Southern Peninsula News 15 February 2022

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Dancers ‘home’ to perform YOUNG dancers from a non-profit Mornington Peninsula-based company have been entertaining audiences far and wide. Dancer choreographer Alexandra Dellaportas, who was 18 when she started Spark Productions seven years ago, is helping young people build on their passions for dance and the arts. The company, which has spent the past few weeks taking its latest production Snow and Rose around regional Victoria, is performing in Frankston on Thursday (17 February). Dellaportas said the show had been cancelled five times due to COVID and the company was excited to be able to perform it closer to home. “We took the show to Ballarat, and Shepparton last weekend, and now we are so happy to be able to bring it to Frankston Arts Centre,” she said. Snow and Rose is based on the fairytale Snow White and Rose Red that, through the lives of two sisters, explores familial relationships, coping with emotions and self-esteem issues. The company has had difficulty finding rehearsal spaces due to COVID and is appealing for donations to help keep its programs running. Individuals or companies that can help should contact admin@sparkyouthdance.com. au Liz Bell

SADDIE Russo (Rose) and Pippa Hemmingway (Snow) perfoprm in Spark Productions’ Snow and Rose. Picture: Yanni

Call for inquiry into trust ‘approvals’ Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au THE Victorian Governor Linda Dessau has been asked to investigate the “due process failings” of state government departments involved in approving appointments to the Bass Park Trust. Although no longer Mornington Peninsula Shire’s chosen representative on the trust, Cr David Gill never received approval from the Governor in Council during the four consecutive

years he held that position. His place on the trust was filled last June by the now mayor, Cr Anthony Marsh, although Cr Gill is still invited to attend meetings by the trust (“Trust says ‘no’ to council’s chosen delegate” The News 15/6/21). Cr Marsh said on Friday that he thought it “inappropriate and unnecessary” for Cr Gill to write to Ms Dessau as he was not the shire’s “appointee or mayor”. He said Cr Gill had not told him about the letter to Ms Dessau.

“I have been informed by the office of [Energy, Environment and Climate Change Minister] Lily D’Ambrosio [my] appointment has been signed off by the minister. I do not believe it has been signed off by the premier [Daniel Andrews] or governor at this stage,” Cr Marsh said. “While it would have been great to have had the appointment ratified by now, I suspect it’s a relatively low priority for the premier and governor (“Marsh ‘excited’ by trust ‘progress’” The News 26/7/21).”

In his letter to the governor Cr Gill said most people “elected or appointed” to the trust “have waited years for your approval”. He said the trust — which “looks after” land donated by the public nearly a century ago, including Flinders Golf Course and yacht club — was one of three community committees on the peninsula that needed the Governor in Council to ratify appointments. “Relevant ministers, Department of Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP) and the local MP have

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allowed these appointments to stay in limbo for up to 10 years, resulting in legal issues for the committee,” Cr Gill stated. “Could you please investigate, as this should have been a simple administrative procedure of DELWP forwarding names to you after finalising propriety checks? “After all, the representatives are publicly elected excluding the local councillor representing [the shire] and two representatives from the golf course.” Continued Page 3


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