Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
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Stormwater plan adopted by Yarra Ranges Council
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Sustainable focus for College Over the course of the year, Lilydale Heights College’s Year 12 VCE Vocational Major students designed and collaborated on a community based project with a lens for creating a sustainable habitat and reinvigorating wildlife in the local area. This led them to the building of nesting boxes to be installed in Old Pound Reserve, just across the road from the school. After months of work, documentation and liaising with Yarra Ranges Council and arborists, the final step of the project came to life on Tuesday 10 September with the nesting boxes finding their place in the reserve, thanks to the skill of a team of arborists. Turn to page 17 to find the full story
Lilydale Heights College’s Year 12 VCE Vocational Major students with their finished nest boxes ready to install at a local reserve. (Supplied)
Vets want action The final report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide was handed down on Monday 9 September - a pivotal moment addressing the incredibly complex issue of veteran suicide in Australia. The report represents a step forward in improving outcomes for veterans, particularly in
their transition from military to civilian life. This is an ongoing crisis with an average of three deaths by suicide every fortnight over the last decade. Boronia Veterans’ Advocacy Centre president Dave Menz said the good thing is they’ve done it. “We want them to accept and implement the recommendations fully,” he said.
The report has 122 recommendations to address cultural and systemic challenges that are failing serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members and their families - and costing lives. Star Mail was invited to sit down for an open discussion on the recent news of the report, as veterans, fellow volunteers and community members gathered to catch up over lunch on 11
September at the Veterans’ Advocacy Centre. Mr Menz, along with many others at the centre, spends hours of his time doing anything from helping fill out paperwork for things like retrospective medical discharges, a complex process for any veteran, to assisting with home help or medical appointments. Continued page 4
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By Tanya Steele