Cleaning up the Whitsunday coast on World Turtle Day Eco Barge Clean Seas volunteers invite Whitsundays visitors and residents to join them at a community clean up event on World Turtle Day. Picture: Supplied.
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Subscriber only Whitsunday residents and visitors are invited to join a community clean up event this Sunday, May 23 to mark World Turtle Day. Hosted by Eco Barge Clean Seas and Cruise Whitsundays, the land-based event aims to prevent local litter becoming marine debris, and in turn help the marine environment and all its wildlife survive and thrive. Wear sun smart clothes and enclosed shoes and head down to the Cruise Whitsundays Terminal from 9am to 11.30am to do your bit to keep our iconic town and oceans pristine.
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A petition calling for mandatory minimum actual time in custody sentences for motorists convicted of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, following a fatal crash which killed four-year-old Taylen Swanson, continues to gain attention with more than 3400 signatures.
The petition was started by Taylen’s aunt Jody Swanson following the sentencing of at-fault driver Michelle Lee Newton in Rockhampton District Court on March 19 to 3.5 years prison, wholly suspended and operational for five years for one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and grievous bodily harm, along with one count each of drug driving while being a provisional licence holder and possessing a dangerous drug.
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A petition calling for mandatory minimum actual time in custody sentences for motorists convicted of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, following a fatal crash which killed four-year-old Taylen Swanson, continues to gain attention with more than 3400 signatures.
The petition was started by Taylen’s aunt Jody Swanson following the sentencing of at-fault driver Michelle Lee Newton in Rockhampton District Court on March 19 to 3.5 years prison, wholly suspended and operational for five years for one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and grievous bodily harm, along with one count each of drug driving while being a provisional licence holder and possessing a dangerous drug.
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LADIES WHO ROCK FOR A CAUSE FOUNDATION PRESENTS THEIR 2021 GLOBAL MUSIC FESTIVAL VIRTUALLY ON APRIL 18TH AT 8:00 pm EDT
Share Article PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB) April 12, 2021 The Ladies Who Rock For A Cause® Foundation is excited to bring their annual music festival to the world virtually on April 18, 2021, at 8:00 pm EDT. The LADIES WHO ROCK FOR A CAUSE leverages the unifying power of music to help those in need. This festival, which will highlight female musicians from around the world, is set to raise awareness in the fight against Ataxia. Ataxia is a rare and debilitating neurological disease with no cure. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the National Ataxia Foundation in that fight, and an individual in need.