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Mildura Weekly : Friday September 30 Vol 10 No 47
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12 NEWS MILDURA WEEKLY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 A SELECT group of Sunraysia- based Year 10 and 11 students have had the chance to partici- pate in the 2016 Mindshop Ex- cellence program. Run in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Mildura Deakin, the program aims to provide students with a unique work experience opportunity at the Mildura Airport. Tyson Zara and Julia Payne (Red Cliffs Secondary College), Brooke Lauder and Sukhjeevan Dhaliwal (Mildu- ra Senior College) and Livpre- et Kaur (Trinity Lutheran Col- lege) took part in this year’s program, which unlike regu- lar work experience, allowed them to become ‘business ex- ecutives’ for the week. They were given the chal- lene of doubling the Airport Cafe’s profits – identified by airport management – and throughout the week were in- structed to analyse the issue, identify and evaluate potential solutions and then propose a recommended course of ac- tion to management. Supported by Mindshop Excellence co-ordinator, Julie Mason, the students were pro- vided with problem-solving tools and processes, together with training on teamwork and presentation skills by ac- credited Mindshop facilitator, Peter O’Donnell. The program is a commu- nity purpose program of the Mindshop Organisation, with facilitators donating their time as mentors. Mr O’Donnell, who is also Mildura Airport chair- man, said the organisation was delighted to be involved in the Mindshop Excellence program. “Participating businesses often benefit from students taking a fresh look at impor- tant issues,” he said. “Over the past 20 years businesses host- ing the Mindshop Excellence program have saved millions of dollars by implementing students’ recommendations.” Rotary Club of Mildura Deakin program co-ordinator, Min Poole, said the program offered strong positive out- comes for students. “They walk away with highly valuable skills and ex- perience, an understanding of business processes and per- sonal growth,” she said. Ms Poole said it was one of many programs offered by the Rotary Club of Mildura Dea- kin aimed at offering learning opportunities. Mindshop offers students a unique opportunity for hands-on experience • Rotary Club of Mildura program co-ordinator Min Poole, left, with Mindshop Excellence program participants Sukhjeevan Dhaliwal 19, Tyson Zara 15, Julia Payne, 17, Brooke Lauder and Livpreet Kaur, both 16. GRAZIERS in the Wentworth Shire range- lands and those further north can reasonably expect rabbits to begin dying at a rapid rate this Spring and Summer. This follows confirmation that RHDV-2, a new strain of the Rabbit Haemorrhagic Vi- rus (previously known as the rabbit calici- virus) has been confirmed in Western NSW. The disease was detected in a rabbit found dead at Broken Hill last month. RHDV-2 was discovered in Can- berra in May, 2015, and the dis- ease has since spread to mul- tiple sites in New South Wales and South Australia, but this recently confirmed recording of the virus is the first time it has been detected in Western NSW. The dead rabbit was brought in to the Local Land Services Western Region office in Broken Hill. The carcass was then sent to a NSW DPI laboratory for testing. Landowners Lindy and Simon Moles- worth found six rabbits within a fortnight that appeared to have died from a virus. “Finding so many rabbits was very un- usual over such a short space of time and we were speaking to a local vet, Dr Greg Curran, who encouraged us to have one of the rab- bits tested,” Simon said. “When we got a call to say the virus had been confirmed, we were very pleased be- cause eradicating feral pests like rabbits is critical for environmental and agricultural sustainability” Local Land Services Western Region Dis- trict Veterinary Officer, Sophie Hemley, said: “Although RHDV-2 has the same mode of action as the traditional RHDV-1, the two vi- ruses are distinctly different. “While the wild rabbit population has developed significant resistance to RHDV-1 since its introduction to the Australian rab- bit population in 1996, the newly emerged RHDV-2 is believed to be a more dead- ly, virulent strain of the virus. “It is expected that landhold- ers in Western NSW will start to see a decline in wild Euro- pean rabbit numbers in coming months as RHDV-2 continues to spread.” Local Land Services Western Region is urging landholders to re- port rabbit deaths to their nearest Lo- cal Land Services office, so that the spread of the disease can be monitored. Owners of pet rabbits are also urged to take precautions to protect their animals as there is no vaccine specific for RHDV-2 cur- rently available in Australia. The Australian Veterinary Association has advised rabbit owners to have their pet rab- bits vaccinated with the conventional RHDV- 1 vaccine at four and twelve weeks of age, fol- lowed by six-monthly boosters for breeding rabbits or annual boosters for all other pet rabbits. Mass rabbit deaths tipped as new virus takes hold in Western NSW MRCC ELECTION 2016 Authorised By: Jacob Allen 1053 Karadoc Ave Irymple ANTHONY CIRILLO VOTE 1 “A BETTER DEAL FOR ALL”
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