Wednesday 3 March 2010

Rising Star Award for City employee

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Rising Star Award for City employee

 
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22 February 2010
Rising Star Award for City employee
City of Gosnells Senior Accountant Linnet Blair has won the prestigious 2010 Rising Star Finance Professional Award in recognition of her excellent accounting ability and strong work performance.
The Local Government Managers Association WA presented its awards on 12 February at the conclusion of the Finance Professionals Conference with two winners in the rising star category.
Ms Blair said she had not expected to win the award and was just pleased that her Manager Frazer Sullivan had nominated her for the prize.
She said her success was due to the support and encouragement she received at work.
“I really do enjoy working for the City of Gosnells,” she said.
“I’ve been given the opportunity to grow and develop in my role.”
Ms Blair said being an accountant was not an obvious choice even after she completed a double degree at Edith Cowan University earning a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and a Bachelor of Science (Environmental Management).
She travelled overseas after completing her studies and took on her first local government role as an Assistant Accountant with the Town of Cambridge in March 2006.
The City hired her as an Assistant Accountant in October 2006 and she was named Employee of the Year in 2009.
“It was really sheer chance that I ended up working in local government as an accountant,” Ms Blair said.
“But I do have a passion for numbers and puzzles, that’s just the way my brain works.
“I’m currently studying for my CPA qualification.”
Manager Financial Services Frazer Sullivan said Ms Blair’s exceptional accounting ability was immediately obvious and she was promoted to Financial Accountant within four months of being hired.
She spent two years in that role before being promoted to Senior Accountant.
“Linnet is a remarkable person,” Mr Sullivan said.
“And she is a truly worthy winner of the Rising Star Award.”



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Monday 1 March 2010

No State heritage listing for Thornlie tree

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No State heritage listing for Thornlie tree

17 February 2010

The Heritage Council of WA has determined that a Thornlie Yellow Box tree is not of State cultural significance and will not be entered on the State Register of Heritage Places.

The tree, located on the verge of 100 Hume Road, Thornlie is at the centre of a protest by a local resident about its planned removal by the City of Gosnells.

Heritage Council Executive Director Graeme Gammie said the State Register was reserved for places of significant cultural value to the State.

Following a preliminary review, both the Heritage Council’s Register Committee and the full board of the Heritage Council determined that the tree was unlikely to cross the threshold for entry into the State Register of Heritage Places and a full assessment was not warranted. Accordingly, the nomination will not be progressed for entry into the State Register.

Mr Gammie said the Heritage Council expedited this matter because of the interest shown by the community.

“The removal of trees in both the public and private domain is often an emotive issue, and is periodically of great community concern. However, these concerns most often relate to issues of local amenity and local cultural significance as is the case with the Thornlie tree,” he said.

Mr Gammie said the native Yellow Box was not rare as a verge tree in Australia and was one of a variety of trees planted along Hume Road.

There is currently no evidence that the street tree planting in Hume Road is characteristic of Thornlie, or Gosnells as a whole.

“In contrast, the avenue of fig trees in Dongara were placed on the State Register because they are a rare example of this species being planted in WA as an avenue arrangement and have made a significant contribution to the town’s sense of place since 1906,” Mr Gammie said.

There are only three individually listed trees or groups of trees on the State Register including the Proclamation Tree in Fremantle which was planted in 1890 to commemorate the granting of responsible government to WA. A number of other trees are also included on the State Register because they form part of a significant place or precinct.



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Saturday 27 February 2010

Severe fire danger advice

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Fire Danger Severe
Severe fire danger advice for Lower West including Perth hills on Saturday
Friday 26 February 2010 – 5:35 PM
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a Severe Fire Danger Rating for Saturday 27 February 2010 for the Lower West, including the Perth hills.
This includes:

  • City of Armadale
  • City of Bayswater
  • City of Belmont
  • City of Canning
  • City of Cockburn
  • City of Fremantle
  • City of Gosnells
  • City of Joondalup
  • City of Mandurah
  • City of Mellville
  • City of Nedlands
  • City of Perth
  • City of Rockingham
  • City of South Perth
  • City of Stirling
  • City of Subiaco
  • City of Swan
  • City of Wanneroo
  • Town of Bassendean
  • Town of Cambridge
  • Town of Claremont
  • Town of Cottesloe
  • Town of East Fremantle
  • Town of Kwinana
  • Town of Mosman Park
  • Town of Victoria Park
  • Town  of Vincent
  • Shire of Chittering
  • Shire of Gingin
  • Shire of Kalamunda
  • Shire of Mundaring
  • Shire of Murray
  • Shire of Peppermint Grove
  • Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale
  • Shire of Waroona
  • Shire of Toodyay
Keep up to date with fire information through local radio, websites and TV. Do not wait for an emergency warning before you act. Your safest option for survival is away from the fire. If you see flames call triple zero.
If a fire starts:
  • It will be unpredictable, difficult to control and move very fast.
  • Embers will be blown around your home causing other fires.
  • Spot fires may start six kilometres ahead of the main fire.
  • Only very well prepared, well constructed and actively defended homes may offer any degree of safety.
If you live within 100 metres of bushland:
  • It is safest to leave early if a fire starts, that is hours before a fire reaches you, put your survival first.
  • Put your bushfire survival plan into action.
  • Only stay and defend your home if it is well prepared, well constructed and you can actively defend it. If you are in doubt about defending your home, leave.
To find out how to prepare your property, how to develop a bushfire survival plan and what the Fire Danger Rating means to you visit www.fesa.wa.gov.au or call 9323 9300 during normal office hours.
Check the Fire Danger Rating for your area by visiting www.bom.gov.au or call 1900 955 366 (call charges apply).



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Friday 26 February 2010

Celebration to mark end of revitalisation project

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Talented skateboarders and BMX riders will show off their skills at a celebration to mark the completion of the Thornlie Civic Precinct Revitalisation Project on Saturday March 20.
City of Gosnells Mayor Olwen Searle will attend the event at Thornlie Skate Park with the official celebration beginning at 10am.
The skate and BMX demonstration will follow at 11am featuring representatives from Folklore Skate Boards and Beyond Skate.
City employees Tom Langridge and Andrew Fallara will also show off their skills with local youth welcome to join in for an hour long jam session after the event.

The Council was successful in obtaining funding for the project from the Australian Government Attorney General’s Department under the Safer Suburbs Plan.

The precinct includes Thornlie Skate Park, Thornlie Library, Leisure World and Thornlie Square Shopping Centre.
Improvements to the area include more lighting, new pathways, gardens, limestone walls and a shade structure over the skate park. 


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