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Gaming Policy targets Sport Clubs & Events N. Nicholas Editor Bendigo Monthly

If you, your spouse or child are a member of a club be it Probus, football, cricket, or any other, or simply enjoy attending events such as the Bendigo Madison, then we would encourage you to express your views to council and councillors, regards the following.

Last Council meeting the reducing harm from gambling policy was discussed and voted to be put out for public discussion

prior to any implementations being made. The policy centres on EGM’s (Electronic Gaming Machines) and minimising harm to problem gamblers. This is the same policy that has now been introduced in Darebin and Monash.

The draft policy outlines: Not renewing leases of clubs that operate EGMs on council property i.e.

Kangaroo Sports Club & Bendigo Stadium.

Not allowing local cricket, football, soccer, bowls clubs and any other sports clubs to accept sponsorships monies or in kind contributions from

pubs or clubs with EGMs. Increasing the rent for leases of buildings and or facilities on council owned or managed land where the tenant operates EGMs. Not allowing clubs to have signage at sports grounds promoting their facilities.

Council not supporting major events in Bendigo at venues who operate EGMs. Reduced operating hours of businesses with EGMs. Reducing the amount of EGMs a business operates even though the business paid the Victorian government money for those entitlements.

This policy has been in the pipeline with council for some time now as the Bendigo Advertiser in December 2018 reported in an interview with Stephen Mayne from the Alliance for Gambling Reform: “We encourage Bendigo to be brave and follow the lead of trailblazers such as Darebin and Monash (councils).”

“Local government is not conflicted and is uniquely placed to lead the debate (around the impact of poker machines),” he said.

Metropolitan councils, like the City of Monash, have led the way in this space, by not

supporting – through grants or council resources – groups that promote gambling.”

City of Darebin councillors passed a motion “not provide sporting grounds, council venues or use of council property to any sporting clubs, community groups, organisations or associations who directly operate or own EGMs in Darebin or elsewhere”.

We contacted Northcote Park Football Club General Manager Dennis McNiece, for his views on what the implementation of this policy has meant to his club: “The City Of Darebin has

approved a policy about gambling and gaming machines, I am not in favour of pokie machines personally but because they are legal, and do provide much needed revenue for sporting clubs and the community, I cannot understand why this policy has been imposed on us. We have had numerous meetings about finding alternate funding, no one has an answer for the problem. This policy will not actually help problem gambling at all, as Continued pg .4

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Coliban Water reservoirs spilling early Coliban Water’s storage reservoirs have begun spilling after more rain across the catchment over the weekend.

Upper Coliban began spilling last week, and Malmsbury after the weekend’s rain.

Executive General Manager Climate and Population Adaptation Steve Healy said good rain in June and July has meant the reservoirs have filled earlier than usual.

“When the reservoirs fill to capacity, this typically occurs September or October, but this is the first time they have filled in July since 2012” Mr Healy said.

The storages are currently at more than 98 per cent capacity. With more rain forecast in the coming month, the reservoirs have begun spilling to the Coliban River and

flowing to Lake Eppalock.

This time last year the reservoirs were at 76 per cent capacity.

“We have received 99 millimeters of rainfall at Malmsbury in July, and over 16,500 megalitres inflow to the reservoirs.

“The spilling at Upper Coliban and Malmsbury has meant that these reservoirs are closed to on-water recreation, for the safety of our users, and we will reassess this in the coming weeks.

Lauriston remains open,” Mr Healy said.

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Despite the spilling and good storage capacity, Coliban Water is reminding its customers that water is a finite, precious resource.

“We know that at some point in the future there will be more drought, much of the work we do is planning for the next 50 years and a changing climate.

“We urge our customers to remember the five Permanent Water Savings Rules that use water efficiently and avoid waste,” Mr Healy said.

Coliban Water are also preparing their next Urban Water Strategy. Reviewed every five years, this identified the best mix of actions to pro-

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“The Urban Water Strategy considers the impacts of population growth which impacts the demand for water, climate change which reduces water availability and other risks over 50 years.

“You can have your say on what’s important to your town by completing our survey available through our online engagement platform, Connect Coliban,” Mr Healy added.

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COVID FREE REGIONAL COMMUNITIES MUST BE GIVEN GREEN LIGHT FOR RE-OPENING The Liberal Member for Northern Victoria Region Wendy Lovell has called for the green light to re-open regional communities that do not have a single case of COVID-19 or an exposure site in the municipality.

It is now more than 14 days since the exposure risk at the MCG and today will mark 14 days since the exposure risk at AAMI Park. Today also coincides with the timeline for a Government decision to extend or reduce the current Lockdown 5.0 severe restrictions.

Many areas of regional Victoria including the larger regional cities in the north east of Victoria, Shepparton, Wodonga, Wangaratta and Benalla have not had a single case of COVID-19 or an exposure site during the Andrews Labor Governments current state-wide lockdown 5.0.

Now that the 14 day isolation period for any Victorians attending the Football or Rugby has passed and given that there were no positive cases from these events iden-

tified in most of regional Victoria, the Premier must reward these communities by lifting restrictions to the settings announced on 23rd June which were in place immediately prior to Lockdown 5.0. The economy, businesses and families in regional Victoria are suffering for no reason with some businesses reporting to me that Lockdown 5.0 has had more detrimental impact than any of the previous lockdowns.

Our hospitality and retail businesses, including Gyms and Dance studios should reopen, children should return to school, community sport should re-commence with spectators, recreational facilities should be allowed to open and intrastate tourism should recommence between COVID-19 free municipalities.

Weddings and Funerals as well as religious ceremonies should be allowed to proceed, and families should be allowed to gather in our homes as well as visit our parents and

grand-parents in aged-care facilities or loved ones in hospital.

Reducing restrictions for COVID-19 free municipalities to these levels may require some necessary tweaks to the June 23rd guidelines to ensure travel between areas with current COVID-19 cases or exposure sites is limited to medical access or emergency and end of life events.

However, travel between areas with no COVID-19 cases or exposure sites should be allowed.

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Council Gamblingproposal Could Crush Sport Clubs & Events Continued from front cover.

most young people bet on their phones, and the policy will not lead to a reduction in pokie machines. The policy in Darebin was implemented without any correspondence or communication from council, and I truly struggle with this, as all forms of government benefit from the taxes associated with, gaming and gambling.

This policy will see the end of some sporting clubs, which will no doubt affect the community and close their doors forever; the community, kids sport and more will pay the price. The benefits of sporting clubs and groups are well documented.

After being heavily involved in sport over numerous years, I am bewildered with decisions made by people who have limited knowledge and experience in this area.”

This proposed policy falls within the COGB’s Health and Wellbeing Directorates duty of care of which Vicky Mason is the Director.

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time spent in Darebin as Chief Executive Officer for Darebin Community Health.

Let’s take this a step further, do you know someone who is sponsored by a hotel with gaming machines maybe they are a professional lawn bowler, better hope that the next tournament they play in isn’t on council grounds should this policy be adopted? The one thing you can bank on is those AFL teams with pokies in their clubrooms will never be allowed to play here. Will boxing at the stadium be a thing of the past in addition to other major events.

Councillor Metcalf in her address to council: “Gambling on EGMs is a legal recreational and commercial activity in Victoria so long as it is done in accordance with the Gambling Regulation Act. The Act recognises that gaming on EGMs causes harm to some communities and some members of some communities. For this reason, the Act includes safeguards to ensure an appropriate balance is struck

between a lawful and legitimate recreational activity for some, and a potentially harmful activity for others. That is the basis on which EGM approvals are made. Councils, in my opinion, have far less influence than they like to believe. I am

unanswered questions regarding intended or unintended community impacts which I will outline later. My recollection of the few meetings held by the steering group is that alternative viewpoints offered by Council staff were promptly

“As a prior councillor with the city an initial draft was presented to the previous council which was not supported by councillors and as with this proposal will impact negatively on both the wellbeing and health of our future people if fully implemented.

I find the report naïve in both the logic and thinking. Pokies are well legislated and controlled by the state and federal rules. With current on line gambling trends I believe the banning of gaming from council venues simply provides a free kick to larger and less compliant gaming organisations.” going to be really interested in the community feedback that comes from the release of this report and I urge anyone affected to make a submission”.

“Despite my name appearing as a member of the Project Steering Group, I have had little input to the policy as presented tonight and I have several

shut down and I provided this feedback to the CEO on an earlier occasion”.

“The policy appears to be derived from a pre-conceived position rather than one of neutrality. It is a policy which contains actions and consequences that don’t correlate with its intentions”.

“Additionally, earliest available population statistics indicate that the City of Greater Bendigo’s population has increased by 25% since 2006. EGM expenditure over the same period increased by 16.5%, indicating that the amount spent on EGM’s has not kept pace with population increase”.

“Two of the three aims of the new policy are to minimise harm through supply reduction and demand reduction.

I would suggest that natural evolution is having more effect than anything this policy will achieve. Turning to the third aim, harm reduction.

Many of the actions listed, such as terminology used in communication, advocacy and responding to research, could occur as a normal course of business. Those such as the effect on surrounding districts are assessed in each VCGLR application as a matter of course in any case. It is unclear to me as to how some actions of this policy will achieve harm reduction. The consequences of these actions are uncertain, particularly for

local community groups”.

“If approved, this policy means that the City will minimise financial support, sponsorship or grants to organisations that are sponsored by gambling agencies, EGM venues or for activities that take place in gambling venues. Does this mean that the City’s Events team will no longer advocate for events at the Bendigo Stadium? For the Bendigo International Madison, one the City’s premier events, does this mean that the city won’t continue its sponsorship or make the Tom Flood Sports Centre available if one of the competing teams continues to be sponsored by a gaming venue?”stated Andrea.

Martin Beekes General Manger of Bendigo RSL when contacted had this to say: “The Bendigo District RSL is a registered charitable organisation that has existed in Bendigo for 104 years. The BDRSL exists solely to support veterans and their dependents and every cent of income earned goes back into the local community via welfare programs, health & wellbeing programs, commemorating the service of past and present veterans, donations and grants to ex service organisations, schools and charities and through sponsorships of sporting clubs. We have over 8000 local members who all live in the Greater Bendigo LGA. Pre COVID, the BDRSL had 113 staff in 2019, totalling $3.29M in wages”.

“All live within the City of Greater Bendigo LGA Without all revenue streams and restricting trading hours of the club, the BDRSL would not be able to run the health & wellbeing programs and welfare services for its veterans and their dependents, nor employ the amount of people that it does or support the local businesses (Food & Beverage suppliers, electricians, plumbers, contractors, builders, cleaners etc.)”.

“In 2019, the BDRSL gave $888,716 back to the local community through Veteran Welfare, Sporting Clubs Sponsorships, SMIMM operations, Welfare Patriotic Fund expenses, RSL Sheds operations, Day Clubs, Supporting other traditional Sub Branches, Subsidised Meals for veterans and the community, Emergency accommodation, Health & Wellbeing Activities, Finan-

cial support of Veterans in emergency need, Volunteer expenses, Home & Hospital visitation, Veteran employment services, DVA assistance and social connection”.

“In 2020, due to the State government COVID mandated closure of the club for close to 8 months, the BDRSL still gave $420,093 back to the local community via the same means as the above”.

“In 2019, the Soldiers memorial Institute Military Museum cost $243,690 to run (Ran at a significant loss of $160K) for the benefit of Veterans as a major part of their ability to commemorate & reflect on not only their service but for the community in general to commemorate and remember the service of family members or friends within the local Bendigo community. It is also a major Bendigo landmark that the CoGB uses to promote visitation to Bendigo for tourists from all around Australia. The SMIMM is also where the main commemorative services are held for the Bendigo Community the Dawn service on ANZAC Day as well as the Morning March and Remembrance Day. The SMIMM was also a major focal point for the CoGB White Night celebration in 2018 and will be again for the new White Night festival being planned for Saturday 2nd October 2021. The SMIMM brings to Bendigo exhibitions borrowed from the Shrine in Melbourne and the Australian War memorial. The Arts precinct that the CoGB have worked so hard to promote would lose one of its shining stars if the BDRSL cannot afford to financially support it.” said Martin.

Other venues we contacted tell similar stories but are mainly concerned about the retention of existing staff and the future of hospitality in general within Bendigo.

Many we spoke with have labelled the policy nothing more than left wing socialist reform, driven by a few, but you be the judge is Council overstepping its bounds as electronic gaming is highly regulated by the State Government. Log on Join our facebook poll and have your say or email media@ bendigomonthly.net or contact council on 5434 6000 or write to Julian Cleary, Senior Planning & Policy Officer E: j.cleary@Bendigo.vic.gov.au

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Letters to the Editor

Some “Traders on View St are up in arms regards council’s extension of the outdoor dining trial and the impact it has had on their livelihoods. This stoush has now been ongoing for some months and doesn’t look to end soon with 16 business owners having signed a petition regarding the current outdoor dining trial having an adverse effect on their ability to trade.

Parking spaces have been taken away to make room for marquis to house diners obscuring shopfronts. “Anyone who has spent time in retail would know that your front window display is generally what entices shoppers into your store having it obscured from view by marquis and bollards is having a marked impact on my business” said Paul Skinnon owner of Expect the Unexpected neighbour of Borchellis Ristorante.

Council even forced Paul to give over part of the pavement at the front of his store to make way for diners. “The situation regarding seating however is now being rectified said Paul, after calls to council Andrew Cooney has come up with a solution by way of myself taking out a permit for use of the footpath at the front of my shop, this however does still not stop the queues of people when Borchellis’ is busy blocking my entrance and the fact no one can see my store ”.

Owner of Heather Bell Antiques Eileen Etchells the most vocal of the group has written to just about every statutory body in Victoria including local member Jacinta Allan and the Ombudsman to name a couple. Given this is a council issue none were able to directly assist accept for giving advice.

“I now have bollards out the front of my business running the full width of my shop that were placed there without any discussion before-hand

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with me. Then came; the tents and walls, this takes away light from my shop.

The noise is horrendous and I cannot hear on my phone and the constant smell of food i.e. fish and garlic is sickening and then there is the fact that no one can see my shop from across the road or while driving past up view street. The restaurant next door has some outdoor eating already so why give them extra seating across the width of my shop, that affects my sales in preference to their business, they are making a killing and my takings are going down as my store is now unseen. Consider how you would feel if you had a business whose rights were taken away in favour of a business next door. All of us trade with our doors open so this is unbearable. My shop was there prior to Borchellis and if this situation continues I don’t know what I will do long term. I have a flyer from when they had their business up for sale that states that they have seating for 84 inside but none of it is now being used. How fair is that to destroy other businesses in favour of one”.

Harvest Food & Wine faces a similar situation with valuable car parking spaces been taken and utilised by the Wine Bank. Similar concerns have been recanted by business owners on Bull Street where outdoor dining has seen the closure of half the street.

The one saving grace for affected shop owners is that businesses taking part in the outdoor dining trial will have to re-apply through council for an extension, a date for this process to be finalised by those utilising the scheme has not yet been announced at time of press, hopefully a happy outcome for all is reached.

The Greater Bendigo Gaming Policy Debacle All residents should be aware of what is going on at the City of Greater Bendigo.

Residents are being subjected to a dictatorial, socialist council.

Extremist council officers are intent on removing our freedoms and our ability to make decisions for ourselves.

These a We have., under the guise of “wellbeing”, the gradual and sinister removal of our rights.

For example, like what we eat, our weight, our fitness, and the list goes on unabated the imposition of extremist gender centric agenda’s and now the Gaming policy appears to be shaping up as another victim and just an ongoing creep of local government imposing restrictions of our lives and freedoms.

Readers will be shocked when they read the CoGB’s Gaming Policy and see that under the Roles and Responsibilities of Council that Councillors MUST ADOPT THIS POLICY. These are very strong terms.

Councillors are there to assess the merits or otherwise of proposals and then to vote to primarily represent their constituents and residents of the municipality. Not the whims of Council officers who developed the policy or the views of minority anti gambling crusaders.

It cannot be refuted and I admit that gambling does to harm to some people but certainly not the majority of residents.

The fact that some M$50 was “lost” on Poker machines does not necessarily reflect an accurate picture of the issue. Much of the money so called “lost” is not actually “lost” but pays the salaries and wages of those employed. Some of the “losses” are actually reinvested in benefits to the community. for example Service Clubs

like the RSL and sporting clubs like the Kangaroo Flat Sporting Group.

Thousands of residents and tourists visit the poker machine venues annually so not all “losses” are from local residents.

The M$50 is an average of M$1 per week. I would suspect that with about 48, 000 people employed in Bendigo and an average wage of $800 per week in wages and salaries would indicate that there is something like M$32 per week is circulating in the economy from this alone. In addition those not working and on, or with other forms of incomes such as pensions and superannuation at say $400 per week would add another $M16 to the economy making a total of about M$48.

Mind you there are a number of people who are destitute and at risk. This is about gambling addiction and the inability of people to manage money or be responsible.

But we should not punish majority of people who enjoy a flutter on the gaming machines, the social and psychological benefits and the well being of these people re-

sulting from the enjoyment of playing the gambling machines. It is a particular benefit to those people to who are on their own or lonely to mix socially.

One solution for the problem gamblers may be to introduce a similar system employed by licensed venues and the Responsible Serving of Alcohol.

It could be known as Responsible Management of Electronic Gambling Machines and policed in a similar way to the Alcohol regime.

Those with problems could surrender their Bank or Credit cards to the venue management who could set a limit of say $50 per attendance at a venue for gambling and are escorted out of the venue when their limit is expended. Although not perfect this could be a good start.

This would be preferable to the draconian concepts of the City of Greater Bendigo Gambling Policy.

I implore all Councillors to vote against this dangerous precedent.

Colin Burns Strathfieldsaye.

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Lockdowns – there is a better way and we’ve got it says Walsh The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said the Liberal Nationals have a plan to rescue Victorians from our crippling rolling lockdowns.

Mr Walsh said the people must join with the Liberal Nationals for the economy to be rescued and to restore some kind of certainty and confidence in the future.

He said the failure of repeated lockdowns to stop COVID-19 has proved it could be as effectively managed with proportional responses, such as a series of restrictions based on local government areas or postcodes – not the whole state.

“Why does all of southwest Victoria, for example, have to shut down because there are two cases in Mildura – which came out of Melbourne?” Mr Walsh said.

“Why do so many people have to lose their businesses, their livelihoods and their mental wellbeing when they don’t all need to be restricted?” he said.

“This is a campaign being run on fear and the control of information – the Andrews Labor Government is still refusing to make public who and how it is getting ‘the best medical advice’.

“The government must release the health advice so we can all see and understand how we got here – and also see a pathway out of these damaging lockdowns.

“Why don’t we use the rapid test technology that is available, that was good enough for the G7 and for much of the rest of the western world?

It’s a $10 test and could be used for all major crowd events, from the Grand Prix to the footy and concerts.”

Mr Walsh said Victorians should also have access to their QR code information so they can check themselves where and when they have visited places. He said to expect people to recall every place they have dropped into for the past fortnight is just not acceptable.

“The government has all that data, but it’s our data, yours and mine, so we should be able to access it; they can in other states,” Mr Walsh added.

“And speaking of data, I still don’t think the figures being thrown about give us the full story – I think it would really help people’s confidence to not just know the number of infections, but to know how many people are actually sick at the same time; and in hos-

pital,” he said.

“And we need to ramp up targeted vaccinations – teachers, for example, so our kids can get back into the classroom.”

Mr Walsh said the management of business support has “been a disgrace” and to base it on GST or revenue is destroying hundreds, possibly thousands, of small sole-trader or small family businesses because they get nothing from this government,” Mr Walsh said.

“With business support Andrews Labor is all headline and no deadline. They offer an empty promise at the lectern, but the support never reaches the bank accounts of desperate Victorian business owners,” he said.

“I have had yet another constituent on the phone this morning saying he cannot access the latest Victorian government support package because there are so many out-clauses he has simply given up.

“This is deception on a grand scale – Daniel Andrews waving millions of dollars about, grabbing the headlines and then failing to deliver a single dollar to so many people.

A Silicon Valley in Bendigo.

Cr Vaughan Williams, who has a 25+ year background in Information Technology and is a Councillor for the Lockwood Ward for the City of Greater Bendigo, has announced his advocacy for a new Technology-centric industry that he thinks should be located in Bendigo.

Cr Williams believes a Technology-centric industry which conducts research, that could develop Hardware, Software and Cyber Security solutions would be a future thinking & innovative initiative for the Bendigo region.

Now with the City of Greater Bendigo and Bendigo Telco partnering to promote the benefits of the city’s super-fast 100 gigabit broadband network, which has the capacity to break down the ‘digital divide’ between Bendigo and the rest of the world, could have far reach-

ing benefits for Bendigo and the region.

100 gigabits per second is more than 1,000 times faster than Australia’s average internet speed, which would allow for the development of a Technology Centric Space right here in Bendigo that could be a collaborative project between private enterprise, Latrobe University, Local, State & Federal government. Bendigo could become one the major Cyber Security, Technology Centres for research, development and application services, not just in regional Victoria but Australia & Worldwide.

“There may be future opportunities to manufacture components & specialised Cyber Security software for Defence Systems capabilities”, Cr Williams said.

Cr Williams would also advocate for forming a local Smart I.T. initiative group,

involving some of the smartest I.T. business people in Bendigo and Latrobe University, so Bendigo can be the cutting-edge example to all of Australia in Technology for the benefit of the community.

Cr Williams indicated that these are some of the initiatives he has been advocating for as a councillor.

“I expect there would be a huge interest in these initiatives by large corporates looking at lowering their high-cost city footprints & cost outlays” said Cr Williams.

Cr Williams also thought that there would be a very positive impact on Economic Development and Employment through repositioning ourselves as a Regional Technology Centre, and at the same time rebuilding our reputation as a Smart Country.

FAST FACTS – Buck Passing on Sydney Removalists Thursday 22nd July – Health Minister Martin Foley “It’s now been handed to Victoria Police, the operational side of things has to be due process, arm’s length from government,” he said. “Victoria Police are going through that process and when they have finished that I’m looking forward to the full weight of the law applying to those people.”

Friday 23rd July - Chief Commissioner Shane Patton: “That’s still a matter that sits with the Department of Health. They have primacy of all of that,” he said. “That hasn’t been transferred to us.” Friday 23rd July - Daniel Andrews: “I think there is always significant interest in these matters.” He said Victoria Police “may not have officially received the matter, which may be why there were two different answers to the same question.

“It is not with police, it is literally on the way to them. They will do as they see fit, and I expect if you ask the chief commissioner at the same question, you know, on Monday, it is probably a different answer.” Monday 26th July - Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius: “As of this morning.. it remains with the Department of Health”

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37th ANNUAL MILITARIA & COLLECTORS SHOW The Golden City Collectors Association Militaria & Collectables Show is well established in the Central Victorian Calendar, and despite all the hurdles presented by Covid is planning to stage their 37th Annual Event on August 21 &22 this year!

Through necessity this will be a Ticketed Event – Bookings can be made via: http:// www.collectorsbendigo.com. au/annual-show.html Traders will have wares ranging from books, medals, military uniforms, sporting goods, hunting, fishing, and shooting related items, taxidermy, custom made knives, ammunition and firearms, battlefield relics, antique firearms, toy trains and soldiers, model kits and various curios.

Member Displays will include – Punk Rock legends The Sex Pistols & The Ramones, Hats, Jewellery &

Trinkets from North African countries, Star Wars & Batman collectables, Police Memorabilia, Military & Decorative Buttons, History of Shearing and even a display from the Blue & Grey Civil War Re-enactment team.

Open Saturday 9am until 5pm & Sunday 9am until 3pm.

Among the venues over the years, Shows were held in the Trades Hall in View Street in the 1980s, Park Road Hall in the 1990s, the Kangaroo Flat Leisure Centre in the early 2000s, moving in 2014 to the current venue at the Bendigo Major League Multi-sports Complex in Waterson Court, off Allingham Street, Golden Square.

The GCCA has grown from humble beginnings in 1972 when a dozen men with an interest in antique firearms began to meet on a regular

basis. Almost 50 years later the Club has over 200 members. Those who live locally meet on the second Tuesday of every month at the Quarry Hill Community Hall where they share their love of collecting. Meetings end with a ‘Show & Tell’ competition when members share stories about items from their collections.

As well as their Annual Militaria & Collectors Show each August, the group put on a display at Lake Weeroona on Australia Day, take part in re-enactments and have Club trips to interesting Museums.

In 1991 Club members put on displays and took part in a re-enactment of the Red Ribbon Rebellion at Sandhurst Town. In 2004 they celebrated Victoria’s 150-year birthday by dressing as troopers and convicts in the centre of Bendigo.

The Blue & Grey Civil War Re-enactors have been a regular participant at the annual shows. While they now have a static display, when the show was staged at the Kangaroo Flat Leisure Centre, they performed military drill displays and fired their black powder firearms and cannon on the oval behind the building.

GCCA’s aim is to promote and encourage a responsible preservation of collections of historical and antique artefacts for future generations, to foster and promote a public awareness and importance to preserve our heritage and history for all times.

Pictured top right: Punk rock memorabilia to be displayed at this years event.

Pictured Bottom: Boer War display from past show.

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Bendigo based project going the extra mile!

A Bendigo based project of a national foundation may be 2,938 k’s away from head office but they are taking advantage of technology to help support rural communities on a social and economic level around the country.

BEEFitUP Australia is a project of the Australian Horizons Foundation based in the small town of Georgetown in far north Queensland.

The foundation was formed over a decade ago with the co-founder being a 3rd generation cattleman on 85,000 acres breeding Brahma cattle.

The aim of the project is to provide social and economic support to rural communities with a focus on mental health through the 1000 Paddocks campaign.

Long time Bendigoian, Tim May is an Ambassador and speaks first-hand about suffering mental health, the need to stay strong and the importance of a strong support network.

“Regardless where you live and what you do we all need to have support from family and friends. We head out to small towns with our troupe to take a night out of laughter and mateship thanks to donations and sponsors,” said Tim. Tim added “I am proud

to be a part of this growing network that has an impact of many around the country through our visits to small communities around the country. Working with Ambassador Comedian Flemo and Huc our Ambassador Musician, the nights leave a mark on members of small communities who attend. We arrive as strangers and leave as friends” Campaign creator, Bendigoian Anita Donlon also oversees the LET’S GET RURAL project.

“It is important that we allow our small communities tell their stories. Not just about the history but what is the glue of a community, what makes a community tick and provide the opportunity for locals to share the trials and tribulations of their community,” said Anita.

Anita added “We are a bunch of passionate Aussies who simply care about our fellow mates in small communities and happily give our time to bring smiles on people’s faces. It is thanks to kind donations of $5 that allows us to continue our work and make a difference: one town at a time: mates helping mates” Visit www.1000paddocks.org

PLANNING GREATER BENDIGO’S ENERGY FUTURE involved in the project and provide a copy of a recent electricity bill. Those participating are asked to register consent for the City to access electricity data from Powercor’s Smart Meter portal.

City Director Health and Wellbeing Vicky Mason said the way the community used and created energy was changing and the distribution network needed to adapt too.

“The electricity system is undergoing significant changes in energy technology and many community members are seeking opportunities to have greater control in how they generate, store and use electricity,” Ms Mason said.

“Energy use is expected to increase as our population grows and some parts of our network are under more stress at certain times when people need more power.

“Greater Bendigo currently imports 99 per cent of its electricity from outside of the region and residents

spend collectively around $200M on electricity bills that’s revenue leaving our local economy.

“Mapping the network with more detailed knowledge on how energy is used in different suburbs will help us understand the region’s existing and future energy needs and see where opportunities lie at a local level, particularly with solar energy and future storage options.

“For example, RMIT University’s initial work reveals buildings in Bendigo could host enough rooftop solar PV systems to generate over five times the amount of electricity we currently use.

“To make this electricity mapping more accurate, we are inviting people from across Greater Bendigo with residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural properties to provide a copy of a recent power bill and give consent for the City to access their meter data, which stores data from the

past two years.

“This will allow us to accurately measure power usage using data, see where network improvements could be made and plan Bendigo’s energy future.

“The City is committed to protecting your privacy and will only provide the de-identified energy data to SEAL at RMIT University for the suburb or town. No individual names or businesses will be identified. An electricity map will be created based on this data.

“Our goal is to reach net zero carbon for Greater Bendigo by 2036. With help from residents and the business community, we can plan and improve our local energy system.”

For more information on this project and to submit an electricity bill, please visit: https://www.bendigo.vic.gov. au/energy-map

Professor Dewar said he New La Trobe library opens to the community anticipated the new cultural heart of La Trobe’s Bendigo Bendigo is now home to a campus would become a regstate-of-the-art library that ular gathering place for staff, promises to connect the local students and members of the community. community to La Trobe “It will offer the latest in Un i v e r s it y ’s w or l d - c l a s s technology and flexible teaching and research.

The library will be offi- learning spaces – but it will cially opened by La Trobe also be a place where peoChancellor The Hon. John ple can gather, relax, explore Brumby AO and La Trobe ideas, have a coffee and enjoy Vice-Chancellor Professor artwork and events.

John Dewar AO, with Mem- “We encourage the Bendigo ber for Bendigo East and community to come to the Minister for Transport Infra- campus and see it for themstructure, The Hon. Jacinta selves,” he said.

University Librarian, Ms Allan, and Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Fiona Salisbury said, like Education, The Hon. An- many libraries around the world, this new building indrew Gee in attendance.

corporates the concept of libraries as the ‘third space’.

“This library will be a community gathering point – a place for ideas and discussion. It’s a collaborative learning space between the home and workplace,” Ms Salisbury said.

Bendigo Campus Director Dr Julie Rudner said the new library incorporates impressive digital resources as well a vast collection of physical books, including the historic Sandhurst collection.

“We are grateful to local couple, Dr William and Mrs Carol Holsworth, for their generous contribution to the development of a permanent home for the Sandhurst col-

lection,” Dr Rudner said.

“Thanks to their foresight and generosity, this important collection that provides insight into the literary culture of mid-19th century Bendigo, is now protected.”

Features of the library include: · The Sandhurst collection – a unique collection of 2500 works that provide insight into the literary culture of the Bendigo community in the mid-19th century, including novels, periodicals, biographies, histories and memoirs · Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) teaching labs, providing an engaging student experience

The City of Greater Bendigo is leading a unique electricity network mapping project to better understand power usage in suburbs and townships across the region and help plan Greater Bendigo’s Energy Future.

This is an innovative Cityled pilot project in collaboration with the Centre for New Energy Technologies (C4Net), energy distribution provider Powercor and Solar Energy Application Lab (SEAL) unit at RMIT University.

The project’s aim is to obtain and use real data to create an electricity demand map for Greater Bendigo, which would be the first model of its kind using data in this way.

It is hoped it can help provide a better understanding of the region’s existing and future energy needs, including areas where electricity usage is under stress.

The City is inviting residents and businesses to get

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CHANGE ON THE HORIZON FOR BENDIGO’S CITY CENTRE A crane on Bendigo’s skyline at the site of the new Bendigo Law Courts has signalled the next chapter in development of the city centre.

With work also set to start soon on the Bendigo GovHub, the City of Greater Bendigo is reminding the community to be patient as progress is made.

Chief Executive Officer Craig Niemann said shortterm change was inevitable but overall it was an exciting time for the city.

“The Law Courts and GovHub, together with the nearly complete Bendigo TAFE expansion, represent an investment of more than $300M by the Victorian Government in the future of our city,” Mr Niemann said.

“As we live with the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, work continuing on these sites provides a shot of optimism for our community, creating hundreds of jobs during construction then ongoing jobs in the new buildings as well as more jobs in our local economy to service the additional activity.

“We’ve also seen media reports of booming house prices locally, which highlights Greater Bendigo is the place to be and people can see a future for themselves in our city and region.

“To accommodate these projects, motorists and pedestrians will notice a change in traffic conditions in the northern-end of the city centre. Wherever possible, project managers will share information ahead of time but where there are road closures or changes to parking it is in the best interests of people’s safety and to limit impacting on construction timelines.”

To support the delivery of the Law Courts and GovHub, there will be losses and gains of carparks with an overall gain of 20 additional all-day bays created in the area.

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lised. They are located in Myers, Mundy, Chapel, Bramble, Larritt, McCrae, Joseph and McLaren Streets. Work to identify further opportunities to convert underused car parks is ongoing.

The City has temporarily allocated bays to contractors over the life of the projects, so as there are less trucks parked on our roads, less disruption to traffic and to support the COVID-safe requirements for construction staff on site.

The City is receiving compensation for the use of these bays and the majority, except for about two bays, will be returned for community use when the projects are completed.

“It will be a matter of temporary growing pains while this new wave of development takes place and delivers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to revitalise our city centre,” Mr Niemann said.

Bendigo Alliance C GovHub Debate L Continues A S S I F I E D S Latest Commercial Sales Bendigo CBD. 1. Australia Post Corner Hargreaves and Williamson Street sold May 2021 $6.375M at auction.

2. 267-275 Lyttleton Terrace and 49-55 Williamson Street (7 shops) sold for $6.7 million. Another Melbourne investor was successful with “four bidders …. given the chance to secure the property, which is considered to offer significant development potential to the successful purchaser…….” as per recent announcement.

These recent sales are further evidence of how resilient and buoyant the Bendigo property market remains.

Considering the Aust. Post office site was only 1,094m2 and the Lyttleton Terrace land size only 2,150 m2 one

must ask, how much the Gov Hub site would have fetched on the open market with a land size of over 6,000m2 and street frontage on all sides.

Remember our City Offices were capable of extension and renovation or the site ripe for any investor to develop.

The sale of our land and buildings for the GovHub site for a meagre $5.5 million dollars leaves many in the community believing ratepayers of this city have been DUDDED, and ratepayers left paying commercial rent for ever. Even worse council chose to hand back the $5.5M to the State Govt towards fit out costs of over $10 million.

Only an independent enquiry will get to the truth.

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YOUR STARS By Gaye Washington Bendigo’s own Astrologist Leo July 24-August 23 You are restricted at the moment in the work place so try a different approach and you will be able to lead well. Believe in your dreams Virgo August 24-Sept 23 With limited times the Virgo gets frustrated so try to come up with some new ideas that will make you feel better like Harry Potter Libra Sept 24- Oct 23 You are looking for a new adventure,so try to update using different colors to brighten up your day. Then relax and put your favourite music on.

Scopio Oct24-Nov 22 Don’t get into old habits again. Instead of wearing the black shoes go for the red shoes To find your way back tap your shoes.

Sagitarius Nov 23- Dec22 Being a summer person you are getting sick of the snowy mountains so paint some surf pictures and picture your favorite wave.

Capricorn Dec23-Jan 20 Too much work and no play makes you tired at this point of time so put on a romantic dinner for your love one with your lovely music and wine.

Aquarius Jan 21-Feb19 If you are looking for love it

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is coming your way, so throw out the old shells, buy some new ones and look for the right signs your heart will tell you.

Pisces Feb20-March 20 Its time to open the new door and let the other door close otherwise you will not find Cinderallas shoes to start your new pathway. Go and find your new adventure.

Aries March 21-April 20 At this time for you it is very quiet. So, fill up your life, get yourself a box and meet your new gladiator friends.

Taurus April 21-May21 Starting a new project which

you are enjoying as you are a very confident person, finish the new project and you will seek your rewards. Enjoy.

Gemini May22-June 21 Your holidays are on hold so you are finding other ways to find your escape like building a mini golf course out the back yard to play with the love ones but do not cheat.

Cancer June 22-July 23 Lately you have come across a lot of cross roads. Just slow down take time to think, catch a ride on puffing billy.

Enjoy the fresh air and smell the roses and watch for a sign.

Moon Chart – by Gaye Washington August 22nd Sturgeon Moon The name Sturgeon Moon comes from Lake Sturgeon in America. This is a full moon or a time for helping others without wanting anything in return. It is a selfless time. This is a special time Virgo, Aquarius and Scorpio. It is an emotional time for Taurus, Leo and Pisces and for them it is a time for finding direction.

September 21st Harvest Moon The Harvest Moon is the closest full moon to the Equinox.

This means farmers in the Northern Hemisphere have more light while they are harvesting their crops at night. It is also the time that people celebrate the Harvest Moon Festival as it has major cultural significance. The Harvest Full Moon is a special time for Pisces, Virgo and Gemini in terms of relationships. Most affected are Sagittarius, Aries and Scorpio.

October 20th Hunters’ Moon This full moon Is the Hunters’ Moon. It is not as bright as other full moons, so it gives off a haunting feeling. Deceased loved ones are usually contacted at this time. There is also a second full moon on this month which is called the Blue Moon that celebrates Halloween on 31 October. The Hunters’ Moon is a special time for Libra, Aries and Gemini. So, you can dance with your deceased loved ones. Most affected are Sagittarius, Taurus and Pisces so run from the other side.

37th ANNUAL MILITARIA & COLLECTORS SHOW

Bendigo Major League Multisports complex 1-3 Waterson Court (off Allingham Street), Bendigo

Date: 21st & 22nd August 2021 Saturday 9am - 5pm • Sunday 9am - 3pm

Local & Interstate Traders & Members Displays Enquiries: Sue - Mobile 0407 436 311 Greg - Mobile 0427 400 930 Website: www.collectorsbendigo.com.au

This is a ticketed event Bookings Call 1800 813 153 Or Log On To http://www.collectorsbendigo.com.au/annual-show.html @BendigoArms

Entry Cost • Single $10 • Concession $8