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Laughter the best medicine THERE’S no disputing a good laugh can make you feel better, but there’s also compelling evidence that it’s not just good for the soul, it’s great for the health. Due to the release of hormones, laughing can reduce stress, boost cognitive function and the immune system, combat depression and lower blood pressure. And that’s something the merry members of the Karingal Laughter Club know only too well. The club celebrates its second birthday in October, celebrating two years of non-stop laughter and wellness. Founding member Lauren McCarthy said laughter yoga was developed in India, and when done properly, it is possible to “trick” your mind into happiness using laughter exercises. “We leave laughter club smiling, recharged and filled with energy to face the week’s challenges,” she said. Laughter sessions start with yoga breathing techniques followed by laughter exercises that promote 15 minutes of laughter. It finished with a brief meditation and positive affirmation. Karingal laughter club, at Karingal Neighbourhood House, is on Mondays (during school terms) at 5.30pm for about 45 minutes. Cost: $2. New members welcome. See the Karingal Neighbourhood Neighbourhood House page on Facebook or call 8786 6650 for further information. Liz Bell Having a laugh: Karingal Laughter Club members enjoy easing stress through the joy of laughter. Pic: Gary Sissons
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cludes $700,000 of works to enclose the updated children’s playground,” the VCAT ruling dated 24 August stated. “This will enable the playground to operate on a year-round indoor basis. We were told this playground already is and will remain properly managed and the operator will ensure the relevant parents do not ‘disappear to the gaming room’. “Within these appropriate parameters, we expect there will be many parents living in Langwarrin with
scaled back and unroofed “if approval for these additional gaming machines is not obtained”. The VCGLR decided a weatherproof playground for children was “a social benefit” as part of its decision to approve the additional pokies. VCAT panel members Philip Martin and Tracy Watson last month backed the VCGLR’s decision. “While not a determinative factor in itself, we accept it is a positive aspect of the proposal in terms of ‘net community benefit’ that the proposal in-
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young children where this year-round indoor aspect of the intended upgraded playground will provide some valued ‘time-out’.” The VCAT panel noted “there is a high level of demand” to play the existing 52 pokies at the Langwarrin Hotel and the ten extra machines “would ease this pressure”. “Certainly there was a relatively high level of usage of the existing EGMs when we inspected the subject gaming room.” Continued Page 4
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THE LANGWARRIN Hotel has passed the final hurdle to install 10 more poker machines at its Cranbourne-Frankston Rd premises. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) last month decided to overrule Frankston Council’s refusal of a planning permit to increase the number of pokies at the Langwarrin Hotel from 52 to 62 after the venue operator appealed council’s decision.
The hotel’s bid for more pokies made national headlines after The Times first revealed the hotel operator Beretta’s linked the installation of the electronic gaming machines to planned upgrades to a children’s play area at the venue (“Kid’s play cover a win for pokies”, The Times 18/4/16). Hotel general manager Peter Beretta said in a written application submission to the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation that a planned upgrade of an existing children’s play area at the pub would be
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