Sir - Having read the stories of Teena Casey and Nessa Mary McGuinness, who were both born in St Rita s Nursing Home in Ranelagh, I decided to tell you my story from a mother s side.
This was the response from Gladstone Regional Council to questions from
The Observer as residents continue to live with the Weed of National Significance in their neighbourhood.
A native of Brazil, Salvinia molesta is free-floating aquatic fern that rapidly multiplies to form dense mats on water surfaces which become a breeding haven for mosquitoes.
The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland lists Salvinia as a category three restricted, invasive plant under the Biosecurity Act 2014. Salvinia is a Weed of National Significance In Australia. It is regarded as one of the worst aquatic weeds in Australia because of its invasiveness, potential for spread, and economic and environmental impacts. It has been intentionally spread throughout the world as an ornamental pond or aquarium plant, and has escaped or been placed into waterways. Photo Ian Read
Katy Keating, managing director of Lay & Wheeler
- Credit: Juan Trujillo Andrades/Truli Photo
In 2016 Lay & Wheeler, a Suffolk-based fine wine merchant, was stagnating. The business had stopped growing and was no longer making a profit.
In the words of its future managing director, Katy Keating, it needed some love and attention .
Lay & Wheeler was originally acquired by John Lay in 1854. Then in 1862 it moved to larger premises in Colchester High Street where it stayed for over 130 years.
By the time Mrs Keating joined the company in 2016 aged 29, the business had moved to its current head office in Holton St Mary and been taken over by Majestic Wine where, Mrs Keating said, it was always treated as the little guy .