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By Sahar Foladi As of last December, the City of Greater Dandenong gained its first all-female leadership team of CEO, mayor and deputy mayor, all of whom come from diverse backgrounds.

Ahead of International Women’s Day on Wednesday 8 May, the council’s chief executive Jacqui Weatherill said she believes women are gaining equality however some parts of society still don’t believe women to be equal.

“That is why International Women’s Day is an important day on the calendar, but we need to celebrate and acknowledge the achievements of women every day.”

With the leaders of City of Greater Dandenong being women, not only are they leading a community but also setting an example for the wider community.

“By showing everyone that women are strong and competent leaders we can influence the attitudes of everyone, particularly the younger generation.

“Giving young women something to aspire to and showing young men that women are their equals.”

Five out of Greater Dandenong’s 11 councillors are women, which is near equal representation with men, Ms Weatherill says.

The council also reflects its diverse municipality with 60 per cent of female councillors from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities and 73 per cent of all councillors from CALD backgrounds.

Ms Weatherill said every leader has their own leadership style however, everyone needs to be on-board and work together to succeed.

“An equitable representation of men and women leaders is well recognised to achieve the optimal outcomes for workplaces. We need gender equality to succeed to be the best workplace possible.”

Overall, gender equality according to Ms Weatherill helps in every aspect of the workplace including workplace harmony, equal opportunities, time for children and families, productivity and business growth.

Sadly, it’s true to accept that gender diversity in our communities, workplaces and organisations is still work in progress.

“It will take generations to change the balance, but we see gains every day,” Ms Weatherill said.

Mayor Eden Foster says International Women’s Day is about the celebration of women and their strengths.

“It is also a time to challenge gender stereotypes and encourage others to call out discrimination and gender bias.

“The women on Council in Greater Dandenong all offer unique experiences, knowledge and expertise that are tremendously beneficial to our community.

“I’m so privileged to work alongside a group of talented and wonderful women on Council,” Cr Foster said.

For more in our International Women’s Day coverage, turn to pages 10, 11 and 12 City of Greater Dandenong deputy mayor Lana Formoso, councillor Rhonda Garad, mayor Eden Foster, councillor Sophie Tan, chief executive Jacqui Weatherill and councillor Angela Long.

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Council adopts Climate Action Plan Our Climate Action Plan will direct future efforts to help the City of Casey and the community achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Adopted at last week's Council meeting, the plan, which incorporates extensive feedback from the community, provides direction and guidance across six themes - Energy Efficient Buildings, Renewable Energy, Transport, Circular Economy, Sustainable Land Use and Planning, and Education and Empowerment.

Working together to improve women's health We are working with Federation University on a research project to help improve physical activity levels for women in the City of Casey.

We want to hear from women aged 18 and over, including women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, who are not active on a regular basis. T he project will involve completing a short survey and attending in-person workshops to help identify opportunities for you to become more active.

Each participant will receive a $50 gift card, plus vouchers to access various physical activities in the City of Casey.

T he plan builds on our strong record of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which includes upgrading to LED streetlighting, purchasing 100 per cent renewable energy, making our buildings more energy efficient, installing a solar farm in Cranbourne and diverting more than 35,000 tonnes of organic and food waste annually from landfill with our kerbside waste collection.

To register, please email m.casey@federation.edu.au

How can Council best support your business?

To view the plan, please visit our website.

We understand that businesses in our community continue to face the challenges of economic recovery in a changing financial and commercial environment. We appreciate too that increasing interest rates and rising inflation is cause for concern for some businesses, particularly those relying on consumer spending.

To gain a better understanding of how we can best support businesses through these challenges now and into the future, we are launching an annual business survey. If you operate a business in the City of Casey, we encourage you to have your say via our community consultation website Casey Conversations

Celebrate Harmony Day As part of the Feast of Nations program, we invite you to celebrate Harmony Day with family and friends from 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm on Tuesday 21 March.

To be held at Autumn Place Community Hub at 29 Autumn Place in Doveton, there will be a free halal barbeque, and lots of activities, including an African drumming workshop, henna and tie dye workshops, soccer drills and many more. To book your place, please visit our website.

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Help young people get their driver's license We are recruiting volunteer driving instructors to work with learners as part of our Transport Accident Commission (TAC) L2P Program.

T he L2P Program is a community-based program developed to assist eligible young Victorian learner drivers between the ages of 16 and 21 years - who do not have access to a supervising driver or an appropriate vehicle - gain driving experience required for a probationary license.

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No jail for hit-run driver

By Cam Lucadou-Wells A hit-run driver who mowed down another motorist at the side of Glasscocks Road in Lyndhurst has been spared jail.

Fiame Teo, 45, of Hampton Park, was arrested after a year-long police investigation following the collision on 1 December 2018.

He had driven away, leaving his seriously injured male victim with a fractured skull, legs and arm on the roadside.

Teo pleaded guilty at the County Court of Victoria to dangerous driving causing serious injury as well as failing to stop and render assistance after the collision.

Before the hit-run, Teo had been apparently angered by the victim’s driving in front of him on Frankston-Dandenong Road about 5.50pm that day.

While stopped at traffic lights, Teo got out of his car and strode towards the victim’s Golf.

When the lights turned green, the Golf took off, turned onto Glasscocks Road and stopped.

The victim and his cousin got out of the car, leaving their doors open, to seek an explanation for Teo’s “demeanour”.

A short time later, the victim was struck by the Explorer. He landed three metres in front of his Golf.

Teo, who was with his wife and son, didn’t stop to assist.

The victim was helped by his cousin and a passing motorist, and rushed by ambulance to The Alfred hospital.

A year later, Teo told police that he had seen

Fiame Teo, 45, pleaded guilty at the County Court of Victoria to dangerous driving causing serious injury as well as failing to stop and render assistance after the collision. the victim about “half a rugby field” away before hitting him.

Judge Nola Karapanagiotidis said Teo knew the victim was in the path of his Ford and had opportunity to avoid the collision.

However, no deliberateness or negligence on Teo’s part caused the injuries, the judge said.

His failure to stop to render aid was “inherently serious”, normally attracting a jail term.

He ought to have known the victim was seriously injured, Judge Karapanagiotidis said.

As a result of the crash, the victim in his 30s suffers an ongoing brain injury, still requiring full-time care from his mother.

The sentence was not a measure of the “im-

measurable”, “life-changing” impact on the victim and his family, Judge Karapanagiotidis said.

In a victim impact statement, the mother told of being mentally broken by a “new normal” that had taken over their lives.

And saddened that her son’s love of family and friends had changed due to his “fear of the world” and “loss of understanding”.

The victim’s sister described the initial anguish of not knowing if he would survive.

In mitigation, the judge noted the likely hardship facing Teo’s visually-impaired partner and their four-year-old son, if Teo was jailed.

His wife’s sight was worsening due to incur-

able macular dystrophy. She was expected to become legally blind.

Being unable to drive, she depended on Teo to drive her to work in aged care.

If Teo was imprisoned, she stated she’d stop work and the family would have no income.

They had no savings, no entitlement to Centrelink benefits and few extended family members nearby.

Judge Karapanagiotidis noted the stress of having the matter “hanging over (Teo’s) head” for three years, largely due to delays from the Covid pandemic.

During this time, Teo had not re-offended.

His relevant criminal priors in New Zealand were “limited”.

The Samoan-born factory worker was not an Australian citizen. His defence lawyer argued that he was at risk of deportation if imprisoned for 12 months or more.

Judge Karapanagiotidis said the prosecution accepted many of the mitigating factors were “relevant”.

Prosecutors had argued for a sentence combining jail and a CCO. Teo’s lawyer submitted for a CCO only.

The judge opted for a “substantial” threeyear CCO including supervision and 280 hours of community work and treatment.

Teo was disqualified from driving for 18 months.

Judge Karapanagiotidis warned Teo that breaching the driving ban would contravene the CCO.

Rob makes a big splash

By Sahar Foladi A small family business in Dandenong was up against some serious big-corp competition in an annual Neil’s Cruise for the Kids fundraiser.

What started in 2018 has become a tradition for leading 3AW radio presenter and journalist Neil Mitchell.

Neil’s Cruise for the Kids this year will raise funds for electrosurgical units for the Royal Children’s Hospital with each business to raise a minimum $5000 to be allowed on the cruise.

As a regular 3AW listener, Rob Boyle from Rob’s British Butchers found out about this initiative and decided to join the good cause.

Now in his third year Mr Boyle said, “The weather was lovely in Melbourne. We did magnificent.”

The small business owner of 30 years in Dandenong finished off just $60 shy from hitting the $7,000, but says there’s still more money to go.

“We’ve got at least $1,500 minimum promised,” he said.

He loved the sail on the cruise so much he went on for round two.

“You meet people who’ve been doing it

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His determination to compete led him to set the bar high for his business and since 2021, he has fundraised more than $30,000. Rob’s British and Irish Butchery will be back next year with a stronger force.

“As long as we’re alive and well, we’ll be back next year there no doubt about it,” Mr Boyle said.

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Man dead at Lysterfield Lake A paddle boarder has been found dead at Lysterfield Lake on Saturday 4 March. The 38-year-old man from Clayton was last seen in the water off Logan Park Road just after 2.30pm, Victoria Police stated. SES, Water Police, Search and Rescue divers and Victoria Police Air Wing searched the lake for several hours. The man’s body was found just before 9pm. His death was not being treated as suspicious, police stated.

Pair charged after dope raid A Keysborough pair have been charged with cultivating cannabis after a police raid on Thursday 2 March. More than 50 cannabis plants and a sword were allegedly seized by Springvale police at a Keysborough property about 5am. A 49-year-old man and a 45-yearold woman were charged with multiple offences, including cultivating a narcotic plant and drug possession. The man fronted Dandenong Magistrates’ Court the same day.

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Dumpers targeted Greater Dandenong Council hopes an “eyesore” in Harmony Square will highlight the issue of illegal dumping in Greater Dandenong.

The huge installation of garbage is a small fraction of the 775-plus tonnes of waste illegally dumped in the municipality last year.

According to the council, it costs $2.9 million a year to pick up the unsightly mess in public spaces, parks, shopping areas and streets.

Mayor Eden Foster said it was “illegal, ugly, bad for the environment and bad for business”.

“Our city is a treasure but it’s currently being trashed.

“Dumping rubbish in our public spaces, parks and residential streets is detrimental to the wellbeing of our community.”

Cr Foster called on residents, renters, property owners and businesses to ‘do the right thing’ and dispose their rubbish responsibly.

A mound of garbage installed in Harmony Square, Dandenong to highlight illegal dumping in the muncipality.

“Together we can solve this problem, but everyone in Greater Dandenong needs to do their bit.”

The council offers a free hard rubbish collection each year as well as Reuse and Recycle Drop Off Days.

The most recent drop-off event attracted more than 1100 vehicles disposing 60 tonnes of items for re-use by charities or recycling.

With its Homecycle service, the council also collects smaller items for reuse and recycling in yellow-lid domestic bins.

In the past year, Greater Dandenong has also installed mobile CCTV cameras at dumping hot spots, with some success.

The council’s ‘Keep it Clean’ campaign is being promoted on YouTube: https://youtu. be/8m79Go81Ae4 Further details: greaterdandenong.vic.gov. au/campaign-to-keep-greater-dandenongclean or 8571 1000

Noble Park grooves to original NP Beats

By Sahar Foladi With the backing of renowned music label Mushroom Group, young local musicians were set to get Noble Park grooving to their beats.

NP Beats unveiled their Noble Park-inspired original song in a live performance at the suburb’s community fun day on Saturday 4 March.

It was the final step in a process that started in early February.

The young songsters took part in song writing workshops, record and performance coaching workshops and then recorded their song in a professional studio The Band Booth in Dandenong.

The youngest participant, 13 year-old Asli said he was introduced to NP Beats through his music teacher who’d suggested he take part.

“My experience with NP Beats has been great. I’ve been really enjoying hanging out with other teens who like music.

“We’ve even started a band!”

Asli said he’d like to pursue music in the future and had been on the lookout for an opportunity like this.

Mushroom Group project director Rebecca Schaefer said the aim had been to connect like-minded youth for this opportunity.

“We wanted to provide access to an initiative that celebrates a diverse range of young people and their experiences and to channel these experiences into a creative outlet.”

NP Beats artist Mantra mentored the youth throughout the process and says he’s “stoked” to be part of it.

“I’ve had a lot of experience working with young people from a range of different backgrounds and have seen time after time the positive impacts something like song writing can have.

“Seeing a young person build confidence within them and find a platform for positive self-expression is incredibly inspiring.”

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NP Beats members Yara, Mo, Asli and Ryo at the Band Booth studio in Dandenong. 321064 With 20 years in the music industry, Mantra has been involved in numerous programs with Mushroom Group and in the South-East region.

“There’s a lot of talent around the area but more importantly there’s a lot of passion and hunger to develop skills in music and song writing.”

Mushroom Group also runs an ongoing school holiday program, ON TRACK for the Department of Education and Training across Melbourne.

The first ON TRACK program kicked off in Dandenong in 2018.

“Proudly we have our 20th program coming up in the April school holidays at Staughton College, Melton before heading back to the South-East mid-year,” Ms Schaefer said.

Seventeen-year-old Ryan was part of the ON TRACK program and excitedly joined NP Beats to test his lyrical writing and creativity to pave way for his musical career.

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“The positive vibes from everyone was a good boost after a school day. I’ve loved working with both the mentors and music aspiring participants.”

However for Ryan the most exciting opportunity was recording the song.

“I have always wanted to experience what it was like to record in a studio as well as understand the process behind producing and recording a song. I felt so professional!”

Ryan has started to publish some of his hip-hop rap songs on YouTube and recently SoundCloud.

“I’ve considered either going indie or working towards a label. All I know is I love working on music it’s one of my greatest passions among many other things like art.”

The NP Beats project is sponsored by Noble Park Suburban Revitalisation Board as part of the Revitalising Noble Park initiative.

Ms Schaefer said: “We would love NP Beats to be the first of many Suburban Revitalisation initiatives that Mushroom Group Community Partnerships delivers to engage young people through music in other municipalities across Melbourne.”

Fowler Rd firms join sad chorus

By Sahar Foladi Businesses in Fowler Road, Dandenong South are joining in the growing concerns about potential traffic woes from a nearby proposed level-crossing-removal project.

As reported in Star Journal, Progress Street businesses were already outspoken about the permanent closure of the street at the level crossing and the diversion of traffic via Fowler Road on to South Gippsland Highway.

Technical services and quality manager Paul Huysing from EDMI Pty Ltd says Fowler Road - which is currently a cul-de-sac - is not designed to take a larger amount of B Doubles and other trucks bearing large loads from both directions.

“There are a lot of problems with traffic affecting Fowler Road and traffic coming from the bridge on South Gippsland Highway. It’s all a big mess.

“We get deliveries from lorries and they reverse into our drive way blocking the road so there’s going to be times where the road will be blocked.

“There’s not enough information of any plan at all.“ Andrew Hamer, the managing director at Pakaflex and a spokesperson for businesses on Progress Street, said businesses on Fowler Road had not even been aware of what was happening.

“I think they all thought it’s temporary. They had no idea of the magnitude of what’s happening.

“People have moved to Fowler Road because they’ll back up trucks without holding up the traffic. They’re a cul-desac.”

Following a recent meeting with Dandenong MP Gabrielle Wiliams the group decided to hold off their petition to try and work out a better alternative.

Although Mr Hamer is happy they’re being listened to, he is still concerned about whether anything will come out of the consultations.

“I feel we’re being fobbed off a little but they’re saying the right things and arranging meetings. I have to give the process a fair chance.”

A meeting is set with Liberal South Eastern Metropolitan Region MP AnnMarie Hermans.

“My hope is she’ll present the petition to (State) Parliament if we don’t get progress on the consultation discussions.”

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‘Long wait over’ for Hub

By Cam Lucadou-Wells Building is set to start within months on the long-awaited $22.9 million Keysborough South Community Hub. On 27 February, Greater Dandenong Council formally selected Melbcon Pty Ltd to build the “state of the art” hub at the corner of Chapel and Villiers roads in Tatterson Park.

The hub has been in the making for at least eight years since detailed planning and consultation in 2015-16.

After public feedback in mid-2020, the draft design was revamped, including an expanded community lounge, library, cafe and arts-andcrafts makers space.

The hub also includes early years childrens services for the 19,000-plus suburb population, such as kindergarten, child care, maternal and child health care, immunisation and playgroups.

There will be play areas with a basketball half-court, and an outdoor amphitheatre.

Greater Dandenong city planning director Paul Kearsley acknowledged the council meeting that the project’s delivery was “overdue”.

He expected works to begin in May-June 2023, and to be completed by August 2024.

The cost had come “within reason” of the pre-tender estimate of $21.5 million and within budget, Mr Kearsley said.

From the start, Keysborough South resident Nina Kelly has been among a committed group advocating for the hub.

“The long wait was over“ for not just children and parents, but a growing number of older residents who will visit the centre.

“The construction announcement benefits our entire community improving inclusive facilities,“ Ms Kelly said.

“As our community ages, many older residents will now have access to this ’thirdspace’ community facility to meet their needs

A draft design illustration of the Keysborough South Community Hub. within walking distance.

“This group of our community is no longer a second thought.“ Another at the project’s forefront was former councillor Matthew Kirwan, who said the project had been “officially going for longer than eight years”.

During his election doorknocking in 2012, the lack of community centre and childrens services in the area was strongly raised.

And the idea of an “integrated, intergenerational” hub in Keysborough South was endorsed by the council in February 2014, he said.

“It has taken a long time but for the residents’ sake we have finally got there.”

Mr Kirwan said the “ground-breaking” design linked childrens services and other services with a single foyer.

This “avoided the downside of many community hubs like the Paddy O’Donoghue Centre which are effectively two buildings side by side”.

“Another leading aspect will be the large amount of space for informal use creating the largest community lounge in Melbourne which will also contain a library space.”

Cr Rhonda Garad said the hub would become the “heart and centre” of the area – a place to “meet, mingle, grow, learn, educate”.

She paid tribute to residents who continued to “advocate fervently” and “never gave up the fight”.

“Covid has set this back enormously but we have still battled on.”

Cr Tim Dark said there were a lot of adjustments to ensure the hub would be a popular “hang out”.

There was “just nothing” for people to go to, other than Parkmore and Keysborough South shopping centres.

“To finally get to a stage where this is going to be built is phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal.”

Croydon-based firm Melbcon has also recently been selected by Greater Dandenong Council to build the $9 million Ross Reserve Pavilion and $6.7 million NPAC gymnasium in Noble Park.

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Treasure from old trash

By Sahar Foladi

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wwvia one-off kerbside collection.

Residents will be able to recycle unwanted household items including, clothes, line, homewares, toys, games, sports equipment

and minor electrical items.

Items can be added to the kerbside yellow lid bin and the items will be passed onto charities.

The council will replace them this week.”

Greater Dandenong residents will gear up for a similar event called ‘Homecycle’ between 7 to 18 March from the comfort of their home

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A declutter-your-home initiative saw a huge turnout at Greaves Reserve in Dandenong on Saturday 25 February.

The City of Greater Dandenong’s Reuse and Recycle Drop Off Day was providing an extra opportunity for residents to recycle their unwanted items on top of their one free hard waste collection each year.

Deputy mayor Lana Formoso said that 1143 vehicles came to drop off their items and 60 tonnes of items were deposited.

Residents were able to drop off unwanted electronic and household goods, including televisions, computers, furniture and bicycle.

Instead of going to the landfill, items were being donated to charity or diverted to recycling Cr Formoso said.

Bakhtar Community Organisation was at the event to collect the reusable donated items.

“The event was great. Our team was able to collect some reusable items such as bikes, electronics, beds, chairs, cupboards, kid’s toys, washing machines, fridges and general usable items,” CEO Bassir Qadiri said.

Loaded in the truck, the reusable items were donated the following day on Sunday with almost 100 newly arrived families to be supported in the upcoming weeks.

The donated items were being stored in Bakhtar’s Noble Park warehouse, which has being made more secure after repeated burglaries.

“Bollards are installed, so the entrance can only be accessed through a locked bollard.

We have also installed a CCTV camera at the premises that operates on solar power,” Mr Qadiri said.

Since then, burglars made an effort to break in but were unsuccessful.

“The locks are damaged. We believe they tried to unlock the bollards but they couldn’t.

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Warehouse winner Star role

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A 10-metre high warehouse backing on to homes in Festival Drive, Keysborough has been approved despite a chorus of 41 objections.

The proposed solar-panel storage facility at 28 Cambria Road Keysborough, is within the border of an established industrial estate that abuts the residential neighbourhood.

A Greater Dandenong Council report recommended the proposal due to being “highly compliant” with its planning scheme.

In opposition, Cr Tim Dark told a 27 February council meeting that residents had long endured “a lot of issues” from Cambria Road’s mix of materials recycling, automotive dismantling and heavy industrial uses.

They had “significant concerns” about the warehouse’s height, overshadowing, overbearingness and nature of construction.

“Very rarely does this council face 41 people against it.”

Cr Dark said the warehouse was not in keeping with the low-lying, single-storey buildings on the west side of Cambria Road, nearest to houses.

The 2.7 metre acoustic fence between the site and residents’ their quantity.

“As fair and objective decision makers, we should be going on the substance of the objections on planning grounds.

“We haven’t seen any planning reasons to refuse this application whilst in the (council) report we have all the planning reasons to approve the application.”

The council report noted the warehouse was “only one metre” higher than the ninemetre height limit in the residential zone.

It was also designed to ‘step down’ to a height of six metres at the residential boundary.

Cr O’Reilly said “consequences” were likely

A new show is about to hit Victoria’s TV screens that will showcase local and regional animal heroes, bringing new eyes to Keysborough.

Animal SOS Australia is a new TV series that captures the love, joy and challenges we share with our pets, while showcasing the lifesaving work of veterinarians and shelter staff in helping pets in need.

The show goes behind-the-scenes at three primary Melbourne locations: Southern Animal Health in Cheltenham, the Australian Animal Protection Society in Keysborough and Animal Aid in Coldstream.

Viewers can expect a heart-warming look into the day-to-day work of veterinary professionals and animal shelter staff, who often go above and beyond to care for animals in need.

It takes an up-close look at the stories of pets and their owners, as well as the work of animal shelters and rescue organisations in helping animals find their forever homes.

Co-created and Narrated by media personality, animal welfare advocate, dog behaviourist and author Lara Shannon, Animal SOS Australia will highlight the many challenges these professionals face, including the emotional toll of working with sick, injured and abandoned animals, and the impact of the pandemic on animal welfare.

Animal SOS Australia will air on 7TWO from Sunday March 5 at 3:30pm across 6 half hour episodes and promises to be a must-watch for anyone who loves animals.

The site for a warehouse, marked in red, is directly next to home backyards in Festival Crescent, Keysborough.

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cheque to lawyers who represent the council, and also (permit) conditions being removed making the outcome worse for residents.”

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Wear orange for harmony

By Tanya Faulkner The week is almost upon us to pull out your favourite orange items from your wardrobe, and don them in support of inclusion in Dandenong.

In Victoria we’re lucky to have a vast community of cultures and diverse ethnicities that make our state what it is today; Dandenong is no different.

This year, between March 20 to 25, Dandenong Plaza has announced a series of events to commence throughout the week in celebration of the variety of cultures, ethnicities and communities that call Dandenong home.

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Maryam Habibi, 4, wearing Afghanistan cultural costume. al diversity through more than 80,000 Harmony Week events around the country amongst schools, community groups, churches, busi-

nesses and various government agencies and has been key for Dandenong Plaza over the years.

The week is all about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone, highlighting this years’ theme of ‘everyone belongs’, which is particularly important for the Greater Dandenong community.

Dandenong Plaza centre manager Anne Johnson said Harmony Week is one of Dandenong Plaza’s most celebrated annual events.

“It gives us the opportunity to embrace our culturally diverse retail offering, customers and staff. We invite the community to immerse themselves in our inclusive Harmony Week celebrations which offers activities and entertainment for all ages and family mem-

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bers,” she said.

Some of the events locals can participate in throughout Harmony Week include coffee with local police officers, multicultural performances, workshops, a display from Dandenong Primary School, and a profile of the staff from the Dandenong Plaza.

Locals are also encouraged to dress in their favourite orange outfits across the week, as the colour traditionally signifies social communication, meaningful conversations and the freedom of ideas and encouragement of mutual respect, as a way to show their support for cultural diversity in the community.

More information about the event can be found at armadadandenongplaza.com.au including a full program of events.

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100 years ago 1 March 1923 Women are encroaching Women are encroaching in a wholesale manner on what has hitherto been looked upon as man’s particular calling in life, and his special domain in the world of sport. It is well known that the dapper little gentlemen with latest in dress and straw “deckers” who formerly perched on a high stool in the clerk’s room of our big business establishments, are fast being superseded by girl typists and shorthand writers, the war being largely responsible for the increase of lady clerks. Lady pedestrians are now becoming numerous, two lady sprinters competed in a 75 yards championship race in Melbourne last week. Lady cricketers were pitting their skill in the cricket field at Dandenong last Wednesday, and lady’s bowling clubs are increasing. At some of the racing meetings during the year in this district young ladies have figured with some success as jockeys.

In the next decade we may find the husband will come home from business to find his house deserted – the wife at bowls, the daughter schooling a horse over jumps, and the domestic help at cricket practice.

50 years ago 1 March 1973 It took 18 months to organise They came in old world gowns, fancy bonnets, top hats, tails, beards and colourful waistcoats when Dandenong Town Hall provided more than 350 guests to a colonial style dinner last Friday with a glimpse of days long gone. The dinner, held to officially open the city’s celebration of its centenary of local government, took 18 months to organise…… and it went off without a hitch. Outside the town hall flags flanked the city’s coat of arms while in the foyer was an authentic bark hut the handiwork of Mr B Logan. Dandenong’s superintendent of parks and gardens Mr Bill Carrot and staff of 14 were responsible for the floral and plant arrangements – all Aus-

The Jow Ga Kuen Dragon and Lion Dance Association performs at Lunar New Year Celebrations at Dandenong Market in 2018.

tralian natives – and 350 potted shrubs Eucalyptus, Jacarandas, Wattles. On their arrival, the Governor Sir Rohan Delacombe and Lady Delacombe were greeted by the Mayor Warren Titcher and Mrs Jo Titcher.

20 years ago 3 March 2003 Latest pours watered down Recent heavy rains have had little effect on water storages at Cardinia Reservoir Cardinia. Melbourne’s largest water storages are on average 45.8% full. Melbourne Water managing director Brian Bayley said although between 10mm and 30mm of rain fell in the four major harvesting catchments, including

Cardinia Reservoir, it had “little impact“. “The ground was so dry that the rain got soaked up in the soil and settled the dust” he said.

5 years ago 5 March 2018 New Year More than 30,000 people celebrated the Lunar New Year with dragon and lion dancing, Chinese drumming and Taekwondo. Dandenong Market welcomed the Year of the Dog with a festival on Sunday 25 February. There was a pop-up food bazaar with 16 street food vendors cooking up the favours of China, Vietnam, Korea, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Nepal. Entertainment in-

VTEAM Taekwondo performs at Lunar New Celebrations at Dandenong Market in 2018.

cluded a 20-metre flying dragon.

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Make a positive start to the day with spiritual thought

By Sister Jacqueline Russell Of Brahma Kumaris Centre For Spiritual Learning How do I begin my day?

When we spend some time, and it needs only be a little time, first thing in the morning on some spiritual thought, it will influence how I experience my day.

If there is sweetness there will be authentic, genuine feeling in my words, if there is honesty in my intention there will be positivity in my interactions.

Whatever the events, situations, or different people we meet throughout the day, the responses will be according to my consciousness - positive, peaceful.

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HOPE good will I have emerged in myself in my early morning setup.

To be able to maintain such an attitude of goodwill during the day, when there are challenging situations, such as criticisms, or even my own not so good reaction, is to use a spiritual practice.

Recognise, repair if possible, and move on

without falling into the trap of guilt or shame.

Reflect on what happened and use the situation to understand more fully the internal self.

This reflection is called spiritual churning to understand how I can change my responses.

Ask myself did my reaction emerge deep seated feelings of inadequacy?

Keep the intention to always maintain a feeling of hope in myself and my ability to change.

This feeling of hope will give me courage to make amends, apologise and if necessary to forgive myself and others.

Each day of the journey of life is full of change, movement, growth, and spiritual development is about ways to embrace change rather than resist it.

This leads to confidence in myself, or selfrespect, or personal empowerment and brings hope to the heart.

And at the end of the day, just as I had the intention to start my day with feelings of goodwill, I have the intention to close my day with feelings of achievement having acted in a spiritually positive way.

When I did not meet my own expectations, I stop to rectify it and ask myself: how could I improve the situation and if I could not then accept without judgement.

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CELEBRATING WOMEN every day 8th of March 2023

Amazon women at forefront in Dandy

By Sahar Foladi Several women at Amazon have risen to leadership roles in male-dominated fields in its Dandenong South location.

Billie Hood Rose works in the dock processes, leading a whole team of mostly men.

“My department in dock, it’s very male dominated and it was challenging stepping up for this role.

“I was competing against a lot of men which can be daunting. I felt like I had to prove myself and go above and beyond to show them who I am and what I can do.”

While she had her own concerns Ms Rose was put to ease through being surrounded by other women in leadership roles.

“Just to have these leaders as women creates just a safe environment. Through my journey up the chain I felt much supported,” she said.

From director of operations to country manager, Amazon has filled the leadership roles with women.

The Dandenong South Amazon site’s leader is also a woman who supports and looks after the entire facility.

Another leader is Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) specialist, Fiona Luc, who has been with Amazon for a few months.

“My background is predominantly consulting in the safety space so jumping into an inner house role was unexpected but I really like the energy here in Amazon,” Ms Luc said.

She has completed a Bachelor in applied sciences and post-graduate degree in science with a major in chemistry, as well as a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety management systems.

With multiple degrees under her belt Ms Luc said she’s always been interested in workplace safety and has never seen the field as male-dominated.

“My National Safety lead is a female. She’s incredible and she’s got some really strong females that report to her.

“But stepping back from Amazon my experience has been that I’ve always had strong female leads that have mentored me. I’ve had amazing males that have been supportive of my career development.“ However, she has consulted for many international companies in her career that had a lot of engineers and according to her the initial greeting can be challenging.

“I just stepped out of the insurance com-

Billie Hood Rose, centre, with her team at Amazon. 321817 pany which is male dominated. You come into a room and you may be the only female there.

“However, in the next hour as we interact

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you’ll realise that I am more than who I appear.

“I am good at what I do, I am a subject matter expert in my field.“

Law firm leads way Dandenong’s century-old law firm Macpherson Kelley is ahead of its time with a majority of women in leadership.

Seven of its 13 principal lawyers and managers in the Dandenong office are female.

It’s a product of a firm that “lives and breathes what they preach”, Macpherson Kelley’s national HR manager Olivia Holmes says.

“Macpherson Kelley’s purpose is to support our people professionally and personally and, for many of our female leaders, this support has carried them from their early life and career through to the senior roles they occupy now.”

Since the firm started in 1905, maledominated industries like manufacturing have flourished in the town.

It makes the office’s female dominance even more unique.

Managing principal lawyer Kelly Dickson has used the firm’s Flex+ policy for 10 years to support her professional and personal responsibilities.

The mere fact that a Managing Principal Lawyer can work flexibly, demonstrates to all staff that flexible work is not just an attraction incentive but an attainable reality, Ms Dickson says.

“Let’s be honest, part time work comes with its challenges but I’m proud to show our staff that gender and parttime work status are not impediments to achieving career goals,” said Kelly.

“Working flexibly is a team effort and our Dandy office’s willingness to live our firm values and ‘play as a team’ is what makes it work for all of us.”

Five of the female principal lawyers and managers work part-time, and four of them have taken advantage of the parental leave policy at some point.

Belinda Sigismundi is among four female principal lawyers who have stayed with the firm for more than 12 years.

She is now established as a standout in her field, with one of the highest client satisfaction ratings in the firm – much of which she credits to the firm’s ethos and culture.

“One of the highlights during my 18 years at Macpherson Kelly was being promoted to Principal Lawyer as I was about to head off on parental leave with my second child. The timing of this promotion sent a powerful message to other women in the firm – that you can have a family and still progress in your career.”

Women at the wheel a strong focus at Ventura Bus Lines

By Sahar Foladi Ventura Bus Lines had their first Open Day since Covid on Saturday 4 March with a strong focus on women to consider working behind the wheel.

HR manager Kim Caldow said the Women at the Wheel initiative was launched after the company recognised its gender imbalance.

“We looked at ways to overcome and remove some of the barriers women face when they try to come into the transport industry.

“Bringing this program gives us more equality and a nice rounded working environment.“ According to Ms Caldow many of its women recruits don’t have a bus license and are given training support by Ventura.

“Nine times out of 10 women come to us without a license and the skills required to get straight into the industry. We send them to a training provider, we pay for their training and licensing.”

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Ventura staff members Hannah Tran, Shazia Qadeer, Kim Caldow and Carolyn Jackson. 321505 Picture: ROB CAREW There are 230 women in Ventura now with an aim to increase the gender diversity by 25 per cent by the end of 2024 - Ventura’s 100th anniversary.

Bus driver Shazia Qadeer has been with Ventura since 2017 and looking back during the Covid years she said, “I took the right deci-

sion to join because at that time I had no clue of what’s coming in a couple of years.

“It gave me self-satisfaction that I’m productive for the community.”

As a single parent of two, Ms Qadeer said she wanted a role with stability and also that would allow her to stay home with her children.

“As a female, people definitely don’t expect certain things from you and when they find out you can do that - that is more exciting.”

Now almost 50 with her sons 26 and 21, Ms Qadeer operates in the Pakenham depot and loves her job everyday.

“Both of my kids were so helpful. My elder son said to me, Mum I don’t know how you do it, I can’t drive and you drive buses as a career.”

Not only buses, she also has the qualifications to drive a coach.

“Females can do anything on the planet.

There’s nothing females can’t do,” Ms Qadeer said.

Originally from Pakistan, Ms Qadeer migrated to Australia for studies and she is thankful for the “beautiful culture where they encourage females“.

“I lost my parents a few years ago, I found Australia as my home,” Ms Qadeer said.

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CELEBRATING WOMEN every day 8th of March 2023

Paving way to dream big My name is Ann-Marie Hermans, your new Liberal Member for the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region. I’ve had many strong women who championed my life-choices, worldview and self-worth.

My grandmothers were strong-willed, opinionated, and adventurous, and migrated from New Zealand and Sri Lanka. They lived in the South-East and passed away when they were about 100 years old. They worked hard, spoke their mind, valued their family and were Australian migrants.

My parents are migrants too. My mother arrived in Melbourne when she was 12 years old.

She achieved a government Select Entry education which encouraged women to study, develop careers and embrace new opportunities.

Qualifying as a teacher, she travelled overseas to work when she was 22. She returned to Melbourne in the early 60s and studied to become a speech pathologist.

In her spare time, with the support of my father, who always encouraged her to succeed, Mum found a way to serve on boards and committees, help individuals, organisations, young people, and families, and constantly upskilled and tried new things. Mum is a force of nature: She completed her master’s degree in her 70s, and in May will celebrate 60 years of marriage. Mum also had a successful career at a time when men were given more promotions and paid more than women. As a young adult, Mum believed she had to work twice as hard and be twice as smart as any man, to be considered an equal in the workforce.

My mum worked hard and was ahead of her time. She taught me to not be intimidated by

· Love your partner, children, God and self. the example you want your children to · Be follow.

This International Women’s Day, Ann-Marie Hermans wants to encourage the women in the SouthEast to go for their dreams and to dream big. male-dominated workplaces, to value positive outcomes for people more than recognition, to work hard, study, be courageous and tenacious.

Like my mother, I’ve served many groups, am educated, a teacher, and worked as a volunteer in Asia and South-East Africa. Unlike my mum, I chose to be at home with my four children in their early years, so I could see them take their first steps and speak their first words.

I have many hard-earned degrees, including two master’s degrees. I can still remember the painful nights of studying when the children were asleep, after a hard day at work. I’m so thankful for every school lunch my husband helped pack. He kept things functional in our

home when I ran out of steam, and I am thankful. In April we will celebrate 28 years of marriage.

Some of my tips for working mums are: Teach your children to be friends with each other, not competitors.

Give your children (and husband) lots of praise, patience and quality attention.

Give each of your children their own colour towel in the bathroom.

Teach your children how to use the washing machine by age 12.

Help each child learn to cook their chosen signature dinner-dish once a week.

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Like me, my four children are educated. My girls believe in the power of education to transform lives. I am also thankful they know how to speak up about things like giving consent (or not), reporting abuse, and standing up for justice, personal dignity, and respect.

This International Women’s Day, I want to encourage the women in the South-East to go for their dreams and to dream big. Enjoy womanhood. Love family. Embrace your opportunities, your children, your partner, your home, each moment. Live intentionally because you never know what tomorrow will bring. Smell the roses. Watch the sunsets. Get educated, learn something new and find people who will champion and respect you.

Please know that I am here to advocate for you in parliament and wish you every success!

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Skills are so crucial

By Eden Foster What does International Women’s Day mean to you?

International Women’s Day for me is about celebrating women and our strengths.

It is also a time to challenge gender stereotypes and encourage others to call out discrimination and gender bias, which unfortunately in some instances is still continuing to this day.

The importance of women in local government is crucial for bringing different skills and perspectives to the discussion table.

The women on Council in Greater Dandenong all offer unique experiences, knowledge and expertise that are tremendously beneficial to our community.

I’m so privileged to work alongside a group of talented and wonderful women on Council.

My story My mother, an Anglo-Indian woman from India, migrated to Australia in 1969 with her family. She was one of the lucky migrants, already having English as her first language she was able to navigate through a predominantly white country.

In 1981, my mother became a single parent, raising me on her own when I was just six months old.

My mother went back to work as a stenographer (a now virtually extinct profession) when I was six months of age, leaving me in the care of a Council childcare worker named Di. So much so, my first word was not mama, but Di-Di. My mother worked hard to pay off the mortgage of a small two-bedroomunit in Springvale.

Getting me up early to go to childcare from

6am to 6pm. Whilst she worked in the city in the public service, ensuring she was home in time for me to be dropped off.

My mother had to ensure she worked from 8am to 4pm in order to be home on time to greet me, as there was no other support around.

It got to the point her work wanted her to stay until 5pm, which of course was not suitable. When informing her boss that she could not work the requested 9 to 5, she was told to choose between her job or her family.

How could she choose? Her job provided for her family, but her family was her life.

That ultimatum certainly did not demonstrate embracing equity. But in fact demonstrated a lack of understanding and empathy for working mothers.

My mother struggled to maintain the work and family life balance and soon had to leave her job, going on a single parent’s benefit and later the disability pension after numerous health conditions.

My mother never denied me anything, but how could she when I never asked.

We were living day by day trying to ensure that there was just enough to pay the mortgage and the bills. I know this because I would bring out the calculator as a seven-year-old to work through the weekly budget with my mum.

Maybe that’s why at one stage I wanted to be an accountant. Who knows?

What I do know is that these early experiences and seeing my mother’s strength, determination, and never give up attitude has shaped me into the woman I am.

It built my resilience, my sense of courage and most importantly my own determination for a better life.

Mayor Eden Foster. 320078 Picture: STEWART CHAMBER

Jacqui Weatherill, City of Greater Dandenong chief executive

Rhonda Garad, City of Greater Dandenong councillor

What does International Women’s Day mean to you?

It is a global celebration of all the amazing women in the world, and their tremendous achievements.

It is also a day to acknowledge and recognise the barriers which continue to face women and the gender inequality which still exists.

What do you think International Women’s Day means to the Greater Dandenong community?

Greater Dandenong is the most multicultural municipality in Australia, and we celebrate the amazing achievements of women in our community, many who originate from diverse multicultural backgrounds.

We have so many stories to share of women who have overcome adversity and disadvantage, to achieve great things in Australia.

What does International Women’s Day mean to you?

As a Councillor it means we have an opportunity to highlight the extraordinary women in our community, and also help the broader community understand many of the challenges women in Greater Dandenong face.

We have some incredible community leaders we could highlight, but also, we can help the rest of the community understand that particular groups in our community are doing it really tough.

Telling stories of individual women and/ or groups of women, helps unite the community in a spirit of understanding and support.

What do you think International Women’s Day means to the Greater Dandenong community?

I think International Women’s Day is important to the community as both a celebration

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Sophie Tan, City of Greater Dandenong councillor

Angela Long, City of Greater Dandenong councillor

What does International Women’s Day mean to you?

International Women’s Day mean Women’s Rights! It’s a celebration of gender equity.

Greater Dandenong is the most multicultural city in Australia and International Women’s Day is the day to celebrate and embrace gender equality.

As a human being, men and women are entitled to the same rights regardless of sex, race, colour, religion, language, political or other opinions, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

What does International Women’s Day mean to you?

It is an opportunity for all women to put themselves forward and fight for equality.

What do you think International Women’s Day means to the Greater Dandenong community?

With our diverse community, where some women do not have the rights of men, we hope with some of the services available to them that they might learn more about their rights as citizens of Greater Dandenong.

Cr Sophie Tan, City of Greater Dandenong

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Lana Formoso, City of Greater Dandenong deputy mayor International Women’s Day means many things to many people, most importantly for me it means taking continued action to build support for women’s rights and ensure our full participation in community, economy, politics and of course sport.

We have come a long way, but there is still so much work to address barriers that continue to perpetuate gender inequality in our society.

Due to my mother’s courage and determination when she was 17 years of age, she made the decision to migrate to the other side of the world for better opportunities without her family, friends, education, money or any English proficiency.

I think the theme for Women’s International Day 2023 “Embrace Equity” is very fitting for our Greater Dandenong Community.

As the most culturally diverse municipality and all of the equity issues we face as a community and how crucial it is for us to face those challenges.

I’m certain there are many stories similar to mine within Greater Dandenong.

I’d like to believe that our community understands the need to embrace equity better than most and I hope they can appreciate that we as a council are making that progress.

We have five women representing our municipality on council, we have a female Mayor and Deputy Mayor and our first ever female CEO. I see so many opportunities for our organisation and community to collectively celebrate our differences and forge a gender equal world.

Cr Rhonda Garad of the achievements of women in the community, and also, an opportunity to highlight the challenges many women face.

I think it is really important to gain personal stories of overcoming challenges, particularly within the CALD communities around issues such as discrimination, visa status, and violence against women.

I would like Council to partner with organisations such as Wellsprings for Women toprofile women, or their stories in an anonymous way.

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Podcast in Dari released

By Sahar Foladi A podcast for mental well-being exclusively in Dari has just been released for Afghans living in the South-East.

The partnership between Better Place Australia, Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre (SMRC) and South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (SEMPHN) focused on a project in the South-East region to target better awareness in the migrant community.

Bi-cultural worker at SMRC, Mirwais Janbaz migrated from Afghanistan to Pakistan in 1996 when Taliban seized the capital Kabul.

With a Bachelor’s degree in mass communications Mr Janbaz also volunteered as an art teacher for refugees in Pakistan as well as participating and teaching martial arts.

After more than 20 years of living in Pakistan Mr Janbaz migrated to Australia in 2018.

“For the first time I got an ID like my bank account. There were lots of struggles (in Pakistan).”

Despite the struggles and challenges faced by migrants and refugees, the community remains unfamiliar with mental well-being.

“In the Afghan community, mental health is not very popular. As a refugee, people think if you feel stressed, nervous, sad, don’t like to talk to people and don’t feel good, it’s normal but it’s related to mental health.”

Mr Janbaz himself was introduced to the topic of mental health through this podcast and he believes the Afghan community will respond positively.

“To mention and learn about it was very new to me. Through this podcast I learnt the meaning of mental health, to be open about my mental health and not be shameful about it. I think people will benefit from it and they’ll they’re able to share their stories.

“Overall my experience was very good and I feel very privileged to be part of this podcast

Jesse Boyd, Renee Callander, Malahat Kamali, Mirwais Jambaz, and Najma Ahmadi were at the launch of a mental-wellbeing podcast for Afghans living in the South-East. 321092 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS knowing someone will listen to it and learn something from my story,” Mr Janbaz said.

As well as a participant in the podcast, Mr Janbaz worked to edit the podcast.

Education community engagement lead, Renee Callander from Better Place Australia said SMRC is closely connected with the Afghan community especially in the Dandenong area.

“This is a community that’s a very brave strong and resilient, that has been through challenges, that is more and more interested in conversation around mental health and to be part of the local community in doing that.”

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we had someone from Foundation House, a young qualified psychologist and also a local religious leader,” Ms Callander said.

There are six episodes in the podcast and depending on community engagement and need.

“We’ll definitely look at creating more episodes looking forward,” Ms Callander said.

The podcast is one of the many projects of SMRC and Better Place Australia.

They also collaborated to form the Chay Khanna, home (made) tea, program targeted to elderly Afghan men.

Ms Callander said this podcast is to initiate conversations about mental well-being within the community.

“We wanted to do in it language that could be better accessed by the people in the community. An audio and visual format would be the best because for many people written resources aren’t accessible even in their own language.”

The podcast took one year from research to production, bringing together local Afghans as participants.

“We reached out to other local organisations like we had someone from Family Life,

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By Danielle Kutchel A tireless champion for African and CALD communities has been named Greater Dandenong’s Citizen of the Year.

Selba Luka, founder of Afri-Aus Care, received the award at an invite-only event at Springvale City Hall on Tuesday 26 January.

She admitted the award was a total shock, but a welcome one, and dedicated it to the community, staff, volunteers, supporters and

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Born in Malawi, Ms Luka often says her heart is in South Sudan as she works closely with the south-eastern South Sudanese community.

Afri-Aus Care was born of her experiences when she arrived in Australia, where she experienced difficulties and hardship in her first years in the country.

The not-for-profit provides mental health

Selba (front) and volunteer Veronica in the Afri Aus-Care veggie garden.

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support, outreach and skills development for members of the African and CALD communities.

It works closely with youth offenders, providing them with a pathway out of these behaviours and into a more positive contribution to society. During the pandemic for example, ex-offenders helped create food hampers and deliver these to the most vulnerable in society.

Afri-Aus Care also works with “the mamas“,

African women who are new to Australia and need assistance to find employment and learn English. Many of these women are survivors of domestic abuse, and Afri-Aus Care provides mental health support too as they build a new life.

Speaking at the Australia Day ceremony, Ms Luka said she was honoured to have received such a prestigious award.

“May we continue to be united. Dandenong is a great city to be,“ she said.

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Latest community lifestyle Settler’s Run was a hive of activity as over 160 guests celebrated the launch of Lifestyle Communities’ latest South East community Lifestyle Riverfield - a place that’s been thoughtfully refined for the next generation of downsizers.

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Brave Bucks burst Struggles over for the the Bloods’ bubble Panthers

By Marcus Uhe

By Marcus Uhe

Buckley Ridges has booked its place in consecutive DDCA Turf 1 grand finals after upsetting Springvale South by three wickets in Saturday’s major semi-final at Alex Nelson Reserve.

Bucks captain Ben Wright steered the chase home with one over remaining, finishing not out with a run-a-ball 41 for the visitors as they brought Springvale South’s undefeated season to a grinding halt.

Winning the toss and electing to bat first at home, a slow wicket and outfield made scoring difficult early in the Bloods’ innings.

Opening pair Mitch Forsyth and Ryan Quirk struck just one boundary between them in the first 10 overs as Wright turned to spin early in the contest.

Sanka Dinesh’s left-arm orthodox soon snuck through the defences of Forsyth for 16.

The arrival of Jordan Wyatt to the crease brought an immediate lift in intensity and intent, as he advanced down the wicket on his first and third ball to hit Dinesh for two boundaries.

His aggression would prove his downfall, however, brilliantly caught by Jake Cronin overhead in front of the Bloods’ bench on the straight boundary to send him on his way for 21.

Dinesh’s return to the attack in the middle of the innings brought Quirk’s innings to a close in the 28th over, adjudged LBW while attempting to sweep.

Cameron Forsyth compiled a steady 70 in the middle order, picking gaps in the field and rotating the strike with his fellow batters - who took a more assertive role in their partnerships.

But the inability to build long partnerships hamstrung the innings throughout, reaching 220 from their 45 for the chance to put their feet-up next week and qualify directly for the grand final in two weeks’ time.

Josh Dowling brought the fire and energy to the bowling crease immediately, sending Daniel Watson on his way for six at the end of the second over, spooning a catch to Mitch Forsyth at backward point.

The pressure was on Jayson Hobbs, returning for his first game since round 10 when he suffered a hand injury - and in the new position of number three.

This was due to the excellent recent form of Cronin, who had filled the vacancy at the top of the order brilliantly in Hobbs’ absence.

With Dowling steaming-in, a short ball outside off produced an edged cut shot from the blade of Hobbs, which was grassed by Wyatt at first slip and ran-away for four runs.

Hobbs and Cronin added 94 for the second wicket in what could prove to be a real discovery for Buckley.

The introduction of Blade Baxter to the

Dandenong has drawn the curtains on a Premier Cricket season to forget with a five-wicket loss to Fitzroy-Doncaster.

Having only set 153 for victory and reaching 1/49 at stumps last week, the Lions reached the target in the 38th over despite the best efforts of the Panthers’ bowling group.

Leg-spinner Gehan Seneviratne bore the brunt of the batting performance, going for 66 off his eight overs but did take a superb one-handed catch off his own bowling, one of two wickets for the day.

Pushing for an outright victory, Fitzroy Doncaster declared at 5/192 and sent Dandenong back in, where they crawled to 7/107 in 56 overs. Joshua Slater top scored with 38 off 119.

It consigned the Panthers to a thirdlast finish, their lowest finish since the turn of the millennium, capping a turbulent season which saw head coach Warren Ayres resign in January.

In Geelong, Casey-South Melbourne was unable to secure the result it needed to qualify for finals action.

With Geelong resuming at 4/112, with only 36 overs bowled on day one last week, the Swans needed to dismiss the Cats and chase their total in order to give themselves any chance of securing a finals berth.

Geelong, who were too far back to make a run at eighth spot, took the opportunity for some batting practice, setting the Swans 423 in 90.2 overs.

Nathan Lambden led the way for the Swans’ bowlers, taking 3/81 from his 18 overs, while Devlin Webb, Luke Shelton and Ruwantha Kellapotha each took two.

In reply, Casey South-Melbourne reached 4/205 before both sides shook hands.

Harrish Kannan finished his impressive year with the bat by making 52 off 56, to finish as the club’s leading runscorer for the 2022/23 season.

Jayson Hobbs shook off injury to play a critical role for Buckley Ridges. 317208 Picture: ROB CAREW bowling attack brought instant dividends, breaking the partnership in the 21st over when Cronin was caught on the legside boundary for 59.

Much like their clash in round 12, the game was sitting on a knifes edge at the halfway point of Buckley’s chase, and it prompted a shift in atmosphere at Alex Nelson.

The chatter and energy lifted between fielders and almost manifested a sharp threewicket collapse that swung momentum back in their favour.

Wyatt made amends for the earlier drop by hanging-on to a sharp catch at cover to remove Mahela Udawatte for 15; Hobbs became Forsyth’s third catch on the square leg boundary for 50; and Troy Aust was stumped by his opposite number for five, as Jarryd Straker tightened the screws like he so often has throughout the season.

Very quickly 2/132 in the 29th over - with a set batter in Hobbs at the wicket - had become 5/149 with two new men at the crease in the 34th, as memories of their 3/0 crumble against the Bloods from three weeks prior came flooding back.

The responsibility fell to the skipper in Wright, and after struggling early against the spin of Straker, he began to sweep effectively and pluck the gaps.

He and Hadigallage Jayaratne put on 36 before Jayaratne was stumped, attempting a massive heave and misreading another delivery from Straker.

That brought Michael Davies to the wicket, who showed all his experience with a pair of huge straight sixes to swing the ascendency

back to blue.

With 24 required off the final 24, Davies hit Straker for six, and slog-swept a four, to half the required runs.

While he departed before the final runs were scored, his 22 off 19 were critical in the chase, as Matthew Goodwright struck the winning runs at the end of the 44th over.

The Bloods will face Hallam Kalora Park next week for the chance to extract revenge on Buckley in the grand final and defend their Turf 1 crown, after the Hawks brought an end to North Dandenong’s season at home.

The Maroons started well with the ball, having sent both openers back to the sheds within the first eight overs.

Hawks coach Matthew Cox (81) hit his highest score of the season, combining with skipper Jordan Hammond (68) to diffuse any concerns after a shaky start.

But their 135-run partnership was not capitalised on by the lower order, as the Hawks set 236 for victory.

In reply Ramneet Dhindsa and Rajitha Ranaweera were both gone in the opening two overs as they fell to 2/4.

Javed Khan seemed unfazed, hitting 71 from 76 in a one-sided partnership with his captain, Clayton McCartney, before he became the first of Lee Brown’s four wickets.

Brown finished with 4/28 off his seven overs to sink the Maroons’ middle order.

Khan’s dismissal precipitated a collapse of 8/80 as the Hawks reflected the gap between the two sides on the ladder.

Lauchlan Gregson also finished with four wickets.

Luke Shelton took two wickets for CaseySouth Melbourne in their final clash of the year against Geelong on Saturday.

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Sandown shining brightly on racing’s biggest stage

By David Nagel While its feature Group 1 meetings are now finished for the Autumn – Sandown will continue to play a key role in the metropolitan racing scene over the busy month of March.

The inner Lakeside track will this Wednesday host the second of five consecutive midweek meetings at the track this month.

Upcoming Saturday racing continues this week with the running of the time-honoured $1.5million Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington, before moving to Moonee Valley on Saturday 18 March for the $5million AllStar Mile (1600m).

It’s then back to Flemington on Saturday 25 March for the running of the $3million Australian Cup (2000m).

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bumper day of racing a fortnight later.

Little Brose won the Blue Diamond Stakes for Ben and JD Hayes, before Alligator Blood showed dogged determination to win the Futurity Stakes for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) Winner: Zulfiqar.

Group 3 Bellmaine Stakes (13000m) Wrote To Arataki.

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Cranny win thriller

By Jonty Ralphsmith The sequel was better than the original.

It was 357 days prior when Triyan De Silva led Heinz Southern Districts to an upset win over Cranbourne in the corresponding semifinal fixture between the teams last season in Turf 2 of the Dandenong District Cricket Association.

That was Cranbourne’s second consecutive semi final exit after the return of the Sweeney brothers, earning the Eagles the moniker as the finals chokers.

A four-run final over win over HSD on Saturday, which was 7/87, did as much to affirm, rather than dispel the narrative.

Debutant Ketan Bakshi was handed the ball for the final set of six rather than the experienced Tim Fathers or Marty Kelly.

A deceptive and loopy slow-medium bowler who continued to hit his mark, he bowled two dots to start an over where HSD needed only five to reach the grand final.

That’s when panic set in, number nine Jett Kearney finding a gap at point, sprinting the first and trying to snatch a second on a slight mis-field.

The old adage rang true as he was run out clearly short of his ground.

HSD’s strong supporter base at KM Reedy Reserve, which mutually engaged in spirited banter with travelling Cranbourne supporters all day was stunned still.

Cranbourne’s XII, which has seen much change in the last month united, hugged, laughed, banged walls and screamed the team song.

The match was as much theatrically dramatic as it was a high-quality game of finals cricket.

The Cobras will reflect on certain moments feeling they lost their nerve yet knowing they were only in the game through several strokes of luck.

Cranbourne will know it should’ve been wrapped up much earlier as much as they’ll feel it a come-from-behind victory.

Just before Liam Jansen’s vital cameo came to an end as he ran past a Pete Sweeney spinner, HSD had two strong batters at the crease needing 10 off 18 with two wickets in hand.

Earlier, it was 24 off 31 with two set batters and three wickets in the shed.

Young teams have lapses.

Unfortunately for HSD, theirs came right when an experienced lineup provided a rare opening.

All season the question mark hanging over Beaconsfield has been whether the middle-order has enough spine to stand up to the pressure of finals.

In reaching 231 against Lyndale at Perc Allison Reserve on Saturday, with just 33 runs coming from the openers, the Tigers sent a message.

Not only that there’s reason to believe that a blemish at the top would prohibit a premiership, but also that they’ve got the batting talent to sustain competitiveness going forward.

Riley Clark was the star of the innings with

By Marcus Uhe The North Dandenong, Parkfield and Carlisle Park Cricket Clubs will each receive a grant of up to $5000 as part of Cricket Victoria’s 2023/23 Canteen Grants program.

The three clubs were part of 12 chosen from a field of 132 applicants in the 2022/23 season.

Clubs have used the funding to support a range of necessary upgrades, including electrical upgrades, new refrigerators, and oven replacements over the five years of the program to date.

Among the projects to have been funded are 32 refrigerators, electrical upgrades to 26 club canteens, the replacement of 14 ovens and the replacement of appliances including bain-maries, pie warmers and dishwashers.

Cricket Victoria Chief Executive Nick Cummins said the record number of applicants highlights the importance of this funding in assisting clubs, volunteers and communities.

“It’s pleasing to be able to provide funding to support projects at 12 clubs and also to better understand the current circumstances and challenges at clubs across Victoria,” Cummins said.

“Over the five years the Canteen Grants program has been running, almost $300,000 has been provided to Victorian cricket clubs to upgrade their facilities, which is an outstanding result.”

Ashan Madushanka helped the Tiges immensely in their semi-final win. 32133 Picture: ROB CAREW 75, but it was short of a match-winner, particularly playing a club containing arguably the biggest hitter in the competition.

Clark’s boundaries flowed while Ashan Madushanka rotated the strike nicely as they formed an important 98-run partnership, of which Madushanka contributed 42.

That allowed more expansive players Jesse Busacca, who has batted higher in recent weeks, and Mitch Tielen to capitalise on the foundation and catapult the score well north of 200 against a bowling attack that had no answers.

Facing a team accustomed to their home deck, Lyndale found scoring much harder than the Tigers and lost wickets in trying to keep up with the required run rate.

Crucially the performance has those middle-order batters primed against an Eagles bowling attack that will surely pose more questions next week.

Meanwhile, Turf 3 season standouts Dandenong West and Coomoora proved their class on Saturday in out-muscling Fountain Gate and Springvale respectively.

Fountain Gate was sent in to bat first and

was never able to insert itself into the contest thanks to a deep and cohesive bowling lineup.

Having seen off his first four overs, Nuwan Kulasekara claimed two wickets in his fifth over and it was only some gallant digging in from Raveen Kadirahettiarachchi and Mustaffa Waseem which got Fountain Gate to 104.

Dandy West reached the total three down with Nathan Power putting 48 on the board.

At Coomoora, the Roos bowlers put Springvale on the back foot by dismissing batting protagonists Nuwan Mendis and Pasindu Madushan for 20 and 0 respectively.

That had the visitors at 4/46 and the middle order was unable to rebound as Malan Madusanka and Michael Klonaridis sustained the pressure after the early strikes.

At 2/109, chasing 139, with Lance Baptist punishing Springvale’s attack, the Roos looked to be cruising, but his dismissal for 60 started a collapse.

Andy O’Meara’s men lost 5-17 before a 13run partnership between Liam Hard and Nick Lloyd guided a nervy Coomoora to a threewicket win.

Flyers get burnt while playing with Fire

By Marcus Uhe A Southside Flyers loss to ladder-leading Townsville Fire in the final WNBL game of the season has confirmed an all-Melbourne semi finals match-up with the Melbourne Boomers.

The Fire jumped to a 13-point lead at the end of the first quarter and maintained their ascendancy throughout at the State Basketball Centre to runaway 22-point winners 83-61.

Townsville brought the heat on both ends of the floor from the get-go, opening the game on a 14-4 run that forced a timeout from Flyers coach Cheryl Chambers.

On offence they used both their speed and long range shooting to provide multiple scoring threats for the Flyers to cover, while on the other end it was Abby Bishop playing somewhat of a lone hand for the home side, scoring six of their 14 points in the opening term.

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Southside Flyers’ coach Cheryl Chambers will need her group to re-gather quickly as their semi finals series begins on Wednesday.

Picture: SUPPLIED The margin grew to 19 on the back of a 10-4 opening to the second quarter in the Fire’s favour, as their swarming defence forced turnovers and missed shots from Southside.

The Flyers began to find their range from distance and a Rocci layup off a turnover cut the lead to 10 at the six minute mark.

But the lack of rim protection down low meant the Fire could find baskets in the lane with consistent and relative ease and keep Southside at arms length.

The margin never fell below 10 points in the second half as Townsville continued to pile on the pain.

44 points in the paint to 22 was an indicator of their dominance, as was their 63 per cent field goal accuracy, nearly doubling their opponents who could only manage 32 per cent.

Kayla Thornton led the team in points (14) and assists (five) but finished a -18 overall on the box score.

Their best-of-three semi finals series against Melbourne begins on Wednesday night.

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Kayla a star

By Marcus Uhe Southside Flyers forward Kayla Thornton has been named in the All WNBL First Team for the 2022/2023 season at the league Awards Night in Melbourne on Sunday after a consistent year for the Women in blue.

The U.S import, who plays with the New York Liberty in the WNBA, averaged 16.8 points per game and 7.1 rebounds from her 20 games to lead the Flyers in both categories. She recorded five double-doubles throughout the season with her best performance of the year coming against the Canberra Capitals in January when she scored 22 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and dished seven assists.

Thornton has been a presence on the interior all season, finishing in the top five in the competition for offensive rebounds per game with 2.4 and using her physicality and experience in the WNBA to her advantage. Thornton was named in the team alongside league MVP Cayla George, and Kristy Wallace, who will face in this week’s semi final series against the Melbourne Boomers.

Townsville’s Tianna Hawkins and Perth’s Sami Whitcomb rounded-out the remaining positions.

Kayla Thornton’s consistent season with the Flyers has been recognised with selection in the All WNBL First Team.

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