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The South Eastern Times : July 31st 2014
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4 NEWS Low income tax help available VOLUNTEERS from 80 community centres across South Australia provide support to people having diffi culty completing their tax returns. “Tax Help is a free and confi - dential service provided by local ATO-trained and accredited volunteers,” assistant commissioner Karen Anstis said. “Last year, over 55,000 people needing help with their tax return received assistance from our volunteers.” Anyone who earns around $50,000 or less per year and has straightforward tax affairs is able to use the service. Many of the Tax Help centres also cater for people from nonEnglish speaking backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, students, seniors and people with a disability. The free service is available by appointment until the end of October. For more information go to ato. gov.au/taxhelp or contact 132 861. Phara-go or stay? Millicent sculpture location debate OPINIONS are divided about the sculpture of a pharaoh which has stood in the grounds of Millicent High School since the 1970s. It was carved out of limestone as a student project and later painted blue and gold. A recent suggestion on the The South Eastern Times Facebook page that the Pharaoh be moved to the centre of the George Street roundabout sparked a strong response. Some serious and tongue-in-cheek views were among the 70 comments posted. A NEW art piece could be commissioned from Millicent sculptor Ant Martin such as a large red gum kangaroo and an emu or two. That would be interesting and very apt around the Wattle Range council area. JOHN McLOUGHLIN Servicing & Repairs Of your boats & outboards Beat the rush & have it done before the season starts! 59 Mount Gambier Rd, Millicent Email: jill@dpmarinecaravan.com.au Em Phone: (08) 8733 4697 After hrs: 0405 449 552 ~ Have a say in your Council elections ~ Speak Up! Are you eligible to vote? If you are already on the State Electoral Roll, you will automatically be included on the Council Voters Roll and will receive ballot papers. If you are 17 years of age and enrolled as a provisional voter on the State Electoral Roll and turn 18 years on or by close of voting (7 November 2014), you are entitled to vote and will receive ballot papers. Are your details up to date? You need to complete a new enrolment form if you: • have recently moved house and have lived at your residential address for at least a month; • are an Australian citizen and over 18 years of age and not yet enrolled; • have changed your postal details; • have changed your name. Enrolment forms are available at your local Post Office or from ecsa.sa.gov.au or aec.gov.au ~ Enrolments close 5pm Friday 8 August 2014 ~ For further information Call ECSA on 1300 655 232 or visit ecsa.sa.gov.au Or contact your local Council or call the LGA on 8224 2000 or visit lga.sa.gov.au Authorised by K. Mousley, Electoral Commissioner 4 - The South Eastern Times, Thursday, July 31, 2014 Are you enrolled to vote? Are you: • a resident or a non-Australian citizen and have lived at your residential address for one month; • an organisation/business owner or occupier of rateable property; • an owner of a holiday home; • a sole owner/group of owners or sole occupier/group of occupiers of rateable property; • a landlord of rateable property. All landlords, business and organisation owners or occupiers, and resident non-Australian citizens must enrol to be able to vote, with the exception of City of Adelaide. Your entitlement to vote is removed from 1 January every four years in election year. SILENT WITNESS: A sculpture of a pharaoh has been in the yard of Millicent High School for over 40 years. Wattle Range councillor signals re-election hope MILLICENT resident Barry Stoddart is seeking reelection to Wattle Range Council. He has become the fi rst elected member of the council to reveal his intentions for the next 2014-18 council. Cr Stoddart is a retired stock agency employee and was fi rst elected to Corcoran Ward in 2010. With nominations opening in just over a month, other councillors are yet to make up their minds. Cr Sharon Cox was elected to Corcoran Ward in 2006, but said she had to weigh up her new employment responsibilities. “I am now working in the Malseeds real estate offi ce in Millicent,” Cr Cox said. Cr John Drew joined council in 2012 follow- ing the resignation of Darren O’Halloran on Corcoran Ward. “I have enjoyed the experience of being on council,” Cr Drew said. “I am thinking positively about it.” Millicent resident Peter Dunnicliff was fi rst elected to Sorby Adams Ward in 2006 and switched to Corcoran four years later. Cr Dunnicliff takes over the ownership of a Beachport business on August 1. He has signalled he would like to continue to be involved in local government. Cr Ben Treloar, of Kintore ward, is another who is giving serious consideration to standing again, but has not yet made a fi nal decision. Mayor Peter Gandolfi and the majority of other councillors have been approached on the election issue in recent weeks and have stated they are either still undecided or unwilling to comment at this stage. www.thesoutheasterntimes.com.au Why put anything at the roundabout? It currently serves its purpose and is free of blind spots, obstructions and money wasting statues for bogans to vandalise. JAY PEEK It would be a great celebration of our Egyptian heritage. BRAD TILLEY The pharaoh is ugly and an eyesore and it would certainly It should be left at the high school. KELLY JOHNSTON distract drivers coming onto the roundabout. KARYL BURNETT I really don’t think pharaohs have much in common with Millicent. KERRYL STILES Putting it on the George Street roundabout is a ridiculous idea. I suggest it be relocated to the dump at the fi rst opportunity. DUANE FERGUSON Leave it where it is, but paint it to look more like its original limestone colour. CHRIS HOLLINGSWORTH What about the giant dunny rolls idea in the George Street roundabout to signify our links to Kleenex toilet paper made at the KCA Millicent Mill? CHRIS GORDON It wouldn’t last long in the roundabout before it’s vandalised or smashed into by a car. Stick it in the local playground and let the little kids play on it. KAYLENE MORLEY ECS0099G 643257
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