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impose a “crushing” sentence ona relatively young man who hadsome work prospects and wasdesperate to turn his life around.

Mr Hills-Wright said Gowanswould face a lifetime battle tobeat his drug addiction, but the“really hard work” would startwhen he came out of prison.

“I have got to be careful not toimpose sentences that are crush-ing and impose sentences thatare proportionate with theoffences, taking into accountyour personal circumstances,”the magistrate said during

his sentencing of Gowans.“The great majority of the

offences relate to a very chronicmethamphetamine addictionyou had where you were taking anumber of ‘points’, $400 a day, ofmethamphetamine which is avery serious problem in our community. You are 23 years ofage, still relatively youthful.

“You are really at a crossroadsand it is going to be difficult serv-ing a term of imprisonment anddifficult upon your releasebecause methamphetamine add-iction does not go away.

“It is something you are goingto have to fight very hard. You

have worked before, you aremotivated to change your ways soit seems to me that there is hopefor you.

“There is some promise thatyou can take the right road, ra-ther than the wrong road.”

Gowans, who has been in cus-tody since his March arrest, wasjailed for 14 months and fined$1650. He was disqualified fromdriving for two years for failing tostop and fleeing police.

He was made eligible forparole, which means he willserve half the sentence, whichwas backdated to his Marcharrest.

Addict given 14-month prison sentenceC FROM PAGE 1

A Goldfields-specific storybookwas launched this week designedto act as a balance to the negativemedia attention Aboriginalhealth often receives.

WA Indigenous Storybooks,which showcase the achieve-ments of Aboriginal people andcommunities across the State,are a series produced by the Public Health Advocacy Instituteof WA.

Each edition focuses on a different region of WA and thisyear’s eighth edition celebratedthe Goldfields.

PHAIWA senior co-ordinatorSunni Wilson said the booksaimed to creating a more positiveview of Australian indigenoushealth.

“In 2012, we analysed all thearticles relating to Aboriginalhealth from print media — wefound that out of the 335 articles,74 per cent were negative,” shesaid.

“Most mainstream Austra-lians do not interact withindigenous Australians, exceptthrough the media — this nega-tive attention is perpetuating thestereotypes and racism aroundindigenous Australians.

“It is imperative that these stories are highlighted andshared as publishing them pro-vides an opportunity for indig-

enous people to tell their storiesin their own voices, which isempowering and provides asense of pride and ownership.”

The book launch was held this week at Goldfields Arts Centre, with Labor Member forthe Mining and Pastoral RegionKyle McGinn addressing thecrowd.

Aboriginal outreach workerStephen Morrison, whose storyfeatured in the book, said he washonoured to be included in theGoldfields edition.

“It is great to see people whoare actively involved and enthu-siastic about what they are doing

have their stories shared,” hesaid. Ms Wilson said the Gold-fields edition was unique.

“This region is bursting withpositive stories,” she said.

“This is the second editionbased in the Goldfields but it is a region we need to keep revisiting as there are many wonderful initiatives takingplace and we can’t fit all thestories into one.”

The book is free and availableonline at www.phaiwa. org.au/indigenous-storybook/ or a copy can be sent to you by emailing sunni.wilson@curtin.edu.au with your address.

Positive picture of indigenous healtht Andrew Murdoch

Labor MP Kyle McGinn, centre, with Stephen Morrison and LyndonBrownley at the book launch this week.

One of WA’s biggest gold minershas selected its preferred tender-er for a four-year mining servicescontract worth $440 million at itsCarosue Dam operations, north-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Byrnecut Australia will takeover as mining contractor at theSaracen Mineral Holdingsmining operation, 120km fromKalgoorlie-Boulder.

Byrnecut will be responsiblefor the ongoing underground de-velopment and production stop-ing at the Karari and Deep Southunderground mines.

The mines are now operatingat an annual production rate ofmore than 160,000 ounces, withSaracen also operating the bigThunderbox open-pit mine nearLeinster.

Saracen managing director

Raleigh Finlayson said the con-tract was the biggest in the min-er’s history.

Mr Finlayson said Saracen waslooking forward to partneringwith the Byrnecut team to buildon the safe and highly productiveunderground mining operationat Carosue Dam.

“This is the largest single con-tract in Saracen’s history, withthe scale and duration of the con-tract driven by our confidence ina large and rapidly growing gold system at Carosue Dam,” hesaid.

“I would also like to thank thecurrent contractors, RUCCementation Mining and PybarMining Services, for their sub-stantial contribution to theimpressive ramp-up of the Kara-ri and Deep South undergroundmines to more than 160,000oz ofgold per annum.” The formal

awarding of the contract is sub-ject to agreement of the fin-al terms and conditions of thedeal.

The awarding of the $440 mil-lion contract follows a competi-tive tender process that attractedseveral top-tier undergroundcontractors.

The initial term is four years,with scope for a one-year exten-sion at Saracen’s election.

Byrnecut is an internationallyrenowned specialist under-ground mining contractor offer-ing a wide range of services anddepth of experience.

Local major contracts current-ly held by Byrnecut includeunderground mining services atNewcrest’s Telfer gold mine,Northern Star’s Jundee goldmine, St Barbara’s Gwalia goldmine and Sandfire’s DeGrussacopper-gold mine.

Byrnecut awardedcontract at Carosuet Bruce Butler