parliament Question

Time 3:25 Bowls: World Team Cup

2007 : Men’s Triples: Final (R)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning

Show 11:00 The Fairies 11:30

News 12:00 Movie: Sins Of

The Father (M,2002,R) 2:00

Desperate Housewives 3:00

Infomercial 4:00 It’s Academic

4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30

Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30

Today Tonight 7:00 Home &

Away 7:30 Border Security 8:00

The Force Behind The Line 8:30

City Homicide (M) 9:30 Criminal

Minds 10:30 Boston Legal (M,R)

11:30 In Case Of Emergency

12:00 Lost 2:00 Passions 3:00

Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00

NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4:30 The Shak 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 9:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service 9:30 Nganampa Anwernekehne 10:00 Damages 11:00 Australian Idol Verdict 12:00 Californication 1:00 Motorsport


The Food Lovers Guide To

Australia 1:30 News War

2:30 What Have We Done?

3:30 Insight 4:30 The Journal

5:00 The Crew 5:30 Living

Black 6:00 Global Village


7:30Mythbusters 8:35 South

Park 9:00 Pizza 9:30 News

10:00 Shameless 10:55 Oz

12:00 Movie: Dark Horse

Tuesday October 23

4:30 Movie: Dear Mr.Prohack

(G,1949,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows

11:00 The Worst Jobs In History

12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The

Einstein Factor 1:00 The New

Inventors 1:30 Catalyst 2:00

Parliament Question Time 3:00

Children’s Shows 6:00 Time Team

6:50 National Treasures 7:00 News

7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Apes In

Danger 8:30 The Bill 9:20 Foreign

Correspondent 10:00 Not Quite Art:

The New Folk Art 10:30 Lateline

11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Four

Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35

Parliament Question Time 1:35

Movie: Magic Town (G,1947,R)

3:20 Movie: Double Exposure

(Pg,1954,R)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning

Show 11:00 The Fairies 11:30

News 12:00 Movie: James

Patterson’s Suzanne’s Diary To

Nicholas (M) 2:00 Desperate

Housewives 3:00 Infomercial

4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 News

5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No

Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today

Tonight 7:00 Home & Away

7:30 Dancing With The Stars

9:15 All Saints 10:15 William &

Mary 11:15 Murder Squad 1:45

The Practice 12:35 Journey Into

Extravagance 1:35 Infomercial

2:05 Passions 3:00 Guthy-

Renker Australia 4:00 NBC

Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4:30 The Shak 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 Surprise Surprise Gotcha 9:00 NCIS 10:00 Crime Investigation Australia 11:10 Law & Order 12:10 Law & Order SVU


Business Report 1:00 Movie:

Respiro: Grazia’s Island 2:40

The Movie Show 3:00 Here

Comes The Neighbourhood

3:30 Football Stars Of

Tomorrow 4:00 A Fork In

Africa 4:30 The Journal

5:00 Newshour 6:00 Global

Village 6:30 World News

Australia 7:30 Insight 8:30

Why Democracy? 9:30 News

10:00 Why Democracy? 11:15

Hungary 1956 - Icons And

Memories 12:00 The Unburied

Man

Programs correct at time of printing but may change owing to unforeseen circumstancesCLASSIFICATIONS: G General Classification PG Parental Guidance Recommended M Mature Classification Recommended for viewing by mature audiences.MA Mature Audience Not suitable for people under 15 years of age. AV Adult Violence Classification Not suitable for people under 15 years of age.

The Blackall State School will be having a pupil free day on October 22 while staff attend a conference in Barcaldine.

***Presentation Night for the State

School will take place on Tuesday, November 13 with the Year 12 formal on Thursday, November 15.

***A new face at the State

School is prac teacher Miss Robee who will be assisting Andrea Blackburn in Year 2/3.

***BSS staffing changes for 2008

include John Gilmore, who has been transfered to Thuringowa State High School, while Louise Russell, currently on leave this year, will transfer to Wilsonton State School in Toowoomba. New staff will include manual arts teacher Peter Ward. Peter and his wife have three children who will be joining the school next year. Brett Bevan will be the HPE teacher, while Alison Flemming-Leach will be the senior district relief teacher.

***State School principal Bobby

Harding will also be leaving. He will be taking long service leave for the first part of 2008 and is hoping to be assigned to a school on the Gold Coast for the latter part of 2008. Bobby said his six month stint at Blackall, which had turned into a two year experience, had been very enjoyable and enriching.

***The State School has

received positive feedback from employers who have had Year 11 work experience students. Work experience is a valuable educational component of the Year

11 work study program and the school appreciates the employers who are involved.

***The State School P&C is looking

for volunteers to do second break at tuckshop on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday each week from 1.05 pm to 1.30 pm. People who are able to assist should leave their names at the school office or phone 4657 7333, where offers would be greatly appreciated.

***Due to the cancellation of

the Blackall races and the Sportsperson’s Day being postponed until 2008, the State School P&C will be holding a multi-draw fundraiser with the value of prizes and vouchers totalling at least $1000. Once again, people wishing to donate an item or sell tickets down the street should leave their names at the school office.

***LSODE Westpac maths

competition results are in. In Year 3 a high distinction went to Ainsley Walker and a credit to Hollie Taylor. Holly Sprague (Year 5) recorded a distinction and Hamilton Walker a credit. In Year 6, Alannah Kemp received a credit. A high distinction went to Chelsea Just in Year 7 and a distinction to Hilary Wood.

***The Tambo State School will

receive $60 000 from round two of the federal government’s National School Chaplaincy Program. Grants of up to $20,000 per year over three years have been awarded to schools to assist chaplaincy services in providing pastoral care, support, spiritual guidance and development.

BSS newsletter No 6 – March 25, 1983

The P&C meeting set the date for the Fun Fiesta. It talked about instituting a voluntary levy for the purchase of a photocopier but no decision was made. A sub-committee of Kay Nicholls, Gloria Darbey and Pearl Richardson was appointed to plan for catering at the show.

###The meeting talked about the

removal of the “opera house”. While exact details were to be brought to the next meeting, it was decided it would be moved, hopefully minimising the amount of lopping of the Coolibah tree.

###The school musical – Jonah Man

Jazz – was well underway, thanks to Miss Fletcher, Miss Haddad and Mr Sagner.

###Interschool competitions for

cricket and softball at Tambo and touch football and netball at Barcaldine were being prepared for. The Arbour Day interhouse sports carnival was coming up in June. The school was considering holding a cross-country event.

###Families were being urged to

contribute funds towards a school spellathon, with less than a week until the ‘words were heard’, to bolster P&C funds.

###A number of TAFE courses were

listed as soon getting underway at the school, including upholstery, typewriting, computer awareness, macramé, and beauty and makeup.

###Principal Rod Mason was also

urging families to send their Remote Area Allowance approval letters in, and Conveyance Allowance claim forms.

School News - 2007

Glenn Smith, in Blackall for Neville and Trethella Smith’s 50th Anniversary, quizzed Kayla Schurmann at the Blackall Visitor I n f o r m a t i o n Centre on the new attractions in Blackall.

School News - 1985A recent file cleanout has unearthed the following snippet from the Blackall State School dating back nearly a quarter of a century.

- The Barcoo Independent, Friday, October 19, 2007 The Barcoo Independent, Friday, October 19, 2007 - Page 9

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Beans $1.98 kg

IGA Siverside $3.98 kg

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SALE OF VEHICLESQuotations are invited from interested parties wishing to purchase the following vehicles.Plant No Description213 2005 2wd Toyota Hilux Utility214 2006 2wd Toyota Hilux Utility215 2006 2wd Toyota Hilux Utility216 2006 2wd Toyota Hilux Utility229 2006 4wd Toyota Hilux Dual Cab Utility227 2005 4wd Toyota Landcruiser STD Station Wagon225 2003 4wd Toyota Hilux Utility245 2005 Toyota Camry Altise SedanQuotation documents and further details are available at the Administration Office. Quotations close Monday, 12 November, 2007.PO Box 21 Brenda KellyBLACKALL QLD 4472 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERFax: 07 4657 4726 Phone: 07 4657 4222Email: [email protected] www.blackall.qld.gov.au

The call has gone out for talented, community-minded Queenslanders to consider standing for their local council at the local government elections next March.

Local Government Minister Warren Pitt has announced the start of a state-wide ‘How to become a councillor’ seminar series promoting election to local government as a career choice.

Mr Pitt said with a little over five months until the next council elections he expected the government’s high profile local government reform program would ensure the 2008 council elections were keenly contested.

“There is a large pool of existing councillors, many of whom no doubt will put themselves forward as candidates for election,” he said.

“Potentially there could be an even larger pool of members of the public who also believe they

can make a contribution to their council and their community.”

Mr Pitt said the Department of Local Government would conduct 17 ‘How to become a councillor’ seminars around the state, with one at Barcaldine from 4-7 pm on October 31 being the closest to Blackall.

“Anyone with an interest in becoming a councillor can attend. The seminars help potential candidates know exactly what is involved through the election process, and the roles and responsibilities of a councillor should they choose to nominate and be elected.

“One aspect of the job that potential candidates understandably would be interested in is how much do the positions pay.

“On that point, people will have to wait on the recommendations of an independent remuneration tribunal, soon to be established, to determine the salaries and

entitlements of mayors and councillors.

“The salaries will vary depending on whether the positions are full-time, and the size of the local government area involved.

“The tribunal’s recommendations will be made public ahead of the calling of nominations for the elections next March, and well in time for those who might be considering whether to stand for election.

“Without pre-empting the tribunal’s recommendations in any way, and in ball park terms only, the existing mayoral and councillor salaries, or meeting fees where the positions are not full-time, by and large provide some indication of the remuneration that might be on offer.”

Information on the seminars including dates, times and locations is available at www.strongercouncils.qld.gov.au.

New councillor seminars soon underway

With temperatures starting to rise in central Queensland and people turning to air conditioners to cool down, Ergon Energy is urging its customers to think smart to save money.

General manager operations Peter Billing said air conditioners and pool filters can consume large amounts of electricity and make up a significant part of the quarterly power bill.

This could lead to an unexpected quick jump in energy bills which may come as a surprise to many people.

“We urge our customers to ensure they keep the use of air

conditioners and pool filters to an efficient and cost - effective minimum.

“We recommend people set their air conditioners to 25 degrees in summer. This is the most energy efficient while still being comfortable.

“Simple tips like choosing the right sized air conditioner, closing curtains and blinds, doors and windows, using the recirculation setting, cleaning filters and home insulation all contribute to keeping your home cool and can make a significant difference to your electricity bill,” he said.

Customers should also consider

various tariff options that are available to them for both air conditioning and pool filters.

Connecting pool filtering equipment to a cheaper tariff could reduce operating costs by 50 per cent. However the customer must agree to operate the pool filter only during the hours agreed upon with Ergon Energy.

“As well customers should make sure they have the right size filter for their pool and use it correctly to keep the water clean. Timers on filters should be checked regularly to make sure they are working properly,” he said.

Ergon tips off consumers on summer power savers

Gardening Australia presenter and media personality Colin Campbell agreed with the the ‘no amalgamation’ sentiments spotted on the back of a vehicle during his recent visit to Blackall. “I don’t like the way it’s been pushed onto people,” he said. “I’ve seen bush towns die through political decisions.” Mr Campbell said the state government should be making shires more buoyant rather than closing them down.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has announced that it would not be conducting council plebiscites in Queensland until after the 2007 federal election is held on 24 November.

Electoral Commissioner, Ian Campbell said that at this stage the AEC was planning to send out postal ballots to reach voters for the plebiscites in the week commencing 26 November.

“The 2007 election timetable announced yesterday will not allow sufficient time for the AEC to complete the plebiscite ballots before postal voting in the federal election begins,” he said.

“The AEC’s approach to the

timing of the plebiscite ballots is to ensure they do not overlap with postal voting for the federal election.”

The Commonwealth electoral roll being prepared for the federal election will also be used to generate the list of voters in the Queensland council areas participating in the plebiscites.

The AEC estimates that up to 700,000 people may be eligible to cast postal votes in the plebiscites.

Further details regarding the plebiscites will be publicised by the AEC at a later date. Public inquiries should be directed to 13 23 26.

Amalgamation plebiscite held over to late November Going Pink at Banks Park

Feel like being creative? Then the Pink Ribbon Morning Tea for Breast Cancer on Friday, October 26 at Banks Park is the place to show off your skills.

The Blackall CWA has plenty of scope for those who like to use their creative skills and imagination with their “Prettiest Hat” and “Best Decorated Bra” competitions which will be held at the morning tea.

Starting at 10 am, the morning gives all a chance to catch up, chat and raise money for cancer research.

There will be a lucky door prize as well as a ‘Tub of Goodies” raffle. Tickets for the raffle will also be on sale down the street prior to the event.

Another day to look out for is the stalls day on November 10 at the CWA hall with items such as craft, Tupperware, linen, cakes and slices and much more for sale.

The CWA is also pleased to welcome Brenda Emerick and Sandra Eagle as new members of the Blackall branch.

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