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OAKEY NAIDOC CELEBRATIONS PICTORIAL Women at the centre of NAIDOC celebration NAIDOC Week 2018 celebrated the invaluable contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have made, and continue to make, to communities, families, and to the nation. As pillars of society, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women play active and significant roles at the community, local, state and national levels. As leaders, trailblazers, politicians, activists and social change advocates, they have fought and continue to fight, for justice, equal rights, rights to country, for law and justice, access to education, employment and to maintain and celebrate indigenous culture, language, music and art. They continue to influence as doctors, lawyers, teachers, electricians, chefs, nurses, architects, rangers, emergency and defence personnel, writers, volunteers, chief executive officers, actors, singer songwriters, journalists, entrepreneurs, media personalities, board members, accountants, academics, sporting icons and Olympians, the list goes on. They are mothers, elders, grandmothers, aunties, sisters and daughters. Sadly, Indigenous women’s role in our cultural, social and political survival has often been invisible, unsung or diminished. - Contributed. NAIDOC activities at Oakey included performances by Galamaay Dance Troupe, guest speakers, DDHHS awards, Goondir awards, cake cutting ceremony, youth activities and petting animals. OPTOMETRISTS Melanie Wiseman & Mark Stevenson Ph: 4698 7899 Fax: 4698 8711 Shop 10 Highfields Plaza Circle Own a pair of Carter Bond frames and really show your own attitude and personality!! Cara, Jarrakai and Josh Brown and Nikita Suey. Are you looking for somewhere to meet other mature aged people? Or, do you know someone else who wants or needs social interaction with mature age people? HIGHFIELDS SENIOR CITIZENS is the answer! The Over 55s meet on Mondays from 9am for play between 9.30 and 3pm at Highfields Cultural Centre or Highfields Recreation Centre - near the library A relaxed atmosphere and a time to meet and chat with other mature aged people. • No time commitment - it’s purely come when you can. • All over 55s welcome - partner NOT required. • Cards and board games in the morning - indoor bowls in the afternoon • Other activities include one-day bus trips, social outings, soup days and barbecues Special Event program for the winter months June 4: Barbecue July 10: Guest speaker - GemLife Lifestyle June 11: Guest speaker - Fire Brigade Village Aug 13: Soup Day - Guest speaker: Senior June 21: Bus trip to visit Nanango Senior Citizens Association Constable Scrivin Aug 18-26: Seniors week BYO or purchase lunch. Tea and coffee provided • Cost - $2/day plus $20 annual membership Phone Yvonne 0409 423 036 or Ray 0400 748 432 for more information Richelle Robinson, Corben Moodie and Adelayde McKellar. The Coalition Government is always looking for ways to support regional and rural communities, and this month saw the announcement of major projects under round two of the government’s $200 million Building Better Regions Fund – Infrastructure Projects Stream. I am pleased to say that the Groom electorate did not miss out. Our community was successful in attracting $4.8 million under BBRF for the RSPCA’s new Toowoomba Animal Care Campus. This wonderful new facility, which they hope to have up and running within 12 months, will be able to house up to 200 animals and provide a whole new range of services and options to care for animals in need. Of course, there will also be more opportunities for families and individuals to provide a new home for these animals through the RSPCAs pet adoption program. Toowoomba’s Cerebral Palsy League disability Advertisement Around Groom with McVeigh services hub will also undergo renovations after it was successful in attracting just over $20,000 in funding. The renovation will create extra space for learning programs for adults with disability. I am very proud to see these two important local organisations receive support under the Builder Better Regions Fund. When we work together it is amazing what we can achieve. The two successful projects in our patch, are amongst 136 projects across regional and rural Australia announced under round two of the BBRF Infrastructure Projects Stream this month – with a total project value $459 million. Until next month Regards, John Jakayah Brown, Bobby Graham, Clauede Graham, Christopher Troutman and Kearhna Brown. TARGET YOUR LOCAL MARKET WITH ADVERTISING YOU CAN AFFORD!! The <strong>Herald</strong> is delivered direct to 12,308 homes each week and offers a range of options to suit all budgets. 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Lower taxes for workers The Turnbull Government has delivered income tax relief for all Australian workers. Member for Groom John McVeigh said that by passing the Coalition’s Personal Income Tax plan through the Parliament, the Government has ensured all Australians paying tax will be better off. They will be paying less tax, and will be rewarded for their hard work both now and into the future. “Taxes in Australia will now be lower, fairer and simpler. 62,478 people and their families in our electorate of Groom will benefit from tax relief of up to $530 in 2018-19,” Member for Groom Dr John McVeigh said. “This is a win for all working Australians who want to get ahead. You will have the certainty that when you earn more, get a pay rise or work more hours, you won’t face ever-increasing tax rates,” he said. “Under our plan, 94 per cent of Australian workers will not face higher marginal tax rate of more than 32.5c in the dollar, with our first priority low and middle income earners because we understand the benefits of a stronger economy have not yet flowed to all.” The Turnbull Government’s legislated plan has three steps: • Tax relief for middle and low income earners now. In 2018-19, over 10 million Australians will get tax relief, with 4.4 million Australians receiving the full $530 benefit. • Lifting tax brackets, to protect Australians from the impact of ‘bracket creep’, taking the $87,000 tax threshold to $90,000 in 2018-19 and then to $120,000 in 2022-23. Tax relief provided under the offset in step 1 will also be locked in Haden fire appeal Haden Public Hall Committee are conducting an appeal for John and Freda Baldwin who lost their house in Boundary Street, Haden, in a fire on July 7. Donations of money or vouchers would be appreciated and can be either dropped off at Haden Stores or posted to the committee at Boundary Street, Haden Qld 4353. Donations of money can be direct debited to BSB 638- 070, account number 9675310 with the reference Fire Appeal. Contact 4698 8291 for more information. USQ celebrates role of Aboriginal and Torrres Strait nurses The 2018 NAIDOC Week theme, “‘Because of her, we can,” reverberates throughout the University of Southern Queensland as it honours Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and the significant role they have played in Australian communities. For Toowoomba-based lecturer, researcher and author Raelene Ward, the journey to NAIDOC 2018 from her hometown of Cunnamulla has been filled with hard work and sisterhood. “There are goose bumps on my arms as I think about the company of women who will feature at these events. I’m honoured to be part of that tradition,” Mrs Ward said. She will join organiser Associate Professor Odette Best, Professor Tracey Bunda, Dr Kathryn Gilbey and Aboriginal activist Professor Gracelyn Smallwood at a panel discussion at USQ Springfield. It follows a ‘NAIDOC - Honouring Elder Professionals of Nursing and Midwifery’ event at USQ Ipswich on July 9. “I hold these women in such high regard. It has been people like Professor Smallwood who have lobbied for better conditions and responsibilities for our community,” Mrs Ward said. “I’ll certainly grow from their knowledge, their experience and their support.” Mrs Ward has spent her time at USQ imparting expertise honed by her work as a registered nurse and practice manager in Aboriginal Health. Her contributions to textbook Yatdjuligin: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care helped to attract accolades from the prestigious Educational Publishing Awards. “We’ve recently produced a second edition, an extended version, which is used in our current nursing program at USQ as Mr McVEIGH Bracket creep protection from 2022-23 by taking the $37,000 tax threshold to $41,000, and lifting the low income tax offset to $645. • Ensuring more Australians pay less tax by making personal taxes simpler, removing an entire tax bracket, that will mean around 94 per cent of taxpayers are projected to face a tax rate of 32.5 per cent or less. “In contrast to the Labor Party, our plan is not about creating winners and losers. We are not putting up taxes on some Australians to pay for tax relief for other Australians,” Dr McVeigh said. “Under the Government’s legislated plan, the tax system works for all Australians.” • Insurance work • Restorations • Full Resprays Dean Oeser Shed 3 / 1 Darian St HIGHFIELDS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE National lamington day This Saturday, July 21, Australians around the country will stop and pause to mark the coming of age of an Australian classic, the humble lamington. For National Lamington Day, this Australian icon has gone gourmet to cater to the changing tastes of Australians. The sweet treat has been delighting Australian tastebuds for more than 100 years, and now sees flavours like jaffa, lemon, raspberry and passionfruit as some of the most popular. “While the classic chocolate lamington will always be a firm favourite, consumers today are taking a new bite from a traditional favourite, and we’ve seen demand for flavours like jaffa soar,” says Dia Sadikay, Sales and Marketing Manager, Susan Day Cakes. “This iconic cake has stood the test of time for over 100 years, and now these new flavours have meant that it will remain on Australian tables for many more years to come. “We’ve even seen savoury lamingtons served with bacon, so who knows what the next lamington craze will be,” Dia says. Ph: 4596 3354 M: 0427 766 003 To advertise phone 4615 4416 or email herald@highcountrynews.net.au well other nursing programs throughout Australia,” she said. Mrs Ward’s own story starts in south west Queensland, as a Cunnamulla student dreaming of becoming a nurse. “I found healthcare to be a place where I could excel and also give back to the Aboriginal community in some way. “That was my passion,” she said. “Since then, I’ve brought my gained knowledge into university life to pass on to our future generations of nurses. “Among my greatest achievements is being able to mentor Aboriginal health workers who then became registered nurses themselves, and also helping to embed Indigenous perspectives in curriculum as we teach upand-coming health professionals.” NAIDOC Week is held in July each year and is an opportunity to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The lamington cake was first made in Toowoomba in 1900, most likely for the wife of Queensland’s eighth governor, Lady May Lamington. Made by either the Lamingtons’ well credentialed French patisserie chef, Armand Galland, or well known Brisbane cookery teacher Amy Schauer, regarded as the Nigella Lawson of her time, the sponge cake was dipped in chocolate and liberally sprinkled with coconut. Lord and Lady Lamington were said to be so impressed by the cake, that it was regularly requested at Lamington House. For the first time in 117 years, lamingtons were briefly off the menu at Old Government House in Brisbane, however demand has seen it recently bought back to the menu. In celebration of National Lamington Day, a range of lamington flavours, including classic chocolate, jaffa and raspberry, can be purchased from Coles stores nationally. Annual U3A seniors expo The annual U3A Seniors Information Expo is on Wednesday, August 22, at the HumeRidge Church of Christ complex, 461 Hume Street, Toowoomba. The Toowoomba Regional Council is sponsoring this community expo and once again it will be the key Seniors Week event in the Toowoomba Region. Council sponsorship enables free entry to the public. This year, 70 organisations, including several who have not attended previously will happily share information with you and the diverse activities Seniors can participate in. The doors are open from 8.30am until 2.30pm. Devonshire teas and light lunches will be on sale at the cafe. Parking attendants will direct you to free car parks and a courtesy vehicle is available for transport to the front door of the Expo. Contact: Irene 4636 3316, Rhonda 4613 6559 or Trish 4687 7659. Painting day at Argyle Homestead Artists of Crows Nest members and friends were recently treated to a painting day at Ross and Julie Smith’s Argyle Homestead. The weather was not quite perfect for outdoor work but most found a sheltered spot and captured their chosen vista with camera and brush. The inspiration material varied widely and if only a small percentage of the number of photos taken on the day ever make it as a painting there will be enough to fill an art gallery dedicated to Argyle. During the pen and wash workshop in June, local artist Bill Morton shared his tips for using watercolour as ink and applying it with differing strokes from a dip pen. The resulting sketches were a surprise to most who had not used this particular technique previously. Bill was generous with his knowledge and shared pointers on colour and composition throughout the session. USQ nursing lecturer, researcher and author Raelene Ward. 80th birthday Robin Darracott and wife Barbara celebrating Robin’s 80th birthday at the Danish Flower Art Cafe Highfields, attended by members of his family. Photo contributed by Geoff Neville. Artists and friends outside the studio of Ross Smith at Argyle Homestead. Anyone who would like to learn more about working in oils should attend the next workshop with Jim Diegnan on Saturday, July 21. Jim is an accomplished artist in watercolour and oils and is an experienced tutor. Some materials will be supplied and more information will be given as bookings are made. Another watercolour workshop with Jane Hoffman is planned for August 11. Works in the Nest Café will change in August and members will be preparing works to fit the theme of ‘Atmosphere’. A general meeting will be held on Monday, July 23 at 6.30pm in the glass room of the Community Centre. WORKSHOPS - 9am to 4pm - Supper Room, Crows Nest RSL Community Centre Techniques for oil painting - July 21 - Jim Deignan Watercolour painting - August 11 - Jane Hoffman Cost for the day $30 - morning tea and some materials provided To book contact secretaryaocn@gmail.com or workshop organizer Pam Shipman 0408 799 587 HIGH COUNTRY HERALD - JULY 17, 2018 - 5
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