Month: October 2024

THIS year’s World Mental Health day, held on October 10, is themed ‘It’s Time to Prioritise Mental Health in the Workplace.’ The need for mental health services is well known, with over 10 per cent of Murrindindi Shire residents currently experiencing a mental health condition. Alexandra District Health (ADH) has a small mental health team […]

PAMELA Thompson visited the Alexandra Library last week to celebrate the publication of her first children’s picture book, ‘The Art of Body Bits’. A crowd gathered to see her new book, and Pamela talked about the road to publication, which was quite a challenge, and thanked everyone for coming. Tea and snacks were served for […]

ON Monday, February 2, 1874, the brigade conducted its first monthly meeting with Captain Radford Huddle as officer in charge, in excess of 20 members attended. To this day, the Alexandra Urban Fire Brigade still conducts its meetings on the same day each month, the first Monday, with monthly meetings having been conducted continuously since […]

THE Queen Alexandra statue, also known as the Princess Alexandra statue, in Alexandra’s Jack Shiel Gardens has been restored after extensive work that involved the sculpting of a new marble head by a stone mason with the expertise in the style of the original. The statue’s head was removed in an act of vandalism earlier […]

THE Alexandra Heritage Machinery Festival took place on Saturday, October 5. There was a variety of old machinery on display, and the steam train was taking people for rides. A decent crowd attended. Peter Aumann, vice-president of the Alexandra Timber Tramway, spoke about the event. “The steam train is a 1909 Fowlers steam train. We […]

THE Department of Health is still insisting that there has been no change to eligibility for Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPT) for local patients requiring dialysis sessions with the Minister for Health’s office declining to comment on the matter. In a response to questions from this newspaper regarding the withdrawal of patient transport services by Ambulance […]

ON Monday, September 30, Murrindindi Shire Council wrote to Mary-Anne Thomas MP, Minister for Health, Health Infrastructure and Ambulance Services, seeking urgent clarification regarding community concerns about the withdrawal of transport services for patients requiring dialysis, cancer treatment and other critical care. This follows feedback that transport to Seymour for dialysis treatment, a lifeline for […]

ON Thursday, September 26, Marie Bristow raised concerns on Facebook, saying that just a day earlier, local patients receiving dialysis at Seymour had been advised that they would no longer have transport to and from their treatment paid for through Non-Emergency Patient Transport, run by Ambulance Victoria. Marie said that without the support, people needing […]