We are very pleased to let you know that The Walgett Newsagency is now the booking agent for Countrylink Ticketing.
For all Countrylink enquiries and bookings please visit the Walgett Newsagency in Fox St Walgett

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Walgett Shire Council’s vision is to maximise opportunities for the community to improve their quality of life whilst embracing their own culture and social diversity for the benefit of all.

Want to know what’s going on in your community? Council’s What’s On calendar can tell you. In Addition residents can attend Council meetings held at 10.00am on the fourth Tuesday of each month, other than the month of January.

To find out what’s up for discussion, download Council’s Business Papers at www.walgett.nsw.gov.au or view a  copy at the Administration Centre, Walgett and Lightning Ridge Libraries, Collarenebri Agency and Council’s Depots at Walgett, Lightning Ridge and Collarenebri.

Below are Council Meetings details for the remainder of 2011:

COUNCIL MEETING DATE FOR 2011

Shire Libraries

Have you seen what’s happening in the Library lately? You may be surprised. Story time, Teen after school programs, Babies & Books –song and rhyme.

Opening Hours Walgett Library

Mon : 1pm-5pm
Tues : 10am-1pm , 2pm-5pm
Wed : 1pm-5pm
Thurs : 9am-12pm , 1pm-5pm

Fri : 1pm-5pm
Sat : 10am-1pm

Opening Hours Lightning Ridge Library

Tues : 9am – 2pm
Wed : 1:30pm – 5:30pm
Thurs : 1:30pm – 5:30pm

Fri : 9am - 1pm
Sat : 9:30 – 1:30pm

Family Centred Primary Health Care, Walgett AMS, NSW.

For many Aboriginal people in the outback town of Walgett and outlying rural communities in the far north west of New South Wales, accessing health care facilities is not an easy task.
Since 2008, a remote outreach program provided by the Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service Co-operative Limited (WAMS) – the Family Centred Primary Health Care (FCPHC) – has made life easier for people in the region who are unable to travel to Walgett for medical attention.

The program is specifically targeted to the Aboriginal people of Walgett and its outlying rural communities. Patients can access quality and culturally appropriate primary healthcare in a comfortable environment.
Regional communities within the Brewarrina, Bourke and Walgett Shires are now serviced by mobile medical staff who travel in a medically-equipped van. A caravan was purchased by WAMS and converted into a portable medical clinic to service these remote communities.

The mobile team provides weekly clinics at Goodooga, Pilliga, Gingie and Namoi Village, working closely with area health staff in these towns. Planning is underway to begin in other townships.
Medical staff travelling to these remote communities take health care professionals with them to treat people who can’t make it to the medical service in Walgett.

WAMS successfully applied for funding from the Department of Health and Ageing in 2008 to establish the outreach program. The scoping process reviewed what medical attention was needed, demographics of the towns and existing health care providers in these communities.

The program’s main objectives are to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to provide quality primary health care access to people in outlying communities. It promotes a holistic approach to treating the whole family, from the kids to the grandparents.

WAMS promotes the FCPHC program on its website, flyers, local radio and information packs and leaflets at community events. It delivers the program in partnership with the Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAHS) and the Outback Division of General Practice.
Results have shown it is effective in reducing chronic illness factors, due to the visiting clinicians. Without this service many people would not know how to prevent or manage their chronic illness.

Find out more:
Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service Co-operative Limited
37 Pitt Street
Walgett NSW 2832
Phone: (03) 6828 1059 or (03) 6828 1611
Email: skye.duncan@walgettams.com.au
Website: http://www.walgettams.com.au/services/fcphc/what-is-fcphc.html

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Indigenous Candidates ONLY!!!! Main stream candidates go through the Qantas website

I am making all of you aware what is happening with the FLIGHT ATTENDANTS positions……

- Qantas Flight crew will be in Sydney on the MONDAY 09th AUGUST

- We need Indigenous candidates BIG TIME

- You need to have great customer service and be able to handle tough situations

The BENEFITS for Qantas

- You pay and a travel companion 10% of any flight – Economy or Business

- Example: A fair to London return in Business Class is around $9,000

You will pay ONLY $900 dollars. That is you and your travelling partner…..

If that isn’t the best incentive in the WORLD to join Qantas – I don’t know what is!!! (more…)

In December 2007, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to a partnership between all levels of government to work with Indigenous communities to close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage.
The National Indigenous Reform Agreement was established to frame the task of Closing the Gap in Indigenous disadvantage. It sets out the objectives, outcomes, outputs, performance indicators and performance benchmarks agreed by COAG. It also provides links to those National Agreements and National Partnership agreements across COAG which include elements aimed at closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage.
The foundation of the Closing the Gap Strategy is the identification of and commitment to targets addressing Indigenous disadvantage, and associated building blocks – areas for action.

The six targets for Closing the Gap are:

• To close the life-expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians within a generation.
• To halve the mortality gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and other children under age 5 within a decade.
• To halve the gap in literacy and numeracy achievement between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and other students within a decade.
• To halve the gap in employment outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within a decade.
• To at least halve the gap in attainment at Year 12 schooling (or equivalent) by 2020.
• To provide all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander four year olds in remote communities with access to a quality pre-school program in five years.

To achieve these targets, COAG agreed to focus on seven Building Blocks, in which investments would deliver an outcome in more than one target area.

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Malcolm Homer (right) gets the all clear for protein in his urine from TJaye Simpson from Walgett AMS and Clayton Anderson GWAHS.

HOPING to continue a little further in the race of life 122 blokes pulled into the pits last week to get a health once over before joining the race. Run by the Coonamble Aboriginal Health Service, the Men’s Pit Stop was run to heightening men’s awareness of their health in an interesting and fun manner…. Coonamble Times – June 2, 2010 (PDF)

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