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Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
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Choppin’ wood for good .... By Dongyun Kwon A Healesville resident has been recycling timbers to create custom designed chopping boards to fundraise for the environment. The charity “Future Forest” will raise money that will go towards organisations that work to replant trees. Andrew Cooper said the idea eventually came up when he saw the figure of red gum on a fence post which remained in good condition despite the whole fence being rotten. More on page 9
Andrew Cooper has been making beautifully designed works from recycled timbers. Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS
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they need to be followed. If dodgy processes are the way it’s done, then the processes remain dodgy and it’s a slippery slope,” she said. IBAC executive director of Prevention and Communication Dr Linda Timothy said collecting the survey data “helps us to better target our corruption prevention, detection, and education efforts to address corruption risks
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and vulnerabilities across the whole public sector.” The survey demonstrated that 73 per cent of councillors and 68 per cent of MPs think corruption is a problem in Victoria, naming nepotism, collusion and misuse of resources as some of the most prominent risks faced by MPs and Councillors. Turn to page 5 for more
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The release of IBAC’s latest report on corruption findings in the Victorian Public Sector, sent heads spinning on 29 August, as local councillors and representatives outlined mixed views of the report. The survey was sent out to all councillors and MPs, with 28 of the 128 MPs and
131 of the 632 local government councillors, filled out and submitted the survey. Sixty one per cent of MPs and 59 per cent of councillors agreed that corruption is a problem among elected officials. Eildon MP Cindy McLeish said transparency was key in holding governments to account. ”Processes must be clear, understood and
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