CCB’s production thrills
Your extensive report on the Catholic College Bendigo Godspell production (“Students shine in musical”, Bendigo Advertiser, June 8) is to be commended.
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This seemingly global winter of discontent needs the enthusiastic energy of future leaders to brighten our gloom and inject a reminder that there is hope for all if we but practise the key ingredients of the Judaic Christian story.
It is also a timely reminder to all people of goodwill to look into their own story and bring to light their teachings on the way to bring peace and love into our broken lives and disturbed world.
Later this year, associated with the Victorian InterFaith conference in Bendigo, November 12, we hope to offer to our community the work of the Victorian Interfaith Choir.
The CCB students showcased the beauty of Ulumbarra Theatre, as will the Interfaith Choir. Congratulations to all at CCB. We are privileged to have such talent in our city and a wonderful theatre to enable such a brilliant production to be staged.
Monsignor Frank Marriott, Bendigo
Tour guides in demand
Council is putting the call out for expressions of interest from enthusiastic volunteers who are interested in providing walking tours around Wedderburn.
Managed and coordinated by staff at the Loddon Visitor Information Centre, volunteers will guide visitors around the Wedderburn walking tour route, showing and providing information about specific places of interest.
To be a successful volunteer you will not only have an interest in Loddon communities and tourism, but knowledge of our shire’s heritage and tourism destinations.
Great communication skills are also a must. To find out more, you can get in touch with council’s tourism and marketing officer Robyn Vella on 5494 1233.
A detailed role description can also be found on council’s website or call the organisational development unit on 5494 1202.
Neil Beattie, Loddon Shire Council
Too early to judge council
The editorial in the Bendigo Advertiser (“Positive signs on council’s road to recovery”, June 7) and the letter from Murray McPhie on the results of the community satisfaction survey of our council performance by JWS Research (“Survey results welcome”, June 8) need some examination.
As the editorial stated, “The City of Greater Bendigo appears to be on the road to recovery”, but as these results are about the previous councillors’ performance, it is too early to jump to conclusions.
The survey is of such a small response by residents can we really take heart that things are changing? In today's society, there are those who wish to preserve communities’ inequalities, and who actively seek to shape perceptions and beliefs to make situations more acceptable. They have the knowledge, the tools, the resources and the incentives to do so. Especially the ideas that underpin policies that are marketed by government to shape perception.
The survey pointed out in its findings and key recommendations that there is need for council to pay extra attention to areas and cohorts where it is underperforming in comparison with other areas and cohorts – residents over the age of 65 and Eaglehawk residents.
Lobbying or advocacy on behalf of the community is another area of concern.
Michael McKenzie's letter suggesting a six-year independent review of council's performance makes more sense than this community satisfaction survey, which receives very little support from residents.
This newly elected lot of councillors are not responsible for the issues in this survey. That remains with the previous councillors and administration.
And only time will tell whether this council is really on the road to recovery.
