Spark of artistic recovery
Creative Arts Batemans Bay (CABBI) after recovering from the fires, storm damage and the coronavirus shutdown, have renovated the Gallery Mogo ready for the
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The exhibition opening is 5pm on Friday, June 19 June, at The Gallery 52 Stanley Street Mogo.
The Gallery Mogo is a CABBI venture, that is open to local and regional visual art and craft practitioners.
All CABBI sponsors, members and the general public are invited to join us in a celebration of our local visual artists, with an exhibition that features Judy Lawler, a 3D artist and painter.
Robert Creed
President, Creative Arts Batemans Bay Incorporated
Why the delay?
Whether or not to delay council elections scheduled for September 2020 for a further full year is NOT a conundrum. It is not a complex matter. It is simple; it is not necessary to have a delay of 12 months.
Given we have in our locality, a federal by-election in July, there can be no official, nor administrative, nor medical , nor logistical reason, to not proceed with what was originally planned for local council elections later in September 2020 or soon thereafter.
If a by-election can be organised for July 4 and guidelines provided etc., then surely local council elections sometime in the next six months can also be put in place.
The bureaucratic mechanisms and logistics would have been well in place to have such local council elections in NSW, every four years as mandated.
COVID-19 for a time has impacted upon this well established plan. Now, however, given the multiplicity of NSW government approvals of permission of people-gathering and interaction, there seems no obvious obstacle to having the council elections sometime in 2020.
There will of course be modifications to take account of social distancing etc (as there must be) and encouragement of voting mechanisms that are already in place, such as postal voting etc. to smooth the process. So; seriously, why are not we simply getting on with our local NSW council elections this year, rather than in September 2021?
Cr Pat McGinlay
June 4
'Restore funds to our ABC'
Most people in our communities on the Far South Coast relied heavily on the ABC during the summer bushfires.
So when I hear that in less than two years' time, 2022, the total funding cuts to the ABC since 2014 will be over $783 million, I am horrified. It is a tragedy that since 2014 1000 people have lost their ABC jobs, so it's no wonder five regional local radio newsrooms have been closed down. How long before we lose ours?
ABC television is a station that produces trusted news and great Australian drama but is no longer able to cover local sport on TV.
The 14 candidates for the Eden-Monaro By election need to clearly state whether they will argue to restore funding to the ABC so our country has a properly funded public broadcasting system.
Jeanette Waters, Narooma
Time to nominate volunteers
We just love seeing the smiling faces of the many volunteers working to build healthy and well connected communities across the state.
Their hard work comes with many rewards like happiness, a healthy mind and sense of making a real difference. It's time to give your local volunteer or volunteer team even more reasons to smile by nominating them for a NSW Volunteer of the Year Award so they can join one of the largest celebrations of volunteering across the country. Visit volunteering.com.au