2 July 2019

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Mornington

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Juniors focus on national success

Practice makes perfect: Georgia Hollow shows her table tennis skills at Mornington. Picture: Supplied

By Stephen Taylor DINNER table conversations might understandably lean towards table tennis at the Hollow family home. Charlie Hollow, 10, and his sister Georgia, 8, are gearing up for the Australian junior championships at Wollongong next week before Charlie heads to New Zealand to play for Australia in late September. The children, who live in Mt Martha and attend Mt Martha Primary, train at the Mornington Table Tennis Club in Dunns Road, Mornington. Dad Scott Hollow said table tennis had played a big role in the family’s past. “The children’s grandfather, Robert, played for Victoria 70 years ago and I played at Coburg back in the 1980s as a 12 to 15 year old,” he said. “Although I never made the state team I always wanted to come back to play. Charlie was playing tennis so I bought a table tennis table for him to play on at home. “You could see he was instantly good at it so we decided to check out the local club as I was also keen to get back into competition.” Charlie has been playing for just over two years and Georgia around eight months. This will be their second time playing for Victoria after competing at Townsville last year. “Georgia wasn’t playing until the state body Continued Page 7

Shire digs in over easing of quarry rules Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire is opposing state government moves to relax planning rules for quarries. The shire’s opposition to extending the time within which an extractive industry must start operating and how long a quarry can remain idle comes at the same time that the government is considering the opening of another

quarry in Boundary Road, Dromana. With the planning decision taken out of its hands, the shire has already voiced its opposition to Hillview Quarries’ plan for the 38 hectare, 190-metre deep quarry, but the government will make the final decision. The government says it is committed to changing planning laws surrounding extractive industries to provide greater flexibility for the start of extractive industry operations and periods of inactivity; to prevent the premature expiry

of planning permits; and, enable quarrying sites to respond to market conditions to quickly increase or decrease production. The proposed changes to follow a August 2018 joint ministerial statement which called for “a better approach for land use planning and regulations that will assist quarries to keep operating and new sites to develop alongside growing suburbs and communities”. Included in the changes since recom-

mended by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR) are extending the time within which a project must be started after the issuing of a permit from two to five years and possibly allowing the permit to run forever, even if there is no quarrying being undertaken. The shire says allowing five years before a quarry starts operation would be unreasonable and create uncertainty

“in community expectations around land use”. In its submission to the government, the shire says it is “well placed” to “seek to ensure that resulting planning provisions are appropriate for industry, council and communities alike”. Quarries in the shire include a sand quarry in Truemans Road, Fingal, granite quarries in Boundary Road and Manna Street, Dromana and a clay quarry in Pottery Road, Somerville. Continued Page 15

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