Life Skills Survey

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Life Skills Survey

Are you aged 16-24 (or know someone who is) and want to be part of something that will help young people in New South Wales?

The NSW Office for Regional Youth are working on an exciting project with the Department of Customer Service to help young people make sense of becoming an adult.

In their Life Skills survey, they want to find out what ‘adulting’ skills are important to you and how confident you feel about them.

The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. Remember, there are no right or wrong answers, they just want your opinion.

Make your voice heard by 13 September 2023.

TAKE THE SURVEY

EXERCISE ONLY – Exercise ‘Ballet’

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Emergency services in Wentworth Shire tested their skills on Wednesday 16 August at Wentworth Aerodrome while undertaking ‘Exercise Ballet’. The multi-agency emergency management exercise was conducted by Wentworth Shire LEMC with the aim of testing the capability, cooperation, coordination and communication between rescue agencies within the footprint of the Wentworth Shire LGA.

In accordance with the Wentworth Aerodrome Emergency Plan, emergency services were put to the test in response to a simulated airport emergency and rescue incident. Participants of the simulation included; NSW Police Force, NSW Ambulance, Fire and Rescue NSW, NSW Rural Fire Service and Sunraysia Collaboration with the Broken Hill University Department of Rural Health.

The simulated emergency scenario involved an aircraft with two occupants that had failed to land safely on the tarmac at Wentworth Aerodrome. As a result of the impact, the occupants are trapped with a minor fuel spill surrounding the aircraft.

Role playing as the trapped occupants were nursing students Sam and Luci from Sunraysia Collaboration with the Broken Hill University Department of Rural Health.

The objectives of the exercise were to; test the Wentworth Aerodrome Emergency Plan, to test the response of emergency services to an emergency at Wentworth Aerodrome, to test the call out procedures for an emergency at Wentworth Aerodrome and to test the interagency communication at a rescue.

General Manager of Wentworth Shire Council, Mr. Ken Ross observed the exercise as LEMO-Support Exercise Director and was pleased with the response and coordination amongst the emergency services teams.

Have your say on changes to rental laws in NSW 

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Do you live in, rent out or manage a rental property in NSW? The NSW Government is now seeking feedback about changes to rental laws. The changes aim to deliver on the NSW Government’s key election commitments to improve the renting experience. 

Share your views on changes that would require a reason to terminate a lease, make it easier for renters to keep pets, protect renters’ personal information and privacy and make it easier to transfer rental bonds from one property to another, as well as other ways to make the system fairer.

Have your say by 5pm Friday, 11 August 2023

Visit haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/improving-nsw-rental-laws to have your say by completing a survey. You can also find out more information.

Your feedback will help improve rental laws in NSW.  The consultation pages are also available in Arabic, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Nepali, Spanish and Vietnamese to reflect the many languages used by renters in NSW.  

Planet Ark’s Schools Tree Day – 28 July 2023

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Location: Wentworth Ski Reserve

Local students from Pomona and Wentworth Public Schools were encouraged to get out of the classroom and into nature for Planet Ark’s National Tree Day organised by Vanessa Anderson, Regional Landcare Coordinator – Schools (Wentworth based) for Western Landcare NSW.

Students planted 140 native trees and shrubs on Friday 28 July 2023, with a student from Pomona Public School saying “We are planting trees to create oxygen for the environment and want to make things beautiful again.”

The 140 native plants, consisting of Kangaroo Paw, Grevilleas, native grasses, bushes and ground covers were sourced from the growAbility Nursery in Mildura. Councillor Brian Beaumont for Wentworth Shire Council was also in attendance, getting his hands dirty to plant some trees in the flood impacted Wentworth Ski Reserve.

Vanessa Anderson said she is proud to be part of the community, engaging with children in schools and teaching about the importance of the connection with the environment.

She encourages the community to volunteer some time for the National Tree Day Planting on Sunday 6 August from 10:00am – 2:00pm, Cnr Silver City Highway & Pomona Road, Wentworth. Lunch available at the Pomona Hall, supported by Pomona Public School P&C. Bring along your hat, water bottle, gardening gloves and make your effort count!

Since 1996, over 26,000,000 trees have been planted with more than 3,000 preschools, kindergartens, primary and high school students participating nationwide on Schools Tree Day.

To learn more, visit https://treeday.planetark.org/

Council Connects – July 2023

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Council Connects is produced monthly following the Ordinary Meeting of Council.

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Want to keep up to date with projects and events in Wentworth Shire? Head to wentworth.nsw.gov.au/enews to join Council’s subscriber list.

For further information, contact Wentworth Shire Council on (03) 5027 5027 or email council@wentworth.nsw.gov.au

Namatjira Raw Water Storage

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On Wednesday 12 July 2023, Council was invited to the Aboriginal Communities Water and Sewerage Program (ACWSP) Namatjira Raw Water Tank Commissioning.

The tanks are part of a $3 million upgrade to the raw water supply, funded by the NSW Planning and Environment Department with support from the Dareton Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC), Wentworth Shire Council and NSW Public Works.

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Pooncarie Road (Wentworth Shire) $9.2 million all weather access upgrade

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Wentworth Shire Council has recommenced road works on Pooncarie Road (Wentworth Shire) after 8 months of delays due to widespread flooding.

The $9.2 million project is jointly funded on a 50:50 basis with the Australian Government and NSW Government under the Growing Local Economies Fund with Office of Regional Development.

Planned improvements include over 26km of new seal, allowing road users to access the road in all weather conditions and removing over 600km of road detours when the road is impacted by wet weather-related road closures.

Works are expected to be completed by Christmas 2023.

Work Experience at Wentworth Shire Council

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For the past week, Wentworth Shire Council has hosted Year 12 student Lachlan (aged 18) from Mildura Senior College. With a strong interest in Engineering, the team has shown Lachlan the day to day tasks as an Engineer.

Following the week of experience, Council asked Lachlan the following;

  1. What have you enjoyed during your time with Wentworth Shire Council?
    At the Wentworth Shire Council I have enjoyed being able to spend my week with the Engineering team and have them answer all of my various questions. It has truly been an invaluable experience and has taught me a lot about Civil Engineering as a career and working in a Government setting.
  2. Would Engineering be a career that you would like to pursue?
    After my week here it has solidified my personal thought that I would definitely like to pursue a possible career in the Engineering field.
  3. Is there anything else that you would have liked to experience during your time at Council?
    Nothing that I don’t think wasn’t slightly touched on.

Interested in Work Experience with Wentworth Shire Council?

Contact Glen Norris, Manager Human Resources for further information on (03) 5027 5027.