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Epenarra man jailed for bashing wife

Tash Adams, Tennant & District Times - 18 June 2021

A 35-year-old Epenerra man has been handed a 32 month prison sentence for bashing the wife and mother of his five children ... Justice Jenny Blokland said it was just another example of violent treatment of women in Tennant Creek.

Crime on the rise

Lloyd Polkinghorne, The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper - 17 June 2021

Kirstin Nicholson. Locals are rattled over the number of thefts occurring in the district. Over the past few years, thefts from private residences and businesses seem to be more frequent and victims are urging people to make security a priority and to be vigilant ... “As a smaller community we’ve just got to find a way. People say this shouldn’t happen in this sort of small community. It shouldn’t because we’ve got each other to lean on. We should be eyes and ears for each other. You don’t want to hear about this happening. In Melbourne this happens every day. We moved back to the country to get away from that sort of lifestyle.”

Clarence Correction Centre revealed to be quite quiet

Clarence Valley Independent - 2 June 2021

Emma Pritchard. A quiet gaol is a good gaol according to Glen Scholes, General Manager of the Clarence Correctional Centre, the largest prison in Australia ... Mr Scholes also revealed the Clarence Correctional Centre is running at “about 30 percent procurement” in the local community, and he spoke encouragingly to the Grafton Chamber of Commerce, asking “if you have consortiums, the capacity to join forces is there, to create further opportunities for local people.”

Smile, you’re on CVC camera

Clarence Valley Independent - 19 May 2021

Geoff Helisma. “The new Surveillance Device for Compliance and Law Enforcement Activity Policy … supports the use of surveillance devices (for example body-cameras) for compliance and law enforcement activities,” the report to Clarence Valley council states. “…There have been a number of recent incidents where regulatory services staff have been subjected to significant verbal and physical abuse from members of the community. “A policy that supports the use of surveillance devices like body cameras is expected to improve workplace health and safety outcomes for impacted staff.”

Key rating reforms for local councils and communities passes Parliament

The Editor - 18 May 2021

Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock said the Local Government Amendment Act 2021 implements the Government’s response to IPART’s review of the rating system and a range of other changes. “These sensible and well-reasoned reforms will ensure that NSW’s local government rating system continues to be fair and equitable, and responsive to changing community needs,” Mrs Hancock said. “The changes provide greater flexibility to make rates fairer in local communities, and help councils cater for population growth and infrastructure costs while protecting ratepayers from unfair rate rises."

Local Post Office manager suspended pending money laundering allegations

Tash Adams, Tennant & District Times - 14 May 2021

Australia Post has confirmed its manager of the Tennant Creek Post Office has been suspended pending a police investigation.

Relief for forestry families after successful Federal Court appeal

The Editor - 11 May 2021

Victoria’s forestry families received peace of mind yesterday when VicForests won an appeal to overturn the May 2020 Federal Court decision which affected 66 logging coupes in the Central Highlands. A bench of the Federal Court overturned last year’s decision which challenged the validity of the Regional Forest Agreements under which timber harvesting is conducted.

Always was, always will be Bandjalang land

Susanna Freymark, Richmond River Independent - 5 May 2021

It was their day. There were tears, statements from the heart and jubilation at the Federal Court hearing that determined native title on 52 parcels of land in the Richmond Valley. His Honour Justice Steven Rares presided over a makeshift courtroom in a marquee on Stan Payne Oval at Evans Head on Friday.

Ministers drop in to support Jurnkurukurr volunteers

Tash Adams, Tennant & District Times - 30 April 2021

The Jurnkurakurr Volunteers continue to turn up each night at BP in their efforts to curb some of the anti-social behavior around Tennant Creek. The word of what they are doing appears to be spreading far and wide, with several visitors coming along last week to see what is happening in our community.

Supermarket chair thanks volunteers for dramatic crime decline at store

Tash Adams, Tennant & District Times - 23 April 2021

The chair of Tennant Creek’s relief supermarket has thanked the hard work and dedication of the Jurnkkurakurr Volunteers action group for a dramatic decline in theft and vandalism at the store and the 24-hour BP service station ... Volunteers, including Traditional Owners and other community leaders, now sit outside the BP and supermarket every night, talking to youth wandering the streets and encouraging them to go home.

Join the Jurnkkurakurr Volunteers and make a real difference

Tash Adams, Tennant & District Times - 9 April 2021

Catherine Grimley. It's been just over two months since the concerned citizens and elders started sitting up at BP of a night, giving up their time and sleep to try and make a difference in the anti social behavior currently afflicting our town. The group now has a name – Jurnkkurakurr Volunteers – but the biggest thing the group needs is more people who are prepared to give up some of their time to help bolster numbers and allow those who have been turning up night after night to make some difference in our damaged town.

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