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Hitting the streets

A s politicians returned to Canberra after the winter break last week, tens of thousands of Australians returned to the streets to show their disdain for the

Abbott Government’s federal budget as part of the latest nationwide demonstration organised by March Australia.

In Newcastle, on Sunday morning about 1000 protestors marched down Hunter Street, before gathering in Civic Park to hear speakers from the education, health, disability and indigenous affairs sectors, refugee activism groups and trade unions air their concerns about the Coalition’s planned cut backs.

In a satirical address, Sister Di Santleben, who works closely with refugees through Mayfield’s Penola House, criticised the Government’s stance on immigration, recalling a quote from Macbeth, saying Prime Minister, Tony Abbott and Immigra-tion Minister, Scott Morrison were so far steeped in blood they may as well keep going.

“I suggest we erect scaffolds around the steps of the Opera House and hang the 1000 kids currently in detention centres by their ankles to send a message to the people running away from murder, rape and dispossession that Australia is no place for safety,” she said.

“Perhaps then people will stop getting in boats.”She called on the Government to close the “chil-

dren’s prisons” and “let the children live”.NSW Nurses and Midwives Association

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Protestors march through Hunter Street Mall as part of nationwide March in August demonstrations

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(NSWNMA) organiser, Matt Byrne said NSWNMA members would have to bear the burden of the Government’s proposed $7 GP co-payment.

“We cope with the overcrowded emergency departments, the overcrowding wards,” he said.

“There is no evidence that a co-payment for GPs will control costs effectively or improve health outcomes.

“In fact, there is a lot of evidence to suggest that

it is most likely to have the opposite effect, that it will lead to worsening of chronic illnesses, more hospital admissions and increasing mortality.”

Despite successfully repealing the carbon tax before the winter break, the Government is yet to have a number of its key budget measures passed, including the GP co-payment, welfare and higher education reforms, fuel excise and paid parental leave scheme.

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A disgraceful situation deserving of strong actionI find it hard to believe that the principal of Calare Public School in Orange, Chris Cundy still has a job after his disgraceful insulting of students with mental health issues.

In a staff newsletter, Mr Cundy informed teachers of an upcoming mental health and social skills program and asked them to identify “village idiots” and students with “two heads” or “webbed feet” that would be suitable subjects.

If that wasn’t bad enough, he dubbed it “Opera-tion Nutcase” and mentioned he would send a letter to parents to advise them of the program which would start along the lines of “Have you bred a moron?”

Mr Cundy said his comments were an attempt at humour.

That’s all well and good, but when you are the head of an organisation, surely you’ve reached a level of maturity and judgement that makes you stop and reconsider the possible ramifications of going down this path.

Teachers probably make these sort of comments to each other one-on-one or in small group meet-ings as they relate stories of dealing with difficult students.

Putting it in writing, though, raises it to another level entirely.

It only takes one person to take offence and, in this case, pass it on to the media.

To his credit, Mr Cundy apologised and said the

comments were a “serious error of judgement”. But how can the parents and, most importantly,

the students of Calare Public School have confi-dence in Mr Cundy’s statement: “My heart is with every student at Calare. It always has been and always will be.”

Apparently one student’s family is considering whether to sue Mr Cundy for defamation.

I don’t really agree with that line of action, but they have a right to pursue that if they see fit.

It’s hard enough for kids struggling with mental health issues and under-developed social skills to cope each day without their principal sticking the boot in.

As the head of the school, his job primarily is to ensure the smooth and professional running of the school.

A big part of that is the support of all students - not just the ones who look or act ‘normal’.

I’d imagine a number of students at Calare are now thinking ‘Was he referring to me? Does he think I’m a moron’.

I accept that this incident was out of character for Mr Cundy and that he has obviously had a fine career in education in order to rise to the position of principal.

But certain responsibilities and behavioural expectations are part and parcel of the role and I believe Mr Cundy has fallen well short of meet-ing those expectations in this case.

He dubbed it ‘OperationNutcase’

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A lawyer for Nathan Tinkler says the reputation of the embat-tled mining magnate has been damaged by the allegations

that have arisen from the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s investi-gations into illegal political donations.

Following an hour and a half long return appearance by Mr Tinkler at the Commission on Friday afternoon, his lawyer, Harland Koops sought to have all allegations of corruption leveled against Mr Tinkler withdrawn.

“The application I intend to make is that Counsel Assisting withdraw immediately all allegations of corrupt conduct which have been leveled against Mr Tinkler on the basis that there is no evidence or evidence so insubstantial and inadequate to form a basis for the allegations that have been made against Mr Tinkler of the most extraordinary and damaging kind,” he told Commissioner Megan Latham.

“The Tinkler Scheme is what we have heard since the beginning of these proceedings and it has completely destroyed this man’s ability to continue to conduct his legitimate affairs as a private citizen in this country and around the world.”

Mr Koops said Mr Tinkler was planning to visit Wall Street this week to raise half a billion dollars in capital for a new mining venture and that backers would label him a “corrupt businessman” and “show him the door”.

The Commissioner rejected the applica-tion saying that Mr Tinkler would have to stand on his own merits and rebuff any suggestions of corrupt conduct until the Commission was ready to hand down its findings.

“He strikes me as someone who’s quite capable of doing that,” Commission Latham added.

The Commission has heard that Mr Tinkler’s company Buildev was respon-sible for funding the “Stop Jodi’s Trucks” pamphlets that were distributed in Newcastle suburbs in the lead up to the 2011 election that toppled then Labor MP for Newcastle, Jodi McKay.

Mr Tinkler also allegedly offered Ms McKay a bribe in return for her support of Buildev’s coal loader proposal.

Mr Tinkler attempted to distance himself from Buildev while giving evidence on Friday, saying he was a “minority share-holder” and deeply regretted investing in the company.

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Tighes Hill resident, Pru Bodsworth cried as she told the Commission of her concerns about the impact coal dust on her six-month-old while Carrie Jacobi, who lives within 500 metres of the rail corridor, presented a photograph of a white cloth blackened by coal dust after she used it to clean the inside of a window in her home.

Speaking on behalf of the Hunter Community Environment Centre (HCEC), Dr Ben Ewald, a general practitioner and epidemiology expert from the University of Newcastle, said levels of the potentially dangerous PM10 and PM2.5 particulates in the air in some Newcastle suburbs already exceeded soon to be introduced national air quality standards.

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Rod Campbell, an economist with the Australia Institute, also appearing for HCEC, set out to debunk the economic argument in support of the terminal, saying PWCS’ own internal forecasts did not indicate a need for the project to go ahead. PWCS, which already operates terminals at Carrington and Kooragang, has long argued that it was contractually obligated to provide throughput for coal producers and that an additional terminal was needed in order to meet this demand.

This obligation was “triggered” in late 2011. However, Mr Campbell said this demand had effectively been “de-triggered” by a dramatic slump in the global demand for coal. “Under PWCS’ most recent annual capacity assessment, obtained under the Government Informa-tion Public Access (GIPA) act, there is no requirement for the project,” he outlined in his expert report to the Commission.

“In fact, in the latest Annual Capacity Assessment (November 2013), there is no [capacity] shortfall forecast at all. “The economic justification for the T4 project as presented by PWCS is based on assumptions which are not supported by PWCS’ own internal forecasts, or by likely outcomes based on World Bank, IMF, and Rio Tinto coal price forecasts and mine cost estimates by Morgan Stanley. “While world coal demand may or may not increase in the coming years,

the Hunter Valley’s share of this demand looks unlikely to increase based on aver-age operating costs and current price forecasts.”

A number of speakers also raised concerns about the impact a new terminal would have on the species that call the internationally significant wetlands on Kooragang Island home, including the Green and Golden Bell Frog and Curlew Sandpiper, both of which are classed as endangered in NSW. PWCS CEO, Hennie du

Plooy was first to address the Commission and was present for much of the two-day hearing. He said he was confident that the proposal, which will create 80 permanent jobs, presented “a responsible plan for making the most of future opportunities should they come”.

“We have made every effort to ensure that the environmental assessment and engineering processes went the extra mile to understand the environment and community around us,” he said.

Mr du Plooy said the benefits were wide-ranging, including job creation during construction and operation, both in Newcastle and further up the coal chain, and the remediation of a contaminated site that would otherwise be disused. The PAC will consider the submissions as part of its review and report back to the Depart-ment of Planning and Environment with its findings and recommendations. The Department will have the final say on whether the proposal is approved.

Port Waratah Coal Services employees show their support for the Terminal 4 development on day two of a public hearing into the proposal at Newcastle Panthers

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B eresfield pool users could soon be enjoying dramatically reduced entry prices.

Under the proposed changes endorsed by Newcastle City Council last week, families would be able to swim all day at the pool for less than a tenner throughout the 30-week 2014/15 season.

Single entry would be $2 cheaper than last season at just $2.80, pensioners would pay $2.20 (down from $2.90 last season) and children under five-years-old would be able to swim for free.

Additionally, in a long-awaited move, parents supervising their children from the water’s edge would also be able to enter the swimming centre for free.

Council staff had initially recommended a modest fee reduction to bring Beresfield Swimming Centre into line with fees proposed by the new operator of the Mayfield, Stockton and Lambton and Wallsend swimming centres, who will charge $4.80 for a single entry during the 2014/15 season. However, councillor Jason Dunn said a significant reduction in entry fees was needed to see Beresfield pool remain operational after the upcom-ing 2014/15 season. “A previous motion

passed by this Council has effectively put Beresfield pool on the chopping block and if pool patronage doesn’t increase there’s a serious risk the pool will not be operat-ing in the future,” he said. “Council has a responsibility to make the pool more affordable and to increase patronage.

“I don’t think the community should have to bear that full responsibility.”

Council’s general manager, Ken

Gouldthorp said the new lessee of Coun-cil’s other inland pools, Lane 4, would have “significant issues” if Council were to start operating in competition.

Cr Dunn said it was unlikely other pool users would travel all the way to Beresfield “just to save a buck or two” and maintained the cheaper entry fees would not affect the new operator. The motion was passed with the surprise support of Cr

Allan Robinson, who broke from his usual voting bloc to stand alongside Labor and Greens councillors.

The amended fee structure is currently on public exhibition at the City Adminis-tration Centre at 282 King Street, Newcas-tle. The public are urged to have their say by making a submission to Council.

Council will vote on whether to adopt the changes at a later date.

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City of Newcastle Labor councillor, Nuatali Nelmes has thrown her hat in the ring for the upcoming lord mayoral by-election, announcing that the public’s trust needed to be restored in light of recent revelations at the Independent Commission Against

Corruption and the resignation of former lord mayor, Jeff McCloy.

“What is needed now more than anything is real leadership,” Cr Nelmes said.

“Leadership that inspires stability in our local government.

“As Labor’s candidate I commit to work-ing to build this sense of leadership and stability.”

Cr Nelmes said if elected she would work to restore openness and transparency to local government in Newcastle and bring economic, social and environmental factors into Council’s decision-making process.

“I want to bring the community back into council,” she said.

“We are always at our best when we work

in collaboration with community groups.“Decision-making that includes the

triple bottom line of economic, social and environmental factors provides a basis for equality and delivers better long-term outcomes for Newcastle.”

Former Newcastle councillor, John Sutton is reportedly considering running in the by-election as a Greens candidate.


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Firearm and drug chargesA man has faced court over alleged firearm and drug offences at Boolaroo last week.Just before 12.20pm on Thursday, August 28, officers attached to Lake Macquarie Local Area Command stopped a Holden Commodore sedan on Seventh Street.Police spoke to the 29-year-old male driver before searching the car, where they allegedly found methylamphetamine and a replica pistol. The man was arrested at the scene and taken to Toronto Police Station, where he was charged with possess prohibited pistol and possess prohibited drug. He was refused bail and appeared at Newcastle Local Court last Friday.

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T he race for the seat of Newcastle is starting to heat up with yet another candidate joining the pack.

Newcastle Greens councillor, Michael Osborne was endorsed as the Greens candidate for the upcoming by-election for the seat of Newcastle following an online ballot of Newcastle Greens members, which took place over the weekend. Mr Osborne said after the scandals involving State Government MPs, aired at the Independent Commis-sion Against Corruption, now more than ever, Newcastle voters wanted clean politics. “The people of Newcastle are sick of being taken for granted, sick of being excluded from decisions that affect them and sick of not seeing their fair share delivered in this city,” he said.

“State development decision, such as the truncation of the rail line, the imposition of skyscrapers in the historic East End, the death of the jobs-rich containers terminal as exposed in the recent proceedings at the Independent Commission Against Corruption, have left the city with a taint of dirty politics and dirty planning. The Greens have a vision of clean jobs, clean air and clean politics.”

Mr Osborne joins fellow Newcastle councillor, and Labor candidate, Tim

Crakanthorp and Independent candi-date Jacqueline Haines, who have both thrown their hats in the ring for the October 25 ballot. Meanwhile, Jane Oakley has been endorsed as the Greens candidate for Charlestown and will go up against the Labor Party candidate, Lake Macquarie Lord Mayor, Jodie Harrison to win the seat. Ms Oakley represented the Greens in the 2012 local elections in Lake Macquarie and the 2013 federal election for the seat of Shortland.

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CR BRAD LUKENewcastle City CouncilDeputy Mayor

Australia is retuning! As the final step in Australia’s move to digital-only TV, some channels will be changing frequencies. As a service to the community, the Australian Government has asked Council to share the information about retune, which affects most TV viewers in Australia.

After the frequencies change, you’ll need to retune your digi-tal TV, set-top box or digital TV recorder to find the channels that have moved.

Newcastle’s retune will happen on Wednesday, September 10. Be sure to mark your diary so you can keep receiving all the free-to-air digital TV channels available in our area.

This change will free up broadcasting spectrum so that it can be used for new services such as mobile broadband and the retune will affect most TV viewers in Australia. If you watch TV via the Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) service, the retune won’t affect you. If you watch your free-to-air channels via pay TV, your set-top box may be retuned for you by your provider. People living in apartments may be using a shared antenna system that may need to be retuned before people can retune their individual TVs and TV equipment.

Some equipment may automatically detect changes to the channels and retune itself, or it may prompt you to retune. If you are missing a free-to-air digital TV channel or channels you will need to retune.

Most people would have scanned for channels when they bought a new television - retuning follows the same process, called “auto-tuning” or “auto-scanning.” Press the “menu” button on your remote, look for your “set-up” options and select words like “channels” or “auto-tuning”.

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Next week we mark another historic milestone in Lake Macquarie - 30 years on since September 7, 1984, when we were proclaimed a City. In the last three decades, our City has seen and brought about monumental change.

By the early 1990s, we had a population of around 160,000, it is now more than 200,000. Back then, Redhead tip was still open and three-man garbo crews manually collected your unsorted waste.

You borrowed cassettes from the library instead of eBooks, Councillors were known as Aldermen, and the only concrete footpaths were in front of a few shops in Warners Bay - certainly not the expansive kilometres of shared pathways around the lake’s foreshore that we now enjoy.

In 1999, the Sports Centre at Glendale opened, while in 2001 we celebrated the opening of our excellent Art Gallery. And our shining jewel, the Lake itself, was part of a ten-year water quality improvement project.

When I reflect on these achievements of our Council and community, I feel extremely proud to represent such an amaz-ing City.

I remain committed to my role as Mayor of Lake Macquarie until September 2016, and am passionate about doing what I can to make our community an even better place to live in, work in and play.

Do you have an idea on how we can make Lake Macquarie a better place to live?

This month, my fellow councillors and I will be dropping by local shopping centres for ‘Meet Your Councillors’ sessions.

This is a great opportunity to ask us questions. We look forward to hearing from you about ways we can improve Lake Macquarie City.

Happy 30th birthday to our wonderful City

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D o you have a relative who fought in WWI?

Newcastle Region Library is seeking assistance from the

general public to help identify the WWI soldiers depicted in a series of photo-graphic portraits currently on display.

The historic images, on public display for the first time, form part of an exhibi-tion showing in the library’s local studies lounge and are believed to have been taken by sisters May and Ethel Boddy at their Newcastle photographic studios before the young male subjects headed off to war.

Three Soldiers focuses on three local servicemen, George Beck, James Rigby and Harold Edger, that latter of which earned a Star Medal, British Medal and the Victory Medal for his service in France as part of the 20th Infantry Battalion.

However, a number of photographs in the exhibition depict unknown soldiers from the Newcastle area.

Local studies librarian, Sue Ryan said the library was looking for help from families and the general public to help identify them.

“These haunting photographs were taken prior to their embarkations overseas to fight in WWI and we can be

certain some did not return,” she said. “We would like to be able to put these

photos with their names.”The Three Soldiers exhibition runs at

Newcastle Region Library until Sunday, October 25.

In conjunction with the exhibition, the library will host an introductory work-shop to its WWI resources.

The workshop will take place on Thurs-day, October 2 from 10am to 11am.

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Unknown faces of war

A portrait of an unknown soldier from Newcastle, which features in the Three Soldiers photographic exhibition


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“I can’t believe this is actually happen-ing,” Rachael Peak said, grinning.

“Three years ago I would shy away from actually talking to you.”

It was Friday, Ms Peak’s “favourite day of the week” and she was at the Maitland Neighbourhood Centre in Rutherford, attending the weekly gathering of the Aphasia Communication Group, enjoying a cuppa with people who suffer from the same difficulty to communicate as her.

“My first experience with aphasia, I guess was being hospital and asking what is aphasia - I had no idea,” she said.

Ten years ago, whilst in the middle of completing her PhD looking at the calls of frogs, Ms Peak, now 35, was admitted to hospital to remove an aneurysm, but left with partial paralysis on the right-hand side of her body and aphasia.

A language difficulty caused by damage to the brain, aphasia sufferers not only have trouble with speaking and under-standing what is said to them, but can also struggle with reading, writing and using numbers. It is best described as sufferers knowing what they want to say, but expe-riencing difficulty in getting that message out. It can be the result of a head injury, or come from a number of medical condi-tions, such as stroke, a tumour, infection or inflammation.

“Doing the maths side it doesn’t affect me,” Ms Peak said, slowly and deliberately.

“Doing the writing side used to affect

Aphasia group helps sufferers build confidence and friendships in a relaxed environment

Restoring communication

Carolyn McNab and Ian Fenton look over an activity

me but I’ve come to realise that if I take my time I usually get the words out, but speaking to people unknown like you affects me greatly.”

Ms Peak has been driving from Stockton to attend the Aphasia Communication Group since the group began in 2011, breaking only when her daughter Mia, 2, was born.

The brainchild of Fiona Bell, the group began after funding cuts meant that a similar program run out of Maitland Hospital had to be axed. A self-confessed aphasia groupie, Ms Bell had been attend-ing that program since 2008, after a series of seizures left her suffering from mild aphasia.

“It was really good contact,” Ms Bell said. “You were learning how people were

coping with it - even the social contact is just amazing.”

Her husband, Peter, who acts as the current group’s secretary, said the hospital program created an environment that put sufferers at ease.

“They went there to practice communi-cation in an area where they felt comfort-able and didn’t feel threatened,” he said.

“They didn’t want to give it up, so we started a group on the same premise, just an area where they can feel comfortable, get talking and communicating, have a cup of coffee and do a bit of socialising.

“It just builds up confidence in commu-nicating.”

It’s this confidence that everyone, including Ms Peak, has needed by the bucket load.

MELISSAH COMBER @melcomber“It’s hard for everyone here - one day

you are beaming with joy about your life and then you’re in hospital going, ‘What happened to me?’” she said.

“You’re so low with depression and so anxious about what are people going to think of me, what are people going to look at me like?

“It’s helped marvelously, just to be in this group, they’re not going to look at me badly if I can’t do the stuff.”

Since starting three and half years ago with four members the group has grown exponentially, with approximately 20 members coming along each week to share news and complete activities such as unscrambling jumbled words or visually recognising amounts of money.

The group, which Mr Bell believes may be the only one in the state outside the hospi-tal system, is so popular that as well as Ms Peak from Stockton, it draws members from Clarence Town and Cessnock.

Ms Peak said that the non-judgemental nature and the improvements she has noticed in herself keep her coming back.

“It’s easier to talk to people now,” she said.

“I find, me getting, I guess, self-esteem. It’s like friends and family really.”

The Aphasia Communication Group will be holding an open awareness day at Mait-land Neighbourhood Centre on Friday, September 12 at 11am. The free event will feature speakers, including Ms Peak and health practitioners, sharing their stories of aphasia. For more information phone Peter and Fiona Bell on 0249 335 338 .

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Aphasia Communicaton Group participant, Rachael Peak

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I n both name and spirit, the new play equipment at Millers Forest Public School was a Community Building Partnership.

The project, worth almost $55,000 - a climbing structure, slide, fort and sand-box - was officially unveiled by Member for Maitland, Robyn Parker last month, and replaces outdated equipment at the 33-student school.

“It was old equipment that came from a park that a parent brought in for the

school,” Principal Christyne Phelps said.“It’s been here 40 years and it didn’t

meet Australian standards anymore.”$20,000 was contributed by the State

Government fund, as well as $5000 from Baiada Poultry and $1500 from the Lions club.

The East Maitland Kiwanis joined parents and students to install the struc-tures for free, reducing the final bill to under $30,000.

Ms Phelps said that the equipment has been a hit with the students.

“They’re on it like fleas,” she said.“They absolutely love it.”

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Community effort helps Millers Forest students

Students Phoebe Humphreys, Blake Lee and classmates show off their new equip-ment with Robyn Parker MP and East Maitland Kiwanis President Steve Mulquiney

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A first-of-its-kind cardiology service is promising to reduce the time patients wait to see a specialist in the Hunter.

Located at Merewether, the Lingard Chest Pain Clinic provides rapid access and comprehensive assessments for patients who are in need of pre of post-operative care or are suffering from breathlessness or chest pains, with reports delivered directly from the cardiologist to the patient, reliving the burden on GPs.

Cardiologist Dr Akash Dhawan said the new clinic could see patients within a

matter of days, as opposed to the months some wait to see a heart specialist.

“Early diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease leads to better outcomes,” he said.

“We can relieve some of the stress felt by patients by reducing their assessment wait-time. Our core business here is assessment, we aim to provide patients with the most swift, professional assess-ment they can access in the Hunter.”

While referrals to the clinic are not necessary, they are encouraged as a means of maintaining a collaborative health care model, with links between GPs, special-ists and hospitals.

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Rapid chest pain care

Newcastle Jets Dutch import, Kew Jaliens undergoes a pre-season cardic assessment at the new Lingard Chest Pain Clinic


Bert still doing his bit for others

A t 92 years of age and with a high-pressure sales career behind him, you would understand if Bert Wolfe wanted to take it easy

in his retirement.

But each Friday at 6.30am, Mr Wolfe reports for duty as a volunteer at the Charlestown branch of the Meals on Wheels service. “Next February, I will have been here ten years,” Mr Wolfe said.

“I was sales manager in the Charlestown

and Swansea areas for Telecom (now Telstra). I worked for them for 28 years.”

Mr Wolfe assists with the preparation of meals for the 300 clients on the books of the Charlestown office.

“They’re a great mob of people here,” Mr Wolfe said.

“The work’s not hard. We come in, we know what to do and we just go and do it.”

Charlestown Meals on Wheels coordi-nator, Leanne Rodwell said volunteers such as Mr Wolfe were invaluable to the organisation.

“There have been really good routines and procedures developed over the years,” Ms Rodwell said.

“We have about 200 volunteers and we cook all our meals here.

“We have about 300 clients on our books at any one time, which means around 900 meal packs a week.

“Our clients receive a good-sized meal, soup, dessert and a juice for $6 and we deliver three days a week - Monday, Wednesday and Friday.”

To be eligible for the Meals on Wheels service clients must be part of the Commonwealth Home and Community Care (HACC) program.

To enquire in greater detail about the Meals on Wheels service or to become a volunteer, call (02) 8219 4200.

Bert Wolfe hard at work for Meals on Wheels at Charlestown

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Most Australians want children and have an idea how many children they want. Yet about 9 per cent of Australian couples have difficulty getting pregnant. Knowledge about key fertility factors like age, weight, smoking, alcohol use and timing of sex can mean a huge difference to the lives of your patients and clients. During Fertility Week, 1-7 September, we are being urged to become more aware of our fertility and factors affecting it.

Research shows caffeine and alcohol consumption adversely affect fertility, most likely in a dose-depend-ent way. Both active and passive smoking reduce male and female fertility and are harmful for the growing baby. It has also been found that male and female smoking significantly reduces conception and live birth rates and increase the risk of miscarriage.

Based on existing evidence, it is recommended that women trying to conceive limit their caffeine intake to the equivalent of 1-2 cups of coffee per day. It is also recommended that women trying to conceive and pregnant women avoid drinking alcohol.

It is recommended that men and women who smoke and wish to conceive stop smoking. For couples where one or both partners smoke, factual information about the risks of smoking and active support to stop smok-ing can be obtained from your local pharmacy. Your local pharmacy is your health destination where you can get advice on fertility issues. Self Care Pharmacies have a range of fact cards including information on pregnancy and ovulation, and a menstrual chart.

Tips to increase fertility

ANTHONY PIGGOTTPharmacist of Piggott’s pharmacies

DECLAN CLAUSEN Commentator @DeclanClausen

A record number of Novocastrians provided testa-ment about the proposed forth coal loader (T4) at the public submissions hearing of the Planning Assessment Committee (PAC) held in Newcastle last week. While some spoke in favour of the additional coal loader, the majority of those who attended spoke against proceed-ing with the project.

The PAC heard that T4 is bad for the environment, bad for the community, bad for jobs, and is ultimately unlikely to make any additional money for the now privately operated Port or for our City.

The drop in the global coal price has hit the Hunter Valley hard. Job losses have been seen across the mining industry, as well as in the many related supply and service industries. This has come as an extra blow for an industry already doing it tough during a time when manufacturing is in decline. Yet the developers of T4 stubbornly refuse to accept the fact that the coal boom days are over. The T4 development will cost millions, which will need to be recovered through increased shipping fees and taxes, a cost required to be borne by others in the supply chain. Newcastle needs to continue to diversify its economy.

The demise of the proposed Container Terminal, as painstakingly depicted by recent events at ICAC, shown the impact of vested interests in the mining industry working to railroad any attempt to bring other industries into Newcastle. A diverse economy would allow Newcas-tle to hedge its bets allowing our City to cater for both current and future conditions.

Diversify our economy

If you have diabetes, the Australian government recommen-dations for how much alcohol to include in your diet are the same as for people who do not have diabetes.

That is, to include no more than two standard drinks per day, and on the odd special occasion, to drink no more than four standard drinks. Remember that one glass of alcohol is not always one standard drink.

Here is a list of how much beer, wine and spirits equates to one standard drink:

• Can/Stubbie low-strength beer = 0.8 standard drink• Can/Stubbie mid-strength beer = 1 standard drink• Can/Stubbie full-strength beer = 1.4 standard drinks• 100ml wine (13.5% alcohol) = 1 standard drink• 30ml nip spirits = 1 standard drink• Can spirits (approx 5% alcohol) = 1.2 to 1.7 standard drinks• Can spirits (approx 7% alcohol) = 1.6 to 2.4 standard

drinksLow-sugar or low-carb beers offer no advantage to regular

beer and in fact are often higher in alcohol which can be more of a problem for your diabetes management. Therefore, light or low alcohol beers are the best option.

Alcohol does not directly increase blood sugar levels (BSLs), however it can cause BSLs to be difficult to predict or to manage.

If you are on certain diabetes medications, alcohol can actually increase your risk of having low BSLs which can be dangerous. Some people find that when they drink alcohol, their BSLs can actually be lower for up to 24 hours afterwards. Don’t be fooled and think that this is a positive thing.

Alcohol, although it may not necessarily result in a high BSL, it makes your diabetes more difficult to manage, it has unhealthy effects on the brain and the liver, it can increase cholesterol and blood pressure, and it can significantly increase your weight.

It is therefore important to avoid alcohol or at least limit your intake to the recommendations.

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sugar levels

Well, spring has finally sprung! Unfortunately for many of us, the development of symptoms like headache, runny nose, itchy watery eyes and sneezing herald the coming of spring just as much as the bursting of flower buds.

Hayfever is a more common term for allergic rhinitis. Hayfever is mostly caused by an allergic reaction to grass and plant pollens and, because those pollens are often at their highest level at this time of year, hayfever is often only associated with spring. But truth be told, hayfever, or allergic rhinitis, can happen at any time because pollen is just one of many triggers that can cause an allergic reaction. Dust mites, moulds and animal hair are other common triggers for allergic symptoms and we can be exposed to these at all times of the year.

The best way to prevent this unpleasant allergic reaction is to avoid the aggravating trigger if you know what it is. Choose wisely the plants you put in your garden - choose ones that are pollinated by birds and insects, rather than ones that release huge amounts of pollen to the wind. Check the pollen counts on the news weather reports and avoid going outside on windy days or after thunderstorms. Using a barrier, like petroleum jelly, in your nose can help to stop the allergen reacting with the mucous lining.

Medications like nasal steroid sprays help to limit nasal conges-tion by reducing inflammation, but they need to be used regu-larly for good effect. Anti-histamines help to settle the reaction once it has started and can reduce symptoms like itching and sneezing. Decongestant sprays may be useful for quick relief of symptoms but should generally not be used ongoing. For more severe allergic reactions a treatment called immunotherapy can be useful. This treatment, done under medical supervision, works by slowly desensitising the body to allergens by gradually increasing exposure to them. If you suffer from hayfever, your family doctor will be able to assess your symptoms and prescribe effective treatments. For further information the Australian Soci-ety of Clinical Immunology and Allergy website (www.allergy.org.au) has some very informative and accurate information.

DR TONYISAACMBBS RACGP Kotara Family Practice

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With much of the local community working in our wealthy mining industry, I’m sure some of you have had a couple of rude shocks at the end of the financial year. The first when you realise how much tax you’ve paid in the last year and the second a possible penalty for exceeding the superannuation contribution cap.

You’ve probably been proud that you’re doing the right thing by working hard to earn a good wage to support yourself and your family, while putting money away to fund your retirement. Now it feels like you’re being punished. What can you do about it? In terms of the superannuation surcharge, not much. Just try and keep track of the amount of contributions going into your super each financial year and be aware of what the cap amounts are. Under 50 the limit is $30,000 pa. and for over 50 the limit is $35,000 pa. The cap includes and both employer and salary sacrifice contributions.

Some strategies to potentially reduce income tax: 1 - If you have an investment portfolio or property, with a loan attached, you can arrange to pay the interest a year in advance and may qualify to claim the interest as a tax deductible expense for this current financial year. 2 - If you pay your income protection premiums in advance you may be entitled to receive a premium discount and tax reduction. Income protection premiums paid in advance before 30 June receive a 7% premium discount and up to 47.5% can be claimed on tax. More strategies visit www.newcastlefinancial.com.au. Disclaimer: This is general information only. Before making any deci-sions consult a financial planner.

Income tax and superannuation

JESSICA SHUWALOWNewcastle Financial Planning

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cards with photographs by the artist by Teapealala. If delicious food is more your dad’s thing then don’t miss out on crea-tions by some of the regions best artisan kitchens. Including: amazing chocolate by Cocoa Nib, nougat by Nougat Limar, pate and panacotta by Snow Black Gourmet Food, creamed honey by Dingo Honey, roasted coffee by Silverskin Coffee Roasters, handcrafted doughnuts in flavours including Choco berri, Salty Nut, Nut Bomb and Lemon Crumble by Doughheads, and delicious breads by the Sourdough Baker. Stock up on award winning Christmas puddings by Pudding Lane. Interested in joining the Olive Tree community? Email informa-tion on your art and images of your work to: [email protected]

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Father’s Day is the perfect time to celebrate Dads and for fathers it’s a great time to think about the skills required to be the best Dad you can be. “It’s widely acknowledged that fathers have a profound impact on their children, shap-ing their development and self esteem, and helping them learn important life skills like impulse control and the capac-ity for empathy,” Mat Flynn, a Manager with Relationships Australia NSW said. “Being a father is one of the most impor-tant roles a man will ever play.”

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Wednesday 3 September 2014

T he NRL is starting to learn what keen Knights fans have known for several years - the Mata’utia family boasts one of the most talented set of broth-

ers in the game.Firstly Peter broke into first grade for Newcas-

tle in 2011 before leaving to try his luck with St George Illawarra this season.

Now Sione and Chanel are looking like seasoned veterans after carving up the Parramatta Eels in the Knights’ 42-12 win at Hunter Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Chanel’s three tries and Sione’s two, ensured the Eels walk along the finals tightrope became a lot shakier. Knights coach, Wayne Bennett said Sione was always destined to star in the top grade. “I don’t think anyone has really doubted that since they’ve seen him play,” Bennett said. “Chanel when he came here was so far off the pace...so it’s a real credit to him.

“He’s done such a good job on himself and has bought into what we’ve done at training, he’s a very good player. He’s always had the ability but didn’t have the right attitude, so it’s nice to see and pretty special for two brothers

Mata'utia magic crushes Eels

The Knights celebrate one of their eight tries against Parramatta at Hunter Stadium last Saturday

Brothers star once again as Newcastle dent Parramatta's finals hopes with 30-point thrashing

playing together in a footy team at any stage.”The Knights’ under 20s side prevailed 34-30

over the Eels and a two points clear at the top of the ladder with one round to play.

The NSW Cup team produced a terrific effort to defeat Newtown 26-24 after playing the majority of the match with 12 men after Chad

Redman was sent off for a late tackle on former Knight, Scott Dureau. Newcastle managed to build a 26-8 lead with only eight minutes remaining before Newtown rallied with three late tries. The NSW Cup competition now moves into the final series with the second-placed Knights taking on third-placed Went-

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The Knights’ NRL side finishes their season this Sunday against St George Illawarra at Hunter Stadium with kick-off at 2pm. The under 20s clash will get underway at 11.45am.

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