In a moving address to the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday, Dementia Australia Chair Professor Graham Samuel AC shared his personal experience of dementia – the anguish, bewilderment, frustration and torment experienced by his mother as she descended into the abyss of the disease.
A release from Tweed Heads Council says that at least four Council-owned water meters were stolen from commercial properties in Tweed Heads South on the weekend, prompting Council to issue a safety warning to those responsible.
Manager Water and Wastewater – Operations, Brie Jowett, said 40-50mm water meters were of little value to anyone except Council and the thieves were putting their lives at unnecessary risk.