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SUMMARY:The Dreaming Space Academy Circus!
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Dreaming Space Academy – \nA creative arts learning community where you can learn to dance\, circus\, magic and theatre skills.   \nFill your mind with wonder as you enter this dome to learn a new artistic skill. \nMake new friends and connect to old ones. \nWe are running performing artist workshops. \nPlease check the poster and weekly timetable for days and times.
URL:https://ecoss.org.au/event/the-dreaming-space-academy-circus/
LOCATION:Yarra Valley ECOSS\, 711 Old Warburton Rd\, Wesburn\, Victoria\, 3777\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Christopher James":MAILTO:"chris@thedreamingspace.com.au"
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SUMMARY:Film Night - Kangaroo - A Love Hate Story
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Celebrate World Kangaroos Day October 24 (Thursday) with a viewing of the documentary film \nKangaroo – A Love-Hate Story\nat Yarra Valley ECOSS\n711 Old Warburton Rd\, Wesburn. Victoria\, Aus In The Coop from 6pm\n(This graphic 1.5 hr long documentary is NOT suitable for young children) \nFor further information contact Peter\non 0431 756 072 or peter.preuss@bigpond.com \nWatch the shorts and see what else is going on during World Kangaroos Day via www.kangaroosalive.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProceeds from gold coin entry donations plus $5 from each copy of The Red Sands of Hattah sold and each bottle of Roohoodler wine sold on the night will be donated and split between Kangaroos Alive and the Victorian Kangaroo Alliance.\n$10 per bottle of Rochford Le Plop Drop Chardonnay and Pinot Noir sold on the night will go to the ECOSS Crops for Community project. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStop Press…on 12/9/24\, while drafting this brochure\, I received news that the S.A Parliament has announced an inquiry into the killing of kangaroo. This has to be a wake-up call for our local Council. \n\n_________________ \n\n\n\n\nSome Kangaroo Facts You NEED to Know by Peter Preuss\n\n\n\n\nThe Australian Government annually spends millions of dollars supporting the kangaroo industry worldwide. Eight different species of kangaroo and wallaby are commercially killed throughout Australia.\nEach year\, several million kangaroos are killed with quotas supposedly based on population estimated. \nBut quotas\, however\, are never met because populations are always over-estimated. The shortfall between quotas and actual kills is growing rapidly as shooters simply can’t find the kangaroos anymore. The ‘take’ on a zone-by-zone basis is often under 10% of quota and rarely more than 50% of quota. \nIn 2023\, the total take on mainland Australia was only 26% of the 5\,132\,148 the quota. (Tasmanian figures are not even reported and are not included in the quotas). Obviously\, quotas\, which are never met\, reflect commercial demand for skins and meat\, not real population sizes. \nThe Red Kangaroo is in particular trouble. They are already locally extinct\, or at least commercially extinct\, throughout much of their natural range. \nWhen kangaroo numbers are low\, shooting zones are expanded\, new zones created and new species are added to the kill list. Some states even allow commercial killing within National Parks in order to satisfy the unsatiable but unachievable commercial demand for carcasses. \nThere is a national code of practice for the killing of kangaroos and wallabies. Adult kangaroos are to be head shot. However\, I can assure you\, this simply does NOT happen. Joeys ‘at foot’ are also meant to be dispatched. But they are just left to die of starvation and exposure when their mothers are killed. According to the code\, ‘in-pouch’ joeys are killed by a bash to the head. Nobody ever enforces the code. \nSo\, the kangaroo Industry is not only unsustainable\, but also inevitably cruel.\nVictoria has been the exception for decades. After the CSIRO deemed it unsustainable\, the Labour Party \nstopped the kangaroo industry in the 1980s and promised to allow it again (Thanks Hon. Evan Walker). \nHowever\, with constant lobbying and an inability for the industry to meet commercial demand throughout the rest of Australia\, the current Victorian Labour Government has capitulated. (Thanks Dan Andrews\, Ministers Peter Walsh\, Lily D’Ambrosio\, Ingrid Stitt and\, most recently\, Steve Dimopoulos). \nIn 2014\, commercial killing was quietly reintroduced as a “trial”. I didn’t even hear about it until recently. As quotas can’t be reached interstate\, Victoria’s quotas have steadily increased by the above Ministers. \nBy 2023 the quota was 166\,750. Divide that by 365 days\, and again by 8-night hours and then again by 60 minutes. You’ll see our State Labour Government has gone from not allowing commercial killing of kangaroos at all\, to sanctioning an adult kangaroo to be killed every minute of every night somewhere in Victoria. \nCommercially killing Red Kangaroos in Victoria has been stopped as they are already commercially extinct. \nIn the Mallee\, once a stronghold for kangaroos and where commercial killing started\, even the quota for Grey Kangaroos had to be reduced to ZERO. There were simply too few kangaroos left to be commercially viable. \nTo meet market demand\, Kangaroos are now commercially killed almost all over Victoria\, including most recently the Yarra Ranges. In 2025 kangaroos will even be taken on public lands including National Parks. \nThe Shire of Yarra Ranges\, (unlike Nillumbik\, Cardinia\, Mornington and Mt Alexandra…) have not challenged the state government’s enthusiasm to exploit kangaroos. WHY NOT? \nCandidates during the current Yarra Ranges Council election have been invited to the viewing of ‘Kangaroo – A Love-Hate Story’ on World Kangaroos Day. I have asked them to explain their personal views and to explain why we have accepted the introduction of this cruel and unsustainable industry. Please\, come along and if you care about wildlife\, hold off voting until you have heard their position on October 24.
URL:https://ecoss.org.au/event/film-night-kangaroo-a-love-hate-story/
LOCATION:Yarra Valley ECOSS\, 711 Old Warburton Rd\, Wesburn\, Victoria\, 3777\, Australia
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