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Items of note for this week
Lend a helping hand for spring baiting
Our spring baiting program for wild dogs will get underway in mid-October and between now and then there is plenty of prep work to be done. The preparation of baits for aerial baiting will take place in Cobar between Monday, 30 Sept and Sunday, 13 October. If you are interested and able to give the Bio team a hand, please get in touch with Lisa who is coordinating the schedule. Please make sure you have run this past your supervisor.
Get your admin up to date by 26 Sept
Staff are asked to make sure their admin items like Expense8, time sheets and so forth are all up to date by 5 pm Thursday so they can be approved and Michelle is able to generate a report for forecasting. Staff will then need to ensure admin items are again up to date by the end of September for end of month reporting. In recent times, there has been a noticeable improvement by staff with regards to keeping admin up to date and it has been noticed by the admin team and is much appreciated.
Got an event to promote? Some things to consider prior to contacting the comms officer
With a number of projects and programs getting underway for the 19/20 financial year, along with the business as usual items such as spring baiting, staff are asked to contact Charlie as early as possible when his assistance is required to help promote an event/opportunity. The earlier Charlie knows about what you are working on, the better, as he will be able to plan the best approach to promoting it as well as ensure it is promoted for as long and as widely as possible. This includes promoting it to staff around the Western region as well as other regions, stakeholders and possibly, the Minister's Officer. Staff looking for further information about our communication and engagement methods are encouraged to read the below documents, and can always contact Charlie for a chat or reach him on email.
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Staff movements
Recruitment
A warm welcome to Craig Anderson who has joined the team as a Rangeland Rehabilitation Land Services Officer. Craig will be based in Cobar initially with plans to be based out of Broken Hill.
Leave
- Greg will be on leave on Monday
- Mandy is on leave on Monday and Tuesday
- Brian will be on leave on Tuesday
- Courtney is on leave on Wednesday
- Mitch is on leave on Thursday and Friday
- Kristie is on leave on Friday
- Brooke is on leave on Friday
- Tim is on leave on Friday
- Lynda is on leave until early October
- Ben is on leave and will return on 9 October
- Blackie is on extended leave
- Rhoda is on extended leave
- Colin is on extended leave.
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Movements of the Ops Team
Erlina Compton
Erlina was travelling to Buronga on Monday morning via Broken Hill. Erlina has a projects team meeting on Monday afternoon, on Tuesday she will attend the AgNRM advisory group face to face meeting in Buronga, and on Wednesday and Thursday she will attend the Board meeting in Wentworth and travel back to Dubbo. On Friday, Erlina will be in the Dubbo office catching up on work from the week.
Michelle Johnson
Michelle will be travelling to Buronga on Monday morning and will attend the project team meeting that afternoon. On Tuesday, Michelle has one on one catch-ups with her team, an NLP2 relationship meeting, will work on an annual TSR plan with Kerryn and have a monthly catch-up. On Wednesday and Thursday, Michelle will attend the Board meeting in Wentworth and will travel back to Broken Hill. On Friday, Michelle will be in the office catching up, has a LandMap meeting and will do some financial forecasting.
Andrew Hull
Hully will be in the Buronga office on Monday and has the projects team meeting that afternoon. On Tuesday, Hully will attend the AgNRM advisory group meeting and on Wednesday and Thursday he will attend the Board meeting in Wentworth. On Friday, Hully has a number of monthly catch-ups and has flex leave that afternoon.
Ben Slingsby
Ben is on leave until 9 October.
Gemma Turnbull
Gemma will be in the office most of the week and has the projects team meeting on Monday afternoon. Other items for the week include project work and follow-up work from the goat project meeting that Gemma attended last week. On Wednesday, Gemma will either attend in person or dial in for a meeting with the Trangie Ag Research Centre.
Mitch Plumbe
Mitch will be in the office on Monday and Wednesday and will attend the projects meeting on Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, Mitch has a property visit in Wilcannia for the Land Services Program and he will be on leave on Thursday and Friday.
Tim Wall
Tim will be in the office from Monday to Thursday and will be working on his firearms permit and review of MyLand. On Friday, Tim will be on leave.
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Out and about in the media
Story in The Land on the biosecurity signs and how popular they are proving around the state. All staff are asked to continue to promote the signs and the key message behind them, the importance of having a biosecurity plan for your property, at all opportunities. The second story is from the Barrier Daily Truth (Broken Hill) and focuses on Sara Storer and the upcoming NSW Landcare and LLS conference.
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Until next week...
Thanks for reading the 23 September edition of the Western Region Round-up, if you require clarification on any of the above, please contact the manager or team leader responsible for further information.
If there is anything else you would like to see featured in the round-up, please email Charlie Whiteley.
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