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One-time runner-up B&F C Grade netball🥈 Mayor of Ararat Rural City 🐑🌱🍷🌾🏭🏞️🚵‍♀️ RTs may have raised my eyebrows and aren't necessarily endorsement 🤔

Joined June 2013
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Our response to the release of Operation Sandon 👇
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Has this happened before? @TatyoonFNC has won the full set of senior Mininera & District Netball Assoc Grand Final matches 🏆🏆🏆. Extraordinary achievement by the club winning 80% of their 5 senior @netballvic and @aflvic GF contests. 98 years strong! #MDNA #Netball #MDFL
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Statement on the Doherty Institute modelling: The Doherty Institute understands how extremely challenging lockdown restrictions are for everyone.
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Join us on Thursday, 24 June to discuss opportunities for agribusiness partnerships as part of the landmark Grampians Gas Bioenergy Project. See details below.
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Agronomist and local champion @drum_craig presenting the science at this Ararat Q&A session - looking forward to it!
Renewable energy developer @pacheatpower and Council have developed the concept for a bioenergy plant that uses locally sourced straw and stubble to create energy. Come along to find out more at our forum in Ararat on Tue, 27 April. For more information: ararat.vic.gov.au/news/forum…
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Women have the right to be attractive. Women have the right to drink alcohol. Women have the right to be alone. The victim blaming for sexual assault has got to stop. Women don’t cause rape. Rapists are entirely responsible for the violence they inflict. #auspol
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5 Pandemic mistakes we keep repeating @TheAtlantic : Risk Compensation, Rules in Place of Mechanisms and Intuitions, Scolding and Shaming, Harm Reduction, The Balance Between Knowledge And Action- Thoughtful piece that says it all @zeynep - a must read
"It is time to imagine a better future, not just because it’s drawing nearer but because that’s how we get through what remains and keep our guard up as necessary," @zeynep writes: on.theatln.tc/OBJ9NRX
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NEW: a common response to reports of hospitals struggling this winter is "it’s no different to a bad flu season!" I’ve tracked down historical data on flu ICU admissions, including winter 2017-18, a record high. Here’s how England’s Covid winter compares to a bad flu season 📹
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Sharing what I have learned in my first term serving Ararat Rural City ⬇️
Ballot papers have hit mailboxes across Ararat Rural City - please tap on this photo and screenshot it to help you make an informed choice - and vote 1 ARMSTRONG Jo 💪😃 #lovewhereyoulive #wegetwhowevotefor #skillsandexperience #integrity #stability #opportunity
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Do you know how methane is measured? A group of scientists say it's time to upgrade the standard to a measurement that reflects how methane actually warms. The methane cycle is just that – a cycle. And we need to start treating the GHG as such. MORE: bit.ly/2F8EfMX
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We know how important it is to elect good people to council. My sleeves are rolled up and I'm ready to put in another four years for Ararat Rural City 💪- please follow @Jo_4_AraratRCC and vote 1 Jo Armstrong when you receive your postal ballot papers in October 💪
This was the day I nominated to stand for Ararat Rural City Council 2020. I love the blue sky - it's synonymous with innovative thinking to find solutions! Trust me to continue to work hard for everyone across the whole of our municipality and vote 1 Jo Armstrong! 😁
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Jo Armstrong retweeted
RCV welcomes Premier @DanielAndrewsMP comments that he is looking at ways of opening up rural Vic, a much-needed boost to communities struggling because of drought, bushfire and COVID-19. RCV would be delighted to help make it a success. #springst ab.co/2V4RkMg
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Cow hides now worth almost nothing-activists successful campaign against use of leather leads to Nike, Puma, Addidas-even Doc Martin boots, now mostly using synthetic material sourced from petro-chemicals-proving The Law of Unintended Consequences @abclandline #commodities
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Keen to keep in touch with what's going on with Ararat Rural City Council? If so, sign up for our e-news bulletin, sent out every two weeks as an email straight to your inbox. To sign up, click / tap here 👉 bit.ly/2N6F49I
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* CAREER OPPORTUNITY - Ararat Fitness Centre Coordinator * See the attached ad for more information or click / tap here 👉 bit.ly/36DTjvD
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Locals who are unemployed are being encouraged to apply for 20 new jobs at Ararat Rural City Council under the State Government’s Working for Victoria fund. For all the details, click / tap here 👉 bit.ly/2zCiIJy We look forward to hearing from you!
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Local businesses, GAB Network and Council teamed up to encourage everyone to support local businesses at this difficult time. Now, more than ever, they need our help! Please share far and wide. #strongertogether #supportlocalbusiness #smallbusiness
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Bookings close Monday 29 July for East Grampians rural pipeline project farm water reticulation workshops -. Ararat Monday 12 August, Tatyoon Wednesday 14 August, Willaura Friday 16 August. Register PIC now: [email protected] or [email protected]
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Jo Armstrong retweeted
This software engineer from Melbourne managed to 'hack' an old sewing machine to create this stunning knitted map of the stars.
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