Daily Archives: 03/07/2015

Indigo Shire determined to redraw council boundary with Wangaratta council

The Indigo Shire in north-east Victoria is ramping up its campaign to redraw the boundary between itself and the Rural City of Wangaratta.

Indigo wants to reclaim land that belonged to the United Shire of Beechworth before council amalgamations in the 1990s.

It said the land, largely occupied by winemakers, was culturally and geographically connected with Beechworth.

Wangaratta administrators said they had met a “focus group” of residents, who did not support any change, and had dismissed the plan.

However, Indigo Mayor Bernard Gaffney said residents did support the change and he would take their concerns to the State Government.

“Be very sure that a large number of people from the area we’re talking about have approached councillors in Indigo Shire,” he said.

“We’re talking about people who live on the doorstep of Beechworth and yet live 30 to 40 kilometres from Wangaratta. It makes no sense.

“We’ve spoken to Wangaratta once, they’ve told us now three times that they’re not interested, I’m not surprised of that.

“This is the process that the officer of the Minister for Local Government advised us to take and we’ll start taking other steps from now on.”

Man charged over alleged historic indecent assault offences – Armidale

Police have charged a former teacher following investigations into alleged historical child indecent assault offences in Armidale.

Detectives attached to New England Local Area Command established Strike Force Flair in June 2013, to investigate historic indecent assault allegations at a school in Armidale.

Police will allege between 1970 and 1974, a man indecently assaulted and assaulted a number of students while he was employed as a teacher.

During the course of the investigation, six people, who were under the age of 16 years at the time of the alleged incidents, have come forward.

About 8.30am yesterday (Wednesday 2 July 2015), police arrested a 77-year-old man at a home in Armidale. A search warrant was executed at the premises, where photographs were seized.

The man was taken to Armidale Police Station, where he has been charged with two counts of detain for advantage without causing injury to victim, 10 counts of assault female and commit act of indecency (victim under 16), and three counts of common assault.

The man has been granted conditional bail, to appear at Armidale Local Court on Monday 17 August 2015.

DIYNAMIC FESTIVAL ISTANBUL

After Amsterdam, Berlin and Brazil, Diynamic Festival is conquering another site: Istanbul!
Saturday, August 1^st will see some of Diynamic Music’s key players, namely Solomun, Stimming (live), H.O.S.H., Adriatique, Kollektiv Turmstrasse (live), Thyladomid and Magdalena.
The venue will be Suma Beach on the outer rim of Istanbul, a beautiful outdoor beach location, and the perfect weather conditions during this time of year make us more than excited!

After so many of Diynamic Music’s artists played in Istanbul separately, the decision has been made to finally organize a big label event in this cultural capitol, in the form of a Diynamic Festival. Suma Beach is the venue: a picturesque spot at the beach, away from the hustle and bustle of the busy city and safely situated at the warm waters of the Black Sea.

All the great experiences and positive feedback from the other Diynamic Festival editions in combination with the amazing crowd in Turkey where enough reason to make Istanbul the next destination for a Diynamic Festival. Two stages and over 22 hours of the finest electronic music: expect extended sets from noon until the early morning hours.

Dancing on the beach with the feet in the sand, with the sun setting over the Black Sea and a warm breeze rolling through. Everyone at Diynamic is super excited. Party with taste and respect to the environment that surrounds it. Tickets are now available, so we say: Istanbul, here we come!