OCTOBER 24, 2017 \ STARWEEKLY.COM.AU
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Booze ban’s new year By Tate Papworth Sunshine’s central business district will remain an alcohol-free zone after Victoria Police successfully applied to extend a ban for a further 12 months. The area from Ballarat Road, down to Anderson Road, extending across from Derby Road and Whitty Street, will remain a dry zone. The ban was introduced in 2015 to help combat alcohol-fuelled violence and makes it illegal to hold an open container of alcohol in the CBD. Police have the ability to ban people from the CBD for a period of up to 72 hours for offences involving crimes against the person, assault, property damage, and other behavioural offences, such as being drunk and disorderly in a public place.
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Run for mum is all heart
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Acting Senior-Sergeant Martin Kappel said the goal was to reduce the levels of alcohol-related violence in the area and increase community safety. “If people know they may be banned from the CBD for a considerable amount of time, they might think twice before breaking the law,” he said. “We want people to know there are consequences to their actions.” Acting Senior Sergeant Kappel said after the success of the ban in its first year, police wasted no time in applying to have the restrictions extended. “In 2015 … we were seeing far too much alcohol-related violence, particularly around licensed premises,” he said. “In the past couple of years, we’ve seen the ability to issue these banning notices work as a deterrent to people who want to come into the Sunshine CBD and commit these offences.” The order will remain in place as part of the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 until September next year. To view a map of the affected area, visit
Kristian and Alissa Martan will pound the pavement in memory of their mother at next month’s City2Sea run, raising funds for breast cancer research in the process. The siblings, who ran in last year’s event while their mother, Ingrid, was battling secondary breast cancer, are hoping to raise more than $3000 in this year’s run. Ingrid died three months ago, so Kristian said it would be an emotional run. “I feel very grateful to be doing this run, and to do it in memory of mum is a big thing for our family,” he said. “She was an amazing woman – right from the time she started fighting this six years ago she kept putting others first and put up a hell of a fight. “It’s a different feeling to last year. It’s certainly emotional, but we’re doing everything we can to raise money and find a cure.” The City2Sea will take place on Sunday, November 12. Details: city2sea2017.everydayhero. com/au/runforingrid
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Kristian and Alissa Martan with a photo of Ingrid. (Marco De Luca)
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