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Volunteers with the City of Gosnells Bush Fire Brigade and State Emergency Service (SES) were treated to a night off last Saturday night with a special thank you event.
Hosted by the City, the family sundowner at Orange Grove Oval acknowledged their great work.
It was also an opportunity for City of Gosnells Mayor Olwen Searle to honour some of the region’s longest-serving volunteers.
SES volunteer Joe Taylor was presented with the Clasp to the National Medal for his 25 years service while Gerry McCourt (SES) received the National Medal for 15 years’ service.
Recipients of the 10-year service medals were SES volunteers Shannon Taylor, Sonia Fixter and Mark Geary.
The Bush Fire Brigade’s Wayne Wendt was also awarded a 10-year service medal and Michael Battrick, Janet Battrick, and Allan Webster each received medals for five years of service.
Among the guests were Mayor Searle and several Councillors, the SES District Manager, Assistant Chief Operations Officer Metropolitan, Fire Services District Manager and Regional Director.
“It was very pleasing to see so many volunteers honoured for their years of dedicated service – it is vital that they know how much our community values their efforts,” the Mayor said.
For information about volunteering in fire or emergency services, contact the City’s
Risk and Emergency Management Coordinator and Chief Bush Fire Control Officer on 9391 3353 or email rwallington@gosnells.wa.gov.au.
Ends
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Thursday, 14 May 2009
Road construction projects – May 2009
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Road construction and rehabilitation, drainage works and path construction are among the main works in the City of Gosnells during May. Specific jobs include:
Canning Vale
Ranford Road – road and drainage works
Comrie Road Basin – installation of drainage
Gosnells
Gerald Street (from Astley Street to Albany Highway) – path construction
Hotham Way ( Fortescue Bend to existing) – path construction
Kenwick
Victoria Road and Bickley Road intersection – road rehabilitation
Maddington
Alcock Street and Flax Street – roundabout construction
Rayne Street (Westfield Street to Hilton Crescent) – path construction and kerb replacement
Burslem Drive (Albany Highway to Olga Road) – road rehabilitation on hold
Southern River
Warton Road – Stage 1 of dual carriageway between Nolan Way and Ranford
Road
Thornlie
Walter Padbury parking – landscaping and paths
Tom Bateman Reserve – landscaping and paths
Lakeside Drive – drainage installation by contractors
Hunt Street (Thornlie Avenue to Berehaven Avenue) – road rehabilitation
Ovens Road and Murdoch Drive intersection – road rehabilitation
Miscellaneous works by contractors
Garden Street – minor works and streetlighting
Amherst Road and Daniel Drive – linemarking
Spencer Road (service road) – minor works and linemarking
Ends
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Road construction and rehabilitation, drainage works and path construction are among the main works in the City of Gosnells during May. Specific jobs include:
Canning Vale
Ranford Road – road and drainage works
Comrie Road Basin – installation of drainage
Gosnells
Gerald Street (from Astley Street to Albany Highway) – path construction
Hotham Way ( Fortescue Bend to existing) – path construction
Kenwick
Victoria Road and Bickley Road intersection – road rehabilitation
Maddington
Alcock Street and Flax Street – roundabout construction
Rayne Street (Westfield Street to Hilton Crescent) – path construction and kerb replacement
Burslem Drive (Albany Highway to Olga Road) – road rehabilitation on hold
Southern River
Warton Road – Stage 1 of dual carriageway between Nolan Way and Ranford
Road
Thornlie
Walter Padbury parking – landscaping and paths
Tom Bateman Reserve – landscaping and paths
Lakeside Drive – drainage installation by contractors
Hunt Street (Thornlie Avenue to Berehaven Avenue) – road rehabilitation
Ovens Road and Murdoch Drive intersection – road rehabilitation
Miscellaneous works by contractors
Garden Street – minor works and streetlighting
Amherst Road and Daniel Drive – linemarking
Spencer Road (service road) – minor works and linemarking
Ends
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Monday, 11 May 2009
Wards set to go
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Wards in the City of Gosnells are set to be abolished - bringing an end to the old system where voters elected councillors in a particular ward - Bickley, Canning Vale or Gosnells.
If the Local Government Advisory Board accepts a Council proposal, voters will now select candidates on a City-wide basis at the next election.
Under the old system, candidates stood for available seats in one of the three wards, with two councillors in each area up for re-election every two years. The two winners in each ward were elected to Council.
Under the new system, half-a-dozen seats will be contested City-wide every two years and the top six in the poll will be elected, regardless of which area they come from within the City.
The decision to abolish wards was based on recommendations from independent consultants engaged by the City to assist with a mandatory review of wards and councillor numbers.
Chief Executive Officer Ian Cowie said that if adopted, the new system would help avoid costly by-elections and would avoid the need for ongoing ward boundary reviews, as the City grows rapidly.
“The City has had three extraordinary elections since 2001 under the ward system and this is a costly exercise. Under the new system, an extraordinary election will not be required so long as 80 per cent of positions on Council remain filled,” Mr Cowie said.
“There is also a complete misconception at times that councillors represent their wards, when in fact they work extremely hard for all ratepayers in the City. The removal of ward boundaries helps to reinforce that their efforts are on behalf of all residents.
“It gives people access to a dozen hard working local representatives working for the betterment of the City as a whole.”
Elected Members voted to retain 12 positions on Council.
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Wards in the City of Gosnells are set to be abolished - bringing an end to the old system where voters elected councillors in a particular ward - Bickley, Canning Vale or Gosnells.
If the Local Government Advisory Board accepts a Council proposal, voters will now select candidates on a City-wide basis at the next election.
Under the old system, candidates stood for available seats in one of the three wards, with two councillors in each area up for re-election every two years. The two winners in each ward were elected to Council.
Under the new system, half-a-dozen seats will be contested City-wide every two years and the top six in the poll will be elected, regardless of which area they come from within the City.
The decision to abolish wards was based on recommendations from independent consultants engaged by the City to assist with a mandatory review of wards and councillor numbers.
Chief Executive Officer Ian Cowie said that if adopted, the new system would help avoid costly by-elections and would avoid the need for ongoing ward boundary reviews, as the City grows rapidly.
“The City has had three extraordinary elections since 2001 under the ward system and this is a costly exercise. Under the new system, an extraordinary election will not be required so long as 80 per cent of positions on Council remain filled,” Mr Cowie said.
“There is also a complete misconception at times that councillors represent their wards, when in fact they work extremely hard for all ratepayers in the City. The removal of ward boundaries helps to reinforce that their efforts are on behalf of all residents.
“It gives people access to a dozen hard working local representatives working for the betterment of the City as a whole.”
Elected Members voted to retain 12 positions on Council.
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Sunday, 3 May 2009
Four WA chefs have made the Masterchef final 20
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EIGHT Perth contestants have whipped, chopped, sliced, diced and cooked their way into the final 50 of Channel 10's new reality series, Masterchef.
The WA contestants have come from thousands of applications which flooded in from across the country from students, mums, professional sportsmen, solicitors, nurses and cleaners.
On Friday six budding Perth chefs were revealed in the top 32 and tonight four of them will make it into the top 20 when they will really feel the heat in the kitchen.
Gallery: More pictures from Masterchef
The six Perth contestants are fishmonger Joshua Catalano who runs the production team at the Catalano Seafood factory, 25, from Thornlie; hotel hand Robert Forde, 18, from North Fremantle; navy submariner Trevor Forster, 36, from Medina; law student Kate Rodrigues, 21, from Mt Lawley; mum and project manager Hannah Sforcina, 27, from Karrinyup and marketing executive Julia Jenkins, 23, from Nedlands who recently moved to Melbourne.
Masterchef is hosted by Sarah Wilson, former editor of Australian Cosmopolitan and with three judges, chefs and restaurateurs Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris and food critic Matt Wilson.
Mr Catalano said he was taking a break from the family business in a bid to realise his dream to own a seafood restaurant and to teach people the simplicity of cooking good seafood.
For his first audition in Perth he whipped up a meat dish and steered away from his favourite fish dishes.
“With an Italian family I can’t remember not going to work at the factory and being part of seafood,” Mr Catalano said.
“I wanted to show the judges that I was versatile and I knew everyone was expecting me to cook fish – but I wanted to wow them with my lamb cutlets with a dukkah crust.”
He has been seen on the show for a week and is learning to cook under pressure.
“The challenges are thrown at you and you are thrown in the deep end and you learn not to panic, to stay calm and cook the food you want to from the heart,” he said.
“One challenge was to open a box and there were ingredients such as chocolate, pork and cabbage and you have 30 people there who have the same ingredients and you cook something the judges haven’t seen before – it is pretty daunting.
“I like to let my food do the talking.”
Watch tonight to see which four Perth contestants make it to the final 20.
Masterchef is on tonight at 7.30pm and weeknights at 7pm on Channel 10.
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EIGHT Perth contestants have whipped, chopped, sliced, diced and cooked their way into the final 50 of Channel 10's new reality series, Masterchef.
The WA contestants have come from thousands of applications which flooded in from across the country from students, mums, professional sportsmen, solicitors, nurses and cleaners.
On Friday six budding Perth chefs were revealed in the top 32 and tonight four of them will make it into the top 20 when they will really feel the heat in the kitchen.
Gallery: More pictures from Masterchef
The six Perth contestants are fishmonger Joshua Catalano who runs the production team at the Catalano Seafood factory, 25, from Thornlie; hotel hand Robert Forde, 18, from North Fremantle; navy submariner Trevor Forster, 36, from Medina; law student Kate Rodrigues, 21, from Mt Lawley; mum and project manager Hannah Sforcina, 27, from Karrinyup and marketing executive Julia Jenkins, 23, from Nedlands who recently moved to Melbourne.
Masterchef is hosted by Sarah Wilson, former editor of Australian Cosmopolitan and with three judges, chefs and restaurateurs Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris and food critic Matt Wilson.
Mr Catalano said he was taking a break from the family business in a bid to realise his dream to own a seafood restaurant and to teach people the simplicity of cooking good seafood.
For his first audition in Perth he whipped up a meat dish and steered away from his favourite fish dishes.
“With an Italian family I can’t remember not going to work at the factory and being part of seafood,” Mr Catalano said.
“I wanted to show the judges that I was versatile and I knew everyone was expecting me to cook fish – but I wanted to wow them with my lamb cutlets with a dukkah crust.”
He has been seen on the show for a week and is learning to cook under pressure.
“The challenges are thrown at you and you are thrown in the deep end and you learn not to panic, to stay calm and cook the food you want to from the heart,” he said.
“One challenge was to open a box and there were ingredients such as chocolate, pork and cabbage and you have 30 people there who have the same ingredients and you cook something the judges haven’t seen before – it is pretty daunting.
“I like to let my food do the talking.”
Watch tonight to see which four Perth contestants make it to the final 20.
Masterchef is on tonight at 7.30pm and weeknights at 7pm on Channel 10.
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Grant brings first home buyers out in force
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30-April-09
Written by Janelle Macri
EARLY analysis of the property market for 2009 is showing signs of revival, as the effects of the increased first homeowners grant, lower interest rates and stamp duty concessions for first homebuyers start filtering through.
First homeowners accounted for more than 40 per cent of all market activity for the March quarter, significantly higher than the normal market share.
The tripling in the first home buyers' grant to $21,000 for new homes, and its doubling to $14,000 for established houses, has been a major driver of activity.
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30-April-09
Written by Janelle Macri
EARLY analysis of the property market for 2009 is showing signs of revival, as the effects of the increased first homeowners grant, lower interest rates and stamp duty concessions for first homebuyers start filtering through.
First homeowners accounted for more than 40 per cent of all market activity for the March quarter, significantly higher than the normal market share.
The tripling in the first home buyers' grant to $21,000 for new homes, and its doubling to $14,000 for established houses, has been a major driver of activity.
Article continues...
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