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Photography competition extended THE submission deadline for the annual OptiKA photography competition has been extended.

Submissions can be made until 19 October. The winner will receive a $4000 cash prize.

Kingston Council CEO Julie Reid said “OptiKA is an important way for council to support the development of local and budding photographers and videographers.”

“Considering the challenges our communities are currently facing, we have decided to waive this year’s entry fee and extend the deadline for OptiKA 2020,” she said. “We encourage you to get your entry in by midnight Monday 19 October to go into the draw to win up to $6,000 in cash prizes.”

To enter the free competition visit kingstonarts.com.au/Optika2020

2019 OptiKA competition entrant Frosty Dawn. Picture: Natalie Hampson

Council transparency measure voted down Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au KINGSTON councillors have rejected a proposal to begin receiving a monthly report of policy and legislation breaches.

The report, which would have been made a public document, was suggested by Cr David Eden. The mayor Georgina Oxley and Cr Rosemary West supported Cr Eden’s proposal, but Crs Tamsin Bearsley, Ron Brownlees, Geoff Gledhill, and George Hua opposed. Crs Steve Staikos and Tamara

Barth abstained from the vote, and the motion was defeated.

Cr Eden said “I don’t think this is something that is a massive new task with investigators and a tremendous amount of work, it is not that. It is a report coming back to council that identifies anything that senior management or the CEO is aware of with respect to breaches of legislation, policy, processes, procedures, or other relevant practices.”

“To ask for a report that details all the identified breaches is more than reasonable because if they are already identified, they could be being captured

somewhere. If there are breaches of legislation or policies, and nobody is bothering to capture that or record that or look at how we can put together processes to stop those issues popping up again, then that’s even more alarming.”

Cr Oxley said “we have a couple of examples recently where we have council resolutions that haven’t been followed. They haven’t been minor things in a resolution, they’ve been major breaches in policy and even recently major breaches in legislation.”

“We don’t have a framework in place that makes sure councillors are informed of these issues, we just think

we are being informed. I think part of the problem is it’s been shown on a number of occasions in the past few months that we are not being informed of everything. If we aren’t being informed we aren’t doing our job in ensuring this organisation operates with good governance, and we are not doing our job in managing the performance of the CEO.” Cr Bearsley called the motion “bureaucracy at its worst”. Cr Hua said that “looking at the reports, the cost to council every year would be more than $300,000.”

“If there’s a breach, at our weekly

briefing the CEO would notify us. It’s pretty straight forward,” he said.

The issue of transparency came up at council earlier this year when multiple votes on “CEO employment matters” were held behind closed doors. At the time, Cr Oxley said “the fact I can’t share serious issues with the community, and what we are doing about it, is really bad (“Serious issues at council aired behind closed doors”, The News, 3/6/20).”

Another vote on “CEO employment matters” was held behind closed doors at council’s 21 September meeting.

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Push to rezone golf course THE planning minister has been asked to move the former Kingswood golf site in Dingley Village outside of the state’s Urban Growth Boundary.

At their 21 September meeting, councillors voted to write to the minister requesting the change. They also agreed to lobby local MPs to support the change.

A report will be presented to the November council meeting, the first after the local government elections, on “the preparation of strategic support for this proposal and for that to be integrated with the review of the Kingston Green Wedge Management Plan”.

The Victorian Planning Authority website reads that the purpose of the boundary is to “direct urban growth to areas best able to be supplied with

appropriate infrastructure and services and protect other valuable peri-urban land, and environmental features, from urban development pressures.”

Australian Super purchased the Dingley Village land in 2014 for $125 million. The original proposal to subdivide the site and build nearly 800 residential dwellings did not proceed after Kingston Council voted to abandon the planning scheme amendment for rezoning in late 2018.

In August, councillors expressed an interest in leasing the site and opening it up for use as a golf course once again.

At their August meeting, Cr Rosemary West said that leasing the land would be “the best possible outcome to what’s been an unfortunate, badly

handled, absolutely distressing, and heartbreaking process. Dingley Village residents are losing what they call the green heart of Dingley. (“Council interested in golf course site”, The News, 2/9/20)” In response, the site owners released a statement saying they are “preparing a response” and “looking forward to engaging with council on this matter”.

The approved motion also read that “given some councillors in the past sought to move the Green Wedge Urban Growth Boundary to facilitate residential and commercial development, Council reiterate that no work will be done by officers to support any form of increased development in the Green Wedge in parallel.”

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Private sector sought for hospital works Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au EXPRESSIONS of interest have opened to find a private consortium to build the planned Frankston Hospital upgrade.

The $562 million expansion is set to proceed as a public-private partnership. The state government says they are seeking a “consortium to deliver the project”, which was promised at the 2018 state election.

Plans for the hospital redevelopment include the addition of 120 more beds, two operating theatres, oncology facilities, new obstetrics, maternity, and paediatric wards, a women’s clinic, a special care nursery, and a new main entrance.

Geotechnical investigations were completed at the site in July. Construction of the new hospital tower is expected to be completed in late 2024.

The state government estimates that the project will create up to 1,700 jobs through construction and positions for healthcare workers.

Former state health minister Jenny Mikakos said that the “redevelopment will transform Frankston Hospital and ensure local families have the best services they need.”

Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke said “this major expansion will create hundreds of jobs for the people of Frankston, giving local families more employment opportunities and world class healthcare closer to home.”

Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said “the redevelopment of Frankston Hospital is such an exciting project for the community, and we thank everyone who has come forward and provided feedback to help shape this significant investment in Melbourne’s south-east.”

REDEVELOPMENT plans for Frankston Hospital.

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Charities battle through COVID crisis CHARITIES across Victoria, particularly those running on a small scale, have been doing it tough throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many have lost the ability to raise funds, and have been made to scale back volunteers to meet the government’s COVID regulations.

Frankston North based charity Local 2 Community opened its doors around a year ago, and got off to a successful start.

“We just had such a great community space, and we had so many locals coming in and sitting and sharing their stories. There was a lot of connecting and support going on. It was marvelous,” Local 2 Community CEO Rebecca Olver said.

The charity includes an op shop, material aid, foodbank, and a community

café where locals can come in, sit and connect with others. COVID-19 put much of this on hold.

“It’s affected us dramatically because we are a start-up not for profit.

So we’re very small,” Ms Olver said.

Financially, the pandemic has hit the charity hard. However, it has been able to continue offering support to the community through the generosity of others.

“A lady came in the other week and gave us $500. We were absolutely astounded. These phenomenal donations are what’s kept us going,” Ms Olver said.

Despite the obstacles on their path, the charity has been able to expand its food bank services from one day a week to five days a week. In doing so, Ms Olver says that Local 2 Communi-

ty has been able to aid 195 adults and 63 children living in Frankston North throughout the stage four lockdown.

“It’s pretty cool for a little charity.

[And] now people are starting to get wind that we’ve opened five days a week, and are coming in with bags of groceries as well,” she said.

The success of the foodbank program has Ms Olver looking forward to implementing the next stage of the charity, the Empower program.

Involving the community café and a kitchen, the 12 month program focuses on life skills and training for disadvantaged young adults.

To learn more about the charity or make a donation, search Local 2 Community on Facebook.

Claudia Skubel LOCAL 2 Community team leader James receiving a donation from a member of the community. Picture: Supplied

Carrum a COVID risk THE Carrum foreshore area has been listed as a high risk COVID-19 location by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Visitors to the foreshore’s surf life saving club on 18 September are being urged to monitor themselves for coronavirus symptoms. Anyone who comes down with symptoms should get tested immediately.

There are two active cases of COVID-19 in the Kingston local government area as of 28 September. There have been 299 in the municipality since the pandemic began.

A list of COVID-19 tests sites can be found at dhhs.vic.gov.au/whereget-tested-covid-19

Fire pit ban on agenda THE next Kingston Council is being asked to consider the local ban on fire pits.

At the 21 September ordinary meeting, the last for the current term, councillors recognised the need to begin a “discourse” on the topic. They voted to begin community consultation about the current ban, but a vote to repeal the law will not be held until after council elections next month.

Cr Steve Staikos said learning about the law was a “surprise” to many Kingston residents, who are

allowed to light barbecues with fuel such as charcoal, wood and briquettes, but are unable to light fire pits using any of these same materials.

Cr Tamara Barth said the law “stems from the days when we would have had those cinder block incinerators in the backyard, I can remember my father would burn our rubbish and we have come a long way since. It’s one of those things that can easily be overlooked.”

“We live in a metropolis and neighbours don’t want excess smoke coming across the back fence and tarnishing their fresh washing on the line, but in the same token people need to be free to enjoy the amenity of their backyard,” she said.

Councillors also mentioned the increased need for residents to use their backyards for activity during winter, since various stages of COVID-19 restrictions have been in place since March and the public are stuck inside for most of the day.

Cr Geoff Gledhill recognised people with respiratory illnesses could face problems if more people began lighting at-home fires, but acknowledged the risk was low because fire pits produce less smoke than the old incinerators previously found in many Melbourne residences.

Kingston Council has entered caretaker mode before next month’s election, restricting any major changes to local operations or laws.

Council returns to its normal duties following the elections, where the subject of fire pits can be raised again for further debate at a 30 November council meeting.

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Assault investigated

Warrant issued

AN assault is being investigated by Chelsea Police.

Police allege the incident happened around 6pm on 19 September on the Aspendale foreshore near Mordialloc Creek.

Police are looking for two people as part of their investigation. They have described them as a “caucasian male in his mid-late 40s, approximately 185cm tall, with an obese build” and a “female aged in her mid 30s who has olive skin and long black hair”.

The man was carrying a DSLR camera with a large lens, and they had two white and tan pomeranian dogs with them.

If anyone has any information, they are encouraged to call Constable Green at Chelsea Police on 8773 3200.

A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of 49-year-old man David Grech.

Mr Grech frequents the Bonbeach area, as well as Melton, Bacchus Marsh, and Kurunjang.

The man has two outstanding warrants for contravening court orders and a warrant for arrest for driving offences.

Police describe Ms Grech as “167cm tall with a thin build”. An image of him (right) has been released.

Anyone who sees the man or has information about his whereabouts can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.

Charger stolen POLICE wish to speak to a woman in relation to a theft from a service station this month.

On 6 September, a mobile phone charger was taken from the station on Charman Road in Cheltenham. The theft is alleged to have occurred at around 8.20pm.

An image of a woman (right) police wish to speak to has been released.

She is described by police as “caucasian, 25 to 35 years old, with long black hair”.

Any information to Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 A WOMAN police wish to speak to about a theft.. Picture: Supplied

EVERYTHING WE’RE DOING IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE Thank you Victoria.

As hard as this is, every sacrifice we’re making is making a difference.

But we can’t stop now, or lose everything we’ve worked for. We will get through this together.

For details go to vic.gov.au/CORONAVIRUS Authorised by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne

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Stalking charge A FRANKSTON man has been charged with stalking after allegedly making a series of harassing phone calls to a national sporting official.

Police executed a search warrant at the man’s Frankston home on Thursday, 17 September. Police say that the man had repeatedly called and left “menacing” voicemails on the phone of a sports official between 31 July and 1 August this year.

The 29-year-old has been charged with one count of stalking and one count of use carriage service to menace. He has been bailed to face Frankston Magistrates Court on 4 May, 2021.

A police statement read that “Victoria Police takes any threat against a person extremely seriously and will investigate incidents to the fullest extent.”

“Anyone seeking to cause harm online or via a telecommunications device needs to remember there are serious consequences to their actions which can have devastating effects for victims,” the statement read.

“This behaviour is not on. It’s criminal and Victoria Police will hold people to account for their actions. To report seriously threatening, intimidating, harassing or humiliating behaviour you can contact your local police station or in an emergency contact 000.”

Somerville highway patrol has multiple vehicles which are equipped with automatic number plate recognition technology. The technology can alert police to vehicles which are stolen, have false or stolen plates, are unregistered, or which may be driven by unlicensed drivers.

A UTE being impounded by the Somerville highway patrol. Picture: Supplied

Ute impounded AN unlicensed driver from Frankston has had his ute impounded for the second time this year.

The 36-year-old was spotted driving by Somerville highway patrol officers on Brunel Road in Seaford on 17 September. Police followed the car and found it later on Stephenson Road.

The car was towed away and impounded for at least a month with a $961 release fee.

The driver of the ute was summonsed to appear at the Frankston Magistrates’ Court at a later date.

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LETTERS

Letters - 300 words maximum and including full name, address and contact number - can be sent to The News, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or emailed to: team@mpnews.com.au

Aussies can fix anything, even the coronavirus recovery So much gloom and doom about how hard and long it will be to come out of the post coronavirus downturn, unemployment and national debt.

We are Aussies and we will turn this around better and faster than the rest of the world.

We have done it before and we will do it again.

Let’s look at how we recovered after World War II when there were blackouts, curfews, rationing, people suffering from shell shock (PTSD), money was tight, business had been shut down, unemployment and, of course, everyone knew of deaths or serious injury suffered during the war.

We pulled ourselves up by the boot straps and started to rebuild our country, our lives and our way of life.

This was all done with 9am to 5pm shopping and pubs closing at 6pm. On Sundays most things were closed.

Yet, we recovered quite quickly, building Aussie lifestyles that were the envy of the world.

If our current “leaders” cannot lift their game to review that history we will find leaders who can lead us out of this.

Our Aussie mindset and ability to “fix anything with a bit of fencing wire” will come through in new ideas and inventions, creating new jobs and businesses.

We may need to wear masks for a while and get coronavirus vaccine shots.

For a while we will holiday in Ballarat or Ballina instead of Barcelona.

We will need to support our local farmers and industries, even if it costs a bit more.

Let’s stop all this gloom and doom. We can choose to get over this quickly and be better than ever.

Let’s start to prepare and think about how we can do it, because we have got nothing better to do right now.

Brian Nankervis, Mornington

Don’t lose compassion All lives are of real value. It does not matter if they are black or white, female or male, sick or disabled, young or old, all should be of equal importance.

One could argue that in real life this is not always so, but the important thing is that it should be, always.

Forget this nonsense that has come into the thoughts of a number of Australians in the last month or so that older lives should be sacrificed to the economy “they have had their turn” and it is OK if young people may suffer illness and sometimes permanent injury from the virus, for the sake of the economy.

A healthy economy is paramount to our wellbeing. We will recover from the damage done to it, just as we will recover from the virus.

Don’t let us throw our morality down the gully trap. We will persevere and survive; we are strong Victorians.

Mary Lane, Mornington

Quarry questions As a resident of Dromana and a passionate advocate for our environment, I am completely amazed by the spin being produced by the Ross Trust and Hillview Quarries regarding the proposal to quarry our beautiful bushland on Arthurs Seat for the next 70 years.

So that everyone is aware of the full facts, perhaps these organisations can show the true size of the proposed quarry, the amount of bushland they are going to remove and the amount of dust generated by blasting, quarrying and many, many truck movements along Boundary Road, Dromana and other smaller roads?

The Ross Trust website mentions “backing our biodiversity conservation strategy”, “ensuring Victoria’s biodiversity is conserved, protected and valued by all as part of a healthy and resilient environment” and “protecting Victoria’s threatened habitats and species”.

How can the Ross Trust have these values but then apply to quarry virgin bushland on Arthurs Seat – a hole in the hillside 190 metres deep, removing 38 hectares of bush to create a quarry 43 hectares in size (four to five times the size of the current quarry)?

How about being honest and up front so everyone gets to know the true facts and show the true size of the proposed quarry?

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If this goes ahead you can say goodbye to high conservation value bushland, nestled in a state park as well as the health of local residents and say goodbye to tourism. Who would want to drive down and see part of the beautiful hillside removed?

Once gone, it is gone forever. It has been left to Planning Minister Richard Wynne to decide, but what about the community.

Alison Manning, Dromana

Government ignorant I totally agree with the mayor [Cr Sam Hearn] and feel that the state government doesn’t know what it’s doing (“Shire zoning makes sense mayor” The News 2/9/20). The government has implemented a disastrous lockdown with what appears to be limited thought and consultation after its own monumental stuff up.

It doesn’t end there. It initially refused to use the contact tracing software that was offered until it eventually realised that NSW was doing it so much better.

Sure, the numbers have come down, but I believe that would have still happened with a less strict lockdown and probably faster with better contact tracing.

Unfortunately, the election is some way off as I don’t know one person that would vote for the government after this terrible performance and double standards (referring to not fining family groups in Casey).

Mask wearing, I totally agree in and around shops and waiting rooms, but out walking and walking the dog? Come on. I may get within five metres of someone else walking, but runners are often only 1.5 metres away without a mask, where is the sense? David Milne, Mount Eliza

Negative Opposition I am led to believe that if the Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, had used police to quarantine travellers in hotels, the Opposition leader, Michael O’Brien, would have screamed “police state”.

No matter what Labor does, it’s wrong.

Nor was it mandatory to use the armed forces, it seems it was an option, deemed not to be the best one.

The failure was trustingly delegating the responsibility for this simple task to private security contractors. A mistake. Contractors will always maximise profits for the owner or shareholders. Profit has to be top priority. Many will cut corners, reduce standards, employ cheaper labour, sometimes even get away with negligence.

Compare privately-run aged nursing homes to state government ones.

Michael O’Brien is always negative, doesn’t offer constructive criticism, always looking for a “gotcha” moment and failing. Forever just nagging like a bitter wife.

He is the best asset the Labor party has; in fact, I sometimes wonder how much they are paying him. Brian A Mitchelson, Mornington

Pathetic government We have a new descriptor for politicians from one of your correspondents. Pathetic. It certainly applies to the Premier Dan Andrews and his government.

Never mind all the scandalous behaviour that went on before. We now have the pathetic handling of the coronavirus quarantine debacle. He may have started off in this pandemic with some defensible actions but now we have Victoria converted to a police state, early states of emergency and disaster now prolonged with connivance of minor parties in the Upper House (what deals were offered?), and no one prepared to take responsibility for the now pathetic state of affairs.

No one can explain where the oppressive curfew came from.

I believe the parlous state and inadequacy of the Victorian health department can be sheeted home to Andrews and his time as health minister.

The way the population is treated is worse than any socialist state and the police are in a frenzy of domination of an initially co-operative

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and accepting populous but now rapidly turning to anger.

The pathetic Andrews government is trying to turn a lot of public servants into deputies with the power to invade peoples’ homes for very nebulous reasons. That is truly pathetic.

Peter Grey, Rye

Region: think twice It seems rather shortsighted of Mornington Peninsula Shire to try to get the peninsula rezoned as regional because of the pandemic restrictions (“Shire zoning makes sense - mayor” The News 2/9/20).

We are now at the stage where restrictions will be eased and life returning to a new normal. In asking to be zoned regional the shire needs to consider how it will effect our future funding and our relationship to metropolitan Melbourne.

While I do consider the peninsula as regional the phone numbers are different and there is little public transport, for instance - it is a big step to take and the shire and the community need to carefully consider the pros and cons of taking such a step.

The restaurant owner taking legal action against the curfew is drawing comparisons between Mussolini and the state government (“Court challenge to power of the Premier” The News 22/9/20). Under the Mussolini regime she would be unable to take an action to court and probably would have been arrested and imprisoned, most likely in secret.

The only government that conducts secret trials in Australia is the federal government in the cases of Q11, Witness K and Bernard Collaery, the latter a lawyer who was representing his client.

Oppressive regimes curtail the freedom of citizens to leave the country. Again, something our federal government is doing.

Marg D’Arcy, Rye

Mixed up politics The state MP for Mornington Peninsula is Liberal and the MP for Geelong Labor.

One might assume there is some political bias as to why one is deemed regional and open while the other is deemed metro and closed, even though the case numbers are the opposite (“Shire zoning makes sense - mayor” The News 2/9/20).

Michael Capek, Mornington Editor: The Mornington Peninsula has three state MPs: David Morris, Mornington (Liberal), Neale Burgess, Hastings (Liberal) and Chris Brayne, Nepean (Labor).

Time for reason Where did all this hate come from on the letters page?

The late Victorian premier John Cain was much more circumspect than his Mornington Peninsula namesake in criticising those who had a different view of the world (“Political case” Letters 22/9/20).

I wonder whether he has any views on the large pay increases that the state government and their underlings have just accepted vis a vis the thousands that they have driven to unemployment and who they expect the Commonwealth to provide for?

There are other letters in last week’s paper which are inaccurate and in line with the false claims made at the last election that “they will sell Medicare if they win”.

More reasoned and honest debate would enhance the stature of your letters page.

Peter Strauss, Mount Eliza

Chaos theory The farcical Victorian inquiry into the hotel quarantine disaster shows an incredible spate of lies and/or an absolute admission by heads of government of their totally incompetent departments who know nothing, did nothing and could not have cared less.

Are we surprised then at the chaos and lack of clarity and transparency of this totalitarian, socialist and uncaring government? It all comes from the top.

Kay Grey, Rye

Flight path fears As one of the residents [surveyed by] Brewis Atkinson I support his actions in harnessing the thoughts of unhappy residents who live in the flight paths or are impacted by the air traffic from

Tyabb Airfield (“Information lacking” Letters 9/9/20).

As a resident with sufficient courage to express their views on the air traffic and its direct impact on me and, despite having twice informed the president of Peninsula Aero Club that I had not complained, I was “rewarded” by at least four low level aircraft flyovers just metres from the top of our roof. My neighbour asked if I was being harassed by the airfield.

A few days later we had a visit from two female police officers again asking me whether I had complained about the airfield.

Am I surprised about the VCAT (Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal) situation? No. For at least 15 years I have been complaining to the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council which has pretty much paid lip service and ignored residents’ complaints in general, and set bad precedents through its lack of prompt action, particularly when it comes to the airfield. It is about time the council started to at least show some impartiality and deal with residents’ complaints, one of them being substantiated by the National Geographic finding that residents’ health is negatively impacted for those living in the vicinity of aircraft flightpaths.

The council also has to address the issues of amenity, safety and privacy for residents.

Shelley Beattie, Somerville

Disturbed weekends I would like to see some reduction in the noise and traffic out of Tyabb airport. The planes fly at low level over my property, whether they are taking off or landing. Some are only about 50-90 meters above the pine trees, which suggests they are lower than they should be.

At times I and others in this area are bombard by planes about every 15 to 20 minutes and, when this starts early on a weekend, there goes any sense of a sleep in. While the so-called church hour is gone, I fear that this will unleash a barrage that will not be tolerable.

While we have all been in lockdown, we have had peace and quiet over the skies of Somerville, Tyabb and Hastings.

Clearly this is not going to last. When things return to “normal”, I would like to think that some sense of decency prevails and the noise and traffic levels will not be excessive.

I would hope that the airport would be a good neighbour and respect those who live here, and respect decent hours.

I cannot chainsaw or mow early, why on earth do we have to put up with this terrible noise from planes.

Dr Ian Munro, Somerville

Weighty problems I strongly reject the Peninsula Aero Club president’s allegation that I used “clever and misleading wording” when referring to the lack of a legally enforceable cap on how many aircraft can take off in a day, or in an hour, from Tyabb Airfield (“Missing details” Letters 15/9/20).

I make the following points in response.

Firstly, it is true that there is no restriction on the number of aircraft that can take off or land at the airfield. Most aircraft that use the airfield have a weight at take-off below 2041kg and under the relevant permits the number of them that can take off or land each day is unrestricted.

A restriction is placed on daily use of the airfield by aircraft weighing more than 2041kg.

Secondly, local residents care about the noise aircraft make, how frequently they make it and when they make it. Because the noise an aircraft generates has much more to do with technology than weight, the over-2041kg restriction on takeoffs is overshadowed by the absence of a limit on under 2041kg take-offs.

Thirdly, the permit restrictions only placed on use of the airfield by heaver aircraft, as cited by [letter writer] Jack Vevers, show exactly why the current permits need to be updated. They currently give little protection against excessive aircraft noise and mean that noise experienced by local residents can increase far above where it was in 2018/19.

In addition, I noted in my letter that aircraft not on an emergency operate at night. This is also an ongoing amenity issue regarding noise.

No one I know has a problem with aircraft on emergencies using the airfield 24/7. However, 90 per cent of the 827 Tyabb adults I surveyed in 2018 wanted a night-time curfew for aircraft not on an emergency.

Brewis Atkinson, Tyabb

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Time Travel During Lockdown

By Stuart McCullough TIME is a relative concept. Probably a second cousin twice removed. Or an uncle you see twice a year and who mumbles a lot and monopolises the cabana at family functions. (Come to think of it, that uncle may well be me.)

But I’ll admit the news that our stage four lockdown would be heading into extra time, if not a penalty shoot out, was something of a blow. Not just a swift clip behind the ears, either, but a full-booted kick to the solar plexus.

I’d been looking forward to a change.

If I’m being honest, I was looking forward to pretty much anything.

Like a pair of pants in a world of seats, this whole lockdown thing is wearing a bit thin. On father’s day, it occurred to me that I have seen my father exactly twice this year. The first occasion was his eightieth birthday party (so the chances of running into him were pretty good) at the Cuckoo Restaurant. Had I known there was a lockdown coming, I’d have spent more time talking to him. I’d have also stuffed several Bratwurst into my pockets.

The second time I saw him was somewhat more incidental in nature.

He was trying to light a fire. It was not going well. Any attempts to converse were consumed by both his efforts to achieve combustion and, frankly, a good deal of smoke. My father must have started thousands of fires. You’d think he’d be better at it by now. But here he was, puffing and prodding and producing so much smoke that even Deep Purple would be impressed.

For months, contact with my father has been sparse and infrequent.

‘Zoom’ is out of the question and ‘Facetime’ is a lot less compelling when it’s a landline that you’re calling. When we do speak, he sounds upbeat. I’ve assumed that his appearance is unchanged, but there’s always the chance that he’s stopped shaving

and has let his hair grow out. Maybe he looks like Tom Hanks in Castaway. Perhaps he’s upbeat because he’s spent the entire day talking to a volleyball. Anything is possible when it comes to my father.

The way he sees it, given he’s retired he has no job to lose. As his children are all adults, he’s also off the hook

when it comes to homeschooling.

(From what I can tell, it’s highly likely that ‘homeschooling’ will be officially recognised as one Dante’s circles of hell. Most probably as a mezzanine to ‘limbo’.) My brother and sister in law have been delivering groceries and my father seems content to wait it out.

Doubtless, we’ll see each other again at some point. Although I’ll probably struggle to recognise him in dreadlocks and a platted beard.

Working from home teaches you a lot. Firstly, that no matter how important the meeting, the dog still does whatever she likes. This includes breaking into the room, barking or planting her gigantic paws on the desk to stare into the camera. I had imagined her lying quietly at my feet whilst I laboured. Instead, I have now come to the realisation that I actually work for her and everything else is just an add-on.

I don’t miss commuting. Or talkback radio. I’m sure it’s still happening somewhere, but it’s no longer part of my day now that it takes me thirteen seconds to get to work. I don’t miss the push and pull of traffic, or queuing to get on and off freeways. But I do miss people. I miss those I work with and those who sold coffee and sandwiches and whatever else in whose lives I had little more than a cameo. I miss the sense of possibility that comes with human interaction.

This period of prolonged isolation has, for us, emphasised how small our family is. Two people and a dog is something, but it’s limited. It’s one of

those rare moments where the smallness of it becomes inescapable. To make matters worse, I think the dog is beginning to lose interest in me. Last week, I caught her in my study, having a ‘Zoom’ session with one of my work colleagues. I know that for those who might live alone, it’s been tougher still. That said, there are probably some upsides. If you’d ever doubted your ability to ensure a prolonged period stationed in the Antarctic, you can rest assured that in the case of an unexpected redeployment to the frozen tundra, you’ll be just fine.

It’s funny how quickly new routines develop. Each day, I keep an eye out for the daily total. I finish work mostly on time because the dog demands to be taken for a walk and doesn’t understand that I might want to finish what I’m doing. But it’s not just about what’s happened to now but the consequences of this strange year that I’m starting to think about.

Each year, I print a calendar for Christmas with the best family photos I’ve taken during the year. I barely have any photos at all this year. Pictures of furniture, the television, the front lawn (perhaps as a time sequence) and the dog don’t make for much of a calendar. I plan to improvise. Instead, I’ll use the best photos not just from this year but every year, much like a ‘greatest hits’. That way, the calendar will reflect the best of us. Perhaps, in a funny way, 2020 has largely done much the same – it’s shown the best of us. Just not in photo form. stuart@stuartmccullough.com

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A disorderly couple strike trouble at Frankston Compiled by Cameron McCullough AT the Frankston Police Court, on Monday last, before Mr Knight, P. M and local justices, Messrs Williams, Grant, and McLean, John Daley, age 35 years, and Harriet Bailey were charged with having been drunk and disorderly in a public place, and with having been guilty of indecent conduct on the foreshore.

The female was additionally charged with having used insulting language.

Senior-Constable Bray gave evidence to the effect that on Saturday last, he, with Constable Delaney, arrested Daley and Bailey at Frankston.

Both were intoxicated, and were behaving most indecently on the foreshore at Frankston.

When arrested, the female used most disgusting language in Bay Street.

Constable Delaney gave corroborative evidence.

Both pleaded not guilty, and made a statement to the court.

Daley said he had been working about Frankston, and had got “shickered” last Saturday through an overdose of wine.

It was, he said, his first offence.

Bailey stated that whilst she admitted being drunk, she was quite sure the police had made a mistake as to the immorality on the foreshore.

It transpired that Bailey had seven previous convictions to her name, including a sentence at St. Kilda for vagrancy, three months at Prahran for larceny, and a period at Pentridge under the Venereal Diseases Act. On the charge of being drunk and

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disorderly, accused were fined 5s or 12 hours imprisonment, and £5 or one month on the charge of indecent conduct.

For the insulting language, Bailey was fined £2 or 14 days. *** WHILST motoring from Chelsea to Frankston on Sunday last, a motorist lost a wallet with £14 in it.

They used to say one could pick up “a quid or two” following horses.

Does not the same apply to motors? *** AT the Frankston Police Court on Monday last, Mr Henry Male was fined 10s and £1 costs for allowing his horse to stray on the railway line at Baxter.

Evidence to that effect was given by the stationmaster, Mr A. T. Bowell. *** SENIOR Constable Bray, of Frankston who is at present on crutches, as a result of an injury to the knee, is getting along as well as can be expected. *** THE late Mr Pettit, editor of the “Journal”, Traralgon, died at that place last week, at the age of 74 years.

Several years ago he was proprietor of this journal, and will be remembered by many Frankston residents. *** The hon. secretary of the Frankston Athletic Club, acknowledges with thanks the receipt of the following donations towards the New Years’s

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Day Sports: Mr E. J. Parker, £3 3s; Mr A. E. Rogan, £1 1s; Dr. W. Atkinson Wood,: £1 1s; Dr. Maxwell, 10s 6d; Mr A. J. J. Lucas, £11s. *** THE event of the season – the Hospital Ball on Friday, Oct 1. *** THE annual meeting of the Somerville Fruitgrowers’ Horticultural and Agricultural Association will be held on Monday next, Sept 27th, at eight o’clock, in the Somerville Hall.

The business includes report and balance sheet, election of officers, &c.

The secretary, Mr S. S. Gault, asks for a bumper attendance. *** AT the Tanti Market, on Monday last, Adamson, Strettle & Co. Ltd (through Mr W. N. Wauchope) sold a fat bull, on account of Mr C. M. Griffith, for £29 10s to Mr H. Young, of Mornington.

We think this is a record for Tanti. *** DR and Mrs S. Cameron have returned to “Yarra View”, Hawthorn, after spending the school vacation with their children at Frankston. *** ON Saturday (to-morrow), Messrs Brody and Mason will sell on the property, Gunbower Road, between Somerville and Tyabb, on account of Messrs Anderson Bros., who are leaving the district, a large quantity of farm implements and household effects.

Full particulars appear in advertisement. ***

VALUABLE township property will be sold at Frankston on Tuesday next

by Messrs Brody and Mason, to be immediately followed by a sale of household furniture.

The auction is advertised to take place at Miss Costello’s residence, Young St. *** A CLEARING sale will be held at Bittern, on account of Mr Sam Baker, on, Wednesday, 29th Sept.

The auctioneers are Messrs Adamson Strettle and Co. Pty. Ltd., and they will offer cattle, horses, implements dairy utensils, household furniture and sundries. *** CRICKET is once again claiming the attention of district sports. Mr H..S. Cusworth, the hon. sec., advertises in another column that the annual meeting of the Peninsula Cricket Association will be held at Hastings on Saturday, 2nd October, at 8 p.m. *** THE fortnightly meeting of the Frankston Progress Association will be held next Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock, in the Mechanics’ Hall. *** MAJOR Conder, and Messrs T. J McMurtrie and H. Vicars, the subcommittee appointed by the Frankston Soldiers’ Memorial Committee to organise a grand gymkhana on behalf of the Fund, have arrangements well in hand.

The display will take place on Saturday, 9th October, in the Frankston Park.

The co-operation of the Purple Cross has been secured, and the

event promises to be one of the most successful of its kind ever held in Frankston.

The programme will be available early next week, and full details will also be advertised in the next issue of the “Standard”. *** SOME very fine designs have been submitted for the consideration of the Frankston Soldiers’ Memorial Committee, and include memorial designs varying in cost from £500 to £1500.

A meeting of the committee will be held at an early date, as it is intended to proceed with the erection of the memorial without further delay. *** THE ball to be held at Frankston on Friday, 1st October, in aid of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Melbourne, is creating interest right throughout the Peninsula.

The chairman of the committee Mr T. J. McMurtrie, has secure some very valuable prizes for competition on the night and they will be on view in Messrs Brody and Mason’s window to-morrow evening.

Full particulars may be obtained from the hon. sec., Sir Mark Brody. *** MR Manson has obtained the services of an expert shorthand and typewriting teacher from Melbourne.

Those desirous of joining the class (Mondays and Wednesdays) should do so at once. *** FROM the pages of the Mornington Standard, 24 September 1920

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Miller back for three in a row SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie LANGWARRIN has re-signed Scott Miller as head coach for the 2021 season.

It will be the former Fulham and Socceroo assistant’s third year at the helm.

“I signed on again because I’ve enjoyed my time there,” Miller said.

“I think the club needed a little push in a different direction and that’s what I like to think we’ve provided there.

“Obviously this year was out of our control but we’d put together a good squad and were performing well in pre-season and starting to play a game style we wanted to play.

“My intention and the coaching staff’s intention was to go again and continue that momentum.

“It’s really exciting with all the things going on at the ground.”

That’s a reference to an extensive makeover of Lawton Park which will deliver new lighting, training pitch and carpark upgrades with much, much more in the wings.

“If you want to entice the likes of Tom Youngs, George Howard, John Maclean and others to join your club and stay at your club then you have to give them proper facilities.

“It’s not about them being prima donnas it’s about enjoying your work environment so I’m grateful to the government for the money they’ve given us.”

Heading towards what we all hope will be the 2021 season the Miller mantra of continuity and loyalty rings loud and clear when discussing the first team squad.

“Although it’s too early to say I don’t want huge changes at all.

“If you look at our first year if the club had got promoted it would have put it under a lot of pressure because the infrastructure and the support weren’t there.

“The average age of our current squad is 22 and if you look at the life cycle of that team then within three to five years you’ll have a core group of boys who have grown together and can sustain the club at a higher level.

“And the loyalty of this playing group has been remarkable.”

Miller won’t be drawn on discussing specifics in line with club policy but it’s common knowledge that when

Family affair: Scott Miller pictured at the Wallace Cup last February flanked by his father Doug and mother Lea. Picture: Darryl Kennedy, Darken Sportz

the players met after Victoria’s first lockdown earlier this year they all agreed to a hefty reduction in payments.

“To put it into perspective no-one’s been paid from that playing group since last year,” Miller said.

“We did a complete 16-week preseason (training three times a week) plus a six-week post-lockdown training period for nothing and if that doesn’t show commitment then I don’t know what does.”

Miller was on a steep learning curve when he first joined Langwarrin in August 2018 not only assessing what needed to be done to take the club to another level but he also learned much about what he was up against when it came to negotiating terms.

“I spoke to players about joining Langwarrin and was regularly blown out of the water by what other clubs such as (Moreland) Zebras and Bulleen were offering.

“We’ve got a lot of players that could earn more elsewhere but we’ve got a good product, they enjoy them-

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out fear.

“If you get relegated then the only thing that takes a hit is your ego. The club doesn’t disappear.

“And getting to NPL1 doesn’t mean you have to double or triple your budget.

“If loyalty is one of your principal club values then the players that get you there deserve to be given the opportunity to play at that level.

“Look you may have to top up your squad with one or two experienced players but you do that within your budget.

“That’s loyalty and that’s respect and you live within your means when you go up there.”

Miller paused for a moment as if to collect his thoughts then returned to the prospect of guiding Langwarrin to the highest level in the club’s history.

“Why would you want to be involved with a club if you don’t aspire to get to the top?

“Anything is possible and it would bring a different energy around the place and it would bring a different

selves here and we look after them.

“We are consistent in how we deliver our training and how we deliver our messages and it’s not a political club.

“While the discussion around player payments is confidential I think people would be surprised where we’d fall among NPL2 clubs and I’d say we’d easily be in the bottom two or three at that level.”

Despite operating under budget restrictions Miller remains convinced that Langwarrin can reach NPL1 and stay there in fact it’s a prospect that continues to motivate him.

“Imagine if we were to get promoted.

“First what an achievement for the local area, second what an achievement for the club and third what an achievement for the players.

“I’m a firm believer that you need to have your environment set up to succeed as a business because that’s what it is now.

“We needed to upskill certain people as to what it looks like when we get there (NPL1) and to operate with-

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type of sponsor wanting to become attached to the club.

“Imagine being there at 7.30 on a Saturday night watching Langwarrin playing Oakleigh Cannons with a team that’s essentially been at the club for two or three years, players like Callum Goulding and Jaiden Madafferi, for example, who have taken massive steps and are at the forefront of leading the club.

“How good would that be?

“If we link arms and everyone does a little bit we’ll be fine but if people become selfish and put themselves first then they’ll be gone.

“I think you’ve seen we’re quite ruthless with players that aren’t performing.

“They are out the door.

“That’s nothing personal but we have a responsibility to the club to make these decisions if we want to get to where we want to be.”

In other news late last week Football Victoria’s football operations executive manager Will Hastie emailed clubs inviting them to the federation’s “Football’s Re-emergence” Club engagement session.

The online sessions will be split geographically (north, south, east, west and regional) and will provide “a road map of football activities as Victoria moves through the spring and summer period and into 2021 competition.”

The email struck a distinct call-toarms tone.

“It is time to wake our football community up and once again fill Victoria’s football fields with laughter, spirit, social connections, camaraderie and organised physical activity.”

Amen to that Mr Hastie.

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Pippie powers to second Group One victory HORSE RACING

By Ben Triandafillou CHRIS and John Meagher’s speedy mare, Pippie, ran her rivals off their legs to take out the Group One Moir Stakes and pick up her second Group One success on Friday 25 September at The Valley.

The five-year-old daughter of Written Tycoon extended her flawless first-up record to four wins by making every post a winner in the feature $1million sprint.

Replicating her first-up win in the Group One Oakleigh Plate last preparation, Pippie again utilised her blistering early speed and controlled the race before holding on to land a 0.8-length victory over Godolphin’s Trekking and the Will Clarken-trained Bella Vella. Another Mornington-trained runner Brooklyn Hustle for Warren/Krongold Racing flew home to finish in fourth.

Mornington-based co-trainer Chris Meagher was stoked to see his mare land their main target for the Spring.

“To win a race of this calibre is such a huge honour and I’m just rapt for everyone involved,” Meagher said.

“We know how fast she is, and we know she can sustain that, so I was rapt with how everything worked out.

“Damian (Lane) rode her [at the Mornington jumpouts] twice and was rapt with her so we came here confident as you can be going into a Group One, and to pull it off is just amazing.”

Despite crowds not yet allowed at

Speed machine: Chris and John Meagher’s Pippie leads all the way to win her second Group One in the Moir Stakes at The Valley. Picture: Supplied

the Victorian races, Meagher said the ownership group would still be giving a massive cheer from home.

“They’ll be on the Gold Coast right now going absolutely troppo,” he said. “They’re a terrific bunch of guys Marty and Glen Heran together with

their racing manager Katrina Smith.

They’re just unbelievable supporters of ours and I’m just so over the moon for them.”

Pippie holds nominations for the Group One Darley Sprint Classic (1200m) at Flemington and the Group

One Manikato Stakes (1200m) again at The Valley next month. Brooklyn Hustle is also likely to take a similar route.

Matt Laurie’s up-and-coming Alfa Oro was another dominant performance on The Valley card from the

Mornington-based trainers.

Running in the 955m 55-second Challenge, the five-year-old gelded son of Bachelor Duke (USA) led the entire trip to score a comfortable twolength victory in a time of 55.9 seconds.

With the ease of the victory, trainer Matt Laurie said he’ll now be aiming for higher targets with his promising sprinter.

“I’m happy to keep his winning record going for the moment but we’ll be happy to step up to black type now,” he said post-race. “He’s just a true racehorse and made that look very easy.”

“Should he get the job done next start then perhaps there’s a race here further on that might suit. There’s the Caulfield Stakes over 1000m or perhaps the Schillaci Stakes (1100m) next start and that could possibly lead to a Manikato should we dream but why not? He’s doing everything very well.”

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AN OPPORTUNITY THAT INSPIRES. Fully-funded scholarships for 2021.

It is the rare student that can take a leap of faith in their secondary schooling and choose to alter the course of their own destiny. If you are this student we want to hear from you.

Our Class of ’99 Memorial and Robert Barr-Smith Scholarships encourage students to be daring and to be inspired today, to shape their tomorrow.

These scholarships fully fund the education of a student who will join the School in Year 7, 10 or 11 in 2021.

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It is a simple process so please contact us and ask for more details. It could be the inspiration your child has been waiting for.