Woolworths Young is launching a Local Community Food Drive to help support Young charities deliver high priority food relief items to people in need in the lead up to Christmas. The week-long initiative will kick-off on Wednesday, 3 November, and Young customers are encouraged to donate non-perishable food items into the specially marked Local Community Food Drive trolley in-store. According to the latest FoodBank Hunger Report, one in six adults haven't had enough to eat in the last year and 1.2 million children have gone hungry during the same period. Donated items will be distributed either directly to a store's local community food relief charity partner, or via one of Woolworths' major food relief partners, such as OzHarvest, FareShare and Foodbank, and their network of local charities they support, to ensure Young residents in need receive the donated essential food items. Woolworths Young has also committed to donating a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables to the Local Community Food Drive and their local community's food relief charity. Woolworths Young Store Manager, Kerri Smith said: "Food insecurity continues to be a real issue in communities across Australia and the past year has made it even more difficult for a growing number of families to access nutritious food and essentials. As the Fresh Food People, Woolies Young are committed to supporting local communities and helping those less fortunate, particularly as we head into the festive season. "I encourage Young customers to join us and make a donation to the Woolworths Local Community Food Drive when they shop with us. By simply adding a non-perishable product in the specially marked trolley, you will be helping someone in need in our local community." Items that have been identified by local charities as the core range of essential food relief items needed by individuals and families include: Young customers can donate in-store at Woolworths Young to the Woolworths Local Community Food Drive from 3 - 9 November.
Woolworths Young is launching a Local Community Food Drive to help support Young charities deliver high priority food relief items to people in need in the lead up to Christmas.
The week-long initiative will kick-off on Wednesday, 3 November, and Young customers are encouraged to donate non-perishable food items into the specially marked Local Community Food Drive trolley in-store.
According to the latest FoodBank Hunger Report, one in six adults haven't had enough to eat in the last year and 1.2 million children have gone hungry during the same period.
Donated items will be distributed either directly to a store's local community food relief charity partner, or via one of Woolworths' major food relief partners, such as OzHarvest, FareShare and Foodbank, and their network of local charities they support, to ensure Young residents in need receive the donated essential food items.
Woolworths Young has also committed to donating a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables to the Local Community Food Drive and their local community's food relief charity.
Woolworths Young Store Manager, Kerri Smith said: "Food insecurity continues to be a real issue in communities across Australia and the past year has made it even more difficult for a growing number of families to access nutritious food and essentials.
As the Fresh Food People, Woolies Young are committed to supporting local communities and helping those less fortunate, particularly as we head into the festive season.
"I encourage Young customers to join us and make a donation to the Woolworths Local Community Food Drive when they shop with us. By simply adding a non-perishable product in the specially marked trolley, you will be helping someone in need in our local community."
Items that have been identified by local charities as the core range of essential food relief items needed by individuals and families include:
Breakfast cereals
UHT and evaporated milk
Pasta, rice and instant noodles
Coffee and tea bags
Canned fish or meat
Canned fruit and vegetables
Soups and simmer sauces
Spreads (peanut butter, honey, jam)
Baked beans and spaghetti
Baby foods
Young customers can donate in-store at Woolworths Young to the Woolworths Local Community Food Drive from 3 - 9 November.
Authorities have warned unvaccinated Victorians "the rest of us are not going to stop" as the state prepares to hit its 80 and 90 per cent reopening targets before Christmas.
Key points:
Victoria has recorded 1,534 new cases and the seven-day average has continued to fall
The death toll from the current Delta outbreak in Victoria has grown to 247
Only 83 per cent of Victorians in their 20s have received one dose of vaccine
The state's COVID-19 outbreak appears to be "plateauing", but there are concerns about comparatively low vaccination rates among people aged in their 20s.
Victoria has recorded 1,534 new local COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths as the state moves closer to fully vaccinating 80 per cent of its population aged 16 and over.
There are now 24,164 active cases of the virus, and 247 people have died during the current Delta outbreak.
The deaths include people aged from their 30s to their 90s.
There are now 748 people in hospital with COVID-19, of whom 138 are in intensive care, and 87 are on a ventilator.
The new cases were detected from 83,210 test results received yesterday.
Victoria's COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar said it appeared new cases were "plateauing" but there was an increase of cases in regional areas.
"If we look at our Burnet modelling of where we expect case numbers to be, although we expect case numbers to ease off a bit over coming days we are expecting them to rise and they will rise amongst the unvaccinated," he said.
Mr Weimar urged people in younger age groups who had not yet been vaccinated to do so, saying only 83 per cent of people aged in their 20s had so far had their first dose.
"The rest of us are not going to stop," he said.
He said 85 per cent of the new cases identified yesterday were people who were not vaccinated.
More restrictions are set to be eased when Victoria reaches 80 per cent of its 16+ population fully vaccinated.(ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
There were 24,180 doses of vaccine administered at state-run sites, and more vaccinations at GP clinics and other venues.
Victoria is expected to reach the 80 per cent fully vaccinated milestone by Friday, triggering the further easing of restrictions across the state.
Unvaccinated customers will be allowed to enter non-essential retail venues from Friday until the "vaccinated economy" settings kick in when Victoria reaches the 90 per cent full-vaccination benchmark.
"We are sending out a very clear signal that says if you are going to be active in these kind of retail environments post-90 per cent you will need to get vaccinated," Mr Weimar said.
As the state begins its recovery from the financially bruising pandemic, an Auditor-General report has produced mixed findings on the way billions of dollars was spent by the government.
In the report released today, the audit found all departments made extraordinary efforts to respond to COVID-19, but many had incomplete and missing documentation and did not always address conflicts of interest.
The report made 16 recommendations to improve fraud and corruption management and better review risks in grant programs and financial reporting.
Unvaccinated tennis players will be allowed in says PM
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed tennis players who are not vaccinated will be allowed to travel to Melbourne for the Australian Open, but will be subjected to two weeks quarantine.
The Prime Minister's comments contradict those of Federal Immigration Minister Alex Hawke, who said last week that tennis players would have to be fully vaccinated.
Mr Morrison said tennis players would be subject to the same requirements as other international visitors.
"The same rules apply to everyone, whether you're a Grand Slam winner, a prime minister, a business traveller, a student or whoever. Same rules," he told Channel Seven.
The Prime Minister also said he expected international tourists to return to Australia before the end of the year.
Premier Daniel Andrews said Victoria would not be applying for any exemptions for unvaccinated players.
"I'm not very well going to say to people that they can't go to the pub tonight unless they're double vaxxed, but certain high-profile people who choose not to be vaccinated, I'm not going to be facilitating them coming here," he said.
"There's an issue of consistency here, again I was perfectly supportive of Minister Hawke's view which I took to be the view of the federal government. It appears that's not the case."
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Prepare for a fabulously festive Bayside and a sizzling summer of outdoor events.
Council has lined up a COVID safe season of music, light, colour and food and extended support for our local businesses as we ease our way out of lockdown.
We promise a Bayside Christmas to remember, despite the cancellation of our annual carols due to COVID-19 restrictions, and we have a packed schedule, including celebrating Bayside’s wonderful foodie spots and utilising our beautiful parks, foreshore and other open spaces.
At the end of November, decorations will be installed across our activity centres and in early December, the Black Rock clocktower will be lit up as we officially launch Christmas in Bayside.
There will be live music and entertainment across Bayside’s shopping centres and roving Santa’s for the kids.
Sandringham foreshore and Landcox Park, Brighton will be lit up and the Billilla Chamber Orchestra will be in concert on 5 December at the iconic mansion.
On top of all that, Sandringham Village’s beautiful sunflower display will be in full bloom through December and watch out for our fun-filled I Spy Santa game.
Before all of that, excite your tastebuds with the Taste of Bayside across our major activity centres from 11 to 25 November. Customised light projections celebrating the heritage and culture of Bayside, will literally shine a light on our incredible eateries and bars.
Bayside Youth Services and Boombox Events will hold The Art of Picnicking across the municipality encouraging young people to picnic with their friends and peers with a host of prizes up for grabs.
And for the littlies in our lives there’ll be a magical Cat Rabbit Bear Hunt from the end of October into January. Using poster information and QR codes, head off on a search for the artist’s whimsical bears.
Bayside Mayor Cr Laurence Evans OAM said “Baysiders on the streets enjoying the events and shopping locally will be a welcome boost to our businesses”.
“And to further support them Council has extended the outdoor dining spacelets program while extensive consultation on their long-term future is carried out,” Cr Evans said.
“Through the pandemic, Council has supported approximately 471 businesses through a substantial waiver of fees and charges to help them through these difficult times”.
Consultation on the future of the spacelets program will be held from mid November to mid December 2021.
Our popular Shops on Show competition will return for a sixth year, giving traders an extra reason to spruce up their windows and shoppers a chance to vote for their favourite Christmas window display.
As we safely emerge from lockdown, we can prepare to have a whole heap of festive fun and enjoy Christmas in Bayside.
Radio stations 2GB, 3AW, 4BC, and 6PR will ramp up local content with new traffic reports every 10 minutes in the key Breakfast and Drive shifts.
The move is part of Nine Radio’s strategy of “live and local”.
Nine Radio’s head of content,Greg Byrnes, said: “Nine Radio is the only radio network with local traffic reporters in each market, with deep knowledge of their city’s traffic and accident blackspots, offering the best advice during the commuter rush about how to avoid any traffic snarls. As our biggest cities roar back to life, our listeners will now be getting updates every 10 minutes.”
For advertisers, the increase in live and local traffic provides a unique opportunity to be associated with the best traffic reports on the biggest stations in Sydney and Melbourne, and the fastest growing talk stations in Brisbane and Perth.
“Traffic is one of the most important segments to listeners who are highly engaged with the content,” saidAnthony Smyth, Nine’s commercial director – radio. “For brands wanting to connect with consumers on the drive to and from work these new 10 and 30-second adjacent spots are a great opportunity to cut through.”
The increased traffic reports are effective from November 1.
2GB Traffic reporter Will Bottom
This month, Nine revealed the digital strength of their radio talk stations, achieving more than 11 million stream starts and more than one million podcast downloads in September.
According to the Triton Webcast figures released by Nine, the talk radio network recorded 11.07 million streams.
In September, the week of the Melbourne earthquake and mass protests saw3AWhit a streaming record for the station with 1.34 million stream starts in the wake of these events.
The network’s broader push into podcasting has also resonated with podcast listeners, with data showing the talk network’s podcast downloads in September are up 16 per cent year on year, and 11 per cent month on month.
Fund managers are gearing up to launch an Australian Bitcoin exchange-traded fund following the success of similar new offerings in the US last week, with some groups saying local options could be on the market by mid next year.
ETFs allow investors to purchase various securities, commodities or indices without having a direct exposure to the asset, with the funds often viewed as a lower-risk way of investing in higher-risk sectors, such as property or tech.
Bitcoin ETFs are inevitable in Australia, investors say.Credit:Bloomberg
Since Bitcoin’s explosion into the mainstream four years ago, investors have been calling for an ETF that tracks the price of major cryptocurrencies, which can often be highly volatile, as a way for traditional investors to gain exposure to the space.
Currently, crypto ETFs aren’t able to operate in Australia due to regulatory concerns over asset custody, however, local investment firms are preparing for this to change by next year, with the corporate regulator currently finalising a review into the feasibility of such funds and how they would operate in the market.
Alex Vynokur, chief executive of $20 billion ETF provider Betashares, confirmed to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald his firm was interested in establishing an Australian Bitcoin ETF when the regulation permits, saying such a fund was inevitable in Australia given the interest in the nascent asset class.
“At the moment, we’re seeing some stats in Australia that well over a million Australians own an investment in cryptocurrencies directly,” he said. “We do think that over time we will see Bitcoin and hopefully other cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds available.”
Similarly, Heath Behncke, managing director of innovation-focused fund manager Holon said he expects an Australian Bitcoin ETF could be launched by mid-2022, with Holon hoping to be one of the frontrunners in launching a fund when possible.
However, both investment managers agree that proper regulation will need to be in place before such an outcome could be achieved, with the main sticking point for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission being how fund operators would manage the custody of digital assets such as Bitcoin, given Australia does not currently have a custody regime for crypto.
Senator Andrew Bragg’s recent parliamentary report into the cryptocurrency space includes a recommendation that Australia establish a custody regime, a move Mr Behncke says would be critical in streamlining crypto ETFs in Australia, though he said overseas custody in more crypto-friendly regimes such as Wyoming in the US, could act as an interim solution.
“I definitely think there’s a lot of investors keen on a Bitcoin ETF, but it’s still early in conversations,” he said. “There’s definitely a pent-up demand for it, but it’s about having the right structure that that market participants can actually engage in.”
In the meantime, Betashares has set up its own cryptocurrency-sector ETF which invests in crypto-adjacent businesses such as Bitcoin miners and listed exchanges like Coinbase. Mr Vynokur likened it to investors who sold picks and shovels during the Gold Rush.
“Those are the companies that are really well-positioned to benefit from the growth in the crypto economy, almost irrespective of the price of Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency,” he said.
“It’s a different way to participate in the disruption and change that crypto is bringing upon us.”
The pub has always been the cornerstone of the community and after over thirty years Karrinyup Shopping Centre is about to welcome a new place to converge and converse with the opening of Good Company on Thursday 28th October.
Good Company is all about bringing people together and creating memories – created by the acclaimed Three Pound Group (The Elford, The Camfield, The Stables and more) the offering brings together their twist on the much-loved pub classics, colourful salads, and share style dishes that will leave you feeling transported to the Mediterranean coast.
Good Company is the first time since the 80’s that Karrinyup has had a pub since the Karrinyup Tavern which was in operation from 1975 – 1987. Far from the original geometric design of the original, Good Company is light, breezy and takes a hint of inspiration from the coast.
Good Company Eats and Drinks
Chef Ben Keal has curated a menu of pub classics complemented with fresh salads, family favourites and some of the best pizzas. Expect to see beer battered fish and chips together with lamb rump and an iconic chicken schnitzel on the menu. Seafood reigns supreme with a vast selection of delicacies including kingfish crudo with blood orange vinaigrette, toasted nori powder, radish and citrus yogurt, sautéed calamari with parsley, garlic, charred onion and cherry tomato and tiger prawns with achiote paste, charred lemon and coriander.
“The Indian Ocean is less than 5kms away, we couldn’t open a pub this close without using some of the most amazing produce from the sea. This is complemented with the best produce from the land, expect to find your favourites and discover some new ones along the way.” Chef Ben Keal.
“We wanted to create something new, something designed to make you feel at home”
Behind the bar find a carefully curated collection of bubbles together with an extensive Sauv Blanc and Chardonnay sections together with a strong showing of reds plus some skin contact wine varietals rounding out the offering. A cocktail offering that is sure to delight the senses and leave you feeling that you are not in fact in Karrinyup, but somewhere seaside in Croatia.
Good Company will be open seven days a week, from 11am to late from Thursday 28th October 2021.
Good Company
Location: 200 Karrinyup Rd, Karrinyup, West Deck Karrinyup
FOR weeks now local business groups have asked to speak with the Chief Minister to discuss small business concerns and the need for continued financial support, but been ignored.
“The local business and trader groups are calling, and have been calling, on the Chief Minister without success,” says leader of Phillip Traders Association Tom Adam.
“We are concerned that throughout the lockdown that ACT/Canberra businesses have been castigated and lambasted as uncompliant, that delays in the grant scheme are due to “incomplete applications” and that generally the feeling is the Chief Minister does not want to hear how Canberrans – who happen to own businesses – are faring and frankly…. we’ve had enough of being ignored.
“For many small businesses in Canberra they are yet to see the ‘bounce back’ that was acclaimed by the Chief Minister and, with the continued restrictions to as far as November 26, it will be difficult for them to gather the resources for the traditional quiet trading period over the public service shutdown – when most of the cash in Canberra leaves to other places for vacations.
“As of October 15, the ACT government ceased support for small business, with the exception of the two (yet unpaid and yet unopened) COVID-19 Small Business Hardship Scheme and the Hospitality, Tourism, Arts & Fitness Grants.
“As of the November 1, an unvaccinated Melbournian can travel to Canberra and roam about the city (outside without a mask) yet for many small businesses in Canberra they cannot operate full-trade conditions.”
The local trader groups (Mitchell, Braddon, Inner South and Phillip) have had two meetings with Business Minister Tara Cheyne and the grant business team to discuss the rollout of the grants. They say other requests for more support have gone unheeded.
Mr Adam says he contacted Minister Cheyne’s office last week and spoke with one of her advisers.
“They continued to repeat that the federal government etcetera, etcetera… when I expressed that we aren’t asking the federal government, and that we are NOT interested in hearing about what the federal government is or isn’t doing, I was met with the reply of: ‘You’re not speaking to an audience here’. Although I received an apology from the minister herself, I still feel this is an indication of the internal language within the current Labor government and their attitude to small business,” he says.
