Barrier Daily Truth

Mayor backs SCC plan

Friday, 6th January, 2012

 By Darrin Manuel

 The handover of 40 aged care licences to Southern Cross Care (SCC) would cost Council around $1.5 million in government funding according to Councillor Tom Kennedy.

SCC has proposed to take over Council’s 40 aged care licences, lobby the government for a grant and an additional 20 aged care licences, and build a new aged care facility at the former Alma Pool site.

Cr Kennedy said the loss of Council’s licences would remove revenue generated from Shorty O’Neil Village, and result in the community losing the facility.

“Gutsy farmers” show way forward to MDBA

Friday, 6th January, 2012

HEROES: Conservation group Friends of the Earth have praised a group of farmers.

By Paula Doran

The continued debate over the future management of the Murray Darling Basin is inspiring strange bedfellows.

The Friends of the Earth has proclaimed the Australian Floodplain Association as the unofficial heroes of the day in the continued fight to commit to environmental flows in the Basin.

The environmental group says the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) needs to follow the lead of the floodplain graziers, who last month announced they would create a legal precedent which allowed the Authority to use over a million acres of flood easements to enable increased environmental flows.

Securing footy’s future

Thursday, 5th January, 2012

SUPPORTER: Carlton great Alex Jesaulenko has been one of many people to help the BH South Past Players raise $25,000 for junior football since 2005.

Past players group raises $25,000 for juniors

By Andrew Robertson

Maurie Ranger has a simple explanation for what motivates himself and a group of other ex-locals to raise thousands of dollars each year for Broken Hill junior football.

“It’s very important to do things for young people, and there’s a lot of enjoyment in giving,” says Ranger, founder of the BH South Past Players group.

The group certainly has given plenty since forming in 2005 after Ranger decided something more needed to be done to help football in his old home town.