June 13, 2024 • 14 mins
In today's episode we find out what the State Budget means for our region.
The updated cost for the Bundaberg Aquatic Centre is revealed.
A major disruption to drug distribution in the Wide Bay-Burnett.
Details about the research project aiming to protect Aussie wildlife and local drivers.
And this week's local legend is co-Founder of Bundaberg Brewed Drinks, Cliff Fleming AM.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I have White Bay Burnett.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Welcome to iHeart White Bay Burnett, your local news fix.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
I'm Bruce Atkinson and I'm Taylor Larson.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
On today's show. Another cost blowout for a major project
and the research keeping drivers and rules.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Safe starting with this stake budget though when similar to
the federal budget, it's all about cost of living measures.
We're getting one thousand dollars off our power bills, cheaper
car red Joe, when there's stamp duty relief for first
home buyers, although it's come at a cost plunging Queensland
into a two point six billion dollar deficit. Premier Stephen
Miles telling Parliament that was taken into consideration.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
This budget is full of good news, full of big
wins for Queenslanders. Our vision for the future delivers what
matters for Queensland, because my government is doing what matters
for Queensland.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Treasurer Cameron Dick echoing those sentiments.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
In a contest between the balance sheet and doing what's
right for Queenslanders, the Miles labor Goverment will always be
on Queenslander's side.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
As expected, the opposition isn't happy. Member for Burnett Stephen
Bennett says this level of debt isn't sustainable.
Speaker 5 (01:11):
This budget is a cynical attempt to get reelected. It
is going to set up a debt bomb for future
generations and I think, quite frankly, we could have done
so much better for those people in the region that
just need governments to listen, learn and get on with
the job.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
In the Wide Bay, almost three thousand kids will be
eligible for free KINDI and more fee free take place
suits are on offer. Five hundred and ninety two million
dollars will be spent on health, which includes money for
the new Bunderberg Hospital and residential rehab for the town,
while Paradise Dam has received one hundred and nine million.
About seventeen million dollars is for early works on the
(01:47):
Bunderberg East flood Levy that covers ten percent of the
total cost. While the money is welcome, the local mayor
says the budget is a bit of a sugar hit.
In the lead up to October's election, Helen Blackburn doesn't
believe the of living measures will benefit residents in the
long run.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
I think it was slim pickings and we knew that
from the outset. The one thing I will say is
the waste levy has been alleviated for the next couple
of years. We're thankful for that from the state government.
That will go a long way to making cost of
living in terms of the budget handed down by Council
more affordable for our region. But other than that, I
didn't see any real big ticket items that are going
(02:23):
to assist our region.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
For the Fraser Coast, there's funds for the train manufacturing program.
A purpose built manufacturing facility at tauben Lee, which is
under construction, will deliver sixty five new six car passenger
trains in the next ten years. Money is also going
to complete the upgrade of the Marlborough Police Facility.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Major Bruce Highway projects have made the cut as well.
They include the Tyro bypass and upgrades between Keroy and Kara,
although just five point six million has been allocated for
the three hundred and thirty six million dollars spend on
the bypass, fundings also there for the Gimbie bypass. One
of the big ticket items is the Brumba Pump hydro
project in the Imbull west of Ghimbie. There's almost nine
hundred and thirty six million dollars in the budget for
(03:03):
work to progress on the fourteen point two billion dollar development.
The project is yet to be approved, but it could
be mothballed if the federal opposition wins the next election.
The LMP's member for why Daylou O'Brien says the Queensland
Government won't get any Commonwealth money for Barumba Hydro under
a coalition government.
Speaker 6 (03:19):
They're hiding the detail behind commercial and confidence. That's just unacceptable.
It won't be a part of our energy policy going forward.
We will be announcing a policy in the very near
future that will take a different approach to energy.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
That different approach is nuclear, with possible locations yet to
be revealed by the Opposition leader Peter Dutton, who O'Brien
isn't opposed to having a nuclear power station in his electorate. However,
it's unlikely to happen as the Wide Bay doesn't have
an existing power station or enough water and transmission lines.
Speaker 6 (03:50):
Based on that, I would rule it out, but personally
I wouldn't have a problem with a nuclear power plan.
It has mean jobs and industry and it would be
a proper industry that would service the area. But it's
highly unlikely that it's going to happen.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Bunderberg's on track to have a Feener standard swimming pool
by early next year. The project has been met with
its fair share of contention after the long standing Anzac
pool was demolished and cost blowouts followed well. The drama
has heated up again this week, the local mayor revealing
the updated cost of the development.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
So the project's eighty nine million dollar project. Eighty five
percent of that is being covered by the rate payers
of Bunderberg. So that's quite significant, and I'm not certain
that the rate pays were aware of that at the
time that the pool had been decided by the council.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
That's almost double the original estimate announced back in twenty
twenty one. The following year it grew to seventy five
million dollars and now we're just shy of ninety million.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
The initial costs were estimates, and then once a council
decided that they were going to be providing the entire project,
we've got the full costs and that's the eighty nine
million dollars.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Before becoming mayor, Helen Blackburn was critical of the project.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
This is a project that's been inherited by this council
and I have to be impressed with the size of
the project and the ability for this to be something
that the community can look forward to using for many,
many years to come into the future. My disdain was
more around the destruction of the Anzac pool facility and
not so much about the aquatic facility. So I'm pleased
(05:29):
that we will have such a world class facility available
here in the Bunderberg region, and once it's finished, I'm
sure we'll all be proud of it and we'll be
able to use it happily.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
At this stage construction we'll finish in late February. Once complete,
it'll have a fifty meter pool up to world class standards,
plus two to twenty five meter pools. Speaking from the
construction site, Deputy Mayor Tracy McFee says accessibility has been
a major consideration. It's estimated nearly ten percent of residents
require assistance for daily activities.
Speaker 7 (05:58):
Before we went into detail a sign. I actually attended all.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
But one of the community consultation.
Speaker 7 (06:03):
Sessions and accessibility was a hot topic and I'm really
pleased to see that this facility doesn't disappoint. We have
an adult change table facility, which is great in fully
accessible bathrooms All three of the pools have fully accessible
brands for people to access the fills. In addition, the
two twenty five meter pools also have harm lioks as well.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
It's hoped locals won't be the only ones enjoying the facility.
The goal is to attract high level training and competition events.
Around one hundred people work on the site. It's taking
five hundred and sixty tons of structural steel, one hundred
and twenty tons of roof perlins, and six thousand liters
of paint which Perry from Woolen Constructions is happy with
(06:45):
the progress so far.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
It's a tough site.
Speaker 8 (06:47):
We knew that landfill site coming into the job, but
carefully planning his one process a big piling process that
got us through for the past few months and yeah.
Speaker 9 (06:55):
Navigated well.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
The maintenance costs aren't yet known. It's part of the
leasing agreement that'surrently out for tender.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Coming up after the break. The local legend behind an
iconic local brew.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
I hearb White b Bernad. I heard White B Bernad.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
You're listening to iHeart White Bay Burnett. I'm Bruce Hadkinson
joined by Taylor Larson.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Police believe they've made a significant dan to in the
distribution of drugs in the White Bay Burnett region. Our
reporter Joseph Price has the story.
Speaker 8 (07:27):
Three people, including a high risk offender, have been arrested
on thirty charges following a raid on a Black Snake
home near kilkeevn Its. Alleged rifles, ammunition, and one hundred
and twenty two thousand dollars in cash were found along
with drugs. Detectives say the method the property had an
estimated street value of up to one and a half
million dollars. It's further alleged two cars and a caravan
(07:49):
stolen from the Sunshine Coast and Gimpi were discovered. A
fifty six year old Black Snake man, a forty five
year old Nanbor man, and a sixty one year old
Yandina woman are facing various charges. District detect Dive Inspector
Paul Dalton says each firearm and quantity of drugs seized
stops the chances of those weapons and drugs causing harm
on the streets.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Imagine a world where you could drive along a country
road at night not have to worry about hitting a
roue or wallaby. Sounds too good to be true. But
a university research or is aiming to make it a reality.
University of this Unshine Coast PhD candidate is using specially
designed collars on the animals to try and make this happen.
Jasmine And says it's all about finding out how different
habitats influence changes in their movement and speed.
Speaker 10 (08:34):
So to better understand their movement patterns, we can then
understand what sort of habitats prompts and initiate these high
speed movements. We notice a lot that macapods are involved
in a lot of collisions on Australian roads. To even
trying to understand what prompts them to cross these roads
at high speed would be really really crucials to their conservation.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
And an RMA report in twenty twenty two estimated ten
million animals die on Australian roads each year due to
collisions with motor vehicles. Wallabies and kangaroos account for a
large number of the deaths. Is hope the research will
keep wildlife and people safe.
Speaker 10 (09:05):
Strategy is where we can reduce these clusions, such as
like smart signage, where we can incorporate the collars, including
with smart signage to be able to inform road users
where these kangaroos are in real time, and then be
able to inform them while they're driving to slow down
because there is a kangaroo close by.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Jasmin and Nette says knowing the speed and behavior of
rus would be useful in alerting drivers to real time
threats and be.
Speaker 10 (09:27):
Able to inform road users even through an app on
their phone or through stationary road signs that are live
tracked and be able to light up or something like
that when there is a kangaroo close by, or when
there is a predicted amount of like a mob close
by as well, and.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
The tracking collars have been specially designed for the project.
Speaker 10 (09:46):
One of the issues with coloring kangaroos is that you
often have to recapture them to get the collar off.
So what we have designed is a drop off mechanism
and it's pretty much just a little piece of wire
wrapped around a fishing line and it's got as homed
countdown so we can deploy it for two months to
six months. It will countdown and then will automatically drop
the collar off for us to go collect it without
(10:08):
having to touch the animal again.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
We didn't get the public holiday on Monday, but that
doesn't mean the King's birthday went unnoticed well. Then seven
hundred out standing Assies were recognized as part of the
annual honors, among them a prominent businessman in the community
and this week's local legend. Cliff Fleming is the co
founder of Bunderberg Brewed Drinks. He moved from Rockhampton and
launched the business alongside his wife and parents in the
(10:33):
late sixties, purchasing the then Electra Breweries.
Speaker 9 (10:37):
I recognized the potential of the business and it's come
about with a lot of hard work and a lot
of help from supportive people in this town. This town
is extraordinary in its professional people, and a little by
little I've been helped along the way. I like to
(10:59):
think that our business or our family have been fifty
eight years of becoming an overnight success. It's taken us
a long time, a lot of hard work.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
That small family business now exports to more than sixty
countries and recently opened a one hundred and fifty million
dollar master brewery still in Bundy, with the younger generations
now in charge, Cliff is enjoying his retirement and has
this week been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.
He was shocked when he received the news.
Speaker 9 (11:30):
I was quite surprised and quite humbled by the notice.
I've been in Bundenberg and business for a long time,
but I didn't expect this sort of recognition, as my
recognition should be to a number of others, and too
many to name, but I've been helped enormously in business
(11:51):
to the town.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Cliff service to business has been recognized, of course for
the iconic brews and his heavy involvement with various beverage industry.
His community service has been acknowledged as well. Cliff says
he joined the Apex Club not too long after moving
to Bunderberg as a way to connect with others, but.
Speaker 9 (12:09):
Shortly after that, a couple of years I joined Rotary.
I'm still in a member of the Bunderberg Central Rotary Club.
I'm involved, but I dat attend regularly because of my
age and my situation now of caring for my wife.
So those two organizations let me see what helping people
(12:32):
was all about, to see what could be done for
the community, and to make some good friends through fellowship.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
He's also been heavily involved with charities and setting up
employment for people who have a disability.
Speaker 9 (12:46):
Along with others. We established the center we were working
from in Killers Street. We established that into a recycling
center for the participants there. We felt that they went
from being looked after to being involved in a workwhile
job which gave them a good deal of dignity. That's
(13:10):
proven to be successful. And I also joined what is
now Impact Make Your Mark, and from that committee, I
was able to join those organizations together and in turn,
they worked at the recycling business became associated with the
(13:30):
city council. That is a great business and a great
addition for the town and the participants that I'm very
proud of being involved with.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
Cliff will officially receive the honor at a ceremony later
this year.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
Congratulations to Cliff, well deserved.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
That's all for this week. If you want to hear
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Speaker 1 (13:59):
Baby and d
I have White Bay Burnett.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Welcome to iHeart White Bay Burnett, your local news fix.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
I'm Bruce Atkinson and I'm Taylor Larson.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
On today's show. Another cost blowout for a major project
and the research keeping drivers and rules.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Safe starting with this stake budget though when similar to
the federal budget, it's all about cost of living measures.
We're getting one thousand dollars off our power bills, cheaper
car red Joe, when there's stamp duty relief for first
home buyers, although it's come at a cost plunging Queensland
into a two point six billion dollar deficit. Premier Stephen
Miles telling Parliament that was taken into consideration.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
This budget is full of good news, full of big
wins for Queenslanders. Our vision for the future delivers what
matters for Queensland, because my government is doing what matters
for Queensland.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Treasurer Cameron Dick echoing those sentiments.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
In a contest between the balance sheet and doing what's
right for Queenslanders, the Miles labor Goverment will always be
on Queenslander's side.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
As expected, the opposition isn't happy. Member for Burnett Stephen
Bennett says this level of debt isn't sustainable.
Speaker 5 (01:11):
This budget is a cynical attempt to get reelected. It
is going to set up a debt bomb for future
generations and I think, quite frankly, we could have done
so much better for those people in the region that
just need governments to listen, learn and get on with
the job.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
In the Wide Bay, almost three thousand kids will be
eligible for free KINDI and more fee free take place
suits are on offer. Five hundred and ninety two million
dollars will be spent on health, which includes money for
the new Bunderberg Hospital and residential rehab for the town,
while Paradise Dam has received one hundred and nine million.
About seventeen million dollars is for early works on the
(01:47):
Bunderberg East flood Levy that covers ten percent of the
total cost. While the money is welcome, the local mayor
says the budget is a bit of a sugar hit.
In the lead up to October's election, Helen Blackburn doesn't
believe the of living measures will benefit residents in the
long run.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
I think it was slim pickings and we knew that
from the outset. The one thing I will say is
the waste levy has been alleviated for the next couple
of years. We're thankful for that from the state government.
That will go a long way to making cost of
living in terms of the budget handed down by Council
more affordable for our region. But other than that, I
didn't see any real big ticket items that are going
(02:23):
to assist our region.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
For the Fraser Coast, there's funds for the train manufacturing program.
A purpose built manufacturing facility at tauben Lee, which is
under construction, will deliver sixty five new six car passenger
trains in the next ten years. Money is also going
to complete the upgrade of the Marlborough Police Facility.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Major Bruce Highway projects have made the cut as well.
They include the Tyro bypass and upgrades between Keroy and Kara,
although just five point six million has been allocated for
the three hundred and thirty six million dollars spend on
the bypass, fundings also there for the Gimbie bypass. One
of the big ticket items is the Brumba Pump hydro
project in the Imbull west of Ghimbie. There's almost nine
hundred and thirty six million dollars in the budget for
(03:03):
work to progress on the fourteen point two billion dollar development.
The project is yet to be approved, but it could
be mothballed if the federal opposition wins the next election.
The LMP's member for why Daylou O'Brien says the Queensland
Government won't get any Commonwealth money for Barumba Hydro under
a coalition government.
Speaker 6 (03:19):
They're hiding the detail behind commercial and confidence. That's just unacceptable.
It won't be a part of our energy policy going forward.
We will be announcing a policy in the very near
future that will take a different approach to energy.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
That different approach is nuclear, with possible locations yet to
be revealed by the Opposition leader Peter Dutton, who O'Brien
isn't opposed to having a nuclear power station in his electorate. However,
it's unlikely to happen as the Wide Bay doesn't have
an existing power station or enough water and transmission lines.
Speaker 6 (03:50):
Based on that, I would rule it out, but personally
I wouldn't have a problem with a nuclear power plan.
It has mean jobs and industry and it would be
a proper industry that would service the area. But it's
highly unlikely that it's going to happen.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Bunderberg's on track to have a Feener standard swimming pool
by early next year. The project has been met with
its fair share of contention after the long standing Anzac
pool was demolished and cost blowouts followed well. The drama
has heated up again this week, the local mayor revealing
the updated cost of the development.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
So the project's eighty nine million dollar project. Eighty five
percent of that is being covered by the rate payers
of Bunderberg. So that's quite significant, and I'm not certain
that the rate pays were aware of that at the
time that the pool had been decided by the council.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
That's almost double the original estimate announced back in twenty
twenty one. The following year it grew to seventy five
million dollars and now we're just shy of ninety million.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
The initial costs were estimates, and then once a council
decided that they were going to be providing the entire project,
we've got the full costs and that's the eighty nine
million dollars.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Before becoming mayor, Helen Blackburn was critical of the project.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
This is a project that's been inherited by this council
and I have to be impressed with the size of
the project and the ability for this to be something
that the community can look forward to using for many,
many years to come into the future. My disdain was
more around the destruction of the Anzac pool facility and
not so much about the aquatic facility. So I'm pleased
(05:29):
that we will have such a world class facility available
here in the Bunderberg region, and once it's finished, I'm
sure we'll all be proud of it and we'll be
able to use it happily.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
At this stage construction we'll finish in late February. Once complete,
it'll have a fifty meter pool up to world class standards,
plus two to twenty five meter pools. Speaking from the
construction site, Deputy Mayor Tracy McFee says accessibility has been
a major consideration. It's estimated nearly ten percent of residents
require assistance for daily activities.
Speaker 7 (05:58):
Before we went into detail a sign. I actually attended all.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
But one of the community consultation.
Speaker 7 (06:03):
Sessions and accessibility was a hot topic and I'm really
pleased to see that this facility doesn't disappoint. We have
an adult change table facility, which is great in fully
accessible bathrooms All three of the pools have fully accessible
brands for people to access the fills. In addition, the
two twenty five meter pools also have harm lioks as well.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
It's hoped locals won't be the only ones enjoying the facility.
The goal is to attract high level training and competition events.
Around one hundred people work on the site. It's taking
five hundred and sixty tons of structural steel, one hundred
and twenty tons of roof perlins, and six thousand liters
of paint which Perry from Woolen Constructions is happy with
(06:45):
the progress so far.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
It's a tough site.
Speaker 8 (06:47):
We knew that landfill site coming into the job, but
carefully planning his one process a big piling process that
got us through for the past few months and yeah.
Speaker 9 (06:55):
Navigated well.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
The maintenance costs aren't yet known. It's part of the
leasing agreement that'surrently out for tender.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Coming up after the break. The local legend behind an
iconic local brew.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
I hearb White b Bernad. I heard White B Bernad.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
You're listening to iHeart White Bay Burnett. I'm Bruce Hadkinson
joined by Taylor Larson.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Police believe they've made a significant dan to in the
distribution of drugs in the White Bay Burnett region. Our
reporter Joseph Price has the story.
Speaker 8 (07:27):
Three people, including a high risk offender, have been arrested
on thirty charges following a raid on a Black Snake
home near kilkeevn Its. Alleged rifles, ammunition, and one hundred
and twenty two thousand dollars in cash were found along
with drugs. Detectives say the method the property had an
estimated street value of up to one and a half
million dollars. It's further alleged two cars and a caravan
(07:49):
stolen from the Sunshine Coast and Gimpi were discovered. A
fifty six year old Black Snake man, a forty five
year old Nanbor man, and a sixty one year old
Yandina woman are facing various charges. District detect Dive Inspector
Paul Dalton says each firearm and quantity of drugs seized
stops the chances of those weapons and drugs causing harm
on the streets.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Imagine a world where you could drive along a country
road at night not have to worry about hitting a
roue or wallaby. Sounds too good to be true. But
a university research or is aiming to make it a reality.
University of this Unshine Coast PhD candidate is using specially
designed collars on the animals to try and make this happen.
Jasmine And says it's all about finding out how different
habitats influence changes in their movement and speed.
Speaker 10 (08:34):
So to better understand their movement patterns, we can then
understand what sort of habitats prompts and initiate these high
speed movements. We notice a lot that macapods are involved
in a lot of collisions on Australian roads. To even
trying to understand what prompts them to cross these roads
at high speed would be really really crucials to their conservation.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
And an RMA report in twenty twenty two estimated ten
million animals die on Australian roads each year due to
collisions with motor vehicles. Wallabies and kangaroos account for a
large number of the deaths. Is hope the research will
keep wildlife and people safe.
Speaker 10 (09:05):
Strategy is where we can reduce these clusions, such as
like smart signage, where we can incorporate the collars, including
with smart signage to be able to inform road users
where these kangaroos are in real time, and then be
able to inform them while they're driving to slow down
because there is a kangaroo close by.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Jasmin and Nette says knowing the speed and behavior of
rus would be useful in alerting drivers to real time
threats and be.
Speaker 10 (09:27):
Able to inform road users even through an app on
their phone or through stationary road signs that are live
tracked and be able to light up or something like
that when there is a kangaroo close by, or when
there is a predicted amount of like a mob close
by as well, and.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
The tracking collars have been specially designed for the project.
Speaker 10 (09:46):
One of the issues with coloring kangaroos is that you
often have to recapture them to get the collar off.
So what we have designed is a drop off mechanism
and it's pretty much just a little piece of wire
wrapped around a fishing line and it's got as homed
countdown so we can deploy it for two months to
six months. It will countdown and then will automatically drop
the collar off for us to go collect it without
(10:08):
having to touch the animal again.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
We didn't get the public holiday on Monday, but that
doesn't mean the King's birthday went unnoticed well. Then seven
hundred out standing Assies were recognized as part of the
annual honors, among them a prominent businessman in the community
and this week's local legend. Cliff Fleming is the co
founder of Bunderberg Brewed Drinks. He moved from Rockhampton and
launched the business alongside his wife and parents in the
(10:33):
late sixties, purchasing the then Electra Breweries.
Speaker 9 (10:37):
I recognized the potential of the business and it's come
about with a lot of hard work and a lot
of help from supportive people in this town. This town
is extraordinary in its professional people, and a little by
little I've been helped along the way. I like to
(10:59):
think that our business or our family have been fifty
eight years of becoming an overnight success. It's taken us
a long time, a lot of hard work.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
That small family business now exports to more than sixty
countries and recently opened a one hundred and fifty million
dollar master brewery still in Bundy, with the younger generations
now in charge, Cliff is enjoying his retirement and has
this week been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.
He was shocked when he received the news.
Speaker 9 (11:30):
I was quite surprised and quite humbled by the notice.
I've been in Bundenberg and business for a long time,
but I didn't expect this sort of recognition, as my
recognition should be to a number of others, and too
many to name, but I've been helped enormously in business
(11:51):
to the town.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Cliff service to business has been recognized, of course for
the iconic brews and his heavy involvement with various beverage industry.
His community service has been acknowledged as well. Cliff says
he joined the Apex Club not too long after moving
to Bunderberg as a way to connect with others, but.
Speaker 9 (12:09):
Shortly after that, a couple of years I joined Rotary.
I'm still in a member of the Bunderberg Central Rotary Club.
I'm involved, but I dat attend regularly because of my
age and my situation now of caring for my wife.
So those two organizations let me see what helping people
(12:32):
was all about, to see what could be done for
the community, and to make some good friends through fellowship.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
He's also been heavily involved with charities and setting up
employment for people who have a disability.
Speaker 9 (12:46):
Along with others. We established the center we were working
from in Killers Street. We established that into a recycling
center for the participants there. We felt that they went
from being looked after to being involved in a workwhile
job which gave them a good deal of dignity. That's
(13:10):
proven to be successful. And I also joined what is
now Impact Make Your Mark, and from that committee, I
was able to join those organizations together and in turn,
they worked at the recycling business became associated with the
(13:30):
city council. That is a great business and a great
addition for the town and the participants that I'm very
proud of being involved with.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
Cliff will officially receive the honor at a ceremony later
this year.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
Congratulations to Cliff, well deserved.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
That's all for this week. If you want to hear
this episode again or search for previous ones, look up
iHeart White, Baby Burnette on the iHeartRadio app or wherever
you get your podcasts. We're back again next week with
more local, trusted and free news.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
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