Monday, May 28, 2007
R.I.P. Our sister-in-Law Myra.
GRINTER.
Family and friends
of the late Mrs Myra Faye
Grinter are respectfully
informed that her Funeral
Service will be conducted at the
family home, on the banks of the
Darling River, 173 Darling St,
Wentworth, on SATURDAY
(June 2, 2007) at 2 p.m. At the
conclusion of the Service the
cortege will proceed to the
Wentworth Lawn Cemetery.
Yvonne and Mathew Spain
North West Funerals
Mildura (03) 5023-1234
Woman dies when car hits tree.
May 24, 2007 06:30am
A WOMAN has died after her out of control car hit a tree in northwest Victoria.
Police and State Emergency Service (SES) crews were called to the accident on the Murray Valley Highway, near Robinvale, about 2.15am (AEST) today.
Aged in her 50s, she was southbound on the highway when she lost control and it hit a tree, police said.
The only occupant of the vehicle, she died at the scene.
Her death takes Victoria’s road toll to 124, three less than for the same period last year.
By sad and cruel coincidence this item was posted on the ABC within hours of Myra's death.
Thursday, May 24, 2007. 6:43am
Report reveals Aboriginal road toll
A new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows Indigenous people are twice as likely to die in road accidents as other Australians.
The report shows 26 Indigenous people in every 100,000 die in road accidents, compared to 11 for other Australians.
Report co-author Associate Professor James Harrison says more than 80 per cent of fatal road accidents involving Indigenous people happen in rural and remote areas.
“They’re more likely to be travelling on unmade roads, they’re more likely to be travelling on roads with high speed limits, so that if a crash does occur, it’s more likely to be a serious crash,” he said.
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
DATE: Tuesday, May 27, 2003
14 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY JUSTICE AWARD WINNERS
The Premier Steve Bracks, and the Attorney-General, Rob Hulls, today announced the 14 winners of this year’s Indigenous Community Justice Awards – with recipients ranging from Indigenous community leaders to five police officers to an Appeal Court judge.
Mr Hulls presented 12 awards to both Koori and non-Koori winners from each of Victoria’s six Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee zones, recognising their outstanding contribution in improving Aboriginal justice outcomes.
“Myra Grinter is the Koori Drug and Alcohol worker employed by the Mildura Aboriginal Corporation and actively with involved with the Warrakoo diversionary program,” Mr Hulls said.
“She is also the Aboriginal Bail Justice in Mildura and kindly gives her time and energy to encourage and train new Aboriginal Bail Justices for the Region.
Koori court set to open in Mildura
Tuesday, 12 July 2005. 09:00 (AEST)
Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls will today officially open the state’s fourth Koori Court.
The court, in Mildura, in north-west Victoria, will involve a panel of six Koori elders in the sentencing and addressing of offenders appearing before the magistrates court and has cut re-offending rates in other areas by up to 75 per cent.
Koori court liaison officer Myra Grinter says Koori court returns a sense of accountability and relevance to the justice system for Koori offenders and is not a soft option.
“We’ll still have offenders that will go to jail if the offence is serious enough and so the law itself doesn’t change, it’s the other dynamics that are in place that actually make a difference for Koori people and I think you’ll find that we are tougher than you’d find in the magistrates court,” she said.
FURTHER TRIBUTES TO MYRA.
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