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Tootgarook fire a ‘crime scene’ POLICE established a crime scene around a house fire at Tootgarook, on Sunday 15 August. Emergency services were called to the blaze in Hillcrest Drive about 5pm.

The fire was said to have “extensively damaged two houses” in the street before being extinguished by CFA units. Police said the occupants of both houses escaped uninjured.

The exact circumstances of the fire are yet to be determined. Detectives from Somerville CIU were awaiting a fire investigator when contacted on Monday.

Anyone who saw the fire or with who has information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or make a report at crimestoppersvic. com.au

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Mayor calls for end to lockdown Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council has asked the Premier Daniel Andrews to exclude the peninsula from the Melbourne metropolitan lockdown.

The mayor Cr Despi O’Connor said the region had no active COVID-19 cases and had experienced only one case in the past 10 months.

“We asked the government to consider releasing us,” she said. “It was not a demand; we are just asking for consideration.”

One day after the premier was asked

by Cr O’Connor to consider the peninsula as being special when it came to lockdowns, police blocked off Tower Road, Mount Eliza to stop people at-

tending a “party” in adjoining Clarendon Drive (“Police turn away partygoers” Page 8).

They were also busy booking surfers in Western Port for driving more than five kilometres from their homes in contravention of the stage 4 regulations.

Commentators on social media were quick to point out that peninsula people “don’t act differently” to any others.

In a letter sent on Friday 13 August Cr O’Connor urges the state government to take a “more tailored approach” to easing restrictions on the peninsula to “reduce the negative impact on the personal, social and economic hardship faced by our community; keep our residents safe; give our businesses a much needed boost

to start operating again and allow our community the freedoms offered to regional Victorians”.

She says using the metropolitan Melbourne administrative boundary to control the spread of a pandemic “does not appear to be based on current health indicators as illustrated when comparing the Mornington Peninsula Shire with regions such as the City of Greater Geelong”.

Geelong had reduced restrictions last week due to its classification as a region, despite having active cases.

The letter urged Mr Andrews to approach restrictions in the shire in a “more sophisticated manner based on current health indicators across our local government area, not an administrative boundary that has no direct link

to the spread of this pandemic”.

“This will limit the unnecessary suffering caused across our community resulting from COVID-19 restrictions at times when there are no active cases,” Cr O’Connor said.

“We look forward to working with you and the health department to achieve optimal vaccination rates and the best health outcomes for our community in the face of these challenges and work towards a future when these restrictions are rendered unnecessary.”

Cr O’Connor said the decision to write the letter was “not an easy one”.

“It took perhaps 24 hours for us to agree on the wording. It was tricky, but our community has called on us to ask and so we have.”

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showed that more than half (50.3 per cent) of peninsula residents aged over 15 had received their first jab and that almost a quarter (24.2 per cent) had received both jabs.

Nepean MP Chris Brayne said the peninsula was included in the lockdown “due to [it] being highly interconnected with Melbourne”.

“If Frankston is in lockdown because of the potential spread, then the peninsula will be in lockdown,” he said.

“However, three states of Australia plus the ACT having lockdown restrictions right now isn’t a tragic coincidence.

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AGL allies at odds over charity laws Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au TWO of the Mornington Peninsula’s most prominent environment groups fear changes to federal government regulations will have a punitive backlash on the type of actions they successfully used to stop AGL’s plans for a gas import terminal at Crib Point.

Changes to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act give the charities commissioner, Gary Johns the power to shut down charities for breaching the Act or for suspecting that a breach might occur.

Save Westernport’s secretary Julia Stockigt and the secretary of Westernport Peninsula Protection Council Sandra Milne have asked Flinders MP Greg Hunt “to do everything in your considerable power” to stop changes to the charity laws that could see proceedings taken against registered charities “for the most inconsequential or unintentional perceived offences, such as inadvertently blocking a footpath”.

The two secretaries fear “some of the more enthusiastic actions of our members … could see our sister charity organisations [which have collaborated with Save Westernport and the WPPC] deregistered, even where those actions occurred without the endorsement or knowledge of the organisation”.

Mr Hunt, the Minister for Health and Aged Care, who joined the two community groups in opposing AGL at Crib Point, said the charity laws were being strengthened “to ensure

ENVIRONMENT groups fear footpath-blocking protest like this one in Spring Street, Melbourne could lead to the federal government deregistering aligned charity groups. Picture: Julian Meehan that Australian charities that engage in or use their resources to actively promote unlawful behaviour face enforcement action”.

“Charities that engage in unlawful activities such as vandalism, trespassing and assault undermines public trust and confidence in the charities sector,” Mr Hunt told The News.

“Australians are incredibly generous through their support and donations

and expect that a charity’s resources are directed towards charitable works.

“These regulations ensure charities doing the wrong thing, including actively promoting illegal activities, can be stripped of tax concession and other benefits.”

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“If enacted, the proposed regulations have the capacity to profoundly disadvantage community based, not-for-profit groups and charitable organisations, threatening them with reprimand and even deregistration for the most inconsequential or unintentional perceived offences, such as

inadvertently blocking a footpath,” the secretaries said.

“We are deeply concerned that under the proposed changes to the regulations, some of the more enthusiastic actions of our members, or of those merely associated with the groups that collaborated during this necessary campaign, could see our sister charity organisations deregistered, even where those actions occurred without the endorsement or knowledge of the organisation.

“The regulations would deliver an onerous and thoroughly undemocratic impact to community-based organisations.”

They quoted Community Council of Australia chair, Tim Costello as saying: “Giving the charities commissioner powers to shutter a charity for a minor offence by a member is the equivalent of the electoral commissioner having the discretion to deregister the Liberal Party because a party member damages someone’s lawn when putting up a sign.”

The secretaries said the federal government had previously committed itself to reducing red tape, but the changes to the charity laws were “a far cry from that aim”.

“Adequate laws and regulations already exist to respond to any legitimate breaches of the Act.” The secretaries said they were writing on behalf of Phillip Island Conservation Society, Southern Peninsula Indigenous Flora and Fauna Network, Save Western Port Woodlands, Save Arthurs Seat, Preserve Westernport and Peninsula Preservation Group.

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Red tape crushes a ‘community’ garden Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au A GARDEN at Balnarring where residents could pick their own vegetables, chat with neighbours and learn about plants is no more thanks to council red tape.

The garden, along the fence line in a public walkway between properties on Wattle Street, was the handiwork of 82-year-old Greg Merlo who looked after it like his own but was always happy to share its bountiful produce.

He and his wife Anna twice a week cooked up pasta for their eight to 10 mainly elderly neighbours from the garden’s tomatoes, eggplants and zucchinis.

“It was something that drew the community together,” said Mr Merlo, who before his retirement was principal of Westpark Primary School at Hastings.

“I spent much of last year leaning on a shovel talking to people.”

He said the garden “grew by suggestion” with neighbours adding their ideas and helping with the chores and picking what they wanted. It produced 20 pumpkins last year and even had a fig tree.

“The local joke was somebody telling me they had taken all my figs,” Mr Merlo said, adding that the vegetables were complemented by a variety of flowers.

“I’d go outside and it would take me two hours to come back inside. Everyone wanted to have a chat and learn about gardening and, of course, pick some vegetables.

“I had hoped to create plots for kids in the area to learn about plants and their care.”

A bout of septicaemia put Mr Merlo in hospital towards the end of last year and reduced outdoor activities.

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court, backs onto an arterial road and is a reserve set aside for drainage,” he said.

“No fines have been issued … but [they] have agreed to remove the infrastructure they’ve put in place by the end of winter.”

Mr Maynard said growing and sharing fruit and vegetables was a “wonderful thing that strengthens community connections”.

“We have a range of policies and community information kits to encourage this practice and have a policy of issuing permits to householders wishing to plant on their nature strip,” he said.

“We are keen to work with the couple and the broader Balnarring community to gauge the level of interest in establishing a community garden in a more appropriate location.”

the way for street gardens in suitable locations despite them being a “vexed issue”.

“Quite a few people spoke to me about how they supported the garden and I agree with them,” he said.

“We should be encouraging people to do this type of thing. If there’s a policy saying it is not allowed, then we should be changing the policy.

“However, once someone makes a complaint the council has to act on it.”

The shire’s community safety and compliance manager Shannon Maynard acknowledged the Merlos grew the fruit and vegetables with the “best intentions” but that “concerns … had been raised by several nearby residents”.

“The location is inappropriate for a community garden as it’s at the end of a small residential

because, despite the garden looking “absolutely lovely last October”, the winds of officialdom were about to blow it away.

Mr Merlo said a council officer knocked on his door and told him the garden was illegal and had to go or he would face a $2400 fine.

“The next minute, a man arrived with a rotary hoe and set to work and now it is gone,” he said.

“I was hanging out hoping something could be done, but I haven’t fought it too hard as I have been sick.

“However, I really would have loved to have been able to wait until spring.”

Neighbours said Crs David Gill and Antonella Celi had supported the garden as a way of productively bringing the community together.

Cr Gill said he favoured a policy opening

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Seek the truth about vaccines from doctors, not ‘know-it-alls’

By Cameron McCullough A FRIEND of mine sent me a text message asking if I’d had any adverse reaction to the vaccine.

“I didn’t,” I typed. “But since getting it, I have been able to speak fluent Pirahã, which I’m told is the native language of a near-extinct tribe living in the Amazon basin”.

My friend replied with a “thumbs up”.

He didn’t seem to think it odd that I had become instantly bilingual with an exotic language spoken by only a few hundred rainforest dwelling hunters in Brazil. That, it seems, was plausible.

You see, in this Year of Our Lord 2021, almost anything is believable.

Indeed, the bigger the lie, the better.

Recently I watched an interview with Martin Baron, the outgoing editor of the respected Washington Post (Married at First Sight must not have been on). Asked what had changed in the 20 years he had been in the job, he replied: “When I started, people wanted information; now they just want affirmation.”

People have their own set of views, garnered from social media, their uneducated but loud speaking friends, or the back of a sauce bottle. They won’t budge and only seek information that reinforces their existing beliefs.

Many of these people are members of Generation S, which I have coined to represent the man-bunned baristas and young tradies that gather under the clocks at Flinders Street Station protesting against lockdowns while spending their days behaving in a rule-flouting manner that prolong the lockdowns. The S stands for selfish.

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Generation S, providing a platform for their entitled views on individual rights, while ignoring the right of others to be protected from those same rule-flouting individuals. But it has been a bad week for RDA. It has been permanently banned from Facebook for spreading erroneous coronavirus information. It has even resorted to selling off propaganda stickers on eBay for just $7 for a pack of 75. On the plus side the eBay account has 100 per cent positive feedback.

The “truth” about vaccine deaths is a prime example of the narrative being pushed by RDA and Generation S. The Therapeutic Goods Administration produces a weekly report on the vaccine. Last week’s report stated that 447 Australian had died after being vaccinated. This is the point where the man-bunned baristas, young tradies and market gardeners hit Facebook with their outrage and start organising another protest.

“This vaccine is killing us!” They fail to read the beginning of the very same sentence that states that the

TGA has investigated these cases and found just seven deaths are linked to vaccines. Seven out of the 8,255,473 vaccines administered.

The 447 who died after being vaccinated included those who died from pre-existing illness, old age, being struck by lightning, or from being forced to watch Married At First Sight. Simply, they have died after the vaccine, not because of the vaccine.

“It is a government cover-up!” scream the man-bunned baristas, young tradies, market gardeners and the kebab shop owner with perfectly manicured facial hair as he stands with fellow protestors looking for a police horse to punch.

Surely, in “How to suppress Democracy 101” they would teach that you’d be better off just keeping the 447 number quiet rather than providing it and lying about the seven.

I feel a need to get to the point. I have had my two jabs. So has every eligible member of my extended family. So have most of the staff of this esteemed publication. I am damn keen to get this behind us. To do this, we need many more people vaccinated and I encourage you to do it. Don’t delay. Do it this week.

Please, don’t take the word of the man-bunned baristas, young tradies, market gardeners and the kebab shop owner looking for a police horse to punch. Don’t take the word of the family member or friends trying to pressure you to not get vaccinated.

Don’t even take my word for it. I’m just a middle-aged guy who often forgets to put the bins out.

Talk to your doctor. Have the talk this week. And trust what you hear.

Doctors are, after all, qualified to provide you with the truth.

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Peninsula a ‘pretend’ metro area — MP Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au THE state opposition has told the government to “stop pretending” the Mornington Peninsula is part of metropolitan Melbourne.

Mornington MP David Morris criticised the Premier Daniel Andrews in parliament for avoiding repeated demands to reclassify the peninsula as regional.

“The fact that the premier was not prepared to address the issue directly makes it clear that there is no justification for the current situation,” Mr Morris said. “The response confirms that this is nothing more than a bureaucratic convenience.

“The peninsula is not an extension of the metropolitan area. The standard of government services on the Mornington Peninsula is not up to metropolitan standards. It is not now, and it never has been.

“The interests of the peninsula are complementary to the metropolitan area, but there are significant differences. It is time those differences were recognised, and it is time the government stopped hiding behind the status quo and started addressing the need for change.”

Mornington Peninsula Shire wants the municipality to be classified as peri-regional, giving it a half-way distinction so it can receive the benefits of being regional and metropolitan (“Shire seeks metro breaks with benefits” The News 2/8/21).

Cr Steve Holland said regionalisation had been a longstanding issue on the peninsula

“since well before the pandemic”.

He had earlier asked on Facebook: “Should the Mornington Peninsula receive the same regional classification as Greater Geelong?

Should lockdowns be more targeted?” “[The questions] received a huge response,” Cr Holland told The News. “The results, as at the time of writing, are 1418 yes and 77 no. This is quite staggering at almost a 18:1 ratio and climbing every minute.”

Cr Holland said social media was a “crude tool to gain quick feedback but, in this case, there’s no denying the overwhelming view of residents”.

“Regardless of one’s view about our classification or how it corresponds to COVID-19 lockdowns, if the state government continues to classify us as metropolitan then it’s reasonable to expect a level of infrastructure funding commensurate with that classification.

“Unfortunately, Labor MP Chris Brayne [Nepean] has been completely silent. He needs to step up and make sure the peninsula is getting its fair share.”

In response, Mr Brayne said: “Cr Holland has not picked up the phone once to speak to me about these issues. I urge him to put aside his political self-interest and talk to me one-on-one on how we can improve the peninsula.

“I ran for Nepean in 2018 because the peninsula wasn’t getting its fair share … finally, Rosebud Primary, Rosebud Secondary and Dromana Primary are getting rebuilt and our buses are getting improved. There remains so much more to do.”

Business backs ‘region’ THE designation of the Mornington Peninsula as regional rather than metropolitan is a priority of the Committee for Mornington Peninsula.

“It is very confusing to industry on the peninsula that we are included in metropolitan Melbourne, yet Geelong isn’t,” board member Shannon Smit said.

“Greater Geelong has a population of 252,000 and is 79 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD and the peninsula’s population is 165,800 and it is 70 kilometres from the CBD, so it doesn’t appear that the rules are being applied fairly.”

Mr Smit said regional Victoria had access to a range of state government initiatives through agencies such as Regional Development Victoria.

These include reductions in payroll tax, land tax, and access to the $500 million Regional Jobs and Infrastructure Fund to help overcome the challenges of living and working outside of urban areas.

She said peninsula residents and businesses faced all the challenges of a regional community, without access to finance and support received by regional areas.

Mr Smit said that committee believed designating the peninsula “regional” would “open up many opportunities currently denied to this community”.

“We keep hearing time and time again that local employment, access to education and services and the opportunity for local businesses to compete, is being hindered by the peninsula being lumped in with metropolitan Melbourne,” she said.

“Not being designated regional is harming our capacity to provide meaningful jobs, ensure reasonable access to post-secondary education opportunities and to secure government support for key services, project funding and government program eligibility.”

The committee says 125 responses to a survey of “local issues” found that 92 per cent supported the push to make the peninsula regional.

Mr Smit said the committee would be “seeking to meet with all levels of government to present a case for a change in the [peninsula’s] status”.

Teens target boy in robbery attempt A 10-YEAR-OLD boy waiting for a friend was the victim of an attempted armed robbery at Mount Eliza earlier this month.

The boy was standing on his own at the Bruce Cameron Reserve, Bethanga Street, when three males described as being in their late teens pulled up in a grey VW, 2pm, Friday 6 August.

They approached the boy, who was near the rear of the pre-school, and demanded money.

While patting him down one of the teenagers produced a folding knife.

When they realised the boy had nothing of value in his pockets, they pushed him and drove off.

Detective Senior Constable Peter Tyler, of Somerville CIU, said the boy was “upset” over the incident and ran home to tell his parents.

Detective Tyler said he had checked neighbouring properties for CCTV footage without success. “We are appealing for anyone in the area who saw anything to contact us on 5978 1400,” he said.

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NEWS DESK Working lunch: Members of Peninsula Business Networking at their 4 August lunch are, from left, Nathan Rayner, Teresa Westgarth, Adrian Raftery, Kylie Raftery, Eric Staplies. Pictures: Supplied

Networking for business DESPITE small businesses being hit hard, membership of Peninsula Business Networking has doubled during the COVID crisis.

The not-for-profit group’s events coordinator Kathy Edwards said the increase in numbers was due to “an influx of new start-ups on the Mornington Peninsula and established business owners wishing to extend their business relationships circles and open opportunities to attract more clients”.

There were 36 members at the PBN lunch, at Red Gum Barbecue, Red Hill on Wednesday 4 August.

“The event was part of PBN’s monthly events available for any small to medium sized business owners on the peninsula or organisations supporting small business,” Ms Edwards said.

Volunteers on the PBN committee “who are passionate about supporting local businesses” are president Merrin Munroe, secretary Rondelle Douglas, membership Nathan Rayner, treasurer Melissa McKean, Fausto Sinni and Ms Edwards.

“The idea is to have a forum where likeminded business owners can get together support each other, cross promote and open new opportunities for their business,” Ms Edwards said.

Holding events at different locations gave business owners the chance to “attend multiple events and showcase our beautiful region”.

Ms Edwards guest speakers were at breakfasts and lunches while evening events were for networking.

The next event will be a lunch on Wednesday 15 September at two venues in Sorrento: Ocean Beach Pavilion and Carmel at Sorrento.

PBN membership is $75 a year (corporate $500), details: members.peninsulabusinessnetwork.org.au/

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POLICE closed a 100-guest house party in Mount Eliza on Saturday and spent much of the day patrolling surrounding streets turning potential guests away.

Sergeant Daniel Patton, of Mornington police, said sound and stage equipment for the illegal gathering had been set up at the private house in Clendon Close, off Tower Road, on Saturday 14 August.

The house backs onto the Mt Eliza Ashram, in Tower Road, and it is believed guests had been instructed to park in that property’s car park.

After hearing about the proposed party on Friday night, police began their patrols early on Saturday as guests began arriving and “turned away lots of cars”.

Around 10 invitees were issued $200 fines for not wearing face masks and a “couple of people” fined $1817 for being beyond their five kilometre limit. All were then turned away.

The homeowner, 44, was fined $200 for failing to wear a face mask and is being investigated for the more serious charge of refusing to comply with a direction requirement which carries an $1817 fine.

“Police were there all day,” Sergeant Patton said. “At least half a dozen were there for their entire shift and had blocked off all areas where party-goers could have been expected to park.”

Sergeant Patton said the host was a “known agitator and protester” against COVID-19 restrictions.

Coincidentally, ashram followers were being urged on Saturday night to join an online celebration of Divya Diksha.

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Ash eyes ‘next level’ in AFLW BELEURA Junior Football Club is celebrating its first AFLW signing.

Under-18 Ash Richards was snapped up by St Kilda with pick 12 in the recent AFLW draft.

The Saints had noted her versatility in the midfield and up forward, as well as her athleticism and ability to find the goals.

Growing up as an avid Geelong supporter, Richards began at Beleura as a 13-year-old. Her football skills developed further each season, resulting in her being selected in inter-league, V/ Line Cup, Dandenong Stingrays and Vic Country squads.

This season she co-captained Dandenong Stingrays and, at the end of the girls’ NAB League season, was invited to play with Port Melbourne’s VFLW side. In the lead up to the draft she impressed recruiters in her four games with Port and three solid performances for Vic Country in the NAB AFLW National Championships.

Juggling year 12 and footy commitments has been a challenge and Richards says she plans to take a gap year next year so she can focus purely on footy. “I’ve already noticed it’s another level up,” she said of settling into St Kilda. “VFL was next level to Stingrays and this is another level again. It’s hard, but it’ll be worth it. It’ll just help make me better.”

Beleura was one of the first clubs on the Mornington Peninsula to field all-girls’ teams and the club continues to have a strong female footy program with players from under-10s through to under-18s, including several potential AFLW draftees.

“We’re so proud that Ash started her footy at Beleura and has worked her way through to the big time, club president Aaron Brew said. “To us, she’ll always be a Beleura girl. We hope she can find the time to come down and run some drills with the younger girls.

“To have an AFLW player picked from your club, that’s pretty inspiring for our young footballers.”

Although the home and away season has only just finished, Beleura is already looking ahead to 2022.

“We’ll be doing a bit in the off season as we know a lot of kids have missed out on a lot of footy through COVID,” Brew said.

Anyone interested in playing at Beleura next season can get in touch via the club’s Facebook page or email president@ beleurasports.com Stephen Taylor

Energy advice A FREE webinar by Mornington Peninsula Shire Council will cover the benefits of hot water heat pumps and reverse cycle air conditioners.

The shire says replacing a conventional electric hot water system with a hot water heat pump could save a typical family up to 70 per cent in running costs. Savings of up to 55 per cent could be made by replacing a gas storage hot water system.

The webinar – 12pm-1pm, Thursday 19 August – complements the shire’s solar and energy bulk buy program offering discounts on appliances and free and tailored advice on products suitable for a range of homes and budgets.

The aim is to make houses more energy efficient, comfortable and cost-effective to run.

The webinar will give an overview of the council’s bulk buy program being run in conjunction with the Australian Energy Foundation and product supplier RMS Heating and Cooling.

Register: mps-bulk-buy-hwhp-rcac.eventbrite. com.au For more information call the Australian Energy Foundation: 1300 236 855, or visit mornpen. vic.gov.au/bulkbuy or aef.com.au/mps-bulk-buy/

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Drawing conclusions over quarry for 50 years ARTIST Sharyn Madder turned back the clock recently to recall an anxious moment more than 50 years ago.

At the time the Frankston student was so horrified by plans for a quarry on Arthurs Seat that she drew a cartoon, right, that was published in the The Frankston Standard.

“I only remembered the cartoon when going through my mum's clippings,” Madder, who has kept her passion for nature as an artist who specialises in environmental education to teach children about conservation, said.

She says the cartoon is relevant as the Ross Trust, owner of Hillview Quarries, is proposing a new, larger “Botanic Gardens-sized” quarry on Arthurs Seat.

“The quarry will be 800 metres from Red Hill Con-

solidated School and will destroy pristine bushland that’s home to koalas and threatened and endangered species,” Madder said.

“When the proposal came out I just couldn't believe we were back here again.

“After more than 50 years it seems we haven’t moved on much and we aren’t valuing the environment more.”

Madder went back to the drawing board to pen a new cartoon, left, depicting the Ross Trust’s plans.

“I hope the cartoon will help people understand what they are going to lose if this quarry goes ahead, and how important it is to protect the little pockets of bushland that remain down here,” she said.

“People are busy going about their lives and not paying too much attention until it’s too late.”

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IT is lockdown No.6 and one year since Hastings-based photographer Celia Furt warned against feeding junk food to birds.

Furt was out with her camera again last week to show that not much has changed.

“The photos tell the same story as last year: people during lockdown feeding junk food to the pelicans and seagulls,” she said.

“However, the difference is that last year the signs weren't up as the fishing pier at Hastings was in the middle of being rebuilt and was closed off to the public.

“Despite the signs, people are careless, they are still feeding human food to the birds.

“I know that it feels like fun raising such a feeding frenzy among the birds but, at the end of the day, people are just poisoning them. Birds cannot digest bread, fries, pizza and whatever else people are feeding them.

“The food birds cannot digest gets stuck in their throats and crops, and they die a terrible death.

“Birds can literally fall from the sky.”

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LETTERS

Letters - 300 words maximum and including full name, address and contact number - can be sent to The News, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or emailed to: team@mpnews.com.au

Banned for speaking out about animal neglect Mornington Peninsula Shire loves to silence people who speak out about their animal shelter.

I was a volunteer at [the Mornington] animal shelter and was banned from working there because I spoke out about the neglect of the animals in its care.

I currently post the animals for adoption and those that are impounded, and I have also set up a cheap pet desexing and microchipping program for financially disadvantaged residents.

In its domestic animals’ management plan, the shire promised these initiatives, but of course nothing has happened.

Surely these are jobs the paid council staff should be doing with the money they make from our pet registrations, impound fees, release fees and pet fines.

Due to speaking out about the pound, the shire has now banned me from its Facebook page, which I can no longer see online or comment on.

I have been abused by council staff and their friends and relatives on Facebook many times.

Screen shots of this abuse were sent to the CEO and the mayor, but I have not received any response, despite this council having an employee code of conduct.

This council has also denied me the right to speak for three minutes at a council meeting, which is allowed at many other councils.

Trying to gain access to this ratepayer pound is almost impossible, when looking for your lost pet. They will cite COVID (even when not in lockdown, and the libraries and service centres are open) and quarantine, to not let you in to check if your lost pet is impounded. Isn’t the role of a shelter to reunite pets with owners and to re-home unclaimed pets?

The shire should hold its head in shame.

Rosy Fischer, Mornington

Making headlines Cr Anthony Marsh is not backward in putting himself forward. In his first term in office he has managed to be a headline act in our local paper on at least four occasions.

An urgent motion to have our Lord’s Prayer removed from council meetings (“God struck off agenda” The News 12/7/21).

Councillors approved an $8000 director’s course for Cr Marsh.

Cr Marsh nominates himself as council delegate on the Bass Park Trust, where apparently, he is not wanted.

Cr Marsh nominates himself as small business champion.

At the most recent council meeting in July, he is quoted as saying “it was unfortunate that the tensions are targeted at me. I don’t get what the problem is” (“Champion’ for small business” The News 10/8/21).

Perhaps therein lays the answer. The fact is, as a new kid on the block, he has yet to prove his ability to his peers and to the constituents he represents, which is why his qualifications for his latest role were called into question, no doubt resulting in a tense council meeting.

It is one thing to be ambitious and another to have your ambitions accepted by all. Councillors may well be looking over their shoulders to see “what next”.

Beverley Treloar, Mornington

Challenge plan Is the Mornington Peninsula Shire completely out of touch with the majority of residents in proposing a significant and life changing planning amendment: Planning Scheme Amendment C219morn?

As everyone I have spoken to is horrified to learn of this proposed planning amendment especially the proposed 23 per cent increase in population and multi-storey unit developments along the Port Philip coastline.

The current infrastructure - space on beaches, narrow one to two-lane lane road, lack of parking - cannot handle the current population, especially in the summer and holiday times.

I urge every resident to object to [the planning amendment] otherwise, if such amendment proceeds in its current form, the peninsula will soon be suburbia and changed forever.

Rowan Clark, Mount Eliza

Gold standard Those magical (and legal) 120 minutes of getting out of the house to exercise are like gold for many of us trapped down on the ‘Ninch.

But now, someone down here rightly deserves a huge pat on the back and some media recognition. Hell, even a gold medal. No, they’re not a local champion from the Tokyo Olympics, although having recently watching our Aussies was another welcome relief and distraction from lockdown.

I don’t know who exactly should get this medal, but they have certainly put a smile on the faces of hundreds of peninsula locals. Their achievement? The resurfacing of our beloved (but often maligned) Bay Trail.

Finally, the Tootgarook to Rye section of this shared pathway has received some overdue love, attention and investment.

No longer a risky venture with wide cracks, exposed tree roots, crumbling edges, but now a delightful asphalt avenue to appreciate as we can roll, walk and glide our way to two hours of pure escapism from our locked down abodes.

Do yourself a favour people, head out and celebrate this now magnificent, beautifully resurfaced trail but, more importantly, let’s find out just who deserves some credit. Peninsularians(?) all want to show their thanks.

Dan Mason, Tootgarook

Footpath fail There are no footpaths on either side of Nepean highway to get to shops or recreational walking from Dromana holiday village.

I have seen young mums with prams and elderly people with walking frames having to walk in the bicycle lane.

I was walking in the bike lane and a police van pulled up and asked me to please not walk there as it is dangerous.

I have contacted Mornington Peninsula Shire Council and, in their opinion, it is not a priority.

The local councillor David Gill toed the council line - we are obviously not the nob end of Red Hill.

Nepean MP Chris Brayne, while sympathetic, said this was a local council issue.

Do we have to wait until someone is run down before something is done?

Geoffrey Ball, Dromana

Centrelink ‘win’ Flinders MP [and Health and Aged Care Minister] Greg Hunt has proudly announced on Facebook that the Centrelink office in Mornington will not be closed by his government. Wow, not doing something is now counted as some kind of achievement.

I guess if you were the minister responsible for the vaccine rollout stuff up you would probably view sweeping your driveway as a noteworthy achievement.

Ross Hudson, Mount Martha

Mixed messages In times of crisis, incompetent leaders are a liability. The Liberal federal government’s epic failure to implement adequate quarantine facilities has proved this, to our detriment. If adequate facilities had been built immediately, it would have saved many lives and billions of Australian taxpayer dollars.

With a model like [the Northern Territory’s] Howard Springs built in each state, lockdowns (which have all been caused by breaches from hotels) could have been avoided.

In my opinion the Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared to be unable to grasp the danger of shared air for more than a year while insisting that hotels were an adequate solution. Even after numerous lockdowns caused by hotel breaches.

Then there is the problem of the vaccine strollout.

According to a media report by Callum Foote (1/6/21): “Pfizer had allegedly offered Australia priority options for the vaccine in July 2020.

According to [Flinders MP and Health and Aged Care Minister Greg] Hunt, the government rejected the offer citing “medical advice”, deciding instead to back the AstraZeneca vaccine.

According to Bill Bowtell, UNSW Adjunct

Professor of Strategic Health Policy: “We could have had 40 million doses by the start of January, and the same coverage rates of adults as seen in the US, UK and Israel.”

Sources say the government could not have possibly decided on “medical advice” because it wasn’t available at the time. The medical advice – the USFDA’s approval of Pfizer – didn’t occur until the end of 2020.”

If this report is correct, I want to know why Hunt rejected the offer of vaccines from Pfizer?

I believe both Hunt and Morrison owe us an explanation. I won’t hold my breath, but I do hope people remember these epic failures when the election rolls around.

Vicki Sullivan, St Andrews Beach

Climate inaction What an embarrassment our PM really is. When a supposedly good Christian like Scott Morrison stands in front of the media and waffles on about not doing anything about the dire state of our planet after the quite frightening report by the IPCC about the warming of our planet.

His deputy, the other good Christian Barnaby Joyce, was even more delusional about our need to act on climate change. He keeps saying I want to see the plan; I want to see the costing of the plan. Has it not occurred to him that the plan needs to be formulated by the government he’s a part of? The government that he’s the deputy of and has done little up to now. On the contrary, they’re spruiking the myth of carbon sequestration and dirty hydrogen as if that actually is a working solution to the planet’s, and our, dilemma.

If the LNP has a death wish for its members and supporters, I and half of the population of Australia are not lemmings that want to follow them to a gruelling slow death and everlasting singing of hallelujahs .

I would have thought a real leader of people would govern for all and make a bit of an effort to make it possible for our kids and grandkids to have a chance of some sort of liveable future.

Shame on them all.

Rupert Steiner, Balnarring Beach

Flying the flag The flags show on the mast in Sorrento are flying correctly as it has a gaff arm (“All a flutter over flag protocol” Letters 10/8/21). In the Flag Act it says, “On a flagpole fitted with a gaff, fly the Australian flag on the gaff, which is the position of honour”.

Norm Kaye, Safety Beach

Flag is correct I was and still am involved with the Sorrento Portsea RSL and at the time of the installation of the yardarm at the top of the hill on the Main Street, Sorrento we had a lot of comment regarding the Australia national flag not being at the highest point on the yard arm (“All a flutter over flag protocol” Letters 10/8/21).

After consultation with RSL Victoria and following correct flag etiquette our understanding of the situation is as follows: When displayed on a flagpole fitted with a yardarm as the one in Sorrento is, with a flag of a sovereign nation or a state flag and the yardarm is fitted with a gaff, then the flag on the gaff has the position of honour, although the national flag is then lower than another flag flying from the peak as is correct in the photograph accompanying the letter.

The tradition originated on the days of sailing ships and was designed to keep the flag from the ship’s rigging I believe that the way flags are displayed on the yardarm at Sorrento is indeed correct.

Michael Jeffreson, Blairgowrie

Correct display Before criticising the volunteers to attend to the raising and lowering of the flags at the entrance to Sorrento some fact checking should have done (“All a flutter over flag protocol” Letters 10/8/21).

The pole in question has a gaff rig. If a flag pole is fitted with a gaff, the Australian national flag should be flown from the peak of the gaff, which is the position of honour, even though the Australian national flag is then lower than the flag flying from the top of the flagpole.

Not a mistake by someone who is not aware of the order of precedence, or some woke council person, but locals who are aware of the protocol for flying the Australian national flag.

C Granger, Sorrento

Gaff over flags There seems to be confusion about the Sorrento flag pole.

There are no jack staffs on the pole. A jack staff is a small flag pole on the bow of a ship, hence irrelevant.

I think the writer means the horizontal arm is a yard arm and the angled arm is a gaff. His protocol is correct for poles without a gaff.

For poles with a gaff the Department of the Prime Minister states in its official guidance for displaying Australian flags that the national flag is to be flown from the gaff even though it is not the highest point. Only the national flag should be flown on the gaff.

This is a British tradition going back six centuries to King Henry VIII and adopted by Australia. To say it is a woke idea and illegal is absolute nonsense, The Sorrento flags are flown in their correct position.

Warwick Harper, Blairgowrie

Open inspections When Victorians buy, sell or rent a property, they are making some of the most significant financial decisions of their lives. And, as a result, it’s imperative they’re informed and have had opportunity to undertake critical due diligence.

Inspecting homes is a fundamental aspect of property transaction due diligence. Without it, buyers and renters are flying blind, and sellers and rental providers aren’t able to position their asset at its best.

Lockdown regulations that ban property inspection by private appointment are creating an unnecessary burden on the property market, impacting aspiring homeowners and mum and dad investors. Most critically, they’re stopping many people from being able access rental properties so they can put a roof over their heads.

With the inevitability of more snap lockdowns until a COVID-19 vaccination target is reached, the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) is calling for the Victorian government to remove this unnecessary and onerous restriction and allow the sector to get on with essential business.

Private inspections can be held safely.

In doing so, the state will benefit through more job security for the tens of thousands of property sector employees. And, of course, the government’s own coffers will be bolstered by the return of property taxes.

The fact remains that many tenants will not be required to repay waived rents and a number of others are unlikely to have the capacity to repay any deferred rents in the near term, or if ever.

Tenants and owners must be supported.

Suffocating a sector with unnecessary rules is impacting the health, safety and mental wellbeing of the community and we shudder at the thought of potential longer-term consequences.

Gil King, CEO Real Estate Institute of Victoria

Climate friendly vegans The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) only issues its report every five years, and the latest one has just landed. The results are devastating, but not surprising for anyone who has turned on the news and seen the unprecedented bushfires, heatwaves and droughts, floods, coral bleaching and storms ravaging our planet, which will all continue to intensify in the near term.

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, nations agreed to hold global warming to well below two, and preferably under 1.5 degrees, compared to pre-industrial levels. The IPCC now says Earth is likely to get close to or reach 1.5 degrees in the next decade. We are on track for three degrees of warming which will create catastrophic effects across the planet – more severe weather events, a global refugee crisis and disastrous impacts on the world economy.

There is little time left to avoid 1.5 degrees of planetary warming. While governments are slowly and often unwillingly starting to tackle energy policy, UN climate change reports have consistently called for us to do something easy and effective: eat less meat.

The IPCC describes plant-based diets as a major opportunity for mitigating and adapting to climate change through reduced methane production and reversing land clearing for grazing or fodder.

Going vegan is the best way each of us can help avoid the looming environmental catastrophe. It will improve our health and save billions of animals from wretched lives and agonising deaths.

Mimi Bekhechi, PETA

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

12,000 Acres Supports 50,000 People Compiled by Cameron McCullough “TRAVELLER,” Frankston, shows what can be done under a system of intense culture: To the Editor.

Sir, The visitor to Frankston indeed must be struck with the display of fine fruit, vegetables and other farm produce offered to the highest bidder as the market day comes round.

There the frugal housekeeper without the middleman, may provide supplies to keep the family in clover until the next current cash falls due.

The grower here has to be content with what he can get in the local market according to supply and demand.

The Mornington Peninsula has a great future. Nature has done much for it, and left the rest to man.

Yet it is strange how few settlers have made it their home. The bush, sea and mountain air makes it a delightful place of residence, and its proximity to Melbourne, with good train service, should place it within the ambit of the busy city man.

Frankston has a very fine golf course and a round or two on the links once or twice a week should help to keep the doctor from the door of the erie.

The bush and scrub land, properly cleared and tilled, should support a small colony of active yeomen, the mainstay of all prosperous communities.

The old type of settler at the back of beyond the Dividing Range has made room for the modern man.

He thrives on wheat, but it takes a small fortune to start a going concern

today.

An island, 12 x 6 miles, in the English Channel turns over a yearly revenue of much more than £1,500,000 out of tomatoes and potatoes alone.

The land under intense cultivation does not exceed 12,000 acres, yet it has a population of 50,000 souls and about 2000 farmers. *** TOMORROW night’s programme at the Frankston Pictures will include Mitchell Lewis and Fritzie Brunette in Holman Day’s story, “King Spruce,” and Ann Luther in “Neglected Wives.”

The serial “Bride 13” will commence its screening on Wednesday, August 24th, when the supporting features will be Eileen Percy in “The Husband Hunter” and William Farnum in “Drag Harlan.” *** THE new villas erected at Somerville

by Messrs Arthur Thornell and Bert Gomm are now completed, and are quite a credit to the builders and an ornament to the district. *** THE death of Miss Rose Hannah Gould, daughter of Mr and Mrs T. M. Gould, Nolan St, Frankston, took place at the Alfred Hospital on Sunday last.

The funeral took place at Frankston on Tuesday, when the Rev. A. P. McFarlane officiated at the graveside. *** THE late Mr W. C. Bell, whose death occurred recently at Dunolly, was the father of Mr Chas. L. Bell, of Frankston. ***

CONSTABLE Robert Dyball, of the Frankston police, has been transferred to the Kiewa district.

It is understood the transferrance signifies promotion. *** THE little son of Mr and Mrs J. H. Williams, of Hastings Road, Frankston, recently cut his leg with a slasher, and had to have 22 stitches inserted. *** MR and Mrs A. Samuels, who have taken over Seacombe House, Carrum, formerly resided at Esendon.

They propose renovating Seacombe House throughout, and making it one of the finest tourist houses on the bayside. *** AT the last meeting of the Shire Council, Cr Griffeth stated that owing to the pressure of private business on his time he was not seeking re-election at the coming elections.

He said that while in the council he had enjoyed himself thoroughly (Laughter) and although he had attacked one of the officials he had done so from a sense of public duty and had no personal feeling in the matter.

He expressed good wishes to all the councillors and officers, and only hoped the quarry would yet prove the success some had said it would be.

(Laughter).

The Shire President, and Crs Oates and Murray expressed regret at Cr Griffeth’s retirement. *** HOLY Trinity Church, Hastings, was the scene of a very charming wedding

GALLERY TALK Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is gearing up to launch our Spring Festival of Drawing – featuring a series of exhibitions focussed on drawing including expansive wall drawings by eleven contemporary Australian artists and a two week school holiday program for kids and adults.

For the first time at MPRG, the gallery walls will be completely transformed by artists Penny Evans, Emily Floyd, Tony Garifalakis, Julia Gorman, Yuria Okamura, Jason Phu, Kerrie Poliness, Cameron Robbins, Gemma Smith, Lisa Waup and Jahnne Pasco-White.

One of the artists, Cameron Robbins, has created a solar powered drawing instrument which draws graphite directly onto the gallery’s foyer wall.

Inspired by the lunar eclipse, this wall drawing will accumulate each day, forming thousands of consecutive lines.

Also, part of part of MPRG’s Spring Festival of Drawing is a new project called Collection+, that pairs newly commissioned work by leading artists represented in the MPRG Collection alongside international artists.

Collection+ features new work by trailblazing artist Jess Johnson with one of the pioneers of the pop art movement Sir Eduardo Paolozzi.

Visit the MPRG website later this month or sign up to the Gallery’s e-newsletter to find out more about our Spring Festival of Drawing school holiday program. We have a range of programs for all ages, including a geometric line drawing in chalk with Kerrie Poliness and printmaking workshop with Emily Floyd and much, much, more. In September, families will be able to pick up our free ‘MY MPRG’ kids activity booklet designed by Melbourne artist, designer, and illustrator Beci Orpin. This activity book, aimed at primary school aged children will support a fun and engaging experience at the gallery.

From home, you can also check out kids’ creative activities on our website, listen to a podcast with an MPRG-exhibited artist, or do a linocut workshop with renowned printmaker David Frazer.

We hope to see you back in the Gallery soon.

MPRG Gallery Director Danny Lacy

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on July 13th, when Leslie Samuel Jones (late 4th Light Horse), third son of Cr and Mrs C. A. Jones, of “Bernleigh”, Hastings, and Marion Brown, second daughter of Mr George and the late Mrs Brown, of Ryanston, were united in holy matrimony by the Rev. F. Watts.

The bride looked very sweet in ivory crepe de chine and ninon, trimmed with tiny pearls, with Limerick lace veil, and carried a shower bouquet of white ericas, asparagus and stocks.

The bridesmaid, Miss V. Brown, sister of bride, was attired in ivory crepe de chine and black ninon hat, carrying a shower bouqet of pale pink carnations.

The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr J. Brown, of Phillip Island.

Mr Stanley Jones acted as groomsman.

As Mr and Mrs Jones left the church, little Irene Granham (niece of bride) hung a white satin horse shoe on the bride’s arm.

After the ceremony, the bridal party motored to the residence of the bridegroom’s parents, where about 40 guests were entertained.

The bridal cake was made and donated by Mrs A. G. Cove, Malvern.

The honeymoon was spent at Sassafras and Belgrave, the bride travelling in a navy twill costume, with hat to match. *** “THE Rose of Joy,” a cantata of special merit, will be produced, under Miss Gale’s direction, at the Mechanics’ Institute, Frankston, next Tuesday night.

The proceeds are to benefit a

worthy object – the Methodist Church Honor Board. *** AT yesterday’s city pig market, the entries of Mr J. Bradbury, of Frankston, topped the market; one pen of 5 baconers realising £8 11s 6d and another lot £8 10s. *** LAST Friday evening, at Langwarrin, a farewell social was accorded ex-Cr Berry, who is leavins the district.

There was a good attendance, and Mr William Cain, who presided, handed the guest a set of engraved pipes.

Messrs J. Clarke and H. Gamble spoke in felicitious strain in endorsing Mr Cain’s remarks. *** FIRST Association Football The last of the home and home matches will be played tomorrow.

Carrum and Somerville will meet at Somerville, and in the event of Somerville winning, the minor premiership will have to be decided on the percentages.

Mornington goes to Dromana, who, with Naval Base, are definitely out of the finals, whilst the Base plays at Hastings.

If Hastings lose – and it is difficult to see how they can be defeated – Hastings and Frankston will be still level in points, and the percentages will decide who is to have fourth place.

Victory by Hastings, however, puts Frankston definitely out. *** From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 12 August 1921

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RYAN LEE WINS FRANKSTON ARTS CENTRE OPEN EXHIBITION PRIZE 2021 RYAN Lee has taken out top honours in the Frankston Arts Centre Open Exhibition Competition 2021 with his stunning video artwork ‘Wonnarua’.

Frankston City Council Mayor Kris Bolam said “The Open Exhibition Competition is a major annual arts program delivered by Frankston City Council, which provides artists with the opportunity to address a chosen theme through their choice of medium.

“Whether it is a painting, sculpture, photography, video or textile – this year’s artists have explored the theme Change – inspired by pivotal global events, the theme was open to broad artistic interpretation and could be approached from a personal, social, historical, aesthetic or climatic perspective.

“We acknowledge and thank everyone who has been involved in the exhibition competition, including the artists and Guest Judge Simon Lawrie, who is Curator at McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery and selected this year’s winner.

In selecting Ryan’s artwork, Mr Lawrie said: “Wonnarua captures well how things change at different speeds and often out of step with each other – while threatened by the industrial exploitation of traditional lands by non-Indigenous inhabitants, the cultural identity of the Wonnarua Nation remains strong.”

Ryan’s prize includes an exhibition and Opening Event at Frankston Arts Centre in 2022 and a cash prize of $1,000.

Ryan said: “I'm absolutely chuffed to see Wonnarua selected as the winner for the 2021 Frankston Arts Centre Open Exhibition.

It was amazing to hear curator Simon Lawrie's reflections on the moving image work and to see that the intended messages are being taken on board. I'm looking forward to sharing these messages further when exhibiting the work next year at the Frankston Arts Centre.”

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PPG puts Mornington, Pines up SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie MORNINGTON and Frankston Pines are on the verge of securing promotion.

In the worst case scenario that Football Victoria calls off the remainder of the 2021 season due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions then both local clubs will be playing in a higher league next season.

Last week FV announced an NPL competitions restructure for 2022 increasing NPL2 from 12 to 14 teams which will see Langwarrin contesting a 26-game season.

A strong rumour is that A-League clubs will be placed in NPL2 along with promoted clubs from NPL3.

It’s unclear what impact this will have throughout lower leagues especially in State 1 SouthEast which only has 11 teams and is expected to revert to a 12-team competition next season.

However, last week’s announcement confirmed that at least two teams from State 1 South-East will be promoted to NPL 3 meaning Mornington is within touching distance of a much cherished goal.

“I’d be absolutely rapt if we secured promotion as it’s something we’ve aimed at for a long while now and I think we are just about ready,” Mornington head coach Adam Jamieson said.

“We’re at that point where we’re building a group of players to get to that level and it would be a disaster for us not to get up after all the work we’ve done.

“I’d be devastated if we didn’t get ourselves up and it would be the second time in a few years that that’s happened to us.

“We won a championship a while back and they took promotion off the table and now this year we’ve been top or second throughout the season.

“I think there are about 10 points between us and the third-placed side so we’d really have to chuck it not to finish in the top two.”

Jamieson and the club’s football department is wasting little time in preparing for life in the NPL and he has no doubts that his squad is up to standard.

“Yes I think we’ve got an NPL squad.

“Don’t get me wrong, we’ll have to add one or two and we’ve been talking to a couple of players already from overseas.”

And while Jamieson looks to the future so too does Frankston Pines counterpart Kevin “Squizzy” Taylor who’s side is eight points clear of the chasing pack in State 3 South-East.

State 2 holds no fears for Taylor.

“I think we’ll be competitive,” he said.

“It will definitely be a challenge because it’s a big step from three to two and I’d say we’d need to add a few players to give us more depth but we’re capable of that.”

Both Taylor and Jamieson have heard talk that FV could scrap relegation for State Leagues but if the state body chooses that course it will surprise the Pines boss.

“After last week’s announcement I think it would be hard to relegate in the NPL and not in State Leagues but you never know,” Taylor said.

“It will be interesting to see what happens with all the games that remain unplayed because I think realistically there’s less and less opportunity of playing them.

“I’ve heard that FV is keen to play rounds 10 and 11 so that every team has played each other at least once but it remains to be seen whether that’s possible.

“The situation in State 1 and State 2 is really unclear as we don’t know how many vacancies they’ll have.

“Previously if there was an extra vacancy created (in State 1) then it wouldn’t automatically go to the third-placed State 2 side in that same region (South-East) but would go to the thirdplaced team in both South-East and North-West with the highest points but they may not do that this time.”

If the season cannot be completed then FV’s competitions department is faced with the prospect of making crucial calls regarding final standings throughout the leagues.

In some overseas jurisdictions whose seasons were similarly impacted by the pandemic various forms of the points-per-game (PPG) method have been applied to reach an outcome regarding promotion and relegation.

And we may be forced to at least consider that method.

They could do worse than turn to Taylor who has put his pandemic time to good use produc-

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ing a modified PPG table for four leagues that involve some local clubs including his own.

“The simplest method I could come up with was to take the number of points you’ve got divided by the number of games you’ve played then multiplied by the number of games you’ve got to catch up.”

Taylor also has compiled tables for NPL2 and all State Leagues involving local clubs and based on the pandemic putting a full stop on the current season now without taking into consideration outstanding games.

Based on applying just two-up promotion to this basic PPG Mornington and Pines remain the only local clubs to go up.

Meanwhile the four-match suspension handed down to Somerville player-coach David Greening after his send off in the club’s last State 4 South match in July could effectively end his season.

That of course depends on whether or not Victoria navigates a path clear of the current virus outbreak.

Despite Somerville lying second-bottom in the league Greening says that relegation still won’t come into play.

“We were never in danger of relegation,” he said.

“Relegation this year was the bottom team in South versus bottom in East playing off to see who might be relegated.

“Dingley’s withdrawal (from State 5 South) means they would take that spot and keep the bottom in East up.

“In my opinion it should be two up two down as it keeps things alive so hopefully they’ll revert back to that if we ever get another full season.”

Nichols’ progressive mare wins again

Another one: Shane Nichols’ So You Assume wins a third city race from her last four starts.

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HORSE RACING

By Ben Triandafillou SHANE Nichols could have another promising mare to target the Group Two Stocks Stakes with this Spring.

The progressive four-year-old So You Assume handled another rise in grade at Caulfield on Saturday 14 August to land an all-the-way victory in a benchmark 84 contest.

The daughter of So You Think has come a long way in a short space of time having begun her preparation in a three-year-old benchmark 64 at the end of May. Now with three city wins from her last four starts, Mornington-based trainer Shane Nichols is contemplating raising the bar to Group class.

“We’ve always liked her but she was always a little bit immature, but she’s improved ten-fold,” Nichols said.

“She’s been on the up so it’s hard to gage how far up the tree she can climb.”

Nichols, who won the Stocks Stakes (1600m) in 2017 and 2018 with his Group One winning mare I Am A Star, said the Group Two contest could be So You Assume’s next assignment on

September 24.

“We’ll just see what her rating comes up at but quite possibly she could have her next run in the Stock Stakes,” he said.

“I don’t think she’s ready to go to 2000m. I reckon she’ll be better suited coming back to the mile and she loves the Valley.”

The $40,000 purchase has now amassed $233,000 in prize money.

Nichols’ headline horse Streets of Avalon also stepped out on Saturday in the feature Group Two P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) where he jumped as the race-favourite.

Copping a bit of pressure in the lead, the seven-year-old gelding tired in the run home and wasn’t able to show his customary fight that he usually does.

The two-time Group One winner was found to be lame in his near foreleg following the race.

Nichols said the lameness was minor and that he was looking better on the Sunday.

“We’re going to have to do some investigative work with the vet (on Monday) and then we’ll decide whether we go to the Memsie Stakes or not,” he said.

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