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29 January 2015
Phone: 6295 1708 [email protected] www.southbus.com.au
No 868
Are you ok?
Endeavour at the wharf
The magnificent Australian-built replica of
James Cook’s HM Bark Endeavour will visit
Hobart this month for the Australian Wooden
Boat Festival.
Hailed as one of the most accurate historical
ship replicas in the world, Endeavour will arrive in Hobart on Friday 6th February as part of
a spectacular parade of sail. The ship will berth
at Sullivans Cove, Princes Wharf 1, where it
will be open to the public for three days during the festival and for a further two at the end
of February.
When in port, Endeavour is presented as
a floating museum, with all the evidence of
an 18th-century crew going about their tasks.
There’s a half-eaten meal in the mess deck,
Joseph Banks’ journal lies open on his bureau
and botanical samples are visible in baskets in
the Great Cabin ready for analysis.
Endeavour will be open for viewing from 10am
to 5pm Saturday 7th to Monday 9th February
and on 21st and 22nd February (last entry
4.30pm). Tickets will be $10 for adults and
$8 for children/concessions or $25 for families
(two adults + three children).
The original Endeavour sailed into history as
James Cook’s vessel of discovery following
his remarkable voyage in 1768-71 when he
became the first to chart the east coast of
Australia.
The replica Endeavour is owned and operated
by the Australian National Maritime Museum,
which maintains the ship in peak condition to
undertake regular sea voyages.
For more information visit www.endeavourvoyages.com.au. See page four for news on other
festival features.
Daryl Peebles
Rural Alive and Well (RAW) is an outreach
service that operates in Rural Tasmania with
the aim of connecting with individuals and
families and linking them with local services,
resources and support. The emphasis is on
positive mental health and wellbeing.
RAW has had a presence locally for the past
three years and has connected with many
individuals and families.
RAW provides an outreach worker to establish
what kind of support individual or families need
and where to go for that support.
Support may be emotional, it may involve
service referral pathways or informal counselling, or it may just be a chat with a mate over
cuppa. This can be done confidentially and in
your own home or a chosen venue.
RAW works together with community services
to build relationships and partnerships with
the aim of building resilience, awareness and
support education in the community.
RAW is a 24-hour confidential service supporting adults of 18 years and older. It is a statewide
not-for-profit organisation which supports all
rural communities in Tasmania including isolated areas such as King Island.
Rural Alive and Well promotes the awareness
of suicide prevention through education, community events and local forums.
Workers are available during the week from
Monday to Friday with after-hours support on
1300 HELPMATE (1300 4357 6283) and rural
outreach support with Martin on 0417 426 730
or Adele on 0458 032 813.
Danial Rochford
CEO, RAW Tasmania
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GENERAL
Blackmans Bay Childrens Services
6wks-12yrs 7.30am-6pm, 177b Roslyn
Avenue 6229 4914
Blackmans Bay Play Group 10am12pm, B/Bay Comm Hall, (Ocean Espl).
Playgroup Association: 6228 0925
Bruny Island Quarantine Station
Open Thurs to Mon 10am-4pm, 816
Killora Rd, North Bruny 0435 069 312
Colour Circle Art Group Adult classes/
workshops. Bernadette 6229 8938
Free Bread & Rolls Mon-Fri 9am3.30pm Maranoa Comm Ctre 6229 4066
Kingston Beach Educational Care
7.15am - 6.15pm. 46 Beach Rd.
6229 6070
Kingston Croquet Club Mons & Weds,
1.30-3.30pm. Learn to play golf croquet.
159 Summerleas Rd. 0402 091 840
Little Penguins Birth - 4yrs, Tues
1-3pm; Fri 9-11.30am, Bruny School.
6293 1147
Puddleducks Play Centre Tues-Fri
Pre-kinder sessions for 3-5yrs Kingston
Beach Kinder. Beach Rd 6229 2852
U3A Kingborough 0405 327 071
email [email protected] or
web www.u3akingborough.org.au
MONDAYS
AA Kingborough 8pm Christ the Priest
Church, corner Roslyn Ave & Jindabyne
Road. 6234 8711
Coffee, Chat & Craft 9am, Maranoa
Heights Community Centre, 24 Hawthorn
Drive 6229 4066
Craft & Play - drop in 10-11am,
Kids Allowed Shop, Channel Ct, Kingston
Friendship for Disabled, 6pm Uniting
Church, 42 Jindabyne Rd, Kingston.
6229 6152
Kingborough Women’s Club
Needlework 10-12n, 34 Ewing Ave
Kingston Beach, in KB oval behind
Community Hall. 6229 2702
Kingston District Garden Club
4th Mon 7.30pm (not Jun/Jul/Dec)
Kingston LINC 6229 1606
Limited food assistance Afternoons
Maranoa Heights Comm. Ctre 6229 4066
Kingston Men’s Probus Club Last
Mon/mth, Snr Citizen Centre, 35 Redwood
Rd,10am-12pm.6229 3573
Lions Club of Kingborough 1st &
3rd Mondays, 6.30pm, Kingston Beach
Golf Club
Rotary Club of Kingston 6.30pm
Kingbrgh Bowls Club, Margate. David
0437 849 470
Zumba 12 noon, Maranoa Heights
Community Centre, 6229 4066
TUESDAYS
Anglicare Family Mental Health
Services Every 2nd Tues LINC D block
6229 4066
At The Beach Playgroup 9.3011.30am, Blackmans Bay Hall, Ocean
Espl. Emma 0420 903 284
Beehive Playcentre Margate 9-12n,
3-4 yr olds. 6267 1301
Bingo 7.30pm Twin Ovals Pavilion
Kingston, Michelle 0418 548 611
Christian Men’s Fellowship
10am-12pm Christian Reformed Church
of Kingston, Denison St. 6229 6927 or
6227 1930
Friends of Coningham NRA Working
Bees - 3rd Tues/month, Feb- Nov, Jean
6267 4870 times and locations
Friends of Snug Village Home 2nd
Tues 1.30pm, Beverley 6267 9537
Heart Foundation Walking 9am.
Join the Peter Murrell Walkers. All
welcome. No cost. 6229 5391
Kingborough Carers Support Grp
fortnightly, 1pm, Ph June 6229 6946
Kingborough Senior Citzs Indoor
Bowls 1pm, 35 Redwood Rd Hall
6229 4487
Kingborough Spinners &
Handweavers Uniting Church,
Jindabyne Rd, 1st Tues 6264 1714
Kingborough Women’s Club
Scrabble from 1.30pm, 34 Ewing Ave
Kingston Beach, in KB oval behind
Community Hall. 6229 2702
Kingston Cub Scouts 6.30-8pm, 6227
1313 behind sports centre
Kingston Classifieds - 29 January 2015
Kingston Scrabble Club 7.30pm
Kingston Library. 6229 5840
Kingston Tennis Club Social tennis
9am - 12 noon. 6229 1732
Rotary Club of D’Entrecasteaux
Channel, Villa Howden 6.30pm.
6267 1161
Sandfly Playgroup 10-12pm, Sandfly
Hall. 6239 6002
WEDNESDAYS
Alcohol & Drug Service 1300 139
641 Kingston Comm Hlth Ctr, by appt.
Australian Plants (APST) 1st Wed 2pm
Centacare meeting room Kingston Beach.
Fran 6229 9443
Blackmans Bay Salvation Army
Playgroup 9.30-11am, 3 Opal Dve,
BBay, $5 per family. 6229 8058
Community Market Brookfield
Margate, 10am
Fortefied SATB vocal group
Blackmans Bay 7.30pm 6229 1231
Grow Tas Mental Health Support
Group 7-9pm, Kingston Community
Health Ctre. 1800 558 268 / 6223
6284 / 6229 8170 www.grow.net.au
Guides B’Bay Guide Hall, Burwood
Dve. Rainbow 5-7yr 5-6pm, Bahloo
7-11yr 6.15-7.45pm 6231 0433
Kingborough Bridge Club 7.15pm
Snr Citz Hall Redwood Rd. 6229 7234
Kingborough Prostate Cancer
Support Group Meets 2nd Wed 2pm.
Kingston LINC. Keith 6229 9479 or
Cynthia 6233 2072
Kingborough Senior Citizen Bingo
1.30pm, 35 Redwood Rd Hall 6229 4487
Kingborough Women’s Club
Mahjong 10.30am-3pm. 34 Ewing
Ave Kingston Beach, in KB oval behind
Community Hall. 6229 2702
Kingston Apex Club 2nd Wed, Mt
Nelson Tavern, kingston.apex.club@
gmail.com
Kingston LINC - Rock & Rhyme 11
Hutchins St. 11-11.30am for babies
1-24 mnths. 6165 6208
Kingston School for Seniors 10am12pm Snr Ctzns Club Rooms during term
time. Ph 6229 5495
MaJong 1.30-3.30pm Senior
Cititzen Hall, 35 Redwood Rd, Kingston.
Ph 6229 2453
Over 50s Exercise Class Kingston
Beach Hall, 10-11am. Ph physio Janice
Laud 6267 4936
Sing Australia Kingston 12-2pm
Uniting Church, Jindabyne Road,
Blackmans Bay 6229 3990
Songs for Life 6.30-7.30pm Parents
& primary school-age children, Kingston Primary School. 0419 757 941
Yoga 9.45am Maranoa Heights Comm
Centre 6229 4352
Yoga for Seniors and Beginners
11am Maranoa Heights Comm Centre
6229 4066
THURSDAYS
Beehive Playcentre Margate 9-12,
3-4 yr olds. 6267 1301
Bellydancing 10am Kingston LINC D
block 6229 4066
Craft with a Cause 10am-2pm school
terms, Kingborough Family Church
6229 2196
Channel Painters 9.30am-12. West
Winds. Beginners & exp. 6267 4903
Chess Club 4-6pm during school term.
Kingston LINC 6211 8500
Coffee Club 3pm, The Beach,
Blackmans Bay 0437 527 840
English Conversation Group 1011am. Kingston LINC. 6211 8500
Friends of Peter Murrell Res.
2nd Thu (Apr,Jun,Aug,Oct,Dec) 7.30pm
Centacare Cottages, Kingston Beach
6267 2939
Guides Hall, Burwood Dve, B’Bay
Forester 7-11yr 5.30-7pm, Storm Bay
10-15yr 7.15-9pm, Ranger 14+
7.15pm 6231 0433
Kingborough Bowls Club Euchre
7.30pm, 0407 799 421
Kingston LINC Storytime 10.30 11am for pre-schoolers. 11 Hutchins St.
6165 6208
Mahjong 10-12pm Senior Citz Hall, 35
Redwood Rd, Kingston. 6229 4747
Playgroup 9.30-11am yspace Kingston
6229 4066
Praying for you 8-9.30pm, K’brgh Life
Healing Rooms, 5 Mertonvale Circuit,
Kingston. 6227 1488
Snug CWA 2nd Thursday of month,10am.
Upper level, Brookfield, Margate. 6267 5060
The Southern Voices adult choir,
Kingston Uniting Church, 7.15-9.30pm.
Margot 6244 5344
Ukulele Group Maranoa Heights Cty
Ctr, 5.30-7pm. Alan 0417 193 265
Unity in Diversity Discuss on spiritual
themes. 7.30pm Kingston Beach 6229 4535
Yoga Kingston Beach Sailing Club.
5.30pm. 0429 504 995
Zumba Taroona Community Hall,
5.30pm, Carmen 0437 011 766
FRIDAYS
Friends of the Kingston Library
Book Sale 1st Fri, 10am - 12noon
Kingston LINC
Kingborough Bridge Club 1-5pm
Senior Citz Hall Redwood Rd 6229 4747
Kingbrgh Senior Citz Line Dancing
10am, 35 Redwood Rd 6229 4487
Kingston LiNC - Rock & Rhyme 11
Hutchins St. 11-11.30am for babies
1-24 mnths. 6165 6208
Kingston Tennis Club Social tennis
9am - 12 noon Ph 6229 1732
Science Fun - drop in 10-11am, Kids
Allowed Shop, Channel Ct, Kingston
Zumba 9.30am & Zumba Gold 10.40am
Maranoa Heights Community Centre,
6229 4066
SATURDAYS
Catholic Parish Kingston / Channel
Vigil 6pm
Seventh Day Adventist Margate 11am
Worship Service, 9.30am Sabbath School
Theosophical Society last Sat, 2-4pm
13 Goulburn St, Hobart 6267 4868
SUNDAYS
AA Kingston 7pm, Community Health
Centre, John Street
Anglican St Clements, 100 Beach Rd,
Kingston 7:45am, 9:30am & 5pm; St
Peters Roslyn Ave, B’Bay 8am 6229
7678 / 0407 880 384
Bay Christian Church 10am,
177 Roslyn Ave Blackmans Bay (Primary
School) 6229 2268
Catholic Parish Kingston /Channel
Church of Christ the Priest 10am; St
Mary’s Snug 8.30am; Bruny 3pm 4th Sun
Christian Reformed Church 17
Denison St, Kingston. 9.30am
Citylight Church 150 Redwood Rd,
Kingston. 10am Worship Svc, 6229
1944, 0417 541 883
Free Presbyterian Church 50 Channel Hwy, Kingston. Svcs 10am/4pm
Kingborough Family Church
11 Glory Place, Huntingfield. 10am
worship/children’s. Enquiries 6229 2196
Kingborough Life Church 10am,
5 Mertonvale Crt, Kingston 6227 1488
Kingborough Quakers 4th Sun
10.30am 6267 2571 for venue
Kingborough Salvation Army 10am
Family Service. 3 Opal Dve, Blackmans
Bay 6229 8058
Kingston Beach Handmade Market
2nd Sun of mnth, Kingston Beach Hall
Kingston Rotary Market 8am-1pm
KingstonTown Shopping Centre, Annette
0419 543 287
Kingston Uniting Church Service
10am & Sunday School 42 Jindabyne Rd,
Kingston 6229 8112
Margate Garden Club last Sun mth
outings, Anne 6267 2152
One Way Christian Church 10am
Endeavour Ave, Margate. 6229 2268
Summerleas Christian Church
Meeting 9.30am Sea Scout Hall,
Kingston View 6229 2268
Taroona Comm Market last Sun/
mth,10-3 Taroona Shops, 6227 9697
Taroona Uniting Church Service
9.30am 1 Taroona Cres 6227 9863
Vine Christian Church Service 4pm
Kingston LINC, Hutchins St, Kingston
Yoga 4pm Blackmans Bay Community
Hall 6229 4352
Strange but true
Saddam’s secret stash
The mystery surrounding €20,000 million in
cash, unclaimed in a warehouse at Moscow
airport for six years, may finally have been
solved. The newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets reported that intelligence sources claim that
the 200 wooden pallets, each holding €100
million, were flown to Moscow by the security
firm Brink’s in 2007, seemingly at the behest of
the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Since
then, a number of attempts have been made
to claim the billions. Ukrainian spies, Chechen
gangsters, members of al-Qaeda and the
Knights of Malta have all apparently had a
crack, but none has so far convinced the Russian authorities that the cash is rightfully theirs.
Fraudsters gaoled
Around 50 people have been convicted for
their part in a massive €2,400 million property fraud centred on the Spanish resort of
Marbella. The scandal broke in 2005, when
an investigation called Operation Malaya
revealed that Marbella’s planning chief, Juan
Antonio Roca, had presided over a complex
scam in which town-hall officials were paid
to approve planning permits and service
contracts. This resulted in the construction
of 30,000 illegal buildings. When the facts
came to light, Madrid took the unprecedented
step of dissolving the municipal authority.
Meanwhile, those who had bought illegal
properties, including many Britons, were left
in a legal limbo that lasted until 2009, when a
deal was negotiated which allowed the properties to stand. Roca was fined €240 million
and sentenced to gaol for 11 years. Among
the others convicted were two former mayors.
Killer hornets
At least 41 people in Shoanxi province in China
have been killed since last July by huge hornets,
which are attacking humans in unprecedented
numbers. Dozens more people remain in critical condition in hospital, and a further 1,600
have been injured by the insects. The local
Vespa mandarinia is the world’s largest hornet,
and the venom from its sting can dissolve human tissue. Officials blame the increase in fatal
attacks on a hot summer and rapid urbanisation, which disturbs hornets’ nests.
The wrong granddaughter
A primary school in Kent, England, is being
investigated for giving the wrong girl to a
grandfather to take to the doctor. The 74year old, who apparently suffers from poor
eyesight, turned up at the school and asked
for his granddaughter. Instead, he was sent off
with a girl with the same first name and similar
blond hair. He took her on a 1.6km long bus
ride to the surgery, where she was prescribed
liquid Ibuprofen, then dropped her back at
her school. It was only when she got home
and showed the medicine to her parents that
the mistake came to light.
Bons mots
“Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.” - USA author
Elbert Hubbard
Across Australia our heroic firefighters have been out battling
fires, putting their lives on hold
to save others and their properties. Many of these firefighters are
away from their families for days
on end, sometimes longer, to keep
our families and communities safe.
Their loved ones stay at home hoping these brave men and women
will return to them safely.
National Red Balloon Day is
a charity organisation founded in
January 2014 as a way for all Australians to give praise and thanks
to our nation’s firefighters. Our first
Thank You Fireys day in February
last year was a huge success.
On 28th February we aim to grow
the event and have more of the
Australian public show their support to our courageous men and
women by flying a red balloon
from their mailbox, fence, workplace, etc. as a simple measure
to say, “Thank you fireys.”
Through the sale of ‘thank you
fireys’ red balloons and other
merchandise available through our
website at www.nationalredballoonday.org, we hope to not only
thank our firefighting heroes, but
to assist in raising funds. All profits
from this event will go directly back
to the state from which the items
are purchased. You can also donate directly through our website.
Fire services from each state and
territory have been contacted
in order to establish a fundraising partnership, either with their
service or a nominated charity of
their choice.
National Red Balloon Day
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Smoke
alarm saves
property
Are you prepared
this summer?
Bushfire
season is here
A Kingston property in Auburn
Road was saved recently when
a fire broke out within it.
A passer-by was alerted to the
fire by a smoke alarm activating
late one night and contacted the
fire service.
The Kingston Fire Brigade forced
entry to the unoccupied property
to find the house full of smoke.
Due to this early intervention the
fire was limited to approximately
$50,000 damage and contained
to the kitchen area.
The fire was caused due to hot
plate controls being accidentally
turned on during renovations, igniting items that were stacked
upon them.
This incident highlights the need
for householders to pay more attention to fire safety in their homes.
It also underlines the importance
of exercising care during renovations and checking your household
smoke alarms. Are they working?
Have you tested them recently?
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Bullocks back in Hobart
An exciting feature of the forthcoming MyState Australian
Wooden Boat Festival is the Big
Log Project devised by festival
general manager Paul Cullen.
“A s t h e t h e m e o f t h e n e x t
MyState Australian Wooden Boat
Festival is As Once We Were, it
seemed appropriate to look at
how timber was selected, felled,
transported and prepared for the
ship-building activities for which
Tasmania was to become globally
famous,” Mr Cullen said.
“The Big Log Project is intended
to recreate what the Hobart
docks might have looked like
200 years ago, when almost all
passengers and cargo moved
by boat.
“Bullock teams were the most
common means of delivering
heavy loads, including timber
and grain, to the docks.
“In our recreation, we will use
the last working bullock team in
Tasmania to deliver a hand-felled
tree to our Shipwrights’ Village in
Hunter Street.
“There our craftsmen will break
down the log into shipbuilding
Bullock team ready to haul big log from forest. Photographer Bronwyn Hanson, courtesy Australian Wooden Boat
Festival Inc
timber.
“We will parade the bullocks from
their holding enclosure in Evans
Street, turning briefly into Davey
Street and then into Hunter Street
on the festival site.
“The bullocks will return to their
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“We will stage the first delivery on
Friday 6th February at 10.30am
and repeat this with a second
load: produce to be transported
to Port Arthur aboard the 50-foot
Tasmanian-built staysail ketch
Stormalong, on Saturday 7 th
February at 10.30am.
“The Port Arthur Historical Site
will present a special Day at the
Quayside on Sunday 8th Febru-
ary, making use of the cargo to
present an exhibition of traditional products and skills, including
timber cutting at the Old Boat
Yard with the Tasmanian Axemen’s Association.”
The MyState Australian Wooden
Boat Festival is a free event to
be held on the Hobart waterfront
from 6th to 9th February.
Daryl Peebles
KINGSTON BEACH HEALTH CENTRE
2 Recreation Street, Kingston Beach / Ph 6229 9844
Kingston Beach Health Centre provides
the following Allied Health Services
• Podiatry • Remedial Massage Therapy
• Musculoskeletal Therapy • Osteopathy • Acupuncture
• Speech Pathology • Audiology • Psychology
For details or to arrange an appointment
Phone 6229 9844
Consulting space available for lease
Julie’s Nursery
SUMMER SALE
a mate
Talk to
Suicide prevention &
mental health rural support
1300 HELP MATE (1300 4357 6283)
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All hydrangeas &
All roses
20%
OFF
2273 Huon Highway, Grove
Closed Tuesdays Ph 6264 2900
www.juliesnursery.com.au
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Skiff regatta preview
Construction
bouncing back
Robert Ayliff’s St Ayles Skiff John Liddy undergoing its maiden voyage in Goolwa, South Australia. The South
Australian skiff and team is heading our way! Photo courtesy Australian Wooden Boat Festival Inc
A foretaste of the forthcoming St
Ayles Skiff Regatta to be held at
Franklin from 12th to 15th February
can be enjoyed the weekend before
at the MyState Australian Wooden
Boat Festival.
The St Ayles Skiff Regatta has attracted 160 rowers, some coming from as
far afield as Scotland, New Zealand,
Victoria and South Australia.
As well as enjoying the hospitality of
the St Ayles Skiff Regatta and all that
the beautiful township of Franklin has
to offer, many of those participating
will also feature at the MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival (AWBF).
Eight St Ayles skiffs will be racing during the AWBF, starting with
250-metre sprints off Princes Wharf
on Sunday 8th February.
The St Ayles skiff was designed by
Australian-born designer Iain Oughtred, now resident on the Isle of Skye
in Scotland. It is a stable, seaworthy
boat rowed by a crew of four with
one coxswain.
The skiffs are available in kit form
comprising plywood panels and
frames, and are relatively quick and
easy to construct using basic skills
and tools. These boats are therefore
favoured by community groups who
build them. When complete, the skiffs
are made available for the use of
community members.
The first Tasmanian-built St Ayles
skiff, Imagine, was a Franklin-based
Women-on-Water project completed
in 2012. It was quickly followed by
two more locally built boats: Swan,
built in Cygnet in 2013, and Chiton,
built in Taroona in 2014. A fourth
skiff, Bendigo (funded by the Bendigo
Bank), is currently under construction in Franklin and will be featured
as a ‘work-in-progress’ as part of
a shore-based St Ayles exhibition
during the AWBF.
The motto for this latest community boat-building project says it all:
“A community building a boat; a boat
building a community.”
Daryl Peebles
KINGSTON ROTARY
CAR BOOT MARKET
CONTRACTING Pty Ltd
9am-1pm Sundays
Kingston Town Car Park
(Woolworths)
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Tasmanian building and construction is forecast to bounce back in
2015 to its highest level in four
years according to Master Builders
Australia’s Building and Construction Industry Forecasts.
“After four years of Tasmanians
doing it extremely tough, there
are now very clear signs that
a sustained recovery is underway,”
said Peter Jones, Chief Economist
Master Builders Australia.
“Residential building leads the
way with a predicted rise in dwelling commencements of 26% in
2015 driving a forecast 20 per
cent increase in the value of
residential building work done to
around $683 million in 2014/15,”
he said.
“Commencements for detached
houses and apartments are forecast to rise 27% and 22% respectively this year.
“Confidence is also spreading
across the board with growth
forecast in commercial building
and some sectors of engineering/
civil construction.
“Commercial building is predicted
to see an upswing, with work
done forecast to be around $448
million in 2015 on the back of
huge growth in accommodation
(164.3%), health and aged care
(53.4%) and office construction
(19.5%%) sub-sectors,” Peter
Jones said.
“While prospects for engineering
construction are more modest,
there are some bright spots, with
predicted growth in infrastructure
construction. This is forecast to
translate to increases in the value
of work done in sub sectors such
as roads ($246 million), bridges,
rail and harbour ($121 million),
electricity and pipelines ($376
million) and water ($149 million).
“The forecast growth means a
stronger building and construction
industry is set to boost the Tasmanian economy and jobs.”
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Car, bike and truck enthusiasts
of all kinds will have a chance to
show off their wheels and win some
great prizes, at the upcoming car
show in Geeveston.
The Geeveston Community Development Association is hosting its
second annual Wheels in the Park
Car Show, on Sunday, 1st February,
2015 from 11am to 3pm, after
it proved very popular last year
with both locals and visitors from
around the state.
Entry to the show is open to trucks,
motorcycles, hot rods, classic cars
and street machines. Anyone who
wants to show off their vehicle,
of any description, is welcome
to come.
No pre-registration is required.
All vehicles can enter by simply
showing up by 10.30am on the
day at the Arve Road entrance to
Heritage Park. A marshal will direct
vehicles to the appropriate areas.
Profits raised from this year’s event
will go towards a $5,000 contribution to Geeveston’s new educational bike track, and towards
Geeveston Cares, a local group
which looks after local residents
in times of need.
A gold-coin donation towards
the Geeveston Cares community
organisation is all that is asked as
an entry fee for all vehicles.
There will be no ‘best of’ category
prizes, but over a dozen awards
and prizes will be presented to
winners chosen by the selection
committee.
Winners will be announced at
1.30pm.
The awards will be as follows:
• Ten Committee Choice awards
• One Shannon’s Choice award
• One Entrants’ Choice award
• Pick of the Day Cash Prize of $200
One Lucky Draw Prize chosen from
the entrants.
Musician Glen Challice will provide entertainment for the day, and
food and drink will be available
for purchase.
Families are also catered for, with
jumping castles, go-karts, cup and
saucer rides, and more. Ride tickets are only $1, with bonus tickets
for multiple purchases.
The public can find out more
details on the event’s Facebook
page, listed as Geeveston Wheels
in the Park 2015. (www.facebook.
com/GeevestonWheels2015)
For more information, contact
GCDA secretary, Lynn Smith on
6297 1129 or car show organiser
and sponsor, John Drysdale on
0419 117 709.
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What’s in season in February? LETTERS
Including more vegetables and
fruit in your diet doesn’t have to
be expensive. Look for vegetables
and fruits that are in season – not
only do they taste better, they are
generally cheaper to buy.
Tasmanian produce
preparation, plus 1-1¼ hours
cooking
7 serves of vegies in this recipe
Serves 12
Ingredients
2 cups dates, pitted and chopped
½ cup bran cereal (e.g. Allbran
®)
½ cup untoasted muesli
1 ½ cups low-fat milk
½ cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup low-fat natural yoghurt
1 egg, beaten
1 cup zucchini, grated
1 cup carrot, grated
2 cups self-raising flour
1 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
Vegetables
Asian greens, beans, beetroot,
broccoli, broccolini, carrot, cauliflower, chard, cucumber, herbs,
kale, leek, lettuces, mesclun,
mustard greens, mushrooms, onions (brown, white salad onions,
spring onions), peas, potatoes
(Dutch Cream, Pink Eye), radish,
rhubarb, rocket, silverbeet, spinach, sprouts (alfalfa, bean shoots,
fenugreek, lentils, sunflower),
swede, tomatoes, turnip, zucchini.
Fruit
Method
Apricot, blueberry, boysenberry, Combine dates, bran cereal,
cherry, raspberry, strawberry.
muesli, milk, sugar and cinnamon
and allow to stand for 4 hours or
Other Australian
overnight.
produce
Preheat oven to 180 °C.
Vegetables
Line a 23cm square cake tin.
Asparagus, cabbages (savoy),
capsicum, celery, cucumber, fen- Add yoghurt, egg, zucchini and
nel, eggplant, garlic, okra, sweet carrot to the date mixture and
mix well. Add flour and combine.
corn.
Pour mixture into tin and bake
Fruit
for 1-1¼ hours until firm and
Avocado, banana, blackberry,
browned. Cool on a wire rack.
grapes, lime, mangoes, melons
(watermelon, honeydew melon, Hint
rockmelon), nectarines, passion- This cake can be frozen. Individufruit, peaches, pineapple, plums ally wrap slices for a healthy lunch
Please note: there may be some box treat.
variation based on local market Recipe © State of Western Ausavailability
tralia, 2012.
This information is provided by Eat
Recipe
Well Tasmania. For more informaCarrot, zucchini and date tion about healthy eating contact
cake
us at [email protected].
20 minutes plus 4 hours to stand,
Eat Well Tasmania
Story to share
I am writing to introduce myself
and let you know about a notfor-profit blogsite I have created
which I believe may be of interest
to readers.
My name is Kitty Phelan. I am a
46-year-old writer living in Southern Tasmania with my husband
Dan and our three kids. Dan and
I love a good yarn and have created a website/blog called Glass
Onion Stories which aims to collect
the ‘little’ history of Australians.
We believe Australians are unique,
possessing a charm which is difficult to define. We come in every
colour, culture and background,
a melting pot of vastly different
experiences. Those attempting
to define the Australian spirit
often turn to stories of wartime
bravery and mateship, or tales
of our sporting prowess. These
certainly offer some insight into
the Australian spirit. But at Glass
Onion Stories, we feel that every
Australian has a story to tell. We
seek to find that unique Australian
spirit within the experiences of
ordinary Australians.
We believe that readers of The
Kingston Classifieds and the Cygnet & Channel Classifieds have
something meaningful to say, and
Glass Onion Stories want to hear
from them.
It might be a secret that they are
not ready to share openly, or a
beloved person, pet or place they
would like to tell the world about.
Fresh
Strawberries
Perhaps it’s a childhood memory
which has resonated through their
life, a hobby, treasured family
recipe, old family joke or the story
of an ancestor.
You are an invaluable resource of
Australian experience and wisdom
and I would like to invite you to
share a story or experience with
Glass Onion Stories. Donated
stories are gently edited (if necessary), and respectfully retold on
our blog. We offer confidentiality
to those who, for whatever reason,
feel unable to lend their name to
the story.
There is no financial aspect to
the blog; I am simply passionate
about preserving important and
interesting experiences of ordinary
Australians.
I would be very happy to discuss
Glass Onion Stories with you.
Please take a look at the blog at
www.glassonionstories.wordpress.
com and contact me via email or
call on 0406 780 158.
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Make it your own
“Does any other European country celebrate its rural riches in the
way we do in Britain?” asks British
commentator Alan Titchmarsh.
Well, Alan, have a look at us.
And in fact, Alan, if you came to
Tasmania (no, not European, but
with a little bit of history there)
this coming weekend; and if you
happened to leave Hobart and
drive 45 minutes down the Channel Highway, enjoying the views
across the D’Entrecasteaux Channel to Bruny Island (yes, French,
definitely a European connection),
you would come to Middleton.
You would see families parking and walking – or taking the
courtesy bus – to the fairground.
And the rural riches you would
discover there might just give you
cause for a bit more thought.
A few comparative
attractions
Alan Titchmarsh mentions “beer
festivals in Munich, flower shows
in France and bull runs in Spain”.
Let’s not even consider the bull
run as an option. However, the
Middleton Country Fair manages
to incorporate the others nicely
into its own special day. He speaks
of learning to “shoot a bow and
arrow … bake a cake … enjoy
a parade of vintage cars … watch
a display of falconry … the art of
fly-fishing … the skill of Labrador
retrievers in discovering a smelly
sock in the middle of a pile of fir
tree branches.” So – let’s compare: at Middleton hands-on
children can learn to ice a cupcake, dig for gemstones and catch
a duck. There will be demonstrations of fish care and vintage
machinery, shingle splitting and
spinning and weaving. Because
we’re an eclectic, multi-cultural
society, patrons will enjoy French
crepes, Cornish pasties, Mexican
tacos and American hamburgers.
No falconry – but there will be
snakes, lizards, alpacas, draught
horses, goats and sheep, poultry
and rabbits. And Betty the sheep-
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dog may not retrieve, but she will
demonstrate her skills at rounding
up the sheep ready for the shearing demonstration.
Dusty feet
The English fair was in turn
a product of Roman fairs which
were holidays and times for
pleading causes in the name of
justice. In the Middle Ages they
became market days. Fairs are
busy places. As they grew in popularity they often became places
where disputes and disturbances
took place, so they were held only
where the force of the law could
prevail. An on-the-spot court
system was set up to deal with
disputes. Known as a ‘piepowder
court’, the name came from the
French, ‘pieds poudrés’ (dusty
feet), which in turn came from the
Latin ‘pedes pulverosi’ (itinerant
trader). Yes, your feet will probably
get dusty at the Middleton Country
Fair, but not from a dust-up with
the Law. It’s a great family day
with too much going on to allow
for disputes, disturbances or riots.
For the gardeners
This year’s special garden feature
will be an information session
by ABC’s Gardening Australia presenter, Tino Carnevale,
and John McGaughey from the
Fork in the Road at Kingston.
They will address the gardener’s
on-going dilemma: how to have
a successful garden and live with
possums, pademelons and Bennetts wallabies. Peter Laud, writing
in the Classifieds recently, noted
that, “in Tasmania the brushtail
possum is partially protected”.
He asks, “How can gardeners live
in peaceful co-existence with the
possum?” The possums and wallabies don’t only affect amateur
gardeners. “… the mounting cost
of damage by pademelons and
bennetts wallabies is a significant
problem for many landowners in
Tasmania, one of whom estimates
that wallabies are eating $70,000
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A scarecrow heralding last year’s Middleton Fair
worth of grass a year – grass
which might be of more benefit to
his sheep.” Tino will run his top ten
tips for better gardening past his
audience. John will be announcing an initiative to offer short-term
help to gardeners.
Follow the scarecrows
The excitement begins along the
highway. Whether you travel from
the north or the south, all roads lead
to Middleton, and along the way are
the competing scarecrows to lead
you to your destination. Everyone
can enter a favourite scarecrow in
the People’s Choice, and there’s
$600 worth of prizes to be won.
There will be more than 70 stalls
– including trade displays, antiques
and collectables, plants, fruit and
vegetables, preserves, arts and crafts
and photography. Clown Darryl
Peebles, will give two performances.
Day Star Duo and the Huon Valley
Swing Band will provide the onstage musical entertainment and
the Hobart Highland Pipe Band and
The Veterans Band will also make
appearances.
Eat your heart out,
Alan Titchmarsh
With $5 entry for adults – which
includes many chances through the
day in the Lucky Gate prizes – and
children free, it’s a gift. So, come
along to Middleton on Saturday,
January 31st, between 10am and
3pm and make this fair your own.
No bull-running – promise!
Judy Redeker
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Mother Nature unleashed
The recent storm that overtook the
Channel area was truly a magnificent specimen, but she wreaked
havoc with little regard for human
possessions. Her vengeance was
such that Kingston Golf Club had
to change the signs temporarily to
read “Kingston Olympic Pool”. It
was not weather for ducks. They
would have been drowned.
A nice steady rain is welcomed.
It waters the gardens and refreshes the earth. What we had
instead was a hard rain that decided to come down all at once.
I watched in horror as the ceiling
just inside our front door bulged
like some festering boil waiting to
be lanced. It swelled to the size
of a party balloon and I waited
in anticipation for the explosion.
A slow and steady drip began.
The slow and steady drip then
grew into hard plops, so I quickly
decked the area with buckets.
Just in the nick of time, I placed
one under the plopping water that
then became a steady stream.
We were emptying buckets at 20
minute intervals.
This all happened at midnight,
when we should have been
tucked in bed. Not us: the fear
was too great. With a new carpet and a piano in perfect
condition located close to the
drip, we watched on with horror.
Any minute now we would have
a deluge in the room.
I couldn’t stand the anticipation
any longer so I rang the SES,
the heroes of society. Surely if
they rescued cats they could fix
the leaky roof until it could be
attended to properly. They were
out on another call, so we had
to wait patiently for two hours,
praying the balloon above our
heads would hold out.
They arrived at 2am and
we breathed a sigh of relief.
They would save the day and
we could all finally hit the sack.
T h e r e w a s a ca co pho ny o f
noise emanating from the roof.
The heroes investigated the damage and talked loudly and animatedly. I prayed the neighbours
were so deeply asleep they would
not hear anything. A hammer was
produced and an intermittent
banging took place. Possums are
known to sound like an army in
the roof; imagine what a troop of
SES guys sounded like.
After 15 minutes, one of the
men came inside to let me know
there was nothing they could do.
I asked if they could throw a tarp
over the roof, but it was decided
it would make no difference.
They gave us a large sheet of
black plastic to throw over our
treasured piano and then left.
We were grateful for the plastic
sheet but wished they could have
stopped the drip.
As our heroes were about to
leave, one of them looked up
to the ceiling and said that we
really should pop the swelling to
drain it off. We wished we had
had a builder’s training so that
we would have known that that is
what we should have done hours
before. We finally went to bed at
4am with the drips slowing down
from the abating storm.
After the fiasco we were able to
assess the damage. We noticed
a nearby closet was wet inside.
On closer inspection, we found
two waterlogged cardboard
boxes. I couldn’t remember for
the life of me what I had stored
in them. I soon found out. More
than a thousand of our treasured
photos. Baby photos, school photos, travel photos, my deceased
parents’ photos... Devastated is
a word that was too mild for this
situation. It took us two days to
peel the photos away from each
other. Surprisingly, we managed
to save most, but quite a few were
left watermarked.
I was advised a few years ago by
a family member to scan all the
photos just in case, but at the time
I saw it as a huge job and put it
off. Why didn’t I take heed? I beg
everyone with photos to take the
time to scan them. The storm was
not something I anticipated when
I placed the boxes in the closet,
nor did I ever think that the roof
would spring a leak in that spot.
Our house is insured, as are the
contents, but photos are one of
the rare things that cannot ever
be replaced. Had they been expensive clothes or waterlogged
paraphernalia that would have
been a better scenario.
We laid the photos on every flat
surface throughout the house.
My daughter commented that it
looked like a crime investigation
bureau. Had it not been such a
devastating event, I would have
thought her comment humorous.
The excitement has settled back
down but we are left with a hole
in the ceiling until the insurance
company looks at our claim. The
situation could have been a lot
worse, though, and we are still
so lucky to have a roof over our
heads, even if it is a leaky one.
Others lost far more in the same
storm, so for that we should be
grateful: ours was just a drop in
the bucket. When I let my sister
know our news, her first response
was that whoever was playing the
piano last really did bring the
house down!
If it was a one-in-one-hundredyears flood and storm, maybe
we’ll be ok for a century at least.
By that time, we won’t be here to
worry anyway. At least technology
has brought alternatives to storing
important photos and documents.
A short time scanning all our photos can help preserve a lifetime
of memories. If the originals float
away, we can rest assured we at
least saved the photos for generations to come. A small sacrifice
of our time.
Jasmine Smith-Browne
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29 January 2015 - Kingston Classifieds 9
Sugar ants marching
Right now the humble sugar ant is
doing great things in your backyard and neighbourhood. As you
start seeing them more during the
warm summer months, just follow
some handy tips and the sugar
ants will leave your house alone.
They will instead get on with the
business of planting trees, aerating
soils, farming, and cleaning.
Susanna Bradshaw, CEO of the
Foundation for National Parks
and Wildlife said, “As their name
suggests, sugar ants do indeed like
to eat sugar and all things sweet,
but they aren’t fussy and will go for
a wide range of foods from insects
to seeds. So you can thank these
ants for helping to keep your backyard clean and tidy.
“During the summer months,
sugar ants become much more
active as the heat and wet weather drive them out of their nests
to explore their surroundings.
As they wander around enjoying
the summer weather, the sugar
ants will be growing their complex,
invisible chemical trails all over
your garden.
“Because of the large size of their
colonies, pheromone trails are
used by sugar ants to communicate with each other. It’s a good
thing these trails are invisible to
humans or you might be a little
shocked at how many hundreds
of ant highways there are in your
garden and house.
“Sugar ants are great little weather
predictors. If you see hundreds of
ants running around the place in
a frenzy, chances are they are trying to find somewhere dry before
a storm, so it might be a good time
to get your washing off the line.
“It’s a shame that when you look
up sugar ants on the internet,
most of the websites that appear
are for pest control and tips on
how to kill them. These ants are
harmless native animals which play
an important role in our natural
food web. It is better to find safe,
non-toxic ways to deal with any
troublesome sugar ants.”
Tips for living with
sugar ants
wage and the NES make up the
minimum entitlements for employees in Australia. An award, employment contract, enterprise agreement
or other registered agreement can’t
provide for conditions that are less
than the national minimum wage
or the NES. They can’t exclude
the NES.
The watchdog here is the Fair Work
Ombudsman, whose office was
established by the Fair Work Act
2009. His declared role is to support compliance with the act and
promote productive and inclusive
Australian workplaces. What are
the ten minimum employment
entitlements? Maximum weekly
hours; requests for flexible working
arrangements; parental leave and
related entitlements; annual leave;
personal carer’s leave and compassionate leave; community-service
leave; long-service leave; public
holidays; notice of termination and
redundancy pay, and the Fair Work
Information Statement. Access to
superannuation is curiously not
mentioned.
All employees in the national workplace relations system are covered
by the NES regardless of the award,
• Make sure the ants aren’t enticed into your home by keeping
all your ingredients in sealed
containers and your surfaces free
from crumbs.
• Sugar ants actually prefer to
stay outside so if you make your
garden more sugar ant friendly,
they will have no reason to leave
their comfy homes. They love leaf
litter and bushes that attract their
sap-sucking buddies, which they
collect honeydew from.
• Ants hate citric acid so a safe
and natural way to keep them
out of your house is to make
a lemon and water mixture and
spray it around the perimeter of
your house. If you know where
the ants are getting in, spray just
lemon juice around the spot.
“Ants are the great vacuum cleaners of our natural world,” said
Ms Bradshaw. “Without them we
would have plenty of old food
and dead insects lying around.
Plus ants help aerate our soils
and bring seeds into their underground nests that help grow
our forests.
“Much like farmers tending their
livestock, the sugar ants often
tend aphids, caterpillars and other
sap-feeding insects. They move
these insects to better ‘pastures’
and protect them from predators.
Some of our common nocturnal
sugar ants have even gone as
far as bringing caterpillars and
other bugs into their nests during
the day and then escorting them
back outside under the cover
of darkness.
“This is a mutually beneficial
arrangement as the ants eat the
‘honeydew’ secreted by the insects, and in turn the insect gets
the protection of the whole ant
colony. Some of Australia’s rare
butterflies actually rely on this help
from the sugar ants to complete
their life cycle.”
Wildlife Foundation
OPINION
From back page

ran television advertisements attacking the new laws. Work Choices was
a major issue in the 2007 federal
election, with the Australian Labor
Party (ALP) under Kevin Rudd vowing
to abolish it. Labor won government
and repealed the whole of the legislation with the passing of the Fair
Work Act 2009.
Working conditions and wages in
Australia are currently governed by
the National Employment Standards
(NES), ten minimum entitlements
that have to be provided to all
employees. The national minimum
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registered agreement or employment contract that applies, but
casual employees only get NES entitlements relating to unpaid carer’s
leave; unpaid compassionate leave;
community service leave; and the
Fair Work Information Statement.
Given the increasing casualisation
of Australia’s workforce, the differential applicability of enticements is
significant. Also significant is the fact
that the Minister for Employment is
Senator Eric Abetz. The inquiry has
called for public submissions.
John Fleming II
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Local Weather Forecast
Thursday
Shower or two
12/17°
Friday
Rain increasing
12/17°
SaturdayRain
13/18°
Sunday
Shower or two
13/18°
Monday
Possible early shower 12/22°
Weather forecast for Kingston from bom.gov.au on Wednesday morning
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garages, farm sheds and
industrial buildings.
Accredited builder.
0419 309 146 / 6295 1301
www.sissheds.com.au
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
AAA Electrical. For all your
electrical needs large or
small. Lic 1373166.
Ph Anthony 0432 019 914
ANGEL CLEAN
Cleaning ~ Gardening
Carpet Cleaning
Lawns / Pruning / Gutters
Regular/Spring/Bond cleans
Reno/Builders. Police check.
Call Carolyn 0448 779 981
ELECTRICIAN
Switchboards, lights,
safety checks, etc.
SeaSpark Contracting,
Jon Ph 0429 926 516.
seaspark.com.au
Lic 1222249
ROOF PAINTING
Iron and tile roof restoration.
Free quotes. The Flu Pro.
Ph 0407 040 641
CV’s HANDYMAN SERVICE
All home maintenance
& repairs.
Plastering, painting, doors,
windows, re-grouting tiles.
Fences, gates, mowing &
general yard work.
No job too small. Call for
quote Chris 0407 248 450.
Fully insured.
CONCRETE AND
EXCAVATIONS
By Trowel Art
27 years experience.
Free quotes.
Call 0418 983 659
Available for shed & house
slabs, driveways, etc.
Experienced with exposed
aggregate & colour finishes.
Phone Andrew on
0407 873 009
andrewgillcontracting.com.au
PLUMBER
DIGITAL TV ANTENNAS
RENDER & TEXTURE COATINGS
General plumbing,
emergency repairs and
maintenance.
Hot water cylinders and
blocked drains.
Phone 0427 776 456
TRADE OR SERVICE?
Phone 6295 1708
to advertise
or lodge your ad online
at www.southbus.com.au
V.A.S.T. free to air satellite TV.
TV Channel Restack Retuning
Homeright Electrical
0419 566 341
6267 9698
GORDON ASPHALTING
and SPRAY SEALING
Car parks, driveways,
footpaths repaired.
No obligation free quote.
Ph 0428 554 439
SERVICES
AUTO/MARINE
CLASSES
TAX RETURNS
TO YOUR DOOR!
2004 TOYOTA COROLLA
STATION WAGON
GUITAR TUITION
the guitar school
ADVANCED
MOORING SERVICES
GARDENING
A home delivery service
for tax returns. We pick
up your papers, compile
your return and deliver the
papers back for lodgement.
If you have a refund due,
then we take our fee from
your refund and transfer
the balance to you.
Bloomfield & Associates tax for busy people! Call
and book your pickup now!
6231 6886
iFRED
A helping hand with all
your technology: iPads/
android tablets, computers,
smartphones, A/V devices, etc.
Pensioner rates offered.
Call iFred now 0418 807 589
PETS & LIVESTOCK
LUXURY BOARDING
PROFESSIONAL GROOMING
Margate Country Kennels
170 Van Morey Road
6267 1148 / 0437 355 856
margatecountrykennels.com.au
HOLIDAY PET CARE
Pet-sitting, pet-feeding, petminding, pet-visits, housesitting, dog-walking. If you
need your pets cared for
when you are on holiday call
the pet specialist: Kimberly’s
Pet Taxi & Pet Services on
0428 568 852
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252,000km. Runs well. $3,500. All levels and styles taught
at studios in City and
2004 Daihatsu Charade.
Kingston areas.
141,000km. Great car.
$3,500. Ph 0413 902 130. Ph Roger Southey 6229 4453
Now servicing all
lower Channel areas.
Ph 0477 165 583
COMPUTING
COMPUTER REPAIRS
Daniels IT would like to
remind you that Paul is
available to repair your
home or work machines. He
has 15 years professional
experience in Networks,
Windows and Linux solutions.
He can come to you, or just
drop your machine in. All
results and explanations in
PLAIN ENGLISH! 0428 388 165
EVENTS
PROFESSIONAL
TREE SERVICES
Qualified arborist, fully
insured, ethical tree care.
Modern Arbor 0449 150 471
POTTED ROSES
Many in flower, ornamental
trees, wpg maples & asst
shrubs. Sunday Rotary
Kingston Market. See Bluey
HOLIDAY ACCOM.
campingatbrunyisland.com
Eco & Pet friendly
6297 8290 / 0438 411 916
FOR RENT
2 bedroom house
35 mins from Hobart with
Tuesdays: 13, 20 & 27 January 1 hectare of agistement
and inc. firewood. $300.
3 & 10 February
Call after 5pm 6295 1653
7.30pm
SUMMER SING LOCALLY
ALL Welcome
Ph 6229 1231
FOR SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE
CALVIN SCHOOL UNIFORM
BOAT HOUSE CAFE,
HUONVILLE
OPENING HOURS
FIREWOOD FOR SALE
The Boat House will be open
6 days a week throughout
February. The only day we
will be closed is TUESDAYS.
Please phone ahead for
operating hours and thanks
for all of your ongoing
support! Gina Poulton.
DEADLINE
FOR LINE ADS
4pm Tuesdays
Size 12 boy’s. Complete.
Excellent condition.
Ph 0406 429 996
0419 700 014
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UNDER $100
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only. Single items only.
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OPINION
January
Macjobbery
Arisleda Tapia works in McDonald’s
in New York. Her story is told in the
September 2014 issue of The New
Yorker magazine. I read it often,
courtesy of a friend who subscribes
to it online, but still gets the hard
copies which she lends to me.
It’s always a diverting read. If I were
planning a stay in New York, I’d take
a copy with me. It always gives up
to date reviews on films, theatre,
galleries, restaurants and events.
Its audience must consist of people
with the wherewithal to attend these
pleasures. It is not left wing and to
read it demands a high level of
literacy. It carries six or so serious
articles each issue. Arisleda’s story
and those of her co-workers is one
such. Her wages and conditions of
work would be deemed appropriate
by a pro-business government such
as ours.
In her home country, the Dominican Republic, she was a nurse; her
husband drove taxis. After her
marriage broke up, she moved to
New York in 2003 and got one job,
then another, at McDonald’s. She is
paid the minimum wage for each;
in her case $8.95 an hour, with no
entitlements.
McDonald’s, next to Walmart, is
the world’s second largest private
employer. Or rather its franchiseholders are. Franchises are hardly
small businesses. Candidates must
be able to prove that they have
750,000 US dollars in cash. The
company claims that what its work-
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ers are paid is a franchise matter
and therefore none of its business.
Nonetheless, in America, it can be
sued for proven breaches of labour
law, including ‘wage theft’. Back in
Australia, the ABC recently reported
on a Queenstown cafe owner who
had paid an Italian backpacker
$1.43 an hour for four weeks’ work.
What do these cases have in common? Workers who, for various
reasons needed a job, and whose
eligibility to work in the country
they were in at the time was uncertain due to visa issues. In the
Queenstown case, the Fair Work
Ombudsman intervened. The US
has the National Labor Relations
Board. Both are needed in the face
of assertions like Gina Rinehart’s
that her ideal worker would be paid
$2 an hour.
In a curious co-incidence, Joe
Hockey directed the Productivity
Commission to “undertake an inquiry into the workplace relations
framework” just before Christmas.
This is one pre-election promise
that the government is apparently
going to keep. Its rationale is that
it is important that the “Fair Work
laws work for everyone.” Sceptics
will read into this “especially for the
business sector.” The way in which
the inquiry proceeds, particularly
in relation to the Fair Work Ombudsman should be studied by all
Australian employees.
The back bench is getting a lot of
pressure from the business com-
Kingston Classifieds - 29 January 2015
Event Diary
31 Middleton Country Fair – 10am - 4pm, Middleton Community Centre
February
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Free Community Bushfire Awareness Event – 2-4.30pm, Leslie Vale
Recreation Oval
Wheels in the Park Car Show – 11am-3pm, Heritage Park, Geeveston
Forestry Workers Commemorative Service – 2.30pm, Tasmanian Forest
Memorial Site, Heritage Park, Geeveston
February
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Market Diary
Cygnet Market – 10am-2pm, Cygnet Town Hall
Kingston Rotary Car Boot Market - 9am-1pm, Kingston Town Car Park
Huonville Market – 10am-2pm, Huonville Town Hall and surrounds
Woodbridge Village Market – 10am-3pm, Woodbridge Hall
Geeveston Market – 9am-1pm, Geeveston Community Hall
Judbury Market – 10am-2pm, Calvert Park
Kingston Beach Handmade Market – 10am-3pm, Kingston Beach Hall
Cygnet Market – 10am-2pm, Cygnet Town Hall
Dover Market – 9am-1pm, Main Road, Dover
Huonville Market – 10am-2pm, Huonville Town Hall and surrounds
Franklin Market – 10am-2pm, Palais Theatre, Franklin
Snug Market – 10am-2pm, Snug Community Hall
munity about the difficulties its
members face in a highly competitive environment. This is mildly ironic, because competitiveness is a go-word in the rhetoric
about Australia’s economy and
a direct consequence of free trade
agreements with countries whose
minimum wages are often lower
than those applying in Australia.
The casualisation of the Australian
workforce and the explosion in the
application of penalty rates also
needs discussion, perhaps by way
of a national conversation.
The most recent attempt by the
Coalition to shift the employment
goalposts was the abortive ‘Work
Choices: a new workplace relations system’ launched in March
2006. It proved to be the final nail
in John Howard’s political coffin.
The passing and implementation of
the new laws was strongly opposed
by the left side of politics, particularly
the trade union movement. It was
argued that the laws stripped away
basic employee rights and were
fundamentally unfair. The Australian
Council of Trade Unions consistently
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