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Berwick Councils make election pitch

‘Worst-ever’ crisis

By Eleanor Wilson

Local homelessness services are warning housing is stress in the City of Casey is the worst they’ve ever seen. has seen it in 25 years.

“When I first started working here, if someone was homeless generally by the end of the day we would have found them a crisis house.

That’s impossible now,” she said.

Ms Magee said more public and social housing is needed to take pressure off the private rental market.

According to 2019 estimations from the City of Casey, there is a shortfall of 5,655 affordable housing dwellings with an unmet need in the City.

Without intervention, the unmet affordable housing would amount to more than 10,200 households by 2041.

City of Casey chair of administrators Noelene Duff said council is continuing to address homelessness and housing stress in the municipality.

“Council will continue its advocacy seeking representation of diverse housing types to meet specific regional needs including crisis accommodation as well as funding for further support for those at risk of homelessness in Casey in the lead up to the State Election,” she said.

The council has made submissions to both the Parliamentary Inquiry into Homelessness, and the Victorian Government’s 10-year Strategy for Social and Affordable Housing to address the shortfall of affordable housing in the area.

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Homelessness services are warning of a worstever ‘housing crisis’ unfolding in the City of Casey.

According to data by SQM Research, residential vacancy rates in South-East Melbourne are currently sitting at 0.9 per cent - its lowest rate since May 2010.

South East homelessness services provider Wayss says house prices and rentals are on the “fastest growth trajectory on record” across the region and the whole of Victoria.

“This puts even rental properties in our region out of reach for so many people, especially those on low incomes and those who are dependent on government benefits,” its chief executive Wayne Merritt said.

“People end up staying in short term crisis accommodation and other sub-standard living environments because there is simply no other option.”

Manager of trauma and recovery at notfor-profit community organisation Windermere Helen Consta agreed many families in the Casey area are struggling to find ongoing accommodation, with crisis accommodation resources also overwhelmed.

“The evidence for us is that the rental housing stock appears to have decreased and people are reporting open for inspections with 50 to 60 people turning up,” she said.

“What that means is vulnerable people that might be living on benefits go to the bottom of the queue with regard to rental assessments.”

Ms Consta said the economic stress of the Covid pandemic and recent amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act may have caused landlords to sell their rental properties, further tightening the rental market.

Research released by advocacy group Everybody’s Home found rental stress was at 64 per cent in the federal electorate of Bruce, and 63.1 per cent in the Holt electorate.

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Council members speak on the south-east region

By Jonty Ralphsmith Mayors Jeff Springfield (left, Cardinia Shire Council) and Jim Memeti (second from right, Greater Dandenong Council) and Noelene Duff (third from left, Casey Chair of Administrators), were among those in attendance.

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GSEM launch

By Jonty Ralphsmith The Greater Southeast Melbourne (GSEM) council group held its election platform launch at Mount Waverley on Thursday 7 April, outlining key advocacy areas.

Speaking on behalf of GSEM, Steve Staikos, Kingston Mayor, told community and business leaders from within the region which encompasses Greater Dandenong Council, Casey City Council, Cardinia Shire Council, of the priorities.

Mr Staikos emphasised transport infrastructure, employment and the South East Airport as areas GSEM advocate strongly for ahead of the federal election.

The GSEM region is home to nearly 30 per cent of Melbourne’s total population and 68 per cent of employed residents in the City of Casey, the most populous LGA in Victoria, leave the municipality for work each day.

To unlock this gridlock, GSEM is asking for federal support for the following projects: Dandenong Bypass, Westall Road Extension, Thompsons Road extension, Glasscocks Road extension, Lang Lang Bypass.

Melbourne’s southeast also has the highest unemployment rate, seven per cent, with construction, agriculture, administration and support services recording the greatest decline.

With a decade-long reduction in school leavers taking up VET-related programs, GSEM sees a need to match employer de-

mand with course offerings.

130 billion litres of water per year from Carrum Downs’ treatment plant is currently pumped into the Bass Strait which Mr Staikos said should be recycled.

Speaking after the event to Star News, he highlighted that each of Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia would benefit from a recycled water scheme.

“Businesses in Greater Dandenong, farms in Cardinia and Casey and new subdivisions and growth areas [would be] able to be irrigated with (recycled) purple pipes,” he explained.

“Having a small investment from the Federal Government to direct that water back inland and into those uses is such a small amount of money for such a big community and environmental benefit.

“We keep hearing from the government that they’re tech focussed when it comes to climate change adaptation – well here is a technology they could invest in and they’re not investing in it.”

The proposed South East airport in Cardinia is a project GSEM has long supported, as it will create jobs in construction, tourism and agriculture, support international freight and preserve agricultural land.

Bruce MP Julian Hill and Andrew Giles, Shadow Minister for Cities and Multicultural Affairs were in attendance but no Liberal-National Coalition members attended.

Labor did not provide any election commitments at the GSEM election platform launch, but Shadow Minister for Cities and Multicultural Affairs Andrew Giles expressed his party’s strong desire to restore a greater relationship with local governments and bring local issues to the discussion in Canberra.

Members of the Federal Government and local liberal candidates were invited and the ALP was represented Bruce MP Julian Hill and Mr Giles.

“Scott Morrison has cut local government out of the national cabinet process – we’ll bring it back in,” Mr Giles said.

“We know that local government is the level of government closest to the people. We know the perspective that local government officials have particularly about the impact of the pandemic on their communities is vitally important.

“We need to bring that into the centre of national decision making. That’s one thing we’ll do very early on if we have the opportunity to form government.

Mr Hill criticised the Liberal-National Coalition’s absence and broken promise after they did not deliver on the city-deal they promised in the lead-up to the last federal election.

“The southeast is a fast-growing dynamic region heading towards 2 million people and it needs and deserves serious attention and partnership with the Federal Government,” Mr Hill said.

“Growth brings opportunities but also challenges on the infrastructure and liveability side and it’s absolutely disgraceful that Scott Morrison and the Liberals turned up before the last election, made a whole bunch of promises that they haven’t kept - frankly they lied. They didn’t have the guts to show up today, not a minister, not even a representative, had the guts to show their face to the (1.5)

million people in SE Melbourne who they’ve abandoned and neglected.”

A GSEM spokesperson told Star News: “all lower house federal MPs whose electorates cover any part of the GSEM region were invited to attend the launch event.”

They were also advised that they could extend the invitation to any candidates in surrounding electorates.

The exact words on the invitation were: “you are very welcome to pass this invitation to candidates in surrounding electorates.”

When asked about his absence, La Trobe MP Jason Wood accused Labor of acting as “puppet-masters” with the Casey Council. ““It is bizarre to have these comments made by Labor MP’s when they never supported the $250 million to upgrade Clyde Road, the $64 million for Berwick Train Station and when I announced the Monash FWY, they attacked that also,” Mr Wood said.

“Labor also claimed last election that funding for Berwick Football and Netball clubs was ‘funny money’…. These projects have now been delivered, I urge them to visit the state of the art facilities!

“The truth is, Labor is acting as puppet masters with the CEO and administrators at Casey Council, as they have never dared to attack Labor with failing to deliver Clyde Road upgrades despite being the major proponent of the project. They have gone silent!

“My question to the Labor Party is, what did they announce in their budget for the South East?

“Nothing.”

GSEM is a group of eight southeastern Melbourne councils, including Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia, that takes in a population of more than 1.5 million and advocates for regionally pertinent issues.

At its launch on Thursday 7 April, transport infrastructure, employment and the south east airport were among the issues raised.

Liberals cop flak for no-show at GSEM platform

By Eleanor Wilson Casey Council and a Federal MP have expressed their disappointment at the lack of Liberal presence at Wednesday’s Greater South East Melbourne (GSEM) 2022 Federal Election Platform.

The Wednesday meeting saw eight councils in greater Southeastern Melbourne, including the City of Casey and Cardinia Shire, join to promote the priority projects they would like to see the incoming government support.

Shadow Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructures Andrew Giles and Federal Member for Bruce Julian Hill attended the event and spoke of their intention to support

a partnership between GSEM and the government, but a representative for the Liberal party was noticeably missing.

“It’s absolutely disgraceful that Scott Morrison and the Liberals turned up before the last election, made a whole bunch of promises that they haven’t kept. Frankly they lied,” Mr Hill said.

“They didn’t have the guts to show up today. Not a minister, not even a representative, had the guts to show their face to the two million people in Southeast Melbourne who they’ve abandoned and neglected.”

The Liberal Government made a promise to deliver the GSEM City Deal in the lead up to the 2019 election, but has since revealed

it will not go ahead until the North West City Deal has been completed.

City of Casey chair of administrators Noelene Duff concurred it was ‘disappointing’ to see there was no Liberal candidate at the platform launch, but said she was pleased to “have the alternative perspective and know what we’re working with.”

A GSEM spokesperson told Star News “all lower house federal MPs whose electorates cover any part of the GSEM region were invited to attend the launch event.”

In response, Liberal Federal member for LaTrobe Jason Wood argued the Liberal party has funded several key upgrades for Casey which were not supported by Labor.

“it is bizarre to have these comments made by Labor MP’s when they never supported the $250 million to upgrade Clyde Road, the $64 million for Berwick Train Station and when I announced the Monash Freeway, they attacked that also!” he said.

“My question to the Labor Party is, what did they announce in their budget for the South East? Nothing.”

Mr Wood also accused Labor of “acting as puppet masters with the CEO and administrators at Casey Council.” “[Casey Council] have never dared to attack Labor with failing to deliver Clyde Road upgrades despite being the major proponent of the project. They have gone silent!”

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Good Friday is close to home they’re there for the families too,” she said.

By Eleanor Wilson For some, Good Friday is a time for religious worship, and for others it is the start of a long weekend of indulging on chocolate and hot cross buns.

But for thousands of parents, like Narre Warren’s Tara Kviesitis, the Easter holiday has added meaning, owing to the work of the charitable Good Friday Appeal.

“I’ll never feel the same on Good Friday because its personal for me now, I understand what it’s like being on the other side,” she said.

Like many mothers of premature babies, Ms Kviesitis said she “hadn’t even organised a hospital bag” when she was rushed to the hospital to give birth at 29 weeks.

Before baby Malakai was born weighing just over one kilogram, doctors notified Ms Kviesitis that the family would have a long health journey ahead of them.

“They detected his first heart condition in the womb, which was Coarctation of the Aorta and Atrioventricular Septal Defect (AVSD),” she said.

“On day three he got really unwell and ended up on a ventilator and that’s when they detected the second heart condition.”

Diagnosed with two congenital heart defects, Malakai was rushed to the Royal Children’s Hospital, and at seven days old had his first of several heart operations.

Ms Kviesitis described the time as “pretty terrifying”, but said the support of the staff at the Royal Children’s Hospital was invaluable.

“Everyone there is amazing. They aren’t just about what they can do for the children,

Tara Kviesitis in hospital with son Malakai, who was born at 29 weeks and six days.

“When you leave the hospital, you have to trust these people to keep your child alive, and I just don’t think I understood how dedicated they are until I was on the other side experiencing it.”

Now 16 months old, Ms Kviesitis said Malakai is doing much better thanks to the work of heart surgeons at the Royal Children’s.

“He’s not on par with other children of his age, but he’s developing all the time,” she said, “He recently got his feeding tube out which has been a huge struggle for him in the past, so he has come so far.”

“We took him out yesterday for lunch and I was able to feed him in public without the need for a tube and it was so special.”

Each year, The Good Friday Appeal raises money for research, equipment and technology, education & training and patient and family care at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital.

After Malakai underwent multiple lifesaving surgeries at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Tara can finally enjoy family life with her son.

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La Trobe is critical to poll

By Cam Lucadou-Wells La Trobe could be one of the key battleground seats in the upcoming federal election, says a Monash University political expert.

Senior politics lecturer Dr Zareh Ghazarian also expects the economy, jobs, infrastructure, schools and hospitals to be crucial issues for voters in South East electorates such as Holt and La Trobe.

Hip-pocket issues like housing affordability and cost-of-living are high on the agenda in the growth belt and its new estates.

They play a part in the crucial question of which party is seen as the better economic manager, Dr Ghazarian says.

“In the new housing estates, it will be important that the messaging around housing affordability will be where those electors are tuning in.”

Long-time Liberal MP Jason Wood’s seat,

which encompasses parts of Berwick, Clyde North and much of the growing Cardinia Shire, is held on a less than 5 per cent margin.

He’s successfully defended the often marginal seat five times since 2004, with the exception of the 2010 election.

In 2019, he defied a Victorian swing against the Liberal party to increase his margin.

This time, Mr Wood faces off against firsttime ALP candidate Abi Kumar.

“La Trobe could be a key battleground for the state, though it is safer than Higgins or Deakin. It is close to where Flinders is at, in terms of margin,” Dr Ghazarian said.

“We’d expect the Liberals to hold onto these seats.”

Meanwhile, Anthony Byrne, the long-time Labor incumbent in Holt, has retired leaving fresh-faced candidate Cassandra Fernando to protect a 9 per cent margin.

Among her opponents will be Mr Wood’s former electorate officer Ranj Perera for the Liberals.

The seat covers much of the City of Casey including Hampton Park, Narre Warren South, Cranbourne and the Western Port townships.

“I can’t imagine Holt changing,” Dr Ghazarian says.

“Even though when an incumbent goes, there’s a section of the vote that they take with them. It will affect the vote.

“But looking at the history of the seat, the Liberal party hasn’t won it in the past 40 years.”

In Victoria, it’s more likely than not that Labor holds its seats - though marginals like Dunkley (2 per cent) and Corangamite (1 per cent) are in play.

“It’s going to be hard to see a party going for its fourth term in government winning these seats back.

“If Labor starts losing seats like Dunkley, they’re going to be struggling to win the election.”

Dr Ghazarian is wary of bullish predictions of a Labor win, given pollsters were “burnt” by the Coalition’s ‘miracle’ win in 2019.

“Labor is in an election-winning lead and we’d expect it to be the case on election night.

“But that’s what we were expecting in 2019.”

Much will be decided in the campaign’s early weeks – before about 30-40 per cent of voters start to cast pre-poll votes.

“For many voters, it will mean the campaign ends for them two weeks before the actual election day.

“So the next three to four weeks are the crucial weeks for the campaign.”

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Dogs’ miraculous return from visit to highway on-ramp

By Eleanor Wilson A Narre Warren woman is thanking the local community for their efforts in searching for her two missing dogs, who were found separately on the Princes Highway on-ramp at Narre Warren last week.

Abbey Keys’ two rescue dogs Zues and Zena went missing in the early hours of Sunday 3 April; escaping after the back gate to her property was left open.

Ms Keys said she immediately launched a call-out on her social media pages, hoping locals may be able to help locate the dogs.

Thanks to the Facebook and Instagram posts, locals found Zues about 7am the same day, at the on-ramp to the Princes Highway inbound at Narre Warren, near the Mercedes Benz Berwick dealership.

“It was a relief to get Zues back, but I was also frantic because I had hoped they would have stayed together,” Ms Keys said.

Zena remained lost for the next seven days, but Ms Keys said online support continued to grow, giving her hope she would be reunited with the Rhodesion Ridgeback.

“I found all through the week [the posts] kept getting shared more and more. On Facebook every morning and night I’d comment a massive update about where I’d been looking and any sightings of her, and by the Monday or Tuesday we’d put out flyers around the neighbourhood,” she said.

“By that point complete strangers were sharing my posts and I actually met someone who had seen my post and was also out looking for Zena, and he suggested making a group chat so I could put out instant updates about the search,” she said.

Ms Keys the group chat grew to about 80 group members, all actively searching for

her missing dog.

“Throughout the week we actually ended up finding about six or seven dogs that weren’t Zena but were also lost,” she said.

After several sightings, Zena was eventually reunited with her emotional owner on the morning of Sunday 10 April.

“All morning from 5am until 9:30am we were in the area Zues was found, on car and on foot and eventually we just thought let’s just sit here and hope for the best,” she said.

“Zeus’ ears pricked up at around 10am and I heard some movement and I looked to my left and I called ‘Zena’ really softly and she just naturally came toward me.”

Ms Keys said she was “overwhelmed with relief” to be reunited with her canine friend, after spending over 12 hours each day for the last week looking for her.

“The week has just been a blur and I’ve just been in adrenaline mode so the relief to see her and have her in my arms, you can’t put a price on it,” she said.

With both dogs’ health given the tick of approval from vets, Ms Keys said she hopes to organise a meet and greet to thank community members who helped over the seven day search.

“I’ve had hundreds of messages from people who have been searching for Zena, or just wishing us well, it’s been really heart warming,’ she said.

“We want to do a little picnic so the people who have been so dedicated to finding Zena can actually meet her. It’s the least I can do, there’s nothing I can do or say to repay them.”

Zena and Zues were reunited after escaping from their home in Narre Warren last Sunday.

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Work together Members of Casey Cardinia for Refugees joined the Palm Sunday Rally for Refugees in Melbourne on Sunday 10 April.

We marched from the State Library to the Park Hotel, from where the eight remaining refugees and asylum seekers detained there were released on Friday. Another 12 were also released from other centres around the country. This leaves about 10 people, transferred to Australia from offshore detention for medical treatment, still in detention centres after nine years. Locking up innocent people indefinitely is the worst cruelty. The Government has provided no reason as to why the remaining 10 people are held against their will, while 230 others, in almost identical situations, are in the community. These people were rushed from PNG and Nauru for emergency medical attention on the advice of doctors under the shortlived Medevac legislation. They came with various debilitating conditions. They were supposed to receive medical care but, since the Medevac legislation was repealed after they arrived, they did not receive any. These are the people the government is releasing into the community; they are left with a completely inadequate support system that has prevented refugees from accessing mainstream social services and keeps them on precarious temporary visas, leaving it to charities and advocates to make up what is not available. Whilst we celebrate their release, this is just the beginning – they need permanent protection visas.

They cannot rebuild their lives on a temporary visa. The Minister for Home Affairs, Karen Andrews, says that those in Australia on health detention will not be resettled in Australia.

They have the option to return to Nauru, seek resettlement in the US or NZ (limited places) or return to their home country. We should be ashamed of this. After nine years of misery and uncertainty, they deserve a home here with permanent protection and all the support they need to start again.

Let us work together to make this happen.

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Unlikely union Who would have thought I would support Federal Liberal MP Jason Wood over comments made towards the City of Casey council administrators?

Mr Wood stated the administrators have

gone missing in action regarding applying for funding from the Victorian State Government for infrastructure for building better roads within the City of Casey.

He claims the administrators have gone quiet due to the fact they were put into their position by a Labor government.

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I only hope these administrators prove him wrong and do the right thing by our residents and ratepayers, while receiving their huge administrators payments.

Rex Flannery, Narre Warren South

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Knife info was ‘critical’

By Cam Lucadou-Wells A police shooting of a 53-year-old Narre Warren North father-of-four may have “unfolded differently” if not for an inadvertent omission

by Triple-0 staff, a state coronial inquest has heard.

Counsel Assisting the Coroner, Susan Locke, submitted to the inquest on 30 March that police officers had not been alerted to a Triple-0 call that the man – identified as XY – had a knife.

During an attempted arrest on the Monash Freeway in Dandenong North on 28 May 2020, XY was fatally shot after he charged with a knife at a police officer.

Police relied on the “critical information” being broadcast by ESTA over their radio, she said.

“No information about the knife was broadcast over police radio communications to the attending police units at any stage during the incident that unfolded,” Ms Locke said.

“There is ample evidence that had police

been aware of the information … regarding the knife, their risk assessment and response would have been different.”

The weight of evidence supported a finding that the incident “may have unfolded differently”, Ms Locke said.

“Whilst it cannot be said that XY’s death would ultimately have been averted, he would not have died at the exact time and manner in which he did, had that information been known to police.”

Before the attempted arrest, a school wellbeing officer had called triple-0 warning that XY left the home carrying a knife.

The Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA) call-taker, who was in the “consolidation phase” of training, recorded the information ambiguously and inaccurately, Ms Locke said.

“Believes M may have had a knife – not confirmed – nil sighting,” the call-taker recorded in his comments.

An ESTA quality improvement investigator later told the court that it should have been

recorded as “Male left home in possession of a knife”.

The call-taker’s error was attributed to his inexperience.

To compound the error, an ESTA police dispatcher inadvertently failed to see the knife comment.

“It appears that this oversight was the result of human error,” Ms Locke said.

There was no evidence that the “very experienced” police dispatcher’s oversight was caused by “high radio channel occupancy” at the time.

Since then, the upgraded dispatch platform records terms like ‘knife’ and ‘aggressive’ in bold font and colour – which was likely to reduce the chance that critical information is missed, Ms Locke said.

Training has been modified for ESTA calltakers and police dispatchers.

Based on the available information, police were “reasonable” to assume XY was unlikely to be armed – though the possibility was “not entirely discounted”, Ms Locke said.

His demeanor was relatively calm, he’d made no threats of violence and had no history of violence or police involvement.

The police officers’ actions and use of force were “appropriate”, Ms Locke concluded.

In its submission, ESTA argued there was no need for “adverse findings” against it.

There was no consistent evidence from police officers on how their response would have differed if warned about the knife, its lawyer Rosyln Kaye submitted.

“Unfortunately, it is impossible to say whether XY’s death would have been prevented with a different police response.”

In any case, police had been planning for the potential presence of a knife at the scene, Ms Kaye said.

ESTA accepted the call-taker’s note was inaccurate and ambiguous, and the information on the knife should have been broadcast to police.

The errors did not indicate “systemic issues”.

Pay your respects and remember the fallen on Anzac Day City of Casey residents will be invited to pay their respects to those who gave their lives or served at war on Anzac Day, Monday 25 April across a series of events.

Dawn services will be held at Greg Clydesdale Square in Cranbourne, Bunjil Place in Narre Warren, Arthur Wren Hall in Hampton Park and the Pearcedale Public Hall, from 6am.

The service in Cranbourne will be followed by march down High Street to Sladen Street later in the morning from 10.40am.

There will also be a march held in Berwick, on High Street, from 10.30am.

The events are supported by the City of Casey.

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Fred’s fabulous century

By Eleanor Wilson The 100th day of the year saw an extra special celebration at the Berwick Inn Hotel on Sunday, as local Fred Lazer celebrated his 100th birthday.

Mr Lazer, who has resided in Berwick’s Villa Maria Catholic Homes for four years, was joined by many of his friends and family of four children, five grandchildren and three – soon to be four- great-grandchildren.

Proud daughters Maree Quinn and Catherine Lazer said their father always had his eyes on the milestone.

“Dad saw Don Bradman play his famous cricket match, so he always said if he could make it to 100 it would be marvellous because he saw Don Bradman get 100 runs,” Ms Lazer said.

A fitter and turner by trade, Mr Lazer also fondly remembers his days working with AFL legend Lou Richards.

“Before Lou got taken on by the Collingwood Football Club, he and dad used to practise outside on their lunch break,” Maree said.

Known for “being a legend and a really good bloke”, Mr Lazer said his secret to a long life rests in having a positive attitude.

“I’ve always got along with everybody and always tried to stay happy, but I’m not really sure why I’m allowed to live for so long and others aren’t,” he said.

While Mr Lazer is humble in his achievement, his daughters say there is no doubt the blessing of a long life is owed to his good nature.

“We had the best childhood anyone could imagine, Dad was a wonderful provider, a wonderful husband, he worked two jobs for most of his life to provide for us,” Maree said.

“Everybody always loved to have a beer with Fred, because he just has a happy, beautiful nature.”

Mr Lazer is known as a “really good bloke” for his kind nature and dedication to family.

The Lazer Family celebrated the milestone at the Berwick Inn Hotel.

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Terree, who travels from her home in Chel-

sea three days a week to visit Fred, said the pair has been inseparable ever since.

“It’s amazing, he’s so fit and healthy for his

Both widowed, Mr Lazer and girlfriend Terree Block met over 10 years ago on a bus trip.

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age,” she said.

“I think he’ll be with us for another five or 10 years!”

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Family home invader jailed

By Cam Lucadou-Wells A 32-year-old man has been jailed after taking part in a violent, retaliatory home invasion against a Dandenong family.

Jake Hepponstall and two other males stormed the Hutton Street flat on 8 November 2020 over a dispute that escalated over an apartment resident’s annoying wafting of cigarette smoke.

The intruders repeatedly punched and kicked the man in the flat, with his head slammed into a wall, County Court sentencing judge Gavan Meredith said on 7 April.

After the bashing, the man was taken to hospital with numerous bruises and cuts.

The home invaders were led by Matilja Garic, whose mother had been embroiled in the neighbourly feud.

The family had complained about Garic’s mother and friends smoking outside a downstairs apartment.

Garic’s mum disregarded the complaints, as did the body corporate.

The day before the home invasion, the male victim’s wife tipped cigarette butts from Garic’s mother’s ashtray onto the nearby doormat.

In retaliation, Garic’s mother deposited the butts in her neighbours’ empty car spot.

The man - who was later bashed by the home invaders - picked up the butts in a plastic bag and poured the contents onto Garic’s mother as she smoked with friends.

Five hours later, Garic - trailed by Hepponstall and the other male - barged into the neighbours’ flat and started the assault.

Hepponstall – who managed a Telstra outlet in Hastings - didn’t go into the flat with the intention to assault, Judge Meredith noted.

But his offending “evolved” while following Garic’s lead The former Eumemmerring Secondary College student acted out of “misguided loyalty” to a friend who believed his mother had been assaulted.

After leaving the flat, there was an “unedifying” exchange between Garic and Hepponstall by phone.

“Love you too. My bro for life,” Hepponstall told Garic.

The victims suffered “significant and ongoing” impact. They since moved out of the flat due to feeling unsafe.

Aggravated home invasion carries mandatory jail, with rare exceptions.

The judge could give little to no weight to Hepponstall’s lack of prior convictions, his close family support, strong work history and “excellent” rehabilitation prospects.

However, Hepponstall deserved a “significantly lesser” jail term than Garic, who was recently imprisoned for up to three years.

Hepponstall was jailed for up to 16 months.

He will be eligible for parole in eight months.

A library with a green twist

By Eleanor Wilson Casey Cardinia Libraries is bringing a fresh meaning to the traditional understanding of a library, launching a seed library for community members interested in growing their own fruits and vegetables.

From this month, edible plant and flower seeds will be available from Hampton Park and Pakenham libraries for community members to take home and grow in their own homes.

The library is encouraging members to borrow up to three packets of seeds, with the Autumn selection including carrot, parsley, cabbage, silverbeet, cauliflower and rocket seeds.

Each season there will be a rotation of six new seeds to choose from.

Customer service librarian Moira Eveleens from the Pakenham library said she hopes the seed library can grow to become self-sustaining.

“It’s a long term project and we hope that by we can encourage the community to also donate seeds so that once that happens the seed library grows and it becomes self-sustaining,” she said.

The seed library is part of Casey Cardinia Libraries HEAL program, which provides a range of resources to promote healthy, easy, accessible and local food options for the community.

“The HEAL program aims to help people learn about healthy eating and how to grow and harvest edible plants, and we support that learning through our programs for all ages,” she said.

“We have programs for kids and adults and they can range from workshops on how to grow and harvest food, to cooking demonstrations.”

Ms Eveleens said the program has been in development since the beginning of the

Pakenham Library’s seed library hopes to become a self-sustaining community project. pandemic, with library staff hoping the seed library helps promote sustainability for the wider community.

“By people learning how to grow their own food, they have an awareness of their environment, and we do our research to help give that food literacy to people about what grows well in the area, what is in season and so on,” she said.

“There’s a whole lot of education at the library to promote green living.”

To sign up to the Seed Library, head to cclc.vic.gov.au/heal-seed-library-form/

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Fixing the welder shortage The first cohort of students from a free welding skills course in Dandenong South have rolled into employment.

The four-week course was created by the South East Melbourne Manufacturers’ Alliance (SEMMA) in response to a worsening skills shortage.

With the help of a $200,000 federal grant during Covid-struck 2021, SEMMA branched out of its advocacy role to set up the training.

On successful completion of the course, the trained-up welders were guaranteed full-time jobs.

ABECK Group managing director and SEMMA president Peter Angelico has taken on a

graduate as a new employee.

The graduate was producing jig-welded parts, freeing up a higher-skilled welder to complete more advanced work.

“The skills course is designed to fill an immediate need which enables us to maintain our customer’s confidence that we can deliver in full and on-time,” Mr Angelico said.

“There are plenty of full-time positions in manufacturing, we need to bring people in with micro credential courses such as this that are specifically designed to suit what our customers need.”

During the course, Hilton Manufacturing provided formal classroom and production

floor space for student welding bays. Chisholm Institute’s instructors delivered the training.

The course included a welding simulator, allowing participants to practice in a safe and sustainable manner.

It was delivered in partnership with the federally-funded South Eastern Melbourne and Peninsula Local Jobs Program.

In December, SEMMA warned a Senate inquiry of a dire shortage of welders, engineers and electronics technicians.

SEMMA states that it represents 200 manufacturers that employ 16,000 people and create $3 billion of GDP.

A welding demonstration event staged by SEMMA.

Berwick mum of premature twins thankful for appeal

By Eleanor Wilson When Nicky Carroll went on maternity leave at 26 weeks pregnant in August, she thought she would have a few months to prepare before she welcomed her newborn twins.

Instead, just two days into her leave, twins Riley and Jye were born prematurely at Monash Children’s Hospital, each weighing less than one kilogram.

The next 111 days were spent in the neonatal intensive care unit of the hospital, with staff concerned about the health of both babies.

“The first couple of weeks it was really touch and go, Riley was good, but Jye wasn’t too impressed with being out in the outside world so early,” Ms Carroll said.

Born at just over 900 grams, Jye was signed up to a leading program that uses stem cells from the placenta and cord blood to protect, repair and regenerate vital body tissue.

Thanks to the ground-breaking program, his condition quickly improved, but the health of his twin sister Riley, who wasn’t eligible for the stem cell program due to a lack of sufficient cord blood, began to decline.

“About two weeks after they were born Riley was very unwell, she had NEC which is necrotizing enterocolitis, meaning parts of her bowel basically dies,” Nicky said.

NEC affects roughly one in 1000 premature babies and in Riley’s case, caused her to need a third of her bowel removed.

Now five months, Ms Carroll said the twins are getting healthier and stronger by the day. “[Jye] has done amazing, he’s hitting all his developmental milestone and isn’t facing any delays,” she beamed.

“Riley has improved a lot too, she’s had three surgeries so she’s still playing catch up a bit, but she’s definitely getting there.”

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Berwick Mum Nicky Carroll with twins Riley (left) and Jye (right). dren’s Hospital is one of several programs nationwide being supported by a Coles supermarket fundraising initiative to improve the survival rate and quality of life for premature babies.

From Wednesday 30 March until Tuesday 12 April, Coles’ shoppers can buy a $2 donation card at the checkout to support Curing Homesickness, with all funds raised going directly to fund vital projects across the country.

Shoppers can also support the cause by

purchasing a jar of Mum’s Sause pasta or pizza sauce throughout the year, with 50 cents of every jar sold going to a children’s hospital foundation or paediatric service.

Ms Carroll said the support from Coles makes a world of difference for families with premature babies.

“I don’t think anyone who has a baby thinks they are going to spend time in NICU, and the stem cell program isn’t something everyday families like ours can usually afford,” she said.

Picture: SUPPLIED “So the Coles fundraiser is such a great support for families with premature babies.”

Curing Homesickness Director Nicola Stokes said funds raised will provide much needed support for sick kids and their families across Australia.

“We believe kids don’t belong in hospital; they belong at home. By purchasing a $2 Curing Homesickness card or a Mum’s Sause pasta or pizza sauce, you’ll be helping to fund vital projects to minimise the amount of time kids spend in hospitals.”

Students invited to inject colour into Easter competition

By Eleanor Wilson Local primary school students in Southeastern Melbourne are being encouraged to pull out their finest colouring pencils this Easter, for a colouring competition run by Major Road Projects Victoria (MRPV).

Prep students at Narre Warren North Primary School kickstarted the competition on Wednesday, brightening up an outlined picture of the Easter Bunny on top of road work machinery.

“The best thing about a colouring in competition is all the colours we can use, and the Easter bunny on the truck is cool,” said fiveyear-old prep student Zavier.

The competition is being run in conjunction with MRPV’s Narre Warren North Upgrade, which has partnered with local businesses Marcos IGA and Cafe Coffea to deliver the prizes.

Students can submit the artwork to one of the participating local businesses for a chance to win a range of prizes including a voucher and goodies, PPE construction gear from MRPV, and a drive in the local CFA’s truck. berwicknews.starcommunity.com.au

Prep students show off their artworks.

There will be one winner for each of the following ages groups: 0-4 years old, 5-8 years old and 8-12 years old.

The competition is running until 27 April,

with winners expected to be announced on 2 May. Works on the Narre Warren North Upgrade itself has continued, with construction begin-

ning at the Ernst Wanke intersection on 31 March.

Crews are adding an extra lane in each direction on Narre Warren North Road at the Ernst Wanke intersection and extending the right and left lanes.

MRPV said the upgrade will increase capacity, reduce bottlenecks in peak periods and improve safety for road users.

“Melbourne’s South East is one of the fastest growing regions, and the Narre Warren North Road Upgrade will make it safer for all road users to travel through this area,” Narre Warren North Upgrade Program Director Brendan Pauwels said.

Works on the intersection will continue until late 2022, temporarily closing one through lane on Narre Warren North Road in both directions, as well as one right turn lane from Ernst Wanke Road onto Narre Warren North Road northbound.

The intersection adds to completed work on the upgrade, such as the U-turn at Belgrave-Hallam Road.

The Narre Warren North Upgrade is expected to be complete by late 2023.

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with St Francis De Sales Primary School music teacher Kristy Galea

Tell us a fun fact about yourself!

I’m a Music teacher who loves baking loaded cookies, riding my bicycle and going on walks.

What do you love about what you do?

The thing I love most about being a Music teacher is that I get to work with children (prep to Grade 6) who are constantly enthusiastic and have absolutely no apprehension to say what they feel. They love having a laugh and they bring me so much joy!

Who is the best person you’ve worked with?

The best people I work with are the crew at St. Francis de Sales Primary School, Lynbrook (better stay safe with this question!!!). A shout out to Imasha and Rosie in LS1 - they’re great to work with and always love banter and to have a good laugh.

What would your last meal be?

The last meal I would have would be a Banh Mi with extra sauce from Tabac in Springvale, topped off with a Raspberry Panna Cotta (keep it classy).

What is your most memorable moment?

My most memorable YEAR would be 2015. I travelled to over 35 countries with no plans or a functioning phone. I travelled wherever and whenever I wanted to go. Not a care in the world! I was able to experience and learn a lot during my travels.

What event past or present would you like to witness?

I would’ve loved to have witnessed Freddie Mercury and QUEEN perform at the Live Aid Concert in 1985.

Which three guests, dead or alive, would you invite to dinner?

Three guests, dead or alive, I would invite to dinner include Bradley Cooper, Leonardo Di Caprio and Brad Pitt.

What are you currently listening to, watching or reading?

I’m currently listening to 90s classics on the

THREE … facts about Easter

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Coles shoppers in Berwick are amongst the top five in regional sales of Traditional Fruit Hot Cross Bun in Victoria this year, with more than 152,000 packs sold since landing o shelves on Boxing Day last year.

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While the exact origins of the Easter Bunny remain unclear, one theory is that the symbol of the bunny comes from a pagan, or German festival of the goddess Eostre, who was the goddess of fertility. Since rabbits are very fertile and eggs represent fertility, that’s how the bunnies and eggs came into play.

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In Eastern European countries such as Slovakia and Czech Republic, there is an Easter Monday tradition where men drench women in ice cold water and hit them on the legs with thinly braided branches of a willow tree to symbolise youth, strength and make women healthy for the upcoming Spring season.

Kristy Galea. 275566 drive to work - from Britney to The Vengaboys.

I don’t tend to watch much TV, but when I do, it’s a fantastic episode of Home and Away.

If you had to compete on MasterChef, what dish would you cook?

If I had to compete on MasterChef, I’d bake one of my glamorous Nutella loaded cookies!

Where is your dream holiday destination?

Vietnam and Malta have been my favourite holiday destinations thus far, but I would love to travel to Scandinavia. Antarctica would be pretty cool too (pun intended).

What were you like as a kid?

As a child, I was a complete ratbag and a comedian. Not much has changed since!

What was your first job?

My first job was teaching piano in my studio at home. I continued this for many years until I found the position I currently have as Music Teacher at St. Francis de Sales Primary School, Lynbrook (8 years later!)

What are the three most used apps on your phone?

The three most used apps on my phone include Gmail, Messages and Safari.

What’s one question that you have always wanted answered?

A question that I’ve always wanted answered is are there more than the five senses that we are able to access? If so, what are they?

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By Mitchell Clarke Almost one year since alleged corruption was exposed within the City of Casey, a former councillor is still fighting to clear his name.

Former Springfield Ward councillor Rex Flannery, who resigned as deputy mayor just days before the State Government sensationally sacked the entire council in February 2020, says the events of the past 12 months are still “eating” him up.

He has now officially requested that his name is removed from both a councillor honour board in the customer service centre and a wall plaque in Bunjil Place.

“I have never had any involvement into this alleged corruption scandal and therefore I do not wish to have my name associated with past or former councillors who may have brought our City of Casey into disrepute,” he told Star News.

“People look at your name and they see that you’re from Casey Council and immediately they put you in that same mould, which couldn’t be further than the truth.

“It’s just horrible to have been a councillor in that term. It gives you a sickening feeling in your gut and now I have to live with that.“ Mr Flannery argues his name should never have been placed on the plaque celebrating the $126 million Bunjil development because at the time he didn’t support the project.

“I guess I’ve eaten a little bit of humble pie with Bunjil Place. I’ve been able to see the value that place brings to the community but at the time I was against the development and I wasn’t once consulted (about having my name included),” he said.

He also claims former ex-ward partner, Sam Aziz, stated to him that he “wished he never had my name added to the plaque”.

“That was the only time I agreed with him,” Mr Flannery said.

While Mr Flannery hasn’t accused any former councillor of committing wrongdoing, he said anyone found guilty from the IBAC hearing should immediately have their honours stripped.

“They need to have their plaques removed

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“I want to get back into serving the community again. I want to run again and I want to get my name back on the honour board for the right reasons. At the moment it’s a dishonour board,” he said.

Star News understands Mr Flannery has put forward his request to be heard by the administrators at the next council meeting, slated for Tuesday 2 February.“It’s up to them now but a year later, this is still eating at me. I need closure and this is one way that I can get it,“ he said.

“I played no part in any downturn or sacking of the council and I feel it’s my duty to say that I don’t want to be a part of or in any way

Bunjil Place. associated with the 2016-20 term.”

Casey’s governance manager Rhys Matulis said: “Given the IBAC investigation, it would be inappropriate to comment on that matter. Council has received and will consider Mr Flannery’s request in due course.”

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Rex Flannery, pictured in late 2015, wants his name stripped from council. 148005 from anywhere within the City of Casey ... whether it’s a plaque in the botanical gardens or in Bunjil Place, I want them removed so they have absolutely no recognition anymore,” he said.

“They’ve disgraced themselves and they’ve disgraced the council. They’ve taken something away from me that I totally enjoyed. I loved serving the Casey community. I just want some clarity as to what way it’s going to go.”

Since his resignation, Mr Flannery has been working in an operating theatre at a local hospital. He said he has every intention to run for council again in 2024.

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By Eleanor Wilson Indigenous students and community members gathered at Berwick College’s Wominjeka Centre on Wednesday for a collaborative conversation about Aboriginal self-determination in the Victorian Education system.

Initiated by the Victorian Department of Education and Training, Campfire Conversation invited Koorie students and community members to discuss changes in the education system to increase agency and success for Indigenous community members.

Throughout the conversation, Indigenous students from the college discussed ways they can be better supported in the school community, and how Indigenous culture and history can be amplified in Victorian curriculum.

Former student and Indigenous woman Ashlee Hyde said she would like to help future generations of Koorie students be “proud to be Indigenous.”

“It means I can help determine what the younger generations are going to be doing and how they’re learning and what they’re berwicknews.starcommunity.com.au

going to learn in schools,” she said.

“The more that [Indigenous students] learn, the more they can teach and the more that we can all come together.”

Berwick College Assistant Principal Alison Birkett said implementing further Indigenous education into the school would not only benefit Koorie students in their education journey, but the entire community as a whole.

“For me it’s not just about the 20 Indigenous students we have at the school, we need to be teaching Indigenous culture and creating that sense of inclusion and respect and reconciliation for all students,” she said.

“Because the non-indigenous students at the school are also going to be in government, and policymakers and teachers etcetera, so they need to be just as aware of the issues that Aboriginal people are facing.”

Campfire Conversation is part of a Department of Education and Training reform, with key points from conversations at Victorian schools fed back to the Department to contribute to change in the space.

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A Dandenong drug-fueled and disqualified driver who “dangerously” and “reprehensibly” led police on a hair-raising chase through the south east has been jailed.

Jack Audino, 24, pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court to a raft of charges arising from a five-day crime spree in October 2020.

They included five thefts, making a threat to kill, robbery, reckless conduct endangering life and a prohibited person with an imitation gun.

In that time, he’d stolen two cars left running in home driveways in Dandenong and Hallam, taken an EFTPOS machine from a Dandenong outlet, used stolen credit cards and robbed an Uber driver of an Hawaiian pizza.

He also broke into a car at Dandenong Seventh Day Adventist Church, stealing $50,000 cash and cameras.

In the late morning of 10 October 2020, Police Air Wing followed Audino as he erratically drove a stolen VW Golf in Cranbourne and across the South East for about an hour.

Audino reached 172 km/h in an 80 km/h road-works zone on Monash Freeway.

Several times, he ran red lights, drove the wrong way into traffic, swerved in and out of lanes, and almost caused several crashes.

A woman pushing a baby in a pram crossed a road just before the stolen Golf approached.

In Armadale, Audino was seen holding an imitation handgun on the vehicle’s dash before he ran a red light.

He and a co-accused were arrested by police in a multi-level car park at South Wharf shopping centre in Melbourne’s CBD. Audino threw away an imitation handgun

from his pants as he was brought under arrest. He was holding $28,355 cash – believed to have been stolen from the car in Dandenong the day before.

His co-offender held $17,100.

The stolen camera equipment was found in the Golf.

Audino was taken to The Alfred hospital due to drug intoxication. He’d told police he’d taken six Xanax that day.

In sentencing on 31 March, Judge Patricia Riddell noted Audino’s serious, extensive criminal history.

She said Audino’s “dangerous” and “reprehensible” driving at high speed while under the influence warranted significant punishment.

The “serious spate” of offending, including violent robbery and a threat to kill, must be met by a jail term, she said.

However, the sentence was moderated due to Audino’s intellectual disability, as well as complex mental health issues including ADHD, anxiety, a substance abuse disorder and psychotic episodes.

Judge Riddell noted Audino suffered posttraumatic stress from an attempted kidnapping as a child and a serious motorbike accident.

Audino was jailed for 19 months followed by a 12-month community corrections order, with supervision, drug and mental health treatment, NDIS support and judicial monitoring.

His jail term included 537 days spent in presentence custody.

He was disqualified from driving for 18 months.

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Narre Warren South MP Gary Maas attended the diversity event.

Championing diversity

By Eleanor Wilson Narre Warren South’s Oakgrove Community Centre gathered on Saturday 26 March for its Celebrating Diversity event.

The centre, which is located in Narre Warren South, was packed with fun activities for families to enjoy, including a petting zoo, jumping castle, food stalls, art and crafts and

cultural displays. Program facilitator Anu Ravindernath said the day was a great success, and centre staff members were pleased to the centre was “filled with people inside and out.”

“It was so nice to see so many different cultures come together to celebrate diversity,” she said.

Member for Narre Warren South Gary Maas

also attended the event, and spoke about the importance of supporting multicultural and diverse communities through the pandemic and beyond.

“Celebrating Diversity was a fantastic event that showcased the pride of so many cultural groups and the mutual respect for people’s backgrounds and way of life,” Mr Maas said.

“Oakgrove Community Centre has continued to provide our community with valuable programs including playgroups, children’s activities, health and well-being, and support to faith groups, all of which have endeavoured to assist those in need.”

Ms Ravindernath said local families can look forward to “many more events” coming to the centre later in the year.

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There’s a new employment services provider coming to town, aiming to transform the lives of residents in Berwick, and they’re looking for readers of the Berwick Star News to join them.

Asuria has been helping people to reach their job and career goals for over 25 years, and from July, they’re going to be bringing their expertise to job seekers in Berwick.

To make that happen, they’re opening up their doors to people in Berwick interested in taking up new roles as Job Coaches/Mentors, and support staff.

Job applicants don’t even need to have any experience in the employment services industry to be part of this new wave of first-class Job Coaches.

What makes a successful Asuria Job Coach/ Mentor is a combination of empathy, the ability to build relationships, a commitment to excellent customer service, and everyday office skills, with things like Microsoft Office, Word, or Excel.

More than anything though, Asuria is looking for people with a passion for helping others.

Cynthia Jennings, a Community Engagement Officer, says of her experience with Asuria: “At Asuria we’re all a part of something which we call Enterprising Heart, which really sums up what it’s like to be part of the company.

When it comes to what being an Asuria Job Coach/Mentor, or Community Engagement Officer is all about, Cynthia says: “The way I help participants discover their dream roles is by really sitting down and getting to know them, building a rapport with them, and es-

Cynthia Jennings. tablishing trust and understanding.

On what people in Berwick can get out of a career with Asuria, Cynthia says: “You’ll know when you’ve found your dream job, when you turn up every day wanting to put your best foot forward for the people you’re there to help. I’m very lucky because I’ve been able to find that with Asuria.”

Job opportunities with Asuria are open now. So if you’re interested in seeing if you have what it takes to be an Asurian, helping the people in your community to find and stay in work that matters, visit www.asuria.com.au/ careers berwicknews.starcommunity.com.au

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to ten drops of food colouring (be sure to use a light colour for the base of the egg).

In another bowl, one cup of water with about 20 drops of food colouring and a tablespoon of vegetable oil.

When the egg is completely dry, place it into the bowl of oil mixture with a spoon and gently roll.

Take it out when marbled and dry on paper towel.

Other options include using watercolour paint or acrylic paint to make patterns and designs of all sorts.

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When it comes to Easter, egg decorating is somewhat of a tradition.

And if you haven’t given it a go, here’s a how-to on dyeing, painting and marbling hard boiled eggs.

The first step may be simple but place the eggs in a pot of water and bring to the boil on the stove. Then let them simmer for ten minutes and cool.

Now it gets to the creative part.

Let’s start with dyeing eggs. Fill some cups halfway with hot water, a teaspoon of vinegar and a teaspoon of food colouring repeat with all the colours you want to use.

Carefully place the egg in the coloured water and leave for five minutes - when it’s done, you’ll have one completely coloured egg.

If you want to go one step further, use string, tape or elastic bands to create patterns.

Should marbling your eggs take your fancy, here’s two ways to try.

Using shaving cream or whipped cream (if you’d like to eat your eggs).

Place the eggs in a bowl of vinegar and leave for 20 minutes.

Using a large dish, fill with a layer of shaving cream and add some drops of food dye - even divide the dish into two to four sections and do multiple colours.

Using a skewer, swirl and marble the colours together, then roll the egg gently over the surface of the shaving cream and once covered, place on some paper towel for 20 minutes.

Wash off excess shaving cream using a bowl of water.

Using oil In a glass bowl, add one cup of hot water, a teaspoon of white vinegar and five

The Source Bulk Foods is Australia’s largest specialised bulk food retailer! We are proud to bring you the most amazing array of products in a clean and welcoming environment. Come and enjoy our health food options, pantry staples or snacks.

There are over 350 amazing bulk products at this health food store including: Oils, Nuts, Seeds, Grains, Herbs, Flours, Spices, Dried fruit, Super foods, Health foods, Paleo cereal, Protein powders, Cooking ingredients, Australian chia seeds, Organic gluten-free pastas, Raw organic cacao products, A full range of cleaning products, Delicious chocolates and sweets, A big selection of vegan products, Quinoa – including Australian quinoa, Organic raw coconut oil and much more.

We encourage you to bring your own reusable containers and to purchase as little or as much as you need. This is waste free grocery shopping at it’s very best!

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Morning tea for a cause

By Eleanor Wilson “Everyone knows someone that has had a tough time with cancer,” said Woodlands Park Retirement Village resident Colleen Astbury as she gathered a range of homemade jams and relishes ahead of the Cancer Council World’s Biggest Morning Tea. Ms Astbury is hosting the morning tea for residents of Berwick’s Woodlands Park Retirement Village next month to raise money for the Cancer Council, a charity very dear to her heart.

Recently recovering from skin cancer herself, the Berwick local said cancer is a far too familiar storyline for those around her.

“My sister is fighting cancer, as is my brother-in-law, my son-in-law was diagnosed last year and now has one lung at the age of 35, and many of my friends are also fighting the fight of their lives,” she said.

But Ms Astbury said it was the loss of her mother to the disease that really pushed her to raise money for the cause.

Left to right: Wendy Duthie, Elaine Tandy, Jennifer Kallaste, Colleen Astbury and Betty Anderson. 276019 “My mum Betty was the kindest, most loving gentle soul. She looked after everybody’s children, she knitted and sewed and gardened for everybody she was just out to help,” she said.

“My sisters and I got together and said ‘we have to do this for mum’.”

“We’re still all alive, our mum isn’t. We lost our mum with cancer, and if I can save someone from going through what we went through then that is worth it.”

Although Ms Astbury has over a month before the big day of fundraising, she is wasting no time in ensuring the event raises the most money possible.

“I recently opened up my garage and filled it with vegies from the vegie farm and residents came and collected whatever they wanted on a ‘give what you can’ basis,” she said.

“We made $800 from that, so we’re going to hold another one soon.”

She said residents of the retirement village are also holding a sausage sizzle at Pakenham Bunnings on 24 April to raise funds, and are accepting donations and any other items that can be raffled and auctioned on the day of the morning tea.

A keen cook, Ms Astbury will be baking a range of sweet treats for the morning tea, including scones, sponges, cakes and slices.

She said fellow residents have also been keen to help in any way they can, making homemade jams and pickles to contribute to the morning tea and raffle.

Village manager Jennifer Kallaste said the retirement village was more than happy to allow Ms Astbury to use the facility as a place to hold the event.

“Colleen has been doing the event for years and she does a great job with it, and a lot of the residents are really looking forward to the morning tea as well so we are happy to do whatever we can to support the cause,” she said.

“It’s one of the biggest events we have at the village, and if we had more space to allow it to be bigger we would!”

The Cancer Council’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea sees individuals and communities across Australia come together to raise funds for those impacted by cancer.

The official day for the event is Thursday 19 May, but fundraising morning tea’s can be held throughout the month of May. If you would like to donate to support Woodlands Park’s fundraising efforts, contact Colleen on 0422 849 619.

Drivers on notice after ‘shocking’ start to school holidays Victoria Police is warning motorists to take care this Easter after a shocking start to the April school holidays with five fatalities on the weekend of 9-10 April.

Operation Compass, launched at midnight Wednesday 13 April, will see police flood roads and highways across the state in a major effort to reduce road trauma.

The operation will be extended to coincide with Easter and Anzac Day public holidays, which fall over consecutive weekends this year.

Following the lowest number of lives lost

for March on record last month, police are warning motorists not to be complacent during April.

Assistant Commissioner for Road Policing Glenn Weir said last weekend’s deaths show how “easily” trauma can occur if road safety is not made a priority.

“Easter is a high-risk period on our roads – it’s a major holiday weekend that attracts significant travel across the state,” Assistant Commissioner Weir said.

“We cannot be complacent.

“We’ll be doing everything we can to pre-

vent more lives being lost.

“Expect to see lots of police, lots of police vehicles and plenty of alcohol and drug testing during this period.”

There have been 11 lives lost already this month, including five fatalities which occurred over the first weekend of the Victorian school holidays.

Police are anticipating widespread travel across the state and will be targeting areas deemed high-risk.

Motorists travelling to regional areas will be a focus, with fatalities on regional roads

up almost 40 per cent on last year.

Police issued more than 9000 infringements over a five-day Easter operation in 2021 and will again be on the lookout for speeding and impaired drivers.

Motorists are encouraged to use VICSES Driver Reviver sites across the state to manage fatigue on longer trips.

Operation Compass commences at 12:01am Thursday 14 April and will conclude at 23:59pm on Monday 25 April 2022.

For more information and tips for staying safe on the roads visit police.vic.gov.au/roadsafety-0

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By Eleanor Wilson On April 16 Bunjil Place will be transformed into a celebration of Eastern African excellence for the third annual Rise of South Sudan (R.O.S.S) Music and Arts Festival.

Back after a Covid-induced hiatus, the event will celebrate the emerging and existing talent of South Sudanese musicians, poets, storytellers, dancers, visual artists and performance artists.

A soundtrack of r’n’b, hip hop, neo-funk and rock’ n ‘soul tunes will platform some of the South-East’s most talented South Sudanese diaspora, including musicians Ag Johnson, Jag, PREZ, Tèbir, Malesh P & Flexx, YTS Gucciboi, Jacki Tut and Achai, poets Nyarath Gatkuoth and Flora Chol, visual artists A.costa and Mr. Unique and dancer Lee. Creative Director Kush K.T. Kuiy said the dire state of maternal and child healthcare in her home country is what pushed her to conceptualise the project.

“I was an optimistic 20-year-old at the time, and while I didn’t know how to build a hospital, I knew I could put on an event to bring attention to the issue and raise money to go towards the cause,” Kush said.

Thanks to support from Creative Victoria and The Australian Council, Kush said this year’s show is set to be bigger and better than ever.

“Attendees can expect a dynamic and seamless show this year. We’ve upped our game as far as production goes to include high-quality sound, lighting and visuals, giving the show an atmospheric element never seen before at R.O.S.S,” she said.

Creative Director Kush K. T. Kuiy conceptualised the event as a fundraiser.

The local creative said Narre Warren’s Bunjil Place was the optimal venue to hold the festival.

“As an independent producer, 99 per cent of my practice is based in the South-East; providing platforms for local creatives to perform and bringing arts and culture to the precinct,” said Kush.

“I want audience members and artists alike, to feel like we have our own culture here that we can be proud of.”

The one-night-only event is on at Bunjil Place on Saturday 16 April from 6pm to 8pm.

For tickets, head to bunjilplace.com.au/ ross-music-and-arts-festival

R’n’b and hip-hop artist PREZ will also be performing.

Musician AG Johnson is one of 13 artists set to take the stage at Bunjil Place as part of the festival.

WHAT’S ON Attention budding creatives Pakenham Library has the event for you - and Open Mic Night hosted by Josh Earl, an award winning comedian! This is your chance to show us your theatrical, spoken word, or comical talents. Book now to perform or be part of the audience.

Launch is Friday 8 April 7-8.30pm and will take place the second Friday of every month at Pakenham Library.

Head to the Casey Cardinia Library website to book or find out more: events.ccl.vic.gov.au/ event?id=8135

Easter eggs at Emerald Free chocolate Easter egg giveaway for anyone using selected facilities in the Emerald Lake Precinct.

Until stock runs out, free chocolate Easter eggs will be given away! Nobelius Heritage Park - Emerald Museum; Emerald Lake Park - Lakeside Café, Model Railway, Lakeside paddleboats. www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/ emeraldlakepark Easter Sunday, 17 April, 11am.

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Teddy Bear’s Picnic: Gather your family and friends, pack your picnic blanket and join us for a family day out in the Old Cheese Factory gardens on Wednesday 13 April from 11am-1pm. Dance and sing with our performers on stage, check your teddy is in the bear-y best of health at the teddy bear hospital and visit the pop-up activities throughout the grounds.

Ages: Recommended for children aged 2-10. Cost: $2 per person (children under 12 months FREE). Tickets: trybooking.com/ events/landing?eid=879351&

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Games Club People of all ages are being encouraged by Casey City Council to get down to Cranbourne West Community Centre and play different board games.

The Games Club takes place every Friday until 2 April from 1-3pm.

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Line Dancing Come along for a fun morning of line dancing 9:30am-12noon each Monday. Senior Citizens Hall, 1 Codrington St, Cranbourne.

Enquiries 0499 910 729.

·Old Time and New Vogue Ballroom Dance

Come along for a fun afternoon/evening of Old-Time and New Vogue dancing: Tuesday 1-3:30pm. Every 4th Friday of each month 7pm11:30pm. 2nd Sunday of every month 1pm5pm. Senior Citizens Hall, 1 Codrington St, Cranbourne.

Ph: 0432 107 590.

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·Lang Lang Rodeo

The Lang Lang Rodeo is on Easter Monday 18 April. The action starts at 10am and goes all day until about 4 pm. A full program of events including Barrel Racing, Saddle Bronc, Team Roping, Steer Roping, Bull Ride and much more. It will have a very popular “Dog High Jump“ at lunchtime and plenty of food vans and amusements.

Admission: adults $25, students 13 yrs - 18 yrs $10, kids (Under 13) admitted free. Location: Lang Lang showgrounds

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Native Wildlife Show This is an educational and interactive experience featuring your favourite native animals at Centre Court, Casey Central Shopping Centre Dates: Wednesday 20 - Friday 22 April.

Free entry. Three one-hour shows will take place starting at 10am, 11am and noon.

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Casey Cardinia Life Activities Club The Casey Cardinia Life Activities Club is a welcoming vibrant social club for active senior men and women who live in The City Of Casey and the Shire of Cardinia and surrounding areas.

Activities include: sequence in line dancing, dine outs, table tennis, coffee mornings, IT discussion groups, Saturday country rambles, walking

groups, evening dine outs, coach trips, musical theatre and others.

We have a strong vibrant social calendar and if you are independent, young at heart and feel we might inspire you to become one of us we welcome you to make contact with our enquire officer on 0468363616.

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Better Living Festival Berwick A Better living festival encompassing all things health, mind, body and soul will take place at Pioneer Park. There will be lots of stall holders, fitness industry and mindset coaching. Create a flower crown DIY workshop, bring the kiddies to enjoy arts and crafts and be entertained with face painters, or grab a ticket to the Degustation lunch to enjoy Berwick’s great hospitality venues all under one marquee with live entertainment and watch an active wear catwalk!

This will take place on Saturday 30 April from 10am-3pm. Entry is free.

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Easter Wonderland at Fountain Gate Join us for Westfield Fountain Gate’s Easter Wonderland of fun! Test your skills and have a go at our bunny toss or bunny bowling these school holidays exclusive to Westfield Plus members.

Simply open the offer in your Westfield Plus app, scan the QR code and present it to our Easter team to enter our wonderland! Don’t forget to collect your exclusive Easter gift! Download the

free app via the following link: bit.ly/3LnN5mD Date: Monday 11 April until Sunday 17 April excluding Good Friday. Time: 11am - 2pm daily. Location: Level 2, near Toy Kingdom. Find out more> https://bit.ly/3DoZoMw

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Down but not out A live ensemble performance reflecting on loss, longing and resilience and hope. Down But Not Out, was created over two and half years, in and out of lockdowns and overcoming the challenges of isolation and exploring new opportunities that platforms such as Zoom enable. The live performance is based on an original script, cowritten by the full ensemble, with an original live music score, mixed with media elements created during lockdown. It will take place at Walker St Gallery and Arts Centre Apr 7 - April 9 from 7pm. Tickets $20.

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Sports on the streets Street Teams will be bringing Aligned Leisure’s programs and services out into the community as the Street Team Jeep hits the road these school holidays! The Street Team Jeep is fully equipped and boasts a cool range of sport and fitness equipment.

Tuesday 12 April, 11am – 1pm at Puffing Billy Reserve, Emerald; Wednesday 13 April, 11am – 1pm at Cochrane Park, Koo Wee Rup

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Teenage Holiday Program Open to young people 12 to 17 years old, a range of free and low-cost activities will be offered from My Place Youth Facility. Activities include chocolate making, skate deck design, escape room and much more!

Bookings are essential: www.cardinia.vic.gov. au/tshp

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Easter craft workshop Easter-themed crafts including Easter egg decorating at Cardinia Cultural Centre. Children up to 12 years old are welcome for this school holiday workshop.

Tuesday 12 April, 10am – 12 noon. More information: www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/ccc.

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Cranbourne and District Garden Club Come along, meet new people and join us for afternoon tea. The group meet at the Cranbourne Public Hall at 1.15pm every second Thursday of the month year-round.

Next meeting: 14 April. For more information, call Julie on 5995 1420.

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“We’ve noticed that children starting lessons for the first time or picking up where they left off, particularly those aged between zero to four years old seem to be a bit more apprehensive in lessons,” she said.

According to the Royal Life Saving National Drowning Report, drowning deaths among children zero to four years old increased by nine per cent last year, with overall drownings increasing by 20 per cent.

“For some children, it’s been almost two years since their first swimming lessons, so it’s understandable why some young children have developed a fear of the water,” Ms Brown said.

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Valiant Wickers fall short

By Tyler Lewis Berwick, went down valiantly to South Croydon on Saturday at Edwin Flack Reserve.

The Wickers launched out of the blocks with two early majors, before a first half deficit proved to be the difference between them and the Dogs.

Despite conceding the first few goals of the second half, Berwick won the second half and if it wasn’t for wasted opportunities, could’ve created a tight finish.

The Wickers missed two golden opportunities in the final term to bring the margin within a straight kick, but could only manage minor scores, before the Dogs went on to secure the 13.10 (88) to 10.10 (70) win.

Berwick coach Clint Evan’s eyes lit up when his side bounced out of the blocks, but said his side failed to dominate the engine room.

“We kicked the first two goals in the first five minutes and I thought ‘oh here we go’,” he said.

“Then they (South Croydon) just got their game going and they just beat us at the stoppages, we collapsed a bit too early and let them out of stoppage too easy.

“I think they kicked four or five out of stoppage and that really hurt us, the goals they got were real easy and were just from our bad play, to be honest.”

Though the missed opportunities hurt the Wickers, Evans was beyond proud of how his side competed.

“I think they got five goals up half way through the third and to be the boys credit we just kept chipping away,” he said.

“We sort of just ground them down with our pressure and in the last quarter, we got within nine points and I think we missed two goals to get within three points, both from 20 out directly in front.

“If we kick those goals, who knows what could’ve happened.

“The way they fought it out, I couldn’t have been happier with them, it was just frustrating with the misses when they were there to be taken.”

The Wickers have been dealt a few injuries to an already green list, but it was the greener players that pleased the coach.

“It’s the changing of the guard,” he said.

“We had three or four debutants on the weekend and probably another five or six guys with under 20 games.

“To come from where we were from to

Harry Money was followed closely all afternoon. 76104 compete against one of the best side was really good.

“Our pressure was there and it was sustained for four quarters and it’s what kept us in the game.

“We’re going to have to do that to compete with the top teams… we get enough of the ball, we do turn it over more than these other guys, but their dedication and pressure, as I said once we do that we do grind sides down.

“We just have to be in a position to be in it at that time.”

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Berwick, Noble Park and Rowville all have the bye over next weekend’s Easter round.

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Doves continue winning ways in great start to Southern

By Lachlan Mitchell Doveton has continued its winnings ways with a 30-point win over Keysborough away from home in Southern Division Two on Saturday.

The Doves had to contend with a defiant Kookaburra’s outfit.

The Doves trailed by a single goal into the first break.

The second quarter swung well into Doveton’s favour with a five to zero goal second term.

After the half-time break the gap closed to really put the Doves on the back foot going into the fourth quarter. Keysborough closed the margin to 10 points and kept the Doves goal-less in the third quarter.

In the final quarter the Doves were able to put the foot down and stretch the margin, restricting its opposition to just one goal, Doveton winning by an even five goals.

New player coach Michael Cardamone was instrumental in securing the victory kicking four goals.

Star-recruit Dylan Chapman once again proving why he might be one of the best rucks in the competition, giving his midfielders first use of the ball.

The Doves had five individual goal-kickers with Cardamone and Max Sheppard (2) the only multiples.

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Doveton linked up well to go two-nil on Saturday. 275017 Chelsea Heights with ex-Demon utility Luke Tapscott.

The Redback’s struggled to hit the scoreboard only scoring five goals in their 31 point loss. Tapscott kicking three goals in his side’s victory.

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Hampton Park’s inaccuracy being the biggest cause for concern, the Redbacks kicking 5.16 to Chelsea Heights 12.5.

Redbacks coach Nathan ‘Nanga’ Wilson has rued his sides missed opportunities, and missed chances leading to the loss.

“We have played two of the best three sides in the competition,” he said.

“We dominated large parts of the game on Saturday; we had five or six more scoring shots as well as well as 70 per cent of the ball.

“We couldn’t take our opportunities, but plenty of positives heading into the Easter break.”

Wilson is optimistic his side will bounce back with the inclusion of a mix of experience and youth filtering back into the side “We are only going to improve. After the break will be a good test again,” he said.

He is confident he has the right pieces to bounce back.

“I wouldn’t change my list for anything,” he said.

“Despite the 0-2 start, we are heading in the right direction and our average age is 22/23, I wouldn’t change who I’m coaching for any other side.”

The rest of round two provided fans with a mix bag. Caulfield had a 92-point win over Heatherton at Ross Street Reserve. The Bears Jack Backway kicking five to help his side to a thumping win.

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Devastation for Stingrays

By Tyler Lewis It was heart-break for the Dandenong Stingrays on Friday night.

The Rays held the ascendancy for threequarters in the NAB League Girls grand final against the Western Jets, before the Jets turned it on in the last.

It was a last gasp effort from the Jets, with ruck Krystal Russell kicking her first – and most important – goal of the season to send the Western side a goal clear.

The goal from Russell with just seconds left on the clock delivered Western Jets its first premiership. Stingrays coach Nick Cox was pleased with how his girls had played heading into the main break.

“I thought it was a very good start, we spoke about being the team that settles the best from the hype of the week and the impact of what is going to happen at the end,” he said “We were really pleased with our first half and our second quarter – kicking 3.5, keeping them scoreless – it was a good footy and life lesson that we probably should’ve iced the game there and then.

“It wasn’t to be, we had a pretty good lead at half-time, the girls realised we had a job to do, they knew it wouldn’t all be there way.”

In the wake of the grand final loss, Cox expressed what he believed separated the two sides when the final siren sounded at Avalon Airport Oval.

“It’s pretty hard to put your finger on it because I don’t think either team deserved a loss,” he said.

“There was some pretty big moments that didn’t go our way with some one on one battles and the cleanness around the footy.

“We fumbled and made some mistakes from their pressure and that’s what we did in the first half.

“I just thought there was a moment in the third quarter where it was a two on one – or a two on two – pretty deep in our forward half and thought if we scored from that the result might’ve changed a bit because they had some momentum.

Not the medal she wanted, but Amber Clarke can hold her head high.

“Unfortunately Western cleared the ball and almost went up and scored a goal… those moments are ones the girls will reflect on over their footy journey going forward, hopefully they become better for it.”

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downs and one almighty down is having to deliver the post-game address after a grand final loss.

In a way, Cox has been lucky to not have to do it before, but in many ways, that made it harder. “Look it’s the first time I have experi-

enced that feeling,” he said.

“Clearly there was a lot of emotion going on, not only from the players, but the coaching staff – myself – ect.

“The feeling that we had stumbled at the final hurdle but I think if we look across the season and the journey we had that we made some really big in roads with the way these girls have represented themselves.

“The thing I am the most proud of is we sort of didn’t show that stuff out on the ground.

We held it in until we got inside to let out that emotion.

“To stand tall and proud when others are getting what you wanted, I couldn’t be happier with the way the girls represented last night after a tough loss.”

Amber Clarke was awarded best afield in a loss. A rare piece of footballing history that often demonstrates the calibre of the player at hand. And while she is devastated at some moments late in the game, Cox couldn’t praise her more, especially when considering a trip to the optometrist could make her an even better player. “Number one, she wears glasses (and) doesn’t wear contact lenses, she could hardly see the ball last night,” he said.

“So that puts the game into higher perspective, 28 touches and 2.2.

“I know the season is over now and I probably get to talk about her as much anymore, but I have never seen a girl – and l’ll even say a player – be able to do some of the things she is able to do on the footy field.

“Her willingness to just grab the team and carry them on her back at times is what good players do.

“The pressure she puts on herself with her high standards – and they are high – they’re better than most.

“To be able execute what she did last night – and she is beating herself up at the moment with a decision really late.

“Amber Clarke is going to be a player in the AFLW that will stand out from the moment she walks in the door and all we can say as coaches and myself is ‘jeez we have been lucky to see her’.”

The Rays fell 5.11 (41) to 7.5 (47) as the Jets claimed the NAB League Girls title.

Casey’s festival of soccer

By Lachlan Mitchell The City of Casey had the eyes of the soccer loving fraternity glued upon it with the Macca’s City Cup taking pride of place at Casey Fields.

The tournament sprung to life between 12 to 14 April.

The competition comprises of the next generation of soccer stars from Under 7’s all the way through to Under 16’s This year’s tournament combined with the Casey Cup to have over 120 teams .

This includes a Melbourne City Football School, as well as a community team from the “ I Speak Football” program, from Narre Warren P-12 college.

Local team affiliates of NPL teams Dandenong Thunder and Dandenong City were also in attendance.

Dandenong Thunder’s under 10’s coach Rick Grech praised the Melbourne City support staff, for their ability to keep the elite facility open to the public.

“Its probably one of the best (facilities) in the state,” he said.

“The facilities are amazing, it’s what football needs especially down here in the south-

east...we have been a big fan of the area.

“We actually train with the City group as well, so we are down here on a regular basis, over Covid we were coming down here to train, it’s so good the facilities are open to the public to use.

“It couldn’t get anything better than what we have got here in Casey.”

The tournament brings together different junior youth sides from all over Melbourne, from as far wide as Altona.

“It’s one of the biggest tournaments, this is one of the main tournaments that everyone wants to be in and obviously everyone wants to win,” Grech said “We find it to be one of the better ones going around.”

Melbourne City has established itself right in the middle of the local community as well as international sporting landscapes.

“They (Melbourne City) have been great, you obviously had (Melbourne) Victory who was always dominating, now Melbourne City are going next level now they are taking over the reins,” Grech said.

“The City development is taking over and we enjoy the facilities and the things that City are doing for the community as well.”

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Eagles getting wasteful

By David Nagel It’s becoming plainly obvious that Beaconsfield is going to be a very competitive outfit in its first season in Eastern Football Netball League Division One. The Eagles went down by just 21 points in their season-opener against Wantirna South last week, and were once again competitive in a 31-point, 12.10 (82) to 6.15 (51), loss to a highly-fancied Mooroolbark side on Saturday.

For the young Eagles, still depleted will several key injuries, it’s the little things that will count, as they look to build the stamina and consistency required to match it with the better teams in the competition.

The Eagles acquitted themselves well on the weekend, against a Mustangs side that was highly-revved up with all the glitz and glamour associated with a club playing its 1000th game of competitive football.

But it was the little things that let the Eagles down…the things we consider little but add up to so much more over the four-quarter journey of football.

The Eagles simply shot themselves in the foot on Saturday, with inaccurate kicking at goal costing them any chance at all of challenging the currently top-ranked team in the competition.

With Jack Docherty continuing his fine form through the middle of the ground, the Eagles opened the door for opportunity, but continually slammed it shut with some sloppy kicking in front of goal.

The Eagles had six scoring shots to seven in the opening term, and matched motors with the Mustangs again with both teams kicking 3.4 apiece in the second term.

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The Eagles had one last chance to respond, but wasted that as well, kicking 0.6 to 2.1 in the final term to end a frustrating day at the office.

“I thought we were right in the game, and the inside 50 numbers indicate we had it in there plenty of times…but we just can’t convert at the moment,” said Eagles’ coach Mick Fogarty.

“That’s the most disappointing thing, but the positives are we are competing well against these sides, but we just need reward for effort and to be able to finish off our work.

“I’m really confident that a win is not far away for us.

“We’ll keep making sure we work on our connection inside 50, and making sure we convert.”

Fogarty is starting to see a familiar trend developing with opposition clubs as the Eagles look to find their feet in a strong and competitive competition.

“We had Mitcham in a practice match, and then Wantirna South and Mooroolbark, and they’re all similar with how they move the footy and how they set up behind the ball,” Fogarty said.

“Mooroolbark had some strong bodies around the footy, but once we got our game going, and started using our leg speed, we looked pretty good.

“I’ll go back to it again; it’s just about finishing off our work.

“You have to take your opportunities against good teams, because if you don’t, you can’t win games.

“It’s all about taking opportunities and ap-

plying scoreboard pressure to the opposition and seeing how they react to that pressure.”

The Eagles were strengthened on the weekend, with Damien Johnston and Trent Stokoe both returning to the side.

And the Eagles still have some serious talent to return with Jafar Ocaa, Hayden Brough, Daniel Johnston, Pat Gerdan and Lachie Modica all set to make an impact in the cut and thrust of Eastern footy.

Backing up, week after week, for competitive matches is something that Fogarty and his club are excited about.

“It’s brilliant, because it’s exactly what our footy club needs and wants, with regards to taking the club forward,” Fogarty said.

“The comp is very even, and it’s about maintaining concentration for four quarters and being challenged for four quarters…it’s what footy is all about.”

Docherty and Tylah Stokoe were impressive for the Eagles, while Johnston had a huge impact in his first game back from injury.

Jake Bowd kicked two for the Eagles, on a day when opportunities went begging.

The Eagles now have a week off before hosting Bayswater at Holm Park Reserve on Saturday 23 April.

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Eagles sign a superstar as Gayle force hits the suburbs

By Lachlan Mitchell Endeavour Hills Cricket Club has bolstered its line up once again with the inclusion of master-blaster Chris Gayle.

The West-Indian brings a reputation of being a destructive batter with over 7000 test runs at an average of 42.

Gayle has also featured in Melbourne before, a part of Big-Bash franchise the Melbourne Renegades.

The Power-blaster was at his devastating best against the Adelaide Strikers at what is now known as Marvel Stadium.

Gayle smashed his way to a 12-ball 50, to equal the record set by Indian Yuvraj Singh for the fast T20 50.

Fellow West-Indian Fidel Edwards is also set to call Endeavour Hills home.

The right-arm quick made 55-test appearances for the West-Indies taking 165 wickets.

The Eagles have added Gayle alongside fellow West Indian Edwards as well as current Sri Lankan Lahiru Thirimanne and former Sri Lankan captain Tilkaratne Dilshan.

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Thirimanne is fresh off a tour of India where he faced up against the likes of Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah.

Endeavour Hills president Arun Rajendran is optimistic for the future of the club with Gayle.

“Gayle is an all-star player with the quality to bring fans to the ground,” he said.

The move to bring these stars to the club is set to re-assure the junior players.

“We have a lot of youth at the club and with the help of these players; we can hopefully inspire and provide knowledge to the future of the club,” Rajendran said.

The move will hopefully bring success and strengthen the side in sub-district cricket for the upcoming season.

“The vision for the club is to strengthen our playing 11 in sub-districts,” he said.

“We are looking at promoting our juniors all the way through. We are looking to strengthen the club as well as the players in the club.

“That included the members, the sponsors, and to get some additional support from the council to upgrade facilities.”

Endeavour Hills finished second on the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association table behind Kew who were the eventual premiers.

The Eagles were successful in the second and fourth eleven for the 21/22 season.

Gayle is expected to land at Endeavour Hills in November for the T20 competition.

Demons dull the Gulls to deliver a 3-0 start to season

By Tyler Lewis The Casey Demons ominous nature is growing by the week.

The Dees made the trip to Downer Oval in Williamstown on Saturday, and while the Gulls have struggled to get off the grid at this stage of the season, it still remains one of the harder trips in the VFL. Casey led at the first change, before trailing at the half by a solitary behind.

Mark Corrigan’s men shifted into gear after the main break, booting a dazzling nine goals to three.

Ben Brown slotted two for the match, as did Kade Chandler, Bailey Laurie, Mitch White, Jacob Van Rooyen and Andy Moniz-Wakefield.

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Majak Daw gave his midfielders first use with 25 hit outs, but his performance was highlighted by a huge pack mark in front of the Downer Oval pavilion.

The cold and often wet conditions of Williamstown’s main deck are suited perfectly for Jimmy Munro, who applied a ridiculous 13 tackles.

Between he and White, the pair laid 22 of the sides 77 tackles.

The 15.10 (100) to 9.11 (65) win over the Seagulls has Casey now 3-0, with Coburg and Richmond in its sights over the next fortnight.

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