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www.centralwesterndaily.com.au CENTRAL WESTERN DAILY, Thursday, December 5, 2013 – 29 LAST week I raised the question, ‘what do we mean by biosecurity?’ This word is used more often these days and yet is a bit forbidding and is not always understood. Biosecurity means protect- ing our farm, community, environment and nation against animal and plant pests and diseases. Whether we formally plan it or not, we all consider biosecu- rity. Whether we spray that small patch of blue heliotrope in one paddock to stop it spreading across our farm, or whether we fund Australian veterinarians to assist with foot and mouth disease eradication in south-east Asia, we are all engaging in biosecurity. However, from the level of our paddock or farm to the level of our community or our nation we need to plan and to prioritise our approach. One of the most important principles in biosecurity is that it is vastly more cost-effective to combat agents in the first stages of an outbreak or inva- sion than as numbers build up and especially as the popula- tion stabilises. It is even better to keep pests and diseases off our farm, community, envi- ronment or nation in the first place. Therefore at the level of your farm it pays to plan not to intro- duce footrot, lice, drench- resistant parasites or bovine Johnes disease rather than to try to eradicate these diseases after they become established. As it has turned dry most producers are considering sell- ing rather than buying live- stock. However, when the wheel turns and it does rain, it is important to re-stock from trusted sources. Sheep Health Statements and National Vendor declarations provide an important assurance. Recently-purchased stock should be quarantine drenched then isolated from other mobs to observe for developing problems. However, the dry weather has increased the risk of importing weeds or pests on purchased fodder. I have spo- ken to a number of farmers over the years who first intro- duced weeds in hay or grain during a drought. Again can I suggest buying from a trusted source and consider a com- modity by-product vendor declaration (for more informa- tion Google commodity ven- dor declarations for stock feeds). At the regional level we can make best use of scarce resources by looking out for new incursions of a particular weed or pest while continuing to provide some help to land- holder groups battling estab- lished populations of pests such as rabbits or foxes. At the national level, quar- antine is an important priority, preventing devastating agents such as foot-and-mouth dis- ease virus from entering our country. Even better to combat the disease away from our bor- ders. Not only are we training our people to deal with exotic diseases but we also help our neighbours deal with them and reduce the risk of the dis- ease entering Australia. This brings me to 2014 and the newly formed Local Land Services. How might we best use our limited taxpayer and ratepayer-provided resources to help you deal with biosecu- rity at the farm, local and regional level? We consider that biosecurity is a shared responsibility and I would appreciate your thoughts on this. I think that we will be most cost-effective and efficient if the LLS staff with their diverse range of skills work with exist- ing community groups, whether they are Landcare groups, stock breeders associ- ations or bushfire brigades. Our role should be to assist these groups and in some cases perhaps encourage the forma- tion of new groups. It is only by maintaining a rapport with the rural commu- nity that livestock owners will feel confident to report unusual problems to us. This gives us all our best chance to deal with emerging pests and diseases when our collective efforts are likely to be most effective. Protection with early prevention Watt’s What Veterinarian Bruce Watt FRIDAY ❑ Orange and District Amateur Radio Club meets at the rear of 79 Kite Street at 7.30pm. Visitors welcome, contact Peter Carter on 0418 721 035. ❑ National Servicemen and Vietnam Veterans Association barbecue, Ex- Services’ Country Club, noon. ❑ Chronic Fatigue Support Group meets at the HACC Centre, 10.30am. ❑ Empty Nesters Walking Group is looking for new members to join for exercise, fun and a brisk walk. Meet on the corner of Panpande Crescent and Wiare Circuit at 6.45am. ❑ Music for Little Ears at Orange City Library, 10am. Conducted by Orange Regional Conservatorium. Bookings essential 6393 8132. Free session. ❑ Grow Mental Health Group meets every Friday at 2pm in the Senior Citizens’ Centre. Call Sharon on 0406 796 017 for information. ❑ Fusion Australia and Anglicare Orange lunch, craft, fun and friendship, Anson Street Uniting Church, 11am to 2pm. Gold coin appreciated. Contact Bev or Mal on 6361 0014. ❑ National Servicemen and Vietnam Veterans Association meets at the Ex- Services’ Country Club, 10am. Contact Ben Cooke on 6362 5398 or Bill Penrose on 6362 3820. ❑ Orange Playgroup, Five Ways Uniting Church, 10am to 12pm. ❑ West Orange Playgroup, Girl Guide hall, 10am to 12pm. ❑ Christian Lending Library, 560 Cecil Road, 9.30am to 2.30pm. Contact 6362 2391. ❑ Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Salvation Army Hall on the corner of Kite Street and McNamara Lane at 10.30am for a daily reflections' meeting. Contact Brett 0439 257 350 or Allan 0401 216 468. ❑ For free and confidential tenants' advice, call the South West Tenants Advice Service on 1800 642 609. ❑ Orange Family History Group meets at Orange City Library from 10am to 12.30pm to help people with their family history research. Contact Orange City Library on 6393 8132. The Diary Nadine Morton ORANGE Evening VIEW Club fin- ished the year with a festive Christmas dinner on Thursday and a visit from Santa. It was the final dinner meeting for 2013, which has been another busy year supporting three learning for life students. The group has also raised funds for The Smith Family, a national charity helping young Australians in need to build better futures for themselves. An energetic demonstration of Zumba and Zumba Gold was pro- vided on the night by the girls from Studio Fitness. The first meeting for 2014 will be held on Thursday, February 27, at Orange Ex-Services’ Club at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. RSVP to Isobel on 6362 9943 by Friday, February 21. Photos: CONTRIBUTED Back: Bev Holland, Brittany Maloy-Armitt, Kate Maloy-Armitt, Elaine Hinchcliffe and Jenny Sams. Front: Maxine Kinghorne and Sandy Taylor. Rewarding year for Evening VIEW Club Dawn Carruthers, Chris Stanger, Anne Peters and Marcia Pries with (seated) Wendy Brown and Margaret Fisher. Glenys Grimmett, Maureen Yates and Dorrie Ryan. TODAY is International Volunteer Day, and this year Lifeline Central West is taking the opportunity to highlight its amazing volunteering com- munity. Lifeline Central West is an organisation that relies on the volunteering community to provide crisis support, suicide prevention and mental health support services through the national Lifeline 24-hour tele- phone crisis support service. Lifeline Central West has highly-skilled telephone coun- selling volunteers who donate their time to help people in cri- sis. Lifeline simply could not provide their services to the community without the sup- port of our wonderful volun- teers. International Volunteer Day is a great way to acknowledge the generosity and thank the volunteers. Lifeline Central West is always looking for new volun- teers to help continue the vital service to the community. A new six-week training course for the Bathurst and Orange areas will be com- mencing early in the new year. Please contact Lifeline Central West on (02) 6331 7344 or email info@lifelinecentral- west.org.au if you are inter- ested in training to become a Lifeline telephone counsellor, or in assisting with the running of the 2014 Lifeline Central West Mega Book Fair. Become a Lifeline Volunteer – learn new skills and make new friends, while making a positive difference to the lives of other Australians. A positive difference Lifeline volunteers make a pos- itive difference to people’s lives. Connect with someone who cares... 24/7 telephone crisis support 13 11 14 • Problem gambling counselling • Financial counselling (02) 6332 3456 business hours A big thank you to our volunteers – the work you do is appreciated! 1836902 Are you interested in becoming a VOLUNTEER? RM2016587
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www.centralwesterndaily.com.au CENTRAL WESTERN DAILY,Thursday, December 5, 2013 – 29
LAST week I raised thequestion, ‘what do we meanby biosecurity?’
This word is used moreoften these days and yet is abit forbidding and is notalways understood.
Biosecurity means protect-ing our farm, community,environment and nationagainst animal and plant pestsand diseases.
Whether we formally plan itor not, we all consider biosecu-rity. Whether we spray thatsmall patch of blue heliotropein one paddock to stop itspreading across our farm, orwhether we fund Australianveterinarians to assist with footand mouth disease eradicationin south-east Asia, we are allengaging in biosecurity.
However, from the level ofour paddock or farm to thelevel of our community or ournation we need to plan and toprioritise our approach.
One of the most importantprinciples in biosecurity is thatit is vastly more cost-effectiveto combat agents in the firststages of an outbreak or inva-sion than as numbers build upand especially as the popula-tion stabilises. It is even betterto keep pests and diseases offour farm, community, envi-ronment or nation in the firstplace.
Therefore at the level of yourfarm it pays to plan not to intro-duce footrot, lice, drench-resistant parasites or bovineJohnes disease rather than totry to eradicate these diseasesafter they become established.
As it has turned dry mostproducers are considering sell-ing rather than buying live-stock. However, when thewheel turns and it does rain, itis important to re-stock fromtrusted sources. Sheep HealthStatements and NationalVendor declarations providean important assurance.Recently-purchased stockshould be quarantinedrenched then isolated fromother mobs to observe fordeveloping problems.
However, the dry weatherhas increased the risk ofimporting weeds or pests onpurchased fodder. I have spo-ken to a number of farmersover the years who first intro-duced weeds in hay or grainduring a drought. Again can I
suggest buying from a trustedsource and consider a com-modity by-product vendordeclaration (for more informa-tion Google commodity ven-dor declarations for stockfeeds).
At the regional level we canmake best use of scarceresources by looking out fornew incursions of a particularweed or pest while continuingto provide some help to land-holder groups battling estab-lished populations of pestssuch as rabbits or foxes.
At the national level, quar-antine is an important priority,preventing devastating agentssuch as foot-and-mouth dis-ease virus from entering ourcountry. Even better to combatthe disease away from our bor-ders. Not only are we trainingour people to deal with exoticdiseases but we also help ourneighbours deal with themand reduce the risk of the dis-ease entering Australia.
This brings me to 2014 andthe newly formed Local LandServices. How might we bestuse our limited taxpayer andratepayer-provided resourcesto help you deal with biosecu-rity at the farm, local andregional level? We considerthat biosecurity is a sharedresponsibility and I wouldappreciate your thoughts onthis.
I think that we will be mostcost-effective and efficient ifthe LLS staff with their diverserange of skills work with exist-ing community groups,whether they are Landcaregroups, stock breeders associ-ations or bushfire brigades.Our role should be to assistthese groups and in some casesperhaps encourage the forma-tion of new groups.
It is only by maintaining arapport with the rural commu-nity that livestock owners willfeel confident to reportunusual problems to us. Thisgives us all our best chance todeal with emerging pests anddiseases when our collectiveefforts are likely to be mosteffective.
Protectionwith earlyprevention
Watt’sWhatVeterinarian Bruce Watt
FRIDAY❑ Orange and District Amateur RadioClub meets at the rear of 79 KiteStreet at 7.30pm. Visitors welcome,contact Peter Carter on 0418 721035.❑ National Servicemen and VietnamVeterans Association barbecue, Ex-Services’ Country Club, noon. ❑ Chronic Fatigue Support Groupmeets at the HACC Centre, 10.30am.❑ Empty Nesters Walking Group islooking for new members to join forexercise, fun and a brisk walk. Meeton the corner of Panpande Crescentand Wiare Circuit at 6.45am.❑ Music for Little Ears at Orange CityLibrary, 10am. Conducted by OrangeRegional Conservatorium. Bookingsessential 6393 8132. Free session.
❑ Grow Mental Health Group meetsevery Friday at 2pm in the SeniorCitizens’ Centre. Call Sharon on0406 796 017 for information.❑ Fusion Australia and AnglicareOrange lunch, craft, fun andfriendship, Anson Street UnitingChurch, 11am to 2pm. Gold coinappreciated. Contact Bev or Mal on6361 0014.❑ National Servicemen and VietnamVeterans Association meets at the Ex-Services’ Country Club, 10am.Contact Ben Cooke on 6362 5398 or
Bill Penrose on 6362 3820.❑ Orange Playgroup, Five WaysUniting Church, 10am to 12pm.❑ West Orange Playgroup, Girl Guidehall, 10am to 12pm. ❑ Christian Lending Library, 560 CecilRoad, 9.30am to 2.30pm. Contact6362 2391.❑ Alcoholics Anonymous meets atSalvation Army Hall on the corner ofKite Street and McNamara Lane at10.30am for a daily reflections'meeting. Contact Brett 0439 257350 or Allan 0401 216 468.❑ For free and confidential tenants'advice, call the South West TenantsAdvice Service on 1800 642 609.❑ Orange Family History Group meetsat Orange City Library from 10am to12.30pm to help people with theirfamily history research. ContactOrange City Library on 6393 8132.
TheDiaryNadine Morton
ORANGE Evening VIEW Club fin-ished the year with a festiveChristmas dinner on Thursday anda visit from Santa.
It was the final dinner meetingfor 2013, which has been anotherbusy year supporting three learningfor life students.
The group has also raised fundsfor The Smith Family, a nationalcharity helping young Australians inneed to build better futures forthemselves.
An energetic demonstration ofZumba and Zumba Gold was pro-vided on the night by the girls from
Studio Fitness.The first meeting for 2014 will be
held on Thursday, February 27, atOrange Ex-Services’ Club at 7pm fora 7.30pm start.
RSVP to Isobel on 6362 9943 byFriday, February 21.
Photos: CONTRIBUTED
Back: Bev Holland, Brittany Maloy-Armitt, KateMaloy-Armitt, Elaine Hinchcliffe and Jenny Sams.Front: Maxine Kinghorne and Sandy Taylor.
Rewarding year for Evening VIEW ClubDawn Carruthers, Chris Stanger, Anne Peters and Marcia Pries with (seated) Wendy Brown and Margaret Fisher.
Glenys Grimmett, Maureen Yates and Dorrie Ryan.
TODAY is InternationalVolunteer Day, and this yearLifeline Central West is takingthe opportunity to highlight itsamazing volunteering com-munity.
Lifeline Central West is anorganisation that relies on thevolunteering community toprovide crisis support, suicide
prevention and mental healthsupport services through thenational Lifeline 24-hour tele-phone crisis support service.
Lifeline Central West has
highly-skilled telephone coun-selling volunteers who donatetheir time to help people in cri-sis. Lifeline simply could notprovide their services to thecommunity without the sup-port of our wonderful volun-teers.
International Volunteer Dayis a great way to acknowledgethe generosity and thank thevolunteers.
Lifeline Central West isalways looking for new volun-teers to help continue the vitalservice to the community.
A new six-week training
course for the Bathurst andOrange areas will be com-mencing early in the new year.
Please contact LifelineCentral West on (02) 6331 7344or email [email protected] if you are inter-ested in training to become aLifeline telephone counsellor,or in assisting with the runningof the 2014 Lifeline CentralWest Mega Book Fair.
Become a Lifeline Volunteer– learn new skills and makenew friends, while making apositive difference to the livesof other Australians.
A positivedifference
Lifeline volunteers make a pos-itive difference to people’slives.
Connect with someone who cares...
24/7 telephone crisis support
13 11 14• Problem gambling counselling • Financial counselling
(02) 6332 3456 business hours
A big thank you to our volunteers – the work you do is appreciated!
1836902
Are you interested in becoming a
VOLUNTEER? RM20
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