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BALNARRING residents show their support for the garden that Greg Merlo grew in a public walkway. Picture: Yanni

Red tape crushes a ‘community’ garden Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au A GARDEN at Balnarring where residents could pick their own vegetables, chat with neighbours and learn about plants is no more thanks to council red tape. The garden, along the fence line in a public walkway between properties on Wattle Street, was the handiwork of 82-year-old Greg Merlo who looked after it like his own but was always happy to share its bountiful produce. He and his wife Anna twice a week cooked up pasta for their eight to 10 mainly elderly neighbours from the garden’s tomatoes, eggplants and zucchinis. “It was something that drew the community together,” said Mr Merlo, who before his retirement was

principal of Westpark Primary School at Hastings. “I spent much of last year leaning on a shovel talking to people.” He said the garden “grew by suggestion” with neighbours adding their ideas and helping with the chores and picking what they wanted. It produced 20 pumpkins last year and even had a fig tree. “The local joke was somebody telling me they had taken all my figs,” Mr Merlo said, adding that the vegetables were complemented by a variety of flowers. I’d go outside and it would take me two hours to come back inside. Everyone wanted to have a chat and learn about gardening and, of course, pick some vegetables. “I had hoped to create plots for kids in the area to learn about plants and their care.”

A bout of septicaemia put Mr Merlo in hospital towards the end of last year and reduced outdoor activities. This may have been the catalyst for change because, despite the garden looking “absolutely lovely last October”, the winds of officialdom were about to blow it away. Mr Merlo said a council officer knocked on his door and told him the garden was illegal and had to go or he would face a $2400 fine. “The next minute, a man arrived with a rotary hoe and set to work and now it is gone,” he said. “I was hanging out hoping something could be done, but I haven’t fought it too hard as I have been sick. “However, I really would have loved to have been able to wait until spring.” Neighbours said Crs David Gill and Antonella Celi had supported the gar-

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den as a way of productively bringing the community together. Cr Gill said he favoured a policy opening the way for street gardens in suitable locations despite them being a “vexed issue”. “Quite a few people spoke to me about how they supported the garden and I agree with them,” he said. “We should be encouraging people to do this type of thing. If there’s a policy saying it is not allowed, then we should be changing the policy. “However, once someone makes a complaint the council has to act on it.” The shire’s community safety and compliance manager Shannon Maynard acknowledged the Merlos grew the fruit and vegetables with the “best intentions” but that “concerns … had been raised by several nearby residents”. “The location is inappropriate for a

community garden as it’s at the end of a small residential court, backs onto an arterial road and is a reserve set aside for drainage,” he said. “No fines have been issued … but [they] have agreed to remove the infrastructure they’ve put in place by the end of winter.” Mr Maynard said growing and sharing fruit and vegetables was a “wonderful thing that strengthens community connections”. “We have a range of policies and community information kits to encourage this practice and have a policy of issuing permits to householders wishing to plant on their nature strip,” he said. “We are keen to work with the couple and the broader Balnarring community to gauge the level of interest in establishing a community garden in a more appropriate location.”

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Mayor’s call for lockdown to end Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council has asked the Premier Daniel Andrews to exclude the peninsula from the Melbourne metropolitan lockdown. The mayor Cr Despi O’Connor said the region had no active COVID-19 cases and had experienced only one case in the past 10 months. “We asked the government to consider releasing us,” she said. “It was not a demand; we are just asking for consideration.” One day after the premier was asked by Cr O’Connor to consider the peninsula as being special when it came to lockdowns, police blocked off Tower Road, Mount Eliza to stop people attending a “party” in adjoining Clarendon Drive (“Police turn away partygoers” Page 6). They were also busy booking surfers in Western Port for driving more than five kilometres from their homes in contravention of the stage 4 regulations. Commentators on social media were quick to point out that peninsula people “don’t act differently” to any others. In a letter sent on Friday 13 Au-

gust Cr O’Connor urges the state government to take a “more tailored approach” to easing restrictions on the peninsula to “reduce the negative impact on the personal, social and economic hardship faced by our community; keep our residents safe; give our businesses a much needed boost to start operating again and allow our community the freedoms offered to regional Victorians”. She says using the metropolitan Melbourne administrative boundary to control the spread of a pandemic “does not appear to be based on current health indicators as illustrated when comparing the Mornington Peninsula Shire with regions such as the City of Greater Geelong”. Geelong had reduced restrictions last week due to its classification as a region, despite having active cases. The letter urged Mr Andrews to approach restrictions in the shire in a “more sophisticated manner based on current health indicators across our local government area, not an administrative boundary that has no direct link to the spread of this pandemic”. “This will limit the unnecessary suffering caused across our community resulting from COVID-19 restrictions at times when there are no active cases,” Cr O’Connor said. “We look forward to working with

you and the health department to achieve optimal vaccination rates and the best health outcomes for our community in the face of these challenges and work towards a future when these restrictions are rendered unnecessary.” Cr O’Connor said the decision to write the letter was “not an easy one”. “It took perhaps 24 hours for us to agree on the wording. It was tricky, but our community has called on us to ask and so we have.” Federal government data last week showed that more than half (50.3 per cent) of peninsula residents aged over 15 had received their first jab and that almost a quarter (24.2 per cent) had received both jabs. Nepean MP Chris Brayne said the peninsula was included in the lockdown “due to [it] being highly interconnected with Melbourne”. “If Frankston is in lockdown because of the potential spread, then the peninsula will be in lockdown,” he said. “However, three states of Australia plus the ACT having lockdown restrictions right now isn’t a tragic coincidence. “This is a national failure because of the disastrous vaccine rollout. We need to be offered the opportunity to be vaccinated so we can get on with living our lives.”

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AGL allies at odds over charity laws Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au TWO of the Mornington Peninsula’s most prominent environment groups fear changes to federal government regulations will have a punitive backlash on the type of actions they successfully used to stop AGL’s plans for a gas import terminal at Crib Point. Changes to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act give the charities commissioner, Gary Johns the power to shut down charities for breaching the Act or for suspecting that a breach might occur. Save Westernport’s secretary Julia Stockigt and the secretary of Westernport Peninsula Protection Council Sandra Milne have asked Flinders MP Greg Hunt “to do everything in your considerable power” to stop changes to the charity laws that could see proceedings taken against registered charities “for the most inconsequential or unintentional perceived offences, such as inadvertently blocking a footpath”. The two secretaries fear “some of the more enthusiastic actions of our members … could see our sister charity organisations [which have collaborated with Save Westernport and the WPPC] deregistered, even where those actions occurred without the endorsement or knowledge of the organisation”. Mr Hunt, the Minister for Health and Aged Care, who joined the two community groups in opposing AGL at Crib Point, said the charity laws were being strengthened “to ensure

ENVIRONMENT groups fear footpath-blocking protest like this one in Spring Street, Melbourne could lead to the federal government deregistering aligned charity groups. Picture: Julian Meehan that Australian charities that engage in or use their resources to actively promote unlawful behaviour face enforcement action”. “Charities that engage in unlawful activities such as vandalism, trespassing and assault undermines public trust and confidence in the charities sector,” Mr Hunt told The News. “Australians are incredibly generous through their support and donations

and expect that a charity’s resources are directed towards charitable works. “These regulations ensure charities doing the wrong thing, including actively promoting illegal activities, can be stripped of tax concession and other benefits.” In their letter to Mr Hunt, Ms Stockigt and Ms Milne expressed thanks for his “contribution and support” to the three-year anti-AGL campaign but

said proposed changes to the charity laws “are causing grave concerns in our community”. “If enacted, the proposed regulations have the capacity to profoundly disadvantage community based, not-for-profit groups and charitable organisations, threatening them with reprimand and even deregistration for the most inconsequential or unintentional perceived offences, such as

inadvertently blocking a footpath,” the secretaries said. “We are deeply concerned that under the proposed changes to the regulations, some of the more enthusiastic actions of our members, or of those merely associated with the groups that collaborated during this necessary campaign, could see our sister charity organisations deregistered, even where those actions occurred without the endorsement or knowledge of the organisation. “The regulations would deliver an onerous and thoroughly undemocratic impact to community-based organisations.” They quoted Community Council of Australia chair, Tim Costello as saying: “Giving the charities commissioner powers to shutter a charity for a minor offence by a member is the equivalent of the electoral commissioner having the discretion to deregister the Liberal Party because a party member damages someone’s lawn when putting up a sign.” The secretaries said the federal government had previously committed itself to reducing red tape, but the changes to the charity laws were “a far cry from that aim”. “Adequate laws and regulations already exist to respond to any legitimate breaches of the Act.” The secretaries said they were writing on behalf of Phillip Island Conservation Society, Southern Peninsula Indigenous Flora and Fauna Network, Save Western Port Woodlands, Save Arthurs Seat, Preserve Westernport and Peninsula Preservation Group.

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Drawing conclusions over quarry for 50 years ARTIST Sharyn Madder turned back the clock recently to recall an anxious moment more than 50 years ago. At the time the Frankston student was so horrified by plans for a quarry on Arthurs Seat that she drew a cartoon, right, that was published in the The Frankston Standard. “I only remembered the cartoon when going through my mum's clippings,” Madder, who has kept her passion for nature as an artist who specialises in environmental education to teach children about conservation, said. She says the cartoon is relevant as the Ross Trust, owner of Hillview Quarries, is proposing a new, larger “Botanic Gardens-sized” quarry on Arthurs Seat. “The quarry will be 800 metres from Red Hill Con-

solidated School and will destroy pristine bushland that’s home to koalas and threatened and endangered species,” Madder said. “When the proposal came out I just couldn't believe we were back here again. “After more than 50 years it seems we haven’t moved on much and we aren’t valuing the environment more.” Madder went back to the drawing board to pen a new cartoon, left, depicting the Ross Trust’s plans. “I hope the cartoon will help people understand what they are going to lose if this quarry goes ahead, and how important it is to protect the little pockets of bushland that remain down here,” she said. “People are busy going about their lives and not paying too much attention until it’s too late.”

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IT is lockdown No.6 and one year since Hastings-based photographer Celia Furt warned against feeding junk food to birds. Furt was out with her camera again last week to show that not much has changed. “The photos tell the same story as last year: people during lockdown feeding junk food to the pelicans and seagulls,” she said. “However, the difference is that last year the signs weren't up as the fishing pier at Hastings was in the middle of being rebuilt and was closed off to the public. “Despite the signs, people are careless, they are still feeding human food to the birds. “I know that it feels like fun raising such a feeding frenzy among the birds but, at the end of the day, people are just poisoning them. Birds cannot digest bread, fries, pizza and whatever else people are feeding them. “The food birds cannot digest gets stuck in their throats and crops, and they die a terrible death. “Birds can literally fall from the sky.”

Port fined over foreshore clearing Cameron McCullough cameron@mpnews.com.au THE Port of Hastings Authority has been fined $20,000 at Frankston Magistrate’s Court for unauthorised vegetation removal in February 2020. The 7200 square metres of foreshore cleared was adjacent to the Crib Point jetty. The port authority was prosecuted by Mornington Peninsula Shire Council after the authority failed to gain approval for the clearing. The court was told that representatives of the Port of Hastings Authority and power company AGL - which planned to establish a now-abandoned gas import terminal at the jetty - had met with a council arborist in mid-2018 to discuss removal of some vegetation around the boundary of the property. The authority then hired a contractor to remove virtually all the vegetation from the site, leaving a few significant trees. The shire was told in late February 2020 of the clearing and subsequently inspected the site. Marita Foley SC, for the Port of Hastings Authority, pleaded guilty to a single charge and, in arguing for a reduced fine, said that the contractor had gone beyond the scope of works required, and that the clearing had been done to mitigate bushfire risk. The shire’s legal representative, Luke English, stated that “the claim … that the offence results from a lack of oversight by the contractor … is just simply wrong". “This doesn't fall on the contractor's feet. It is the lack of oversight,” Mr English said. He said a permit would have been required from the shire if the vegetation clearing had been done to mitigate the threat of bushfire. However, a permit had never been granted. The magistrate noted that the hearing saw “one instrument of government was taking action against another instrument of government in front of a third arm of government”.

GALLERY TALK Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is gearing up to launch our Spring Festival of Drawing – featuring a series of exhibitions focussed on drawing including expansive wall drawings by eleven contemporary Australian artists and a two week school holiday program for kids and adults. For the first time at MPRG, the gallery walls will be completely transformed by artists Penny Evans, Emily Floyd, Tony Garifalakis, Julia Gorman, Yuria Okamura, Jason Phu, Kerrie Poliness, Cameron Robbins, Gemma Smith, Lisa Waup and Jahnne Pasco-White.

CLEARING at Crib Point has resulted in a $20,000 for the Port of Hastings Development Authority.

Ms Foley conceded it was a case of negligence. The authority was fined $20,000 and ordered to pay $6000 to the shire in legal costs but did not record a conviction. In response to questions from The News, Port of Hastings Development Authority Malcolm Geier, provided the following response from “a spokesperson”: “We acknowledge that more should have been done to oversee the works undertaken by our contractor during bushfire mitigation works in early 2020. “A bushfire risk assessment has been undertaken, with work on a bushfire management plan underway. “We will put this plan in place before the 2021/22 bushfire season to reduce risk of bushfires and help protect the community and environment near the Port of Hastings.” The spokesperson did not say if the contractor had been paid for the clearing work near the jetty.

One of the artists, Cameron Robbins, has created a solar powered drawing instrument which draws graphite directly onto the gallery’s foyer wall. Inspired by the lunar eclipse, this wall drawing will accumulate each day, forming thousands of consecutive lines. Also, part of part of MPRG’s Spring Festival of Drawing is a new project called Collection+, that pairs newly commissioned work by leading artists represented in the MPRG Collection alongside international artists. Collection+ features new work by trailblazing artist Jess Johnson with one of the pioneers of the pop art movement Sir Eduardo Paolozzi.

Visit the MPRG website later this month or sign up to the Gallery’s e-newsletter to find out more about our Spring Festival of Drawing school holiday program. We have a range of programs for all ages, including a geometric line drawing in chalk with Kerrie Poliness and printmaking workshop with Emily Floyd and much, much, more. In September, families will be able to pick up our free ‘MY MPRG’ kids activity booklet designed by Melbourne artist, designer, and illustrator Beci Orpin. This activity book, aimed at primary school aged children will support a fun and engaging experience at the gallery. From home, you can also check out kids’ creative activities on our website, listen to a podcast with an MPRG-exhibited artist, or do a linocut workshop with renowned printmaker David Frazer. We hope to see you back in the Gallery soon. MPRG Gallery Director Danny Lacy

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Party vibe makes light work of jab

Jab time, fun time: Balnarring Medical Clinic coordinator Simon Spalding, with Dyreen, Traci, Dr Sarah Romilly, Ruth, Melinda and Natalie inside the tent where patients wait after their jab. Picture: Gary Sissons

A BIG welcome, flashing fairy lights in a marquee, lollies, party music and a positive vibe make patients at Balnarring Medical Clinic feel good about taking their COVID-19 vaccine. St Macartans Primary School principal Colleen McGreal is one of them. “The clinic has a party atmosphere making patients feel good about getting their jabs,” she told The News. “After being asked how you are feeling, there’s a cheer when it’s announced your 15 minutes is up and you can go. “Of course, all the rules of physical distancing and mask wearing are followed. “There was certainly an upbeat vibe last night when I was there. It was a celebration of being vaccinated, a bit of fun and a sense of, we’ve got this.” Simon Spalding, coordinator of the clinic in Balnarring Road, said the marquee had been set up due the lack of space in the waiting room where patients could wait safely and be immunised. He said businessman Steve Hodgson had arranged for carpeting to be laid within a day of the room opening while Dr Paul Muirden and his wife Vanessa and their family had helped set it up and decorate it. “We have music and sweets for the immunised while they wait,” Mr Spalding said. “We do around 200 jabs a week of AstraZeneca and have been vaccinating Saturday afternoons and during the week and will be very busy until midSeptember. “All of our staff are immunised and have been working weekends to get our community vaccinated.” Mr Spalding said the response from patients had been “great” with more than 84 per cent of patients aged over 60 fully vaccinated. “We are waiting for supplies of the Pfizer,” he said. “So far only a third of GP clinics in our division of general practice who have applied are getting small supplies of Pfizer. “However, quite a few younger patients are making the decision to go ahead and have the AZ after talking it over with their doctor. “GPs, nurses and administration staff all over Australia are adapting their clinics in many different ways to get Australia vaccinated and are the backbone of the vaccine rollout. We are proud to be part of this.”

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POLICE closed a 100-guest house party in Mount Eliza on Saturday and spent much of the day patrolling surrounding streets turning potential guests away. Sergeant Daniel Patton, of Mornington police, said sound and stage equipment for the illegal gathering had been set up at the private house in Clendon Close, off Tower Road, on Saturday 14 August. The house backs onto the Mt Eliza Ashram, in Tower Road, and it is believed guests had been instructed to park in that property’s car park. After hearing about the proposed party on Friday night, police began their patrols early on Saturday as guests began arriving and “turned away lots of cars”. Around 10 invitees were issued $200 fines for not wearing face masks and a “couple of people” fined $1817 for being beyond their five kilometre limit. All were then turned away. The homeowner, 44, was fined $200 for failing to wear a face mask and is being investigated for the more serious charge of refusing to comply with a direction requirement which carries an $1817 fine. “Police were there all day,” Sergeant Patton said. “At least half a dozen were there for their entire shift and had blocked off all areas where party-goers could have been expected to park.” Sergeant Patton said the host was a “known agitator and protester” against COVID-19 restrictions. Coincidentally, ashram followers were being urged on Saturday night to join an online celebration of Divya Diksha. Stephen Taylor

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Banned for speaking out about animal neglect Mornington Peninsula Shire loves to silence people who speak out about their animal shelter. I was a volunteer at [the Mornington] animal shelter and was banned from working there because I spoke out about the neglect of the animals in its care. I currently post the animals for adoption and those that are impounded, and I have also set up a cheap pet desexing and microchipping program for financially disadvantaged residents. In its domestic animals’ management plan, the shire promised these initiatives, but of course nothing has happened. Surely these are jobs the paid council staff should be doing with the money they make from our pet registrations, impound fees, release fees and pet fines. Due to speaking out about the pound, the shire has now banned me from its Facebook page, which I can no longer see online or comment on. I have been abused by council staff and their friends and relatives on Facebook many times. Screen shots of this abuse were sent to the CEO and the mayor, but I have not received any response, despite this council having an employee code of conduct. This council has also denied me the right to speak for three minutes at a council meeting, which is allowed at many other councils. Trying to gain access to this ratepayer pound is almost impossible, when looking for your lost pet. They will cite COVID (even when not in lockdown, and the libraries and service centres are open) and quarantine, to not let you in to check if your lost pet is impounded. Isn’t the role of a shelter to reunite pets with owners and to re-home unclaimed pets? The shire should hold its head in shame. Rosy Fischer, Mornington

Making headlines Cr Anthony Marsh is not backward in putting himself forward. In his first term in office he has managed to be a headline act in our local paper on at least four occasions. An urgent motion to have our Lord’s Prayer removed from council meetings (“God struck off agenda” The News 12/7/21). Councillors approved an $8000 director’s course for Cr Marsh. Cr Marsh nominates himself as council delegate on the Bass Park Trust, where apparently, he is not wanted. Cr Marsh nominates himself as small business champion. At the most recent council meeting in July, he is quoted as saying “it was unfortunate that the tensions are targeted at me. I don’t get what the problem is” (“Champion’ for small business” The News 10/8/21). Perhaps therein lays the answer. The fact is, as a new kid on the block, he has yet to prove his ability to his peers and to the constituents he represents, which is why his qualifications for his latest role were called into question, no doubt resulting in a tense council meeting. It is one thing to be ambitious and another to have your ambitions accepted by all. Councillors may well be looking over their shoulders to see “what next”. Beverley Treloar, Mornington

Challenge plan Is the Mornington Peninsula Shire completely out of touch with the majority of residents in proposing a significant and life changing planning amendment: Planning Scheme Amendment C219morn? As everyone I have spoken to is horrified to learn of this proposed planning amendment especially the proposed 23 per cent increase in population and multi-storey unit developments along the Port Philip coastline. The current infrastructure - space on beaches, narrow one to two-lane lane road, lack of parking - cannot handle the current population, especially in the summer and holiday times. I urge every resident to object to [the planning amendment] otherwise, if such amendment proceeds in its current form, the peninsula will soon be suburbia and changed forever. Rowan Clark, Mount Eliza

Gold standard Those magical (and legal) 120 minutes of getting out of the house to exercise are like gold for many of us trapped down on the ‘Ninch. But now, someone down here rightly deserves a huge pat on the back and some media recognition. Hell, even a gold medal. No, they’re not a local champion from the Tokyo Olympics, although having recently watching our Aussies was another welcome relief and distraction from lockdown. I don’t know who exactly should get this medal, but they have certainly put a smile on the faces of hundreds of peninsula locals. Their achievement? The resurfacing of our beloved (but often maligned) Bay Trail. Finally, the Tootgarook to Rye section of this shared pathway has received some overdue love, attention and investment. No longer a risky venture with wide cracks, exposed tree roots, crumbling edges, but now a delightful asphalt avenue to appreciate as we can roll, walk and glide our way to two hours of pure escapism from our locked down abodes. Do yourself a favour people, head out and celebrate this now magnificent, beautifully resurfaced trail but, more importantly, let’s find out just who deserves some credit. Peninsularians(?) all want to show their thanks. Dan Mason, Tootgarook

Footpath fail There are no footpaths on either side of Nepean highway to get to shops or recreational walking from Dromana holiday village. I have seen young mums with prams and elderly people with walking frames having to walk in the bicycle lane. I was walking in the bike lane and a police van pulled up and asked me to please not walk there as it is dangerous. I have contacted Mornington Peninsula Shire Council and, in their opinion, it is not a priority. The local councillor David Gill toed the council line - we are obviously not the nob end of Red Hill. Nepean MP Chris Brayne, while sympathetic, said this was a local council issue. Do we have to wait until someone is run down before something is done? Geoffrey Ball, Dromana

Centrelink ‘win’ Flinders MP [and Health and Aged Care Minister] Greg Hunt has proudly announced on Facebook that the Centrelink office in Mornington will not be closed by his government. Wow, not doing something is now counted as some kind of achievement. I guess if you were the minister responsible for the vaccine rollout stuff up you would probably view sweeping your driveway as a noteworthy achievement. Ross Hudson, Mount Martha

Mixed messages In times of crisis, incompetent leaders are a liability. The Liberal federal government’s epic failure to implement adequate quarantine facilities has proved this, to our detriment. If adequate facilities had been built immediately, it would have saved many lives and billions of Australian taxpayer dollars. With a model like [the Northern Territory’s] Howard Springs built in each state, lockdowns (which have all been caused by breaches from hotels) could have been avoided. In my opinion the Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared to be unable to grasp the danger of shared air for more than a year while insisting that hotels were an adequate solution. Even after numerous lockdowns caused by hotel breaches. Then there is the problem of the vaccine strollout. According to a media report by Callum Foote (1/6/21): “Pfizer had allegedly offered Australia priority options for the vaccine in July 2020. According to [Flinders MP and Health and Aged Care Minister Greg] Hunt, the government rejected the offer citing “medical advice”, deciding instead to back the AstraZeneca vaccine. According to Bill Bowtell, UNSW Adjunct

Professor of Strategic Health Policy: “We could have had 40 million doses by the start of January, and the same coverage rates of adults as seen in the US, UK and Israel.” Sources say the government could not have possibly decided on “medical advice” because it wasn’t available at the time. The medical advice – the USFDA’s approval of Pfizer – didn’t occur until the end of 2020.” If this report is correct, I want to know why Hunt rejected the offer of vaccines from Pfizer? I believe both Hunt and Morrison owe us an explanation. I won’t hold my breath, but I do hope people remember these epic failures when the election rolls around. Vicki Sullivan, St Andrews Beach

Climate inaction What an embarrassment our PM really is. When a supposedly good Christian like Scott Morrison stands in front of the media and waffles on about not doing anything about the dire state of our planet after the quite frightening report by the IPCC about the warming of our planet. His deputy, the other good Christian Barnaby Joyce, was even more delusional about our need to act on climate change. He keeps saying I want to see the plan; I want to see the costing of the plan. Has it not occurred to him that the plan needs to be formulated by the government he’s a part of? The government that he’s the deputy of and has done little up to now. On the contrary, they’re spruiking the myth of carbon sequestration and dirty hydrogen as if that actually is a working solution to the planet’s, and our, dilemma. If the LNP has a death wish for its members and supporters, I and half of the population of Australia are not lemmings that want to follow them to a gruelling slow death and everlasting singing of hallelujahs . I would have thought a real leader of people would govern for all and make a bit of an effort to make it possible for our kids and grandkids to have a chance of some sort of liveable future. Shame on them all. Rupert Steiner, Balnarring Beach

Flying the flag The flags show on the mast in Sorrento are flying correctly as it has a gaff arm (“All a flutter over flag protocol” Letters 10/8/21). In the Flag Act it says, “On a flagpole fitted with a gaff, fly the Australian flag on the gaff, which is the position of honour”. Norm Kaye, Safety Beach

Flag is correct I was and still am involved with the Sorrento Portsea RSL and at the time of the installation of the yardarm at the top of the hill on the Main Street, Sorrento we had a lot of comment regarding the Australia national flag not being at the highest point on the yard arm (“All a flutter over flag protocol” Letters 10/8/21). After consultation with RSL Victoria and following correct flag etiquette our understanding of the situation is as follows: When displayed on a flagpole fitted with a yardarm as the one in Sorrento is, with a flag of a sovereign nation or a state flag and the yardarm is fitted with a gaff, then the flag on the gaff has the position of honour, although the national flag is then lower than another flag flying from the peak as is correct in the photograph accompanying the letter. The tradition originated on the days of sailing ships and was designed to keep the flag from the ship’s rigging I believe that the way flags are displayed on the yardarm at Sorrento is indeed correct. Michael Jeffreson, Blairgowrie

Correct display Before criticising the volunteers to attend to the raising and lowering of the flags at the entrance to Sorrento some fact checking should have done (“All a flutter over flag protocol” Letters 10/8/21). The pole in question has a gaff rig. If a flag pole is fitted with a gaff, the Australian national flag should be flown from the peak of the gaff, which is the position of honour, even though the Australian national flag is then lower than the flag flying from the top of the flagpole. Not a mistake by someone who is not aware of the order of precedence, or some woke council person, but locals who are aware of the protocol for flying the Australian national flag. C Granger, Sorrento

Gaff over flags There seems to be confusion about the Sorrento flag pole. There are no jack staffs on the pole. A jack staff is a small flag pole on the bow of a ship, hence irrelevant. I think the writer means the horizontal arm is a yard arm and the angled arm is a gaff. His protocol is correct for poles without a gaff. For poles with a gaff the Department of the Prime Minister states in its official guidance for displaying Australian flags that the national flag is to be flown from the gaff even though it is not the highest point. Only the national flag should be flown on the gaff. This is a British tradition going back six centuries to King Henry VIII and adopted by Australia. To say it is a woke idea and illegal is absolute nonsense, The Sorrento flags are flown in their correct position. Warwick Harper, Blairgowrie

Open inspections When Victorians buy, sell or rent a property, they are making some of the most significant financial decisions of their lives. And, as a result, it’s imperative they’re informed and have had opportunity to undertake critical due diligence. Inspecting homes is a fundamental aspect of property transaction due diligence. Without it, buyers and renters are flying blind, and sellers and rental providers aren’t able to position their asset at its best. Lockdown regulations that ban property inspection by private appointment are creating an unnecessary burden on the property market, impacting aspiring homeowners and mum and dad investors. Most critically, they’re stopping many people from being able access rental properties so they can put a roof over their heads. With the inevitability of more snap lockdowns until a COVID-19 vaccination target is reached, the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) is calling for the Victorian government to remove this unnecessary and onerous restriction and allow the sector to get on with essential business. Private inspections can be held safely. In doing so, the state will benefit through more job security for the tens of thousands of property sector employees. And, of course, the government’s own coffers will be bolstered by the return of property taxes. The fact remains that many tenants will not be required to repay waived rents and a number of others are unlikely to have the capacity to repay any deferred rents in the near term, or if ever. Tenants and owners must be supported. Suffocating a sector with unnecessary rules is impacting the health, safety and mental wellbeing of the community and we shudder at the thought of potential longer-term consequences. Gil King, CEO Real Estate Institute of Victoria

Climate friendly vegans The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) only issues its report every five years, and the latest one has just landed. The results are devastating, but not surprising for anyone who has turned on the news and seen the unprecedented bushfires, heatwaves and droughts, floods, coral bleaching and storms ravaging our planet, which will all continue to intensify in the near term. Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, nations agreed to hold global warming to well below two, and preferably under 1.5 degrees, compared to pre-industrial levels. The IPCC now says Earth is likely to get close to or reach 1.5 degrees in the next decade. We are on track for three degrees of warming which will create catastrophic effects across the planet – more severe weather events, a global refugee crisis and disastrous impacts on the world economy. There is little time left to avoid 1.5 degrees of planetary warming. While governments are slowly and often unwillingly starting to tackle energy policy, UN climate change reports have consistently called for us to do something easy and effective: eat less meat. The IPCC describes plant-based diets as a major opportunity for mitigating and adapting to climate change through reduced methane production and reversing land clearing for grazing or fodder. Going vegan is the best way each of us can help avoid the looming environmental catastrophe. It will improve our health and save billions of animals from wretched lives and agonising deaths. Mimi Bekhechi, PETA Western Port News

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12,000 Acres Supports 50,000 People Compiled by Cameron McCullough “TRAVELLER,” Frankston, shows what can be done under a system of intense culture: To the Editor. Sir, The visitor to Frankston indeed must be struck with the display of fine fruit, vegetables and other farm produce offered to the highest bidder as the market day comes round. There the frugal housekeeper without the middleman, may provide supplies to keep the family in clover until the next current cash falls due. The grower here has to be content with what he can get in the local market according to supply and demand. The Mornington Peninsula has a great future. Nature has done much for it, and left the rest to man. Yet it is strange how few settlers have made it their home. The bush, sea and mountain air makes it a delightful place of residence, and its proximity to Melbourne, with good train service, should place it within the ambit of the busy city man. Frankston has a very fine golf course and a round or two on the links once or twice a week should help to keep the doctor from the door of the erie. The bush and scrub land, properly cleared and tilled, should support a small colony of active yeomen, the mainstay of all prosperous communities. The old type of settler at the back of beyond the Dividing Range has made room for the modern man. He thrives on wheat, but it takes a small fortune to start a going concern DECKING

today. An island, 12 x 6 miles, in the English Channel turns over a yearly revenue of much more than £1,500,000 out of tomatoes and potatoes alone. The land under intense cultivation does not exceed 12,000 acres, yet it has a population of 50,000 souls and about 2000 farmers. *** TOMORROW night’s programme at the Frankston Pictures will include Mitchell Lewis and Fritzie Brunette in Holman Day’s story, “King Spruce,” and Ann Luther in “Neglected Wives.” The serial “Bride 13” will commence its screening on Wednesday, August 24th, when the supporting features will be Eileen Percy in “The Husband Hunter” and William Farnum in “Drag Harlan.” *** THE new villas erected at Somerville by Messrs Arthur Thornell and Bert Gomm are now completed, and are quite a credit to the builders and an ornament to the district. *** THE death of Miss Rose Hannah Gould, daughter of Mr and Mrs T. M. Gould, Nolan St, Frankston, took place at the Alfred Hospital on Sunday last. The funeral took place at Frankston on Tuesday, when the Rev. A. P. McFarlane officiated at the graveside. *** THE late Mr W. C. Bell, whose death occurred recently at Dunolly, was the father of Mr Chas. L. Bell, of Frankston. ***

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worthy object – the Methodist Church Honor Board. *** AT yesterday’s city pig market, the entries of Mr J. Bradbury, of Frankston, topped the market; one pen of 5 baconers realising £8 11s 6d and another lot £8 10s. *** LAST Friday evening, at Langwarrin, a farewell social was accorded ex-Cr Berry, who is leavins the district. There was a good attendance, and Mr William Cain, who presided, handed the guest a set of engraved pipes. Messrs J. Clarke and H. Gamble spoke in felicitious strain in endorsing Mr Cain’s remarks. *** FIRST Association Football The last of the home and home matches will be played tomorrow. Carrum and Somerville will meet at Somerville, and in the event of Somerville winning, the minor premiership will have to be decided on the percentages. Mornington goes to Dromana, who, with Naval Base, are definitely out of the finals, whilst the Base plays at Hastings. If Hastings lose – and it is difficult to see how they can be defeated – Hastings and Frankston will be still level in points, and the percentages will decide who is to have fourth place. Victory by Hastings, however, puts Frankston definitely out. *** From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 12 August 1921

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CONSTABLE Robert Dyball, of the Frankston police, has been transferred to the Kiewa district. It is understood the transferrance signifies promotion. *** THE little son of Mr and Mrs J. H. Williams, of Hastings Road, Frankston, recently cut his leg with a slasher, and had to have 22 stitches inserted. *** MR and Mrs A. Samuels, who have taken over Seacombe House, Carrum, formerly resided at Esendon. They propose renovating Seacombe House throughout, and making it one of the finest tourist houses on the bayside. *** AT the last meeting of the Shire Council, Cr Griffeth stated that owing to the pressure of private business on his time he was not seeking re-election at the coming elections. He said that while in the council he had enjoyed himself thoroughly (Laughter) and although he had attacked one of the officials he had done so from a sense of public duty and had no personal feeling in the matter. He expressed good wishes to all the councillors and officers, and only hoped the quarry would yet prove the success some had said it would be. (Laughter). The Shire President, and Crs Oates and Murray expressed regret at Cr Griffeth’s retirement. *** HOLY Trinity Church, Hastings, was the scene of a very charming wedding

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RYAN LEE WINS FRANKSTON ARTS CENTRE OPEN EXHIBITION PRIZE 2021 RYAN Lee has taken out top honours in the Frankston Arts Centre Open Exhibition Competition 2021 with his stunning video artwork ‘Wonnarua’. Frankston City Council Mayor Kris Bolam said “The Open Exhibition Competition is a major annual arts program delivered by Frankston City Council, which provides artists with the opportunity to address a chosen theme through their choice of medium. “Whether it is a painting, sculpture, photography, video or textile – this year’s artists have explored the theme Change – inspired by pivotal global events, the theme was open to broad artistic interpretation and could be approached from a personal, social, historical, aesthetic or climatic perspective. “We acknowledge and thank everyone who has been involved in the exhibition competition, including the artists and Guest Judge Simon Lawrie, who is Curator at McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery and selected this year’s winner.

In selecting Ryan’s artwork, Mr Lawrie said: “Wonnarua captures well how things change at different speeds and often out of step with each other – while threatened by the industrial exploitation of traditional lands by non-Indigenous inhabitants, the cultural identity of the Wonnarua Nation remains strong.” Ryan’s prize includes an exhibition and Opening Event at Frankston Arts Centre in 2022 and a cash prize of $1,000. Ryan said: “I'm absolutely chuffed to see Wonnarua selected as the winner for the 2021 Frankston Arts Centre Open Exhibition. It was amazing to hear curator Simon Lawrie's reflections on the moving image work and to see that the intended messages are being taken on board. I'm looking forward to sharing these messages further when exhibiting the work next year at the Frankston Arts Centre.” Western Port News

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By Craig MacKenzie MORNINGTON and Frankston Pines are on the verge of securing promotion. In the worst case scenario that Football Victoria calls off the remainder of the 2021 season due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions then both local clubs will be playing in a higher league next season. Last week FV announced an NPL competitions restructure for 2022 increasing NPL2 from 12 to 14 teams which will see Langwarrin contesting a 26-game season. A strong rumour is that A-League clubs will be placed in NPL2 along with promoted clubs from NPL3. It’s unclear what impact this will have throughout lower leagues especially in State 1 South-East which only has 11 teams and is expected to revert to a 12-team competition next season. However, last week’s announcement confirmed that at least two teams from State 1 South-East will be promoted to NPL 3 meaning Mornington is within touching distance of a much cherished goal. “I’d be absolutely rapt if we secured promotion as it’s something we’ve aimed at for a long while now and I think we are just about ready,” Mornington head coach Adam Jamieson said. “We’re at that point where we’re building a group of players to get to that level and it would be a disaster for us not to get up after all the work we’ve done. “I’d be devastated if we didn’t get ourselves up and it would be the second time in a few years that that’s happened to us. “We won a championship a while back and they took promotion off the table and now this year we’ve been top or second throughout the season. “I think there are about 10 points between us and the third-placed side so we’d really have to chuck it not to finish in the top two.” Jamieson and the club’s football department is wasting little time in preparing for life in the NPL and he has no doubts that his squad is up to standard. “Yes I think we’ve got an NPL squad. “Don’t get me wrong, we’ll have to add one or two and we’ve been talking to a couple of players already from overseas.” And while Jamieson looks to the future so too does Frankston Pines counterpart Kevin “Squizzy” Taylor who’s side is eight points clear of the chasing pack in State 3 SouthEast. State 2 holds no fears for Taylor. “I think we’ll be competitive,” he said. “It will definitely be a challenge because

it’s a big step from three to two and I’d say we’d need to add a few players to give us more depth but we’re capable of that.” Both Taylor and Jamieson have heard talk that FV could scrap relegation for State Leagues but if the state body chooses that course it will surprise the Pines boss. “After last week’s announcement I think it would be hard to relegate in the NPL and not in State Leagues but you never know,” Taylor said. “It will be interesting to see what happens with all the games that remain unplayed because I think realistically there’s less and less opportunity of playing them. “I’ve heard that FV is keen to play rounds 10 and 11 so that every team has played each other at least once but it remains to be seen whether that’s possible. “The situation in State 1 and State 2 is really unclear as we don’t know how many vacancies they’ll have. “Previously if there was an extra vacancy created (in State 1) then it wouldn’t automatically go to the third-placed State 2 side in that same region (South-East) but would go to the third-placed team in both South-East and North-West with the highest points but they may not do that this time.” If the season cannot be completed then FV’s competitions department is faced with the prospect of making crucial calls regarding final standings throughout the leagues. In some overseas jurisdictions whose seasons were similarly impacted by the pandemic various forms of the points-per-game (PPG) method have been applied to reach an outcome regarding promotion and relegation.

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And we may be forced to at least consider that method. They could do worse than turn to Taylor who has put his pandemic time to good use producing a modified PPG table for four leagues that involve some local clubs including his own. “The simplest method I could come up with was to take the number of points you’ve got divided by the number of games you’ve played then multiplied by the number of

games you’ve got to catch up.” Taylor also has compiled tables for NPL2 and all State Leagues involving local clubs and based on the pandemic putting a full stop on the current season now without taking into consideration outstanding games. Based on applying just two-up promotion to this basic PPG Mornington and Pines remain the only local clubs to go up. Meanwhile the four-match suspension handed down to Somerville player-coach David Greening after his send off in the club’s last State 4 South match in July could effectively end his season. That of course depends on whether or not Victoria navigates a path clear of the current virus outbreak. Despite Somerville lying second-bottom in the league Greening says that relegation still won’t come into play. “We were never in danger of relegation,” he said. “Relegation this year was the bottom team in South versus bottom in East playing off to see who might be relegated. “Dingley’s withdrawal (from State 5 South) means they would take that spot and keep the bottom in East up. “In my opinion it should be two up two down as it keeps things alive so hopefully they’ll revert back to that if we ever get another full season.”

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