Vinnies Queensland is here to help drought affected farming families
With more than 57 per cent of our state currently in drought, St Vincent de Paul Society (Vinnies) Queensland is ready to support drought affected families and communities.
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Vinnies Drought Relief for Queensland Farming Communities Appeal helps struggling families in regional Queensland with not only the severe financial strain caused by drought, but essential items and services such as food, fuel, bills, water and feed for livestock.
We need the public’s support to help us raise more funds to assist as many drought affected Queenslanders as possible, with every dollar donated going directly to the victims of this devastating disaster.
Your donations will help those who live in rural and regional communities to keep a roof over their head and their livelihoods alive.
Vinnies is a permanent local presence, providing assistance throughout our state, reaching out and giving a hand up to people who have lost or are facing the loss of everything.
When the rain comes, as we hope and pray it does, we will still be there offering assistance and friendship to drought affected families and individuals as they rebuild their lives.
Farmers and regional communities are the backbone of Queensland and they need our help now more than ever.
To make a donation, visit http://bit.ly/HelpQLDFarmingCommunities or call 13 18 12.
And if you need assistance please don’t hesitate to call the Vinnies Helpline on 1800 846 643.
Dennis Innes,
State President
St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland
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Where were the councillors?
The Mount Isa Community should be thankful to the North West Star for highlighting the fact that the Mount Isa City Council failed to attend the recent Senate Hearing on Mental Health.
Once again this demonstrates, to me the need for our own newspaper such as The North West Star.
We had a number of Senators and Federal Public Servants travel to Mount Isa to hold an official Senate Hearing on a very important subject of mental health and not one, single member of this Council, NOT the Mayor, NOT the Deputy Mayor or NOT one of our well-paid Councillors has seen fit to attend and give evidence at this formal Senate hearing.
Can you imagine if this Senate Committee by-passed Mount Isa?
I can well imagine the outrage and indignation from the same Mayor and Councillors.
I’m not suggesting that the Mayor has to attend every activity in the City.
She said she was with a state government minister underground at Mount Isa Mines, but where was the Deputy Mayor or where were the five other councillors?
These councillors are well paid, they are not volunteers.
What are they doing to earn the large salaries which they are paid by the ratepayers?
Surely that is why we pay the Deputy Mayor and the Councillors to stand in when required.
I am ashamed that our City Council couldn’t muster one single elected representative to give evidence at this inquiry.
Shame on each one of them and I hope that they do not shed crocodile tears when our Community has a discussion on Mental Health Issues because many of us will be ready to remind them of their failure when they had the opportunity.
Kendall Santillan,
Mount Isa