Gosnells CEO raises consultant threat

as posted here back in March 2000

8-March-00 Written by Noel Dyson

GOSNELLS City Council CEO Simon Holtby has found a way to make himself unpopular with consultants.

As part of his study to finish the first Doctor of Business Administration ever completed at Curtin University, Dr Holtby examined innovation and the screening of ideas.

The text books say the criteria for screening ideas apply to all industries.

However, Dr Holtby found this was not the case. He determined that for three different industries, three different sets of criteria applied.

Hence, those consultants promoting a black box solution face redundancy.

Dr Holtby said he found industries had to develop their own innovation criteria.

He argues that some good ideas are not necessarily good within an industry.

“For example, what if a food manufacturer invented the television?” Dr Holtby asked.

“The TV is a good idea but it is not compatible with food manufacturing.

“It doesn’t mean the company should discard the idea.

“It could spin off a new division to deal with it or it could patent the technology and sell or licence it to somebody else.”

Dr Holtby has shown a strong interest in innovation throughout his career.

He began his working life as a civil engineer with British Rail before spending time in the energy industry in Tasmania and WA, finishing as marketing manager for Western Power.

Dr Holtby said his appointment to Gosnells was his first foray into local government.

Since he took the helm at Gosnells, the council has embarked on a major restructuring of the city centre.

It also won the WA Municipal Association Best Practice for Innovation Award in 1999.

“When I came here the council indicated it wanted change,” Dr Holtby said.

“The town centre redevelopment came about from a survey that was innovative in itself.

“We were asking people to make trade off decisions about what they wanted for their city.

“As far as I know that approach has not been used in local government in Australia,” he said.

as posted here back in March 2000

Court penalty for ignoring clean-up orders

as posted on COGsite

Owners of a property in Southern River have been fined a total of $2,100 after ignoring warnings from the City to stop storing commercial equipment in their yard.

After receiving complaints from nearby residents, the City’s Planning Compliance Officer inspected the property and issued a warning to the owners to remove the items within 14 days.

A subsequent site inspection revealed that the owners had made no attempt to remove the equipment and the City then proceeded with legal action.

Neither property owner responded to the prosecution notices nor did they appear at Armadale Magistrates Court on 24 September 2008 and legal representation was not made on their behalf.

The matter proceeded and each property owner was found to be in breach of the City’s Town Planning Scheme No.6 and Planning and Development Act 2005 for storage of commercial equipment on a residential property.

Each owner was fined $500 and ordered to pay $550 in costs.

A second prosecution is underway for a continuing offence at the property and this will go before the Magistrate on Wednesday 15 October.

City of Gosnells Planning and Sustainability Director Len Kosova said people in residential areas had a right to expect certain standards of amenity in their neighbourhood.

“This case serves as a good reminder that inappropriate activities will not be tolerated,” Mr Kosova said.

as posted on COGsite

Gosnells City Council landfill gas extraction and generation

as posted here

AGL built, owns and operates a landfill gas extraction and generation system at Gosnells City Council's Kelvin Road Waste Disposal Facility in Orange Grove, Western Australia. The 1 MW generator is capable of providing enough electricity to meet the needs of around 1700 homes. The system reduces greenhouse emissions from the landfill by around 40 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent annually

as posted here

Pomersbach starts with ton

as posted on TheWest

6th October 2008, 10:00 WST

Luke Pomersbach warmed up for a month of intense interstate cricket by belting his 11th club century as Gosnells played out a draw against South Perth in the first round of the WACA’s Retravision Shield competition.

Pomersbach’s 107 took Gosnells to 7-276, still 20 runs short of the target set when South Perth batted on to lunch on the second day of the match.

It was the only draw in a round in which defending premiers Scarborough had an easy win against Wanneroo but Fremantle, one of the favourites to grab the title this season, succumbing to Subiaco-Floreat by a whopping 130 runs.

Subiaco captain Steven Glew made a fine 121 in their 264 before pace recruit Simon Branston claimed 5-37 to dismantle Fremantle’s powerful top order.
State opener Shaun Marsh made a duck while State squad mmbers Craig Simmons (26) and Chris Wood (0) had little impact.

Former Test opener Justin Langer was disappointed not to be picked for Scarborough after training with the club on Thursday, only a few hours after he returned from a season with Somerset in county cricket. Langer is likely to play next week.

Mt Lawley overhauled Bayswater-Morley, who were without WA captain Marcus North and managed just 132, with State bowler Paul Davis contributing 77 in the tight three-wicket win.

WA opener Liam Davis scored a century in the second innings for Bayswater.

WA’s Luke Ronchi also failed with a second ball duck as Perth scraped together 177 before Midland-Guildford climbed to 237.

Arron Crawford enhanced his chances of a WA debut this week with 3-48 for Midland.

University’s 204 was not enough against Joondalup who piled on 4-318 with James Newnham making 117 while Melville defended their modest total of 197 against Rockingham-Mandurah for whom Aaron Heal’s 61 was the only substantial score in their 143.

Willetton’s 6-292 was plenty against Claremont-Nedlands who managed just 134 with seamer Chris Lagana taking 7-27.

Matt Johnston hammered 106 for Willetton to be one of three State batsmen to score centuries.

as posted on TheWest

Another hoon caught doing burn-outs outside copshop

as posted on WAToday

* Vanessa Williams and Chris Thomson
* October 2, 2008

A 23-year-old Greenmount man was allegedly caught doing burn-outs right outside the new traffic police headquarters in Midland yesterday.

Police Media's Ros Weatherall said that around 5pm, a Traffic Enforcement Group officer was leaving work when he spotted a man allegedly doing burn-outs outside the building.

The car allegedly lost traction and its wheels smoked up.

Ms Weatherall said the officer pulled the driver over. The car was seized for seven days under anti-hoon legislation.

The driver has been summonsed for allegedly causing excessive noise and smoke.

Traffic Enforcement Group only moved from Perth to Midland last week.

The alleged burnouts were the second outside a WA Police station this year.

On February 3, a learner driver was charged for the same offence after police at Cannington station heard tyres squealing.

The police went out to see a 24-year-old Maddington man allegedly spinning the wheels of his Ford Falcon in the station's front carpark.

That man's car was seized for 48 hours.

as posted on WAToday

Investigating underway into another sewage spill

as posted on ABCNews

The Department of Environment and Conservation is investigating a malfunction at a Water Corporation plant which saw thousands of litres of sewage spill into the Southern River at Gosnells.

The Swan River Trust Riverpark operations manager, Chris Mather, says it is the fifth sewage spill in the past three months, but an investigation has ruled out a widespread Water Corporation infrastructure problem.

Mr Mather says the impact of the most recent spill is relatively minor.

"With the amount of water flowing into the river system with rainfalls and ground water inflows the actual affect is reasonably minor when you talk about 25 thousand litres of sewage coming into a system which has much more water in it," he said.

"However, we do continue to monitor each incident we attend and monitor and we also conduct routine testing on the river as well."


as posted on ABCNews

Pomersbach starts with ton

as posted on TheWest

6th October 2008, 10:00 WST

Luke Pomersbach warmed up for a month of intense interstate cricket by belting his 11th club century as Gosnells played out a draw against South Perth in the first round of the WACA’s Retravision Shield competition.

Pomersbach’s 107 took Gosnells to 7-276, still 20 runs short of the target set when South Perth batted on to lunch on the second day of the match.

It was the only draw in a round in which defending premiers Scarborough had an easy win against Wanneroo but Fremantle, one of the favourites to grab the title this season, succumbing to Subiaco-Floreat by a whopping 130 runs.

Subiaco captain Steven Glew made a fine 121 in their 264 before pace recruit Simon Branston claimed 5-37 to dismantle Fremantle’s powerful top order.
State opener Shaun Marsh made a duck while State squad mmbers Craig Simmons (26) and Chris Wood (0) had little impact.

Former Test opener Justin Langer was disappointed not to be picked for Scarborough after training with the club on Thursday, only a few hours after he returned from a season with Somerset in county cricket. Langer is likely to play next week.

Mt Lawley overhauled Bayswater-Morley, who were without WA captain Marcus North and managed just 132, with State bowler Paul Davis contributing 77 in the tight three-wicket win.

WA opener Liam Davis scored a century in the second innings for Bayswater.

WA’s Luke Ronchi also failed with a second ball duck as Perth scraped together 177 before Midland-Guildford climbed to 237.

Arron Crawford enhanced his chances of a WA debut this week with 3-48 for Midland.

University’s 204 was not enough against Joondalup who piled on 4-318 with James Newnham making 117 while Melville defended their modest total of 197 against Rockingham-Mandurah for whom Aaron Heal’s 61 was the only substantial score in their 143.

Willetton’s 6-292 was plenty against Claremont-Nedlands who managed just 134 with seamer Chris Lagana taking 7-27.

Matt Johnston hammered 106 for Willetton to be one of three State batsmen to score centuries.

Scorecards

Willetton v Claremont-Nedlands

Willetton
First Innings
Hill st King b Roberts 70
Woods lbw Roberts 41
Johnston c Robinson b Donaldson 106
Elliot b Kelly 18
Silvey c Robertson b Kelly 19
Bond c Brabazon b O'Connell 13
Bancroft not out 4
Whetnall not out 9
Sundries: 12
Total: 6-292 decl
Fall: 69, 176, 220, 251, 273, 280
Bowling: Kelly 32-3-100-2, Robinson 3-1-3-0, Donaldson 18-1-55-1, Roberts 19-7-49-2, O'Connell 20-3-54-1, Mason C 8-0-21-0

Claremont-Nedlands
First Innings
King c Whetnall b Lagana 0
Roberts b Lagana 9
Robinson c Johnston b Lagana 7
O'Connell c Whetnall b Arthur 2
Robertson lbw Johnston 20
Mason S b Lagana 3
Brabazon lbw Lagana 4
Kelly c Silvey b Johnston 43
Mason C not out 27
McFarlane lbw Lagana 10
Donaldson b Lagana 2
Sundries: 7
Total: 134
Fall: 1, 15, 18, 20, 44, 44, 67, 113, 126, 134
Bowling: Arthur 15-4-34-1, Lagana 22.1-10-29-7, Johnston 14-4-21-2, Kent 6-0-26-0, Bond 5-2-14-0, Silvey 3-1-3-0
Willetton won on first innings


Bayswater-Morley v Mt Lawley

Bayswater-Morley
First Innings
Davis c Sanders b Palladino 29
Todd lbw Armstrong 9
Birrell lbw Verco 11
Adams not out 48
Hall b Palladino 0
Robb c Beaton b Armstrong 3
Barr c Rakich b Walshaw 4
Thistle M b Hollins 8
Waterhouse run out 5
Thistle G c Verco b Hollins 5
Francis lbw Hollins 0
Sundries: 10
Total: 132
Fall: 24, 47, 59, 59, 63, 81, 102, 118, 132, 132
Bowling: Davis 19-6-49-0, Armstrong 10-4-16-2, Palladino 12-9-9-2, Verco 7-3-14-1, Walshaw 3-0-15-1, Hollins 6.3-1-22-3

Mt Lawley
First Innings
Meredith c Robb b Thistle M 13
Walshaw lbw Thistle M 5
Brownlie lbw Francis 0
Rakich lbw Francis 2
Beaton c Hall b Thistle M 30
Verco c Robb b Thistle M 2
Sanders c Robb b Waterhouse 33
Davis c & b Davis 77
Hollins c Waterhouse b Thistle M 7
Palladino c Robb b Thistle M 0
Armstrong not out 16
Sundries: 8
Total: 193
Fall: 7, 8, 18, 24, 30, 75, 97, 133, 133, 193
Bowling: Thistle M 21-4-65-6, Francis 18-4-45-2, Thistle G 5-2-25-0, Waterhouse 4-0-11-1, Barr 10-2-40-0, Davis 1.2-1-0-1

Bayswater-Morley
Second Innings
Todd c Brownlie b Armstrong 3
Davis c Hollins b Beaton 110
Birrell lbw Sanders 39
Adams c & b Sanders 7
Hall not out 2
Robb b Beaton 6
Sundries: 2
Total: 5-169
Fall: 5, 135, 155, 162, 169
Bowling: Davis 4-1-4-0, Armstrong 5-1-23-1, Walshaw 2-0-16-0, Palladino 5-3-10-0, Verco 12-4-39-0, Hollins 8-0-40-0, Sanders 5-1-21-2, Beaton 4.1-2-15-2
Mt Lawley won on first innings


Fremantle v Subiaco-Floreat

Subiaco-Floreat
First Innings
Bolton c Fielding b Heath 8
Malajczuk b Heath 16
Murphy c Simmons b Dorey 7
Glew c Dorey b Heath 121
Hansberry C run out 52
Serjeant c Dorey b Wood 1
Monteleone b Heath 13
Townsend c Shuttleworth R b Coulter-Nile 9
Branston b Coulter-Nile 15
Sansalone lbw Coulter-Nile 2
Baker not out 1
Sundries: 19
Total: 264
Fall: 18, 31, 74, 188, 197, 225, 234, 257, 259, 264
Bowling: Dorey 16-4-26-1, Coulter-Nile 26.5-9-66-3, Heath 19-11-24-4, Fielding 17-0-56-0, Wood 18-0-79-1, Simmons 3-2-1-0

Fremantle
First Innings
Simmons lbw Branston 26
Marsh b Branston 0
Milton lbw Branston 5
Shuttleworth S b Baker 2
Wood c Glew b Branston 0
Shuttleworth R c Murphy b Branston 36
Natale c Bolton b Sansalone 1
Dorey lbw Bolton 29
Coulter-Nile c Sansalone b Baker 19
Heath not out 4
Fielding c Murphy b Hansberry C 5
Sundries: 8
Total: 134
Fall: 9, 31, 34, 36, 41, 52, 87, 117, 127, 134
Bowling: Baker 12-1-40-2, Branston 11-2-37-5, Sansalone 3-0-24-1, Bolton 12-7-18-1, Hansberry C 5.3-1-8-1
Subiaco-Floreat won on first innings


Gosnells v South Perth

South Perth
First Innings
Latham c Pomersbach b Duffield 14
Brunner c Bland b Townsend 73
Brown b Leatherday 0
Hood c McKrill b Pomersbach 23
Powis st McKrill b Turner 85
Grobler lbw Duffield 2
Allison c Pomersbach b Abbott 29
Owen not out 20
Thompson run out 38
Sundries: 11
Total: 8-295 decl
Fall: 30, 31, 78, 153, 162, 228, 238, 295
Bowling: Duffield 20-3-62-2, Townsend 17-1-67-1, Abbott 20-7-49-1, Leatherday 14-3-33-1, Pomersbach 10-2-41-1, Turner 9-1-36-1

Gosnells
First Innings
Kipping c Allison b Thompson 3
Bland lbw Guthridge 17
Pomersbach c Latham b Powis 107
Maynard c Thompson b Powis 74
Gauder lbw Owen 12
Duffield c Brown b Powis 53
Abbott c Allison b Powis 0
Turner not out 1
Townsend not out 1
Sundries: 8
Total: 7-276
Fall: 3, 75, 149, 178, 270, 271, 275
Bowling: Edmondson 14-2-41-0, Thompson 12-0-59-1, Owen 10-0-45-1, Guthridge 8-0-47-1, Powis 13-0-81-4
Match drawn


Joondalup v University

University
First Innings
Smith c Swart b Brett 17
Inness c Shields b Sprague 2
Paver c Richards b Brett 64
Mangan b Howell 19
Penter M c Brett b Richards 12
Cameron c Howell b Sprague 33
Hogg lbw Brett 4
Marshall c Swart b Brett 10
Molinari c & b Sprague 13
Penter A not out 10
McFerran b Sprague 5
Sundries: 15
Total: 204
Fall: 7, 40, 71, 114, 122, 131, 151, 171, 198, 204
Bowling: Sprague 21-5-41-3, Boyland 18.4-4-59-1, Leach 12-5-13-0, Brett 15-3-35-4, Richards 14-4-22-1, Howell 7-3-20-1

Joondalup
First Innings
Newnham c Mangan b Smith 117
Swart lbw Hogg 48
Howell lbw Mangan 21
Richards c Inness b Penter M 72
Boyland not out 44
Shields not out 5
Sundries: 11
Total: 4-318
Fall: 94, 121, 247, 296
Bowling: Molinari 14-4-43-0, McFerran 15-2-48-0, Mangan 26-9-74-1, Penter A 13-1-51-0, Hogg 10-3-24-1, Penter M 18-3-62-1, Smith 1-0-7-1
Joondalup won on first innings


Midland-Guildford v Perth

Perth
First Innings
Yardy c Jones b Olsen 36
Barranca c Andrijich b Crawford 2
Patterson c Andrijich b Olsen 7
Walters b Worthington 12
Ronchi c Sutton b Olsen 0
Nicholas c Baker b Olsen 25
Webster c Crawford b Worthington 8
Moir c Jose b Crawford 38
Keenan b Olsen 0
Scali c Jose b Crawford 35
Nelson not out 0
Sundries: 14
Total: 177
Fall: 13, 38, 53, 54, 74, 94, 102, 102, 177, 177
Bowling: Crawford 19.1-5-48-3, Worthington 14-3-27-2, Olsen 13-4-33-5, Crosswell 10-3-19-0, Baker 3-0-18-0, Jose 5-1-22-0

Midland-Guildford
First Innings
Jose c Moir b Scali 8
O'Connor c & b Yardy 93
Blight c Webster b Scali 15
Worthington lbw Scali 0
Sutton c Yardy b Nicholas 21
Jones c Yardy b Nelson 35
Baker lbw Yardy 2
Crosswell c Patterson b Keenan 36
Andrijich run out 11
Crawford not out 8
Olsen lbw Scali 2
Sundries: 6
Total: 237
Fall: 11, 35, 35, 126, 152, 160, 211, 227, 227, 237
Bowling: Keenan 14-1-42-1, Scali 22.3-6-46-4, Walters 18-2-39-0, Nicholas 18-3-37-1, Nelson 7-0-41-1, Yardy 12-2-28-2

Perth
Second Innings
Yardy not out 20
Barranca not out 2
Sundries: 0
Total: 0-22
Bowling: Worthington 2-0-19-0, Jose 1-0-3-0
Midland-Guildford won on first innings


Rockingham-Mandurah v Melville

Melville
First Innings
Meuleman c Whiteman b Loveridge 1
Towers c Whiteman b Parsons 9
Voges c Staines b Parsons 43
Gillies st Whiteman b Parsons 0
Scollay b Sarsero 22
Lillis c Wright b Heal 62
Porter c Heal b Sarsero 22
Magoffin c Whiteman b Sarsero 0
Russell c Wright b Heal 28
Greig not out 3
Platel c Senz b Parsons 0
Sundries: 7
Total: 197
Fall: 6, 20, 21, 69, 88, 128, 130, 182, 195, 197
Bowling: Loveridge 11-1-44-1, Parsons 14.3-4-34-4, Sarsero 13-3-43-3, Senz 6-1-32-0, Heal 5-1-16-2, Perera 2-0-23-0

Rockingham-Mandurah
First Innings
Whisson c Towers b Porter 8
Sarsero c Scollay b Magoffin 0
Heal c Porter b Russell 61
Staines c Russell b Platel 9
Wright lbw Voges 10
Whiteman c Greig b Voges 2
Whiteaker c Greig b Platel 14
Perera run out 1
Senz b Platel 17
Loveridge c Lillis b Platel 0
Parsons not out 4
Sundries: 17
Total: 143
Fall: 9, 15, 52, 104, 106, 111, 118, 139, 139, 143
Bowling: Magoffin 12-2-37-1, Porter 8-4-8-2, Platel 9.3-3-37-3, Gillies 8-1-17-0, Voges 10-2-17-2, Russell 2-0-18-1

Melville
Second Innings
Gillies not out 10
Greig b Senz 14
Sundries: 0
Total: 1-24
Fall: 24
Bowling: Perera 1-0-11-0, Senz 1-0-13-1
Melville won on first innings


Scarborough v Wanneroo

Scarborough
First Innings
Heron c & b Acheson 45
Nowell b Atkinson GS 0
Bandy b Atkinson GS 62
Doropoulos lbw Atkinson GS 11
Johnson lbw Quelch 36
Coetzee not out 107
Gilbert c Fawcett b Acheson 45
Tye c Stiller b Acheson 4
McLauchlan not out 37
Sundries: 8
Total: 7-355 decl
Fall: 2, 83, 111, 141, 187, 277, 291
Bowling: Death 20-1-74-0, Atkinson GS 17-2-68-3, Quelch 8-1-49-1, Acheson 10-0-55-3, Dixon 15-0-82-0, Atkinson GT 2-0-22-0

Wanneroo
First Innings
Charles c Johnson b Tye 33
Richards b McLauchlan 4
Dixon b McLauchlan 2
Fawcett c Johnson b Tye 10
Head lbw Doropoulos 35
Death run out 15
Atkinson GT b Bandy 43
Stiller b McLauchlan 22
Atkinson GS not out 8
Quelch c Slowey b McLauchlan 2
Acheson b McLauchlan 0
Sundries: 8
Total: 182
Fall: 8, 14, 53, 62, 86, 128, 154, 180, 182, 182
Bowling: McLauchlan 15.4-3-38-5, Bandy 13-1-51-1, Coetzee 6-3-12-0, Slowey 5-1-14-0, Tye 7-1-25-2, Doropoulos 9-1-37-1, Gilbert 1-0-1-0, Hopes 2-1-1-0

Scarborough
Second Innings
Nowell b Atkinson GT 57
Heron c Atkinson GS b Death 18
Bandy c Stiller b Death 42
Doropoulos not out 3
Johnson not out 10
Sundries: 2
Total: 3-132
Fall: 43, 112, 121
Bowling: Death 11-0-53-2, Atkinson GS 6-0-33-0, Atkinson GT 5-0-35-1, Fawcett 1-0-10-0
Scarborough won on first innings

PERTH
JOHN TOWNSEND

as posted on TheWest