Archives: 2008 April

April 30, 2008
The Member for Eden-Monaro Mike Kelly says plans to boost rural health in the Budget (May 13) will be especially welcomed in Eden-Monaro where chronic doctor shortages are prevalent and some health services are in a “dire state”.

Mike Kelly, Member for Eden-Monaro

“We will be delivering on our election promise with the Minister for […]

Media Statement - 25th April 2008
Kevin Rudd - Prime Minister. Warren Snowdon - Minister for Defence Science and Personnel.
Today Australians paused to remember HMAS SYDNEY II and her crew at a national memorial service held at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney.
As guests arrived at the service, the cathedral bell tolled 645 times, to mark the lives […]

Speech - 25th April 2008 Kevin Rudd - Prime Minister
We stand here today in this avenue of heroes. This avenue called ANZAC. This avenue with its monuments of steel and stone. Silent, still, but speaking to us softly with the voices of a hundred thousand souls.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

Each one of them with their name […]

Launch of the AIHW/ABS Report: The Health and Welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2008
Speech - 29th April 2008
Jenny Macklin - Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
The health and welfare of Indigenous Australians are top priorities for the Rudd Government and we have set specific targets to turn around […]

Wednesday 30 April 2008
RESIGNATION OF SENIOR BUREAUCRAT LINKED WITH REEVES CASE LEAVES UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
The resignation of the head of the Area Health Service who hired Dr Graeme Reeves raises serious concerns that important questions about his employment will not be answered by the Iemma Government, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner and Liberal Member for […]

April 29, 2008
The Bega Valley Shire Library and the Friends of the Libraries have received grants from Regional Arts NSW through the 2008 Country Arts Support Program (CASP).
The two applications were among 139 approved for new arts projects in regional, rural and remote NSW, with a remarkable range of activities, from terrazzo tiles to tiled […]

April 28, 2008
The work of 25 artist-printmakers will be the subject of an exhibition entitled 25 X 25 that will open in the Bega Valley Regional Gallery on Friday, May 2, at 6pm.
The prints were all made in the workshops of Studio One and Megalo Access Arts in the ACT.
The works reveal the range of […]

April 24, 2008
Bega Valley Shire Council’s acting library manager Ros Raward has welcomed the findings of a strategic review examining public library funding in NSW.
The review, by former Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal chair Dr Tom Parry, was commissioned by the Arts Minister, Frank Sartor, to help ensure Government funding was distributed in the most […]

April 24, 2008
Nominations are being sought for the new Sapphire Coast Tourism Board.
The Bega Valley Shire Council is calling for applications from people with skills and experience in a range of business, management and tourism-related areas to oversee the new company’s marketing and promotional activities as well as co-ordinate Visitor Information Centres and the accommodation […]