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UNANIMOUS VOTE TO SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITY

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THE City of Hobart has announced a suite of measures to support the local community through the economic impact of the current COVID-19 outbreak.

At a recent council meeting, it was unani-mously resolved that the City of Hobart provide support through the following measures:

• Rent relief for tenants of City-owned premis-es who are experienc-ing hardship.

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HOBART bicycle delivery service Shifter Cargo has continued to pedal through the COVID-19 crisis to deliver goods for individuals and busi-ness.

Shifter Cargo is a cargo bike courier service established by Tim Stredwick that offers an alternative to moving freight around an urban area to provide more ‘people’ space.

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HOBART bicycle delivery service Shifter Cargo has continued to pedal through the COVID-19 crisis to deliver goods for individuals and business.

Shifter Cargo is a cargo bike courier service established by Tim Stredwick that offers an alternative to moving freight around an urban area to provide more ‘people’ space.

Bicycle messenger

Paul Kennedy has been working with Shifter Cargo for two years fol-lowing working for larger logistical conglomerates in Sydney and Perth.

“I’m passionate about making it easier to move around urban spaces and making it nice and fun,” Mr Kennedy said.

Mr Kennedy said Shifter Cargo was about making Hobart a more liveable city with less traffi c congestion and a

cleaner environment.“It benefi ts the com-

munity in the city centre in being able to cut down the need for logistical vans and small logistical trucks entering our central business district,” he said.

“Bikes are just as fast and it’s the best way to get goods around cities because it’s quiet, safe and smaller, so we don’t take up as much space.”

Mr Kennedy said they delivered a number

of services all around Hobart, including catering, car parts, books, clothing, doctor’s equipment, law-yer documents, and optics and lenses for businesses.

“Bikes are the future – it’s the best way to do it and it just makes cities better places for every-one,” he said.

“We need to look at other countries and other cities to see if we can implement the same type of strategies with bikes.”

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WE traditionally focus on issues that are “feel-good” and “positive.”

But if you pick up your daily newspaper, watch the television evening news, listen to the radio or check online – the news of the day is (quite rightly) focused on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and what the community needs to do to protect itself from its spread.

While the team at the Hobart Observer is clearly aware of the issue and the interest it is generating (please see front page and page three), we are continuing to deliberately keep our attention on providing readers with positive, local information.

Our newspapers are a medium through which members of the Hobart community can learn about local, grassroots activities, people and business and keep you connected.

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Each month you will be able to see advertising and read stories about local business and what they are doing in your community.

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THE popular Salamanca Market has entered the digital world, with more than 80 of its regular stallholders now repre-sented in a dedicated online store.

The website cur-rently has around 150 products available for purchase directly from the seller.

“The Salamanca Market is iconic and has built its reputation on the range of unique, local products,” Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds said.

“Many of the stall-holders rely on Salaman-ca Market as their only form of regular income.

“With the market now suspended indefi -nitely, it’s important to fi nd ways to support them through this very trying situation.

“The new digital por-tal helps customers fi nd their favourite stallholder or product online via the Salamanca Market web-site (salamancamarket.com.au) and continue to purchase goods online.”

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Salamanca Market moves online

Market Store allows shoppers to browse products by category and purchase direct from the market stallholder online for delivery.

Regular stallholder Sarah Webb, of Sea Soul Studio, said the website would help her to keep trading despite the clo-sure of the market.

“I’ll be able to keep working from home and take orders online,” she said.

“But this is also an amazing opportunity to get Salamanca Market into people’s lounge rooms.”

Ms Webb said she hoped Hobart residents would continue to support local businesses throughout the COV-ID-19 crisis.

“Tasmanians have always been supportive

of each other and now that’s more important than ever,” she said.

Cr Reynolds echoed that sentiment.

“This is a very challenging and uncer-tain time for everyone and it’s important that we continue to support our local businesses and broader community in any way we can,” she said.

“It’s also important that we keep looking ahead.

“Salamanca Market will be essential to the economic recovery of our city and region and we want to make sure it’s in a good position to bounce back when the time is right.”

The Salamanca Mar-ket Store is now online at salamancamarket.com.au.

AT A GLANCE: EVENT CANCELLATIONSCITY of Hobart venues, events and activities that have been closed, cancelled or postponed as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak include:

Closed:

• All playgrounds and skateparks.• Barbecue facilities in all City of Hobart parks,

reserves and open spaces.• The Wellington Park Trust has closed Wellington

Park to all recreational use. Pinnacle Road is also closed.

• Customer service centres at the Council Centre, Town Hall and Clearys Gates.

• Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre.• Youth Arts and Recreations Centre (Youth

ARC).• Mathers House.• The Resource Tip Shop (Waste Management

Centre is still open).• kunanyi/Mt Wellington observation shelter.• kunanyi/Mt Wellington Explorer Bus operations.• Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre.

Cancelled:• Salamanca Market until further notice – online

store now live at salamancamarket.com.au.• Bushcare and Bush Adventures group activities• Legacy Park community bake days.• Citizenship Ceremony (scheduled for 30 March)

postponed until further notice.

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• Deferral of penalties and interest for the fourth instalment of 2019-20 rates pay-ments for ratepayers experiencing hardship.

• An amendment to the existing policy to allow postponement of rates payments to ratepayers experienc-ing hardship.

• Waiving of fees, such as for outdoor dining, for businesses experi-encing hardship.

• Strengthening the City’s commitment to local procurement.

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Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds said the measures provided much needed support to the community amid an environment of great uncertainty.

“There are things we can do now to help lessen the impact on our residents and businesses and we are keen to do whatever we can in this space,” she said.

In addition, the City will approach the Tas-manian Government to request that an existing offer of interest-free loans to the value of $50 million might be in-stead provided as grants to support delivery of essential services and bolster capital works programs.

“This would be in addition to our exist-ing $37 million capital works program,” Cr Reynolds said.

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A NEW community awareness program launched by Landcare Tasmania is seeking to reduce the impact modern poisons are hav-ing on predatory birds such as the endangered Masked Owl.

The program was launched with the assis-tance of two grants, se-cured with the assistance of Federal MPs Andrew Wilkie and Julie Collins.

Rat and mice baits labelled ‘single shot’ and ‘instant kill’ often contain Second Gen-eration Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs), which are highly toxic and frequently kill owls and other birds of prey which eat dead and dying rodents.

The most common active ingredients are Brodifacoum and Bro-madiolone.

This program will provide information on alternative methods of control, including non-toxic methods, such as physical barriers, as well as older style rodenticides that have much less impact on bird populations.

It will also encourage retention of large old trees, used by owls for nesting, use of artifi cial nest boxes and enhanc-ing habitat for native prey species such as bandicoots and other small mammals.

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Rod Knight said it was fantastic to secure these grants with the help of Ms Collins and Mr Wilkie.

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Member for Franklin Ms Collins said it was a pleasure to be able to support Landcare Tasma-nia in launching the new Rodenticides Communi-ty Awareness Program.

“Programs such as this are important in rais-ing community aware-ness that some poisons have on our environ-ment and the practical measures we can take to reduce this impact,” she said.

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can do to stimulate the economy – particularly as we get past this initial response and enter the ongoing recovery phase – is to keep our own workforce working, purchasing supplies, and getting dollars circulating within the local business community.”

Cr Reynolds said fur-ther support measures would be developed and implemented as appropriate.

City of Hobart general manager Nick Heath acknowledged that the support meas-ures would result in an operational defi cit for the City.

“These measures are unprecedented but nec-essary and are things we can do now,” he said.

“They are fi nancially prudent and provide the certainty our community needs.”

Mr Heath said work was being done behind the scenes to shore up City services amid wide-spread shutdowns.

“An Incident Man-agement Team has been established within the City of Hobart and has been meeting regularly to develop and work through an emergency action plan,” he said.

“This includes re-viewing and confi rming our business continuity plans to make sure we can continue to provide essential services while protecting the health of our employees.

“Where changes are required to our normal operation, we will advise the community via our website and social media.”

All committee meetings have been suspended until further notice and, in order to facilitate timely deter-mination of planning matters, the Council has provided delegation to the general manager and the director of city planning to act as the Planning Authority until 27 April.

For more infor-mation on the City’s response to the COV-ID-19 emergency and to see the full report from the council meeting, visit hobartcity.com.au/covid19.

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URBAN artists have put their mark on one of Hobart’s most awe-inspir-ing laneways during the recent Bidencopes Lane Paint Jam.

A joint project between City of Hobart and Vibrance Festival, the Paint Jams provide an opportunity for emerging artists to showcase and develop their skills, while celebrating the art genre.

“This will be the third

Paint Jam at Bidencopes Lane, and we’re thrilled to be able to support Vibrance Festival in holding these events,” Community, Events and Culture Committee chair Cr Zelinda Sherlock said.

“The previous two events have produced some amazing artworks and we’re looking for-ward to seeing some new works created.

“Even more impor-

tantly, it fosters this great community where young people in particular have the opportunity to learn and to have their talent recognised.

“It legitimises street art and the artists behind it and provides an outlet for creative expression.”

As the event coincides with the International Women’s Day weekend, the event attracted a strong contin-

Paint jam creates vibrant art space

The recent Bidencopes Lane Paint Jam. Photo credit: Andrew Wilson, 2020.

gent of established and emerging female artists.

“This was a great chance for artists to get together and support each other,” Vibrance Festival co-organiser Jonny Scholes said.

“We know there are some outstanding female artists in and around Ho-bart and we’d love to see more girls and women pick up a paint can and get involved.

“That’s what these paint jams are all about.”

The fi rst Paint Jam was held in September 2019 and coincided with the establishment of Hobart’s fi rst Permis-sion Wall – a legal street art wall maintained by Vibrance to give local artists an outlet for their work.

The wall contributes an evolving gallery to the laneway and a space for local artists to experi-ment.

Since then, more than 20 artists have added 22 mural works through the initiative, with the Permission Wall supporting a further 25 artworks, creating what Mr Scholes describes as arguably the largest street art gallery in Tasmania.

By Anna Reynolds, Hobart Lord Mayor

OUR city and com-munity has had a huge shock in the past few weeks.

Here at the City of Hobart we are taking many precautions to protect everyone dur-ing this health crisis.

We’ve cancelled or postponed events, increased our cleaning of public infrastruc-ture, implemented social distancing measures and closed

our indoor venues including the Aquatic Centre.

We also made the difficult decision to suspend the Sala-manca Market for a period.

Throughout all of this, we have your health and wellbeing, and that of our whole community, at heart.

I know the word gets thrown around a lot, but we truly are in unprecedented times.

And that means we must respond in unprecedented ways.

Just like you, we’re taking things one day at a time; monitoring advice from health authorities and being ready to adapt to new information and conditions.

We will continue to provide updates as they become available via our website and

social media channels.In the meantime,

it’s really important that we support each other – supporting our local businesses, showing patience and compassion and all doing our bit to reduce the risk of the virus spreading – by practicing the good hygiene and social distancing guidelines recommended by health authorities.

Like you, I’m worried about the dis-ruption and uncertain-ty ahead – but we can and will get through this together.

I have had to post-pone my face-to-face Mayor in the Chair events, but please feel free to give me a call if you have any ques-tions or comments about Council’s work.

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THE achievements of Council of the Ageing (COTA) chief execu-tive offi cer Sue Leitch in supporting elderly Tasmanians has been recognised at the Tasplan International Women’s Day Awards for Excel-lence 2020.

Ms Leitch was one of six award winners in the local and state govern-ment and community service industry across Hobart and Glenorchy that were announced at a celebratory luncheon hosted by the Tasmanian Government, The Tas-manian Council of Social Services and the Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT).

The award category winners were:• Clarence City Council

Alderman Heather Chong for Local Government: Inspira-tional Leader (Elected Member).

• Waratah Wynyard Council director of corporate and com-munity services Tracey Bradley for Local Gov-ernment: Inspirational Leader (Offi cer).

• Nursing Campbell Town Health and Community Service director Priya Jose for State Service: Inspira-tional Leader.

• Department of Health manager of govern-ment relations and strategic policy Lisa Caswell for State Ser-vice: Aspiring Leader.

• Council of the Ageing (COTA) chief execu-tive offi cer Sue Leitch for Community Sector: Inspirational Leader.

• Dress for Success Ho-bart general manager Amanda French for Community Sector: Aspiring Leader.

Ms Leitch said she was thrilled to receive

the Inspirational Leader-ship in the Community Sector award.

“I lead a small team of staff at COTA Tasmania and a group of volunteers that support our work as well, but the people we represent are a very important part of the Tasmanian commu-nity who contribute so much to our society,” she said.

“These awards high-light to younger women the ‘possible’ of future roles where they can in-fl uence government and society in general.”

COTA Tasmania is the peak body for older Tasmanians and sees age-ing in Australia as a time of possibility, opportunity and infl uence.

“Older people have a signifi cant role to play in all areas of society – in workplaces, in unpaid roles such as caring and volunteering, and in infl uencing the futures of all Australians,” Ms Leitch

said.“They are also very

diverse and part of our role is to ensure that these diverse voices, which can often be the quieter voices, can also be heard.”

LGAT chief execu-tive offi cer Dr Katrena Stephenson said the International Women’s Day Awards supported the wonderful work women were doing across sectors.

“The theme for this International Women’s Day is ‘Each for Equal’,” she said.

“Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions – all day, every day.

“These awards are an excellent way to recog-nise the work Tasmanian women are doing across sectors to help us create a gender equal world.”

Guest speaker at the luncheon was AFL Tasmania chief executive offi cer Trishia Squires.

Local sectors unite for International Women’s Day

From left , Campbell Town Health and Community Service director of nursing Priya Jose, Dress for Success Hobart general manager Amanda French, Deb Mainwaring (accepti ng on behalf of Waratah Wynyard Council director of corporate and community services Tracey Bradley), Council on the Ageing chief executi ve offi cer Sue Leitch, Harriet Close (accepti ng on behalf of Department of Health manager of government relati ons and strategic policy Lisa Caswell) and Clarence City Council Alderman Heather Chong.

TWO locals have emerged victorious after going head to head with players across the state in the inaugural Tasma-nian Petanque Doubles Championship.

Judy Whitaker and Alain Pastre took out the top prize against oppo-nents Jenny Webb and Peter Hiller, who were ranked fi rst at every point in the tournament leading up to the fi nal.

Tournament director Annette Horsler said based on skill, these two teams could not be separated.

“The fi nal was a test of grit from start to fi nish,” she said.

“In the end, the prize went to the team that spent the day coming from behind.

“Whiteaker and Pastre won because they were in front when it mattered – at the end of the grand fi nale.”

The Tasmanian Petanque Doubles Championship, held at the Claremont Boulo-drome, was organised by the Derwent Petanque Sports Club in collabora-tion with the Claremont Petanque Club.

Ms Horsler was commended by players for her hard work in coordinating the event, which was held in late February.

“This was a great tournament,” Ms Horsler said.

“There will be more state level petanque tournaments in the future and they will be

better – but this one is the fi rst.”

Ms Horsler was presented with a prize donated to the tourna-ment by local Member for Clark Elise Archer.

A representative from Ms Archer’s offi ce was present at the tournament to hand out prizes to the winners.

The championship was authorised by the Petanque Federation Australia as an offi cial state level tournament.

“This tournament was easy to manage because we had the support of the PFA and followed PFA rules and tournament guidelines,” Ms Horsler said.

“The PFA set the bar and all we had to do was jump over it.”

TRUE GRIT AT TASSIE PETANQUE FINALS

Petanque Doubles Championships winners Judy Whitaker and Alain Pastre.

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THE fi nishing touches have now been placed on Claremont’s unique Walk of Remembrance, allowing the community and visiting tourists the opportunity to deep dive into the area’s local wartime history.

A continuation of the Claremont Winder-mere Bay Memorial, the Walk of Remembrance was spearheaded by the Rotary Club of Clare-mont with assistance from the Claremont RSL, Glenorchy City Council, the Tasmanian Community Fund and Rotary District 9830.

The project honours the service and sacri-fi ce of World War One (WWI) and World War Two (WWII) soldiers.

Beginning at Windermere Bay and winding all the way to the Cadbury Factory, the walking track’s location marks the spot of the Claremont Military Training Camp where more than 2000 troops were trained.

It is also the found-ing place of the 40th Battalion, which went on to fi ght on the Western Front in Europe.

The track features a number of interpretative information panels that use Smart QR codes (accessed through a QR reader app) to provide users with access to podcasts and wartime records of enlisted personnel, expanding community information and offering in-depth history and records.

The Rotary Club of Claremont has now completed the fi nal piece to the historical static displays, producing an eBooklet that brings the four-year-long pro-

Keeping our history alive

Rotary Club of Claremont community services director Greg Saunders, left , with Walk of Remembrance project coordinator Eric Myers in front of one of the interacti ve stati c displays.

ject to full fruition. Project coordinator

Eric Myers said any hand-held device could now access the eBooklet via the QR readers locat-ed on each display.

“This will take you to an electronic copy of the area map, showing the location of the 10 interpretive panels and eight shelter panels, with introductory information on each,” he said.

“Schools, tourists and visitors to the area can all fi nd information relating to the historical signifi cance of the Clare-mont Military Camp in a matter of seconds.

“Should they want a hard copy, these can be made by any wireless printer.”

Mr Myers said the Walk of Remembrance wasn’t just for parents, grandparents and great

grandparents. “This project is a way

of continuing the history of Australia’s wartime coming of age,” he said.

“It allows people, through electronic media, to continue to learn about our wartime history into the future – and it’s about encour-aging kids to be a part of that history.”

The Walk of Remem-brance guides visitors through depictions of what would have been experienced by recruits, including details and photos of everyday activities.

This includes training activities covering horsemanship, shoot-ing, trench warfare and gunnery practice, as well as everyday activities such as cooking, peeling spuds, tent building and leisure.

Mr Myers encour-aged the local commu-nity and any passing visitors to stop by the Walk of Remembrance and delve into the local history.

“Every location, every place, every town or village has a history – and every one of these histories will include their wartime involve-ment,” he said.

“Here in Claremont we have a lot of special history, which most peo-ple who live in the area don’t even know about.

“This project is our way of keeping our history alive.”

The Rotary Club of Claremont will be pro-viding a number of eB-ooklet hard copies to the Glenorchy City Council, Tourism Tasmania, local schools and colleges, and the Claremont RSL.

THE Hobart Vintage Machinery Society has relocated its activities due to the redevelopment of the Hobart Showgrounds in Glenorchy.

The society was formed more than 35 years ago with the primary aim of preserving heritage and restor-ing vintage machinery.

“The machine of yesteryear is still very important, people like seeing the old machinery working and for a lot of them it reminds them of their ear-lier days,” Hobart Vintage Machinery Society president Phil Brooke said.

“We currently have 95 members and have a workday every Wednes-day between 9am and 2pm where we work on various projects.”

Mr Brooke said the club had been forced to relocate its base from the Showground because of renovations.

“The club had its own building in the Showground complex which has been demolished and moved to a new site at Penna,” he said.

“This site has been secured on

a long-term lease from the Sorell Council.

“It will be some time before the club moves there as there is a lot of planning work required.

“When we’ve been at the Show-grounds, we’ve only been able to work out of our shed, but with the move to Penna we’ll have more land so we intend to hold more open days where people can come along and see some of the old equipment.”

Mr Brooke said the society would be able to continue holding its activities at the Goat Pavilion at the Showgrounds in the meantime until the new site was ready for use.

“We’re currently doing up a 1932 Fargo Truck, which we’ll use as a water tanker when we go to Penna,” he said.

“We also own a massive tractor that we’ve done up to use – there’s plenty to keep people that come along active and everyone is having a good day.”

Change of scenery for vintage machine society

Club members Ray Willing, left , and Brian McDermott working on an ‘Old Fergy’ tractor.

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THE Salvation Army has partnered with Reconcili-ation Tasmania to launch its Reconciliation Action Plan that allows organ-isations to implement reconciliation activities in their workplaces and services.

The plan was launched on 15 March, providing the public with a platform to continue its journey with the state’s Indigenous community toward reconciliation.

Salvation Army Tas-mania public relations of-fi cer Major Brad Watson said the Reconciliation Action Plan provided the means to positively engage with Tasmania’s Indigenous people.

“The aim is to rec-ognise the truth of our shared history, under-stand the present includ-ing the discrepancies between opportunities and life expectancy in our society, and also walk together with our First Nations people toward a transformed and healed

future,” he said.“It provides us with

practical steps that we can implement in each of our sites to ensure we are recognising the oldest surviving culture in the world, creating spaces to share cultures and stories, and build unity.”

Major Watson said the Salvation Army rec-ognised that Aboriginal people had experienced grievous and sustained loss and discrimination since European arrival, and sought to be part of the solution in redressing these injustices.

“For the Indigenous community this should provide the Salvation Army with a means whereby we are held accountable for ensuring culturally appropriate service delivery, recogni-tion of important events, support for Aboriginal business through a check of our supply chains, training for our staff and further collaborative part-nerships with Aboriginal

associations,” he said.“For the wider

community, it provides another avenue through which a larger commu-nity institution is taking seriously the unfi nished business of reconciliation and an avenue for their contribution to this cause as they volunteer with us or support us.”

Guests at the event were welcomed to Muwinina country by Aunty Kris Shaeffer, who also gave a lesson using some local native fl ora before the Salvation Army national chief sec-retary Colonel Winsome Merrett presented and launched the plan.

Tasmanian Aboriginal artist Alan Mansell also launched his artwork ‘Unfi nished Business’ before the afternoon fi nished with a shared afternoon tea and a chal-lenge from state leader Captain Kim Haworth to ensure the plan wasn’t just a document, but an active plan.

Salvation Army works towards reconciliation with new plan

From left , Salvati on Army Tasmania divisional commander Captain Kim Haworth, Allan Mansell, Councilor Zelinda Sherlock and Salvati on Army Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ministries manager, Shirley Congoo.

THE Tasmanian Govern-ment has passed legis-lative reforms regarding one punch offences in Parliament, taking a big step towards cracking down on violent acts in the state.

Attorney-General Elise Archer said the Justice Legislation Amendment (Criminal Responsibility) Bill consisted of two amendments to s.13 in the Criminal Code Act 1924 and an amendment to the Sentencing Act 1997.

“This legislation is aimed at protecting victims of one punch or coward’s punch incidents and ensuring offenders are dealt with in a manner consistent with communi-ty expectations,” she said.

“While there are a number of existing offenc-es in Tasmanian legislation that can capture one punch incidents, such as assault or grievous bodily harm, our legislation will close a loophole that cur-rently exists in Tasmania for offenders to avoid

convictions for man-slaughter if they success-fully argue the death was an accident.

“These changes will make the defence of ‘accident’ much clearer and ensure the excuse of self-induced intoxication cannot be used for ran-dom acts of violence.”

The Government also committed $200,000 towards the Stop the Coward’s Punch campaign to increase awareness and educate people around one-punch attacks.

“These senseless and sometimes fatal attacks are often unprovoked and indiscriminate, but can leave lasting and devastat-ing effects on the victim, their families and, of course, the community,” Ms Archer said.

“These new reforms will send a strong mes-sage that senseless and cowardly acts of violence will not be tolerated, and ensure Tasmania’s police and courts have adequate power to hold these offenders accountable.”

Cracking down on violent acts

By Jo Cordell-Cooper*

IN uncertain times I fi nd great benefi t in sticking with or creating some self-care routines.

Often, healthy habits are formed in times of uncertainty as a response to needing to control something.

Here are my top fi ve tips for staying upbeat when the future is not clear.

1. Eat really good food Aim to eat the most

varied and unprocessed food that you can and minimise quick-fi x sugary foods.

Your brain will be looking for sugar hits to stimulate the reward cen-tres of the brain, so watch out for sugar cravings.

2. Include movement in your day

I am offering two free options.

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STAYING UPBEAT

give you a proactive outlet that is quick, easy and free.

It’s important to take a moment for yourself – both can be accessed either via my free Facebook group Holistic Personal Training or via my YouTube channel Jo Cordell-Cooper.

Walk your dog, ride your bike, do some gar-dening – all can be under-taken within the physical distancing guidelines

3. Be kind to a stranger, do a good deed or a “pay it forward” task

Doing something nice for someone else makes your feel good and is at the very cornerstone of humanity.

It’s a fact that while you are focusing on a good deed for someone else it is much harder to

feel depressed and isolat-ed – and it is delightful for the recipient.

4. Walk in natureIf we can quietly walk

in nature, use the fi ve senses to really get into the moment and listen with heightened aware-ness to the sounds around us.

If we can feel the wind or the sun, smell the eucalypt, touch the leaves and revel in the texture – for that moment our mind quietens, and our concerns are not front of mind.

5. Find something to laugh at

Our family has just started watching the Big Bang Theory from season one.

There are times in our

lives when we absolutely need to seek out things to be happy about and while it is good to remain in touch with current news, watching too much of it can be depressing.

I hope this article gives you a few ideas about how to stay upbeat in these uncertain times.

One fi nal tip is to adopt a positive mantra that resonates with you.

Mine is, “this time will pass” and another I’ve heard is, “for the collective good.”

*Jo Cordell-Cooper owns the award-winning business Jo CC Holistic PT. You can make contact via email at jo@jocc.com.au, or follow on Facebook at Jo CC Holistic PT or Holistic Personal Training.

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HOBART City Mission has partnered with 7HOFM to deliver an online auction that will raise funds for Hobart City Mission’s Winter Ap-peal, providing support to those most vulnerable in the community.

The ‘100% Hobart Auction’ will be held on Friday 1 May, with businesses from all over Hobart donating items to bid on from 24 April.

This includes vouch-ers for luxury accommo-dation, dining at some of Hobart’s best restaurants, family entertainment and services such as garden-ing.

Hobart City Mission chief executive offi cer John Stubley said the funds from the auction and Winter Appeal would go towards Hobart City Mission’s Emergency Assistance Program and help provide food, cloth-

ing and fi nancial support to those doing it tough in the community.

“The Emergency Assistance Program pro-vides people with food packs, clothing and pro-fessional support through Emergency Assistance appointments,” he said.

“These appointments are available by booking and give our clients the opportunity to sit down with support workers, talk about their fi nanc-es, work out a budget and connect with other support services.”

Mr Stubley said Hobart City Mission had seen a massive increase in the need for services, with the impact of COV-ID-19 causing uncertain-ty around unemployment and limited access to sup-port services and basic necessities like food.

“The impact of Coro-navirus has meant that

many people have lost their casual jobs and will need to access our servic-es to make it through the winter,” he said.

“The housing situa-tion in Hobart has also put a real strain on peo-ple who are just trying to make ends meet.

“Last year was the fi rst time we saw people homeless on our streets and I don’t think it’s something that the peo-ple of southern Tasmania will just accept – we won’t let people in our community down like that.

“Get involved either by donating or bidding on one of the auction items and you will make a real difference to people who are doing it tough in our commu-nity.”

Hobart City Mission held a radio auction with 7HOFM last year

but moved it completely online this year to allow people to make bids from the comfort of their own home.

Hobart City Mission provides a large number of services that work in conjunction with one an-other to provide holistic and person-centred care, including food pack and emergency assistance, housing, family support services, disability sup-port, and supported ac-commodation for young mothers and fathers.

For instructions on how to register online to start placing bids, visit Hobart City Mission and 7HOFM’s websites and social media.

Do you own a busi-ness and want to help?

To donate an auction item to make a difference to people in need, phone Hobart City Mission on 6215 4200.

100 per cent support for those most in need

HOBART’S motoring en-thusiasts came together for the 2020 Shannons Take Your Tops Off for Breast Cancer Research to raise $2,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF).

The event was es-tablished nine-years-ago by Rodney Belbin from Shannons and Judi Ad-ams from NBCF’s Hobart volunteer committee and has since become an event run across many states that is popular with car enthusiasts, car clubs and the general public.

The car show offered a safe environment for people to come together and enjoy the various vehicles on display, while donating to a worthy cause that touches many families.

“The event is solely for convertible cars, which covers veteran cars (pre 1918), vintage

cars, both standard and modifi ed classic cars, hot rods and modern/new cars,” Shannons busi-ness and development manager for Tasmanian and regional Victoria Mr Belbin said.

“The concept is that entrants and spectators are encouraged to buy ‘pink ribbons’ and place them in front of the car of their choice – the cars with the most ribbons at the end of the day win an array of prizes, such as a voucher to purchase a personalised number plate.

“One hundred per cent of the money raised from the ribbon sales goes directly to the NBCF for ongoing research into breast can-cer, which affects one in seven Australian women in their lifetime.”

The winning vehicles for the event were a

1913 Leon Bolle owned by Ken Hall (Tasplates People’s Choice) and a 1955 XK140 Jaguar owned by Wayne Goni-non (Shannons Most Prized Vehicle).

Ribbons were sold by Dragon Boats Abreast Hobart and NBCF vol-unteers.

The funds raised through ribbon sales and an auction of the Tasplates prize, where the winner donated his prize back to the fundraise, helped put the grand total raised since the event began in Oc-tober 2012 to $24,798 locally and $40,198 nationally.

For more information on the NBCF in Tasma-nia, contact Judi Adams via email at eventas@gmail.com, phone 0415 294 610 or visit www.facebook.com/EventsTas-mania.

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TASMANIA’S bushfi re season has offi cially come to an end and with shorter days and cooler nights, autumn in Tasmania is fuel reduction season.

Tasmania Fire Service (TFS), Tasma-nia Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) and Sustainable Timber Tasmania (STT) are all partners in the state’s Fuel Reduc-tion Program, which covers areas of both public and private land, to mitigate bushfi re risk across the state.

“Our Fuel Reduction Program strategically reduces the risk in areas that provide the most protection to our communities,” program manager Dr Louise Mendel said.

“It also reduces the risk to our crit-ical infrastructure and valuable natural assets.

“Since this collaborative approach

was developed after the devastating Dunalley bushfi res in 2013, our fi re agencies have conducted more than 600 strategic burns across Tasmania.”

This season, 78 strategic burns have been planned by TFS, PWS and STT, weather permitting.

“When we conduct a fuel reduction burn, we have to ensure the conditions are just right, so not every burn will be completed this season,” Dr Mendel said.

“We aim to have a large number to choose from so we can make the most of weather opportunities when they arise.”

Before doing a fuel reduction burn, agencies make sure the fuel is as dry as possible to minimise the amount of smoke being generated.

“Smoke modelling and consider-ation of wind direction is undertaken for each burn to minimise community impact,” Dr Mendel said.

“However, as some smoke is unavoidable, we try to provide as much warning as possible.”

Stay up to date by monitoring the TFS website and Facebook page for fuel reduction burns near you.

Fuel reduction season begins

WE’LL APOLOGISE FOR THE SMOKE NOW, SO WE’RE NOT ALL SORRY LATER.

Smoke generated during Fuel Reduction Season is an unavoidable part of a much bigger picture. By reducing the amount of fuel now, we’re helping protect lives, properties and the environment during bushfire season. When we conduct a fuel reduction burn we ensure the conditions are just right and that the fuel is as dry as possible to minimise the amount of smoke. And we try to provide as much warning as we can to people in the area.To find out more about where and when we’re planning fuel reduction burns visit fire.tas.gov.au

AUTUMN IS FUEL REDUCTION SEASON

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RESEARCHERS are celebrating the recent successful deployment of the University of Tasmania’s state-of-the-art Autonomous Underwa-ter Vehicle (AUV) ‘nupiri muka’ in the Amund-sen Sea region of West Antarctica.

During its second Antarctic summer, nupiri muka completed six missions, including a 60-kilometre round-trip along the sea fl oor beneath a sea-ice barrier adjacent to Thwaites Gla-cier, a signifi cant source of Antarctic mass loss and sea-level rise.

Launched from the Korean research vessel ‘Araon’, the AUV mapped the infl ow of warm water and collected 46 valuable trace-metal free water samples, uncontaminated by metals that would be

present if collected from a ship or boat.

The research team accompanying ‘nupiri muka’ also fl ew drones to collect water samples at 11 sites.

AUV facility coordi-nator Peter King said that while the team had every confi dence in ‘nupiri muka’, they still endured a nervous wait during its fi rst long-distance voyage under the sea ice.

“It was a huge relief when we heard the fi rst ping from ‘nupiri muka’ on its return after nearly seven hours of silence during the 60km return voyage beneath the ice,” he said.

“It was one of the best moments of my pro-fessional life, as well as for the rest of the team in the Antarctic and back in Tasmania who worked so hard to make

it possible.” IMAS Associate

Professor Delphine Lannuzel, who leads the Thwaites Glacier research project, said the AUV al-lows new, ground-break-ing Antarctic exploration by collecting data in previously inaccessible climate-sensitive areas.

“Australian scientists usually carry out research near our bases in East Antarctica, but this key collaboration with the Korean Polar Research Institute has given us this unique opportunity to work in West Antarctica, where some of the most dramatic changes are taking place,” she said.

“Thwaites Glacier is signifi cant because its rate of ice loss has more than doubled in the last 30 years.

“Data collected by ‘nupiri muka’ can help

scientists to fi nd out how warm the ocean in con-tact with the Thwaites is getting, so we can pre-dict how this may change in future and understand the consequences for the ice sheet upstream and the ocean downstream of the glacier.

“During its success-ful mission near the front of the glacier, the AUV collected physical oceanographic data and seawater samples for a suite of chemical and biological parameters.

“Over the next few weeks and months, we will process and analyse the data in Hobart, in close collaboration with the Korean Polar Research Institute, which conducted the overarch-ing research expedition using the research vessel Araon that we deployed from.”

Robot takes unique Antarctic under-ice voyage

Wrangling the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) ‘nupiri muka’ in Antarcti c waters. Photo credit: Marti n Filleul.

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NEARLY 50 players from around Australia travelled to Hobart to compete in the Two Heads Open, the fourth major on the annual disc golf calendar.

The tournament, which also doubled as the Tasmanian State Championship, was held on 14 March at the Poimena Reserve Disc Golf Course in Austins Ferry – Australia’s oldest course.

Husband and wife duo Jarrath and Cassie Sweeten, from Geelong in Victoria, won the men and women’s pro divi-sions respectively over the two days of competition, while the Tasmanian State Championship was won by Steven Wright.

“Since I was a little kid I’ve been fascinated by discs (fris-bees) and how they fl y - there are so many cool ways you can make frisbees fl y,” Mr Wright, who started playing disc golf in

2015, said.“I’ve played ultimate frisbee

since high school, so it was an easy step to take to get involved in another frisbee sport.”

Mr Wright has previously competed in two national championships and a handful of state championships, with his fi rst tournament win coming from the Beetle Hill Open in January.

“Disc golf is a fun and accessible activity for people of all ages,” Mr Wright said.

“It’s easy to start playing, but there’s always more to learn.

“It’s also a great way of getting out and having fun with friends while also getting some good exercise.”

The Two Heads Open tournament director Oliver Mundy-Castle said disc golf was a fast-growing sport that was

played similarly to regular golf.“The rules and terminology

are very similar, but instead of using a stick and ball, players are throwing discs,” he said.

“You’ve got to complete a hole by throwing the disc into chains hanging off a metal basket.”

Disc golfers carry a wide selection of discs including putters, mid ranges, fairway drivers and distance drivers.

Mr Mundy-Castle said Poimena Disc Golf Course had developed a global reputation as one of the top courses in the sport since its installation in 1985, with many elite players drawn to events there every year.

“Poimena is well known around the country as one of the toughest courses in Austral-ia and that’s one of the reasons

we’re getting a good turn out from interstate,” he said.

“It’s incredibly hilly and because a disc is round it causes a lot of roll-aways, so it’s very challenging for players – there’s not an easy hole on the course.”

Hobart Disc Golf, which was formed in 2019, has about 30 members, with the club looking for more opportunities to expand the sport in Tasma-nia through its monthly league days on the fi rst Sunday of each month and a potential new course at Lauderdale.

For more information, visit the Hobart Disc Golf Facebook page or www.poimenadiscgolf.com.au.

*Please note league days are currently suspended indefi nitely until COVID-19 has subsided.

People from around Australia travelled to Hobart to compete in the Two Heads Open at the Poimena Reserve Disc Golf Course in Austi ns Ferry.

DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT FLIES INTO HOBART

WESTPAC Rescue Helicopter Tasmania has announced a new community partnership with North Melbourne Football Club to continue to raise its profi le and importance within the community.

North Melbourne Football Club players Nick Larkey and Jasper Pittard, along with North Melbourne’s The Huddle program’s chief executive offi cer Cameron McLe-od, were given a unique behind the scenes tour of the base.

Westpac Rescue Helicopter Tasmania chair Tony Harrison said the partnership would broaden the reach of its services and fundrais-ing activities to North Melbourne’s member-ship base, sponsors and players.

“This is the start of what we believe will be a very valuable relationship for us,” he said.

“We ran them through the whole pro-gram we do down here, with the police, ambu-lance and medical people explaining exactly what they do and showing them the helicopters at the base.”

Mr Harrison said Westpac Rescue Hel-icopter Tasmania was an essential service that was involved in search and rescue operations around the state, with crew members consisting of Tasmania Police, Am-bulance Tasmania and Rotorlift Aviation.

“We rescue people lost in the wilderness to fi shing boats offshore and road accident victims, and our services are also used to transport medical patients between hospi-tals in the state,” he said.

“While the heli-copters are funded by the State Government through the Department of Police and Emergency Management and Am-bulance Tasmania, our role is to raise additional funds to provide training and specialist equipment to go on the helicopters so we can have a world class aerial medical service.

“Our fundraising part of the organisation is completely volun-tary, so we’re aiming to increase donations from the community and look for other corporate and commercial sponsors to enhance our services.”

Roos hop onboard

North Melbourne players Nick Larkey and Jasper Pitt ard parti cipate in a mock rescue by Westpac Rescue Helicopter Tasmania volunteers, constable Drew Oakden, left , and fl ight paramedic Andy Summers.