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DRAMATIC falls in the global dairy price could hit farmers in the Murray Dairy region hard, with mid-season drops in the farmgate milk price on the cards.

Major milk processor Fonterra warned farmers on Thursday of a potential lowering of its farmgate price in light of a rapid fall in global dairy prices.

The Global Dairy Trade index–recognised as the main price indicator in dairy prices globally–registered massive falls in July, taking prices to their lowest levels in 13 years.

The price is also the lowest since the index was established in 2008.

Fonterra Australia managing director Judith Swales said the company was reviewing its farmgate price and forecast closing price as sluggish international conditions continue.

“Global milk prices are now trading at their lowest levels since 2002 and oversupply remains an issue, as does weak demand,” she said.

“This is not an issue isolated to Fonterra. This is an issue being faced across the Australian and global dairy industries.”

Murray Gouldburndid not return calls from theBendigo Advertiserabout whether the price fall could impact suppliers near its Rochester processing facility.

Other large dairy processor Bega had also not publicly discussed the drop in global milk prices.

Fonterra’s opening milk price of $5.60 kilogram milk solids was reflected across the industry, and would remain at the level for the time being, Ms Swales said.

But a drop in price during the current season remained a firm possibility.

“Although Fonterra is maintaining its current farmgate milk price in this review, suppliers need to be prepared for the possibility of a step down in milk price this season,” Ms Swales said.

The dairy processor expected prices to recover over the course of the season, but conceded it was likely to be a tough season for its farmers.

The price drop is not expected to have an immediate effect on consumers, with consumer milk prices not predicted to fall until later in the year.

Earlier this month, Fonterra cut the amount it will pay its New Zealand farmers from NZ$5.25 to NZ$3.85–a 27 per cent reduction.

The economic slowdown in China, an import ban in Russia and the rising supply from Europe and the United States are regarded as the main reason for the drop in price.

– with Alex Sinnott

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A PROLONGED hospital visit is enough to flatten anyone’s batteries, not to mention the one in your car that’s been sitting out in the car park for days, sometimes weeks on end without a start.

TOTALLY CHARGED: Battery World franchisees, from left, Greg Georgaros, Paul Simpson, Ian Powell and Daniel Fenech with mum Stevie Clarke and her daughter Zoe Hartley at Westmead Children’s Hospital.

Tamworth mum Stevie Clarke knows hospitals only too well, wearing a path to and from the Westmead Children’s Hospital for the past 18 months with her daughter Zoe Hartley.

Little Zoe was born with a medical condition that’s left her without muscle in her legs.

“Zoe has already had five surgeries and is down for knee construction next year, so we are grateful for anything that keeps her distracted from the pain and her continual treatments,” Ms Clarke said.

On one of her visits to Westmead, Ms Clarke and Zoe met some charged-up blokes, keen to make a difference in the lives of sick kids.

Battery World Blacktown franchisee Paul Simpson has persuaded his fellow franchisees across the state to donate a swag of batteries to the children’s hospital for kids during their hospitalisation.

Mr Simpson said it was the endless callouts he’d attended at Ronald McDonald House there, to change flattened batteries, that gave him inspiration for the statewide group effort.

“You would meet with people who were really doing it tough,” Mr Simpson said.

Tamworth Battery World franchisee Keith Sammon was one of the first to get on board the promotion, saying it was “an easy decision for us”.

“Anything we can do to improve the quality of children’s lives is important to us and we look forward to supporting the hospital in the years to come,” Mr Sammon said.

“There is so much trauma in people’s lives when they have sick kids. I’m a father of four and grandfather to two and I thank God every day they are well.”

Thanks to his powers of persuasion, 22 NSW and ACT franchisees have embraced the idea and opened up their pockets to donate a swag of batteries.

Hospital volunteers are now them handing out to patients for use in children’s games, toys and consoles.

“So many of the kids are in hospital for such a long time and their games keep them entertained, and can distract them from the pain of their treatment,” Mr Simpson said.

Tamworth Battery World franchisee Keith Sammon was one of the first to get on board the promotion, saying it was “an easy decision for us”.

“Anything we can do to improve the quality of children’s lives is important to us and we look forward to supporting the hospital in the years to come,” Mr Sammon said.

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CONSISTENT: Loyal tough nut Sam Mahony has led the way for Panmure this Warrnambool and District league season. Picture: Damian White

DAVIDHaynes will hunt footballers in their early 20s to strengthen Panmureduring the Warrnambool and District league off-season.

Haynes said he was pleased with the Bulldogs’ campaign but disappointed they dropped early-season matches which hindered their finals aspirations.They have a 7-10 record entering Saturday’s last-round fixture against Russells Creek.

“Everyone wants gun players but realistically I think we need to get some players between the 22 and 26 age mark who can get around the ground,” he said.

“We’ve got to look after our own, too. We’ve got a couple of young guysthere, the Melican boys (Sam and Kallan) who I’d love to build my team around.They’re quality players who will dominate the league if they want to.”

Haynes believed onballer Sam Mahony was the Bulldogs’ best-and-fairest favourite ahead of veteran Tim Condon.

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Recycling project successfulAn audit of eight new permanent recycling bins recently installed in Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester and Rushworth has highlighted that the Shire ofCampaspecommunity has the potential to divert over 5 tonnes of drink cans, paper and other recyclables from landfill every year.

Installation of the recycling bins was made possible through a $15,050 grant provided by the Australian Packaging Covenant and Sustainability Victoria.

The aim of the project was to provide away from home recycling opportunities for local residents and visitors, and prevent litter within the Shire ofCampaspe.

CampaspeShire Council also contributed $5,000 towards the project.

The project was successful in achieving its goal.

To measure the effectiveness of the new recycling bins, waste and litter audits were conducted, both before and after their installation.

The audit demonstrated that the additional recycling bins resulted in 28 kilograms of recyclable material being collected each week which would otherwise have been sent to landfill.

This equates to a total of 1,456 kilograms of recycling material taken out of the waste stream across the year.

The audit also demonstrated that the average weight of street waste bins reduced by 28 per cent.

We can confidently say that given the opportunity, people will do the ‘right thing’ when it comes to disposing of their rubbish and recyclables when bin choices are provided in public areas.

Increasing recycling rates not only serves to keep our public places clean and tidy, it diverts waste from landfill. This is good news for the environment and helps reduce Council’s landfill disposal costs.

A key part of the project’s success is the brightly coloured signage on the recycling bins, highlighting which items can and can’t be placed in the bins.

The yellow signage placed on the recycling bins makes it easy to recycle correctly.

Each sign clearly labels the bin for recycling purposes, displays the universal recycling symbol and includes illustrations of the types of items that can be placed inside the bins.

Items that can be recycled include aluminium cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles, newspaper, and juice and milk cartons.

Items that cannot be recycled include food scraps and plastic bags.

SUCCESSFUL: The Campaspe shire says a new recycling initiative achieved its goal.

Other signs on the bins highlight interesting facts and figures about recycling such as:

recycling just one aluminium can saves enough energy to run a television set for 3 hoursrecycling just one glass bottle saves enough energy to power a washing machine for 10 minutesrecycling 1 tonne of paper/cardboard saves 30,000 litres of water* recycling just one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a CFL bulb for 30 hours.

In addition to the bin signage, Council will continue to educate the community on recycling away from home opportunities to ensure we can improve the shire’s resource recovery rates over time.

There are now 16 new recycling bins in public places across the shire – 12 in Echuca, two in Kyabram, one in Rochester and one in Rushworth.

The first eight bins were installed as part of the Regional Public Place Recycling Grant project, another initiative of the Australian Packaging Covenant and Sustainability Victoria.

It is clear that theCampaspecommunity has embraced the new recycling bins. And with 16 of them now in high traffic areas, we have the potential to divert more than 8 tonnes of recyclable resources from landfill every year – a win-win for all.

The Australian Packaging Covenant is a packaging initiative which aims to change the culture of business todesign more sustainable packaging, increase recycling rates and reduce litter.

Cr Ian Maddison,Campaspespokesperson for Environment and WasteHave you got an opinion?Send a letter to the editor at [email protected]南京夜网419论坛 or PO Box 61, Bendigo, Vic 3552.

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School students in Dubbo will be empowered with the knowledge, understanding and skills to help prevent domestic violence under important new changes to the school syllabus.SCHOOL students in Dubbo will be empowered with the knowledge, understanding and skills to help prevent domestic violence under important new changes to the school syllabus.

The mandatory NSW year 7 to 10 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) syllabus will be updated for all NSW schools to explicitly include domestic violence prevention from the start of the first school term in 2016.

The move is part of the NSW government’s plan to prevent domestic and family violence.

Earlier this week, domestic violence advocates in Dubbo and Bathurst spoke out and said they are no longer surprised when informed of a domestic violence case as it happens on such a regular basis.

According to the latest Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) data, Dubbo is the 13th worst place in NSW for domestic violence.

The problem is worse in some smaller centres in Western NSW.

In the period from April 2014 to March 2015, the rates for domestic violence in Western NSW local government areas significantly exceeded the NSW average.

The following numbers show by how many times each town’s rate for domestic violence exceeded the state average: Gilgandra 2.03, Cobar 2.11, Dubbo 2.2, Wellington 2.29, Narromine 2.47, Coonamble 2.8, Bogan Shire 3.25, Walgett 6.69 and Bourke 10.3.

Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Pru Goward believes the changes to the syllabus were an important step in the fight against the abhorrent crime.

“I have heard first hand that young people want to learn how to recognise and respond to abuse in relationships that may occur in their homes,” she said.

“Through this update to the syllabus, schools can provide a significant platform for helping young people to identify, report and protect themselves and others from abuse.”

The Board of Studies Teaching and Education Standards (BOSTES) revealed as part of the new syllabus, Year 7 and 8 students will learn to recognise forms of abuse and the warning signals related to domestic violence.

Year 9 and 10 students will learn to recognise and respond to abusive situations including family and domestic violence, examine concepts of power, conflict and cooperation in the home, and identify possible ways to protect themselves from abuse that may occur in the home.

BOSTES believes the new syllabus will help further strengthen other successful and valuable initiatives that work to address domestic violence.

These include White Ribbon Day and the National Day of Action Against Bullying, while many schools also have their own specific initiatives to support their students and communities.

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Wanaaring Public School will receive funding to offer a preschool program by distance education.

NSW Minister for Early Childhood Education Leslie Williams has announced funding of $8800 for Wanaaring Public School to hire a school learning support officer who will act as a playgroup leader.

“The benefits of receiving an early childhood education are well known, and those children who have received this education have a strong start for their school years,” she said.

“I know the community has wanted a preschool program for some time, but have been unable to because the funding has not been available.

“I am pleased the NSW government has been able to find this funding because I know how much the extra support means to the community.” Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries said the funding for the preschool program for Wanaaring Public School was in addition to the support the NSW government was providing schools in rural and remote areas.

“The distance preschool program at Wanaaring Public School provides an invaluable service to children and their parents in some of the most remote parts of NSW,” he said.

“I am proud to be part of a government that supports students in the bush.”

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Students given the secrets to flying paper planes World renowned areoplane man Dylan Parker lends his talents to students at Newcastle East Public School. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

World renowned areoplane man Dylan Parker lends his talents to students at Newcastle East Public School. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

World renowned areoplane man Dylan Parker lends his talents to students at Newcastle East Public School. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

World renowned areoplane man Dylan Parker lends his talents to students at Newcastle East Public School. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

World renowned areoplane man Dylan Parker lends his talents to students at Newcastle East Public School. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

TweetFacebookCURIOUS children were captivated as the secrets behind making paper planes were unveiled in a workshop with paper plane champion Dylan Parker.

Mr Parker, who is depicted in the film Paper Planes as Dylan Webber, led 50 Newcastle East Public School students through the theory of avionics on Friday before unveiling a range of simple designs to practise.

The school grounds were soon filled with hundreds of paper planes as the children mimicked Mr Parker’s designs.

‘‘Kids are so surprised that they can use a piece of paper and create something that can fly,’’ he said.

‘‘Some of the most amazing paper planes are the simple ones.’’

The workshop was part of the school’s focus to help students engage with science and address the declining interest in physics and chemistry in years 11 and 12.

Principal John Beach said the school had a strong science program that ‘‘made science relevant’’ and a range of activities would take place next week to mark National Science Week.

‘‘Kids are so surprised that they can use a piece of paper and create something that can fly”: Dylan Parker, right, with student Aren Barber. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

‘‘They had fun and the tips Dylan gave them to improve the flight of their planes were practical,’’ Mr Beach said.

Dylan and his business partner James Norton are touring schools across the country as The Paper Pilots to show children how to build paper planes.

SEVEN DECADES OF HISTORY: Orange CYMS will bring up a massive milestone today, and (front, left) Toby Westcott, Kyran Bubb, Tim Mortimer, Hugh Gibson, (back, left) Ray Agland, John Sullivan, Mark Jasprizza, Tony Ford, Gavin Westcott, Mick Thornhill and Bill Kelly are looking forward to being part of it. Photo: NICK McGRATH 0814nmcyms2RUGBY LEAGUE

WHEN Bathurst St Pat’s run out on to Wade Park for today’s final round Group 10 blockbuster against Orange CYMS, they won’t just be taking on the 17 players wearing green and gold.

No, they’ll also be tackling 70 years of history.

The green and golds will celebrate seven decades as a club this weekend, with a massive crowd – from players in the club’s under 6 side through to old boys, most who have travelled big distances – expected to flock to the ground in a giant show of support for CYMS on a historic day.

And with question marks surrounding the fitness of player-coach Mick Sullivan, skipper Ben McAlpine and lock Tim Mortimer leading into the clash, there’s no better time for the support to be at its most vocal.

“I know a lot of the boys have been really looking forward to this day,” Sullivan said, the green and golds gunning for an 11th premier league title across 70 years this season.

“The guys really enjoy getting out there and playing in front of so many old boys and certainly the celebration afterward will be a lot better after a win.”

St Pat’s have been one of the form sides of the premiership over the last two months, reviving their premiership defence mid-way through the 2015 season and head into today’s clash with a six-game winning streak under their belt.

CYMS, on the other hand, have skidded somewhat since clinching the minor premiership.

Coming off a 22-20, last-minute loss to Mudgee last weekend is far from ideal, but Sullivan is confident the two-point defeat won’t dent his side’s claims at a run during this year’s finals series – and that essentially starts today against St Pat’s.

“I don’t think we lose any momentum out of it,” he said.

“They started like a rocket but our defence was outstanding and it was probably me who let them get some easy points when I threw that intercept.

“Like I said, I think we played pretty well and our effort was there.

“We won’t lose that in the space of a week.”

After this weekend’s final round, CYMS will enjoy the week off before hosting the major semi-final at Wade Park on August 30.

For St Pat’s, their future in the 2015 competition will be sudden death and Sullivan is predicting Kurt Hancock’s men to be near their best for today’s huge match.

“They’ll be desperate to get some momentum out of this clash,” he said.

CYMS play St Pat’s from 2.30pm.

Today’s fixtures begin with a CYMS junior clash from 9am at Wade Park.

ORANGE CYMS: 1 Tim Bassmann, 2 Wayne Collet, 3 Robbie Mortimer, 4 Ben McAlpine, 5 Semisi Katoa, 6 Matt Rose, 7 Michael Sullivan, 8 Cam Jones, 9 Sam Hill, 10 Simon Osborne, 11 Trent Rose, 12 Riley Law, 13 Kyran Bubb; 14 Scott Sullivan, 15 Logan Pocklington.

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Tarlee Roberts will be a key figure again for the Dubbo Blue Jays when they meet Ex-Services today in a do-or-die clash. Photo: JOSH HEARDAT the start of the year the Dubbo Blue Jays’ aim was to make the Premier League Hockey finals.

That goal has been achieved but now there’s a new target – winning the title.

The Blue Jays travel to Orange today to take on Ex-Services in an elimination minor semi-final and coach Craig Johnston has no doubt his side has what it takes to keep their season alive.

“I know there’s three or four players who won’t be back next year so this is our best opportunity to put ourselves forward,” he said.

“It’s great to see we’re the first Dubbo team, men or women, to make the semis and I really believe we can go all the way.

“We’ve got nothing to lose so we’re going to go out there, give it everything and see what happens.”

The Blue Jays finished the regular season fifth while Ex-Services was fourth, giving them home ground advantage.

Rather than any player’s influence on that match, Johnston believes it will be Orange’s home ground which will be the biggest hurdle between the Blue Jays and the next round.

“I think in the top five there’s not much between any of the sides and each side is capable of beating each other on the day,” he said.

“It changes a bit because their surface there is so different to everywhere else, if anything that will be the biggest factor.

“Bathurst, Lithgow and Dubbo have the water surfaces but Orange and Parkes have the hybrid so you’ve got to be switched on the whole time, the water surface is a bit more forgiving.”

The Blue Jays have been dealt a blow with star youngster Emma Corcoran away on representative duty but Exxies are in the same boat with Maddie Smith away also.

The makeup of the opposition may have been something which affected the young Blue Jays earlier in the season but Johnston has seen his side mature over the course of the season.

“The mentality has changed,” he said.

“At the start of the year the girls were worried about teams that were going to beat us but now we’re focused on our own game.”

The Blue Jays meet Ex-Services at 1.10pm today at the Orange Hockey Complex.

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Aiden Blizzard with students from Burrabadine Christian School this week. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

SCHOOL children across the Dubbo region will again have the chance to get closer than ever to their favourite Sydney Thunder players as part of the Thunder Local Hero Program.

The program gives Dubbo schools the opportunity to adopt a Sydney Thunder player for the summer and be part of the Thunder Nation for BBL05 starting in term 4.

The Local Hero concept is open to primary schools across NSW and the ACT and is a free initiative which aims to engage school children in stages 3 and 4.

Primary and secondary schools can register for the program, which has allowed 40,000 students to directly talk to their Local Hero through email, Skype and letters.

Captain Michael Hussey, along with Shane Watson, Usman Khawaja, Gurinder Sandhu, Pat Cummins, Aiden Blizzard and their Sydney Thunder team-mates, will be adopted by schools as part of the program.

Star Sydney Thunder batsman Aiden Blizzard visited the BBL04 winners Burrabadine Christian School this week and said the program provides a great opportunity for the players to give back to the club’s youngest supporters.

“Giving back to the community is something I’m very passionate about,” said Blizzard.

“I grew up in the country so the access I had to elite-level cricketers was quite minimal, so to be able to go out there and see these kids, I can just imagine if I was in their shoes it would’ve made my day.”

The big-hitting Thunder batsman says the Thunder Local Hero Program provides a humbling experience for his team.

“Getting to grassroots and getting out to the community is something I’ve really enjoyed in the past and something that blew me away going to the primary school this week,” said Blizzard

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