Worimi (original) (raw)

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Is it a safe place for our kids?
<www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au>
A guide for parents, November 2014.
What is a ‘child safe’ place?
Parents have a right to know who is working with their children.
Understanding the Working With Children Check.
How do you know they have a Check?
What parents can do.
As a parent or carer you play an important role in making sure your
kids are spending time in places that are safe. This guide will help you look out for ‘child safe’ places.
Child safe means making sure the place where our kids spend time is safe from neglect, physical, sexual or emotional harm or abuse. A child safe place will have rules that are set up to make sure our kids are kept safe. It is your business to know who is working with your children. Every day kids around NSW spend time with adults outside of their home. This can be at places like a sports club, youth group centre, or a drama studio. As a parent orguardian you need to understand what organisations should be doing to keep your child safe.
It is the law that people who work with your children including many tutors, nannies, coaches and counsellors have a current Working With Children Check. However, there is much more an organisation can do to keep kids safe.
In NSW all people who are working with your children (as well as a number of volunteers) need to have a current NSW
Working With Children Check clearance number.
Some people don’t have to get a Working With Children Check number, such as a parent that volunteers in an activity
that involves their own child e.g. a sports coach. The Check provides either a clearance or a bar to work with children.
It is a crime for a person with a bar to work or volunteer with children.
Parents and guardians are now able to ‘verify’ if the person working with their child (under 18) has a Working With Children Check. When we say ‘verify’, we mean parents can check online.
By checking online you will instantly see if the person is allowed to work with your child. Also, if they become a ‘barred’ person we will let you know. You will however need to know their details, including their name, birth date, application or clearance number.
It is the law for bosses to check or verify online that their workers and volunteers have a current Working With Children Check clearance number. So you don’t need to check a person who is employed but if your child has a coach or tutor that you pay directly you can go online to verify a Working With Children Check.
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The Royal Australian Air Force showed its appreciation and commitment to the past service and sacrifices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with the unveiling of the ‘Worimi’ F/A-18A Hornet on February 24.
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown was given the honour of unveiling the aircraft with its new attire in front of the family of WOFF Len Waters – Air Force’s first known Aboriginal fighter pilot – 2 invited Elders of the Worimi and assembled guests and more than 20 students of the Indigenous Pre-Recruitment course.
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Held in a hangar at Avalon during the Australian International Airshow, the aircraft’s unique colour scheme was stencilled with WOFF Water’s pilot markings and the livery was designed by Australian design studio Balarinji. The artwork depicts a Kilyarr Kilyarr, the Wedgetail Eagle, a powerful bird of prey which dominates the skies over Australia’s land and seascapes. WOFF Water’s younger brother, Len and Len’s son, Glen, were in attendance on behalf of the Waters family and said how honoured they were to be there.
“It was a privilege and a wonderful occasion,” he said. “It was a very important day for our family and it meant a lot to have the aircraft named after him. It was unbelievable.” Mr Waters said Len always loved aircraft and was constantly building them – a foretaste of what was to come. “He loved flying and always did,” he said. “His head was always in the clouds. I wished his wife, Gladys, could have been here but she was too ill to travel from Brisbane. I congratulate the Air Force for putting this on for us.” In unveiling the Worimi Hornet, AIRMSHL Brown said it honoured the traditional owners of the land on which RAAF Base Williamtown now sits.
“This initiative expresses Air Force’s commitment to embracing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and contribution,” he said. “Air Force values the diversity of all our people, and this aircraft is a way to recognise Indigenous inclusion in a significant way. “Our people are our greatest asset for delivering air power. If we better understand, value and benefit from our collective diversity, Air Force will be a better organisation where people feel valued for their contribution to air power.” Director Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs – Air Force Group Captain Lisa Jackson-Pulver, said how personally touched she was with the unveiling.
“I never would have dreamt as a little girl that I would be standing in front of such distinguished people and doing something vitally important to the psyche and spirit of the Air Force,” she said.
Neville Lilley, an elder from the Worimi community at Port Stephens said the Worimi Hornet was a strong indication that Air Force was serious about acknowledging and respecting indigenous history and culture.
“Our people count it as a tremendous honour and privilege,” he said. “When the story is told about the Worimi aircraft and why it is painted in aboriginal colours, it will not only be a thrill and honour to the Worimi people who hear it but to all Aboriginals.” The efforts of CO 81WG Wing Commander David Warren and the combined workshops and ancillary maintenance section and RAAF Base Williamtown were acknowledged during the unveiling.
The livery took 400 individual motifs, done by hand-applied stencils.
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Sand Dune Adventures “Tourist Attraction Winners”

2013 & 2014 Port Stephens Examiner Annual Business Awards
GOLD WINNERS – Best Tourist Attraction
Winners were announced across over 30 categories at the Port Stephens Annual Business Awards held at Wests Nelson Bay. The night was attended by more than 550 of Port Stephens community.
Sand Dune Adventures were nominated in the Tourist Attraction Category. SDA were so surprised to get a phone call telling us that we had been nominated and then voted in by the public.
For the staff that attended on the night we were very surprised & happy to win the Tourist Attraction category..
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