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UPDATE ON MORNINGTON PENINSULA BUS IMPROVEMENTS At the end of last year, I was so excited to inform our community of dramatic improvements to our bus network on the Mornington Peninsula. These improvements are right on track! The improvements include: • 788 running every half an hour on weekdays and 40 minutes on weekends • 887 Express Bus to Frankston from Rosebud to Dromana and then along Peninsula Link to Frankston • 781 going further than Mt Martha and now terminating in Dromana Works that are currently taking place include the procurement of new buses for this route and new bus stop shelters that meet disability and access requirements. I will look forward to sharing the new bus routes in my next newsletter! In further great news, I can now also inform the community that this 887 express will go up the freeway and will have a stop at Frankston Hospital before then going to Frankston train station. These improvements are on track to be rolled out by the end of this year and early next year, although the 788 improvements will arrive in a few months time. I will continue to push for the improvements to arrive as soon as possible. This will better connect our Southern Peninsula to Frankston, allowing people to get to work, medical services or to see family and friends!
SCHOOL REBUILD UPGRADES • $13.77 million upgrade to Rosebud Primary School – Construction underway • $3.2 million upgrade to Red Hill Consolidated School – Construction underway • $8.8 million upgrade to Dro mana Primary School – Plan ning underway • $2.8 million for new campus in Rosebud for Advance Col lege – Construction underway • $10 million upgrade to Rose bud Secondary College – Early works underway
UPDATE ON PROPOSED FAST FOOD CHAIN AT SAFETY BEACH I stand with my community against this proposal for more fast food at the service station on the corner of Nepean Highway and Marine Drive, Safety Beach. Last year, on Facebook, I surveyed my community and more than 10,000 of you responded resoundingly saying you did not want this to proceed. I then wrote to the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, urging Councillors to reject the proposal. Since that time, the proponent has taken the council to VCAT. I urge the Shire council to fi ght this proposal as hard as possible and to use my poll and the feedback from it in evidence.
UPGRADE TO PAVILLION AT RED HILL RECREATION RESERVE In fantastic news for the Red Hill community, the Red Hill Football Netball Club and Cricket Club will be the benefi ciaries of $2 million from the Victorian Government to upgrade the Red Hill Recreation Reserve Pavilion! The Red Hill Cricket Club and Red Hill Football Netball Club have long discussed the need to upgrade their facilities and improve functionality for their juniors, women’s, and men’s teams. This upgrade will help deliver a new home and away changerooms, associated amenities, umpires changerooms, new storage and improved access to the building. I know how excited the clubs will be knowing that they will soon have permanent, new changing rooms and not portables in the car park! I look forward to providing my community with updates on this project in the coming months!
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Budget focus on COVID recovery Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au NEW bike tracks and an increased capacity to respond to coastal hazards are features of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s 2020-21 Budget adopted on Tuesday night. Afterwards the mayor Cr Despi O’Connor said the Chair of the Australian Local Government Association had told the National Press Club that, nationally, local governments receive 3.6 per cent of all tax income (including rates) yet deliver 33 per cent of the nation’s infrastructure. “We have an important role to play in our community with a very tight budget,” she said. “Each year [we] aim to deliver on our Council Plan and its four key themes of Our Place, Our Connectivity, Our Prosperity and Our Wellbeing. This year we have added another major theme: COVID-19 resilience and recovery.” Big ticket items it the budget include $250,000 for community-built bike tracks, $490,000 for Bay Trail designs, approvals and advocacy, $52,000 for a festival to help the community “celebrate and reconnect”, $110,000 for an on-demand bus service trial, $142,000 for a ‘First 1000 Days Program’ for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, $2.2 million for “infrastructure and community connections” including The Briars masterplan, Southern Peninsula Youth Hub and “missing link” footpaths, $125,000 to establish a technology park, and $100,000 to help respond to coastal hazard risks. “A major focus of this budget is helping our community and local businesses recover from the impacts of
COVID-19,” Cr O’Connor said. “We know the pandemic hit the Mornington Peninsula’s economy more severely than most other parts of Australia. “At its peak last year, 2205 jobs were lost and 59 per cent of our businesses were on JobKeeper – the highest rate in Victoria and the third highest in the nation.” The mayor said shire support included $650,000 for the outdoor dining and township activation program and the waiving of a further $1 million in fees and charges. “We are also rolling out a $2 million grants program to further empower our community, with grants for community events, community recovery, business recovery, youth and social services,” she said. “We know climate change is important and want to ensure a ‘green’ recovery and rebuild for our local economy, with a focus on transitioning to a net zero carbon energy sector. “To help with this, we have allocated $500,000 to fast track priority Climate Emergency Actions this financial year.” Other priority projects include a $700,000 food waste collection program, $200,000 to develop a detailed business case for a performing arts and cultural venue and $225,000 for an overarching strategy for peninsula open space. The mayor said the Yawa aquatic centre was the “culmination of many years of planning and budgeting by council”. “This world class centre will offer something for everyone and make a positive contribution to our community for generations to come,” she said.
Finding one of Nature’s treasures CHANCING across a Paper Nautilus shell on the beach is a treasured moment for any nature lover, but finding one with the octopus still inside takes the thrill to another level. Environmentalist Josie Jones spotted this specimen at Rye bayside beach. “It was an incredibly rare moment to find one of these rare creatures which were loved by Aristotle and written about by Jules Verne,” she said. “The Paper Nautilus, despite its name, is not a nautilus at all. It’s actually an octopus known as an Argonaut and is on the A-list of treasured creatures to be found.” Ms Jones said the shell was actually an egg casing that the female octopus makes by rubbing two of her tentacles together and using a mucus to bind together. By this stage of its life, the octopus would have carried several broods of eggs and had roe inside the shell when it was found, she said. Ms Jones put the shells and occupant back in the water. Picture: Josie Jones
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Properties riding high as prices surge DATA in last week’s council budget papers revealed the greatest increase in valuations across the Mornington Peninsula occurred in the townships of St Andrews Beach, Merricks Beach, Boneo, Blairgowrie, Point Leo, Merricks and Cape Schanck. Valuations team leader Lauren Ashley, speaking to the General Valuation Return and Valuers’ Report on Tuesday 22 June, said this had come about as residents “sought out lifestyle properties and lower density housing and took the opportunity to work from home in the popular holiday areas”. “They were among many regional areas to experience a surge in housing prices as demand outweighed supply,” she said. “The strongest growth in value was seen in localities with high holidayhouse occupation and rural townships. “This trend is consistent with people re-evaluating their lifestyles and priorities and buying a holiday house or relocating permanently to the Mornington Peninsula. This trend has increased demand for property … pushing prices upwards.” The mayor Cr Despi O’Connor said the boom in property prices as people chose to relocate from Melbourne to the peninsula was an “unanticipated outcome of the pandemic”. “This has exacerbated pre-existing levels of rental and housing stress,” she said. “In recognition of this, our budget includes $100,000 for
important social housing planning and advocacy.” (“Perfect storm leaves renters in the cold” The News 22/6/21). The lowest growth in value was in localities with the lowest house prices, including Hastings, Somerville and Crib Point where property is predominantly owner occupied. Ms Ashley said the “historically tightly held residential prestige market” also showed a higher than average volume of sales. “Vendors [took] advantage of the unprecedented demand from buyers looking to spend in the $5 million-plus and $10 million price brackets,” she said. “This saw a higher number of beach-front residential and high-end rural lifestyle holdings put on the market and selling within days of listing.” Ms Ashley said as a result of the increase in value of the residential sector being almost the same as that for the shire as a whole, the rate burden for this sector would remain unchanged in 2021/22. “However, the rate change for a particular property will depend entirely on the relative change in valuation for that individual property, comparative to the overall average value change,” she said. Mornington Peninsula Shire has 103,294 rateable properties: 91.83 per cent are residential, 1.12 per cent are farms, 3.37 per cent are commercial, 2.42 per cent are industrial and 1.27 per cent boat sheds.
On court: Crs Debra Mar, Despi O’Connor, Antonella Celi, Mark Stahel, Matthew Ashdown, Gayle Collery, Matthew Ingram, Laura Hopkins, Sam Polatidis, Belinda Ingram, Daniel Garrood, Andrew McNaughton and Tony Serte at Marna Reserve netball courts. Picture: Supplied
New courts take netball to a higher standard THE new Marna Reserve netball courts have opened at Dromana. The $530,000 upgrade is open to sporting clubs and the community. Marna Reserve is home to Dromana Netball Club and Dromana Football and Netball Club. Mornington Peninsula Shire funded the new courts from the council’s 202021 Budget as part of the Sports Capacity Plan. Four outdoor courts have been renovated into two new netball courts
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which comply with Netball Victoria standards. Other improvements have been made to the lighting, fencing and surrounding landscaping and paving. The renewal of the courts will provide safe and compliant courts of a higher training standard. “The refurbishment of the netball courts at Marna Reserve, Dromana is welcome news,” Cr Antonella Celi said. “I look forward to the players training on high quality courts and bringing on those
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New valuations divvy up rate burden Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au THE capital improved value of residential properties on the Mornington Peninsula rose 9.04 per cent in the year to January 2021. The shire comprises 103,294 rateable assessments of which 91.83 per cent are residential properties, 1.12 per cent are farm rate properties, 3.37 per cent are commercial properties, 2.42 per cent are industrial properties and 1.27 per cent are boat sheds. Over 2020-21, site value (SV) rose 9.87 per cent, capital improved value (CIV) 8.72 per cent and net annual value (NAV) 9.87 per cent. Capital Improved Value will be used as the basis for rating of all properties in the shire for 2021-22, with the rate reflecting property valuations as at 1 January 2021. While the rate-in-the-dollar increase was capped at a 1.5 per cent, the higher valuations will lead to bigger rate bills for many property owners. Valuations team leader Lauren Ashley, speaking to the General Valuation Return and Valuers’ Report at last week’s council meeting, said the general valuation “re-establishes equity between ratepayers by updating valuations, thereby redistributing the rating burden”. “The 2021 general valuation results in a swing of the rate burden towards the Mornington Peninsula Agricultural Rate (MPAR) and boatshed properties, and to those residential properties where the CIV moved at a
higher rate than the average increase of 8.72 per cent. “The proportions of the rate burden levied on the residential sectors will be largely unchanged.” The annual service charge is $338 and $140 for the collection of a green waste bin.
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THE Mornington Peninsula’s 1303 boatsheds have experienced higher than average growth in value over the last decade – with 60 selling during 2020. “They are generally a tightly held asset often retained by families and handed down over generations,” valuations team leader Lauren Ashley said. “Boatshed values have increased in value largely driven by increased buyer demand as people change their lifestyles choices, opting for a sea or tree change. “Restrictions on international travel have also turned local holidaymakers to the boatshed market, again increasing buyer demand and ultimately values.”
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COMMERCIAL properties in Mornington Peninsula Shire decreased in value by 1.76 per cent over the year 2020-21, according to data revealed
in the council’s Budget papers last week. Councillors were told there were few transactions among commercial properties last year, with “lockdown restrictions effectively shutting the sector down”. Vacancy rates increased in most retail strips during the middle of 2020, before showing some positive signs towards the end of thebyear and early 2021. Valuations team leader Lauren Ashley, speaking to the General Valuation Return and Valuers’ Report, said “apart from the impact of COVID, another cause of higher vacancies in the commercial precincts is a continuing shift of commercial tenants moving to the industrial precincts where rent is generally cheaper”. “Despite the higher vacancies and other obvious hurdles with the sector, overall rents and capital values only marginally reduced as investors look medium to long term,” she said. The council was told industrial CIV values this year had risen by 3.46 per cent. “This increase is largely as a result of increasing demand, with most industrial areas close to capacity,” Ms Ashley said. “Occupancy rates across all bayside industrial estates are near 100 per cent with very few vacancies, apart from the newly constructed warehouses advertised for lease or sale. “There is a continuing change in tenancy type with an increased presence of beverage industry and boutique businesses positioning themselves in these estates rather than the
traditional commercial precincts.” She said a limited future supply of industrial land had also contributed to the increase in value.
Upside to being down on the farm PROPERTIES paying the Mornington Peninsula Agricultural Rate enjoyed the highest growth in value of any sector on the peninsula this year: 15.02 per cent. Data revealed in the council’s Budget papers last week showed rural properties, representing only 1.12 per cent of the shire’s total rateable properties, had enjoyed boom in value. “The high growth in value is a result of buyers pursuing space and better lifestyle/work balances,” valuations team leader Lauren Ashley said. “The proximity to the Melbourne Central Business District and amenities offered on the Mornington Peninsula has attracted unprecedented demand for rural properties. “All localities within the rural Green Wedge areas not attracting the [agricultural rate] generally increased in value, evenly returning 10-15 per cent growth across the board.” Properties in Dromana and Flinders were the standouts, increasing by 18 and 17 per cent compared to the average growth of 13 per cent. A shift in values for sites greater than 20 hectares meant these properties rose in value by 19 per cent, while sites less than 20 hectares rose by 13 per cent.
Speaker an expert in health, wellbeing A HEALTH professional and academic who practises a holistic approach to improving health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victorians will speak in Mount Eliza next month. The talk, by Southern Women’s Action Network’s NAIDOC Week speaker Aunty Helen Bnads, will especially suit women interested in deepening their knowledge of community issues and promoting action for social justice. The venue is Mount Eliza Community Hall, 90-100 Canadian Bay Road, Mount Eliza, on Sunday 11 July at 9.30am. Aunty Bnads is a Birri Gubba woman from the Bindal Group in Ayr, Queensland, with direct family ties to the Cherbourg Aboriginal Mission. Ms Bnads is focused on helping the Aboriginal community. She worked for Link-Up Queensland Aboriginal Corporation as the social, emotional and wellbeing counsellor; at the City of Melbourne in public policy; at Monash University in the Aboriginal Research Unit and for the AFL as a mentor. She has also worked with Aboriginal youth in the justice system. She is now at Peninsula Health, Frankston Hospital, and in the wider community as elder and cultural lead, after four years as the Aboriginal hospital liaison officer. She is a board member of Willum Warrain and was inducted into the Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll in 2019 in recognition of her work in health, academia and reconciliation.
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NEWS DESK Food for the needy FRESH Food Fridays is back on the menu at Holy Family Church, Weeroona Street, Rye, from 12.30pm, Friday 2 July. Rye St Vincent de Paul Society previously ran the free food program for the needy, but it was stopped because of COVID-19 last year. Now it’s back up and running with fresh food supplied by OzHarvest and peninsula growers and suppliers. Details: Rye Fresh Food secretary Gerry Edwards 0414 331 166 or 5986 4860.
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AN upcoming show by Flinders Quartet: “Bartók, My Father”, was inspired by his son Peter Bartók’s illuminating memoir of his Hungarian composer father Béla. Flinders Quartet will premiere selected movements from Bartók’s six quartets, interwoven with personal stories, at Port Phillip Estate, Saturday 10 July. They will also stream nationally online via Melbourne Digital Concert Hall on 15 July. The work is said to have a strong personal story, coming via Flinders Quartet guest artist, the actor Richard Piper (Come From Away), who made contact with Peter Bartók before he passed away last year. Through personal anecdotes and letters, Piper helped Flinders Quartet unearth some personal meaning behind the seminal canon of Bartók’s six string quartets and in sharing these new discoveries with audiences. The 70-minute program has no interval. Details and tickets: flindersquartet. com/2021-progam-2
Cypress icons not part of the plan Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au THE pending removal of a row of 150-year-old cypress trees at Sorrento is upsetting some residents. Mornington Peninsula Shire is currently conferring on the lopping of the iconic pines at Sullivan Bay and replacing them with indigenous plantings and a shade structure. Consultation closes on July 2. The trees’ removal was referred to on page 78 of the Sorrento Coastal and Marine Management Plan 2018, which is said to inform the current plans. Resident Andrea Allen said the trees were referred to as senescent, which means “getting old rather than dying”. “I am hoping to make people aware that the trees are at risk,” she said. They are not being labelled as hazards, otherwise they would have to be removed sooner than when this work is scheduled to begin in late 2023 or early 2024 to avoid a liability risk, Ms Allen said. She believes the plans have already been approved by DELWP. “Ironically, work was done in the car park recently to protect the roots of the moonah trees because they are old and iconic, but the beautiful cypress trees are being removed because they are old. “I understand that council is focused on conservation and regeneration of indigenous vegetation. I feel … money would be better spent on removing weeds and vines from existing indigenous vegetation on both sides of Point Nepean Road, instead of removing a row of large cypress trees and
On the way out: The big cypress trees at Sullivan Bay, Sorrento, are destined for destruction. Pictures: Supplied
replacing them with new plantings. “Although they are not indigenous, the cypress trees on the peninsula have historical significance and their removal would completely change the look of Sullivan Bay and shade for the reserve.” The most prominent areas with cypress trees as significant landmarks include the Sorrento foreshore between the Baths restaurant and the new toilet block, Sullivan Bay car park, Hotham Road, and Point Nepean Road, Portsea. Cr Susan Bissinger, whose Nepean Ward covers the area, agreed the trees at about 150 years old are at “the end of their practical life and are starting to lose limbs”. “They are marked to be removed for
works in the Sullivan Bay park area which is an issue as there is a large two-storey house to be built that will leave Sullivan Bay park looking like a Melbourne suburban car park unless it is screened by a significant tree. “Unfortunately we do not have any indigenous trees that would screen a two-storey house or provide a canopy.” Cr Bissinger said the shire “currently has no transition plan to plant like-for-like trees – we are leaving the area in a far worse condition than when we found it,” she said. “The council is planning to replace them with short lived scrappy indigenous shrubs. “There is real concern that they will be removed and the most prominent
areas in Sorrento will look desolate – they are literally a huge piece of the Sorrento and Portsea streetscapes.” Cr Bissinger recommended planting a “compromise tree” – the Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus Macrophylla) which is already growing in Boneo Road, Prescott Street, Mt Martha at the beach end, and in Sorrento. She said it would suit the prominent areas being an Australian native, well suited to the environment, with a 200year lifespan. They are a giant carbon store, non-deciduous and “don’t lose branches”. The figs are said to be initially fast growing but slower after 5-10 years. They are excellent shade and canopy trees, and highly sought after as specimen trees in parks.
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PENINSULA Community Legal Centre has praised recent changes to Victoria’s rental laws, which include the introduction of “basic standards” and which limit rent rises to once a year, as making renting “fairer for everyone”. It says the revamped laws “strike a better balance between strengthening renters’ rights and protecting vulnerable tenants while providing appropriate protections for owners”. The legal centre aims to assist tenants living in private rental properties. For more than a decade it says it has supported tenants who “have not been given a fair go under the previous laws which created a power imbalance that favoured landlords”. The centre was responding to (“Perfect storm leaves renters out in the cold” The News 22/6/21) which pointed to a potential crisis in the lack of availability of rental properties on the Mornington Peninsula. The centre described the rental reforms, which came into effect at the end of March, as a “big step forward in correcting previous imbalances in the
system that allowed landlords to rent out properties, often for high rents, that did not provide basic amenities, such as functioning stoves, heating and deadlocks or have safety measures for gas, electricity and smoke alarms”. These are covered by the new laws. “The changes to the law mean that renters in Victoria are now provided with some of the basic protections that have existed elsewhere in the world for a long time,” the centre’s CEO Jackie Galloway said. “It is only fair that rental properties must meet basic standards that make them safe and liveable.” Other changes in the law relate to issues that can have a “big impact on renters’ quality of life, such as being allowed to have a pet or nail picture hooks in the wall”. While the new laws have been criticised by some as being “too tough” on owners, many of the reforms address basic things which most Victorians would expect to be allowed to do in their own home, Ms Galloway said. “The new laws enable people to turn the house they rent into a home. They
are not about maintaining a property to a luxury level, they are about maintaining it at a basic liveable level,’ she said. “The reforms won’t require huge changes for those who are already providing safe and secure rentals.” The centre has seen an increase in the number of renters facing eviction in the past two months. “Since the COVID moratorium on evictions ended in March we have seen more renters receiving notices to vacate due to ongoing financial stress as a result of the pandemic,” Ms Galloway said. “It is important for renters to seek advice and act quickly to avoid the possibility of having to leave the rental property with nowhere to go.” Anyone who has been served a notice-to-vacate their private rental property or who needs advice on the new laws or other general renting matters, such as getting repairs done, can call the Peninsula Community Legal Centre for free advice on 9783 3600 or email pclc@pclc.org.au.
Dromana speed cuts to make streets safer SPEED limits in a host of Dromana streets will be cut to 40kph. This follows the Safer Residential Areas community consultation process in 2018 when 77 per cent of respondents told Mornington Peninsula Shire that vehicles were travelling too fast in residential streets and around the town. The project was approved for funding through the federal government’s Black Spot Program. The 40kph limits will affect streets including William, Seacombe, Car-
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Bringing birds to life through paintings By Joseph Misuraca A RETIRED surgeon used his time in Victoria’s lockdowns to paint birds – all 270 of them. David Freedman, 76, of Mount Martha, has included 240 of the paintings in a book, Australia’s Birds, which he co-wrote with stepbrother Richard Steele. The 2019-20 bushfires forced a variety of birds to flock to Melbourne’s fringes, including Mr Freedman’s property in Mount Martha. “Some eastern rosellas started nesting in a bird box for the first time,” he said. This prompted him to begin painting birds in June last year. With all these paintings completed, he developed the idea of creating a book. The only problem was he didn’t know much about birds and wanted the book to include text, not just images. He discovered through his stepsister that his stepbrother, whom he hadn’t seen in over 60 years, knew a lot about birds and could write well. Mr Freedman also managed to contact Robin Hill, an Australian ex-pat who lives in the US, and is considered America’s finest ornithological painter and naturalist. Mr Hill was impressed by Mr Freedman’s work and agreed to write the foreword. “It’s a book illustrated by an Aussie, text by an Aussie, designed by an Aussie, and printed in Australia by an Aussie, and I’m very proud of it,” Mr Freedman said. As a surgeon, Mr Freedman performed 30,000 operations. It was his first passion and painting was his second. Now painting is his first passion. “I’ve pursued the painting with the same energy that I put into being a surgeon,” Mr Freedman said. “I think that because you’re old, you shouldn’t give up challenging yourself: that’s my philosophy. Keep going until you can’t do it anymore.” He said the reason why he produced the book was to remind everyone to be proud of our birds because they’re a “wonderful resource”. Australia’s Birds by David Freedman and Richard Steele with a foreword by Robin Hill is available at davidfreedmanart.com.au for $99 plus postage and handling.
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Claws out in spider crab war of words Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au THE stakes in the war-of-words over the catching of giant spider crabs at Rye and Blairgowrie took a strong political turn last week. In a full page advertisement in The News the Victorian Recreational Fishing peak body VRFish slammed those opposed to catching the crabs during their annual moult as an “attack by a loose association of conservation, NIMBY, and self-interested water user groups in a campaign coordinated by an avowed anti-recreational fishing group”. It even posed the inflammatory headline: “Is a ban on snapper fishing next?” VRFish took aim at Mornington Peninsula Shire, which wrote to Fishing and Boating Minister Melissa Horne in June seeking a ban on catching the crabs during their annual May-July moult off Rye and Blairgowrie. Deputy mayor Cr Sarah Race said at the time: “This is a phenomenon that should be celebrated, not decimated.” (“Spider crabs stay on the menu” The News 31/5/21). Copies of the council’s request were forwarded to Energy, Environment and Climate Change Minister Lily D’Ambrosio, and to peninsula MPs. The council pleaded for a reduced bag limit, education campaigns with interpretive signage “aimed at all coastal users” and tabled plans for a winter ‘closed season’ to secure the sustainability of the event. In October
Welcome back: Eco-warrior Josie Jones floats above a carpet of giant spider crabs. Picture: Josie Jones
last year the Victorian Fisheries Authority reduced catch limits from 30 to 15 crabs. The mayor Cr Despi O’Connor said the community had “deep concerns about the increased level of human interference with the annual spider crab moulting event”. “This amazing, world-renowned
spectacle is only able to be witnessed from shore at Rye and Blairgowrie and we’ve asked for a ‘no-take’ season for spider crabs to protect this unique phenomenon,” she said. “This is entirely consistent with the Victorian Marine and Coastal Act 2018 and the Marine and Coastal Policy 2020, which prioritise protect-
ing the marine environment from threats of any sort. The community has told us they love witnessing this amazing spectacle, but if the level of human interference we’ve seen in recent years continues, the future of this species and ecosystem is at risk. “This is not about being antifishing. It’s about sustainability and the right of the majority of locals and visitors to simply witness and enjoy this amazing annual event.” But VRFish was unmoved: “That Mornington Peninsula Shire Council is opposing a form of recreational fishing is not surprising as we consider this council the worst supporter of resident and tourist recreational fishers and boaters of any local government in the state,” the statement said. It added that the “localised, shortlived, annual fishery is a legal and beneficial outdoor activity” done by a “small, but important, recreational fisher community”. Also, that the crabbing “does not pose a sustainability or biomass threat and we support the scientific studies and surveys currently underway”. VRFish said the “clearly xenophobic and ignorant minority against the crab fishery [who assert] that it holds no ‘cultural significance’ for participants, should serve to discredit these groups. Recreational fishers are clearly practising ‘crab culture’ common in Chinese cuisine for 300 years.” It said examples of “deeper connection, or cultural heritage” in sustainable fishing among immigrant
families included blue sea mussell gathering by Italians at Brighton Beach; calamari fishing from bay piers by Greeks, and skipjack tailor fishing by Vietnamese at Newport power station. But those opposed say the 300-year-old Chinese crab culture was not carried out in Australia, and that mussels, skipjack and squid are not necessarily taken when the animals are at their most vulnerable. VRFish said: “Despite deliberately misleading assertions by the group opposed, the Giant Spider Crab Recreational Fisher Survey shows recreational fishers value the spider crab catch, consume the crab and comply with current fisheries regulations.” VRFish said there was little safety risk posed by sharks attracted by the crab fishers but decried the “wanton vandalism” on crabbers’ equipment and “threats of violence” at Rye and Blairgowrie piers. The body said it would ask the state government to “increase protection” for crabbers “using exclusion powers under the Marine Safety Act 2010”. Rye Community Group Alliance’s president Mechelle Cheers said reading the “innuendos, self-justification and other nonsense” expressed in the VRFish statement made her “wonder about the ethics of this non-Mornington Peninsula-based fishing lobby group”. “The inflammatory headline trying to incite traditional fishers says it all. A quick ask around confirmed there is no “avowed anti-recreational fishing group” on the southern end of the peninsula,” Ms Cheers said.
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AN emergency direction issued by Maritime Safety Victoria last week warned that HMAS Otama was at “risk of capsizing or possibly sinking imminently”. The Oberon class submarine, moored 800 metres north of Crib Point refinery jetty, is listing significantly to starboard. An exclusion zone prohibits “non-authorised personnel” from going within 200 metres of the stricken vessel. A source told The News the submarine has suffered a “catastrophic failure of the ballast tank on the starboard side and is taking water”. It is believed the tank rupture is due to rust and wear exacerbated by wild weather earlier in June. Contractors were last week attaching air bags to stabilise the vessel moored in waters managed by Parks Victoria. Buoys were being used to keep boats well clear. “We have spoken with the owner of the vessel as well as key stakeholders to discuss issues surrounding the vessel and ways it could be stabilised in its current location,” Parks Victoria regional director marine and maritime, Jo Richards said. “The stabilisation may include attaching inflatable fenders which could allow the Western Port Oberon Association to work through options for the vessel’s future in light of its obvious deterioration.” Boaters also reported an oil spill around the vessel on Wednesday. Former Port of Hastings harbour master Captain Dick Cox OAM said there was no oil left on board when the Otama was moored in the bay in 2003. “All the oil was cleaned out prior to its arrival in Western Port with probably just some grease and lubricants [left] on board,” he said. “The worry is [the sub] sinking with 500 tonnes of lead-acid batteries on board. “It is not in the shipping channel, which is in Port of Hastings-controlled waters, but in the Parks Victoria-controlled waters.”
Listing to starboard: The ex-HMAS Otama is on a lean after wild weather. Picture: Supplied
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne commissioned HMAS Otama in 1978. It is said to be the last of the Oberon class submarines in existence. The Western Port Oberon Association has plans to display it as a tourist attraction. The $15 million project would involve establishing a maritime museum at Hastings based around the submarine. (“Top Liberals to steer sub project” The News 30/5/17). The association’s Max Bryant said discussions with Parks Victoria about salvaging the vessel had taken on a greater urgency since it started listing. “All of a sudden people are taking notice of it,” he said, adding that notional revenues of $80 million had been ‘lost’ over time in the stalled bid to make the sub a museum focal point. “We’ve got to fix it,” he said. “Once it is stable they can carry out repairs.” Parks Victoria said it was also working with the Port of Hastings Development Authority, Department of Transport and Victorian Regional Channels Authority about the “issues the vessel presents”.
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Yawa to make a splash in July THE Yawa Aquatic Centre at Rosebud will open to the public on Friday 9 July. The later opening came about after Victoria went into its fourth lockdown earlier this month meaning the Friday 25 June opening target was not viable. Construction continued under the restrictions, but access to the centre was limited and put a halt to essential training. Belgravia Leisure was not able to host new staff on site to undertake swim teacher, lifeguard and emergency management training. To be able to open, all staff must be trained, qualified and, importantly, be familiar with the centre. With restrictions easing, Belgravia Leisure is back on site with smaller staff groups completing essential training which is expected to take an extra two weeks. Centre manager Dan Andrews said the window between the end of construction and the opening of the facility was scheduled for critical staff training and qualification activities.
“As restrictions ease, we’ll endeavour to complete all test operations throughout the coming weeks. “I can’t wait to welcome the community into the centre and thank you all for your understanding and patience.” The free community open day event planned for Sunday 4 July is on hold until restrictions have eased further. “It’s bitter-sweet to be in this position,” the mayor Cr Despi O’Connor said. “Coronavirus has again thrown a spanner in the works. While the building is looking fantastic and is ready for use, it’s frustrating that we have to wait another couple of weeks. “I want to thank our community and our new members for their patience and the shire and Belgravia teams for their hard work in getting us to this point. I promise, Yawa will be worth the wait!”It is hoped COVID-19 limits of no more than 50 patrons per venue indoors increase so more people are allowed into the centre. Details: Yawa Aquatic Centre is on Facebook and Instagram, or visit yawa.com.au
TEN men and 15 women are participating in the six-month Modelling Respect and Equality (MoRE) training as part of Mornington Peninsula Communities Creating Change project. The MoRE project aims to support role models who interact with boys and men on a regular basis so they can challenge limiting and harmful stereotypes and promote respect and equality. During a two-day workshop the participants, including teachers, mental health professionals, youth workers, sports coaches and residents, took a deep dive into topics often hidden or neglected in a masculine world. They included unpacking gender roles, norms and practices; understanding the powerful impact of vulnerability and emotional intelligence; understanding and challenging harmful expressions of masculinity; learning how to recognise and respond to various forms of violence; learning and practicing how to deal with resistance and tricky conversations; learning how to use theirs and others’ strengths to build community, and exploring opportunities for dialogue and activities to engage boys and men using the Man Box research. Organisers say the participants will go on to engage in a community of practice and create action plans to bring about positive change on the Mornington Peninsula. A community of practice is a group of people who share a common concern, a set of problems, or an interest in a topic, and who come together to fulfil both individual and group goals. The 25 Modelling Respect and
Equality participants join a sixmonth community of practice to stay connected and be supported by The Men’s Project and each other. This includes an online sharing platform and three 90-minute workshops. During this time, participants develop an action plan to promote gender equality and respectful relationships in the setting or organisation they are representing i.e. sports club, workplace or school. Modelling Respect and Equality is run by The Men’s Project at Jesuit Social Services with funding for delivery from VicHealth. The Communities Creating Change project is being delivered by the shire and
Family Life. “We were overwhelmed by the number of applicants for this program,” the mayor Cr Despi O’Connor said. “Thank you to everyone who expressed an interest in participating. We have a great group of community members and I can’t wait to see the impact these role models will have.” Those interested in the health and wellbeing of young men and boys in the community should go to mornpen. vic.gov.au/creatingchange and click the ‘follow’ button to receive updates. More workshops will be offered later this year.
Creating positive change: Modelling Respect and Equality participants are learning to unpack gender stereotypes. Picture: Supplied
Safer streets for Dromana When we surveyed the Dromana community about the local traffic in 2018, 77 per cent of all respondents felt vehicles travelled too fast through residential streets and around the town. We listened and are undertaking works to make Dromana’s streets safer. From 14 June – 15 July we’ll be constructing a compact roundabout at the Ligar/Codrington Streets intersection and implementing lower speed limits across many residential streets.
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Mornington Peninsula and cleaning up after them. When Matthew Flinders sailed into Port Phillip he was astounded by the expansive oyster clusters teeming in the water, the clarity of the waters, and how rich it was with marine life. It’s estimated up to half of Port Phillip was once dominated by shellfish reefs, but they’re now functionally extinct. Aboriginal people had been
VRFish Wasting Taxpayer Money VRFish should stick to representing everyone engaged in recreational fishing rather than spending taxpayer money on cynically weaponising cultural identity and spreading fake news in bullshit, scare-mongering, slanderous advertising campaigns.
harvesting shellfish from Port Phillip for at least 40,000 years, but it took only a hundred years of European intervention before the reefs were decimated.
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Project to track children’s wellbeing By Joseph Misuraca A MOUNT Eliza couple are working on a new statewide health initiative to track and improve children’s wellbeing. Dr Jolyon Ford, 51, and his wife, Jo Ford, 49, are working at Peninsula Health on ‘GenV’. The program is designed to track Victorian babies born between 2020-2022. Its goal, according to the GenV website, is to achieve “a better approach to child health, development and wellbeing in Victoria”. It’s a voluntary program, and one of the largest of its kind. The research study is being carried out by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute at the Royal Children’s Hospital. It will address numerous issues including asthma
and obesity to name a few. Dr Ford is Clinical Director for Women’s Health at Peninsula Health. He’s helped to facilitate the program’s launch at Frankston Hospital. “The study collects a whole bunch of what we call ‘demographic data’ which is just about family, what they do, where they live, their socio-economic status, their smoking status, the genetic information from the parents and the child,” Dr Ford said. Mrs Ford is a primary school teacher who’s having a break from the profession to now be a recruiter for GenV. Her job is to approach families on the maternity ward once their baby has been born, and to sign them up with GenV. The parents’ and newborn’s data are safely and securely
de-identified. Over the past 25 years of teaching, Mrs Ford has noticed the amount of children with health problems has increased dramatically. “When I started teaching 25 years ago, and I would get my class list, there might be a couple of children that had certain conditions,” Mrs Ford said. “But now, when you get a class list, there are so many children that are flagged for a variety of reasons.” Dr Ford said GenV will give researchers information about the causes of various health conditions so they can help the current adult population, not just future generations. GenV will soon be launched at Bay’s Hospital and Peninsula Private. You can find out more about GenV at genv.org.au
Ninjas share a peninsula flavour
Future focus: Jolyon and Jo Ford are working on a new health initiative aiming to track the progress of newborns to improve their wellbeing. Picture: Yanni
FANCIED competitors in the Australian Ninja Warrior TV show which returned to Channel 9 last week train together on the Mornington Peninsula. The show aired on Sunday 20 June with Zak Stolz making it into semifinal one on Tuesday 29 June and Charlie Robbins heading straight into the grand final after winning the Power Tower in Heat 4. Ashlin Herbert also heads straight to the grand final after winning the Power Tower in Heat 2 and Troy Cullen makes it to the semi-finals. Sarah Blackmore doesn’t make it but will cheer on the Mornington ninjas
from the sidelines. As one of the top ninjas, Herbert returns for his fifth season of Australian Ninja Warrior and is said to be “hungry for the win after a surprise elimination in the semi-finals last year”. Blackmore was diagnosed with ADHD this year and will be competing to “advocate for Ninja Warrior sports as an effective outlet for treatment”. Last year’s grand finalist Troy Cullen will be fighting for his place in the final again.
Lifesavers ‘step up’ despite weather PORTSEA lifesavers placed second in Round Four of the Open Women’s Tube Rescue and third in the Open Men’s IRB Rescue at Lorne on Saturday 19 June. On the Sunday they won Round Five of the Open Men’s Tube Rescue. The Inflatable Rescue Boat teams were competing in the final carnivals before returning to Lorne for the Victorian IRB Championships, 3-4 July. Life Saving Victoria said all teams performed well in “challenging conditions” in the back-toback events. Despite cold and choppy surf conditions, particularly on the Saturday, the teams all stepped up to the challenge and put on what were described as “impressive displays of rescueready racing, showing off both their competitive natures and valuable lifesaving skills”. “After unfortunately missing our third carnival of the season earlier this month due to COVID-19, it was absolutely fantastic our teams were able to head down to Lorne for a full weekend of racing,” LSV manager – aquatic Up to the challenge: Members of the Portsea Life Saving Club’s IRB team in action and, later, relaxing after their events. Picture: Supplied
sport Simon Butterly said. “Our teams not only put on an exciting racing show, but also worked hard to ensure all athletes, officials and the local Lorne community was COVID-safe during our event. “With LSV returning to Lorne SLSC for the IRB Victorian Championships early next month, it was great for our teams to have a dress rehearsal at the venue. “Thank you to Lorne for being such awesome hosts and we can’t wait to come back next month and crown our IRB state champions!”
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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
Association calls for reversal of Bass Park Trust appointment The Flinders Community Association has learnt with great concern the extraordinary decision by Mornington Peninsula Council to appoint a councillor from outside the Red Hill Ward to the Bass Park Trust. A Crown Grant of 12 June 1923 established the Bass Park Trust to protect the land occupied by the Flinders Golf Club. The Golf Club was given permanent rights over all the playing area. The Bass Park Trust is also responsible for management of part of the Coastal Crown land reserve located between the Flinders Yacht Club premises and the Lions Club Playground area. Trustees are traditionally made up of the President, Secretary and Treasurer or their representatives of the Golf Club, the Red Hill Ward Shire Councillor, two community representatives and a Trustee appointed Secretary/ Treasurer. We can see no reason whatever why this well-established arrangement should be altered. At a time when Flinders is facing an exceptional degree of pressure on a range of fronts – the stated intention of Parks Victoria to demolish 180 metres of the wooden pier and the threat to install a boat ramp, to name just two – it is essential that our local Red Hill Ward Councillor should remain at the helm of the Bass Park Trust to defend the interests and concerns of our local community. This is what that person is elected to do. We have written to Council asking that they reconsider this decision and restore the long-standing arrangement of appointing our local councillor as its delegate to the Bass Park Trust. Jo Monie, President, Flinders Community Association
Priority spending Maybe, during an international pandemic that has caused millions of deaths world wide, loss of employment and business; Councillors should not be focused on personal and professional development at ratepayers expense, but focused on what can be done to assist residents and businesses within the Shire. We have suffered four lockdowns in Victoria and as a result we are behind the rest of Australia in the Management of this pandemic. Councillors needs to be focused, to develop and reinstate Mornington Peninsula lifestyle and business. Extraneous expenses should be managed accordingly and priorities established. Promote tourism and fix roads to begin with. If there is not enough money for the maintenance of roads, extravagant personal development expenses should be put on hold until this challenging time has passed. Then all Councillors could be trained collectively in required skills. Michelle Smith, Rosebud
Crab controversy It was enlightening reading the Victorian Recreational Fishing’s full page advertisement on page 2 of the Mornington News last week. VR Fish say that opposition to the taking of crabs, which VR Fish support, is being led by “a loose association of conservation, NIMBY and self-interested water user groups” opposed to fishing activities. Now call me naive but I would have imagined that VR Fish supports actives such as fishing, which, to the best of my knowledge, usually involves water. You learn something every day. Ross Hudson, Mount Martha
La La Land?
Tidal pool support
Our shire still pretends there is a climate emergency on the peninsula and intends to be “carbon zero” by 2040; this includes actively encouraging residents to discontinue gas appliances and to go all-electric (“Shire backs zero carbon future”, The News, 22 June). No mention that three quarters of grid power is coal generated, especially at night. These very councillors should now lead by example, disconnect gas from their own homes if fitted, and go all electric. If not, then they are at best hypocrites, at second best charlatans, or at worst non compos mentis. Perhaps they could advise us of what they’ve done. I will never disconnect my reliable,efficient and very economic gas heaters, hot water and stove. Council can keep their opinions and silly ideas right out of my affairs. The peninsula attracts 7.5 million tourist visitors per (non- Covid) year (council’s own figures), which must be, say, 3 million car visits. Although, like our council, I have done no research on the matter, I reckon that each daily car visit emits more CO2 (and other pollutants) than my daily household gas appliances. Council actively encourages and sometimes finances tourism and consequent carbon emissions. Yes, it’s LaLa Land we live in. Brian Mitchelson, Mornington
A brilliant idea by councillor Susan Bissinger to have a tidal pool at Portsea. It has always been a mystery to me as to why Victoria has so few tidal pools and NSW so many. But in the case of Portsea it could be an even better idea to enlarge such a pool as to also encompass the pier itself and also to act as protection for the area that was Portsea beach. As it is now we are burdened by the sight of these ugly bags of sand, which appear to need re-building every few years, and the final cost of doing all this could be far cheaper than an enclosed pool. John Shorter, McCrae
Barnaby’s back
Silent voices indeed
Well, it’s something for everyone this comedy season. Barnaby’s back as deputy PM, wow! It seems that in the LNP if you stuff up, you get rewarded. Affairs with staffers appears to be top of the list, I suppose we can put bullying next. I don’t know where incompetence sits, reasonably high I would think. Double standards abound in the party. If you recall, Julia Gillard, Australia’s first woman PM had to face a judicial enquiry over renovations to her kitchen, Christian Porter, on the other hand, won’t be facing an enquiry anytime soon over his alleged rape charge. Meanwhile, Scomo is locked away in quarantine after his controversial sojourn over to Cornwall and other points of interest. I hope Jen and the girls tickets came out of his pocket and not us taxpayers. Methinks we’ll never know. John Cain, McCrae
Life after death? People often say there is life after death. Barnaby Joyce has proved them right. Geoffrey Lane, Mornington
Train drain Anthony Marsh, Briars Ward councillor, is correct in his assertion that to invest in people is to ensure better council decisions. (‘Fatal Flaw’ Letters, 16 June). Training of councillors is essential if they have been newly elected and with no experience. I see no fault in councillor training; however, the touted $8000 is a step too far if it is indeed for one training episode. Especially as each councillor, over their four-year term, can claim $16,000.00. What type of course is available for each councillor? Claiming travel is an accepted part of a councillor’s term, and maybe various training sessions with, say, television presentation, voice guidance, and how to remain calm in the face of angry ratepayers. At all times, accountability is crucial. It’s not easy being in the public eye, but it comes with great satisfaction in assisting the community. Anne Kruger, Rye
Expensive Imagine 2040 We have been asked what we would like our Council to be in 2040. That’s 19 years hence. I would prefer it concentrate on this and the next 3 years. Instead it has budgeted $190,000 on a “feelgood” thought bubble tried by many businesses over the past decade with no tangible benefits. We have rank amateurs as councillors. Doug Burns, Mornington
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Change the discussion The debate on Australia’s borders regarding refugees is an absolute farce especially given the federal government’s failure to take responsibility for those very same borders during a global pandemic. It is shameful behaviour and deplorable for anyone who thinks that there is an acceptable excuse for keeping children in detention. I’d for one would rather change the discussion to how many refugees there are in the world, the causes that displace these people and what we as a local community and a nation can do to address the causes. Craig Thomson, Rye
Councillor Marsh’s justification for trying to remove prayer from Mornington Peninsula Shire council meetings includes that he is “listening to voices that aren’t heard; to people that are silent in our community that had a view” (“Judgement day for pledge posing as prayer” The News 15/6/21). Appealing to the ‘silent majority’ is quite common, but in this case this group is silent indeed! According to the 2016 census data more than 60% of shire residents identified as Christian, with only half that number identifying as ‘no religion’. It would seem that Councillor Marsh’s silent voices are even silent within the privacy of the national census form. From the evidence, it would seem that our shire has a healthy respect for religion, which makes his crusade to remove prayer appear much more like a personal view, rather than respecting the views of the majority of shire residents. Ian Brace, Mornington
Letters love How would we survive without our “Letters” page? Well done MPNG for keeping us informed throughout this seemingly forever COVID crisis. One John F O’Hanlon pens a long letter of criticism against regular contributor John Cain, basically saying nothing other than his support for our Greg Hunt. John Cain obviously has political leanings but rarely, if ever, “wild accusations.” The prayer (with dignity?) rather than the pledge, at the beginning of Council Meetings; either can be taken with a grain of salt, depending on a particular line off bias. The sea baths at Portsea is indeed pure comedy, as is the shire backing a zero carbon policy. Ditto the $8000 three day director training course. Professional development starts from within. Another regular, dear Michael Long, suggests, as anticipated, the return of the Murugappan family to Sri Lanka, clear enough evidence of a miniscule quantum of compassion. The mandated QR check-ins, perhaps a vaccine passport, daily (hourly?) updates on various vaccinations, COVID numbers, spinning heads; the music going round and round. A need for empathy training? OMG. We look, search for anything for a smile on our various dials. Reason as logic, reason as motive or reason as a way of life? And there it is, here, weekly, in this newspaper. Thanks. Cliff Ellen, Rye
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THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE... AND OTHER SHORT STORIES
On Existentialism and Eastlink By Stuart McCullough IT’S a weird time. For whatever reason, my nerves are heightened, senses sharpened. I don’t know if it’s that we’re now in the second year of the pandemic or some kind of mid-life crisis, but I’m starting to see things a little differently. It began, somewhat unexpectedly, on Eastlink. Generally speaking, I’m not one for experiencing a philosophical flashpoint while charging down a major commuter expressway, but it wasn’t something I chose. Rather, it seemed to choose me. I was driving to my brother’s when I saw it: a large flashing sign hanging above the road. In no uncertain terms, it explained that the right lane was strictly for overtaking and that, if not overtaking, you should remain in the left lane. The message was put clearly and with great economy. Namely, venture into the right hand lane only if you plan to overtake. Otherwise, remain in the left lane. At this particular point of Eastlink, there are three lanes. While the purpose of lanes one and three had been made crystal clear, the circumstances under which you were permitted to utilize lane number two were a mystery. That’s not to say that lane two was empty. Far from it. There were all kinds of vehicles traversing the nopurpose lane, unaware of their status as visitors to a world without status or recognition. They were, in effect, cruising along in an existential noman’s land, oblivious to the consequences. From the safety of the left lane, I wanted to sound my horn as a warning, but it was no use. These people were using the supernatural mys-
tery lane and nothing would change their minds. Given this absence of clarity, there ought to be warning. Perhaps a road sign that reads ‘Warning: Existential Crisis Ahead’. Usually such signs are accompanied by a stick figure of some sort to ram the point home. I feel that
those responsible for creating these stick figures often fail to get the level of recognition they so richly deserve. Within the genre of ‘road sign stick figures’ I’m quite fond of ‘beware of falling rocks’. I’m not sure how best to signify a spiritual flashpoint of this kind – perhaps a stick figure modelled
on Rodin’s ‘The Thinker’ would do the trick. It’s not the only challenge to the time, space and the cosmos that’s been troubling me this week. In between avoiding paranormal lane-changes, I’ve also been thinking about the bin in the kitchen a lot. Maybe too much. When I empty the bin, it remains empty for a day at most. Ninety percent of the time it appears full, even as further rubbish is added. This shouldn’t be possible. If the rate of input remains pretty much consistent, then this should simply not be so. Obviously, some of this waste is being transported to another dimension – possibly the second lane of Eastlink – where it bides its time, waiting for bin night. Keen for answers, I decided to try and Google my way out of my conundrum. In short order, I found myself on YouTube watching cat videos; when it occurred to me that people stopped referring to the internet as ‘the information superhighway’ probably about the same time as cat videos took over. Or, alternatively, the information superhighway has three lanes and they couldn’t figure out what the second lane was for and abandoned the idea altogether. But YouTube is a strange, mysterious place that is yet to be touched by the rules of western civilization. It was while I was there that I discovered ‘reaction’ videos. A reaction video is where someone films themselves listening to or watching something for the first time. We, the viewer, then get to watch them react. As best I can tell, no formal qualification is necessary. Note; to date no-one has created a
video of themselves reacting to a book they’re reading for the first time - presumably nobody’s interested in watching a reaction to ‘A Remembrance of Things Past’ by Marcel Proust. Or it’s not considered an efficient use of time. Not only do people make these videos; people generate income by making these videos. You can guess what happens next. These overseas video correspondents are bombarded with requests to react to things that – while incredibly popular here – are unknown in other countries. So it is that people end up reacting to Cold Chisel and John Farnham songs. Some presenters were clearly taken aback by the work of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The video of some dude in Florida reacting to ‘This Is Serious Mum’ is not one I’ll soon forget. Forget ever understanding how Eastlink works. Instead, I need to start filming reaction videos. And since it pays to specialize, my plan is to film myself reacting to other people’s reaction videos. Or, better yet, film myself reacting to footage of people driving in the second lane of Eastlink. To ensure that it goes viral, I’ll superimpose some footage of a kitten. With those crucial ingredients in place, success is all but guaranteed. Or maybe I should forget it completely and take these illconceived ideas and throw them in the bin that, although it appears full, won’t need emptying for another three or four days. It might be just me, but I suspect the last few weeks of social isolation have taken their toll(way). I’ll wait it out in the second lane. stuart@stuartmccullough.com
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SUNSET SOUNDS COMING TO HASTINGS
MARGARET FULTON THE MUSICAL MARGARET Fulton - ‘the first lady of Australian food’ was born in Scotland in 1924, moving to Glen Innes, NSW with her family when she was just three years old. After her schooling years Margaret moved to Sydney to pursue her dream of becoming a cabaret performer, however she ended up living next door to a “lady” of the night and working in a nuts-andbolts factory, a job she couldn’t get away from quick enough and finally landing as a position as a cooking teacher at The Australian Gas Light Company. Her career as a food writer was soon to follow with work at Woman Magazine, Women’s Day and later New Idea. Margaret Fulton was widely credited with teaching Australian’s how to cook, reigning supreme on our country’s cooking scene, awarded an OAM in 1983 and later identified as a National Living Treasure. She released the Margaret Fulton Cookbook in 1968 which went on to sell more than 1.5 million copies. This book encouraged Australian housewives to experiment with more
interesting ingredients, straying from the old tradition of meat and three veg. Almost every Australian household owned a copy of this cookbook. Margaret passed away in regional NSW aged 94, in 2019. She was thrilled her life story had made it to the stage! ‘Margaret Fulton-The Musical’ follows her journey from humble beginnings to superstardom through theatre, dance and song. We witness her many business ventures, two failed marriages, her heartbreak and loss. Featuring an all “triple-threat” cast, with powerhouse Judy Hainsworth in the role of Margaret Fulton this musical is simply a recipe for success! ‘Margaret Fulton the Musical’ is coming to Frankston Arts Centre on Sunday 18 July. Tickets are $65. Conc. $59. members $55 and child U16 $49 with groups of 10+ $59. Tickets available by phone 9784 1060 or online at - www.thefac.com.au
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ICONIC mainstay festival Sunset Sounds is thrilled to get Victoria in on the action, set to delight music lovers at Hastings Foreshore Reserve on November 28. This epic Sunday session will kick off at 1pm (gates at 12pm) and will wrap by 8pm and will feature an impressive lineup of some of the country’s most prized singer songwriters; Xavier Rudd, Pete Murray, Kasey Chambers, Josh Pyke, Ben Lee, The Church, Kyle Lionhart and D’arcy Spiller. Tickets go on sale at 10am AEST on Friday July 2. Excited to be headlining Sunset Sounds at Hastings Foreshore Reserve, Xavier Rudd says, “It's been a very long time since I’ve been to the Mornington Peninsula and I’m stoked to be traveling there for Sunset Sounds festival. This is gonna be special day on magical Bunurong country, let's light it up!! Can’t wait!” And Pete Murray’s thrilled to join the stellar all-Aussie bill, enthusing, “This will be a
fantastic festival to be a part of, it is such a great line up”. “Looking forward to bringing some live music back with my fellow musicians for Sunset Sounds,” adds Kasey Chambers. The man doing more than his bit to encourage the return of live music here in Aus, Empire’s Marc Christowski says, “We are thrilled to bring together a lineup of some of Australia’s most awesome live acts. What can be better than kicking back watching the likes of Xavier, Pete and Kasey?” Sunset Sounds Hastings Foreshore Reserve will be held with a commitment to a COVID Safe environment. Festival organisers will work closely with and comply with all requirements of the public health authorities. If the show is required to be postponed, a postponement date will be announced and full refunds offered if no new date is possible. Tickets www.ticketek.com.au, 1300 364 001, and all Ticketek outlets.
QUIET PLEASE! – CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF PETER ALLEN & JUDY GARLAND
INVINCIBLE - THE HELEN REDDY STORY HAILED as the international ‘Queen of 70’s Pop’ Helen Reddy was Australia’s very first truly international superstar. In 1973, her iconic song I Am Woman became the unforgettable anthem of the women's liberation movement and made her the very first Australian to ever win a Grammy Award. During her remarkable career she placed three #1 hits on the US Billboard charts and six more in the US top 10. She sold over 25 million albums and played to sellout concert houses right around the world. She even hosted her very own prime time series on U.S.Television. Then, all of a sudden, she lost it all.
In 2020, the feature film I am Woman brought some of Helen’s incredible life story to screens worldwide. In 2021 Australian singer and actress, Nikki Bennett, brings the whole story to Australian stages. Stunningly written and performed, this beautiful tribute weaves the late Helen Reddy’s greatest hits through her extraordinary life story. Featuring a stellar Live band, it is a show that will capture every heart. Invincible - The Helen Reddy Story is coming to Frankston Arts Centre on Friday 16th July. Tickets available by phone 9784 1060 or online at - www.thefac.com.au
QUIET PLEASE! – Celebrating The Music Of Peter Allen & Judy Garland Is touring July 2021 starring Australia’s finest, Naomi Eyers (The Fabulous Singlettes) and Greg Gould (Australia’s Got Talent). From the Wizard of Oz to The Boy From Oz... Get your maracas out as we celebrate two of the world’s most iconic artists of all time - the legendary Judy Garland and the incomparable Peter Allen, QUIET PLEASE stars two of Australia’s finest, Naomi Eyers (The Fabulous Singlettes) and Greg Gould (Australia’s Got Talent). These two powerhouse vocalists take you on an unforgettable trip down the yellow brick
road to remember their lives, their songs and their very special friendship. All the hits that you know and love including Over The Rainbow, I Go To Rio, Tenterfield Saddler, Get Happy, I Still Call Australia Home and of course Quiet Please, There’s a Lady on Stage! The music, the memories, the magic! A show not to be missed! QUIET PLEASE! – Celebrating The Music Of Peter Allen & Judy Garland is coming to Frankston Arts Centre on Friday 9th July. Tickets available by phone 9784 1060 or online at - www.thefac.com.au
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Pony falls down a well in Frankston Compiled by Cameron McCullough LAST Sunday, a pony, the property of Mr Bennett, fell down a narrow well at “Cleveden,” Kars Street, but, fortunately, the pony was rescued by a number of willing workers. It is not known how long the animal had been in the well before it was discovered, but he was down about 10 feet, with his head just out of the water. The pony is not much the worse for its adventure. *** VISIBLE expression of recognising the birthday of our beloved Prince was conspicuous by its absence on the 23rd inst. The heads of the two State institutions (State School and Savings Bank), however, thought it worthy of notice and thoughtfully raised a flag in honor of the event. This time last year the Prince of Wales was with us and signs of loyalty to the Throne and Heir Apparent were not wanting, but on this birthday he seems to have been forgotten. Where were the town flags? *** A FULL attendance is requested at the monthly meeting of the Frankston Progress Association to be held on Tuesday evening next. *** THE Frankston Fire Brigade, under Captain D. Petrie, turned out in full strength for the inspection by Chief Officer Marshall last Monday evening. A detailed report will be published next week. ***
IN aid of the Royal Victorian Blind Institute, Miss Dorathea Macmaster has consented to give, in the Mechanics Institute, Frankston, a recital on the lines of one she gave with marked success in the Melbourne Athenaeum a few weeks ago. Miss Macmaster will be supported by students from various parts of Victoria, whom she is training for the concert platform at her rooms in Melbourne. Fuller particulars will be published later, the present notice is merely intended as an invitation to supporters of the Institute to keep the 19th of July free, and, if they have any leisure for the undertaking, to place themselves in touch with Miss Macmaster, who is arranging to devote Wednesdays and Saturdays to advanced pupils from different parts of the Peninsula, may be seen re the recital on those days at Balmoral House, Frankston. *** AN important meeting of the Somerville Branch of the Teachers’ Union was held at Frankston on Wednesday evening, when the President (Mr S. Uren) occupied the chair. This was an experimental meeting under the suggested scheme for movable meetings. Judging by the increased attendance, the keen interest taken in all matters brought forward, and the amount of business transacted, the success of the movement is already assured. Mr Jennings was unanimously elected vice president. It was agreed, on the motion of Mr Jennings and Miss Pearce, that the next meeting should be held at Hast-
ings on 10th July. The matter of superannuation was then discussed, when Messrs McConville and Jennings, Misses Fulton, Armstrong and Cole spoke in favor of the scheme by which the Public Servants and the Government subscribe to the fund. It was pointed out that Victoria was the only State in Australia that had not a Superannuation Fund for the State Public Servants. It was decided to request the Union to bring the matter at once before the Cabinet. It was further resolved, on the motion of Mr Jennings and Miss Guan, to invite Mr Braithwaite (President of the Teachers’ Union) to Frankston to give an address. Misses McFarlane and Gale considered that the meeting should do something to provide social functions for members, and proposed that a series of tennis matches be arranged amongst teachers. This was agreed to. At the close of the meeting Mr Jennings and his staff provided suppers which was much appreciated by all, but especially by those who had driven in from remote schools. *** Darcy Eccles, who escaped from French Island, as reported in “The Standard” last issue, appeared at the Melbourne City Court on June 16, when he was charged with having escaped from legal custody. The alleged offence was committed on May 7th, 1918, when accused was detained at the McLeod Settlement Reformatory, French Island, having been admitted three days previously.
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Planning and Environment Act 1987 MORNINGTON PENINSULA PLANNING SCHEME Notice of the preparation of an amendment Amendment C281morn The Mornington Peninsula Shire Council has prepared Amendment C281morn to the Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme. The land affected by the amendment is all land zoned Commercial 1 (C1Z), Industrial 3 (IN3Z) and Mixed Use (MUZ) in the core commercial areas of the Hastings, Mornington and Rosebud Major Activity Centres. The affected land is shaded in green and marked ‘PO1’ in on Figures 1 – 3 below.
Figure 1: Hastings Major Activity Centre
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The amendment proposes to introduce the Parking Overlay to the Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme and reduce car parking requirements for new uses/developments in the core commercial areas of Mornington, Hastings and Rosebud. The reduced requirements better reflect the multi-purpose nature of trips to these areas and associated parking needs. You may inspect the amendment, any documents that support the amendment and the explanatory report about the amendment, free of charge, at: • the Mornington Peninsula Shire’s website at www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/ Building-Planning/Strategic-Planning/Planning-Scheme-Amendments; • during office hours, at the office of the planning authority: 90 Besgrove Street, Rosebud VIC 3939 (Rosebud Office) 2 Queen Street, Mornington VIC 3931 (Mornington Office) 21 Marine Parade, Hastings VIC 3915 (Hastings Office); or • at the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning website www.delwp.vic.gov.au/public-inspection. Any person who may be affected by the amendment may make a submission to the planning authority about the amendment. Submissions must be made in writing giving the submitter’s name and contact address, clearly stating
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Pythons strike, Stonecats still on top DIVISION ONE
By Brodie Cowburn PINES upset Sorrento on Saturday to score what could be a season defining win. The Pythons have endured a difficult 2021. They came into the clash against the Sharks with just one win to their name for the season. Sorrento controlled the game for most of the day on their home deck. They led at each break of play, and took a 22 point lead into the final term. Pines didn’t give up though, and booted six goals in a final term blitz. The Pythons ended up clinching a thriller by just five points 11.8 (74) to 12.7 (79). Guy Hendry was Pines’ best. He kicked three goals. Brendan Barfoot also scored four for the Pythons. Pines now sit a game ahead of last place Edithvale–Aspendale, who fell to another defeat on the weekend. They lost to Frankston Bombers 14.19 (103) to 6.6 (42). Dromana claimed the points in a close one against Rosebud on Saturday. Just one goal was scored in a scrappy opening term, which set the tone for the rest of the game. Rosebud led by less than a goal at each break, but let it slip in the final quarter. Two last quarter goals saw Dromana get over the line 7.11 (53) to 7.7 (49). Billy Quigley was the Tigers’ best. Frankston YCW cemented their place on top of the ladder with a comfortable win over Mt Eliza. The Stonecats controlled proceedings from the beginning. They ended up running out 51 point winners 13.13 (91) to 6.4 (40). Matthew Troutbeck and Brenton Lambert kicked three goals each for the victors. Bonbeach rounded out the winner’s list with a 63 point victory over Red Hill. Owen Hulett was immense in his first senior game for the season. He kicked five goals.
New heights: Frankston YCW cemented their position on the top of the table after accounting for Mt Eliza. Picture: Craig Barrett
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By Brodie Cowburn LANGWARRIN’S brilliant winning run came to an end at the hands of Somerville on Saturday. The Kangaroos have been outstanding in season 2021. Coming into the clash against Somerville they were undefeated. Somerville came to play on their home deck. They held narrow leads at each break, but the Kangaroos still threatened. Somerville held onto their lead in the final quarter, going on to win 14.11 (95) to 11.11 (77). Nicholas Mason, Mitchell Mantell, and Nathan Gillis were the best performers in the huge upset win. Despite the defeat, Langwarrin remain clear at the top of the ladder.
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Karingal and Chelsea were an equal match at Ballam Park Reserve last weekend. Both sides ended up sharing the points after a thrilling game. The Bulls were the better side in the first half. They led by 23 at the main break. By three quarter time, the sides were level. Both sides traded blows in a tense final term, but when the final siren sounded both teams still couldn’t be separated. The final score read 9.7 (61) to 9.7 (61). Crib Point nearly grabbed their second win for the 2021 season on Saturday. After a spirited showing last week, the Magpies worked hard again against Pearcedale. Pearcedale raced out of the blocks 30 June 2021
with a three goals to zero first term. The Magpies didn’t give up, and struck back with five goals of their own in the second term. Going into the final quarter, Crib Point trailed by nine. They held Pearcedale to just five behinds in the last quarter, but couldn’t get over the line. Pearcedale ended up winning 9.8 (62) to 9.6 (60). Miles Shepherd was the Magpies’ best. He converted four goals. Around the grounds Devon Meadows comfortably defeated Rye, 15.5 (95) to 8.11 (59), and Hastings got the best of Tyabb by 31 points. Seaford’s first game back at RF Miles Reserve didn’t go exactly to plan. They lost to Mornington 7.21 (63) to 15.9 (99).
By Brodie Cowburn THE Frankston Dolphins have their second win, claiming the points against Mornington in a hard fought battle last weekend. The Dolphins were coming off a difficult loss to Coburg the week prior. They lost by 10 goals in their season restart match. Frankston made amends with a gritty win at Skybus Stadium. They claimed victory 3.8 (26) to 1.1 (7). Seaford and Eastern Devils had to share the points after a fiercely contested match at RF Miles Reserve on Saturday night. The Devils took a narrow one goal lead into half time, but the Tigerettes hit back in the third term to snatch back the lead. The Devils squared things up
in the last quarter, but couldn’t ahead. The final siren blew with both sides level. The final score read 3.2 (20) apiece. Lauren Field booted two goals for Seaford. Michelle Podnecky and Samantha Ryan also impressed. Seaford were narrow victors over the St Kilda Sharks the previous week. The Sharks bounced back on Sunday, defeating the Coburg Lions. The Sharks emerged victorious by 35 points. The Lions struggled to hit the scoreboard. They managed just three behinds for the match. The Sharks won comfortably, the final scoreboard reading 4.14 (38) to 0.3 (3). Hayley Stanford was best on ground.
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By Craig MacKenzie ROSEBUD player-coach Mark Pagliarulo was over-the-moon when he clinched the signing of Ash Scholes last week. “Pags” had been chasing the 27-year-old’s signature for some time and was close to signing him a few months ago. “I tried to get him at the beginning of the season but he wanted to stay loyal to Somerville but recently we spoke and he wasn’t enjoying it there so decided to come down,” Pagliarulo said on Friday. “He’s a massive signing for the club, a local lad and a top defender. “He’s a big boy, strong, good in the air and a good lad to have around the place, a very honest player who gives 100 per cent every week. “Massive thanks to Somerville for releasing him with no dramas as it wouldn’t have been easy losing one of their top players but they sorted it for us straight away so he could play this weekend.” Scholes is a former Rosebud Heart player. He’s been given the No 95 shirt, a humorous nod to his pace and a reference to Lightning McQueen in the animated Pixar film series “Cars”. Scholes had an excellent debut on Saturday as Rosebud defied the odds with a 3-1 away win over State 5 South promotion candidate Hampton Park United. The home side led after 32 minutes but Pagliarulo levelled two minutes later with a quickly taken free-kick. Just before half-time Dougie’s Cunnison’s ball across the face of goal was headed home by Iglia Malisan from close range to give Rosebud the lead at the interval. In the 58th minute a left-foot strike by Pagliarulo was parried by Hampton keeper Jack Lindsay but Callum Norton followed up to seal the deal for the visitors. Pagliarulo was delighted with Scholes’ performance and is looking forward to the return of Cal Richardson who is expected to train this week after taking a short break from the game. Slowly but surely Rosebud is building its senior squad and its playercoach has high ambitions. “Big Ash slotted in well and had a brilliant debut,” he said. “But the next two games are huge for this football club against Aspendale and Old Mentonians if we are to push for promotion this season.”
’Buds bonus: Defender Ash Scholes (right) in action for Somerville against Baxter striker Lachie McMinimee. Picture: Darryl Kennedy
In NPL2 Langwarrin left John Cain Reserve with all three points courtesy of a 2-1 win over Northcote City. A Tom Youngs penalty deep into injury time was the decider. Youngs had drawn the sides level earlier in the match with another penalty conversion after midfielder Rogan McGeorge was fouled inside the area. In State 1 Mornington had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Warragul United at Dallas Brooks Park last weekend. Josh Hine put the home side ahead in the 15th minute with a neat left-foot finish but a Henri Scott brace sent the visitors into the break with a 2-1 lead. Josh Heaton grabbed the equaliser in the 55th minute when a Luke Goulding corner dropped at his feet and the big man slotted it into the far corner. In State 2 news Peninsula Strikers’ away game on Friday night against Doncaster Rovers was postponed due to the state of the pitch. Strikers had planned to wear black armbands in memory of former player Alex Mooy who died early last week. Mooy was in his late 20s with an infant son. Older brother and Socceroo midfielder Aaron Mooy posted an emotional tribute on Instagram writing “… we will miss you everyday. I’m sorry I didn’t do more to help you … and now it’s too late.”
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fixture against Endeavour United to Saturday due to a floodlighting problem and lost 1-0. Chelsea’s Danny Graham was sent off in the 64th minute and the winner came 10 minutes later after multiple deflections in the box ended with an effective backheel from Endeavour’s Maqsod Mansuri. In State 5 Aspendale Stingrays hammered South East United 7-2 at Aspendale Gardens Sports Ground on Saturday. James Macnab (2), Adrian Pace (2), Elliott Stone, Hayden Nuhanovic and Kenan Nuhanovic scored for Aspendale. Mount Martha went down 4-3 at home against Bunyip District last weekend. David Oswald, Neal Byrne and Thomas Faska scored for Mount Martha. In other news Endeavour Hills has withdrawn from the State 5 South competition. We were awaiting Football Victoria’s response but the protocol is to award 3-0 walkovers for Endeavour Hills fixtures. In FFA Cup news there are no local clubs left in the national competition after Langwarrin lost 3-1 to Moreland Zebras at CB Smith Reserve last week. The sides were locked together at
1-1 at half-time with Isiah Joseph scoring for Langy but a penalty in the 61st minute was converted by Josh Knight to put the home side ahead. Then two rapid fire cautions for Langy’s Sammy Orritt reduced the visitors to 10 men and David Cardamone completed the scoreline in the 74th minute. NEXT WEEK’S GAMES Friday 2 July, 8.30pm Moreland Zebras v Langwarrin – CB Smith Reserve Frankston Pines v Ashburton – Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve Saturday 3 July, 3pm Casey Comets v Mornington – Comets Stadium Skye Utd v Knox City – Skye Recreation Reserve Brandon Park v Peninsula Strikers – Freeway Reserve Chelsea v Baxter – Edithvale Recreation Reserve Endeavour Utd v Somerville Eagles – Reema Reserve Aspendale Stingrays v Rosebud – Jack Grut Reserve Casey Panthers v Mount Martha – Prospect Hill Reserve Saturday 3 July, 5pm Springvale City v Seaford Utd – Ross Reserve
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Skye United lost 4-1 at home against Old Scotch on Saturday with Mark O’Connor scoring for Skye. In State 3 Frankston Pines’ momentum towards the title continued with a 2-1 away win over Elwood City. Sava Baledrokadroka and Alex Roberts scored for Pines. In State 4 Seaford overran Somerville Eagles 5-2 on Saturday at North Seaford Reserve with Seaford’s gun striker Dylan Waugh notching a hattrick. Mitch Hawkins and Almand Thomas were Seaford’s other scorers while player-coach and ex-Seaford star Dave Greening replied for Somerville along with Michael Clark. Waugh is leading in the race for the league’s Golden Boot award with Greening in second place. Baxter recorded its biggest away win of the season last weekend when it thrashed FC Noble Hurricanes 4-0 thanks to a Nat Daher hat-trick and an own goal from Hurricanes’ Emmanuel Deiwal. The match marked the return to the starting line-up of Robbie O’Toole who was injured in the first few minutes of his only other appearance this season. That was against Hurricanes at Baxter Park in late March. Chelsea had to switch Friday’s home
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