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No disappointment with Obi on track Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au SEARCHERS scouring dense bush in central Victoria for a missing autistic boy last week were supported by rescue dog Obi. The black Labrador – owned and trained by Andrew and Julie Cowan, of Somerville-based Search and Rescue Dogs Australia – used his exceptional air scenting skills to home-in on the area where Will Callaghan was found.
His owners say Obi’s barking may have alerted human rescuer Ben Gibbs, who was close by, to push through “horrendous” vegetation and up the bank where he says he found the 14-year-old looking “angelic”. Will, who loves dogs, was standing up “trying to look for the sound of the dog barking”, said Ms Cowan, who founded the volunteer not-for-profit service with her husband in 1994. Their dogs find missing people by air scenting, not tracking. Searching off-lead over large distances they scan
an area to pick up the scent of human breath, then narrow in on the source. Ms Cowan said they were deployed by police to Mt Disappointment on Tuesday afternoon 9 June and were in the area Will was found at first light Wednesday. Will’s discarded shoes had been discovered the day before “so we knew he was not far away”, Ms Cowan said. After being given a “good sniff” of the shoes Obi rushed towards the creek and was struggling through tangled undergrowth towards Will when
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Flipped at fast food getaway A MAN who flipped his car in the drive-through lane at Somerville McDonald’s later allegedly pushed a paramedic and headbutted a CFA crewman trying to assist him, Saturday 13 June. The Tyabb man, 23, had to be restrained by police before being taken to Frankston hospital, 12.40am. Emergency services crews rushed to the Eramosa Road restaurant after reports the car had crashed into a bollard and flipped. Hastings police were called after reports the driver had freed himself from the car and was acting in an aggressive manner, including allegedly assaulting emergency workers. Police are investigating reports the man also abused staff at the first window of the drive-through before the rollover and whether alcohol or drugs were a factor.
No charges had been laid yesterday (Monday) morning. Police said they were awaiting the results of drug and alcohol tests before interviewing the man in relation to allegedly assaulting the emergency service worker and traffic offences.
Brake catches fire A FIRE in a truck at Somerville was probably caused when a brake seized on the trailer’s axle and overheated, 7am, Monday 15 June. Leading Senior Constable Andrew Ellams, of Hastings police, said fire damaged the B-double’s trailer tyres, rims and side, while it was stopped on Frankston-Flinders Road, just north of Eramosa Road. Somerville and Baxter CFA crews extinguished the blaze.
Over easy: The car on its side in the drive-through lane at the Somerville McDonald’s outlet. Picture: Gary Sissons
State called on to help homeless Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au THE Mornington Peninsula is among the top six Victorian municipalities when it comes to the number of homeless people being forced to “sleep rough”. However, Mornington Peninsula Shire has reiterated that it is a problem the state government – not the council – should be fixing. The situation came to head last week when police and council staff used a bobcat to clear Rosebud camping ground of tents being
used by the homeless. (“Homeless on a merry-go-round” The News 9/6/20). The mayor Cr Sam Hearn said the shire had been trying to find alternative places for the campers to stay as the allocated camping area could not accommodate them all. He warned that if they were allowed to stay the place could become a kind of shanty town. “We’re hitting a brick wall because the state government is not providing enough funds to stop the ongoing merry-go-round,” he said. Things have now come to a head, with the shire last week urging
the state government to “do more to support the growing number of homeless people on the peninsula”. Statistics show that 16 per cent of the peninsula’s homeless sleep rough every night – the sixth highest number of any local government area in the state. “It is unacceptable that vulnerable members of community have found themselves in this predicament,” Cr Hearn said. “As we enter the coldest months of the year, camping on the foreshore exposes rough sleepers to significant health risks. “There’s no shortage of local
compassion, support and effort to find better accommodation for these people: it’s the lack of crisis and temporary accommodation and social and affordable housing on the peninsula that is hampering these efforts. “We are asking the state government to help us to help these vulnerable members of our community. “We have a number of ideas to help our homeless community but we need the support of the government to be able to explore these further and find some real, sustainable and immediate solutions.”
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire denies it is using aerial drones to find private swimming pools in the lead-up to compulsory registration in November. The shire says drones may be used for vegetation inspections. A reference to the use of drones in the council’s 12 May Quarterly Report said drones were being used “to assist conducting formal inspections of land, which has reduced the risk to officers in navigating hazardous sites and eliminated the need to contract external providers … for aerial imaging”. Glenn Murphy told The News that he suspected drones were being used to find pools when his mother-in-law, who lives in Mornington, received a letter alerting her to the need to register her pool “even though she doesn’t have one”. Mr Murphy, of Hampton Park, said he phoned the shire and was told the council used “aerial surveillance to photograph pools and spas in the district”. “This raises two points – firstly, is the shire legally able to invade people’s privacy in this way and, secondly, how does it find something that is not there?” The council’s planning and building director David Bergin said drones were not being used to check for pools in backyards. However, satellite photography is an option the council could use to pinpoint areas of vegetation clearing or, by extension, swimming pools, at hard-to-access properties. The peninsula reportedly has the second highest number of private swimming pools in Australia – 17,000 – which is behind only one harbourside Sydney suburb. The shire wrote to “known” owners late last year and again several weeks ago to alert them to the need to register pools and spas and pay a fee of up to $79 which includes a registration fee and a search fee. Stephen Taylor
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Caring for our community during Coronavirus
Getting through this together To protect our community the Mornington Peninsula Shire is taking measures to help slow the spread of COVID-19. We would like to thank our community for respecting the restrictions that have been placed upon us all and for thinking of others during these challenging times. For the latest updates, including what Shire services are now available, visit: mornpen.vic.gov.au/coronavirus
Pool and spa registration deadline extended The Victorian Government has extended the deadline for mandatory registration of private pools and spas to 1 November 2020. This is an extension of five months from the original 1 June 2020 deadline and is an acknowledgement of the extra pressure on families due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Victorian Government introduced new regulations in December last year to make swimming pools and spas safer and prevent young children from drowning. The one-off registration fee, as set by the Victorian Government, is as follows: • Pools/spas built before 1 December 2019: $79.00 • Pools/spas built after 1 December 2019: $31.80 mornpen.vic.gov.au/poolregister
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Agroecology and Food Economy Strategy: closes 30 June Help shape Council’s strategy for the local food economy: building resilience to climate change through sustainable farming practices, enhancing biodiversity and circular economy principles. mornpen.vic.gov.au/agrofood 5950 1450 agrofood@mornpen.vic.gov.au Climate Emergency Plan: closes 15 July Have your say on our community supported draft action plan, which addresses the urgent need for action to reverse global warming and guides the Peninsula to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040. mornpen.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay 1300 850 600 haveyoursay@mornpen.vic.gov.au climateemergency@mornpen.vic.gov.au
The community is invited to vote for their favourite name for the new Aquatic Centre being constructed in Rosebud. Following more than 400 community suggestions, Mornington Peninsula Shire has shortlisted five names for the new Aquatic Centre and now it’s your turn to help us decide! The name with the majority of votes will be presented as the preferred name of the Aquatic Centre, for consideration and final adoption by the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council. Voting closes Thursday 9 July. mornpen.vic.gov.au/aquaticcentre
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Our local businesses have been doing it tough during the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurants, cafés and bars, retail, arts and culture, tourism and many more have been hard hit by closures and restrictions.
Our libraries at Mornington, Rosebud, Hastings and Somerville have been providing wonderful services online, with access to e-books, audio books, a huge selection of online courses, arts and craft activities and so much more.
We’re encouraging everyone to shop local, buy local as much as possible and support our local businesses on the Peninsula. The Shire’s local business directory can help you find the goods or services you need.
While this is all still on offer, you are now able to borrow books again via a click and collect service.
Council is taking action to ensure our community can achieve net zero carbon emissions and prepare for the impacts of climate change.
You can reserve a book online or by calling the library and then pick it up at a designated time. Welcome news for those who love the touch and feel of a real book!
It will be a journey taken together by individuals, households, businesses and visitors as we work towards a sustainable future. Everyone has a part to play and together we can make a difference.
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Shedders ready for new home A NEW, larger shed being built for Western Port Men’s Shed in Sudholz Street, Bittern, will allow members more scope to help schools, charity groups and residents with projects and repairs. The kitchen and social area will allow members to learn cooking skills – especially important for those living alone – as well as being able to mix in a social atmosphere. Members are keen to pass on their skills and help new members with their projects or with community projects. Women’s weekly woodworking classes are held through Crib Point Community House.
President and treasurer Colin Prowd said the shed was expected to be completed by late August or early September. “Members will then be pleased to show interested people around and explain the working of men’s sheds and their role within the local community and in men’s health,” he said. Inquiries regarding membership or group projects can be made by contacting 0447 354 158 or emailing info@wpmshed.com.au or wpmshed.com.au Work in progress: Colin Prowd and Peter Rumble in front of the new Western Port Men’s Shed. Picture: Supplied
Public asked, but councillors to decide pool name Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors are again appealing for the public to help them decide on a name for the $50 million aquatic centre being built at Rosebud. The councillors deferred voting on a short list of names when they met on 26 May, and instead decided to again ask the community. The short list of five names is now being publicised and public comment sought, but the final decision will be made by councillors. In a widely circulated email Cr David Gill stated “the last minute change by council is now also an opportunity
to firmly state that we are willing and proud to have an Aboriginal language name for a major municipal community building”. Cr Gill had previously criticised his colleagues for not making a decision on 26 May, saying the delay followed the belief of some councillors “that they would not get the name they wanted” (“Shire’s ‘ugly’ Sorry Day decision” The News 2/6/20). Not taking the opportunity to endorse an Aboriginal name “has brought an element into council that I never thought would happen”, he said. The short list of names under consideration are: Gunawarra Aquatic Centre; Rosebud Aquatic Centre; Barbawar Aquatic Centre; Yawa Aquatic Centre; and Tides Aquatic Centre.
Gunawarra means black swan, barbawar stingray and yawa to swim. The latest bid to involve the community in naming the aquatic centre follows what the shire’s place director Niall McDonagh described as a “robust process that included community engagement, expert panel review and councillor workshops”. Mr McDonagh told the 26 May meeting that any delay in branding and marketing the aquatic centre would be costly. Cr Gill told The News this added cost could be as high as $200,000. The shire issued a news release last week inviting community input, “… it’s your turn to help us decide … have a say in the name, to contribute to this milestone project”. “It has been wonderful to receive so
much community input on the name and we’re looking forward to coming to a final decision soon,” the mayor Cr Sam Heard said. He later told The News that he preferred an Aboriginal name "one that celebrates the Aboriginal heritage of this area". As the success of the aquatic centre depended on it being widely used its name must also be acceptable by people throughout the peninsula. Cr Heard declined to say which one of the three suggested Aboriginal names he favoured. Cr Antonella Celi, who moved the delaying motion at the 2 May meeting, is quoted in the news release as saying “as the community gets busy voting on a name, there is anticipation building
up in wait for the doors to open at the aquatic centre”. Her fellow Seawinds Ward councillor Frank Martin is quoted as saying he has no doubt the community “will help us again with choosing the perfect name”. While describing what each name represents and quoting the mayor and councillors as looking forward to receiving public feedback, the news release does not specifically state that councillors will be the ones who make the final decision. “The name with the majority of votes will be presented as the preferred name of the aquatic centre, for consideration and final endorsement by the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council,” the release states.
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Honoured for autistic work AUTISM crusader Bianca Jane Appleford has received an Order of Australia Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for “service to people living with autism”. The Rye resident, who has an autistic son, was previously honoured by being named Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Citizen of the Year in 2017 and Queen’s Baton-bearer for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Ms Appleford founded LightUp Autism Foundation in 2012 to introduce improved teaching aids into southern peninsula schools so students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and those with other learning difficulties, could more easily stay happy, and focused, in the mainstream system. The foundation has since been granted charity status and has established successful in-school programs. When her son was at Boneo Primary School Ms Appleford worked with the principal Gill Wright to establish a network of therapy and specialist teacher training programs to assist children emotionally and academically. Her son, now in year 10, had been diagnosed as being on the spectrum at the end of kindergarten. Ms Appleford was determined to make his schooling as normal as possible with active intervention. She arranged for a therapist to work with him which led to a pilot program starting in 2012. “Gill and I looked at different programs across the state to see which would be the most effective and sustainable financially,” she said.
Having a go: Bianca Appleford has been honoured for her work with the Light-Up Autism Foundation. Picture: Yanni
This led to integration aides becoming available at the school to assist autistic children or others suffering various disabilities either in class or in the playground. Light-Up Autism Foundation was up and running. The program has been expanded to assist primary and secondary school students at Rye, Rosebud, Dromana, Padua and Tyabb, as well as to afterschool care groups and those on the NDIS. Light-Up Autism Foundation advocates for 17 students on the peninsula with its programs assisting in their reading, writing and spelling, and also focuses on the emotional side of their education. Parents say it improves their children’s confidence and willingness to “have a go”.
“We look at what’s working for them,” Ms Appleford said. “Sometimes it’s about swapping one [type of] behaviour for another that’s working, and teaching that to them so it’s an easy new response. “The students are now a lot more confident.” Ms Appleford says she is “passionate” about her work and is grateful that the foundation is running so well. She praised the Bendigo Bank for its $10,000-15,000 grants each year. The foundation also raises money through the colourful Light-Up Fun Run 4 Autism; Flinders MP Greg Hunt’s annual 500km walk for autism, and from functions surrounding the lighting up of the McCrae lighthouse. Stephen Taylor
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Mental health charity seeks support Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au A CHARITY set up as a social enterprise wants to open a trauma recovery and mental wellbeing centre on the Mornington Peninsula. The site could be a former hospital or a donated section of a large property. Enveco Health founder Moniquea Spiteri said the organisation had unsuccessfully “approached numerous foundations, applied for grants [which is] the usual process that notfor-profits do…”. “Seed funding and seed capital is the hardest to get [because] when it comes to backing innovation everyone is focused on technology start-ups or others doing the same thing,” she said. Generous philanthropists were hard to find. “We’ve been searching for one for the past six years, or a couple of board members to help us push the project forward.” Ms Spiteri, of Mount Martha, is a qualified somatic psychotherapist and trauma specialist with 15 years’ experience in mental health service system design and delivery. She said the wellness and recovery centre would become a model for “eco-friendly, sustainable living practices and innovation in the healthcare sector”. “With one of the world’s highest rates of suicide, mental ill-health, severe mental illness and mental health-related homelessness, Australia is experiencing a mental health crisis,” Ms Spiteri said.
Site required: Enveco Health founder Moniquea Spiteri is looking for help in tackling a mental health crisis. Picture: Supplied
Research was showing the situation would worsen “after the pandemic”. While looking to find a home on the peninsula, Enveco is also on the short list to buy and reopen a mothballed hospital at Warburton – a former hydrotherapy centre – as its Warburton Well Being Centre. The property was owned by Sanitarium but closed 10 years ago. Ms Spiteri said she aimed to eventually open centres in several suburbs but was often beaten when bidding for suitable sites by developers with “deeper pockets”. This had been the case at the former Mount Eliza hospital site in Jacksons Road. “There is no cure for those who take their own lives, however, we can support those that survive and we can make inroads into prevention,” Ms Spiteri said. “The earlier we intervene, the
more likely we are to reduce mental health problems, including suicide and homelessness, and the social and emotional health problems related to it. “The personal tragedy that many of our supporters have experienced has demonstrated that this facility will become a much-needed relief in the mental health landscape. I am constantly contacted by those who have experienced firsthand the impact that poor mental health and suicide has had on their friends and families. “There is a mentality not to discuss suicide because of the fear of copycats. “Unfortunately, when someone dies there is no second chance, so the only way forward is prevention. “This centre will provide the missing piece to the current mental health crisis and develop a gold standard in mental health care.” Health Minister, Flinders MP Greg Hunt said he supported “any group looking to provide health services for the community”. “I have met with and made representations on behalf of Enveco Health over the years and look forward to their completion of a business case for any preferred site, so that they may appropriately seek funding.” Cr Antonella Celi said that following the Royal Commission Report into Victoria’s mental health system there had never been “a more important time to empower and support diverse trauma recovery models that offer accessible and integrated mental health care services to help people heal, recover and go on to live meaningful lives in their own community”.
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New reefs’ pledge THE state government will spend $1.1 million to “revitalise” shellfish reefs in Port Phillip. Working with The Nature Conservancy, the government plans to establish three hectares of native oyster reef using discarded shells from restaurants. The Nature Conservancy’s $600,000 share of the cost includes $300,000 from the Ross Trust for a new reef in waters off the Mornington Peninsula and $300,000 from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation for a reef at 9ft Bank, off Geelong. “The prospect of a new reef on this side of the bay is incredibly exciting and a win for local fishers and the environment,” Nepean MP Chris Brayne said.
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Official ‘no’ to stopping crab ‘plunder’ Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au FISHERIES Victoria has no plans to ban catching spider crabs despite Rye pier having to be closed on the Sunday night 7 June because so many fishers were targeting the crabs and ignoring social distancing rules. Victorian Fisheries Authority director Dallas D'Silva said six fisheries officers inspected 200 catches over the long weekend and rated compliance rates as “high”. Environmentalists acknowledge bag limits of 30 crabs a person are legal, but say “esky loads” are being stored in cars with the same fisher returning to catch a “new” bag limit. They fear widespread “plundering” of the moulting crabs in their most vulnerable state could lead to species decline. Mr D’Silva was cool on the idea of banning catching crabs during their moulting period from March to July. “There are millions in the bay and they are being fished in concentrated areas only at certain times of the year. There is no commercial fishing ... and they are in no danger of decline.” Footage from Wednesday 10 June showed the remains of up to 80 chicken carcases used as bait in crab nets littering the sea floor beneath Rye pier. The EPA and Parks Victoria are investigating the litter which has the potential to attract sharks into the shallow water used daily by swimmers, snorkelers, free divers and scuba divers, making it an issue of public safety and
marine environment concern. “Many of the fishers seem to have a production line going around the clock with no regard for the need of the animals to complete their moulting process,” owner of Extreme Watersports at Capel Sound Steve Dale said. “There’s a huge fan following of the spider crabs and their natural predators, like the rays that come to feed on them. But now there’s also an emerging practice among the fishers harvesting these crabs to make sure they’re all
taken, even tiny ones that haven’t had any chance to moult. “It’s like watching the supermarket shelves being panic stripped of toilet paper all over again.” Environment activist Mechelle Cheers said: “The ethics of the plundering while the crabs are most vulnerable is not being considered. They aggregate in large numbers to protect themselves but nothing is protected from hedonistic humans.” PT Hirschfield, founder of the
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Aquatic centre name needs to be easily recognisable Before emotion takes over and common sense vanishes, how about establishing a few facts? As a result of a management report presented at Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s 26 May meeting a vote of 6/4 in favour has given ratepayers and residents the opportunity to choose a name for their aquatic centre (“Shire’s ‘ugly’ Sorry Day decision” The News 1 June). Councillors were offered the opportunity to add further names for inclusion. Only one councillor did. Now there are five names, three of which are Indigenous. Page 13 of the report tells us 442 submissions were [previously] collected from the community. A council officer was unable to inform a break down of numbers for a name. In the comprehensive report of nine pages, only three words are stated regarding emergency responders (Page 18). In a press statement an amount of $200,000 has been mentioned as further costs. No amounts listed for various components. Please consider the following: The name needs to be easily recognisable particularly by emergency services. The name *Rosebud* is accepted within the geographic naming Victoria guidelines. *Rosebud* is recognised as a major tourist destination. Avert hurt to any group regarding their language through misunderstandings or misinterpretation, particularly during an extremely sensitive time such as Reconciliation Week. The excellent work to get this project (as at 26 May) on time and within budget has been overshadowed by a couple of comments made during council debate. Finally, no matter the name, the project (when decided by the community) will always provoke controversy. The site is Rosebud. The complex is an aquatic centre with a 50 metre pool. These are the facts. Don’t like any of the proposed names?. Don’t vote. Betty Preston, Capel Sound Editor: The name of the aquatic centre will not be chosen by the community. Mornington Peninsula Shire is seeking public comment on five suggested names, but the name will be chosen by councillors.
Free First Peoples pass I encourage everyone to vote and vote appropriately for a name for the aquatic centre under construction at Rosebud. The facility looks fantastic in the images on Mornington Peninsula Shire’s website. Let’s all have our say on making it look even better with an appropriate name. Gunawarra, Yawa or Barbawar. There are two other names to choose from, but these are a bit pedestrian for such an iconic building. I would also like to put forward that council move a motion that all Aboriginal peoples are allowed free access to this facility. How controversial would that be? Let us all show respect
to First Nations people. Looking forward to the welcome to country and smoking ceremony when the Gunawarra Aquatic Centre is opened and Aboriginal peoples allowing us to use their land for recreational purposes. Janet Street, Mornington
Mammon rules Australians were quick to condemn the destruction of cultural sites in the Middle East by ISIS. I wonder when we hear the outrage of our leaders and, in particular, the Murdoch press, about the destruction of 46,000-year-old cultural sites by Rio Tinto in northern Australia. This act of bastardry needs to be punished, not with a slap on the wrist fine of a few thousand dollars, but with a fine of several hundred million dollars and a ban from any further work on the first nations land. No wonder that people here on the Mornington Peninsula are very scared of the likes of AGL and Kawasaki when it comes to our still halfway decent environment. I believe big business simply can’t be trusted to do the right thing because all that matters to them is their god Mammon. Rupert Steiner, Balnarring Beach
But then we are really just a “democratic dictatorship” where we get to vote for a government that just goes on to ignore why it was elected and pork barrel itself into everlasting power. Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach
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It is confirmed that 200 people at the ABC stand to lose their jobs, many of them from local and national newsrooms. And this is under a government that claims to be creating jobs. The ABC is there for us: in bushfires, during the coronavirus crisis, and keeping local communities informed across the country. The ABC is the most trusted news outlet in Australia, according to multiple polls and surveys. It is essential to our democratic process, keeping Australians informed and united. The ABC no longer covers local sport on TV. Its local production units (other than for news and current affairs) in Adelaide and Perth have been closed, along with five regional local radio newsrooms. Although a $30 million grant to Fox to promote sport has gone without accountability The ABC is there for us. Whether it’s in times of crisis, childhood, social change or personal life stages. It gives us access to the issues that matter most to us, and the issues we need to know in order to participate fully in our democracy. This government continues to play political games by giving grants to marginal seats and trying to silence any opposition to “out them”. It cut domestic violence funding and national parks, froze Newstart, and consigned the neediest to the cashless welfare card while spraying unprecedented billions in “invitation only” grants like the sports rort and community grants rort. As the The New York Times stated, “Australia may well be the world’s most secretive democracy”. Certainly, prosecuting whistleblowers and journalists does not support democratic values.
THE Mornington Peninsula’s new aquatic centre rising above Boneo Road, Rosebud. Picture: Yanni
I would like to nominate our local member, [Flinders MP] Health Minister Greg Hunt, for an AC when the next Australian awards are handed out. Greg has done a fabulous job over the last few months helping us find the way through the [COVID-19] pandemic. Greg has been calm, controlled and at all times on top of his portfolio. I am both lucky and proud to have Greg represent me in Canberra. Bill Holmes, Sorrento
Manufacturing music I read that part of government initiatives to rebuild our economy is to give some help to the entertainment industry, musicians and the like. Pub bands that put the din into dinner. The little money that most of these muso’s make is quickly gone, like a puff of smoke. Surely a responsible government with very much stretched finances and crippling debt, will provide assistance primarily to rebuilding Australia’s essential, wealth generating manufacturing industry, now and during the next decade? Grants, subsidies and protective tariffs. We must acquire the latest machine tools, techniques, technology, licensing agreements with advanced manufacturers overseas and start major manufacturing here. Even an addled brain could see that one single car manufacturing plant produces 1000 home purchases and happy families, income tax, export revenue and a great many other benefits. This plant would use such Australian natural resources as iron, aluminium and copper. To discard such, and import with no alternative industry, would require a great deal of stupidity. Government (ideology) took away all of this,
and more, which we once had, and now government (taxpayer) has to restore it. The politician walks away with a pension. Prerequisite to this massive recovery is the critical need for two things: abundant, cheap, reliable electricity supply, and technical expertise. The re-introduction of technical schools is essential. Now, not later. Hands on experience and expertise in machine tools and methods, knowledge, skills, familiarity and confidence. Mathematics, physics, chemistry suited to education to equip technicians, machine programers, cad/cam designers, tradesmen, and those who go on, via TAFE or university to engineering or other advanced courses. Above all, lessons in music appreciation to be compulsory in all schools. Brian A Mitchelson, Mornington
Say no to China The state government’s endorsement of China’s Belt and Road policy is another step closer to losing our sovereignty. Are we that poor that we need help from a superpower to develop our own infrastructure? The federal government also lacks foresight in protecting Australia’s independence. Many large farms have been sold to Chinese interests and even Darwin’s port, a strategic gateway to Australia, has a 99-year lease to China. COVID-19 has highlighted the value of being economically independent but supportive of other countries. Both federal and state governments should not embrace policies that endanger this. Australians should bear in mind that there is a long history of countries using the pretext that their interests or citizens are threatened in order to place embargos on or even invade other countries. Embracing China’s Belt and Road policy opens the door to this. Henry Kelsall, the Sustainable Future Association, Frankston
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Hastings residents shot by rabbiter Compiled by Cameron McCullough WHILE driving along the Tyabb road with their father in a buggy on November 15, 1919, Frederick Lewis Davis and Benjamin Shersby Davis, orchardists, of Hastings, heard the report of a shot gun from the bush on the north side about two miles from Tyabb, and felt the sting of pellets. Both sons were shot in the eye, and received wounds in other parts of the body. Subsequently a man came out-of the bush carrying a shot gun and a dead rabbit. In the County Court last Tuesday the brothers proceeded against Hecter Henry Swann, carpenter, of Mornington, each claiming £99 damages for the wound he received, alleging that Swann was guilty of negligent use of the shot gun. Mr. C. J. Lowe appeared for the brothers Davis and Mr Magennis for Swann. For the defence Swann denied that he had caused the injuries, or that he had been negligent. On a statement to the police Swann said that he had fired at a rabbit which was running between him and the road, a distance of about 40 yards. Benjamin Davis was awarded $50 damages, and Fred Davis £25 damages with costs in each instance. *** AT last week’s meeting of the Frankston and Hastings Shire Council the report of Messrs Coates and Co., as to the value of the Frankston Gas and Electric Light Works was laid on the table. Cr Latham: What is the report
about? I understood the resolution of the Council was to cancel the concession granted to the Gas and Electric Light Company. Cr Mason said the expert’s report was obtained at the request of the council. The Engineer: A sub-committee was appointed to deal with the lighting question. Cr Griffeth: Is Mr Cook’s letter here today? The Engineer: Yes. Cr Griffeth: Well let us have it. Cr Mason explained that the subcommittee consisted of the Frankston and Seaford Riding councillors. Cr Latham was of opinion that the resolution to cancel should have been carried out. Cr Griffeth said he would like to hear the minute read which gave the committee authority to go on with any scheme of the sort. The secretary said he could not turn up the minute off-hand. Cr Oates: We cannot waste all day looking for minutes. Cr Griffeth: There is no waste about it. It is a question of procedure. I say this committee you talk about exceeded its powers, and I want the minutes to prove it. When was the committee appointed, and with what powers? The secretary read the minutes of the sub-committee meeting, which referred to the letter received from the shire solicitor. Cr Latham: Where is that letter ? The secretary read the letter, dated 7th April, which related to the draft application, contained under the same
cover, to be sent to the Minister, asking that the Order-in-Council made in favor of the Gas Company, be cancelled. Cr Jones: You have made no attempt to carry out the instructions contained in that letter. Cr Latham: The letter holds out reasonable hope of success. Cr Mason said in private conversation with Mr Cook he had been led to think otherwise. Cr Jones: Don’t you think we are entitled to what we ask? Cr Mason: Yes, I have always maintained so. Cr Latham: It is time we looked somewhere else for legal advice. Cr Jones: He holds out hope of success in his letter, and in private conversation says there is no hope. Cr Griffeth: Where has that letter been for the last two months? Cr Howell said it was time finality was reached. The Council had been trying to meet the company but without success. Now that the Council had definitely resolved to have the Order-in-Council cancelled the shire solicitor should exert all his energies in that direction. The electric light question was a big one and vitally affected the interests of the shire. The people had put up with hardship long enough. The company had warned Seaford that no other company could supply electric light within the shire and it seemed that Seaford had to wait the pleasure of the present company. The Council had taken a definite stand and should keep things moving.
Cr Griffeth: It is not the solicitor’s fault. He wrote his letter two months ago. Cr. Oates: It is his fault that we have no agreement. Cr Griffeth: His letter is dated the 7th April. It was not produced at last meeting, and now the sub-committee have switched off and employed an expert to value the plant. Cr Oates: It is easy to pick holes. I want to see others take some responsibility. Cr. Griffeth: You have exceeded your powers. Cr Oates: And jolly well time too. We have carried you quite long enough. We could have arranged with the company as far as Frankston was concerned, but we stuck out in the interests of the Centre and East Ridings We tried to make them take the light to Somerville and Hastings, and you did nothing. Cr Griffeth: What about Seaford? Cr Oates: Seaford is not in it. We tried to get the light pushed on down here. Cr Jones: How could you push it down here when you have not enough for yourselves ? Has not the company been trying to light Frankston without success ? You were worrying all the time about us. (Laughter). Cr Oates: I am glad to see you are awake at last! Cr Mason said the Frankston light could not be called a lighting system. The Council would never have given rights to the company if it was known that the electric light was to be avail-
able for a few hours only each night. In reply to Cr Howell, it was stated that the Order in-Council related only to the electric light. Cr Jones: When the committee got this expert’s report was it with a view to purchase or simply for the information of the Minister? Cr Mason: For the information of the Minister. Cr Howell moved, and Cr Griffeth seconded, that before the expert’s report is sent on to the Minister, together with the application for the cancellation of the Order-in-Council, that a special meeting of the Council be held. *** THE Frankston College is now established, and intending scholars are advised to enrol at once. *** LAST night Cr Oates, Mr Bradbury and Mr E. Barrett were elected trustees for Frankston’s machine gun. *** LAST Sunday morning about 300 sailors of H.M.S. Renown were welcomed at Frankston by the Shire President, (Cr. D. E. Hoban.) The ladies of the Wattle Club distributed fruit and cigarettes, and presented each sailor with a Wattle Club badge. General Monash, who was present with Miss Monash, said he had long heard of the splendid work done by the Wattle Club, and he asked Miss Gregory (president) to convey his warmest thanks to members. *** FROM the pages of the Mornington Standard, 11 June 1920
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By Craig MacKenzie LANGWARRIN and Seaford United will participate in the 2020 league season. The last two local clubs to decide their response to the disrupted season have informed Football Victoria of their decision. Langwarrin president Tanya Wallace addressed the senior squad last week before making the decision to play this year. “All of our players returned and have agreed to play so I’m really grateful for the commitment they’ve shown and for wanting to stick by the club in challenging and difficult times,” she said. “I’m really proud of the way everyone throughout the club has reacted to what needed to be done to allow us to get back training and the staggered approach to introducing different groups to training has definitely worked well for us.” Wallace has spearheaded Langy’s biosecurity education program for NPL and community club coaches and singled out former long-serving senior coach Gus Macleod, technical director of the club’s community junior program, for special mention. “Gus has been great throughout this and he’ll be assisting the community coaches when they all return to training,” Wallace said. Wallace also confirmed that Langwarrin will compete in all four age groups as a junior NPL licence holder – under 13, 14, 15 and 16 levels – and the club was expected to announce the appointment of former player Liam George as under-16 NPL coach. The junior NPL competition completed seven rounds prior to the COVID-19 shutdown and Langy’s previous under-16 coach walked out after just five rounds before taking on a junior coaching role at a women’s NPL club. George’s last coaching gig was at Skye United and he had shunned overtures from other local clubs before deciding to return to Lawton Park. “I had intended to have an educational year and I’d been attending sessions at local senior clubs and connecting with local coaches all with a view to enhancing my knowl-
All systems go: Langwarrin president Tanya Wallace in front of The Gus Macleod Stand at Lawton Park. Picture: Michelle Strachan
edge,” George said. “But I’m a Langy boy and I knew the club was looking for someone so when this opportunity came up it seemed like a really good fit to me.” George currently coaches at Rowville Secondary College and works with former Manchester United and Denmark star Jesper Olsen in the Future Football project. Seaford United president Willie Lynn was the last local State League boss to give season 2020 the thumbs up. His caution was centred on doubts about player numbers but Seaford had a full complement of players at both training sessions last week and only two senior squad players did not train but are expected back this week. “I think it’s important for the club to participate this year and one of the main reasons is that if we hadn’t then next year it would have been harder to get the players back,” Lynn said. “It’s important to keep them going.” In State 1 news Mornington had pencilled in a friendly against Bulleen at the Veneto Club at 1pm on Saturday 27 June. That match was arranged pending expected state government approval of a return to contact training later this month but on Sunday the government announced that full contact training could resume from Monday 13 July. “Well obviously the game’s off now
and we thought we had the next four weeks planned perfectly,” Mornington gaffer Adam Jamieson said. The government announcement included a return to competition date of Monday 20 July meaning the opening of the State League season will take place on the last weekend of July. FV is yet to announce the season format and the structure of the individual leagues as we went to press but speculation was mounting that a number of clubs may decide to withdraw. While local clubs are confident of fielding both seniors and reserves a number of other clubs are rumoured to be struggling to assemble two squads among them Heatherton United, Springvale City and Keysborough. In State 2 news former Mornington and Frankston Pines striker Jason Bradbury who joined Peninsula Strikers from Sunshine Coast Fire in the off-season has returned to Queensland for family and work commitments while Michael Nobbs, Julian Malander and Laban Stringer have not returned to Strikers’ training. “Laban may return but Michael is busy with work and looking to play closer to home with less training commitments,” head coach Paul Williams said. “Julian is still trying to get his body right so he’s looking at a club closer to home and less training commitments too.”
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In State 3 news former Casey Comets and Langwarrin goalkeeper Faraz Zanoozi could join younger brother Hamraz at Frankston Pines. The Monterey Reserve side remains hopeful that it can clinch the signature of striker Matt “Hammer” Hames. Last week Pines announced the advent of their All-Abilities Program which will be sponsored by JD’s Truss Co. Pty. Ltd. The company’s principal is former Pines player and Langwarrin technical director Stephen Fisher. All abilities football provides the chance for people with a physical and/or intellectual disability to directly participate with a local club in a fun, supportive and inclusive environment. The program will start with a free Come And Try Day at Monterey Reserve on Saturday 27 June between 10am and 11.20am. The non-competitive All-Abilities Program will lead to the formation of all-abilities teams for various ages, genders and levels of experience and Pines want to emphasise that everyone is welcome. The 27 June session will be hosted by Pines senior coach Kevin “Squizzy” Taylor and goalkeeping coach Lee Davies and will be conducted in a COVID Safe environment. Taylor holds a B licence and is part of the way through his A coaching licence. He is a former Pines, Seaford, Langy, Mornington and Huskisson Vincentia (NSW) player and has coached Bentleigh Greens under20s, Langy under-20s and held senior coaching positions at Westgate and Seaford United. Davies played at Pines, Altona Magic, Brunei and Marine Castle in Singapore. He holds a level 1 goalkeeping
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licence and has been goalkeeping coach at Pines, White Eagles, Strikers and Southern United and has coached Pines reserves. For further information contact Taylor on 0433 759 220 or register via Frankston Pines FC Facebook Event page. The big news in State 4 is the appointment of Stan Packer as senior coach of Somerville Eagles. He previously was assisting playercoach Dave Greening who stepped down recently and has left the club. “It’s all happened quite quickly and in a sense I’ve inherited the job,” Packer said. “Even though there’s no relegation this year I want to make the squad super competitive and although at this stage we’ve lost Dave we’ve got a couple of players we’re looking at bringing in.” Packer’s assistants are Paul Robinson who also coaches the reserves and Neil Wypor who also is goalkeeping coach. The club is hopeful of welcoming back experienced midfielder Carlo Cardoso. Meanwhile Chelsea had hoped to host Aspendale Stingrays on Friday 26 June at 6.30pm and 8.30pm in friendlies for both reserves and senior squads at Edithvale Recreation Reserve. The club also had hoped to play Lyndale at Lyndale Secondary College the following Saturday at 1pm and 3pm. Sunday’s return to training announcement forced those friendlies to be put on hold pending an official announcement from FV. In player news Chelsea has signed former St Kilda Celts central defender Chris Muir. “Chris is a Scottish lad that has fitted in well with our playing group,” senior coach Carlo Melino said. “He was only at training for a week and made the effort to come to a players’ social event and he has really made himself part of the squad in a very short time. “His professionalism, technical ability, experience and his no-nonsense approach to the game are great qualities for a central defender. “It’s great to have him at Chelsea.”
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By Ben Triandafillou MORNINGTON-based trainer John McArdle has hit a purple patch of form with three of his up-and-coming two-year-old’s breaking their maidens on debut in the past fortnight. Sure Am Invincible, Twain’s Express and So Let’s Toast all came through the same jumpout (Heat 4) at Mornington on Wednesday 27 May before going on to score victories at their respective debuts. In the 1000m jumpout, it was Sure Am Invincible who showed the early toe to lead the heat before her stablemates So Let’s Toast (first) and Twain’s Express (second) swept past the field to runaway with the clear fastest 1000m heat of the morning (1.05.42). The I Am Invincible filly, Sure Am Invincible, was the first of the three to get to the races and got the ball rolling for the stable at Donald on Friday 5 June. The gutsy filly sat just behind the speed before knuckling down late in the straight to score a narrow win over the 1000m. The Helmet filly, Twain’s Express, backed up her stablemates win three days later, with a strong performance at her home track of Mornington under jockey Jamie Mott - who had also steered Sure Am Invincible to her debut victory. Twain’s Express also sat in behind the speed before pulling out in the straight to score a comfortable win over the Jason Warren-trained Confrontational and the Matt Laurietrained Wunambal.
Striking colt: So Let’s Toast breaks his maiden on debut for Mornington-based trainer John McArdle. Picture: Supplied
Finally, the striking So You Think colt, So Let’s Toast, ran home strongly from the rear of the field to land a decisive win at Sale on Wednesday 10 June. He found plenty in the run home despite looking to do a few
things wrong over the 1100m trip. The stable look to have some confidence around their juvenile’s ability with talks of possible Spring targets being floated. Stable representative Brady McAr-
dle said the final victor So Let’s Toast may have one more run before being sent out to the paddock in preparation for a spring return. “We think he’s got spring potential, but we don’t want to push him too
far,” McArdle said. “If he pulls up great, we’ll give him another one and then tip him out, but if he shows any signs, we’ll just wait.”
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MAIN Tuscan Stuffed Pork
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