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Cr Kirwan quits By Cam Lucadou-Wells In a bombshell move, Greater Dandenong councillor Matthew Kirwan has shocked colleagues by quitting at the next election in October. In a video posted on Cr Kirwan’s Facebook page, he announced “my time has come” after eight years as a Red Gum Ward councillor. He introduced Greens colleague Rhonda Garad as his hopeful successor in Keysborough South. “I wanted to be a councillor who put in 100 per cent and do it with energy and enthusiasm,” Cr Kirwan told Star Journal. “Looking forward to doing another four year councillor term, I don’t think I could put in as much energy and enthusiasm. So it was time to move on.” Known for his legendary work ethic, the first and only Greens councillor has twice devoted himself full-time to the “incredibly rewarding role”. But even while working another ‘day job’, the councillor duties consumed weeknights and weekends and cost him sleep, he said. “I don’t have any plans for state or federal politics. “I’m not ruling it out in future but that’s not the reason (for stepping aside).” Councillors reacted with shock when the news dropped on Cr Kirwan’s Facebook page on Tuesday 30 June. “WTF?” Cr Peter Brown commented on the post. “OMG. Why? Why? Why?” wrote Cr Maria Sampey. “One of the hardest working councillors. Worked 60 hours a day. “We will have to remove his bed from the councillor’s office.” Crs Sean O’Reilly paid tribute to Cr Kirwan’s
Matthew Kirwan says he intends to continue as an active community member. “great term of service”, a saddened Cr Zaynoun Melhem praised a “great mentor” who would be “truly missed by the community”.
Tributes also flowed from former Dandenong MP John Pandazopoulos, and former councillors Sharon Harris and Alan Gordon.
Some warmly praised Cr Kirwan’s contribution even though they didn’t agree with his views. Cr Kirwan takes pride in raising the profile of climate change, environment and sustainability, including defending the municipality’s Green Wedge. When he was elected in 2012, the council had just a single sustainability officer. Now there’s four-and-a-half positions on the sustainability team, which has led to a recent renewable-power purchasing agreement. A climate change strategy, biodiversity plan and electric council-vehicle transition plan are on the way, he said. After eight years, he’s pleased that a regional art gallery in Dandenong, an upgrade of Hemmings Street, a Keysborough South community hub and an all-abilities playground in Ross Reserve is being realised. Other council achievements are confining high-rise development to central Dandenong and Noble Park activity centres and its advocacy for local asylum seekers and refugees. A piece of unfinished business is the “desperately needed” Dandenong Community Hub. “What Dandenong really needs is a much larger version of the Keysborough South Community Hub with childrens services, community meeting rooms and activity rooms. “When you bring services together, you bring the community together.” Cr Kirwan’s lengthy interrogation of council officers triggered time limits on questions at Greater Dandenong Council meetings. He “guaranteed” he’ll be still raising issues in public question time. “I plan to be an active community member. “I feel I can be an active community member in a more meaningful way from my experience as a councillor.”
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Arrests over killing Four males were arrested after a Springvale man was stabbed to death in Oakleigh on Monday 29 June. Thomas Tran, 20, died at the scene after emergency services were called to reports of a group brawl in Atherton Road about 7.55pm. The fight reportedly started in a central laneway. Mr Tran was chased for 400 metres by a large group before he was fatally stabbed, according to reports. The day after, Mr Tran’s grieving family and friends laid flowers and paid tribute to the aspiring personal trainer at a bench in Eaton Mall. His girlfriend Trish Nguyen told reporters that Mr Tran was not a fighter, but the “funniest person” with the “goofiest laugh”. “He really cared about people and really loved everyone who was in his life. “He put everyone before himself - that’s what I loved about him.”
Ms Nguyen said she hoped Mr Tran’s assailants “get what you deserve”. “Look, we’ve lost a loved one. It’s not worth it. “You shouldn’t do that to people’s families.” Police arrested a 15-year-old Dandenong teenager, a 20-year-old Dandenong South man and two 19-year-olds from Lynbrook and Lyndhurst. They were released pending enquiries, police say. Homicide Squad detectives are appealing for witnesses and camera footage in Chester Street, Eaton Mall and Atherton Road between 7.30-8pm. Any information to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppersvic.com.au
Two teenage drivers face a raft of driving charges after allegedly speeding at up to 138 km/h on Monash Freeway in Dandenong early on Sunday 28 June. Just after midnight, Air Wing police detected a Holden Commodore and a Honda Accord at speed near Heatherton Road. The vehicles were tracked on Heatherton Road, reaching speeds of up to 120 km/h on the 60 km/h section, police say. Dandenong Highway Patrol officers joined the search for the cars, which were found in a car park on Buckley Street in Noble Park. The drivers were 19-year-old men, one a learner without a supervising passenger and the other was a P2 licence holder. One of them hailed from Hampton Park, the other from Dandenong, police say. Each car contained four occupants. The drivers were expected to be charged on summons with speed dangerous, multiple speeding offences and other driving offences. Both vehicles were immediately impounded by police.
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Hallam ‘hotspot’ cleared By Cam Lucadou-Wells Hallam has been removed as a declared hotspot by health authorities, but infection cases continue to rise in Casey and Grater Dandenong. In the week ending 5 July, Casey infection numbers grew from 100 to 120. Active cases swelled from 15 to 19. In Greater Dandenong, cases rose from 26 to 28. Active cases dropped from five to three. Victoria suffered an alarming 508 new infections in the seven days. Of the 543 active cases, 401 were acquired through “unknown transmission”. To the west and north-west of Melbourne, 12 “hotspot” postcodes have been put into stage-3 lockdown until 29 July. Hallam ceased to be declared a hotspot after 30 June. On 5 July, the Department of Health and Human Services announced two further infections - a household contact and a security guard - in the Stamford Plaza Ho-
An unlicensed driver with an allegedly homemade rear number plate ‘NOREGO’ caught the interest of Victoria Police officers in Springvale. Police drove past the vehicle - which had no front number plate at all - on View Road on Friday night, 3 July. When intercepted, the driver that he didn’t have a drivers’ licence, police say. He reportedly refused a breath-test, which carries a mandatory two-year loss of licence. The false number plate was seized. The driver will face court on the offences at a later date.
tel cluster linked to a Hallam family. A security contractor was infected at the hotel on 17 June, spreading the virus to their Hallam family as well as a health care worker at Monash Health. The cluster has swelled to 42, now the state’s second largest cluster behind the 111 infections linked to Cedar Meats abbatoir. Australian Defence Force officers were called to help with queues at the drivethrough Covid-19 testing station at Carroll Lane, Dandenong from 29 June. Monash Health tweeted that there were delays in Covid-19 test results. “It usually takes between one and five days to get your results after being tested, however with so many tests coming in every day, sometimes it takes a little longer to confirm the results.” There were reports that queues at testing centres were easing in the past week.
Plea for missing Dandenong man Police are seeking help to find missing Dandenong man Dung Nguyen. The 53-year-old was last seen in Keshava Grove about 4pm on Sunday 5 July. His family say that his disappearance is out of character, and have concerns for his welfare. Any information to Dandenong Police Station on 9767 7444.
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A woman has been charged over an alleged hit-run crash that critically injured a cyclist in central Dandenong. The 18-year-old woman from Epping attended a police station and was charged by Greater Dandenong CIU detectives on 2 July. Police say a car struck the cyclist on Langhorne Street, near the intersection of Princes Highway, about 1.10pm on 21 April. The 46-year-old cyclist from Dandenong North was taken to hospital in a critical condition. He’s still being treated for his injuries, police say. The woman was charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury, failing to stop, failing to assist, driving unlicensed, handling stolen goods and driving without a correctly affixed number plate. She was bailed to appear at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on 22 December.
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FRV starts at three stations Dandenong, Hallam and Springvale CFA fire brigades are part of the newly-formed Fire Rescue Victoria. FRV is an amalgamation of CFA paid officers and paid firefighters with the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB). Dandenong’s brigade has long integrated paid firefighters with volunteer fireys. From 1 July, the FRV fireys and the CFA volunteers are co-located at the Princes Highway station. “Whilst reform of this scale will no doubt bring some challenges, the Dandenong Fire Brigade looks forward to continuing our service as a volunteer organisation, while working alongside our colleagues in the newly formed Fire Rescue Victoria,” the brigade posted in a public statement. Some firefighting appliances will be rebranded with the FRV badge, it stated. CFA volunteers will continue to use the remaining CFA appliances. In the past, the station was staffed 24/7 with a minimum of 12 paid firefighters on duty who responded to the majority of call-outs in its region. This was supplemented by volunteer firefighters. “The Dandenong Fire Brigade has had a long and proud tradition of working with career firefighters in the integrated station model since staff were first appointed to Dandenong in 1953. “Regardless whether we are paid or unpaid, volunteer or career, CFA or FRV, the service to the community is our highest priority and will continue to be provided as it is now.”
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Greater Dandenong’s 2020 citizen-of-the-year and historian Chris Keys has urged for Keysborough’s oldest public building to be saved from ruin. The president of Dandenong and District Historical Society has a long family connection to the Keysborough Methodist Church which stands in disuse and disrepair. “How many public buildings in Keysborough are built before 1900? “We have a number of private homes build before 1900, diligently restored and maintained but only one public building and it is being left to fall down.” Built in 1877, the building now owned by the Uniting Church is preceded only by Keysborough State School (1874). However the latter is in private hands and hidden within a housing development. “How can the oldest and only public building in Keysborough be left to just fall down and be exterminated from our city?” Ms Keys says “We have a number of private homes build before 1900, diligently restored and maintained but only one public building and it is being left to fall down. “I praise the (Greater Dandenong) council for their commitment to history in the city and ask them to help once again in preserving our history.” Ms Keys said the church established by pioneers including her ancestors helped “bond the little settlement into a tightly knit community”. It was designed by renowned architect John Beswicke - who was also son of Ms Keys’ great great aunt Elizabeth Keys. Before the church was built, George and Margaret Keys held Wesleyan services at their home from 1854. A weatherboard church was then built on land donated by her great great grandfather Isaac Keys.
In 1876, Thomas Keys, John Keys, William Keys, James McMahen, John McMullen, Joseph Foster, Charles Parris, William and Thomas Corrigan, Caine Thorne and Thomas Seager were elected as trustees to “oversee the building we see today rotting”. In its construction, John Smith offered to “burn the bricks at 24/- per 1000”, and John Keys “cut and carted the wood for the firing”, Ms Keys said. The new church was opened with “great excitement in the community” in April 1877. Of its £617 cost, £200 was subscribed locally, £100 obtained free of interest from the Church Building Fund, and £300 from a private lender, Ms Keys says. It featured a gabled entry porch, and windows pointed in a Gothic Revival style with splayed edges. The windows’ coloured glazing were “very significant” history, including stained glass memorials to John, William and Thomas Keys and their families. Greater Dandenong-wide, the church is the fifth-oldest surviving structure. Before it are St James Anglican Church, Dandenong (1864), Laurel Lodge (1869), Dandenong Park (1873) and Keysborough State School. The Keysborough Methodist Church is listed as significant in Greater Dandenong’s heritage study. However the council has conceded it is effectively powerless to compel the Uniting Church to preserve the building. Greater Dandenong Council has written to the Uniting Church offering to help preserve the heritage building. City planning director Jody Bosman said the council and Uniting Church were in “ongoing discussions regarding options to retain the church building”. The Uniting Church did not respond to the Star Journal.
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Hub of tense conjecture By Cam Lucadou-Wells Residents are loudly and passionately calling for changes to the draft design of Keysborough South Community Hub. Eighty-nine public submissions have been received by Greater Dandenong Council for the project in Tatterson Park. Add to that a 100-plus-strong online petition demanding for the hub to include a library branch, a cafe, informal working spaces and an arts and crafts ‘makers wet area’. Councillors have also been bombarded by a passionate, belated residents’ campaign to shift the hub’s site from the corner of Chapel and Villiers roads. Campaign organiser Dom Boccari says the site is needlessly expensive. It will build over a two-year-old dog park, which is now being replaced by another new dog park and car park nearby. Surrounding residents fear the extra traffic at the “dangerous” adjoining intersection and congesting the narrow Villiers road, Mr Boccari says. “Having a hub so close to the homes over the road is unacceptable.” The council unanimously opted for the site in November 2019, engaging an architect to design the building in early 2020. But it should heed the narrow majority of respondents to an earlier community survey who preferred a site at Springers Leisure Centre (269 votes to 264), Mr Boccari said.
A draft design illustration of the Keysborough South Community Hub. He has called for the council to reconsider the site and halt works at the replacement dog park in the meantime. “I believe Council have stuffed up big time here. They never thought this through. “We can’t let council waste our rates.” Meanwhile, resident and petition organiser Caitlin Ryan fears the campaign will further delay a badly-needed facility that has been eight years in the making. She says the present site is ideal, central and prominent among Keysborough South estates.
Ms Ryan wants a change in the hubs’ services and facilities to cater for “families, couples and singles of all ages”. “The draft design is too heavily weighted towards children’s services in an area where four new private childcare providers have or will be opening. “It’s important that this hub is built right the first time to ensure that it is successful from the day it opens and into the future.” The petitioners are calling for a small library branch, more informal co-working and study areas, arts and crafts facilities, and a cafe
to attract more visitors. Councillor Matthew Kirwan said the dog park argument was now a moot point - given the second dog park, its seating, fences and shelters were all but finished. Its signage, water fountains and tree planting would be complete by the end of July, he said. Cr Kirwan said the “high profile, highly visible” location was vital to “maximise the success of a community hub”. The “tucked away” Springers venue would not have the same drawing power. He added the current site would also be close to public transport links, including a planned bus route for 2022. Cr Kirwan played down the impact of the hub on Chapel Road’s congestion issues. “Chapel Road has an interesting traffic dynamic - 95 per cent of the time it’s dead as anything, it’s a very quiet road. “What’s unusual about Chapel Road is it’s only busy between 8.15am-8.45am.” That peak traffic was unlikely to be affected by a community centre opening 12 hours a day, Cr Kirwan said. According to a council report, the Keysborough estates’ population had surged from 5516 residents in 2012 to 11,838 in 2019. It had caused a demand for community services such as early years’ children’s services, meeting rooms and activities hub for the area, the report stated.
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100 years ago 8 July 1920 Blue Moons Astronomers of different countries have more than once recorded a blue moon. This remarkable phenomenon has been twice observed in both Italy and in Austria, but only once in England. A blue sun has appeared once only, and will probably never be seen again, even to the end of existence. This occurred in August 1883 at the Sunda States. The cause was the eruption of Krakatau a large volcano. In the terrible shock that followed, a great range of mountains were blown completely in the air. The cavity left was one thousand feet deep in the Sunda States. Billions of tons of rock dust, and mud were thrown heavenwards for no less than 17 miles. The reader will see what the explosion was like; it was said at Batavia (Jakarta) exactly one hundred miles away
the street lamps had to be lit at 12 noon. The sun up to this time was completely obscured, but towards sunset - the sunset that only the tropics know came the magnificent phenomenon know to astronomers as the blue sun. This was seen by everyone within thirty to forty degrees of the equator.
50 years ago 2 July 1970 Battle looming on $12m shops centre plan Keysborough - The decision by Springvale Council on Monday night to restrict retail development in this area is only the first shot in what is expected to be a long drawn out battle. Council virtually gave the ‘green light’ for the establishment of a Myer Emporium Target discount store at Keysborough, but rejected an application for a $12m shopping complex about 1½ miles away. Council will ask the Board of Works not to approve the multi-
million dollar scheme - planned by Springvale South Regional Centre Pty Ltd for the corner of Springvale and Cheltenham Rds. A third development for the district project at the corner of Corrigan Rd and Kingsclere Ave, Noble Park - has already been approved by council. Chief reasons for the rejection of the $12m shopping centre were the detrimental effect on the nearby residential area of Dingley, and on traders in the Dingley shopping centre; inadequate of access roads to the site of the proposed centre; the existence of adequate shopping facilities to serve the area; the effect on small shopkeepers in the district.
20 years ago 10 July 2000 Letters to the Editor Confusing Where do we stand?
council’s confusing but apparently unanimous rejection of a trial supervised facility was an overly hasty reaction to the poor result of community consultation. Only 1200 (including the 800 who attended the Springvale meeting) of approximately 130,000 residents responded. This ‘no’ vote demonstrates a lack of vision and compassion. It also indicates the poor comprehension skills of some councillors ...
5 years ago 6 July 2015 No light relief for troubled junction Stop signs and a traffic Island have not improved a dangerous Dandenong intersection, says long time campaigner for lights at Scott and Thomas streets.
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Just the ticket as raffle goes viral By Cam Lucadou-Wells A Keysborough cafe owner may be able to succeed - albeit on a small scale - where the much-lamented COVID SAFE app has failed. Trung Doan, of Cafe E in Parkmore Shopping Centre, is offering a free weekly raffle that records the first name and phone numbers of customers. Should a Covid-19 case infect any of the en-
trants, the raffle’s data can be mined for contact tracing, Mr Doan says. So far, take-up has been about 90 per cent of customers, he says. They are in the running for free coffees and egg-and-bacon sandwiches. “As a kiosk, we’re not obliged to keep contact-tracing information,” Mr Doan said. “But I thought it was a positive thing to do. “We’ve tried to make it as easy for people
as we can.” The Federal Government’s COVID SAFE app has registered more than 6 million downloads. However, doubts have reared about its effectiveness in sourcing direct contacts. The app has been reportedly bugged by performance issues, particularly with ‘pings’ between locked phones. Cafe owner Trung Doan is offering a free raffle to extract “contact tracing” data.
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SABA pioneer dreamed big YOUSEFF ‘JOE’ ABDUL GHALAINI 10.10.1935-17.6.2020 On 10 October 1935 in Beirut, a Dandenongbased pioneer of the retail industry was born. Youseff Abdul Ghalaini, who was known to everyone as ‘Joe’, was the king of the 1980’s furniture empire known as SABA. He was one of 10 children to Abdullah Ghalaini - a fabric merchant - and Hegmat Ghalaini - a home maker. Joe’s father was a strict and cruel man at times. This shaped Joe into being a strong, resilient and incredibly focussed young man driven to survive and succeed at anything he did. Joe was always entrepreneurial, and from the earliest age, he would buy and sell anything he could to make money. Although small-statured, Joe had a huge personality. He was naturally skilled at sales and his gift of the gab was second to none. At the age of 20, with the help of his older sister Samea, Joe fled war-torn Lebanon in search of more opportunities and a better life. At first he landed in Singapore, then ventured to Australia with only $20 in his pocket, a ‘Big Shot’ attitude and a steadfast dream to be a very successful businessman. Joe lived in a boarding house in Chapel Street Windsor run by Priest Hada. Priest Hada welcomed many Arabic immigrants and helped Joe find his first job working as a porter in Myer Melbourne. Joe wanted to work in sales, but those positions were reserved for ‘Australians’ and not migrants. Nicknamed ‘The Black Boy’, Joe would go to the sales floor on his lunch breaks, borrow a white coat from one of the sales staff and start selling to customers. Although Joe was not officially in sales, he won Myer Salesman of the year twice. After a couple of years, Joe’s brothers Jimmy and Michael also arrived in Australia. The brothers were very close and would go everywhere together. While at a dance, Joe met his future wife Elaine Brodie, who was a telephonist at Myer. Joe and Elaine were happily married for 46 years. They moved to Ferntree Gully when they first married in 1963 and raised three children Marita, Greg and Mandy. Joe was in his early thirties when he and a business partner began a furniture business called Big Joes & Little Joes located in Dandenong.
Joe Ghalaini, owner of SABA, was a retail pioneer. They would sell furniture on consignment and stack it high to save floor space. The business grew so big that Joe then went out on his own with Furniture World sited on Frankston-Dandenong Road. Joe was a fearless innovator when it came to sales, retail and marketing. He broke the mould of retail in the 1980’s. Now in his late forties, Joe bought 10 hectares of land on the corner of Frankston Dandenong Road and Greens Road in Dandenong South. There he built SABA Furniture - Soft And Beautiful Always - named after his beloved wife Elaine. It was said to be the biggest furniture store in the Southern Hemisphere, drawing visitors from afar. Furniture as far as the eye could see, and everyone remembers the two cockatoos Dave and Mabel, the SABA robot, the kid with the annoying laugh at the end of the commercial, and SABA Bear.
This building had its own bank, coffee shop and apparently even free admission - another of Joe’s innovative marketing ideas. He was ahead of his time and an industry leader. He worked hard and bought the things he loved and also for those he loved. His home at 88 The Esplanade Brighton was open to everyone, and everyone was made to feel welcome. He had fast cars, travelled the world, and had a wonderful lifestyle most would envy. The kids drove BMWs, and he bought them nightclubs, clothing brands and shops. Joe had property from Bellbird Road Mt Eliza (his sanctuary) to Queensland. He dreamed big, with projects like building the Western Port Marina, Jacksons Restaurant in Surfers Paradise, a water slide park and even a music conservatorium. When he wanted to start Sunday trading, he did - despite being outlawed in Victoria and no matter how much he paid in fines.
His campaign began under Premier John Cain until Jeff Kennett legislated it into reality. The recession hit hard in the early 1990s, bringing SABA to an end. Joe always said: “I would rather have had it and lost it, than never had it at all”. By the 2000s, Joe and Elaine moved back to Mt Eliza. When Elaine passed away in 2009, Joe became a recluse and retired from business. In his final years of life, his daughter Mandy was his live-in carer. Though struck with dementia, Joe’s big shot personality was still there with his amazing advice and ideas about the world. He had many health issues, some may say he was a walking time bomb, but it never stopped his insatiable appetite for the wrong foods - 2 - 4 cans of Coke a day and chainsmoking. About 1am, on Wednesday 17 June, he passed away peacefully at home.
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I Cook Foods’ court action By Cam Lucadou-Wells I Cook Foods has launched Supreme Court action as it alleges Parliamentary inquiry evidence has confirmed the business’s shutdown was a “stitch-up” by health authorities. The lawsuit for damages was lodged at the court on 24 June - the same day that the department defended its actions at the Upper House inquiry into I Cooks’ closure. “We’re going to keep fighting,” director Ian Cook said. Mr Cook is also demanding a right-of-reply to the inquiry to rebut testimony by Greater Dandenong Council and the department. He says it can show the family business was illegally shutdown, the listeria risks were exaggerated, and the food-safety breaches were fabricated. In February 2019, the DHHS closed the Dandenong South commercial caterer for more than a month to allegedly stop a listeria mono food-poisoning outbreak after the death of an elderly hospital patient. It effectively destroyed a 33-year-old, $40-million-plus business and 41 jobs, the Cooks say. Armed with extensive video footage, I Cook Foods says it can refute Greater Dandenong inspectors’ claims of alleged food-safety breaches such as pooling of water, a slug and cross-contamination risks. Body-camera footage shows an inspector reporting the business’s non-compliance on the phone to a DHHS officer. The time was before the inspector stepped foot in the factory. The council later dropped all 96 charges against the company and Mr Cook. It told the inquiry that the charges were only withdrawn due to a potential $1.2 million legal cost if appealed. I Cook has submitted video and documents to Victoria Police to investigate alleged crimes by Greater Dandenong officers. “We can completely prove on the evidence that it was a stitch-up,” Mr Cook said. Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton told the inquiry a “soup” of listeria strains were found across seven food samples. There were “long-standing” flaws at the factory that could sustain listeria, and so produc-
I Cook Foods director Ian Cook and general manager Benjamin Cook during the closure in March 2019. 191789 tion needed to stop, he told the inquiry. Yet, on the day of the closure, the council took 17 swab-tests of the factory blades, benches, sinks, chopping boards, drains and floors. All swabs came back clear of listeria. The results were received by DHHS on 1 March - while I Cook was still closed. The ‘exoneratory’ findings were withheld from I Cook Foods until 20 December. Its staff had all received training certificates at Chisholm and Holmesglen TAFEs - contrary to the council’s claims they were untrained. Greater Dandenong chief executive John Bennie is a director at Chisholm. It also contests allegations of a history of listeria and food-safety “complaints”. Each year, the factory is inspected by the council and independently audited by a DHHS-accredited third party I Cook Foods also questions the legality of the closure, given Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton was required to be “satisfied by a report by an authorised officer”.
During the inquiry on 24 June, Deputy Chief Health Officer Angie Bone said “there was no one report”. “The reality is in something that is very, very fast-moving and urgent, it’s a number of reports that are taken collectively.” For months, Mr Cook had sought through the Supreme Court for a copy of the report. He was provided an email titled ‘ACTION Next steps for listeria-related food withdrawal and I Cook Foods’ dated the night of the closure. Mr Cook says the department “re-wrote the Food Act” during the inquiry by asserting I Cook should have had a listeria management plan. He said under the law, food premises under his classification aren’t required to have listeria management plans. Such plans are only required for manufacturers of smallgoods, seafoods and dairy products. “Hospitals would have to close down under
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such conditions,” Mr Cook said. “They would have to close food premises down left, right and centre.” The listeria found on the food samples was at levels 10 times below the legal 100 cfu food standard limits - yet health authorities argued I Cook should be held to a higher standard due to its vulnerable clientele. Mr Cook accuses the department of a “scientific fraud” in linking four I Cook Foods food samples to a listeria-related death through genomic sequencing. The findings, which were withheld for 30 days, showed I Cook Foods samples’ were “potentially related”, Mr Cook said. But in a “cover up”, he claimed, the report redacted three other “potentially related” samples on a phylogenetic tree were excluded and redacted. “They profoundly misled the inquiry.” Mr Cook refuted Professor Sutton’s claim that the genomic sequencing was like a “DNA fingerprint”. It is an imprecise estimate, a “best guess”, Mr Cook says
Council candidate’s pitch for the smart, engaged vote By Cam Lucadou-Wells Public health researcher and council election candidate Rhonda Garad is no stranger to crisis. Dr Garad is standing as effectively the replacement candidate for the departing councillor Matthew Kirwan in the Keysborough South ward. She is studying the profound impacts of climate change and Covid-19 on mental health as part of a joint Monash University, Deakin University and ABC project. The massive disruption of Covid has a synergy with catastrophic climate change, Dr Garad says. It’s easy to forget after months of staying at home that bushfire smoke pollution had already forced many into summer hibernation. “People were saying they were hibernating in the house because of smoke then going into quarantine because of Covid.” Compliance with public health measures like physical distancing or climate action depends on people seeing a direct benefit, she says. “But people are also easily swayed, like now we’re seeing the Victorian LNP deliberately sabotaging public health messages.” Cr Kirwan showed her what could be achieved locally to mitigate climate change, such as moves to increase tree canopy shade in Greater Dandenong. “It’s really heartening. That’s one of those issues that people do get - the rubber hits the road when it’s in their yard.” With no vaccine in sight, the morphing Covid-19 was likely to stay with us for a long time, Dr Garad said. dandenong.starcommunity.com.au
The role of council was to work closely with the State Government and build knowledge and resilience of communities. “People need to know there’s a strategy in place and that they can be confident that they are safe.” Dr Garad hopes that joining forces with Cr Kirwan may gain her “traction” in an election campaign that will depend on savvy social media marketing. But on a “shoe string” budget, she concedes it will be an uphill battle to claim the Keysborough South ward seat in October’s council election. This is especially the case with the State Government dividing the council area into single-member wards - so elected councillors require 50 per cent of the vote. In her favour, Keysborough South’s “fairly affluent” demographic fit well with her professional background. Also at the 2016 council election, Cr Kirwan polled 51 per cent at the Keysborough South booth. “The turn-up to the local meetings on the proposed waste-to-energy plant was quite extraordinary,” Dr Garad said. “There’s lots of smart and engaged people.” High rates were another issue for highly mortgaged residents, who were also financially hit by the Covid-19 recession, she said. “People pay higher rates in the area and they do expect that the council responds to their needs in a timely way.” Other issues include traffic, a lack of public transport to train stations and main arterials, the Keysborough South Community Hub and protecting the Green Wedge. Dr Garad says the Casey Council IBAC
Council candidate Rhonda Garad says councils will have vital roles to help communities in Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS Covid and climate change crises. 210666 investigation into allegedly corrupt dealings between councillors and property developers “really rocked” her. It showed the need to reduce the “corrupt-
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The virtual web we weave By Danielle Kutchel School holidays can be tricky in a time of physical distancing. But a new, interactive virtual activity aims to bridge those physical gaps and fill the online world with all the silliness and fun that kids do best. Sounds Exquisite, an initiative of interactive arts company Playable Streets, will see kids from across Dandenong share their creativity via the web. The project was born of necessity after a planned real-life collaboration with Dandenong Council was postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions. Playable Streets usually focuses on interactive engagement and connecting people through the physical environment - so when the pandemic hit, the team was forced to quickly change direction, while staying true to their ethos. Sounds Exquisite is a re-imagining of the interactivity that Playable Streets prefers: an online environment that starts off completely off-screen, according to artistic director, Glen Walton. The activity is based around drawing and recording. Working with friends and family, kids create multi-part stories and pictures that they can draw and record. The final images will be submitted to Playable Web, the online component of the project, where, with a bit of technical wizardry behind the scenes, they are turned into interactive online stories. These will in turn be used to create interactive physical public art works in the future. “The idea was kids would create these crazy creatures and record these narratives, and we’d have an online repository or gallery for them, but they would also influence a real-world outcome whenever that may be,” Mr Walton said.
An example of the sort of real-life exhibit that will be created from Sounds Exquisite. “What we really hope for is just a visual representation of a connected community, of people having similar experiences. “If there’s one thing the pandemic has done, it’s given everyone this common experience even though it’s been so trying for a lot of people, so what we wanted to do was create a created experience that would all be joined together and turned into something greater than its parts.” While it has been launched during the school holidays - when families should have
plenty of time to work together on their project - Playable Web will be open for submissions until the end of August. For more information or to get involved in Sounds Exquisite, visit https://greaterdandenong.com/document/33681/art-for-kids
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Path to enlightenment By Rajaratna Sarma Premakantha Kurukkal, priest in the Hindu community
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A soccer showcase in Dandenong will kick things up a notch in the race for an A-League team. Gach Chuol, Greater Dandenong Councillor Jim Memeti and Sukart Alex got in some practice ahead of the Saturday 16 June event. See page 7 for the full story. 181655 Picture: GARY SISSONS
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Lee Tarlamis says his older brother’s cancer battle inspired him to spend his life helping those less fortunate. His service culminated in a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, announced on Monday 11 June. The Noble Park man and former state Upper House MP received the nod for service to the people and Parliament of Victoria “I’m extremely humbled. It’s not something that I’d expected,” he said. “I didn’t do it to get acknowledgement. “It was about wanting to provide assistance and help to people. “It’s a view that I formed very early on.” Mr Tarlamis said his brother fought cancer for two years before dying at age 17. “The trouble and the stress that the family went through, I saw how positive he was
throughout those two years,” he said. “It instilled in me that as tough as I think I have things, there are always people out there who are doing it a lot worse than me. “That’s why I got involved in the local community.” Initially that was through the Keysborough Learning Centre. “The centre loaned me a computer for me to do my school work,” he said.
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He’s now a senior advisor to Special Minister of State Gavin Jennings. The world of politics is not where he thought he’d end up. The Tarlamis family moved from Oakleigh to Keysborough when he was eight months old. He went to Wallarano Primary School in Noble Park and to Chandler Secondary College, where Keysborough College’s Acacia campus now stands. Mr Tarlamis went on to study an associate diploma of business. “I grew up working with dad in the family businesses,” he said. “I thought it would be logical that I would go into the business world and maybe into management or something like that. “I really enjoyed the community stuff. “Politics became that vehicle to do it.”
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Today the entire world is in turmoil and doesn’t know what to do next, unable to think or make a constructive decision. It is a very disturbing thought of how to stop these alarming deaths occurring. Even the so-called strong nations who withstood many calamities in the past have now come to a standstill. This dreaded viral pandemic called Corona infection is alarming and full of fear. During a war footing we humans face death directly but this pandemic is not like that. Death is looming at large in many unexpected ways and this makes life so perilous. Fear continues. At this junction let us think for a moment about ourselves and devise a way out of this to protect us and continue. Why is this happening? That is the biggest question. All religious texts and modes show us how to lead our life with greater happiness. Instead of leading our lives in a righteous way, we have decided to create our own lives not heeding religious teachings. We have completely forgotten the nature of religion and spiritual awakening and avoided them. Finding an answer for this current situation comes from a spiritual perspective. God creates this world and permeates it in an almighty way. Creation, protection and destruction protects all living entities. With the righteous path it ushers us into the way. Love compassion and relationships are all tools God gave us to lead a happy life.
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HOPE Today we are heading away from the right path. Selfishness has expanded and became the norm. We have completely forgotten that the planet is made for everybody. Our greed and jealousy is promoting anger and massive egos. A destructive flame has been lit to engulf all with no respect to Nature, the environment and no fear of the Creator - all with disastrous effects because we have left Nature’s way and indulged in our own pleasures. However, if one indulges in a righteous path it allows you to experience struggles but leads you to a permanent enlightened stage at the end. The time will come for us to realise that the evil ways of doing things will come to an end and God realisation is the ultimate and final answer. This is clearly mentioned via the science “every action has a reaction” - also known as Karma. Today we’re all promoting the importance of strict hygiene. At this crucial time we need to adhere to the sanctity of the divine. We need to follow our trusted partners in the Australian government, reading, listening and observing wholeheartedly all materials put out to lead us for the victory over the Corona pandemic. “LOKA SAMASTHA SUKINO BAWANTHU” dandenong.starcommunity.com.au
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Copper a Covid-stopper By Danielle Kutchel Imagine a material that can kill SARS CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19, on contact. Now imagine that material coating highcontact surfaces in buildings and businesses around the state or even the country. It might not be a figment of the imagination for much longer, thanks to a Dandenongbased manufacturer’s latest innovation. When the pandemic hit, Spee3D was among those that pivoted its operations to better serve the community during the wave of Covid-19. The company specialises in producing fast, low-cost 3D metal printers and in printing parts for companies and organisations, but their latest project has the potential to change the way the community approaches infectious diseases through utilising the special properties of copper. The anti-microbial properties of copper have been known for centuries; there is evidence that it was used in ancient civilisations for hygiene purposes. The question, Spee3D chief executive officer Byron Kennedy said, was whether it could be engineered for touch surfaces. Staff got to work developing new code for their 3D printers to allow them to print copper plating onto hard surfaces like door touch plates and handles. Known as ‘activat3D copper’, the coating has been independently tested and shown to be effective at killing 96% of the SARS Cov-2 virus in two hours and 99.2% in five hours. And, it’s equally effective against other viruses, including the flu and superbug MRSA. “It kills bacteria and viruses on touch,” Mr Kennedy said. “It’s a long-term solution; the anti-microbial properties stay forever as long as you don’t paint over it or something.” Plus, the process takes just minutes to complete. The challenge is that copper is expensive. Spee3D’s process applies a thin layer of copper, about half a millimetre, to the surface. This makes it more economical for widespread use, but doesn’t detract from the virus-
The copper coating can kill the virus behind Covid-19 on contact. killing power of the material. Interest in the copper-plated metal surfaces has been strong so far, Mr Kennedy said, especially because the product can be used in so many industries. Already, the Northern Territory government has had one of its buildings refitted using Spee3D’s products. “The applications are limitless at the moment: hospitals, schools, ships, public places,
government buildings, workplaces, airplanes,” Mr Kennedy suggested. “We’re one of only two groups worldwide that has proven copper kills the virus and thus the level of interest we’re seeing.” The goal now is for Spee3D to work with large manufacturers, providing them with the printers to produce copper coatings for hightouch surfaces.
As other industries begin to recover from the economic shock, Spee3D hopes to hear from more businesses keen to make the investment in copper plated surfaces. “It’s certainly an exciting new area,” Mr Kennedy said. “There is no reason why it shouldn’t be rolled out. It’s cost-effective, fast and it makes sense.”
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Like a second homeland By Brendan Rees Vietnamese refugee Nga, who now lives in Berwick, says not being able to speak English was her biggest difficulty when she came at 20 years of age. “I was only able to speak a few words in English, so I watched preschool TV shows with my first son in the mornings to learn English,” she said. When she arrived in 1983, Nga lived in a hostel in Springvale for the first six months with her seven-month old son. At first, she found it hard to acclimate after living in a refugee camp in Thailand for two years which she likened to a jail. While at the hostel she would ask people whether she was allowed to go for a walk. “Back in the camp, it was like a jail and I was not able to go for a walk freely. People laughed at me and told me I can go anywhere I wanted,” she said. Today, she said she has really enjoyed learning about the Australian culture and loves the freedom: “I loved how you can learn things from many different people in Australia. I call Australia my second motherland.” Nga shared her journey as part of Refugee Week from June 14 to 20, which is an annual activity to inform the public about refugees and celebrate positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society. Nga fled Vietnam in 1981 when she was 18-years-old in the aftermath of the war between America and the communists. “I first had to get to the Cambodian and Vietnamese border by foot and waited there for a couple of months before I was able to get on a boat that docked in Thailand,” she said. “At first, I could not even contact my family to let them know where I was. After some time, I was able to write a letter to my parents to tell them why I had to flee.” A few months after giving birth to her sec-
ond child, she got her first job in a factory in Moorabbin, making kettles. After working in a factory making spices and sauces for fast food restaurants and supermarkets, Nga decided to start a restaurant business in 2001. In 2015, Nga opened a new restaurant
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grounds including doctors and police. When asked what welcome means to her she said it’s when she gets something unexpected and makes her feel happy. “For example, when I cook nice food and share it with my next-door neighbours and it makes them happy, that is welcoming to me.”
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Southern pulls the pin on season 2020 By Nick Creely The Southern Football Netball League (SFNL) has cancelled its 2020 senior football season, as well as the senior woman’s football competition, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The SFNL was one of just a handful of leagues, and the only metro league, still standing in 2020 and was hopeful that a season could start, but - after a board meeting on Thursday - made the call to scrap the season and instead focus on its junior competitions and netball. In a statement issued on Friday, league CEO Lee Hartman said that the ever-changing landscape was the catalyst for the decision. “We have worked closely with state and local government, AFL Victoria, other metropolitan leagues as well as all our clubs to explore a responsible way to proceed in 2020, against the challenging background of Covid-19,” he said. “However, in light of the recent outbreaks and significantly increased number of positive Covid-19 cases recorded in Melbourne, it has become apparent that the health and safety risks have simply become too great to conduct any senior contact sporting competition in 2020. “This decision has not been taken easily,
but the overriding concern we have is for the health and well-being of our people and the importance of not compromising the quality of our football competitions.” The recently-updated version of the AFL Victoria Return to Play Protocols, with clarity around limited spectator attendance and change room capacity restrictions, also contributed to the board’s decision to cancel these competitions in 2020. “We thank all member clubs for their patience and understanding during this extremely difficult time with its constantly changing environment,” the statement continued. “The board appreciates and has been galvanised by the level of constructive engagement, and enduring commitment of officials at each club, but equally, to the league over recent months.” Hartman confirmed that the Southern league is still keen on exploring youth age and under 19 competitions, as well as netball if the restrictions allow it to start. “The board also resolved, to explore conducting the SFNL youth age, Under-19 competition in 2020, in compliance with the AFL Victoria Return to Play Protocols and State Government Covid-19 restrictions,” he said. “The board and administration will under-
take a thorough risk assessment and collaborate with member clubs wishing to participate, to fully ensure that our youth age competition can be managed in a safe, and responsible manner, before making a final decision. “A similar position has been adopted by the board in relation to Netball in 2020 for those clubs wishing to participate. Our ability to conduct games at a centralised venue under the Netball Victoria guidelines and State Government restrictions, makes the further consideration of this competition a realistic possibility.” Hartman said that the league is excited to welcome back its member clubs in 2021 for the senior football competitions. “We look forward to welcoming back all 37 SFNL member clubs as well as the Umpiring Association (SFNLUA) in 2021,” he said. “We would also like to extend our great appreciation to our commercial partners and other stakeholders for their continued support of the SFNL in these extraordinary times. “In closing, the board takes this opportunity to thank the SFNL community for its wonderful support. We trust you and your families, along with your club communities, stay healthy, safe and remain strong as we move through the remainder of 2020 and progress towards a full resumption of football in 2021.”
Demons on the backburner until next year By sports editor Russell Bennett The Casey Demons have withdrawn from this year’s upcoming VFL season, due to the spike in Victorian Covid-19 cases. In a statement released on the Melbourne Football Club website, general manager of football Josh Mahoney said the increased number of confirmed cases in Victoria - along with the government’s Covid-19 restrictions currently in place - had contributed to the decision to pull the pin from this year’s VFL season. “Following advice from club medical experts, due to the risk of transmission and our own risk assessment, we have decided this was the best option for the club,” Mahoney said. “Whilst we were originally comfortable running the program under the VFL protocols and the introduction of our own, the increase in community cases across Victoria has con-
tributed to this decision.” Mahoney said the club explored all options for the Demons to field a VFL side this year, adding: “The club has worked long and hard to give ourselves every chance to participate this season and I thank our staff for that work and our players for their positive attitude. “The VFL and the other seven clubs have worked diligently and collaboratively in supporting each other throughout this process. We’d like to thank them for their support. “We are disappointed for our players, coaches and staff. They were excited to begin training and the possibility of getting a season underway, but they fully respect the club’s decision.” The VFL has since announced that Box Hill, Coburg, Frankston, Port Melbourne, Sandringham, Werribee, and Williamstown will all return to full-contact training from 13 July, with Round 1 of the VFL season to start on 1 August.
“The health and safety of everyone involved in the VFL competition and the wider community remains paramount and we will continue to be led by the State Government and relevant medical officials,” the AFL’s head of talent pathways and state league competitions, Tristan Salter, said. “We acknowledge and understand the difficult decision (the) Casey Demons have taken today and we will continue to help and support all VFL clubs as we prepare for a VFL season that prioritises the safety of everyone involved.” According to the figures released by the Victorian State Government’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on the day of the announcement of the Demons’ VFL withdrawal for 2020, there were 16 active Covid-19 cases in the City of Casey, one in the City of Greater Dandenong, and none in the Cardinia shire.
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Key sports make a call By Nick Creely Cricket Victoria and Football Victoria have reached an agreement on a framework to assist in the transition between the two sports from winter to summer seasons. This latest agreement provides further clarity for community soccer and cricket clubs, and local government authorities, for grounds shared between the two codes after Cricket Victoria and AFL Victoria reached a similar agreement for grounds shared between Aussie Rules footy and cricket. With the ongoing impact of Covid-19, the two governing bodies have sought to maximise participation for both cricket and soccer, and have provided a framework for competitions and local governments to plan ahead, allowing adequate time for governments and ground managers to transition grounds and minimise any overlap of participants and parents involved in both sports. Cricket Victoria CEO Andrew Ingleton said it was pleasing to reach an agreement with Football Victoria, adding that he hopes the transition between the two sports can be as simple as possible. “We’re pleased to have reached an agreement with Football Victoria that will hopefully make the transition phase easier for the many participants, volunteers and local governments involved across both sports as they navigate the challenges presented by Covid-19,“ he said. “We thank Football Victoria for their cooperation in formulating this framework.” Both organisations share more than 200 grounds across the state, and stakeholders from both sports have worked together with the Victorian State Government to establish the following framework: All cricket grounds shared by soccer are able to be transitioned to cricket from 28 September, while all turf ovals will not be used for soccer after 27 September. Football will prioritise fixturing for matches played after 1 October to single use facilities, then shared facilities with synthetic pitches. The junior soccer home and away season will conclude by 4 October and finals/relegation matches by 11 October. Senior soccer competitions on shared grounds will conclude on 18 October, while Cricket Victoria competitions on shared use facilities can commence from the following dates, provided it is safe to do so: Premier Cricket first and second XI men’s and women’s from 10 October, junior competitions from 16 October, and all other senior competitions from 23 October.
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Outer East scraps senior campaigns By Nick Creely AFL Outer East has joined the long line of local football competitions in Victoria to officially abandon their 2020 senior football seasons. While AFL Outer East had been optimistic that a 2020 season could get going despite ongoing concerns about potential crowd management, volunteer strain and a number of other factors in the wake of a spike in Covid-19 cases in the state, the league has scrapped its plans for a 1 August start. The commission advised clubs on Thursday that the senior football - which was slated to be played with one division - reserves and veterans football would not go ahead in 2020, with the tightening of protocols and an evermoving landscape making a return in 2020 unfeasible and unsustainable. AFL Outer East - which has previously stated that each competition under its governance would be reviewed separately - has confirmed that senior netball, junior netball, women’s football and junior football would proceed as per normal. At this stage, netball is locked in for a season start on 1 August. The junior football season - which includes under-18s - will still go ahead on the weekend of 25 and 26 July, while women’s football will also kick-off on 1 August. AFL Outer East chairman Tony Mitchell told the Journal that, while the league did everything it could to make a 2020 season feasible for clubs, ultimately with further tightening of restrictions and lingering doubts about crowds that it forced its hand. “Our position has been to exhaust every avenue to get football into a position where we had an ability to play, but restrictions around crowds meant that in an already compromised season it wasn’t sustainable,” he said. “The management of a senior football crowds and the ability to generate revenue was a key component of what we did, and from a senior footy perspective is not achievable (this season. “We actually had nine clubs ready to go, but it was also going to be if we could get crowds, and if it was sustainable and feasible, and this week we had to make a sensible decision on whether we could do that.” In a statement from the commission, the
Lachie Batten’s Doves will have to wait until 2021 to test themselves in AFL Outer East’s Premier Picture: ROB CAREW division. 198092 league said that the way senior clubs handled the ongoing discussions about the season has been first class. “AFL Outer East is immensely proud and grateful of its senior clubs throughout this period,” the statement read. “They have been united, positive, and hugely resilient and the leadership of our senior committees, coaches and players during this period has been exemplary. “The commitment to well-being, connectedness and mental health of participants and the community has been outstanding. Our clubs have set great foundations to return
stronger than ever in 2021.” With the senior football competitions now cancelled, the league will put its focus into its junior competitions, senior netball and women’s football, with Mitchell confident that these competitions can enjoy a 2020 season, based on current government advice that sets it apart from the senior football. “The protocols allow those competitions (to start this year) - it’ll require some modifications and it’ll be an arrive, play and leave type scenario, so we’re looking to try and get those competitions going,” he said.
True to form By Jason Adams True Detective and Last Hurrah have opened as equal favourites for Thursday’s McKenna Memorial final after a particularly entertaining set of heats late last week. True Detective produced a typical professional performance when he won the opening heat. He was challenged mid-race by Weblec Ace however ‘Bosco’ responded with a brilliant run home (10.64) and won comfortably by twoand-a-quarter lengths. Up-and-comer Thriving was faultless in the second heat when she led all of the way and did not give her opposition a chance. It was her third win on-the-trot in just her 11th career start. “She never trials well, but when it comes to race day she brings her best,” said trainer Vince Tullio post-race. She defeated Gr8 Eight star Last Hurrah and as caller James Van de Maat said “he does not know how to run a bad race”. The third and final heat went to boom sprinter Christo Bale, which couldn’t have made a better mid-distance debut. He was forced to work hard and was still able to set a time of 33.90, which was the night’s fastest. “When he was three-wide down the back I wasn’t quite sure what was going to happen but he handled it well,” said trainer Mark Delbridge. Christo Bale defeated Wallbanger, a 2018 National Greyhound Draft graduate, who delivered smiles to his hundreds of owners around the country, many who are now a part of their first ever group race. The stage is now set for a belting 2020 edition of the McKenna Memorial.
True Detective is in some red-hot form leading into the McKenna Memorial.
South East Juniors delayed in an ever evolving season By Nick Creely AFL South East (AFLSE) has announced that the South East Juniors (SEJ) season will be postponed until Sunday 26 July due to the ever-changing Covid-19 environment. After a meeting with club presidents last week, including from the Frankston and District Junior Football League, clubs reviewed their position based on the updated AFL Victoria Return to Play protocols and elected in the best interest of clubs, volunteers, participants and the community, to postpone the season by a few weeks. In a statement issued, AFLSE stated that the best way forward this season in getting junior sport was to re-assess the potential risks and therefore postpone until late-July. “AFLSE understands that the current State Government guidelines allow for the commencement of junior sport,” the statement read. “However, given the evolving Covid-19 situation is creating uncertainty within the community and posing an increased risk, the postponement will enable us to continue to monitor and assess any potential risk.” AFLSE has advised clubs that only those necessary to support participation should attend training and competitions and must abide by current group gathering restrictions, while also reiterating that participants should not shake hands or give high fives. At this stage, clubs are permitted to continue intraclub practice matches but inter-club practice matches with other clubs should not take dandenong.starcommunity.com.au
The South East Juniors have been delayed until 29 July. 184501 place and are under review. “AFLSE remains committed on a return to play if it is safe to do so. While disappointing,
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we believe delaying the start to the season is in the best interest of our wider community and provides the best chance to return to play in
2020,” AFLSE stated. “We will continue to keep clubs and the wider community updated as required.” AFLSE has announced the decision to cancel the South Eastern Women’s Football (SEWF) competition for the 2020 season. A meeting was held with club representatives on Monday 29 June where the majority of clubs stated they would not be fielding teams this year due to the current Covid-19 situation. Only a small minority of clubs remained interested in a potential 2020 season, with the varying levels of skill and experience making it virtually impossible to compile a fair, competitive, and equitable fixture in 2020. Other major factors in the decision include the strain on volunteers which would require them to adhere to strict AFL Victoria and State Government protocols, social distancing in clubrooms and at grounds, while the health and wellbeing of the players and general community was of the biggest concern. “Both AFLSE and the clubs have a clear obligation to protect participants, volunteers, officials, umpires, supporters, and their families during this Coronavirus pandemic,” SEWF operations coordinator Rod Hamilton said. “I would like to thank all of our clubs for your support and understanding over the last few months during these difficult times and hope that everyone continues to stay safe and I look forward to working with clubs going forward into the 2021 season.” Tuesday, 7 July, 2020
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