The Centralian advocate Tue 24 Jan 2012
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2012-01-24
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Centralian Advocate, Tuesday, January 24, 2012 9 P U B : C A D V D A T E : 2 4 -J A N -2 0 1 2 P A G E : 9 C O L O R : C M Y K www.alicesprings.harveyworld.com.au 2 0 3 0 0 2 /1 2 c k Harvey World Travel Alice Springs are your local travel professionals and river cruise specialists who will take care of all your travel needs. There are currently a huge range of river cruising options available around the world with many great deals to be had. Harvey World Travel can arrange an APT river cruise to Europe, Russia, China, the Kimberley or Vietnam and Cambodia. Fantastic deals on Mekong River Cruising 2012 are available until 31 March 2012. Or choose another destination. European River Cruising is always popular as almost everything is included and you only have to unpack once. Ask about our Holiday Layby What were the highlights of your river cruise? 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No. 30112 MKT10003 NEWS Remote recycle depot opens THE FIRST cash for containers depot in a remote community has been approved by the Territory Government. It is at Apatula, 245km south-east of Alice Springs, and is one of three new depots announced by the NT government on Friday. T h e o t h e r t w o depots are at Katherine and Yarrawonga. Acting Environment M i n i s t e r G e r r y McCarthy said: I congratulate the Apatula Store for being the first depot approved in a regional or remote community and Im sure it wont be long before more depots are established in the bush. The Apatula Store will begin operating as a depot on February 1 and will be able to give Territorians 10 cents back for each eligible item brought in. G o t o www.greeningnt.nt. gov.au for more information about the scheme and depot locations. Sally Brooks Abused kids shock INDIGENOUS children are almost eight times more likely to suffer child abuse. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report highlighted the importance of State and Territory Governments to work with nongovernment organisations to address the high rates of family violence and the need for child protection in indigenous communities. These children cont inue to be overrepresented in the protection system and are also reported to be 10 times more likely to be in out-of-home care than non-indigenous children. Since the 2010 Growing them strong, together report into the NTs child protection system the Australian Government has allocated $7.6 million over two years for additional resources such as remote Aboriginal family and community workers. Federal Community Services Minister Julie Collins said: This is in addition to the $7 million we have provided under the Indigenous Family Safety program for 32 Indigenous Family Safety projects which deliver a broad range of services across Australia including family counselling, education and awareness training, mens and womens programs, and advocacy support and referral for victims of family violence. Ms Collins said work will continue to improve the lives of all children through the progress of the governments National Framework for Protection Australias Children 2009-2020. Chad Hamnett, right, presents the cheque to Mike Melino Picture: BARRY SKIPSEY Windfall for childrens ward Sally Brooks AN Alice Springs supermarket presented a $5288.63 cheque to the Alice Springs Hospital childrens ward on Friday and it came with a bonus of more than $3000. Woolworths store manager Chad Hamnett presented a cheque to Mike Melino, acting executive director of the Central Australian Hospital Network. The money was raised by the annual Fresh Food Kids Hos pital Appeal held in August and September last year. The unexpected bonus was the result of the discovery of a cheque from the 2008 appeal. Mr Hamnett, who started in the job one year ago, said the lost cheque was being reissued. The two cheques together comes to just under $9000 a handy cash injection for the childrens ward. The hospital has not yet decided how it will spend the money. Mr Hamnett said: You want to raise as much as you can, but I was pretty pleased we managed to raise that much. Mr Melino said: Woolworths staff worked hard during the appeal, with many of them volunteering their personal time to sell raffle tickets at the store. On behalf of all Alice Springs Hospital staff and young patients we say a heartfelt thanks to everyone who donated.