NEWS 15
FRIDAY MARCH 3 2017
Emergency services looking
for more local volunteers
Nicole Ogilvie
THE Alice Springs volunteer
unit of the Northern Territory
Emergency Service is seeking
people to join the support, welfare and community events
team.
Local volunteers have been
extremely busy in the past 12
months — attending the vertical rescue on Uluru, searching
for missing woman Rebecca
Heyward and most recently,
the two missing German tourists at Trephina Gorge.
Volunteer
co-ordinator
Alan (AJ) Leahy said there was
a variety of roles for volunteers
to take on in an emergency.
“In the case of a missing
person, we not only require
people to do line searches, but
we also rely on volunteers to
provide support providing
water and backup,” he said.
“Being an Emergency Service volunteer is very rewarding; you get to learn new skills,
meet new people and do something outstanding for your
community.”
The Alice Springs unit
needs volunteers to join the
support, welfare and community events team.
“As part of this team you
will be the backbone to our operational volunteers out in the
field; organising logistics, relaying information via radio
and making sure they get a
feed and a hot cuppa during
emergency operations,” Mr
Leahy said.
“You will also help organise
and run the many community
events the unit assists with. It
does not matter if you are
young or old we would love to
hear from you.”
Not only are they helping
out in any emergency, but volunteers take time out of their
working day to assist with not
only emergencies, but community events as well.
For more information call
NTES on 0428 260 015, email
[email protected] or pop
to the volunteer training session 7pm every Tuesday at the
NTES HQ, 32 Wilkinson St.
RIGHT: Northern
Territory Emergency
Service, along with
rangers from Parks
Australia and Police
from Yulara and
Mutitjulu, rescued
three 22-year-old
men after they
became stranded in
a crevasse at Uluru
last year.
Picture: SUPPLIED
Chasing a
lost legacy
Bunnings activities organiser Tyler Betts and Lifestyle co-ordinator Kiall Ryan are ready for the March DIY workshops in Alice Springs.
Picture: EMMA MURRAY
Nail it with a little help from some friends
Emma Murray
LOOKING for help with your
next home project?
Renovation enthusiasts will
be pleased to hear that
Bunnings Warehouse Alice
Springs is running free do it
yourself (DIY) workshops all
through March.
Held every Saturday and
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Sunday at 11am, 12.30pm and
2pm, the workshops focus on
achievable projects that you’ll
be able to do yourself around
the home and in the garden on
a weekend.
From tiling and plastering
to outdoor and gardening
projects, the national
hardware store will be holding
demonstrations and
information sessions for the
home handy man or woman.
Bunnings Warehouse Alice
Springs Complex manager
Sean Woods said the staff is
excited about the series.
“These workshops, hosted
by our expert team members,
cover inspiring and simple
projects for inside and outside
the home,” he said.
“We are also looking
forward to getting the
community together for our
first garden club this month
which is a free monthly
session for Alice Spring
residents who want to learn
handy garden care hints.”
The youngsters haven’t
been left out of the store’s
program, with free classes to
keep them occupied while
having fun and being creative.
Session topics for the
youngsters include craft,
mosaic, woodwork and grow
your own.
Bunning Warehouse Alice
Springs workshops start
tomorrow and will be held
every weekend day
throughout March.
THE copyright to all of indigenous painter Albert Namatjira’s works should be sold or
handed back to the family and
community,
says
former
Northern Territory Museums
and Art Galleries board chairman Colin McDonald.
Mr McDonald, an avid art
collector and highly respected
member of the Territory’s legal
and creative communities, said
he believed this was the best
place for it to sit so his family
does not lose touch with his indigenous legacy.
Namatjira died in 1959 and
is regarded by many as Australia’s finest indigenous painter.
“It is sad the way things
have turned out,” Mr McDonald said. “Albert Namatjira’s
family has a very understandable interest in his creative
works. As it stands the copyright lawfully belongs to Sydney-based Legend Press.”
Copyright to Namatjira’s
works was sold to Legend Press
for $8500 in 1983 by former
NT public trustee John Flynn.
Mr Flynn said he assumed
the agreement would last for
only seven years.
However under current law,
Legend Press can exercise
copyright control over the
Namatjira estate until 2029,
“It is disappointing for Albert’s family to have no say in
how reproduction of the work
is managed,” Mr McDonald
said. “The fact they do not benefit financially from these reproductions is equally sad
given the difficult circumstances some would most likely find themselves in.
“When you see Albert’s
work you see how he was able
to translate what he saw in a
very sensible and spiritual way.
“It is very appropriate for
family to have access to that
art legacy.” It is understood the
Namatjira Legacy Trust will be
launched this week in a bid to
secure the copyright for the
artist’s family.