Domain Review Bayside & Port Phillip - August 07, 2019

PEOPLE & PROPERTY OF MELBOURNE

AUGUST 7-13, 2019

SARAH BLASKO THE BIRTH OF NEW MUSIC

DIANA CHAN

BRYAN BROWN “I BECA ME A BET TER BLOK E”

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Australian actor Bryan Brown is that special breed of thespian – almost always an Aussie, and sometimes a Kiwi – who is as comfortable in command of an audience at the famous Old Vic as he is telling his mates a yarn in a beer garden at the local pub. Humble and candid, in this cover feature with journalist Rachelle Unreich, he discusses becoming a better person by acknowledging his struggle with anxiety, and how that understanding of human fragility – which does not discriminate – informs his performance in the gorgeous new Australian movie Palm Beach. ●

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Revealing the life of Bryan At 72, Bryan Brown has a deep knowledge of the challenges facing the Baby Boomer characters in his new Australian movie Palm Beach.

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ryan Brown doesn’t understand Instagram. Oh, he gets its machinations all right, but he looks flummoxed when I say that congratulations are almost due, with his daughter Matilda’s then-pending birth to Bryan’s first grandson.

I know it’s a boy, and I even know that his intended name is Zan, thanks to Matilda’s social media account.

Brown shakes his head and laughs; I figure he’s a hash-it-outer, rather than a hashtagger.

None of this is to say that Brown is behind the times; to wit, he has produced and is starring in a most contemporary movie, Palm Beach.

At first, it sounds like The Big Chill a few decades on: a group of close friends gather together in the same house for three days, reminiscing and comparing notes on where they are in life.

There’s appealing music and a stellar cast, including Brown, Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi, Richard E. Grant, Jacqueline McKenzie and Brown’s aforementioned daughter Matilda Brown.

But closer scrutiny reveals that Palm Beach deals with some hefty psychological issues among the 50plus set. It centres on a group of people who’ve achieved many of life’s typical goals – they have families, work successes, marriages – and yet each faces a certain emptiness.

Ostensibly, it’s a film about friendship, kinship, love. But it also deftly deals with mental health challenges – especially among men – and other themes that prick the viewer’s thoughts long after the film has ended.

They’re topics not often talked about: the way (some) men are in danger of losing their identity once their job ends, the subconscious way (some) men want their sons to be just like them – and feel disappointed when they’re not – and the way (some) relationships might falter due to the sheer passage of time. Later-life crisis, it seems, puts the boom back into Baby Boomers.

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Brown came up with the idea after holidaying with friends in Wales. There, he realised that his comrades “were all dealing with different things.

One of my good mates had been a terrific businessman. Funny bastard. Sold his business, was bumping into walls. Another mate had been made redundant. Was still going to the same restaurant and shaking hands with the maitre d’ every three days because that was his identity.

“Another bloke had been up and down with drink problems all his life, and sometimes it was there and sometimes it wasn’t … Almost every one of those blokes was walking in quicksand. All very capable people, all successful in their own right, and all with many years in front of them.”

Brown, a man largely seen as having it all – if “all” includes four decades of fame, three kids and a successful Hollywood marriage, as Palm Beach’s director and co-writer, the actress Rachel Ward, is also his wife of 36 years – discovered he had challenges, too. “I’d gone through a period of anxiety that I’d been dealing with, that I didn’t know I had.

I thought I had a physical sickness,” he says. “[But it was] a mental sickness than had come on from 15 years ago, when I got very ill on a movie in Los Angeles and was rushed into intensive care.

“Life … isn’t worthwhile without struggle. It’s part of what the human being does.”

“I didn’t realise that every time I travelled from there on, I was building up this anxiety ... It was no little thing for six months. Even once I realised [what it was], I still had to deal with it, but at least I knew what I was dealing with.”

Before then, he says, “I was one of those blokes that, if someone would say ‘so and so’s depressed’ who had everything going for him, I’d say, 'Oh, tell him to pull his finger out’. When this happened to me, I became a better bloke. Sometimes you can’t pull your finger out.”

It’s clear that Brown works hard to be better and do better, lending a hand to an array of causes.

He’s an ambassador for the Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation and he headed the We’re Better Than This campaign to end the practice of holding children in detention centres.

He’s also a patron for the Bankstown Arts Centre, which formerly housed the public pool responsible for his 25-yards freestyle swimming certificate, when he was still a kid being raised in Bankstown commission housing.

Despite having nearly 100 acting credits to his name – which include the seminal Australian movie Breaker Morant, the Oscar nominated Gorillas in the Mist, the recent Sweet Country (a favourite among film critics) and a hilarious comic turn in the Ben Stiller-Jennifer Aniston film Along Came Polly – he also has a common-guy’s way of engaging.

When I make a point about Palm Beach – that it’s about people who learn that altering their perception of their own lives is more powerful than changing their actual reality – I do so in a fumbling fashion. Instead of nodding and moving on, Brown leans forward and says, “Explain that to me better”.

He is a man who prefers to converse, rather than just answer questions.

And he doesn’t want to just talk about himself.

Instead, we veer into other territory: how brilliant he found the Ricky Gervais TV series After Life to be, and the fact that he’s animated 50 of Michael Leunig’s cartoons.

He surfs, is a voracious reader (especially of crime fiction), does Pilates four times a week and loves rugby league. He likes to wander around the streets of his inner-city suburb in Sydney, and talk to shopkeepers.

“I know every bank teller, bloody coffee shop bloke, sports store owner in my area. Every one of them. I’m a dreadful yacker.”

At 72, he’s handsome, affable, charismatic.

He smiles with his eyes. His gaze is as direct as a Google map. To sit with Bryan Brown is to remember, despite his I’m-just-a-regular-guy folksiness, that he is a Movie Star.

But he’s aware of his need to combat that.

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Bryan’s Melbourne Favourite restaurant?

You will always catch me eating at Caffe e Cucina on Chapel Street, because when you’re on a good thing, stick to it.

Place of peace & quiet?

The bath in my room at Como Melbourne serves as a place of quiet reflection as I ponder the floating duck.

Must-visit for art & culture?

Whenever possible, I wonder the National Gallery of Victoria for exhibitions and people-watching.

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“I think the thing that can happen in my game is you can live in a bubble [but] life’s really outside the bubble. I’ll get on a ferry and go into town.

Watch people. Say g’day to someone. And you sort of go, ‘How lovely is this? How lovely is the real world?’

“And I think that’s the thing that the movie hopefully says. Of course, we struggle. Life doesn’t exist without struggle; it isn’t worthwhile without struggle. It’s part of what the human being does.

But I’m often amazed by the people I see and the struggles they have. From those people, I see the most extraordinary generosity.” ● ● Palm Beach (Universal Pictures) is in cinemas from August 8.

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Mighty mushrooms

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arb originates from Laos and Thailand. It usually consists of minced meat such as beef, pork, or chicken cooked with fresh herbs, a sweet and salty sauce and a bucket load of chillies.

I decided to do a vegetarian version of this dish.

I first had it at one of my all-time favourite restaurants in Bangkok, Supanniga.

I stumbled upon this place about eight years ago and, on my recent trip back to Bangkok this April, it was good to know that it was still there and they now have a few outlets and have been awarded one Michelin star.

Mushrooms are a great substitute for meat as they are very meaty and take on different flavours very well. The sauce is usually made of fish sauce but I've substituted it with soy sauce to keep it all vegetarian. ●

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Thai mushroom larb with lettuce wraps

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Ingredients (Serves 4) 3 tbsp vegetable oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 shallots, thinly sliced 200g of mixed mushrooms, sliced (wood ear, enoki, baby king brown and oyster) 2 tsp dried chilli powder 1 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp soy sauce Juice of 2 limes To serve � cup coriander leaves � cup Vietnamese mint leaves 1 cucumber, sliced into batons 12 lettuce leaves

Method In a wok, heat the oil over a high heat and add the garlic and shallots. Saute for a minute. Next add the mixed mushrooms and cook until they have started to break down. This should take around two to three minutes. â– Add the dried chilli powder, sugar, soy sauce and lime juice. Remove and place in a small serving dish. â– To serve, place the larb in the centre of the dish and surround with the fresh herbs and vegetables. Use the lettuce cups to eat the larb. â—? â–

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5 MINUTES WITH …

Sarah Blasko WHO \ Australian

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t’s been eight years since we last heard from Aussie super-group Seeker Lover Keeper, comprised of friends Holly Throsby, Sally Seltmann and Sarah Blasko.

They’ve reunited for a second studio album Wild Seeds, reminding us why we fell in love with their dreamy pop to begin with. But this time they fuse textured folk with ’60s nostalgia, combine reflective piano parts with bruised harmonies and manage to find a happy place at their new crossroads.

“We talked about making this album for years but never got around to doing it because we each had so much going on with our other projects,” says Blasko, who released her sixth studio album Depth of Field last year and four years ago became a mother for the first time.

“Midway through writing the album we hit a wall and took a break.

“We came back a year later and finished it rather quickly. There was no pressure to do it this way or that way – it just had to feel right.”

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In the band ...

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for this video – she stands for everything we wanted to capture universally. She’s vocal and a compassionate lady and delivers the message to a whole new level.”

Blasko says becoming a mother has connected her to a voice she never knew existed. “I had potentially more to say once I became a mother and less fearful of certain ways of expressing myself,” she says.

“I found it an extremely motivating force in my life and think motherhood is often played down a lot in society – that we somehow lose our ability to be creative.

It’s simply not true. We’re all mothers in this group going about our lives, but music and being creative is at the centre for us too.” ●

It was also the first time that they co-wrote in the same room.

“That’s not something I have ever done,” Blasko admits. “I usually work alone and Holly and I are similar like that. Discussing what each of the songs is about is certainly very different. But it feels good to do something shared.

“You get to work out who you are when you’re with others, it’s something working alone doesn’t allow you to explore entirely.”

The single Let It Out is a defiant ode to standing up for oneself. They asked Magda Szubanski to be part of it and filmed the video clip at the Golden Age Bar in Sydney, where you’ll find a theatre in the basement.

“We are all vocal about our feelings, but we know others who don’t find it as easy and it can be heartbreaking to see some people not be able to do that because of a troubled past,” Blasko says.

“We knew Magda would be perfect

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n April 2013, Adele Ferguson received a phone message that was to trigger the chain of events that culminated in the banking royal commission.

The Gold Walkley award-winning business journalist begins her searing book with the voicemail left by then Nationals senator John “Wacka” Williams, with whom she had worked previously to expose dodgy behaviour in the insolvency industry.

Williams had a whistle-blower who had documents showing the Commonwealth Bank engaging in all sorts of deceptive conduct that left many of its customers in the lurch.

From here, Ferguson recounts, in at times truly shocking detail, the catalogue of misdeeds by the major banks and big insurance companies that chief executives and boards were turning a blind eye to in the aggressive pursuit of bigger and bigger profits.

Yes, we’ve by now all heard the appalling stories, but Banking Bad gives us a unique insight into how Ferguson, and her colleagues at The Age and the ABC’s Four Corners program, went about piecing together just how systemic the fraud and deception really was in Australia’s financial services sector.

Ferguson’s pacy writing style gives the book the air of a corporate thriller and she reveals attempts to smear her reputation, through false allegations of ethical misconduct. Disturbingly, Ferguson recounts

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EDUCATION & INNOVATION

Me & My Mentor

JOSHUA COOLEY & LIAM BASSET T

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iam Bassett is a former Mentone Grammar School student and prefect who began his career as an English teacher at his old school in 2015. As well as teaching the intricacies of language and literature, Bassett is passionate about being a role model for young people. Joshua Cooley, a Mentone Grammar School prefect in year 12, was one of Bassett’s first English students and he says his teacher has been a stable and honest sounding board. ●

JOSHUA SAYS… I was in year 9 when Mr Bassett walked into our classroom. Instantly, he held the class captive because of his energy and enthusiasm. That has never changed.

The first assessment I did with Mr Bassett was a real learning experience. At the end of year 8 English, I thought I was on top of my game. Then I did an argument analysis essay for Mr Bassett and got a mark of 60 and I was so disappointed.

I remember he searched for me at lunchtime that day so he could talk me through the feedback.

From the start, he’s always pushed me to be the best that I can be.

Last year, I applied to be head prefect and when I didn’t get that role, I was pretty upset. The first person I contacted was Mr Bassett. He spent an hour listening to how I felt but I left that meeting with a different perspective. His feedback was to not focus on the outcome but on my strengths and what I can improve, and I walked away from him feeling much happier. Mr Bassett has taught me that if you don’t get exactly where you want to be, that shouldn’t defeat you.

Mr Bassett is my White House co-ordinator and every day he asks all the students in White House how they’re going, or he has a new joke to crack us up. He’s always seen the person that I could be, and he’s pushed me to be that person. ●

LIAM SAYS… Returning to Mentone Grammar as a teacher after being a student here was surreal but I feel fortunate to be able to give back to the school that gave me so

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much. A lot of teachers had a positive impact on my life because they challenged me to do the best I could inside and outside the classroom. I want to be that person for students like Joshua.

I’ve taught Joshua English for two years and he’s in my house as part of our pastoral care program.

Mental health and wellbeing are paramount to a young person’s development.

It is important for students to develop their emotional intelligence, as this will help them to manage stress and navigate life’s challenges.

Joshua is involved in performing arts, debating, cadets, swimming and he’s a prefect – on top of his academic workload. He typifies what is great about Mentone Grammar School students. He wants to make the most of the opportunities he has at school

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and he wants to challenge himself and that makes him a very well-rounded young man with an exciting future ahead of him.

I remember talking to Joshua about his English assessments. Now he takes ownership of his learning and he reflects on feedback. He’s come a long way in the years I’ve known him, and I see him very much as a leader in the school’s community.

I’ve learned from Joshua, too. Because he embraces everything that the school has to offer, he’s taught me the importance of stepping out of your comfort zone.

He’s shown me that when you put yourself in challenging situations you can often achieve your best, and that’s a powerful lesson. ● SARAH MARINOS

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Meet St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Fellows

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hen Chrissy Ryan became president of the St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association (SCOGA), she was keen to introduce an initiative that would recognise excellence within the Old Girls community. The association has a 7500-strong membership and Ryan says many of those members are working and making valuable contributions to society.

So, in 2018, the St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association Fellowship was launched. It offers up to $5000 towards further study or to support the recipient to continue their professional development and help the broader community.

“We wanted the person to be committed to professional learning and continuous improvement within themselves. And we were very keen that the person was aligned with St Catherine’s values and motto,” says Ryan.

“The motto – ‘Nil magnum nisi bonum’ or ‘nothing is great unless it is good’ – is drummed into us as students of the school. So are the school values of integrity, curiosity, perseverance and empathy.

We wanted the recipients of the fellowship to demonstrate these values.”

The SCOGA judging panel found it hard to choose between two outstanding applicants and so awarded two fellowships in 2018 to Alexandra Chung and Jessica Martin.

Chung graduated from St Catherine’s in 2001, completed a bachelor of nutrition and dietetics at Monash University and worked as a dietitian in community health. She is a PhD candidate writing a thesis on how to reduce socio-economic inequities in childhood obesity.

“Instead of saying ‘you must eat more fruit and vegetables’, my work is looking at how we can make the environment we live in more conducive to a healthier diet,” says Chung.

“As a parent of two young children I see how difficult it can be to make healthy choices. You walk through the supermarket and face a barrage of unhealthy food. So how can we advocate for regulatory approaches to improve childhood obesity, like restricting junk food advertising targeted to children or applying regulations to restrict the unhealthy food sponsorship of children’s sport?”

Chung was thrilled to win the SCOGA Fellowship

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and used her prize to attend the Food Governance Conference at the University of Sydney. “The conference brought together key leaders in the field, so it was a great opportunity to engage with those people, to present some of my research and to be inspired by the cutting-edge work happening in food regulation and food policy,” says Chung.

“I was fortunate to have an education at St Catherine’s and I’m very proud to be a Fellow.”

Jessica Martin graduated from St Catherine’s in 2013 and then studied a bachelor of vision science and a master of optometry at Deakin University. She began her career in optometry in Yarrawonga and Tasmania before recently moving back to her hometown of Mansfield where Martin now has her own optometry business.

“I enjoy working in rural and regional health because there is a lot of shared care between local GPs and allied health services,” she says.

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To further her experience of the challenges of working in more remote health locations, Martin used her fellowship funding to travel to Sri Lanka for a week. She was part of a charity project providing free eye health care to villagers in a remote part of the country.

“I wanted to volunteer to see rural healthcare in a developing world and to add quality to peoples’ lives. We opened our services to any villagers who wanted our help and one morning we had 600 people waiting at the gate before 8am,” says Martin.

“I did a lot of refracting or measuring people for prescription glasses and we had also fundraised to pay for glasses and were able to give those to people.

I’m hoping to return next year and to get more equipment so we can treat eye diseases like glaucoma. I couldn’t have had this experience without St Catherine’s and the fellowship.” ● SARAH MARINOS

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Shortly after it was built, this house faced the ultimate challenge: a massive pool party. St Mary’s Primary School’s grade 6 was graduating, and 40 kids plus parents piled in for the social event of the summer. The barbecue roared, the basketball hoop shuddered and everyone danced down the polished concrete floor to the poolside deck.

Definitely the host with the most, this place.

“We just love the wide open spaces and how easily they flow into each other,” says the owner, for whose family the house was designed by Sandringham architects InForm.

“Day to day, the house works really well. Our boys liked having their own living area [the first-floor retreat] and the desks in their bedrooms.”

Built in 2009, the house appears the height of fashion.

“We’ve softened it a little,” the owner says, pointing out the new oak panelling. High ceilings, full-length glazing and the terrazzo-style floor, grey with chunks of black, make for durable good looks.

With a front lounge and study, dining and family rooms opening to the garden, and four first-floor bedrooms with a retreat, the scene is set for family life in luxurious style.

Schools and Hampton Street are an easy walk away.

Turn left from the oak-panelled hall into the lounge, divided from the fitted study by tall cupboards. Along the hall are a laundry with external access, powder room, store room and a door to the double garage.

Dining and family areas are lightly delineated and linked by sliders to the north-facing garden. The family room has a gas log fireplace set in an oak frame. In the kitchen, the Smeg oven, 900-millimetre cooktop and dishwasher look sleek amid ivory cabinetry and a stone waterfall island.

Waft out to the covered deck, which steps up to the saltwater, solar-heated pool with its own deck. Out the back, the basketball area is shaded by a giant oak.

On the grey-carpeted first floor, three double bedrooms with wardrobes (and two with desks) share a retreat with a balcony and a bathroom with shower and bath.

The main bedroom, at the front, has a balcony, twin en suite and a walk-in wardrobe. ● ALISON BARCLAY property@domainreview.com.au Agent: Marshall White, Andre O’Brien 0437 917 007 Price: $2.3 million-$2.5 million Auction: 1.30pm, August 10

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BRIGHTON \ 35 COCHRANE STREET Agent: Marshall White, Kate Strickland 0400 125 946 Price: $3.6 million-$3.9 million Auction by registration: 6pm, August 14

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FINAL WORD “IN THE HEART OF HAMPTON WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO SCHOOLS, THIS HOME IS MODERN, STYLISH AND GENEROUSLY PROPORTIONED ON A LARGE BLOCK OF LAND. IT IS THE PERFECT FAMILY HOME.” ANDRE O’BRIEN – AGENT

HAMPTON \ 18 BRIDGE STREET Agent: Marshall White, Robin Parker 0409 336 282 Price: $2.2 million-$2.4 million Auction: 10.30am, August 10

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The Gold Standard in Beachside Luxury The Gold Standard in the Golden Triangle, this 3 bed & study, 2 bath, dual zone rear home stars an elite Miele kitchen, al-fresco area, luxe marble & parquetry finishes & every luxury including Cbus & 5-car basement. Even the location is of the highest standard; steps to the bay, blocks to the village & in reach of world-class Golf Courses.

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40 Hanby Street Brighton 5 B 5 b 10 c1S

Bespoke Brighton luxury with a family focus Luxuriate in the contemporary surrounds of this modern masterpiece, custom designed to address every family requirement with sophistication and ease. Flaunting expansive living zones including home theatre plus bespoke kitchen, outdoor kitchen and scullery with poolside entertaining a focus. Everything you are seeking and more including smart home automation, lift and 10-car basement in a prestigious beachside locale.

Expression of Interest Closes Tuesday 27th August at 5.00pm Contact Stefan Whiting 0411 473 153 Sonja Sendin 0406 811 040

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"The Beachfront Haven" - luxury penthouse & 1 bedroom apartment Two rare absolute beachfront opportunities delivering world class views across the bay. Choose from a magnificent 3rd floor luxury penthouse with private lift, De Dietrich appliances and entertainer’s terrace; or stylish 1-bedroom retreat framed by sparkling stretches of blue water. Approx.

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Auction Saturday 24th August at 11:30am & 12:30pm Price $1,350,000 - $1,485,000 | $450,000 - $490,000 Inspect As advertised online Contact Daniel Wright 0414 788 828 Shane O'Sughrue 0422 116 355

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Uncompromising Design, Unparalleled Beachfrontage Stretched out on the sand, this 3 bed & study nook, 2 bath home has a poolside lnge, balconied panorama-view 1st-flr living, a stone & Miele kitchen, lift & autogated grounds with pool, dble-gge & unparalleled 15m (approx) beachfrontage!

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