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Have some pride and stop using suburbia as a rubbish dump l CAIRNS REGION | Nick Dalton ILLEGAL dumping on the streets of suburban Cairns as well as in rural areas is becoming an eyesore and a headache for authorities. Old sofas and tables, sets of drawers, rusted barbecues, carpet and other items are being left on footpaths and nature strips throughout the region by “disrespectful and irresponsible” residents thinking that other people will take them because they are free. Cairns regional councillor Brett Moller, who is also deputy chairman of Local Authority Waste Management Advisory Committee (LAWMAC), said in many cases it appeared to involve tenants vacating a property.
“We are again seeing cases with rental properties as the tenants leave, they clear out their lounge rooms and leave items on the footpath,” he said. Cr Moller said in his division one recently he had seen garbage bags of old pillows and doonas, as well as mattresses, dumped on rural properties as well as 40 tyres on a headland “obviously by a commercial operator”. “It is disrespectful, it’s irresponsible, with no respect for others and the environment,” he said. Cr Moller said it was not up to the council to provide a free pick-up service for unwanted items. “Nothing is free and comes at a cost and charged to rates. If this is a service that people want, it will have to be paid for,” he said.
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FOUR Far Northern surf lifesavers have won awards at Surf Life Saving Queensland’s annual awards of excellence in Brisbane. Volunteer of the year was Jesse Witt of Etty Bay SLSC, trainer of the year was Ellis Beach’s Gary Williams, the Clive Hammond OAM medal was awarded to Jeremy Kay of Ellis Beach SLSC, while an under-18 special commendation was handed to Natalie Cook, Etty Bay SLSC and an official of the year special commendation was given to Fiona Grant, Cairns SLSC. The judges said Mr Witt was a key volunteer at the Etty Bay SLSC “where he wears many hats from being club captain, trainer, assessor, official, drone operator to director of youth and membership where he leads by example, showing that you can do these roles at any age” They said Mr Williams was “the driver behind branch conducted IRB driver and crew courses at the start of each season, overcoming logistical challenges presented by stinger enclosures and beach closures due to jellyfish”. The judges said Mr Kay “stands tall amongst an incredible field. The breadth and depth of Jeremy’s involvement at all levels of the movement is truly remarkable”.