Police Journal August 2017

AUGUST 2017

“You’ve got to be prepared to see dead people in all forms. Ones that’ve been murdered, killed themselves, anything you can think of…”

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Just about everyone would have seen at least an episode or two of TV cop show CSI. And, naturally enough, the programme created a fair amount of public interest in the work of crime-scene examiners.

Of course, Hollywood versions of police work don’t always reflect reality.

So, we thought it a good idea to get a real crime-scene professional to tell us what the job’s really like.

Forensic Response Section brevet sergeant Peter “Jock” McKenzie gave us two long interviews. He talked openly about the horrific murder scenes he’s worked on and how he’s survived 26 years in his field.

To a young person just beginning his or her police career, the thought of sticking with it for more than 50 years must seem unimaginable.

But some cops do serve for that long, and three of them scored an extraordinary reception at the Police Association retiring members dinner in late June. In this issue, they reflect on a few of their career highlights.

President 8

Governments that still don’t get it Letters 25

CIB reunion Industrial 26

Time to issue stab-resistant vests Health 29

Medical marijuana not risk-free Motoring 30

Jaguar XE / Astra Hatch

Banking 33

Legal 35

Backing police through Crime Stoppers

As usual, we catch up with the latest police social events – not only a graduates’ dinner and graduation but also a farewell show for a particularly well-known member.

The case for stronger personal protective equipment

And we take a look at the brand new Precinct Café, the brainchild of the Police Association and a new drawcard for the socially minded coffee drinker.

Entertainment 36

Wine 41

Brett Williams brettwilliams@pj.asn.au

The Last Shift 44

On Scene 47

Cops’ creatures 54

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10 August 2017 10 Blood man He has analysed some of the bloodiest and most gruesome crime scenes in Australia and still remains committed to CSI work.

19 New force behind Crime Stoppers Police Credit Union has given its backing to Crime Stoppers to help the organization keep up its critical informationgathering for police.

20 Trio’s century-and-a-half of police service

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When these recently retired cops started their careers, man was yet to land on the moon (1969) and Australia was yet to switch to decimal currency (1966).

22 St Michael tribute continues After an impressive launch last year, this special luncheon will again honour fallen police officers on Police Remembrance Day.

23 Coffee in the Precinct The new Precinct Café in the Police Association building is proving a big hit with coffee drinkers from all over the city.

COVER: Forensic Response Section brevet sergeant Peter “Jock” McKenzie. Photography by Steve McCawley August 2017

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Governments that still don’t get it “W

e stand shoulder-to-shoulder with you and your union. It is the only voice sticking up for you and the communities you serve.

“Your demand for justice will echo across Western Australia and across the country.

“And your claim is reasonable – it’s 1.5 per cent. Other police are being awarded more.”

These were my words to hardworking Western Australian police officers on the steps of their state parliament building earlier this month. And the strength of their response was unmistakable.

Rarely does a Police Federation of Australia president have to address a major gathering of police union members in the middle of industrial action.

Of course, as police officers and police union officials, we would much prefer occasions like these to be unnecessary.

But the WA state government has let its police down inexcusably.

The whole scene might look and sound familiar to South Australian police officers and, indeed, the community they protect.

For the Police Association of South Australia, it was a highly publicized injury-compensation campaign back in 2015 that caused the state government to act, finally, in the interests of police and community safety.

In WA, police officers are challenging a similar injustice: a ridiculously low pay offer from a government which had promised much better.

It is deplorable that, to get their point across, police in this country have to go to such lengths as publicly shaming a state government.

But that is the political climate in which police in Australia and, indeed, around the world now have to operate.

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Quite clear from this dispute is that state governments have learned nothing from industrial and/or political history.

Almost every time they fail to support their police they face the sternest public backlash.

And if the action strikes some observers as too strong, they need only consider what the WA government has offered its police.

The paltry offer is a flat $1,000 pay increase, a major departure from the original in-principle agreement of 1.5 per cent.

WA Police Union president George Tilbury and his members are making a simple request of the government not to renege on its original promise.

And that promise would deliver only a modest pay increase at best.

As I told WA members at the rally, police in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and South Australia have all recently received higher increases. So the WA request is hardly unreasonable.

Quite clear from this dispute is that state governments have learned nothing from industrial and/or political history. Almost every time they fail to support their police they face the sternest public backlash.

Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman learnt that the hard way in 2015, when he broke a promise to the Queensland Police Union over extra funding for an anti-violence campaign.

“If you’re going to lie to a police officer, you’ll lie to anyone,” union president Ian Leavers told the Queensland public at the time.

Mr Newman was famously ousted at the next election.

At our own 2015 rally here in SA, a crowd of thousands demanded the state government amend legislation which had stripped police officers of injury protection entitlements.

And last year, we had to hold the government to account over a previous promise it had made to fund the recruitment of an extra 313 police officers.

The government broke the promise more than once, each time pushing back the deadline for the funding.

The association fought this, and won.

The government is now delivering the funding for the extra officers by 2018.

The WA Police Union is now commencing phase two of its industrial action.

It’s a situation the WA government can easily fix by not reneging on its original promised pay deal.

My WA rally message was simple: all 60,000 police in Australia stand shoulder-to-shoulder with WA officers.

Police in all Australian jurisdictions have been through this before. We’re not special or more important than anyone else, but our job is unique.

We confront armed offenders. We look at thousands of distressing images of child pornography. We deal with physical violence, daily. We pick up the dead from road crashes and then deliver death messages to distraught families. We are assaulted, shot at and murdered.

But all we ever ask for is a fair deal, and that is not what WA police officers are getting right now.

And if history has taught us anything, it is that the public does not trust – or vote for – a government which refuses its police adequate funding and support.

State Budget 2017 The Police Association alerted the public earlier this year to University of South Australia data which showed huge increases in the use of methamphetamine (ice).

The data showed an increase to 450 doses per thousand people per week, up from around 150 doses a week in 2012.

We also ran a public advertising campaign late last year urging members of the community to contact SAPOL if they suspected meth labs were operating in their neighbourhoods.

Above: a poster which was part of the Police Association’s public advertising campaign; facing page: Mark Carroll addresses the Police Association’s Protect our Cops rally from the steps of Parliament House in 2015.

The SA government recently sought, by way of an amendment, to empower police to search the vehicle of any person who returns a positive drug test.

The amendment was defeated in the Legislative Council but the government will seek to reintroduce it in the House of Assembly.

The change in legislation was to come as part of an overall budget announcement of $8 million in additional funding to SAPOL to tackle the ice epidemic.

The funding will include: • $1 million for SAPOL covert investigations.

• More than $500,000 for additional drug dogs and handlers.

• $3.6 million for an increase in outpatient counselling.

• More than $1 million on community education programmes and strategies.

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WARNING: This story contains images of crime scenes and detailed descriptions

of injuries suffered by murder and accident victims and might disturb some readers.

Brevet Sergeant Peter

“Jock” McKenzie is the real rather than the Hollywood version of a crime-scene investigator. At a towering 193cm tall and weighing 135kgs, and with his full beard and dark-rimmed glasses, the 58-year-old cuts an imposing figure.

And to match that massive frame is a relaxed but clearly strong personality.

A specialist in blood-pattern analysis, he has worked on 500-odd murder and suspicious-death cases over the past 26 years, and still plies his craft with enthusiasm.

Job satisfaction for him lies in the analyses he conducts and tasks like locating buried human remains, as he did in the investigation of the bodies-in-the-barrels murders.

Many of the grisly crime scenes he has had to spend hours, in some cases days, assessing have looked like postaction battlefields. But he has somehow remained emotionally detached and survived the horrors.

“I think I’ve just made sure that I don’t show too much emotion,” he says.

Crime scenes, no matter how gory, end

up with almost no place in his later thoughts. He only ever thinks back to an investigation if someone raises it with him or he sees it re-emerge in the media.

One recent example was media coverage on slain Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh on the second anniversary of his death.

But, as far back as the early 1990s, McKenzie saw CSI work overwhelm some of his colleagues; and there was a time when, even for him, the job came with an impact.

That was when he had to examine the bodies of babies and toddlers, killed either intentionally or accidentally.

“When I went home,” he says, “I just made sure my own kids were still breathing. But I grew out of that after my kids grew out of their babyhood.”

It was no wonder McKenzie became extra vigilant about the well-being of his now adult children as youngsters. He had investigated scenes like the drowning of a toddler in a bucket of water, and the accidental hanging death of another by a venetian-blind cord.

Another tragic scene he worked on was that of a child who died after getting his head stuck in a drawer.

Blood man Just one gruesome crime scene can forever haunt those who see it. So can a cop really survive more than two-and-a-half decades as a crime-scene investigator?

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The Rowe murders

And, after the 2015 discovery of the remains of two-year-old Khandalyce Pearce in a suitcase off the Karoonda Highway, McKenzie examined that scene too.

“We examine the babies externally for any marks that would be suspicious,” McKenzie says. “We particularly check for haemorrhages around the cheeks and eyes and check their mouths.”

The stress that affects McKenzie lies not in the images of horror at crime scenes but rather in the pressure to get his analyses right.

“That sort of stress, I think, keeps you on your toes, makes you think more, makes you sure to get everything done properly,” he says.

“We’ve got to stand over these dead people for hours and hours. We can’t afford to be thinking for hours and hours about what they went through. So we’re trying to push that out of our minds.

“Once you’ve been there on a crime scene for half an hour or 45 minutes, you’ve usually figured out your plan of attack. Then you just methodically go through it and have a break every now and again and clear your thoughts.”

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“Then you just methodically go through it and have a break every now and again and clear your thoughts.”

Above: Digging begins in the recovery of a bodies-inthe-barrels murder victim.

McKenzie understands the current-day fascination with his work, particularly since the CSI TV franchise has sexed up the field of forensics.

TV audiences now know, or think they know, all about DNA profiling, latent prints, and how the blue glow of luminol works.

“When those programmes first hit the TV screens… unbelievable!”

McKenzie exclaims. “I had 12 jurors nodding every time I said something.

“I would describe blood and what it does through the air and what happens when it hits a surface and what causes a type of pattern. They would all be nodding their heads because they had seen either Dexter or the CSI programme.

“For three or four years, when those programmes were at their height, everyone was so attentive.”

The Kapunda triple murder of 2010 was one case in which McKenzie never had to address an attentive jury. In the Supreme Court in 2012, obsessed killer Jason Downie pleaded guilty to all three murders.

And among all the murder and suspicious-death investigations McKenzie has undertaken, this one stands out to him. He cannot forget the sheer volume of spilt blood and the record five days he spent analysing the scene.

The victims were 16-year-old Chantelle Rowe and her parents, Andrew and Rose. Downie, infatuated with Chantelle, had intruded into the family home and launched a frenzied stabbing attack.

“It was the most blood I’ve ever seen at a murder scene,” McKenzie says.

McKenzie and colleague Natasha Douglas first had to establish – and quickly – that the crime was indeed a triple homicide and not a murder-suicide.

“Once we’d initially looked at the three bodies inside, we knew two of them were obvious murders,” he recalls.

“That was clear from the injuries, and the location of the injuries, on the mother and father.

“It was not so obvious with the daughter, whose body was in the front bedroom. We had to move a few pieces of her clothing, and then it only took about five minutes to figure out.

“Based on her injuries and where they were, it was obvious that she’d been murdered too.”

McKenzie confirmed for waiting Major Crime detectives that they were dealing with three murders. After that came the start of his meticulous, five-day analysis of the scene.

He had arrived at the Rowe house around 4pm on that first day and would work through until 2 o’clock the next morning.

The blood spatters and patterns numbered in the thousands and, to McKenzie, they all revealed critical details of each killing. What he determined to be the way in which Downie brutalized Rose Rowe has stayed with him to this day.

“The mother was stabbed a number of times but was still alive and trying to get away,” he says.

“It was the most blood I’ve ever seen at a murder scene.”

Top: a shoeprint found at the crime scene; centre left: fingerprints in front of the knife block; centre and left: footprints in the house; above: cones marking the footprints Downie left behind outside.

McKenzie also determined how Downie had savaged Chantelle in the front bedroom.

“You could see that, at some stage, she’d been hiding underneath the bed, already bleeding and still conscious,” he says.

“Then it looks like he’s dragged her out and stabbed her again.”

It was clear to McKenzie that all three victims had “fought for their lives”, and he wondered about their final agonizing moments.

“What was going through the wife’s mind while he (Downie) was killing her husband?” he asks. “What was she thinking when he was coming towards her and she knew he was about to kill her?

“What was the girl thinking when she was hearing all this and she’s

Below left: the car after its removal; bottom left corner: being lifted by crane.

“We had to gather enough information to figure out how they died and, if at all possible, in what sequence.”

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hiding underneath the bed, already with a number of major injuries?”

One of the many challenges of the crime-scene investigation was to avoid contact with the blood-covered hallway floor while analysing blood on the walls.

So McKenzie photographed the lino floor covering, which he then removed and later took back to a Forensic Response examination room and analysed.

On the crime scene, McKenzie and Douglas found finger marks in front of a knife block, and shoe and foot prints in blood throughout the house.

They also found blood stains on two wardrobe door handles in Chantelle’s room. And, from the front door of the house and down the road, Downie had left a trail of footprints, which the officers had to examine at night using luminol.

Of hundreds of blood samples McKenzie collected, Major Crime detectives asked him to select 10 which he thought the most likely to contain the killer’s DNA. And he selected well according to later tests: in half the samples was the DNA of someone other than the Rowes.

Major Crime detectives went on to prove that someone to be Downie, who is now serving a 35-year prison term.

The courtroom outcome brought McKenzie a good measure of satisfaction. “Apparently the defence didn’t question my conclusions,” he says. “That, to me, said that they accepted my version of events based on the blood.”

The Little murder-suicide

McKenzie might spend next to no time thinking about past investigations, but he never forgets them. And some of those that linger in his memory, in clear detail, are among Australia’s highest-profile killings and tragic accidental deaths.

He remembers flying over to Port Lincoln with a colleague last year after the deaths of Damien Little and his sons, Koda, four, and Hunter, nine months.

Little had shot the boys and then himself with a rifle as he drove his station wagon off Brennan’s Wharf and into the water.

Water Operations members, who had arrived ahead of McKenzie, located the submerged Ford Falcon from which they retrieved all three bodies.

“We had to gather enough information to figure out how they died and, if at all possible, in what sequence,” McKenzie says.

Also critical for McKenzie to determine was that the crime was indeed a murder-suicide and not a triple murder. He had to be sure that it was indeed possible for Little to have shot his children, behind him, and then himself as he drove off the wharf.

“It took us all day from the time we flew out early in the morning,” McKenzie says, “but all the evidence stacked up to that double murder and suicide.”

“And right in the middle of that piece of glove was a tiny hole about three millimetres in diameter, shaped like a lemon.”

The Lake Eyre chopper crash

Facing page, top right: the wreckage of the chopper; from top down (this page): overhead view of the crash site; wreckage strewn around the site; a camera found among the wreckage; the crash site set up with grid; above right: the piece of glove that was stuck to the duct tape wrapped around Plew’s legs.

For some it might simply have been too much to fly to the site of a fatal outback helicopter crash in another helicopter.

McKenzie could see the grim irony in the circumstance as the MAC chopper he was in headed out from Marree to Lake Eyre.

The crash there the night before had taken the lives of ABC TV news crew members Paul Lockyer (journalist), John Bean (cameraman) and Gary Ticehurst (pilot). All three had likely died instantly and the chopper had continued to burn for hours after it crashed.

“It was totally devastated,” McKenzie says. “The only bit of the helicopter you could recognize was the tail.”

As the crash had not involved any criminality the job of investigating it fell to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau rather than police. That left McKenzie and his colleagues with the task of disaster victim identification.

And that required the recovery of all of the news crew’s badly burnt remains.

McKenzie, who supervised the DVI, made the decision to recover the news crew’s work and personal gear, too.

Cameras, photos, cards and videotapes were among the fire-damaged items scattered around the scene.

At the end of the first day, McKenzie and his colleagues reboarded the MAC chopper and headed back to Marree with the dead. And the same grim irony which had struck him on the way to the site in the morning now struck him again.

“It was absolutely pitch black,” he recalls.

“So we’re flying back in the middle of the night, in a helicopter, from a helicopter crash that occurred partly because of the darkness of the night before.”

The Plew murder

Gay disc jockey Geoffrey Plew lay dead in a “gigantic” pool of blood on the kitchen floor of his Seaton home in 1997.

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continued with the police seizure of Menendez’s car.

“And lying on the back seat was a roll of duct tape with a scrunched-up end, and a box of disposable gloves,” McKenzie says. “They were the colour of the piece wrapped up in the duct tape around Plew’s legs.

“I pulled the scrunched end of the duct tape apart and stuck to the adhesive side was a three-millimetre lemon-shaped piece of disposable glove.

“I subsequently did the physical comparison and it fitted straight into the hole that was on the piece of glove stuck in the tape wrapped around Plew’s legs.”

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marks – and slashed his throat.

“The scene had been made out to look like the murder was something to do with drugs,” McKenzie says. “But it was to do with a sexual relationship between the blokes.”

In fact, Plew and Menendez had been involved in a triangular affair with a female friend of Menendez.

When McKenzie came to unwrap the duct tape from around Plew’s body, he found stuck to it part of the thumb of a disposable yellow glove.

“And right in the middle of that piece of glove was a tiny hole about three millimetres in diameter, shaped like a lemon,” he recalls.

In the meantime, Major Crime detectives investigating Plew’s murder had come up with Menendez as a suspect. And, as he was now under suspicion, McKenzie and other officers undertook a search of his home.

There, they found DJ equipment such as CD stackers and Sennheiser headphones, which belonged to Plew.

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“I pulled the scrunched end of the duct tape apart and stuck to the adhesive side was a three-millimetre lemon-shaped piece of disposable glove.”

Top: the roll of duct tape; centre left: the lemon-shaped hole found in the glove; centre right: the lemonshaped piece of glove; above: the scrunched-up duct tape.

It was once highly unlikely that McKenzie was ever going to specialize in crime-scene investigation, or even become a cop.

Back in 1981, when SAPOL still ran its own maintenance outfits, the Mount Gambier-born lad applied for a position as an apprentice carpenter. After he missed out on that job he stuck with the one he had installing blinds.

But three months later came a call from SAPOL Recruiting to see if McKenzie wanted a job not as a carpenter but as a cop. He accepted the offer, underwent an interview and was, two weeks later, kicking off his police career with an adult recruit course.

His life before then had come with heavy personal losses. He suffered the first as a three-year-old when his father died in a truck accident. He got the benefit of a second father after his mother remarried, but that man died of cancer when McKenzie was 13.

His mother, who never remarried again, went on to raise him and his two brothers on her own. She had the mental toughness for it, and McKenzie reckons he inherited her temperament, a big help in police work.

After he had served 10 years as a patrol officer, his supervisor told him it was time he explored some other field of policing. McKenzie had no burning ambition to specialize but, in the Police Gazette, found vacancies advertised for crime-scene examiners.

He applied for the job and won a spot on a four-week crime-scene course, which he topped. Two weeks

later, he was the newest member of Adelaide Crime Scene.

And, back then, in 1991, DNA profiling was still a relatively new tool in forensics. “It changed the way we do things,” McKenzie says.

“It changed the way we address crime scenes.

“We still look for fingerprints but offenders were switched on when it came to their fingerprints. They weren’t switched on about DNA, so it became more important than fingerprints.”

Now, of course, the number of crime scenes he has worked on – murders, suspicious and accidental deaths, and others – is somewhere in the thousands. And he still remembers the nerves he suffered investigating his first murder scenes.

One was in the Cadell Training Centre in late 1991, after an inmate had come under attack in a recreation room. He died of stab wounds to his head.

Another scene was in the North Adelaide restaurant of Adel Debs in 1995. Debs had also died after a stabbing attack.

“It’s not a matter of going in there quickly, taking a photograph, and coming out.

You’ll be over those bodies for hours. So if you think you can handle that…”

McKenzie wound up with full responsibility for the crime-scene investigation after his sergeant had said: “Right, Jock, you’re doing it.” “It was basically the best way to learn,” he says.

When the Debs case came to trial in the Supreme Court, McKenzie got his first taste of cross-examination by renowned criminal barrister Marie Shaw. He was nervous then and, even today, remains ill at ease in the courtroom.

“When I have to give expert opinion in relation to blood, or other areas in my expertise, it can be quite stressful,” he says.

“You might call yourself an expert, but you’re only an expert if the court accepts you as that on every single occasion. You’ve got to prove yourself every time you go in there.

Above: Karoonda Highway

“You can get stressed, especially if the case is relying on your evidence, because the crook has said nothing.

“The evidence you found, and the way you explain how events occurred, based on your expertise, is all the jury have got, or the majority of what they’ve got.”

So court appearances – and 7am starts – are no pleasure to McKenzie.

Nor is the burden of paperwork: the declaration he typed up just in the case of the Rowe murders ran to 220 pages.

But he still recommends the CSI career path to young cops. Although he insists that aspiring investigators have to be “cut out to do what I do”.

“You’ve got to be prepared to see dead people in all forms,” he says.

“Ones that’ve been murdered, killed themselves, anything you can think of.

There’s babies, decomposing bodies...

“It’s not a matter of going in there quickly, taking a photograph, and coming out. You’ll be over those bodies for hours. So if you think you can handle that…” PJ

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EMOTIONAL SURVIVAL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT The overwhelming demand for the expertise of Dr Kevin Gilmartin has come from police all over Australia.

So, the renowned US behavioural and management consultant returns to Adelaide for his third presentation on officer well-being and emotional survival.

Himself a former police officer and US marine, Dr Gilmartin is one of the most highly credentialed psychologists in his field in the world.

His two previous Adelaide seminars in 2014 left 1,400-odd police officers and their families astounded by his insight, delivery and advice.

This year, he will again detail the most effective ways to avoid burnout and resist the fall into emotional isolation.

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NEW FORCE BEHIND CRIME STOPPERS

By Brett Williams

THE DISCOVERY OF THE REMAINS OF TWO-YEAR-OLD KHANDALYCE PEARCE near a suitcase off the Karoonda Highway broke hearts around the nation in 2015. Caring Australians were desperate for police to get the information they needed to identify the little girl and solve the mystery of her death.

Initially, police could not link Khandalyce to her dead mother, Karlie Pearce-Stevenson. Her remains – discovered in the Belanglo State Forest in New South Wales in 2010 – were also unidentified.

The situation called for the support of a trusted conduit to get critical information flowing into the Major Crime Investigation Section

from members of the public. And that task naturally fell to the long-running and highly regarded Crime Stoppers organization.

Major Crime detective sergeant Paul Ward, who worked on the Khandalyce case, described the Crime Stoppers input as “crucial”.

“We received hundreds and hundreds of Crime Stoppers reports,” he said. “And, in October 2015, we received the crucial breakthrough, which came (from) Crime Stoppers.

“As a result of that, we were able to speak to the caller and, ultimately, that led to the identification of Khandalyce.

“And that subsequently led, through South Australia Police enquiries, to the identity of her mother, Karlie.”

Above: Commissioner Grant Stevens, Crime Stoppers chair Sharon Hanlon and Police Credit Union chairman Alex Zimmermann.

Detective Sgt Ward also said the Crime Stoppers information had helped Major Crime “eliminate so many other lines of enquiries”.

Major Crime operations inspector Greg Hutchins said Crime Stoppers was indeed “the number one way” in which police around Australia received information from the public.

“Most murder investigations benefit through Crime Stoppers,” he said. “Even with cases that remain unsolved for years, we’re still receiving information through Crime Stoppers (about them) as well.”

But, as a not-for-profit organization, Crime Stoppers relies on corporate sponsorships and other funding to keep its operations in play.

So, the equally well-regarded Police Credit Union, which clearly understood that reliance, stepped up last month to become Crime Stoppers’ new major sponsor.

“We were really excited when we came to know that the opportunity was there to sponsor Crime Stoppers,” Police Credit Union chairman Alex Zimmermann said.

“It’s about the purpose of both of our organizations. Our purpose as the Police Credit Union is to support the police and the community. Crime Stoppers is the same. So the synergy is just unquestionable.”

Mr Zimmermann and Crime Stoppers chair Sharon Hanlon addressed guests at the July 11 launch of the three-year sponsorship in the Pirie St studios of Channel 9.

The station continues to be Crime Stoppers’ major media partner.

“Crime Stoppers SA only aligns with organizations that share similar values and a passion for supporting the community,” Ms Hanlon said.

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Trio’s centuryand-a-half of police service

SUPERINTENDENT BARRY LEWIS Police service: February 25, 1963 – July 29, 2016 53 years, six months

By Brett Williams

Once the thunderous applause started for three

recently retired police officers at Adelaide Oval, it seemed as if it might never end. The occasion was the Police Association retiring members dinner for 2017 in the William Magarey Room.

And no one could deny that superintendents Bruce James-Martin and Barry Lewis and Detective Sergeant Brian Swan had earned the rapturous acknowledgement.

Their combined service to South Australian law enforcement had amounted to 157 years.

And the ovation came when each of the three men took his turn to stroll onto the stage and receive his retirement gift from association president Mark Carroll.

“The whole dinner was absolutely humbling,” Supt Lewis said. “I just felt so proud to have people standing up and clapping. It was just a wonderful feeling.”

The tribute-like applause also left Supt James-Martin “a bit fazed” and Detective Sgt Swan “a bit overwhelmed”.

All three men, who had served in a range of posts, recalled some of the most memorable action of their careers.

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SUPERINTENDENT BRUCE JAMES-MARTIN Police service: September 9, 1963 – September 9, 2016 53 years

DETECTIVE SERGEANT BRIAN SWAN Police service: February 15, 1965 – July 20, 2016 51 years, six months

NEW FORCE BEHIND CRIME STOPPERS From page 19

For Detective Sgt Swan, a Major Crime investigator for 32 years, it was the 1994 NCA bombing and the bodies-in-the-barrels murder enquiry, which began in 1999.

“I think Snowtown (bodies-in-the-barrels) was memorable because that was six years of your life,” the 68-year-old said. “You lived and breathed it.”

Supt James-Martin recalled the police operation he led to cover the launch of Collins Class submarine HMAS Collins at Port Adelaide in 1993.

“We didn’t have an EMES (Emergency & Major Events Section) in those days so you did everything yourself,” he said. “You wrote the operation order and did all the planning, and that was a huge operation.”

Supt James-Martin also reflected on the antiVietnam War protests in Adelaide in 1970 and the violence of the anti-apartheid activists during the Springbok tour of 1971.

“That (Springbok protest) was very nasty,” he said.

“They were throwing Molotov cocktails at us, the police surrounding the inside perimeter of the Norwood Oval.”

Supt Lewis, 71, remembered an encounter he had with outlaw motorcycle gang members travelling the South Eastern Freeway on an annual run in 1992. He and his colleagues stopped the riders and ended up seizing heroin and a firearm.

“That was a pretty satisfying couple of hours,” he said.

In the 1980s, Supt Lewis spent five years as a Port Adelaide patrol sergeant, which he still considers one of his favourite posts. Another was his time as a Port Adelaide Enquiries officer at the rank of first class constable.

Supt James-Martin, 72, rates his time at Port Adelaide as his best as well. “I was fortunate to have six years as the commander down there,” he said. “We did some interesting things in that time and had a lot of success.”

All three retirees spoke of camaraderie, teamwork and, of course, solving crime as the best aspects of their distinguished police careers.

“I miss it,” Supt Lewis said. “I miss it a lot. I miss the people. It was just a wonderful 53-and-a-half years.”

Detective Sgt Swan, in his 51-and-a-half years in policing, had “a great time”.

“It gave you a very strong character and the ability to relate to people of any persuasion,” he said. “It gave you confidence, and that feeling that no situation was daunting.”

Based on his vast experience, each retiree has recommended – and continues to recommend – the police occupation to aspiring cops. PJ

“We welcome Police Credit Union as a major programme partner. With both organizations having strong connections with SA Police, it makes perfect sense to align.”

Since 1996, community information provided to Crime Stoppers has helped solve nearly 30,000 crimes and recover more than $8.8m worth of property.

Calls and online reports have also helped police identify drug labs and dealers, solve arsons, thefts and robberies, and arrest offenders wanted for violent assaults and even murders.

Assistant Commissioner Phil Newitt said Crime Stoppers had repeatedly proved itself to be a valued “community engagement and intelligencegathering tool” to bring suspects to justice.

“SA Police is proud to work closely with, and support, Crime Stoppers South Australia,” he said.

“And we congratulate Police Credit Union on demonstrating true social conscience and corporate leadership by lending support to a programme that makes a difference…”

Channel 9 SA managing director Sean O’Brien said that, as Crime Stoppers’ major media partner, the station continued to seek viewer information to help solve crime.

“The unsolved weekly crime segments and community service announcements that we broadcast achieve almost $1m in television exposure every year,” he said.

Mr Zimmermann said he expected the Police Credit Union sponsorship of Crime Stoppers to continue beyond the initial three-year commitment.

“We have the passion and the enthusiasm, as does Crime Stoppers,” he said. “On a weekly basis on television, you see positive outcomes as a consequence of Crime Stoppers’ assistance to police.” PJ

Daniel James Holdom has been committed to stand trial for the murders of Khandalyce Pearce and Karlie Pearce-Stevenson. He will appear in the NSW Supreme Court in October for arraignment.

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St Michael tribute continues

By Nicholas Damiani

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Last year’s inaugural luncheon proved an outstanding success, with around 60 people attending the club after the annual 11am memorial service at the police academy.

The association established the luncheon to coincide with the annual Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance.

The luncheon also commemorates Police Remembrance Day and the religious feast of St Michael.

The Wall to Wall ride – based on the US Ride for the Fallen – began in 2010. Police union officials Michael Corboy (NSW) and Brian Rix (Victoria) had conceived the idea of an Australian version of the ride in 2009.

St Michael, the patron saint of police officers, soldiers and doctors, is in fact not a saint but an archangel. According to Roman Catholic doctrine, his role is to: • Combat Satan.

• Escort the faithful to heaven at their hour of death.

• Be a champion of all Christians and the Church itself.

• Call men from life on Earth to their heavenly judgement.

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Police Association secretary Tom Scheffler initiated the event. After last year’s turnout, he spoke of the depth of feeling in police ranks for fallen members.

“That’s why we wanted to add to and complement the existing tributes that take place around the state and nationally,” he said.

“This formal but relaxed luncheon, which welcomes not only our members but also their families and friends, highlights and celebrates that connection.”

Mr Scheffler also explained the significance of September 29.

“That date was chosen in medieval times to celebrate the end of the harvest,” he said. “It was known as Feast Day, hence the term Feast of St Michael.

“Pope Pius XII declared St Michael the patron saint of police in 1950 to protect the men and women in blue who, in turn, protect us.”

Mr Scheffler said the success of last year’s event made the 2017 luncheon a “no-brainer”.

“The closeness of the police family is such that members hold their fallen predecessors and contemporaries in their hearts,” he said.

“I have no doubt the luncheon will become a permanent feature of the Police Association calendar.” PJ

The 2017 St Michael’s Day Luncheon will be held at the Police Club on Friday, September 29, from 1pm.

Left: Guests at the inaugural St Michael’s Day luncheon on Police Remembrance Day last year.

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By Nicholas Damiani

he Police Club’s exciting new Precinct Café is now open.

The eye-catching new café features a bespoke hole-in-the-wall style coffee shop as well as an indoor area with plenty of seating.

It gets its name from its location on the ground floor of the Police Association building at 27 Carrington St – right in the heart of the police and legal precincts of Adelaide.

The café was buzzing at its soft opening last month, with many nearby workers flocking to the sunshinebathed shopfront to get their morning caffeine fix.

Police Club manager Bronwyn Hunter said the café had been a stunning success since its mid-winter opening.

“We can see already that a lot of return business is occurring,” she said.

“Our customers are loving the convenience of a walk-by coffee outlet, and the new-look café.

“It’s cosy inside, they can grab a coffee, read the paper and relax.

“We’ve also had a heap of positive feedback on the quality of our coffee and our baristas, Taylor and Alex.”

Police Association president Mark Carroll said the creation of the café had been part of a 2017 revamp of the Police Club, which now blends the tradition of the old surroundings with the modern coffee shop.

“I think a lot of people were under the impression the club was only for cops, but that’s not the case at all,” Mr Carroll said at the café’s launch.

“All members of the public are welcome, and we hope this will become more apparent with the opening of the cafe.”

Mr Carroll said the café had sourced some of the best baristas in town as well as the highest quality coffee beans.

“That was a priority for us,” he said. “You can have a fancy coffee shop that sells everything under the sun, but if your coffee isn’t up to scratch, people won’t come back.

“So, we’re keeping it simple. If you want the best coffee in the area, head to the Precinct Café.” PJ

The café, open on weekdays from 7am to 2pm, also sells light meals and breakfast items.

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CIB reunion

I thank Tina-Marie Hewkin for sharing her story (When bad luck escalates) in the June When issue of the Police Journal. bad luck Her story resonated with escalates my husband, who is not in the job but has had very similar experiences to Tina.

Following a radical prostatectomy, at a young age for that procedure, in late October 2014, he had been back at work (working with dogs) only three months when he was assaulted by a random male at the Lonsdale RSPCA shelter.

He’s still not fit for work. Our three dogs, two of which are shelter adoptions, keep him going.

He’s also still having blood tests but so far so good.

So, it was encouraging for him to read Tina’s story and to share in (1) his passion for working with dogs and (2) the tough knocks life seems to throw at some of the best people.

Again, I thank Tina and wish her all the very best.

By Brett Williams

After battling her way through one misfortune after another, Tina-Marie Hewkin still faces a measure of uncertainty.

Her doctor warned her she could be facing bowel cancer, and that floored Tina-Marie Hewkin.

Although the disease had a place in her family history, she had never connected it with her then recent ill health.

For around 12 months the sole female Dogs Ops member had been suffering bouts of diarrhoea and abdominal pain after eating and drinking.

These symptoms worsened through 2016 and sometimes struck her so badly that she and canine partner Marley had to go home from work.

Hewkin, who wrongly figured her problem was simply a lactose or gluten intolerance, went to consult her GP last

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December. A raft of blood and other tests followed but did not reveal cancer or any other ailment.

So, the GP ordered a colonoscopy for Hewkin, who thought that too would come up negative. By then she had studied irritable bowel syndrome on the internet and found that its symptoms and hers were an exact match.

Still, the colonoscopy went ahead just days before last Christmas. After it was over, as Hewkin lay in recovery, her surgeon told her he had removed a polyp. Apart from that, however, she appeared to be in the clear, although the analysis of a tissue sample was still to come.

Facing page: Senior Constable 1C Tina-Marie Hewkin with police dog Roxy in 2015.

Two days later came a message from Hewkin’s surgeon. He wanted to see his patient as soon as possible in his surgery.

“I knew it wasn’t (going to be) good,” Hewkin says of what she expected the surgeon to tell her. “I knew that there was a possibility it was cancer.

“I rang my partner because he was at work (at STAR Group) and I told him.

He came straight home and, as soon as he walked in the door, I just lost it.”

Although she broke down at home, Hewkin regained her composure on the drive to the surgeon’s rooms.

But, once there, the surgeon confirmed what she had known was possible.

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The 11th annual CIB reunion will be held at the Police Club from 2pm to 6pm on Monday, September 25, 2017.

Any former or retired detectives – or detectives on the verge of retirement – are invited to attend this popular event.

A modest $10 fee covers organizational costs and refreshments.

As usual, invitations will be sent out via email and post to all current group members on our list.

Those who have never been to the reunion, would like to attend or want to receive future emails should contact me by email (grahamwp2@gmail.com) or phone (0417 881 745).

Kind regards Graham Puckridge Detective Sergeant (ret)

Going overseas? Your coverage may be affected The group life insurance cover provided by the Police Association covers members 24 hours a day, seven days a week, regardless of the cause of death while members remain in Australia.

The insurer may specify certain geographical exclusions and restrictions on the coverage due to increased risk.

If members travel to areas of the world considered to be at increased risk, an increased insurance premium may apply or coverage may cease entirely.

Members who intend to go overseas for six months or longer, or who are travelling to or via a war zone are advised to contact the association beforehand to confirm whether or not coverage will be affected.

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nsurprisingly, the matter of how we, as front-line police in South Australia, are protected from edged weapons is gaining momentum. Not soon enough, some would argue. Past fatalities prove that.

However, procuring body armour is a slow, drawn-out process. While the antiballistic vest (ABV) has been a part of our kit for a long time now, it doesn’t protect police officers from being stabbed or slashed with edged weapons.

Many members have experienced that scenario. It is not so uncommon.

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body armour. That should give rise to serious member and employer consideration about the suitability of the current vest and the way it’s deployed in respect of the protection it offers in all situations throughout a shift.

Other forms of body armour, which can protect police from both ballistic and edged weapons, are available and can be worn for the duration of a full shift. Right now, however, they are not available to police in SA. In NSW, the Integrated Light Armoured Vest (ILAV) – which is the new version of that state’s load-bearing vest – is being rolled out across the state with (all) officers having the ability to order the vest if they want one.

The vest has Level 2 ballistic-rated panels and Level 2 stab resistance built into it.

Police in NSW will be given the discretion to wear the vest when and where they choose.

The vest can also be worn with or without the armour fitted and incorporates multiple ways to carry various accoutrements, ECDs, extra magazines and so on.

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functions. Many other members wear full police uniform as they walk through public places as part of their day-to-day duties, often without accoutrements.

Currently, members are issued with a Level 3 ABV at the start of their shifts to protect them from ballistic attack.

The vests are heavy and cumbersome but they do the job. They are not worn all the time but are job-specific.

Depending on the weapon or threat presented to police, there is the option to insert Level 4 ballistic-rated plates into the current Level 3 vests.

This provides protection for police in high-risk situations, involving highpowered firearms for example, such as those that have been used against police in sieges in SA. But what about the rest of the time we are on duty? What about the other, more regular occupational threats that are presented to police almost daily?

They include: • Edged weapon attack.

• Non-edged weapon attack.

• Road traffic accident.

• Accidental injury.

• Animal attack.

Police often find themselves in these situations without notice, and without

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rear and a backpack which can be attached with clips.

In NSW, the ILAV took a long time to design and develop, incorporating many alterations along the way based on significant user trials.

Interestingly, the vest is being manufactured locally and the government has committed $5 million last year, and the same amount this year, toward the manufacture and purchase of the vests.

Approximately 5,000 have been delivered for roll-out to the troops beginning last month.

Additionally, all front-line operational vehicles have two sets of overt body armour (Level 3) with multi-hit Level 4 ceramic plates in the front of the vest.

In South Australia, dedicated members working in SAPOL’s Operational Safety Portfolio have the task of sourcing sample vests and organizing trials of products sourced.

The vests need to be suitable for those on foot, in cars, and on horseback.

They need to be functional and comfortable for the varying climatic conditions we experience in SA. Trials have already been conducted in some areas. As expected, members

The vests need to be suitable for those on foot, in cars, and on horseback.

They need to be functional and comfortable for the varying climatic conditions we experience in SA.

Above right and right: New South Wales police officers wearing the Integrated Light Armoured Vest (ILAV). Photos courtesy New South Wales Police Force.

from the portfolio will make astute recommendations to the ELT (executive leadership team) but the final decision does not rest with the members conducting the trials. That is the responsibility of the ELT. But given that NSW has invested significantly in its vest, for all the right reasons, surely the question for South Australia now is: “Can our process be fast-tracked by embracing the NSW vest?”

Is this an appropriate example in which collaborative purchasing should guide business logic?

If not, then it will likely be a long, drawn-out process with much at stake in the meantime.

Matt Karger

Grievance officer Matt came to the Police Association in 2013 with a wealth of union experience. A born problemsolver, he’s right at home taking on association members’ issues – and he does it with infectious enthusiasm. If you have a grievance, you can expect the best in representation, support and information from Matt.

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arijuana still causes the same problems it always has, and increased use will increase the risk of mental illness.

The change taking place is the use of regulated, and usually smaller, doses to treat specific illnesses in cases in which other medication does not work or causes more harm.

The main mind-altering chemical in marijuana, responsible for most of the intoxicating effects, is delta-9tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

The marijuana plant also contains more than 500 other chemicals – including 70 to 100 compounds which are chemically related to THC – called cannabinoids.

Anyone who uses medical marijuana must receive medical monitoring of the illness being treated. This is to make sure no harm is done and that other drugs used with the marijuana are appropriate.

When people are using medical marijuana they must (1) be able to be identified as having a medical need and (2) not endanger themselves or others (driving restrictions).

We know of some of the potential problems through basic experience.

For example, marijuana taken from different parts of a plant at different times of its growth will have different levels of drug.

Preparing that in a “cookie” might halve the active ingredient (interacting

with the flour) and oral administration might destroy any remaining drug.

Use of medication for complex medical conditions is always a challenge.

Epilepsy is a condition in which multiple drugs might already be in use to try to stop fitting.

All these drugs have issues with dosing. They interact with each other and consequently affect the patient’s conscious state of mind.

Whether marijuana should or could be added to a patient’s treatment is complex, even without the social issues around its legalization.

Under ideal medical conditions a trial needs to be done to see: • If marijuana is safer than other drugs.

• What the interactions are.

• If the side effects are significantly low to justify the use of marijuana.

Alcohol and nicotine provide a challenge in much the same way in respect of their “medical use”.

Does alcohol have a place in lowering cholesterol? It might have a place (one drink per day five days per week) but too much kills brain and liver cells.

Nicotine helps people relax and cope with stress, but smoking kills half the people who take their nicotine that way.

In a famous American case, patient Charlotte Figi started adjunctive therapy (additional to other medication) with a high-concentration cannabidiol/ ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (CBD:THC) strain of cannabis.

The addition of new drugs (such as marijuana) might help the medical management but it is difficult to know where to start additional medication, and it remains very important to do no harm.

This extract – slowly titrated (increased) over weeks and given in conjunction with her existing antiepileptic drug regimen – reduced Charlotte’s seizure frequency from nearly 50 convulsive seizures per day to two to three nocturnal convulsions per month.

Charlotte was successfully weaned off her other antiepileptic drugs.

Other complex diseases like Parkinson’s disease require multiple drugs. The addition of new drugs (such as marijuana) might help the medical management but it is difficult to know where to start additional medication, and it remains very important to do no harm.

Australian guidelines stress that medicinal cannabis is not considered first-line therapy and should be considered only when conventional treatments have been tried and proven unsuccessful in managing a patient’s symptoms.

Likely conditions for medical prescription are: • Drug-resistant epilepsy.

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Model Jaguar XE four-door sedan.

Engines 2.0-turbo petrol, 2.0-turbo diesel, 3.0-supercharged V6.

Power 132kW – 250kW. Transmission Eight-speed auto, rear-wheel drive.

Price From $60,400 – $105,065 (plus on-roads).

Economy Between 4.2 (diesel) – 8.1 litres/100km (V6).

0 – 100km/h Between 5.1 and 7.8 seconds.

Safety Six airbags, lane departure, autonomous braking, blind spot.

Jaguar XE four-door sedan FIRST IMPRESSIONS Open the throttle and the Jaguar XE S bites. Its power comes with a rush and, like a tsunami, just keeps coming.

The car accelerates faster than expected from 250 kilowatts. Its exhaust note and supercharger whine, adding to the experience.

DESIGN AND FUNCTION Jaguar XE is a mid-sized fourdoor sports sedan available in four spec levels.

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diesel engines. Portfolio ($70,115) has a 177kW turbo-petrol four.

XE S takes a big jump to $105,065 (plus on-roads). Under its bonnet sits a high-powered 3.0-litre supercharged V6 petrol engine pinched from Jag’s F-Type sports car.

Fitted with a twin-vortex supercharger, this engine produces 250kW (6,500rpm) and 450Nm (4,500rpm). Jaguar claims 0 – 100km/h is achieved in 5.1 seconds.

All XE models feature eight-speed ZF automatic transmissions driving the rear wheels.

Aluminium-intensive monocoque chassis, aluminium double-wishbone (front) and integral-link (rear) suspension systems and numerous aluminium panels make XE the lightest and stiffest Jaguar saloon ever built.

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Electrically adjustable steering features along with a five-inch TFT information display with digital speed readout. The standard eight-inch colour touch screen can be replaced with an optional 10.2-inch wide screen.

The electronic park brake is automatic (on/off), all doors offer keyless entry and there’s push-button start.

Engine start/stop technology is standard along with blind-spot, lane-departure and tyre-pressure monitoring. XE also has front and rear parking sensors, parking assistance and rear camera with gridlines.

DRIVING Top-spec XE S looks impressive inside and out. Its Taurus leather and suede sports seats offer excellent comfort and adjustment.

Model Astra Hatch R, RS and RS-V.

Price $21,990 – $30,990 (auto + $2,200).

Cargo space 360 – 1,210 litres.

Safety Six airbags and driver assistance technology (optional on R).

Engines 1.4 (110kW) or 1.6-litre (147kW) turbo-petrol four.

Fuel economy 5.8 – 6.5 litres/100km.

Servicing Every 15,000km or nine months fixed $229 (first four).

Astra Hatch R, RS and RS-V FIRST IMPRESSIONS The new Holden Astra R-model is a sporty-looking compact hatch with bags of appeal to the younger generation. It offers a peppy turbo-four petrol engine, the latest in car audio and optional highend safety equipment at a reasonable price.

Around town this car is smooth and quiet with a limousine feel, much less harsh than expected given its optional 20-inch wheel and low-profile tyre package (235/35 front and 265/30 rear).

In D (Drive), under harsh acceleration, transmission upshifts are smooth, very fast and timed to squeeze the most from this superb powerplant.

Selecting Dynamic mode changes things substantially.

Gear changes are held longer, the engine pulls harder and the steering firms. Drivers can select their own damper settings.

While XE S remains very flat and predictable in tight corners it still offers good ride characteristics.

Opel (Germany) took out a clean sheet of paper when designing the new Astra Hatch. In the process it has shed up to 140kgs. There is greater use of high-strength steel panels along with lightweight aluminium suspension components.

Australian engineering input was seen as crucial to provide Astra with the right credentials for Australian drivers and roads.

Three Astra Hatch manual models (R, RS and RS-V) are priced between $21,990 and $30,990. Entry R comes with a 1.4-litre (110kW) turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine while RS and RS-V score a more powerful 1.6-litre (147kW) turbo four.

All models are front-wheel drive through six-speed manual or optional ($2,200) six-speed automatic transmissions.

Standard items across the range include reversing camera, rear parking sensors, alloy wheels, auto headlights and daytime LED running lights. All but manual R feature engine stop/start technology.

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A driver assistance package (standard on RS and RS-V) is a worthwhile $1,000 option on entry R. It includes rain-sensing wipers, auto-dimming rear-view mirror and Holden Eye forward-facing camera which provides Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Keep Assist, Forward Distance Indicator and Forward Collision Alert with Head-Up Warning.

DRIVING Entry R is roomy enough for four adults and immediately noticeable is the low dashboard which provides excellent forward visibility.

The dash itself is neat and uncluttered with easy-to-use controls and a central TFT display between the gauges displaying trip computer and digital speed readout.

The reach- and rake-adjustable steering wheel has phone and cruise control/speed limiter function buttons and the driver’s seat has a height adjuster.

Infotainment is via a central seven-inch touch screen featuring Apple Car Play, Android Auto and DAB+ radio with good sounding speakers for a base model.

Smooth and quiet by nature, the 1.4-litre turbo-four offers plenty of get-up-and-go.

The clutch is light and the manual gearbox offers smooth shifting qualities.

With quick, precise steering, the car corners confidently and delivers a good ride.

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Alex Zimmermann, Chairman, Police Credit Union

Backing police through Crime Stoppers N

aturally it is police officers who best understand the need for public support and information when it comes to the investigation of serious crimes.

Many investigators have, over the years, reaped the benefits of critical member-of-the-public input in highprofile murder, arson, robbery, assault and other cases.

And much of that information has made its way to police through the trusted link of Crime Stoppers SA. The successful independent, not-for-profit community engagement programme offers a proven system of information-gathering and, to give it the best possible support, Police Credit Union has stepped up to sponsor Crime Stoppers in South Australia for the next three years.

We announced our initiative last month and held a special launch at the Adelaide studios of Channel 9, which is the major media partner of Crime Stoppers SA. Our sponsorship will help the registered charity to maintain its continuous appeals to the public for crime-solving information.

But other important activities of Crime Stoppers SA will also benefit from our backing, such as offering monetary rewards, delivering a range of crime-

… it is an intrinsic part of Police Credit Union’s corporate responsibility strategy to offer support to not only the police but those who support their work.

Above right: (L-R) Phil Vincent, (Deputy Chair Crime Stoppers SA), Costa Anastasiou (CEO PCU), Commissioner Grant Stevens (SAPOL), Sharon Hanlon (Chair of Crime Stoppers SA), and Alex Zimmermann (Chairman of PCU).

Photo: Mark Brake Photography

prevention campaigns, and building brand awareness in the community.

For police, Crime Stoppers has proved itself to be one of the most effective resources insofar as investigating and, indeed, solving crime.

Twenty-five crimes are, on average, solved every week as a direct result of the information Crime Stoppers SA receives from the public.

These are remarkable results which Police Credit Union is determined to help Crime Stoppers SA build on so as to help police in their critical investigational roles.

And it just makes sense for Police Credit Union to back Crime Stoppers SA and, by extension, police officers.

Established by the Police Association, as we were, more than 47 years ago, our police heritage is undeniable.

It is a large part of the reason we chose to support an organization like Crime Stoppers SA, which continuously serves the professional interests of SA police officers.

In fact, it is an intrinsic part of Police Credit Union’s corporate responsibility strategy to offer support to not only the police but those who support their work.

Ultimately, we believe that we are – and should be – more than just a financial institution. Member surveys tell us that the customer experience we provide is second to none, but we consider it our responsibility to go beyond that.

We see and interact with police in our branches almost every day and do our best to understand the confronting nature of their job.

And it is our police members who inspire us to give them and their colleagues our support through organizations like Crime Stoppers SA. We would encourage other organizations and individuals to give police their support through Crime Stoppers SA too.

If police are prepared to put their lives on the line for us and our families, it clearly behoves us to give them all the backing we can.

Find out more about Crime Stoppers South Australia and its work at www.crimestopperssa.com.au and about Police Credit Union at policecu. com.au or call 1 300 131 844.

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Richard Yates, Partner, Tindall Gask Bentley Lawyers

The case for stronger personal protective equipment I

n this age of terrorism, protection for police officers on the front line is warranted more than ever before.

And it raises the question of liability if police, in any Australian jurisdiction, are hurt in the line of duty and were not provided the proper equipment to protect themselves.

It’s a situation that shares ominous parallels with recent events in Canada.

Canadian national Justin Bourque, 24, shot and killed three officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and severely injured two more on June 4, 2014, in the sleepy New Brunswick town of Moncton.

This heinous crime, the first homicide in Moncton in four years, and for which Bourque has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for 75 years, shook Canada to its core.

Fast forward three years, and the RCMP is currently on trial for four counts of breaches of health and safety laws in a criminal case keenly watched across the world.

In terms similar to section 19 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA), the Canadian Labour Code requires employers to ensure the health and safety of every employed person employed.

RCMP stands accused of failing to do so by failing to provide adequate use-of-force equipment and training.

The case, currently being heard

by Judge Leslie Jackson of the Provincial Court of New Brunswick, is largely focused on the failure of RCMP to arm its officers with carbine rifles, despite numerous reports and calls for precisely that in the years prior to the incident, and despite the fact that those rifles were approved for roll-out three years earlier.

The failure to do so had officers, armed with pistols and rifles, hopelessly under-equipped when up against Bourque and his semiautomatic rifle and 12-gauge shotgun.

The case is being prosecuted by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, the equivalent of our Office of the DPP. The prosecution follows a report by Employment and Social Development Canada, which is the equivalent of SafeWork SA. The report concluded that RCMP had violated health and safety laws by failing to adequately train and equip officers.

The prosecution alleges the inequity of equipment between the police and the offender was entirely predictable and avoidable.

Life on the front line, it could be argued, is now potentially more dangerous.

So the definition of what is appropriate PPE, such as stab-proof vests, must change also.

The state has presented numerous witnesses who have testified that RCMP was repeatedly told its officers needed better training and equipment in reports and inquiries. But RCMP was slow to act and delayed while budgetary concerns were given priority over officer safety.

The RCMP has pleaded not guilty to the charges and presented a defence. The decision to plead not guilty has been described by the Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada as surprising and horrifying.

The defence concluded with the evidence of now former commissioner Bob Paulson, who was asked whether he was “ready to take any responsibility for the deaths of those three officers”, to which he replied: “No.” That evidence and defence has generally been widely criticized by RCMP officers, and is despite many of the recommendations of earlier reports having finally been implemented after the 2014 shooting.

In many respects, the outcome of the prosecution is irrelevant in the sense that it will be decided on factual matters.

However, the legal precedent has been set. We now know that personal protective equipment (PPE) and training issues can arise in the context of a criminal prosecution of a police force by the state.

The legislation being used in Canada is similar to our laws here in Australia.

In theory, can Australian police forces be prosecuted under workplace health and safety law for failing to properly equip and train their officers? The short answer is yes.

This is of particular note in this age of terrorism. The conditions under which police fulfil their duties have changed.

Life on the front line, it could be argued, is now potentially more dangerous. So the definition of what is appropriate PPE, such as stab-proof vests, must change also.

Failure to change with the times, by any Australian police force, could bring about another tragedy – this time on our own shores.

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E Entertainment

Joe Wicks – The Body Coach: Cooking for Family & Friends

Joe Wicks Pan Macmillan Australia, RRP $44.99

Who said working out was all work and no play?

Eat more. Build muscle, burn fat, get social with bestselling author Joe Wicks.

Do you find it a trick to balance being healthy with cooking for a crowd? Bestselling author Joe Wicks, aka The Body Coach, presents more than 100 delicious and nutritious recipes that are perfect for sharing with the special people in your life.

Joe has helped hundreds of thousands of people to transform their bodies and feel amazing with his effective workouts and simple recipes.

Cooking for Family & Friends is a beautifully photographed collection of Joe’s easy favourites and crowd-pleasers such as roast chicken with celeriac mash and bacon greens, barbecue ribs with dirty corn, and Tandoori chicken thighs with chapattis.

Match Up

Lee Child Hachette Australia, RRP $29.99

Match Up pairs up 22 of your favourite crime writers and their iconic characters in this unique short-story collection.

The Assassin on the Bangkok Express Roland Perry Wild Dingo Press, RRP $29.95

The first book in this series, The Honourable Assassin, finishes with freelance secret agent Victor Cavalier wondering if his daughter – kidnapped by a notorious Mexican drug warlord – is still alive.

Now, in The Assassin on the Bangkok Express, Cavalier has heard that his daughter is alive but is a sex slave of the Mexican drug gang operating in the Golden Triangle.

Through his contacts, he manages to uncover the fact that the Mexicans plan to leave Thailand secretly in the next few days on the Bangkok Express, along with their accumulated fortunes from drugs and sex slave trafficking.

Their imminent departure is prompted by intel from their insider contacts that the Americans, led by the CIA and involving Navy SEALs, might be closing in on them.

Fearing that his daughter will be taken out of the country along with the booty, Cavalier makes plans to rescue her with whatever it takes.

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For the first time ever, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher will team up with Kathy Reichs’ Temperance Brennan to unmask a cunning killer.

Val McDermid’s Tony Hill and Carol Jordan work with Peter James’ Roy Grace on a very unusual murder case.

These are just some of the neverbefore-seen pairings in Match Up – a brand new collaboration between the world’s famous crime writers.

Edited by international bestseller Lee Child, this exclusive pageturning anthology promises the same thrills and chills of the previous collection, Face Off.

At First Light Vanessa Lafaye Hachette Australia, RRP $29.99

1993: After a Ku Klux Klan official is shot in broad daylight in Key West, Florida, all eyes turn to the person holding the gun: a 96-year-old Cuban woman who will say nothing except to admit her guilt.

1919: Mixed-race Alicia Cortez arrives in Key West exiled in disgrace from her family in Havana.

At the same time, damaged war hero John Morales returns home on the last US troop ship from Europe.

As love draws them closer in this time of racial segregation, people are watching, including Dwayne Campbell, poised on the brink of manhood and struggling to do what’s right.

And then the Ku Klux Klan comes to town.

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The Dark Side

Clive Small & Tom Gilling Allen & Unwin, RRP $29.99

Hooked on the limitless profits of the drug trade, organized crime has grown so powerful that it now poses a major threat to Australia’s national security.

Clive Small and Tom Gilling show how Australian crime gangs, in partnership with violent international syndicates, have exploited lax law enforcement and corruption on the nation’s waterfront to import narcotics on a vast scale from Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

The authors reveal for the first time the corrupt history of Mark Standen, the senior investigator at the New South Wales Crime Commission.

Standen’s conviction on drug importation charges sparked Australia’s biggest law enforcement crisis since the Wood royal commission.

In the process, Small and Gilling expose the cover-ups, strategic blunders and missed opportunities that continue to make Australia a soft target for internal drug traffickers.

Sons of God

Heath O’Loughlin Macmillan Australia, RRP $34.99

Siege? Bomb threat? Terrorist alert? Shooting spree? The Special Operations Group – the “Sons of God” – are who Australia turns to in times of extreme crisis.

The SOG’s mysterious methods, elite training and incredible bravery have made them the ultimate urban commando warriors in the war against violent crime and terrorism.

Sons of God details the birth of the SOG and revisits its most dramatic missions in chilling detail including the Port Arthur Massacre, the bombing of Victoria Police headquarters, a wild shoot-out with neo-Nazis and more.

All are told in the first-person by Sons of God who suited up, locked ’n’ loaded and somehow came out alive.

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Victoria & Abdul Season commences September 14

The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria’s remarkable rule.

When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favour with the Queen herself.

As the queen (Academy Award winner Judi Dench) questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy.

As the friendship deepens, the queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle Season commences September 21

When the Kingsman headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, their journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US called Statesman, dating back to the day they were both founded.

In a new adventure that tests their agents’ strength and wits to the limit, these two elite secret organizations band together to defeat a ruthless common enemy, in order to save the world, something that’s becoming a bit of a habit for Eggsy.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle stars Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Jeff Bridges, Channing Tatum, Halle Berry and Julianne Moore.

Blade Runner 2049

Season commences October 5

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret which has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos.

K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

The Killing Ground Season commences August 24

When young urbanites Ian and Sam decide to go camping, they arrive at their isolated destination to discover another tent already set up, but no sign of its owners.

With the other campers at large, Ian and Sam’s discovery of a child wandering alone sets off a terrifying chain of events that will push them to their limits – and beyond.

Directed by Damien Power, The Killing Ground stars Aaron Pedersen, Harriet Dyer, Ian Meadows and Aaron Glenane.

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2014 Koonowla Clare Valley Shiraz Screw cap 14.9% alc

A mild wettish winter followed by a very dry spring and summer with hot spells but no heat waves ripened the small crops quite quickly.

The colour is deep red with purple hues. There are hints of spice, tar, rich oak and ripe blackberry on the nose.

This wine has a flavoursome palate and good depth balanced with ripe acidity and fine tannins and a long juicy finish.

Koonowla Wines Auburn, South Australia www.koonowla.com

Ballerina-style shoot positioning and low crop levels, combined with terra rossa soils, give bunches that hang in dappled sunlight resulting in fully ripe fruit with woody hardened seeds.

The fruit was picked on March 25 de-stemmed and crushed and then fermented in Potter fermenters.

The ferment was kept cool and slow and it was two weeks until sugar dryness to extract maximum colour and flavour.

The wine was then pressed before being transferred to tank and malolactic fermentation was induced. The wine was then sulphured and put into French oak hogsheads for 18 months then minimally filtered at bottling.

2013 Koonowla Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Screw cap 13.5% alc

The Cabernet varietal characters in this wine are powerful and typical Clare. The colour is deep purple with red hues and the nose has herb tones with ripe berry fruit, lifted mulberry and plum pudding characters gently supported by rich oak and spice.

The palate is flavoursome, rich and long with fine tannins and balanced acidity.

A mild wettish winter followed by a very dry spring and summer with hot spells but no heat waves ripened the small crops quite quickly.

The fruit was picked in early March, de-stemmed and crushed before fermenting in Potter fermenters. The wine was fermented to sugar dryness.

The juice was racked and returned once a day for two weeks and then skins pressed before being transferred to barrel for several weeks where the wine was racked out of a barrel and malolactic fermentation was induced and retuned to oak.

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In Australia on this September day each year, the police family comes together to pay personal and professional tribute to its honoured fallen – some of whom served beside us.

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Mark Cook Bruce Edwards Paul Emery Darren Fechner Lloyd Parker Lyn Prescott Mark Renfrey Roger Sampson Graham Schaedel Brenton Tester Peter “Flip” Wilson Brian “Harry” Worth

Senior Sergeant Peter “Flip” Wilson

Detective Sergeant Brenton Tester

Comments…

“I thank the Police Association for its past efforts and for the battles yet to come.

“I retain a lifetime of memories and experiences. SAPOL’s greatest resource is its members and I am grateful for the friendships and camaraderie.

“I wish all friends and colleagues all the best for the future.”

Comments…

“I thank the association for its tireless efforts over the years.

“I wish all members of SAPOL the very best for the future and look forward to joining the many members who I worked with over the years and are already in retirement.”

Grenfell Street Operations 43 years’ service Last Day: 08.07.17

Sergeant Roger Sampson Sturt Police Station 47 years' service Last Day: 08.07.17

Comments…

“The Police Association is to be applauded for the support and assistance it provides its members.

“I thank everybody who has assisted me throughout my time in the job. The friendship and support given to me, particularly during some very daunting events over the years, was well received.

“For me, the good times far outweigh the bad and the memories of the job will remain with me forever.”

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Elizabeth Crime Management Unit 40 years’ service Last Day: 17.07.17

Senior Sergeant 1C Graham Schaedel Port Lincoln 42 years’ service

Last Day: 19.07.17

Comments…

“My thanks to Mark Carroll and the Police Association for its continued support over the past 42 years.

“I thank all those colleagues I have worked with during my time with SAPOL, especially those men and women on the Eyre Peninsula whom I have had the pleasure of working with for the past 30 years.

“Their camaraderie, assistance, friendship and, above all, humour, will be missed.

“It is now time to turn the page and commence another chapter.

“I wish everyone well for the future in what is becoming an increasingly difficult job.”

Senior Constable Bruce Edwards

Sergeant Paul Emery

Port Adelaide Patrols 43 years’ service Last Day: 01.08.17

Traffic Drug Testing Unit 38 years’ service Last Day: 19.09.2017 Comments…

“I have enjoyed most of my time with SAPOL but it is now time to jump ship and leave the benchmarks and organizational changes behind me.

“I will miss the camaraderie and friendships I have made over 38 years from a variety of workplaces, including B1 Division, Payneham, Holden Hill and Driver Drug Testing.

“I thank the Police Association for its successful EB negotiations and assistance to me and others over the years.

“My best wishes go out to all members and friends.”

Detective Sergeant Brian “Harry” Worth

Eastern Adelaide CIB 39 years’ service Last Day: 21.07.17 Comments…

“I thank the Police Association for its continued support of our members.

“I have enjoyed a fantastic career with SAPOL and worked with some amazing people.

“I wish all current members all the very best for the future.”

Senior Constable Mark Cook

Sturt Police Station 44 years’ service Last Day: 21.07.17 Comments…

“I have had a great many interesting and exciting adventures in all those days. The time has flown and I now stand at the doorway to the next part of my life.

“I thank all the members I have worked with in all my postings, particularly the old Sturt Enquiry Unit and Adelaide Youth Prosecution Unit who made my last months in SAPOL happy and enjoyable.

“I thank all Police Association staff for their hard work and dedication which has always been in the best interests of the membership.

“My wife Jenny served for eight years. I’m very proud of our 52-year contribution to policing in South Australia.”

Brevet Sergeant Darren Fechner

Central Crime Scene 30 years’ service Last Day: 31.08.17 Comments…

“I have spent 10 years on patrols at Port Adelaide and then 20 years with Forensic Services Branch.

“I thank the Police Association and all the people I have worked with over my career.”

Comments…

“I have served at Darlington, Port Augusta, Two Wells, Port Pirie, Adelaide and, for the past 16 years, at Port Adelaide patrols.

“I extend my gratitude and appreciation to those I have worked with over the years.

To those who continue to serve in SAPOL I wish you all the best for the future.”

Senior Constable Lyn Prescott (Née Beauchamp)

Hills Fleurieu Criminal Justice 30 years’ service Last Day: 19.07.17 Comments…

“I thank each and every one who I have worked with over my 30 years with SAPOL for their part in moulding me to be the person I am.

“I have made some lifelong friends, touched many lives and been touched by many people over the years.

“I especially thank my husband (a serving member) who not only looked after me when we worked together on the road in the ’90s but has been my rock throughout my career.

“I ‘retire’ now to spend more time in my own business and wish everyone the very best; and please stay safe out there.

“Thank you to the Police Association for its efforts in looking after our pay and conditions over the years.”

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Driver Training Team 36 years’ service Last Day: 21.07.17 Comments…

“I thank the Police Association for its tireless efforts which have, over the years, substantially improved members pay and conditions.

“I have worked with many wonderful, professional people whose humour, friendship and camaraderie have contributed to an enjoyable career and countless memories.

“I thank my wife and family for all their support throughout my career. Their support made the job a lot easier.”

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“I sincerely thank the association for its endeavours to support and protect its members. I am confident that the present committee and staff will continue their tireless efforts for the benefits of members.

“I have had the pleasure of working with some great people in great locations, leaving me with fond memories.

“My thanks also to my wife, Ainsley, and my children for their support as we moved to remote and country stations around the state.”

Change of Address The Police Association of South Australia needs your change-­of-address details.

If you have moved, in either the recent or distant past, please let the association know your new address. Its office does not receive notification of changed addresses by any other means.

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• Symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis.

• Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in adults.

• Symptom control in palliative care.

If a patient has a medical prescription, the doctor and pharmacist need to be registered as prescribing that drug.

As well, the doctor needs to be able to prove to regulators that the patient has tried all conventional treatments available and that they have failed, or the conventional treatment causes intolerable side effects.

The doctor also needs to provide evidence that a specific type of medicinal cannabis product is safe and effective for the particular condition or symptoms.

There is still a lot to be learned about the place of medical marijuana (medicinal cannabis) in Australia.

The present regulations and level of proof will mean its use in Australia will gradually increase and any person who claims he or she is using it for medical reasons should be able to provide documentation of his or her prescriptions and medical conditions.

This is no reason for people to behave badly or drive recklessly claiming the prescription as their excuse.

The association will need your new address, full name, ID number, telephone numbers (home, work and/or mobile).

Members can e-mail these details to the association on pasa@pasa.asn.au or send them by letter through dispatch (168).

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6: Frank Toner and Joseph Gallina 7: Andrew Speck, Stephen Daviess and Christopher Hare 8: Ashley Lange, Andrew Minnis and David Wardrop 9: Brian Swan, Peter Anderson, Jack Brennan and Michael Cornish 10: Kimberley Casey, John Fassbender, Sharon Fassbender 11: Norman Elliott, Roman Pomazak, Geoffrey Cooling, Alan Orchard 12: Kerin Sava, Luke and Katie Day and Ron Sava 13: Jillian Pearce, John Fassbender, Rosalie De Lurant, Stephen Lawless and Krystan Rodrigues August 2017

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(Communications Centre) and Spiny Leaf Insects (aka giant prickly stick insects)

The dog takes a great interest in watching them crawl around if let out but hasn’t been game enough to come within touching distance – yet.

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Stick insects became part of her family two years ago and, now, she simply would not be without Big Mumma and the boys.

A school-teacher friend of mine had too many of her own insects and so gave me a few. That was two years ago and I wouldn’t think of not having them now. They start as tiny nymphs that look like redheaded ants and then moult out of their skins. They’re a talking point among family and friends who are curious and adventurous enough to have a hold.

They’re definitely sociable creatures, some more than others.

Some happily reach out to be picked up and held, while others flutter away and try to hide. Big Mumma has very sharp spines on her underbelly which can cause a bit of pain when walking across your hand.

The males are much slimmer and more agile and end up venturing to wherever they can climb and fly.

The first time one decided to take a maiden flight was a memorable incident. My husband isn’t fond of flying creatures and this one insect made a beeline for his head. It ended up perched on the top of a door frame and my husband ended up across the other side of the room in record time.

Mostly they stay in their enclosure and have an easy life of eating and sleeping. They do get adventurous and go exploring when I change the leaves and clean their enclosure once a week. Some take that chance to go for a quick flutter around the room or climb the walls or furniture. If they feel threatened, they sway from side to side, mimicking a leaf in the wind.

They’re not the nicest looking insects in the world but they’re resilient and extremely low maintenance. They require a mist of water from a spray bottle once a day, and replacement eucalyptus leaves once a week. The enclosure takes about five minutes to clean and, apart from the initial set-up cost, there’s no real ongoing cost in maintaining them.

Along with the insects, I own a dog and a cat which are both pretty laid-back animals. Generally, they all get along. The cat did try to eat an insect once but quickly gave up when it fluttered about and flew out of reach. The dog takes a great interest in watching them crawl around if let out but hasn’t been game enough to come within touching distance – yet.

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