Clean Up Australia Day

In 1989 Ian Kiernan started doing  Clean Up Australia Day.
Clean up Australia is a non profit organisation and clean up Australia day is held on the first Sunday of March.
During clean ups, people find many things like bottles, plastic bags, wallets, shopping trolleys and old fridges in their local creeks.
Australia is among the world's highest producers of waste. 80 millions plastic bags are dumped each year.
There are 2 ways you and your family can be part of Clean Up Australia Day.You can visit a designated site or choose a local spot for example a park or bushland. You can get information from the website about existing clean up sites in your area or call  1800 282 329. You need to wear a hat, sunscreen, protective gloves and old clothes as you probably will get dirty.

A summary of Lusia's talk

Lusia is a counsellor at St George TAFE. She talked about what she does for her job.
She helps all the students at St George TAFE with their problems.
She can give advice in 3 areas:
1. Career planning which means she helps you choose which way you want to go when you finish your course.
2. Educational advice counselling which means she gives you an opinion about the decision you make for your next study
3. Personal counselling about your problems in your personal life.

She talked about if someone needs help with payments to continue their study.
She also gave information about students who want to continue on to university with credit transfer from TAFE.