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‘No doubt’ closure By Cam Lucadou-Wells Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has told a Parliamentary inquiry he has “no doubt” he made the right call to close I Cook Foods’ factory. Following the precautionary principle, Professor Sutton signed the closure order in February 2019 after an investigation into a 85-year-old hospital patient’s listeria mono infection a month earlier. The infection contributed “significantly” to the woman’s death on 4 February 2019. According to her death certificate, she died of a combination of heart disease and a listeriosis-triggered inflammation of her brain, Professor Sutton said. As part of his statutory duty, there was “no doubt” production needed to stop. He needed to halt a potentially lethal outbreak among I Cook Foods’ vulnerable consumers including aged care residents, Meals on Wheels diners and hospital patients, he told the inquiry. If infected, this group were at high risk of serious invasive illness and death, he said. Sometimes health authorities had to act, even with “imperfect knowledge”, Professor Sutton said. In this case, there was evidence and “sufficient grounds” to act to curtail I Cook’s “unsafe and unsuitable” foods. “We often have much less compelling evidence for a closure.” A “soup of listeria strains” were found at I Cook Foods across seven different food samples - including six cross-contaminated with the listeria mono, Professor Sutton said. “I didn’t know about any slug at the time of the closure.” The lack of a listeria management plan at I Cook Foods was unusual and a collective failure by the factory and the oversight authority Greater Dandenong Council, Professor Sutton said. The “findings after the event” showed there were “long-standing” flaws at the factory that could sustain listeria.
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Professor Brett Sutton regretted that I Cook Foods’ 41 jobs weren’t saved. Despite the alleged urgency, Upper House MPs asked why the factory was not closed until 22 February - nearly a month after the hospital patient’s infection was discovered.
Despite I Cook Foods preparing 7000 meals a week, no other confirmed deaths were linked to the listeria mono strain, they noted. Professor Sutton said the closure prevented
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more deaths. In the meantime, other gastro infections related to the listeria mono may have occurred but not been detected or reported, he said. Deputy Chief Health Officer Angie Bone told the inquiry that positive listeria results from the I Cook samples weren’t received until 18 February. It was not known until then that the patient had died two weeks earlier. While at Knox Private Hospital, the late patient ate hospital food solely supplied by I Cook Foods as well as food from outside the hospital, Professor Sutton said. The patient’s food history was based on a supplied “food selection” from the hospital. However I Cook Foods’ director Ian Cook says the hospital has stated it had no record of what the patient exactly ate. The only DNA-matched source for the listeria mono strain were samples taken at the Dandenong South commercial caterer’s kitchen on 1 February. It was a “very close” match, Professor Sutton said. The hospital was tested and given the allclear. A small-goods supplier was tested by Prime Safe. Mr Cook had argued that a similar strain was found in Queensland - where I Cook Foods did not deliver. However, genomic sequencing confirmed that strains found in Queensland and Western Australia at the time were not a match, Professor Sutton said. The case was also cross-matched with national and international listeria databases. Continued page 5
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Shisha ‘floodgates’ By Cam Lucadou-Wells The floodgates may have opened for more shisha-smoking lounges in Greater Dandenong after a recent state planning tribunal decision, according to a Greater Dandenong councilor. On 10 June, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal gave the all-clear for a shisha lounge on Cheltenham Road Dandenong, dismissing the council’s public health concerns as irrelevant. Cr Tim Dark said he was expecting a “flooding” of shisha lounge proposals that had been “banned” by the council. Within two weeks, he’d received phone calls from six proponents, including one in Outlook Drive Dandenong North that had been refused by the council and VCAT. Cr Dark said shisha smoking was a legal, legitimate activity, as well as a traditional cultural practice widely used overseas. “Greater Dandenong Council needs to have a review and a rethink on how they refuse shisha under its policies.” The council, led by Cr Matthew Kirwan, has lobbied for the regulation of smoking shisha due to adverse health impacts in 2013 and 2015. Cr Kirwan said the VCAT decision would encourage more applications, though the shisha market was “saturated” in Greater Dandenong. “The only ones that do well is a shisha venue on Princes Highway Noble Park and the one that’s opposite the Dandenong Civic Centre. “That’s why I’m skeptical about the (shisha) market.” Baba Saheed closed his 19-year-old business in Foster Street Dandenong after the council rejected his proposed herbal shisha lounge partly due to public health concerns in March 2019. Now operating a kebab business in Bayswater, Mr Saheed said the council ought to refund the $3500 he spent on application fees and an engineers report. “They should have told me not to do it if that was their position. “I want to know why the council rejected me while other shisha lounges were running.”
A motorcycle rider has died in a crash with a car in Springvale South on Wednesday 24 June. The motorbike, also carrying a pillion passenger, was travelling on Heatherton Road about 5.30pm, Victoria Police detectives say. The rider, believed to be a man in his twenties, died at the scene. The pillion passenger, believed to be a woman in her twenties, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. A man in his fifties, who was driving the car, was being questioned by police. Detectives from Victoria Police’s Major Collision Investigation Unit are investigating. Any information or dashcam footage to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www. crimestoppersvic.com.au
Road rage in Robinson Street Police are seeking information on a road rage incident in central Dandenong on Monday 15 June. Greater Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit detectives say a 51-year-old woman and 60-year-old man from Reservoir were victims of road rage in Robinson Street about 7.20pm. The pair weren’t injured in the incident, police say. Any information or dash camera footage to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppersvic.com.au VCAT approved a shisha lounge at D’Ghan Cafe in Dandenong, dismissing Greater Dandenong Picture: GARY SISSONS Council’s public health concerns. 210015 In the recent VCAT decision, Member Michael Deidun said it was not the role of the planning system to “effectively outlaw” a “legal and legitimate activity” in Greater Dandenong. He agreed with an earlier VCAT finding that “town planning is not a panacea for all perceived social ills”. “It is not the role of this Tribunal to start to regulate the smoking of shisha within the State of Victoria, or determine that its health effects are too significant to allow the smoking of shisha from the review site.” Quit Victoria director Sarah White was concerned by the possible green light for more shisha venues. Under state law, councils can only act against shisha lounges if they prove the water pipes contain tobacco. “The council is trying to do what they can
but without that state legislation they can’t really do that. “There are absolutely health effects. “You end up inhaling more smoke from a water pipe. People tend to take very deep breaths and hold that smoke in their lungs for longer before they exhale. “You also tend to chain smoke for 30 minute bursts which you don’t usually find with cigarettes.” In 2014, the Australian-Lebanese Medical Association’s criticism changed perceptions that a ban on shisha was culturally taboo, Dr White said. “I’ve spoken to older people in the African community who worry about the impact on young in shisha cafes.” Dr White said the health risks of smoking in close proximity was heightened during the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘No doubt’ kitchen closure was right move From page 1 Professor Sutton told the inquiry that the tested sample’s listeria levels were within food standards but the patient may have ingested a higher level. A food supplier of vulnerable clients should meet the highest standard possible, he said. I Cook Foods didn’t seem to understand the need for a thorough clean-down or the issue of cross-contamination, Professor Sutton told the hearing Council inspections prior to the closure found insufficient food-handling training, a “biofilm” of bacteria on a chopping board, a food slicer hadn’t been dismantled and cleaned properly, and the ponding of water
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where bacteria could harbour. After the closure, health department staff continued to report ponding of water on damaged flooring and cross-contamination risks. “If it was found those (council) reports to be manifestly wrong, I would have lifted the order then and there.” A varied order was issued on 23 February to reintroduce “lower-risk” lines of food as part of a test-and-hold program, a gap audit and full food safety audit. Mr Cook has argued the food could not be sold during the test-and-hold program. By the time the food was tested and released, it had expired.
Professor Sutton said I Cook Foods’ reopening took longer - more than a month because its management did not respond and sufficiently comply with DHHS orders. It was not the usual response by food manufacturers - who were normally concerned that they had possibly caused illness and took action to reopen as soon as possible, he told the inquiry. “My team spent many weeks with I Cook Foods to get it up and running as quickly as possible.” Professor Sutton said he’d wished the factory had found “common ground” sooner after its temporary closure to save the 41 lost jobs. “That’s a mystery to me.”
Car-seller bashed by Facebook Marketplace predators An Endeavour Hills man has been hospitalised after being allegedly bashed outside his home by a carload of males trying to steal his Facebook-posted vehicle. The 39-year-old victim had advertised his silver Audi for sale, and received an expression of interest. Three males and a female driver arrived in a 2012 dark grey BMW 320i at the victim’s Heywood Grove home about 3.15pm on Saturday 20 June. The 39-year-old victim started to show the advertised car to the group, police say. He was allegedly punched to the head and repeatedly stomped and kicked on the ground. A 34-year-old woman tried to assist the man and had her phone stolen from her, police say. The victim’s wallet with bank cards and hundreds of dollars, his phone and the Audi car key were allegedly stolen. Neighbours came to the victim’s aid, with one of them reportedly punching a hole in the BMW’s back window. The alleged thieves fled in the BMW. According to eyewitness accounts, the males were of African appearance. In photos taken at the scene, two of them were wearing track pants and puffer-hoodie jackets, another wore a red long-sleeved top. The victim was reportedly hospitalised overnight with head and other injuries. Any information to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppersvic.com.au.
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100 years ago 1 July 1920 Footballer’s Special Train The Dandenong Football club have engaged a special train to convey the players, and those of the supporters who desire to make the trip, to Pakenham on Saturday afternoon next, where the locals meet the home team in a competitive game. The train is due to leave Dandenong railway station at 2 0’Clock, and Pakenham, on the return journey at 5.30pm.
50 years ago 30 June 1970 Balloon drop on City outed A stunt to drop 600 balloons carrying prize vouchers over Dandenong’s commercial centre has been disallowed by the city council. Although the promoters handling the opening
of Honda Cycle agency in Cheltenham Rd offered to indemnity council against accidents, council considered the dangers too great. Many complaints were voiced following a similar action a few years ago. Instead, Peter Kieta’s Progressive Motor Cycles will use a ‘Miss Honda’ to distribute the balloons during lunchtime today and tomorrow around the main shopping centres.
20 years ago 3 July 2000 Torch Chaos Greater Dandenong’s celebration of the Olympic torch relay is in turmoil with the council unable to discover the identities of the torch bearers. SOCOG has refused to release names, leaving the council in a frantic rush to identify the runners before the flame passes through on July 31. The council’s community and cultural development officer, Ms
Judy Green, said she had “exhausted “her options.” “I have pleaded with SOCOG, contacted the councillors on the selection panel and even the Australia Day council but everyone has been sworn to secrecy,” Ms Green said. She also said the council had appointed more than 200 volunteers. “The sad thing is SOCOG can’t share these small details with us that we need to bring the day together. They have been very busy telling us what we can’t do, but when it comes to answering our questions they haven’t been able to assist us with very much at all.”
5 years ago 29 June 2015 Grants Slam Councillor Maria Sampey delivered an extraordinary spay over grants and sponsorship at last Monday’s council meeting. She made abundantly clear her view that some groups
had received too much funding and others too little through the Sponsorship Program and Community Support Grants Program. Particularly in her sights were the Chilean Latin American September Festival, the Dandenong Show, and Noble Park Junior football club. Cr Sampey said the Chilean event represented 13 different countries and deserved the full $15,000 in support it requested. Instead it received $12,000 of the $132,550.00 in sponsorship distribution while the Dandenong Show received $20,000. “If we’re going to say that we’re multicultural lets have a balance” Cr Sampey said. Cr Roz Blades said the applications had been through a thorough and rigorous process. “No two groups are the same. Each group contributes to the community,” she said. “We’ve certainly heard your views, loud and clear,” mayor Sean O’Reilly said to Cr Sampey.
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New Covid-19 test site in Dandenong By Danielle Kutchel For those dreading the snaking queues at community testing sites, another Covid-19 testing option has opened up in Dandenong. Innovation Health Medical Centre in Dandenong has begun offering drive-through Covid testing services in their clinic carpark. People exhibiting symptoms of the virus who wish to get tested are advised to call the
centre to book a time to come through the drive-through. Calling ahead will reduce the wait time, with visitors tested as soon as they enter the carpark. Staff in full PPE will conduct the tests through car windows, meaning drivers and passengers don’t need to leave their car. Innovation Health Medical Centre is located at 38 Herbert Street, Dandenong. To book a drive-through Covid test, call 8725 0380.
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City’s crime rate climbs By Brendan Rees and Cam Lucadou-Wells Crime in Casey has jumped in the past 12 months - with more than half of criminal incidents going unsolved, the latest crime statistics have revealed. The number of recorded offences in Casey City rose by seven per cent, with stealing from a motor vehicle, and theft topping the list. However, criminal damage, assault and related offences, and burglaries per 100,000 were down slightly compared to last year. Sobering, only 27 per cent of incidents in Casey resulted in charges being laid while 54.2 per cent of incidents remained unsolved. The Crime Statistics Agency publishes recorded crime statistics every quarter, and the latest statistics cover the year ending 31 March 2020. One of the biggest increases was stealing from motor vehicles (3344 in total) - up 19.6 per cent from last year. Family violence incidents were also up by 4.6 per cent while alleged offender incidents involving theft climbed by 11.3 per cent. Cranbourne MP Pauline Richards said family violence “continues to be one of the most pressing law and order issues in the state”, and “perpetrators are being held to account more than ever”. “These latest statistics show that police are absolutely focused on this, with family violence training rolled out across the entirety of
Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton addresses reporters at a press conference. the force, state-of-the-art reporting technology introduced and 415 specialist family violence police on the ground,” Ms Richards said.
Ms Richards thanked all police officers for their “unwavering focus, hard work and dedication to keeping Victoria safe”.
She added from 2015 to 2016 the State Government had provided more than $2.5 million in funding under the community crime prevention program for 25 grants to improve community safety in Casey. State Liberal MP for Gembrook and Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention Brad Battin said the statistics were “alarming”, saying families “have enough to worry about at the moment with Covid-19” let alone “worry about safety in their own home”. Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton said police were bracing for a “snap back” of crime after it quietened during the Covid-19 lockdown from April. “It’s going to be very difficult with unemployment moving forward,” Dep Comm Patton warned. Statewide, the criminal offence rate rose by 3.5 per cent per capita over the year ending 31 March 2020. Police Minister Lisa Neville said youth crime and family violence were particular areas of concern. She said youth offenders aged 10-17 years old were still proportionally small in Victoria, making up nine per cent of total offenders. Ms Neville said the age group were “overrepresented” in public-place robberies, which largely involved the theft of phones, Air Pods, clothes and most of all, shoes from other youths.
Lysterfield remains: Three charged over man’s death By Brendan Rees
JP services find a home After three months of Covid-related displacement, Justices of the Peace have found a home in Springvale. As a temporary solution, the services have been made available at Springvale Neighbourhood House from 22 June. Due to the pandemic, the JPs had been forced out of their long-term lodging at Springvale police station, co-ordinator Joseph de Souza said. “The local community are experiencing great difficulty obtaining document signing services. “The police are not signing documents and Document Signing Stations manned by Honorary Justices have been closed.
“The Justices have been forced for the past three months to either work from home which is not a viable or safe option, nor is it encouraged - or make appointments to meet in places such as in shopping centres.” Mr de Souza said the service was in urgent need of Registered Justices, due to a 50 per cent drop-off in active JPs. The JP document-signing service is on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 3pm-6pm at Springvale Neighbourhood House, 46-50 Queens Avenue Springvale. For urgent cases outside working hours, find a JP on justice.vic.gov.au or call Mr de Souza on 9798 1502 or 0425 727 349 for an appointment.
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Missing Persons Squad detectives have charged a further two people with murder over the death of a 26-year-old man, whose body was found in Lysterfield. Court documents revealed Nicole Anthea Anderson, 37, from Cranbourne, was charged on Friday 19 June over the death of Zane Meyer from Oakleigh after police found his body at a semi-rural area near Nixon Road on 17 June. Police have since charged a 33-year-old North Melbourne man and a 30-year-old man of no fixed place of address with murder. The pair will face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 25 June. Ms Anderson, who was remanded in custody following her murder charge, faced the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday 19 June but did not apply for bail. Her next hearing will be held on 11 September. Court documents show police accuse Ms Anderson of murdering Mr Meyer sometime between 11 May and 13 May at Oakleigh, about 20 kilometres west of Lysterfield. Mr Meyer was last seen on 11 May and had been reported as a missing person. Upon discovering Mr Meyer’s body five
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Bunjil’s doors set to reopen to public Casey Council is excited to announce that from Wednesday 1 July, the doors to Bunjil Place will reopen and our customer service centre will resume face-to-face services. While there will be some differences but council can’t wait to welcome the community back to enjoy the beautiful arts and cultural precinct that is Bunjil Place. The customer service centre will be open from 10am until 4pm Monday to Friday and closed on weekends. At this stage, the Cranbourne customer service centre will not reopen. To ensure the safety of both staff and customers, the customer service centre will be cashless, however, there are alternative methods to make payments, including via BPAY, on Council’s website or in some cases, via the phone. If residents to pay any type of council an invoice with cash, they do so via Post Billpay with Australia Post at any local branch. In addition to the reopening of Customer Service, the Library, Cafe and Gallery will also welcome visitors back. The Library will operate under the same hours as customer service, and in addition to weekdays, will also open from 10am until 3pm on Saturdays. Patron numbers within each space will be restricted to align with the current guidelines, and no programmed events will run. The Gallery will open to the public from 10am until 3pm from Tuesday until Saturday with free sessions run each hour, on the hour. Bookings are essential and can be made at
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either the Box Office (from 1 July) or via the Bunjil Place website. Before visiting Bunjil Place again, council has some essential information for the community to know: When entering Bunjil Place, customers are asked to enter via the door near the cafe and exit via the Gallery/Library door
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Springvale Monash Legal Service is one of the lucky recipients of joint State and Federal Government funding to help community legal centres across the state to respond to Covid-19. Springvale Monash Legal Service will receive $321,500 to support its continued delivery of frontline legal assistance services during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. The funding will provide more members of the community with access to justice as they face the challenges arising from Covid-19. Springvale Monash Legal Service is responding to increased demand due to the impacts of Covid-19, providing vital support to Victorians with a range of issues including family violence related matters, debt and consumer law, employment rights and tenancy and housing matters. Its services include providing information, education, advice and advocacy to deliver better legal outcomes for vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the local community. They also operate a specialist legal clinic in partnership with the South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault and work closely with their counsellors in providing legal advice, assistance and representation to victim survivors of sexual assault. The funding boost will also help Springvale Monash Legal Service to upgrade technology so that more community members can access the help they need remotely and digitally while the Covid-19 restrictions remain ongoing.
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Gift keeps doors open By Danielle Kutchel Court Network will continue its Family Court support services, after a stunning private donation at the 11th hour revived the organisation. And in a poetic twist, that funding came from a place with a unique connection to Court Network. David Baer, whose mother Patricia Baer played an instrumental role in establishing Court Network in its early days, donated $130,000 to keep the vital service running for the next 12 months. Mr Baer’s touching donation follows protracted negotiations with state and federal politicians and bureaucrats to try and secure the organisation’s future. “It is a continuation of my mother’s legacy,” Mr Baer said of his donation. “Courts can be an unfamiliar, unforgiving place. A lot of people there are at their most vulnerable whether women or men, and I think Court Network does a good job at providing access to the services that are available for the people that need them.” Executive director of Court Network, Maya Avdibegovic, said staff were “speechless, excited and really pleased” to receive the donation. The funding will support Court Network’s free, volunteer-led services at Dandenong and Melbourne Family Courts. It also gives the organisation a bit of breathing room as they continue to advocate for ongoing government funding beyond 2021. Court Network’s Family Court services had historically been funded by the Federal Government, until a change in 2015 saw the
money transferred to the states with no clear direction about allocation for Court Network. Victorian Legal Aid took over administration of the funds and supplied Court Network with the money they needed to continue their work, until that avenue also dried up. Ms Avdibegovic said Court Network “streamlines processes for everyone in court”, helping to improve access to justice for vulnerable court users. Court Network has been serving Dandenong and Melbourne Family Courts since 1990. Three days a week, six volunteers help court users navigate the intimidating Family Court process, working collaboratively with security, men’s and women’s family violence services and legal services to provide support, identify risk and provide referrals to other services. Since Covid-19 hit, with court activities limited, the organisation has focused on providing a statewide phone support service. Around 75 percent of calls made to the service are family violence-related, with many coming from people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. “The need is there - courts are still working, in very limited capacity,” Ms Avdibegovic explained. Magistrates have also expressed an interest in the phone support service, she added, seeing it as a true statewide service that can provide support in rural and regional areas where there may be limited alternatives. The organisation will monitor and evaluate the program and hope, if it is successful, to run it alongside their in-court services once they resume.
“The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress” said Charles ’Boss’ Kettering (29/8/1876 – 25/11/1958) an American inventor, engineer, businessman and the holder of 186 patents. While there are some that will naturally embrace change, it is fair to say that most of us will resist it. Why? Because it’s potentially disruptive and if we are satisfied with the status quo or have got to where we are based on the current way of doing things, change implies challenging what we currently know or requiring us to do things in a new and different way which may be foreign to us. In fact, there is data out there to support this. A diagram published in Professor Everett Rogers’ book “Diffusion of Innovations”, first published in 1962, shows the various response categories to the introduction of a new product and the associated percentages of people in each category. Those likely to embrace change tend to be in the “Innovators” or “Early Adopters” groups and hence make up just 16% of the population; it takes much longer for most of us to get on board. However, as per the ‘Boss’ comment above, change is necessary for progress and if a business does not change, staying still effectively means going backwards over time since the competition will overtake you. The good news is that applying a proper change management methodology such as Prosci® is now becoming more widespread as it has become increas-
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS IAN ASH ingly clear that effective change implementation requires a clear understanding of how the people involved will be affected. Think back to a significant workplace change that happened to you which was not successful. The chances are that the associated people implications had not been properly considered. What may often happen is that the change gets decided upon by a select few who decide that the first step is to get the impacted staff properly trained. However, without clear and timely communication to the impacted group on why this change is necessary in the first place, what the associated risks and benefits are and the implications of not changing, the odds of staff getting on board are low. So, whenever you need to make a business change, consider who will be impacted and ensure full and proper communication, understanding and ideally buy-in of those on the receiving end of the change. Ian Ash is the Managing Director of OrgMent Business Solutions - www.ombs.com.au
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been reimbursed. This includes industries like healthcare, retail and hospitality” said ATO assistant commissioner Karen Foat said. You still cannot claim travelling from home to work. “Generally, most people cannot claim the cost of travelling to and from work and working from home as a result of Covid-19 does not change this. For example, if you are working from home because of Covid-19 but need to go to your regular office one day per week, your home to work travel is still private travel and cannot be claimed,” Ms Foat said.
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Reduce claims that aren’t relevant for part of the year “With more people working from home, working reduced hours or unfortunately not working at all, we expect to see claims for laundry expenses or travel expenses decline this year,” Ms Foat said. “If you aren’t travelling for work, you can’t claim travel expenses. If you aren’t wearing your work uniform, you can’t claim laundry expenses. It’s still important to meet the three golden rules: you must have spent the money and not have been reimbursed, it must relate directly to
earning your income, and you must have a record to prove it. “What you can claim really depends on your circumstances. Whilst we are trying to make it easier for people to claim what they are entitled to; we are also asking people to take a bit of extra care if their circumstances have changed this year.” Ms Foat said.
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Major road works finished By Brendan Rees Months of frustration for south east motorists has ended with major construction on the Hallam Road upgrade complete. The $53.5 million project, which builds on the previous Hallam Road duplication that was completed in 2014 from Pound to Ormond Road, has realigned Hallam Road and Evans Road, and installed traffic lights to improve safety for drivers and pedestrians. A key part of the project includes the upgraded intersection of South Gippsland Highway, Hallam Road and Evans Road by removing the ‘dog leg’ by aligning Evans Road with Hallam Road and installing traffic lights. The intersection has seen 22 crashes including south of Ormond Road since 2012. Traffic lights have also been added outside the Resource Recovery Precinct to improve access for pedestrians as well as help manage trucks entering and exiting. A new shared walking and cycling path has also been completed on both sides of Hallam Road and Evans Road. The project has also built new bus stops along Hallam Road and Evans Road, and installed new bus queue jump lanes at the Hallam Road, South Gippsland Highway and Evans Road intersection to give buses priority. Meanwhile, an extra lane has been added in direction on Hallam Road between Ormond Road and South Gippsland Highway. Traffic flow and safety has also been improved by changing Livingstone Rise and Aylmer Road to left-in and out only.
Major works have finished on Hallam Road. Minister for Transport Infrastructure Jacinta Allan said the road would be safer and smoother for the 10,000 motorists that use Hallam Road each day. “We’re keeping our promises and delivering projects that create jobs, keep traffic moving and deliver more trains more often,” Ms Allan said. In the coming weeks, the State Government will release new designs for Hallam Station, based on community feedback. The new Hallam station will be built as part of the Hallam Road Level Crossing Removal Project, which will begin at the end of the year and be finished in 2022. Meanwhile, works is continuing with the $1 billion Cranbourne Line Upgrade, which will duplicate the line, build a new Merinda Park Station and remove the last level crossings left
A new shared walking and cycling path has been completed on Hallam Road and Evans Road. Picture: MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS VICTORIA on the line - including the Evans Road level crossing by the end of the year. Eleven crossings have so far been removed on the line. The new station, level crossing removals,
Metro Tunnel and high-capacity trains will together create capacity for 121,000 extra passengers in the peak, each week on the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines - a 45 per cent increase.
Giving back: Sikhs’ source of strength in selfless service By Jasbir Singh Suropada The world’s present circumstances are worrying and unpredictable. However, our reactions and mindset to this global pandemic can be within our ability to be controlled. We as individuals are helping to control the spread of this pandemic however we have not been able to completely eradicate it yet. We can surrender our worries to Waheguru (God) and place our faith in him, as only God is capable of taking care of things beyond our control. The Sikh faith believes in sharing with others who need it more, with unconditional compassion. Thus, we practice selfless service to humanity.
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HOPE In the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the Sikh community has spread love and kindness through preparing and delivering thousands of free meals daily to vulnerable communities such as those in isolation. This is our community’s way of raising morale while giving back to society. This resilience carries on from their efforts in the recent bushfires, where the Sikh community stepped up in times of adversity to
provide selfless service and support through Langar (community kitchen). Sikhs also strongly believe in remembrance of God as he is our sustainer. We can use this time as an opportunity to go within when we cannot go out. We can connect to the divine within ourselves and meditate upon God, to place our absolute faith in him that things will turn out just fine. Meditation helps us to ground ourselves and remain with a positive mindset. Mental wellbeing is important and that is what Sikhs practice through meditation and remembrance to have inner peace of mind and a stronger resolve to overcome this crisis. The Almighty provides reassurance and reminds us to practice focusing our minds to
remain positive and uplifted. The Sikh community believes in drawing strength from faith in God and spreading positivity and optimism. The Sikhs believe in seeing the Divine in everyone. If we can all practice this belief of universal humanity and stand in solidarity as the entire world goes through this pandemic, we will be able to come out of this stronger. We need to practice compassion and unconditional love for each and every human being, to support everyone, young and old. Sikhs believe that God, mercifully takes care of each of his creations and this world. Let us keep the belief that the creator who created us, will not forsake us. Never give up hope.
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Library’s ‘new normal’ Traditionally, libraries are regarded as quiet places. At Dandenong Library, which has reopened under strict Covid-19 restrictions, this is especially the case. After being shut down for more than two months, the council has gradually re-opened the service for restricted visitor numbers. Normally, the library’s two storeys had been bustling with students, gamers and browsers. Now, visits are confined to a small groundfloor area with just 15 minutes to borrow items on-hold. There are also 30 minute slots for prebooked personal computer use. The library is open Monday to Friday, 10.30am-6pm. Details: greaterdandenonglibraries.com or 1300 630 920.
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Adventure in Utopian read By Tania Phillips The man considered one of the foremost British novelists of his generation, David Mitchel, is back with his first full-length novel since The Bone Clocks in 2014. The much-anticipated Utopia Avenue delves inside the British music industry the strangest British band you’ve never heard of Utopia Avenue. Emerging from London’s psychedelic scene in 1967 and fronted by folksinger Elf Holloway, guitar demigod Jasper de Zoet and blues bassist Dean Moss, Utopia Avenue released only two LPs during its brief and blazing journey from the clubs of Soho and draughty ballrooms, to Top of the Pops and the cusp of chart success, to glory in Amsterdam, prison in Rome and a fateful American fortnight in the autumn of 1968. Mitchell’s new novel tells the unexpurgated story of the band, of riots in the streets and revolutions in the head, a story of sex, drugs, thugs love and art - of the family we choose and the ones we don’t - of fame’s Faustian pact and stardom’s wobbly ladder.
For Mitchell, who’s novel Cloud Atlas made the Top 10 of the Guardian’s the ‘100 Best Books of the 21stCentury’, Utopia Avenue was a chance to ask and answer and ask himself some hefty questions and name drop some of the big names of music from Pink Floyd to Bob Dylan. “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture’ - one famous maxim, attributed to dozens from Miles Davis to Laurie Anderson to Frank Zappa,” Mitchell, the man who has been compared to Tolstoy, Don DeLillo and Haruki Murakami said. ”My new novel Utopia Avenue grew out of the aphorism, too. Songs (mostly) use language, but music plugs directly into something below or above language. “Can a novel made of words (and not fitted with built-in speakers or Bluetooth) explore the word-less mysteries of music, and music’s impact on people and the world? How? “”Is it possible to dance about architecture after all? Utopia Avenue is my rather hefty stab at an answer. Thank you in advance if you read it. I hope you enjoy the ride.”
Brownies with a healthy twist.
CHOC BROWNIES WITH HEALTHY TWIST By Tania Phillips Looking for a sweet treat for the kids that has plenty of the good things? On the surface these are tasty chocolate brownies but they are vegan friendly and hiding a secret ingredient - sweet potato.
SWEET POTATO CHOCOLATE BROWNIES Makes approx. 12 brownies Ingredients
· 400g sweet potato, peeled, diced Method 1. Steam or boil the sweet potato until cooked and soft then drain and mash. Preheat oven to 175C. In a mixing bowl, combine the sweet potato, tahini, coconut oil, milk, cacao, salt and honey. 2. Sift together the dry ingredients and fold through into the sweet potato mixture. Pour the mix into a shallow small rectangle 12cm x 30cm baking tray. Place in the oven and bake
· 2/3 tahini · 1/4; cup coconut oil · 1/2 cup cacao · Pinch salt · 2/3 cup maple or honey · 2/3 cup coconut milk · 50g ground almonds · 100g cauliflower flour or gluten free plain flour · 1 tsp baking powder · 3 tsp cacao powder · 4 tbsp coconut oil · 3 tbsp honey or maple syrup · 1 cup coconut milk · Pinch salt Icing sugar, to serve (optional) for 25-30 minutes. 3. For the icing, combine all ingredients into a small saucepan and stir over a low heat to combine then remove from the heat and cool completely. 4. Once cooked, remove the brownie from the oven and allow to cool, then turn out and cut into squares, dust with icing sugar and pour over icing when ready to serve.
The brand new Dylan album.
Bob Dylan transcends the ages with new album By Tania Phillips There are some musicians that transcend generations, that intrinsically become part of culture - whether you listen to them or not. Bob Dylan is one of those musicians with a name that is instantly recognizable, that could be justifiably labelled legend. Yet he is also someone not to content to just rest on his laurels even if, in this case, they include a Nobel Prize for Literature. So, a new album by the man most people know just simply as Dylan is a big deal. The fact that it is first album of new tracks in eight years makes the 10-track Rough and Rowdy Ways, released around the world late last week, more of a musical event than an album. It is the first Dylan album since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2016 by the Swedish Academy “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” And if you think that Dylan might be an anachronistic dinosaur no longer relevant in
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today’s music industry - his almost six-decade career has been continuing unabated in the past two decades. He has released seven studio albums within the past 23-years; a creative span that also included the recording of an Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning composition, ‘Things Have Changed’, from the film Wonder Boys, in 2001; a worldwide best-selling memoir, Chronicles Vol. 1, which spent 19 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List, in 2004 and was recently named the greatest rock memoir of all time by Rolling Stone. He is the recipient of the Officier de la Legion d’honneur in 2013, Sweden’s Polar Music Award in 2000, a Doctorate from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and numerous other honors. In his career Bob Dylan has sold more than 125 million records around the world. ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS is the artist’s 39th studio album and is available now on Columbia Records through Sony Music Entertainment Australia. Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
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As bleak and unsettling as some days have been over the past few months, gratitude is something I’ve clung to.”
Crown Metropol hotel. Below: Esther Lauaki has been in isolation at a Melbouirne hotel for 14 days; Auckland Airport; breakfast in isolation.
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How to survive hotel quarantine Star News reporter ESTHER LAUAKI recently returned from New Zealand and is under strict quarantine for 14 days at Melbourne’s Crown Metropol hotel. This is her story. “Lucky!” - So I’ve been told when I tell people that I’m under quarantine at this five-star hotel. Unfortunately, it’s not the glamorous existence we all think it is. This week marks my sixth in complete isolation since March and my third round of 14 day quarantine periods. My first was a voluntary home quarantine upon arrival from a trip overseas when Victoria was first gripped by COVID-19 and all returned travellers were put into mandatory isolation to slow the spread of the virus. I flew to New Zealand in May for a family emergency, while the country was still in stage three lockdown, and was quarantined at The Grand Mercure hotel in Auckland. And now, here we are. Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton estimates about 200 overseas travellers arrive at Melbourne Airport each day, with the number getting closer to 1,000 on some days. I returned on a full flight from Auckland on June 17. After a border security briefing, we were handed masks before walking a gauntlet of government agency checkpoints: fever checks, documents, customs, luggage and a light snack for the bus ride to a government managed hotel. Most travellers were alone so we were processed in single file at reception before a security guard escorted us to the lift, then to our rooms down a silent corridor. “See you in 14 days,” he said to me as I shut the door. 14 STAR JOURNAL
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The rules are straight forward. You can not leave your room; three basic meals are delivered to your door each day and a nurse calls your room daily to check for developing symptoms. On day three and day 11, everyone must have a compulsory COVID test which involves a very uncomfortable swab of your throat and nostrils. There is no swanning around in the hotel spa, gym facilities, no meals at Crown’s upmarket bistros and no visitors. The 2020 pandemic has made me quite the survivalist. While I appreciated the breakfasts of rice bubbles, milk, yoghurt, piece of fruit and a fridge cold pastry, I was glad to top up on pantry staples of two minute cup noodles, tuna snack packs and some extras via an online Coles delivery. UberEats and food deliveries are also allowed but can get pricey if you over indulge. Keeping occupied with work, music, movies, video calls with friends and a token yoga session have been my saving graces while isolated. Writing a gratitude diary was another helpful strategy suggested to me by the mental health nurse who is also on call for those feeling overwhelmed. As bleak and unsettling as some days have been over the past few months, gratitude is something I’ve clung to get through. Lucky isn’t the first word I would have used to describe my circumstance – but in many ways I am. dandenong.starcommunity.com.au
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Draft hub’s many features By Cam Lucadou-Wells Much innovation is hidden in the just-released Keysborough South Community Hub draft design, according to a Greater Dandenong councillor. The naturally lit building with copious wooden finishes will pay fitting homage to its bushy setting on Chapel and Villers roads, Cr Matthew Kirwan says. From inside, its panoramic views will sweep across Tatterson Park’s natural woodlands. The centre will include a kindergarten, child care, maternal and child health, play and community meeting and activity spaces. Cr Kirwan says the long-awaited hub was
semi-private spaces for people to gather - no one likes being watched for a reception desk.” The proposed community kitchen will also serve out to each activity area, the lounge and outdoor seated areas, Cr Kirwan says. “This makes what could be an ordinary kitchen a true community kitchen. “I saw this in good effect at the Saltwater Community Centre in Point Cook.” For all his lobbying, Cr Kirwan sees room for improvement - or rather, rooms. “I think there are too many small meeting rooms. “One would be better changed to a maker’s space like what is being built into the new
Springvale Community Centre. “That would allow a wet area for arts and crafts activities.” He also wishes for the lounge to add coworking spaces for professionals and smallbusiness people, and for more than two large community rooms for Keysborough South’s ageing demographic. “The community activity rooms will be used for playgroups, lifelong learning and library programs, functions, events, community group and club activities. “I query if there is enough space.” Building was expected to start by May 2021, Cr Kirwan said.
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It’s the new state of play By sports editor Russell Bennett The path forward for competitive senior and junior football and netball in 2020 has become that little bit clearer with the release of key documents from AFL Victoria and Netball Victoria late last week. AFL Victoria released its long-awaited Return to Play protocols, while Netball Victoria also released its Return to Community Netball Guidelines. Clearly though, decisions on whether or not specific competitions will actually return to play this year are being made on a much more local level. Some have already announced their stances, while others are set to do the same in the coming days. The Eastern Football Netball League is among the most high profile competitions so far to have pulled the pin on 2020. AFL Victoria’s Return to Play Protocols state, in part, that: “Returning to play in a safe, hygienic and controlled manner is paramount to the AFL. “The safety and wellbeing of our participants is our number one priority. Following the Victorian State Government advice around the return of community sport, AFL Victoria endorses a return to club-sanctioned training and matches, provided participants follow the relevant Victorian State Government guidelines and AFL Victoria’s Covid-19 guidelines are implemented. “In advance of returning to training and competitions, we encourage leagues, clubs and volunteers to digest the protocols, formulate an education and implementation plan for their club following which they would go through an education period and prepare their club to return to play safely. “We will continue to work with the State Government to ensure alignment with their advice, with hygiene and safety protocols firmly in place. Our primary focus is preparing to return to play in a safe environment in a wellprepared and educated manner. In order for the return to play to be successful, and in line with Government advice, it is essential that clubs and individuals work within the timelines and protocols and do not move ahead of the level and restrictions in place.” Arguably the biggest factor when it comes to a realistic return to play - particularly when it comes to senior football and netball - has been the public gathering restrictions. Those restrictions essentially dictate how many people can pay to enter grounds, and therefore the money clubs can make from gate, canteen, and bar takings. There’s no mention of specific crowd limits in AFL Victoria’s Return to Play Protocols, but under the section ‘Spectators’ it states: Any attendance at community football
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Netball Victoria’s latest update - from 22 June - reads, in part: Indoor venues could open for the purpose of sport and recreation. People 18 years and under were able to resume full contact training and competition, at both indoor and outdoor venues. Adults could participate in non-contact training in groups of up to 20 - plus a coach at both indoor and outdoor venues. “Adults will have to wait a little longer to return to competition. We expect further clarification on this in July,” the update read. “Netball Victoria affiliates and clubs are required to adhere to the Return to Community Netball guidelines. Naturally, we will continue to prioritise the health and wellbeing of both the individuals involved our sport, as well as the wider community as we work toward a safe return to training and competition in this new Covid-19 environment.” Hallam was recently identified as one of 10 suburbs with a “community transmission challenge”, as Premier Daniel Andrews plans to test 100,000 people from high risk areas. He likened the current community transmission crisis to a “public health bushfire”.
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Thompson was seeing double on a memorable night By Mick Floyd Leading Pearcedale trainer Jason Thompson chalked up a winning double in Victoria and Queensland on Thursday night with all four winners coming within one action-packed hour. Black Opium was the first of the winning quartet, blitzing her rivals by 12 lengths and advancing to the Group 1 Brisbane Cup at Albion Park. Her winning time of 29.52 was two lengths faster than the time she ran when second in last year’s Brisbane Cup final, which was won by Sennachie in track record time, and she’ll now line up in her eighth Group 1 final. Jason’s wife Seona was on handling duty at Sandown Park but was glued to the television screen as ‘Sarah’ recorded her 27th career victory in one of her most impressive performances. “She was up there for about six or seven weeks with (leading Queensland conditioner and caretaker trainer) Tony Brett last year so she knows exactly what’s going on,” said Thompson. “She loves it up there, it’s a nice little holiday for her. Tony’s been messaging me every day and she’s nice and relaxed. It’s super she’s made into another Group 1.” 22 STAR JOURNAL
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Fire Legend gave Seona Thompson plenty of reason to smile at Sandown Park late last week. Her attention soon turned to Fire Legend as he made it four wins from four starts at Sandown Park before Hooked On Scotch, often touted as the world’s fastest greyhound, joined Black Opium in the Brisbane Cup final field. Hooked On Scotch looked much more comfortable in his victory after a disappointing Albion Park debut a week earlier. He began well
to stalk early leader Federal Morgan before unleashing a stunning finishing burst to win in 29.55, indicating that he is starting to return to the form that saw him claim the Sandown Park track record last November. “It was good to see him come out and get around the way he did,” Thompson said. “He’s taken a little while to settle in up there
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Toner has the drive to win By Nick Creely Jack Toner was at the beach with his dog when a text message came through that changed the course of his 2020 season. The 19-year-old - who finished runner-up in the Dandenong Stingrays’ best and fairest in 2019, and played a crucial role in Narre Warren’s senior football premiership against Berwick in AFL Outer East - was slated to line-up with Sandringham in the VFL this season after being overlooked in the AFL draft. But instead, the young gun from the southeast will ply his trade interstate in the SANFL with Central District as he looks to build on his football, grow more as a person and attract the attention of AFL recruiters. He said the move was very much “out of the blue”, and one he needed to really think about carefully, but was delighted the opportunity has presented itself. “Dad (Chris) sent me a text which had been forwarded on from his mate, Nick Rutley, who coached the Dandenong Stingrays girls last year, and he said basically in short ‘mate, would Jack be interested in playing interstate, I’ve got a few contacts with VFL being unlikely at that stage’,” he told the Journal on the last day of his mandatory 14-day isolation in South Australia. “I sat on it for a week or two, and thought why not? - it’ll be an awesome experience and I had a chat with Jeff (Andrews) at Centrals and he seemed great and really keen and eager to have me, and he has plans for my future so I’ve got all my faith in him at the moment.” Toner has moved over to South Australia by himself but is pleased to have another young player also make the move to the Bulldogs, which will help him transition into his new surroundings. “Another Victorian kid, Cam Wild from the Bushrangers, has come over for the same reasons as me, which is great,” he said. “With the VFL season being a bit uncertain at the time, he’s moved over too - it’s great that they’ll get a seven-round season in, but I think we’ll get in 14 games over here plus finals which I’m excited about.” While Sandringham was the perfect fit for Toner moving forward, the uncertainty of the season - particularly in Victoria - was the catalyst for the move over to South Australia, and one he views as an essential life experience and one that will hold him in good stead. “I spoke to a few VFL clubs, but I really liked Ben McGlynn and all the coaching staff so they seemed like the best fit,” he said. “And I still do, without a doubt, and I’ve got some really good mates there which I united with from Haileybury. “(But) the Covid thing came about, and the opportunity presented itself to play footy interstate and I thought ‘there’s no better way to make the most of what hasn’t been a great year’, so I decided to go over to the SANFL which is still a really high standard of footy. “I want to give myself a life experience that I definitely wouldn’t be able to if Covid wasn’t around, so I’ll make the most of it for sure.” While dedicating plenty of time to training,
Jack Toner was an absolute ball magnet for the Dandenong Stingrays in 2019. 192826 playing and improving as a footballer, Toner is currently doing a Bachelor of Commerce at Deakin University, and will be working remotely from his laptop at his parents’ plumbing business to keep himself occupied in his new surroundings. Toner’s last game of competitive football was in last year’s AFL Outer East Premier Division grand final on AFL Grand Final eve, a match where the youngster showed tremendous poise to help his local club Narre Warren to a senior premiership after a stellar season at NAB League level with the Stingrays, where he averaged 20 disposals a match. In that particular grand final, which featured a string of ex-AFL players and VFL-listed players, the youngster almost looked like he was playing with a dry football in what was a rain-soaked match at Pakenham’s Toomuc Reserve. He hopes that the burning desire to get back onto the football field playing for points and showcase his wares drives him to great heights this season. “I would love it if my first game this year was the same sort of enjoyment as the grand final, but in the meantime this year I’ve played in an intra-club with St Kilda, filling in with the Sandy boys, and then I played a practice match against Collingwood,” he said. “But I’m very eager to get out there, especially when football is a big part of your life and they take it away for a few months. “I’m burning to just get out there and play, and even just train.” While the new Bulldog was left disappointed after being overlooked for a spot on an AFL list last year, he said that the self-realisation of
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Jack Toner in action for his local club, Narre Warren last season. 197751 what he needs to work on was massive in his mindset approaching 2020. “I was disappointed with how last year panned out, I felt like I had a really strong year and didn’t quite get the recognition from the AFL clubs,” he said. “But upon reflection, there are things I need to work on, so I’ll be doing my best to make myself a more attractive candidate for clubs in 2021 and beyond. “I’m taking the long course, but I’m willing to do the work and stick to the right path and get good people around me. “I know I’m only 19, so I’ve got time to improve myself over the next couple of years I’ve got some capabilities that I can really add to the club.”
While Toner eventually hopes to develop into a strong inside midfielder in the future, he just wants to lock down a role in the back six at SANFL level and become one of the most difficult defenders in the competition to match up on. “I’m not that tall or as athletically gifted as other mids at the moment, with the likes of Dan Menzel and such running around in our midfield, so I’m just going to hone in my craft as being a good small defender and provide some run,” he said. “But I want to add to my game so I can play and lock down on anyone, so I want to add both offensive and defensive play. “I’m really looking forward to the challenge.”
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