Pittwater Life October 2018 Issue

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hosted by the Palm Beach
Branch of the Liberal Party
of NSW on Thursday October
11. Venue for the evening,
hosted by Mackellar MP Jason
Falinski, is Moby Dick’s Whale
Beach; tickets $150; bookings
on 8356 0300.
Chopper to
fight weeds
An unmanned, remotecontrolled
mini-helicopter
will help Northern Beaches
Council lead the way in local
government in managing
weeds within its boundaries.
Mayor Michael Regan said a
demonstration of the RMAX
Yamaha helicopter had shown
it could help council workers
get to hard-to-access areas like
cliff faces between Palm Beach
and Manly. The RMAX can
deliver precision applications
of chemical herbicides and
pesticides with lowest risk of
overspray and a highly accurate
spray path width of four
metres. “Our area, like a lot of
the east coast, has a problem
with bitou and bone seed
weeds which if not controlled
displace native vegetation and
species and contribute significantly
to land degradation,” Mr
Regan said. Council intends to
apply for funding to hire one
RMAX helicopter to roll out
across the region in late 2018.
Push to extend
Seniors discounts
Businesses providing essential
services, products, and
entertainment across the State
are the target of a renewed
push by the NSW Government
to encourage more businesses
to join the NSW Seniors Card
program. The Government’s
effort over recent years to grow
the program has brought an
unprecedented amount of discounts
for seniors. In 2015 the
Government committed to expanding
the NSW Seniors Card
program and since that time
has increased the number of
participating businesses from
1,600 to more than 5,700, while
adding more than 250,000
new members. Everyday living
discounts range from savings
on energy and phone bills,
education courses, travel insurance,
accommodation, through
to discounts at your local café,
gym, hairdresser, or mechanic.
Businesses who sign up by November
9 will have the chance
to win a $10,000 NSW Seniors
Card advertising package.
Seniors can also win a VISA
Gift card for nominating new
businesses. A recent survey of
35,000 Seniors Card members
revealed NSW seniors are more
likely to try a new business if it
offers a Seniors Card discount
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