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STREAMERS and cheers saw the launch in Japan last week of the hydrogen carrier Suiso Frontier, scheduled to arrive in Hastings sometime in 2021. The state and federal governments have each [put in $50 million to extract hydrogen gas from brown coal in the Latrobe Valley to be shipped to Japan as a “clean” fuel after being turned into liquid at Hastings. The greenhouse gases extracted from the coal during the initial pilot scheme will remain in Australia. Economic Development Minister Tim Pallass aid the ship “forms a critical part of the Andrews Labor government-supported Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) pilot project, the largest hydrogen demonstration project in the world. “The pilot has the potential to put Victoria at the forefront of the fast-growing hydrogen industry, expected to be worth $2.5 trillion globally by 2050,” Mr Pallas said. “HESC will create 400 jobs in the Latrobe Valley and Hastings regions across the life of the pilot – with thousands more expected should it progress to the commercial phase. “Hydrogen is considered the low-cost renewable fuel of the future and could help reduce carbon emissions in Australia and around the world.” “Ship another link in hydrogen ‘chain’” Page 7

Koalas need plan to survive Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au THE state government is being urged to protect wildlife on the Mornington Peninsula and throughout Victoria. Koalas top Mornington Peninsula Shire’s list of wildlife concerns and it wants the government to set up and finance a koala survival master plan for Victoria. The shire has asked the state’s other 78 municipalities to pressure the

government to “safeguard koalas and other threatened species from extinction”. It has also called for assurances from Energy, Environment and Climate Change Minister Lily D’Ambrosio that powerboats will continue to be banned on Devilbend Reservoir. Cr David Gill said the reservoir was a “key international classified biodiversity area” where conservation values had already been diminished

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by the introduction of trout and allowing kayaking. He said 50 wetland bird species – including blue-billed ducks, whitebellied sea eagles and migratory birds from the Northern Hemisphere – would be at risk “if the fishing lobby succeeds in making Devilbend another powerboat fishing ground”. “It is more important than ever that we show Victorians care about the protection of nature,” Victorian National Parks Association’s execu-

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The shire’s move to protect koalas also followed a public meeting in July called by the Main Creek Catchment Landcare Group where Deakin University’s senior wildlife and conservation biology lecturer Dr Desley Whisson spoke about “Absent without leaf: koalas on the Mornington Peninsula”. Cr Gill said statistics showed a decline in koala populations on the peninsula, with “large decreases” at Merricks Beach, Balnarring and Somers. Continued Page 8

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THE Moorooduc Highway, Western Port Highway and the Frankston Freeway are among roads to be equipped with wire rope barriers next year in a bid to prevent lane change, head-on crashes and run-off-road crashes. They are among roads around Melbourne set to receive about 340 kilometres of the contentious barriers on high-risk roads adding to the 2300 kilometres already installed. The upgrades are part of the $1.4 billion Towards Zero road safety strategy. About $226 million of upgrades will begin in 2020 in a concerted bid to tackle the soaring road toll. Minister for Roads, Road Safety and the TAC Jaala Pulford acknowledged “an absolutely devastating year on our roads, with 246* people losing their lives, which is why it’s so important we continue installing proven safety infrastructure to build a safer network”. (*The death toll had reached 249 by Thursday 5 December after a horror crash on Nepean Highway, Seaford. A Mt Martha woman was killed and two others taken to Frankston Hospital for treatment. A man was arrested at the scene by an off-duty police officer and next day charged with dangerous driving causing death.) In addition, 1600 kilometres of rumble strip line marking will be rolled out across the state to alert drivers if they begin to accidentally veer out of their lane. About 117 rural intersections will receive rumble strips, signage and line marking, while more side-road-activated-speed technology will be installed at high-risk sites to slow vehicles down to a safer speed while someone is waiting to turn onto the main road. Fully controlled right turns will be installed

at the traffic lights at 12 intersections to prevent risky turns across traffic, or while pedestrians are still crossing. Fifteen regional towns will receive speed humps, small roundabouts and intersection upgrades at dangerous roads, while another 90 towns will receive eye-catching signs and linemarking at entrances to remind drivers they are entering a town and need to slow down. There have been 249 deaths on Victorian roads this year, up from 198 deaths at the same time last year. Stephen Taylor

Summer recycling HOUSEHOLD recycling bins will be collected weekly on the Mornington Peninsula from Monday 16 December until Friday 31 January 2020. Mornington Peninsula Shire issued a news release saying it was “working hard towards a cleaner peninsula and encourage our community to reduce, reuse, recycle”.  Recyclables should not be placed in plastic bags and can also be taken free to resource recovery centres at Rye, Tyabb and Mornington and hoppers at Dromana, Sorrento and Flinders. Items that can be recycled include aluminium and steel cans and foil; rigid and solid plastic items, such as children’s toys, kitchen ware, cups and drink bottles; pots and pans; wrapping paper and envelopes; cardboard, newspapers and magazines; milk, juice and soft drink bottles; glass bottles and jars. Recyclables too large for the bin can be taken to a rubbish tip (Rye, Mornington and Tyabb) or hopper (Sorrento, Dromana and Flinders) for free. Visit: mornpen.vic.gov.au/recycling

Vandals, dumpers add to rate bills Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au THE cost of cleaning up after vandals and illegal rubbish dumpers is costing Mornington Peninsula ratepayers $1. 5 million a year. This amount includes about $400,000 on repairing, repainting and restoring buildings, council furniture, signs, parks, roadsides and natural systems. It costs a further $300,000 to remove graffiti. The largest amount – $800,000 – is spent taking illegally dumped waste to the tip. Infrastructure services manager Jessica Wingad said the infrastructure maintenance team removed 32,000 square metres of graffiti a year. “We do see a spike in both vandalism and graffiti in all school holidays and this is across the whole shire and not one particular area.” Jackie Herron, of Hastings, told The News she had “noticed with much sadness that the feral vandals of Hastings have been on the rampage again”. “A few weeks ago, our shire council took the trouble to plant trees along Queens Road, Hastings. Within a week they had been ripped out. These trees were planted to replace trees that had suffered the same fate from these idiots several months ago,” Ms Herron said. “What kicks do they get out of vandalising other people’s property and scrawling eyesore idiotic rubbish everywhere? Why? “Our shire council has spent a few

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million dollars of taxpayers’ money to beautify this area, but these morons want none of it. Again, why? “Please do not tell me they are bored. Hastings has a beautiful park to play in, bike paths, bike and skateboard ramps, swimming pool and lots more. We

have beautiful local beaches. Most of these kids/youths would have the use of the latest technology and computer games.” Ms Herron said Hastings “has a wonderful well-stocked library” and drawing pads, pencils and paints were

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cheap. There is absolutely no reason to be bored. “And please, [don’t use] the ‘underprivileged’ label. These vandals would have no idea what the word means. They are not venting anger, but the selfish attitude of destructive pleasure.” Ms Herron said her sympathies were with Jet Nye, of the Kings Creek Hotel, Hastings, who last month offered $1000 for information leading to the conviction of the serial graffitists. Mr Nye said a “massively popular post” on the hotel’s Facebook page “has reached nearly 6000 people and had 18,000 in engagements”, including identities of alleged vandals. “The community has really gotten around this story as it seems the whole area has been negatively affected by the tagging,” Mr Nye said. Sorrento Early Learning Centre was hit by young vandals, Saturday afternoon 26 October. The youths jumped the high fence into the play area, broke into the storage shed and “generally got into mischief, throwing stuff around, removing the bikes and riding them around the car park”, Sorrento Community Centre manager Heather Barton said. “They were in danger of being hit by cars, destroying stuff, and using seats as Frisbees.” Women doing their shopping called the police and took pictures on their phones. In one photo a youth is seen climbing onto new shade sails “recently erected following lots of fundraising”.

SUMMER’S official fire danger period started on Monday, coinciding with the week’s predicted high temperatures and dry conditions. The CFA-announced fire restrictions will last until 1am Monday 1 May and include a ban on any burning off without a permit, including on roadsides. Lighting fires or solid fuel heaters and barbecues is illegal if a total fire ban day is declared. Fire danger ratings and total fire ban status of all area with Victoria are available at cfa.vic.gov.au, or by calling the VicEmergency Hotline on 1800 226 226. Mornington Peninsula Shire issued a news release residents should “ensure they are aware of and comply with fire restriction conditions”. “Lighting of fires during the declared fire danger period should be reported to police by calling triple 000 – the shire cannot enforce open air burning during this time,” the shire stated. “When the risk of bushfire is high, CFA will be on full alert, however it isn’t possible to give personal warnings to every home or person.” The shire’s advice to keep track of any danger from fires included listening to ABC 774 AM radio, keeping in contact with neighbours, letting others know if you are travelling and having a bushfire survival plan. Further advice is available from the VicEmergency hotline, 1800 226 226 and check emergency.vic.gov.au for current warnings. For information on what is allowed and not allowed during the fire danger period and on days of total fire ban visit cfa.vic.gov.au/can.

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Aboriginal health clinic’s call for help ‘rejected’ Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au A GROUP that offers health care to the 6000 people in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula identifying as being Aboriginal or Torres Strait islander is in dispute over federal funding with Health Minister and Flinders MP, Greg Hunt. Mr Hunt says the First Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing organisation received $779,000 this year. However, First Peoples Health and Wellbeing’s medical director Dr Peter Walsh says no money has been allocated by either the state or federal government for the organisation’s recently opened clinic in Station Street, Frankston. Mr Hunt said organisations could apply early next year for help in expanding “the coverage of the Aboriginal community-controlled health sector, which will look at relative national need and will follow appropriate processes to ensure transparency in future funding decisions”. He said a new finance model was being developed for existing Aboriginal community-controlled health sector organisations. “This model will distribute $90 million in primary health care funding under the Indigenous Australians’ Health Program fairly and transparently, based on activity levels, the cost of delivering services and relative health need.” “Applications from the First Peoples Health and Wellbeing and other eligible services providers will be consid-

ered as part of this process.” Dr Walsh said a “detailed application made at the request of Minister Hunt’s senior advisor, specifically to fund our Frankston site … was rejected by the minister last week without explanation”. He said the federal health department’s first assistant secretary, Gavin Matthews, had sent a letter stating that First Peoples Health and Wellbeing “is not eligible for funding under the model at this point in time”. “This has subsequently been confirmed during multiple follow up meetings, despite the $90 million extra in funding [for Aboriginal health services]. This brings in to question the [Mr Hunt’s] commitment to the health of the 6000 Aboriginal community members of the Mornington Peninsula and surrounding areas.” Dr Walsh said the $779,000 mentioned by Mr Hunt was “residual federal government funding our parent organisation Access Services for Koories has received for over 10 years”. “It was designed to fund a manager and four outreach workers. Since changing the focus of our service to primary health care clinics, no increase in funding has been received, despite the massively increased cost of running our Thomastown service. “For comparison, the average urban Aboriginal medical service receives $2.2 million per site, meaning our Thomastown clinic is underfunded by two thirds. “Our Frankston clinic has never received a single dollar from the state or federal governments.”

First peoples’ Health and Wellbeing CEO Karinda Taylor said the Frankston clinic provided “culturally appropriate, comprehensive primary health care”. She said it was “heartbreaking” not to receive any federal money for the clinic. “Since we opened, we have been booked out and desperately need even a small amount of funding to be able to continue to provide the comprehensive health care that the community in this area need and deserve,” Ms Taylor said. Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke said he had “made representations” on behalf of the clinic to both the state and federal ministers. “It is my understanding that the clinic opened in Frankston under a commitment of funding from the federal government prior to the [May] federal election, which has not been delivered,” he said. The Labor MP for Dunkley Peta Murphy described the First peoples’ clinic as “a needed service” and hoped Mr Hunt would see the importance of it being financed before it “is forced to close”. “It is extremely disappointing that the federal Liberal government has declined to fund the Frankston clinic, despite representations from me, the clinic and the local Aboriginal community,” she said. By last Friday 1300 signatures had been added to a petition “demanding” the state and federal governments provide more money to the First Peoples Health and Wellbeing organisation.

Help needed: At the First Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing clinic in Station Street, Frankston are, from left, Dr Peter Walsh, Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke, CEO Karinda Taylor, Stevie-Lee Ryan, Dunkley MP Peta Murphy and Erin Manderson. Picture: Supplied

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Ship another link in hydrogen ‘chain’ Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au A SHIP to carry liquified hydrogen from Hastings to Japan was launched in Kobe on 11 December. Kawasaki Heavy Industries says the 8000 tonne, 116-metre-long Suiso Frontier, pictured right, is the world's first liquefied hydrogen carrier. The ship will be fitted with a vacuum insulated double-shelled tank and is expected to be finished by late 2020. The launch and anticipated completion of the Suiso Frontier is timed to coincide with completion of a plant in the Latrobe Valley to extract hydrogen gas from brown coal which will be tuned into liquid at Hastings for export to Japan (“Start on Latrobe Valley hydrogen supply” The News 3/12/19). The liquification plant now being built in Bayview Road, Hastings is scheduled to be completed by June 2020. The state and federal governments have each contributed $50 million towards the $400m Japan–Australia Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain Pilot Project being undertaken by a consortium of Japanese companies. Kawasaki Heavy Industries last week issued a statement that said the Suiso Frontier was part of a supply chain to ship liquefied hydrogen produced in Australia to Japan. “Hydrogen is gaining popularity as a key next-generation energy source to combat global warming,” Kawasaki stated. “It does not emit CO2 or other greenhouse gases during use, and expected applications include power genera-

tion, fuel cell vehicles and more.” Kawasaki and its consortium partners had “the goal of making hydrogen just as common a fuel source as petroleum and natural gas”. “This organisation has … been pursuing technological development aimed at building an energy supply chain enabling economical and reliable sourcing of hydrogen in large volumes. “In addition to this latest liquefied hydrogen carrier, a liquefied hydrogen unloading terminal is being built

in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, and a brown coal gasification facility is being constructed in Australia.” The plant to extract hydrogen gas from brown coal is being built at AGL’s Loy Yang mine in the Latrobe valley. In its statement, Kawasaki said it is “pursuing this hydrogen business as part of its efforts toward sustainable development goals”. In 1981, it was the first Asian company to manufacture a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, and now “as the

world's first company to complete a liquefied hydrogen carrier it will further its efforts toward achieving a hydrogen society”. The Australia Institute late last month said the federal government was basing its predictions for the export of hydrogen on flawed data. A report published by the think tank said official figures produced for Japan and South Korea “vastly exceeded” the figures being used by the Australian government.

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Koalas need a survival plan Continued from Page 1 Cr Gill said Dr Whisson had told him it had been rare to find “breeding mother koalas” in recent years. “I think they are in decline because of disease, loss of habitat, human interference - including koala proof fencing of properties – and an increased number of dogs and cars,” Cr Gill told The News. “We need a master plan to coordinate efforts, including scientific research into diseases; develop bio links between reserves and remnant bushland, including planting koala trees, like manna, swamp and peppermint gums. “Community education is also vital on matters like koala friendly fences, retention of koala hotspot trees where koalas return on a regular basis and keeping dogs away from koala pathways

between trees.” At its 26 November meeting council passed a motion calling for greater protection of koalas on the peninsula and around the state. It plans to hold a public meeting to discuss the plight of koalas and will invite “all relevant politicians, groups and experts to participate”. A committee will be formed to “investigate not only the koala situation, but also other threatened flora and fauna species” on the peninsula. The shire will ask municipalities throughout the state and the Municipal Association of Victoria to take similar action “to find answers to safeguard koalas and other threatened species from extinction” and pressure government authorities “to make this issue a priority within their organisations”.

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Cars ‘jump’ red lights at school MORNINGTON MP David Morris wants the state government to declare a highway school zone outside Balcombe Grammar School, Nepean Highway, Mount Martha. He says there are “credible and disturbing reports” that cars are ignoring pedestrian lights near the school entrance. “While the school has funded and installed pedestrian lights to assist in crossing the highway, there are credible and disturbing reports that numbers of cars are jumping the red light,” Mr Morris said. “All too often in these situations it is a case of waiting until an accident happens before any action is taken. I do not want that to be the case

at Balcombe Grammar. “I raised this issue a number of years ago in Parliament, and I was told at the time by the then minister, that the address of the school was not Nepean Highway. That was a convenient, ludicrous cop-out. “The buses that serve the school run along Nepean Highway, and for students arriving in the morning from the north or departing in the afternoon to the south, it is necessary to cross a busy road.” Mr Morris said Balcombe Grammar should have a school zone the same as provided on Nepean Highway at Mornington and Mount Eliza.

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BOB Bolch will be chairman of the Mornington Peninsula Branch of Justices for the next year. Mr Bolch was installed by Sergeant Craig Davis, of Frankston police, at the annual general meeting of the justices on 4 December. Eric Sangwell is treasurer and Peter Fulton, secretary. The peninsula JPs are among 3750 volunteer justices of the peace in Victoria, with many working at the 98 document signing centres at police stations to take affadavits and statutory declarations and signing about 1.5 million national and international documents a year, including powers of attorney. Signing stations attended by peninsula JPs operate from police stations at Frankston, Mornington, Rosebud, Hastings and Carrum Downs. To find your nearest JP between Christmas and New Year or anytime call 1300 365 567.

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Hot rods, classic cars and vintage bikes ‘cruisin’ to Crib Point ON Sunday the 5th January 2020, Crib Point will be hosting its Annual Classic Car and Bike Show, commencing at 10:00am. Come out to enjoy a great family day, with food and BBQ catered in the Arthur Petersen Reserve by the CRABS Motor Cycle Club. All money raised by this BBQ will be donated to cancer research. There will be market stalls and entertainment. Matty’s Bar and Bistro will put on a great spit luncheon with salad. Enjoy a drink in the beer garden while listening to a live band, and enjoy wine tastings hosted by Matty’s Bar and Bistro. Last year the inaugural Crib Point Classic Car Show was a huge success with over 120 vintage machines of all persuasions, making the annual pilgrimage to Crib Point. It was a great family

day out with lots of vintage motorbikes and classic cars, including models from all eras for enthusiasts and collectors to view and talk to the club owners at the same time. While in Crib Point, wander down to Stony Point, where it boasts great views across Western Port, with a large working Fishing Pier and Ferry Services to French and Phillip Islands. There is also the Stony Point Caravan Park and a walking Boardwalk from Jacks Beach, Crib Point to Hastings, taking about an hour each way. The Crib Point Classic Car and Bike Show is at 204 Stony Point Road, Crib Point. Phone: (03) 5983 6206. Facebook: Crib Point Classic Car Show.

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RENEE Pollock, of Toorak College, with one of the works from her Trilogy of Tranquility series entered in January’s Mornington Art Show.

Showing the young at art WORKS by students from Toorak College, Mornington Secondary College and Balcombe Grammar are all again featuring in January’s Mornington Art Show. There is a series of photographs by Toorak student Georgie Kerkhoff called “Rose coloured glasses” and Renee Pollock, also from Toorak, has printed on silk her “Trilogy of Tranquility”, her view of the purity of nature. Amber Jeffrey from Mornington Secondary College has entered several small portraits in various mood poses done in pencil. Students from Balcombe Grammar

have submitted works representing several genres, including a fabric cactus piece by Soleil Stern. The annual show run by Mornington Rotary Club, entering its 48th year, will be held 16- 26 January at the Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilsons Road, Mornington. There will be more than 800 works on show. The art show has raised more than $1.1 million for international and Mornington community projects. About 60 per cent of the money raised since its beginning in 1972 has been spent on a range of local Mornington projects.

Projects supported by Mornington Rotary include: n The eradication of polio worldwide. n Financing a medical team to go overseas to operate on cleft lips and cleft palates. n Bushfire relief. n The Sailability program for disabled at Mornington Yacht club. n An intensive care bed at the Bays Hospital, Mornington. n Clean water filtration systems for schools in Bhutan. n Local “youth-based” support programs.

A safe New Year for all Mornington Peninsula Shire is working with emergency services to ensure the southern peninsula remains family friendly on New Year’s Eve. The following restrictions apply over the NYE period: • • • • • • •

There will be no planned events (including fireworks) on foreshore reserves Alcohol bans apply in public places from 30 December to midnight 1 January A person must not possess or discharge fireworks; fines will apply Flares to be discharged in an emergency only Rye pier car park closed from 4pm on 31 December Rye pier closed from 6pm on 31 December Complimentary one way shuttle bus service departing from Portsea at 10pm, 31 Dec, followed by Sorrento at 2am, 1 Jan dropping patrons off only through to Dromana

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New leader at the lodge KIM Wright was installed as the new master of Balnarring Masonic Lodge on Friday 8 November. He is pictured, centre, during the ceremony. The lodge, which meets at Balnarring Community Hall recently donated $5000 to Balnarring pre-school, $2000 to Red Hill Cricket Club and $2000 to the Hastings Police senior citizens’ register. Lodge secretary Ron Fauvel said the aim of its 30 members was to “make good men better”. “We foster benevolence and charity, but two subjects are banned from discussion: politics and religion,” he said.

Unassuming banker a green wedge warrior OBITUARY

Barry William Leslie Ross 30/1/1943-7/12/2019 Banker, surfer, conservationist By Mike Hast BARRY Ross played a major role in the protection of green wedges in Melbourne’s southeast including Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula for almost two decades. He was a conservationist for more than 40 years. As long-time secretary of Defenders of the South East Green Wedge, part of the Green Wedges Coalition, Mr Ross was the bane of many a developer. Mr Ross, who died in his sleep on Saturday 7 December aged 76 after a long battle with oesophageal cancer, provided a sharp edge to the Defenders in the state’s planning tribunal, VCAT. He challenged dozens of cases in the tribunal, many successfully, as he fought to keep green wedges free of housing estates, industrial buildings and depots, and waste transfer stations. Barry Ross was born in Richmond in 1943, the eldest son of Hugh and Alys Ross. Hugh, a salesman, served in the military during the World War II, and Alys worked in retail as well as raising Barry and younger brother Hugh Jnr, who died in his teens. After the war the family moved to Edithvale where Mr Ross acquired a lifelong love of the beach and bush, later becoming a keen surfer. He attended Mordialloc High before joining ES&A bank, forerunner of ANZ,

Dauntless defender: Barry Ross on his birthday in 2014. Picture: Supplied

where he worked for 39 years, retiring in 1998. His first conservation activity was opposing subdivision of Rossdale golf course at Aspendale in 1976. He joined Port Phillip Conservation Council and Friends of Edithvale Wetlands. Later he helped the wetlands gain a Ramsar listing to protect migratory bird habitat.

By day he was an unassuming banker, by night and at weekends he was a conservation warrior. The Defenders was founded in 2001 as more and more developers eyed off the green wedges in Greater Dandenong, Kingston and Frankston municipalities. The state government passed laws to establish the urban growth boundary

and set green wedge zones in December 2003 but there were exceptions for certain industries including waste storage as well as grey areas in special use zones Mr Ross’s first-ever VCAT appearance was to oppose a service station on Frankston–Dandenong Road at Bangholme, rejected by the tribunal in April 2002.

Between 2001 and 2015 he fought 28 cases in the VCAT and won 11. He was made a life member of the Defenders in 2011. Mr Ross’s wife Christine said Barry worked hard even when he was very ill. “He would sit in his armchair with his laptop and crack hardy [put on a brave face]. He went to fewer meetings in recent times, but his productivity was undiminished.” The couple was married for 38 years, first living at Seaford before moving to Hampton in 2012. Both Christine and son Sean helped Mr Ross with his projects, which they called his “green matters”. Last week, colleagues and friends praised Mr Ross and his work. Rosemary West, a Kingston councillor and Green Wedges Coalition coordinator, wrote online: “We pay tribute to his courage, tenacity, integrity, decency and ability to fathom complex legal and bureaucratic matters.” Fellow Defender Alan Hood said: “He was always calm under fire; I’d be emotional and letting fly at developers; he’d be calm, organised and deadly.” Green wedge advocate and former Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor Leigh Eustace said: “Barry could dissect a planning application and find its weaknesses. He helped people and groups opposing green wedge incursions on the Mornington Peninsula. He helped write the shire’s first green wedge management plan in 2006.” Mr Ross is survived by his wife Christine, their son Sean and grandson Arlo, and son Stewart from his first marriage.

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Workers benefit economies of two countries

By David McCord, Long Island Point Plant Manager. This year, we have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of energy production from Bass Strait. Our Gippsland operations have been a nation-building endeavor providing energy to fuel economic growth as well as billions of dollars of revenue for government coffers. We could not have achieved 50 years of success without the support of our community – a community we are proud to be a part of. Esso has always been committed to being a valued corporate citizen and making a positive contribution locally. Recently, I had the pleasure of joining a team from Long Island Point in a Day of Caring event at Olivers Creek Reserve in Tyabb. Despite the hot weather, we were determined to help locals remove weeds from this beautiful bushland reserve. Thanks go to the Tyabb CFA, who provided amenities and a cool place for the team to sit and have lunch. Esso also supports employee volunteering through Volunteer Involvement Program (VIP) grants, whereby employees can nominate the community groups with which they volunteer to receive a $1,000 grant. This year, we distributed grants to more than 80 community groups – including schools, kindergartens and emergency services organisations like the Somers Primary School, Tyabb CFA, Crib Point Junior Football Club and Mt Martha Life Saving Club, just to name a few. Thank you for your support in 2019. I wish everyone a safe, enjoyable holiday period and I look forward to working with you all in 2020 – the 50th year of our Long Island Point facility. I can be reached at communityANZ@exxonmobil.com if you would like to learn more about our operations.

THE 24 seasonal workers from Timor-Leste were welcomed at Sunny Ridge strawberry farm, Main Ridge by Samuel Soares, first secretary of the Timor-Leste embassy in Canberra. Pictured on the workers’ arrival are, from left, Tim Rodgers (Friends of Lospalos), Colleen Hammond, Marius Boarta (Sunny Ridge national harvest manager), Patsy Marshall and Tanya Fisher (Linx Employment TAS), Sam Soares, Graham Pittock (Friends of Lospalos deputy chairperson), Mark Sterling and Cr Hugh Fraser.

BUSINESS ties with the Mornington Peninsula are helping the economies of Australia and Timor-Leste (East Timor). Last month (November) 24 people arrived at Sunny Ridge strawberry farm, Main Ridge from Timor-Leste to work for the next six months. They are being employed under the federal government’s seasonal worker program

facilitated by the Timor-Leste embassy's liaison officer Lucy Rodgers. There are 1400 Timor-Leste seasonal workers throughout Australia and their overseas earnings contribution to the Timor-Leste economy is greater than its coffee export cash crop, according to Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Cr Hugh Fraser.

Pump bringing sand to beaches A DREDGE pulled up off Rosebud beach and earth moving machinery arrived onshore last week to pump sand onto depleted beaches. The works will see 20,000 cubic metres of sand taken from offshore sandbars to renourish two beaches. Rosebud West beach is impassable at high tide and beach boxes have been undermined, while the Bay Trail boardwalk has been washed by waves east of the pier. Further south, work has ended and the beach has been fenced off for the summer break before work resumes in February repairing sandbags at the eroded Portsea beach (“Millions poured into beach sand” The News 10/12/19). At eroded Mount Martha North, beachgoers are awaiting supplies of sand from Mount Martha South.

The latest supply of sand comes curtesy of a $1.5 million election promise by Flinders MP Greg Hunt, although the state’s Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning sees it only as “a short-term measure”. Sand has also been washed away from Safety Beach where early summer storms have also pushed over wooden fences at the beach. Mornington Peninsula Shire’s property works manager Nathan Kearsley, said “failed sections of rock wall” at Safety Beach would be repaired in the new year, including “remediation of eroded sections of foreshore”. He said $250,000 was included in the shire’s 2019-20 capital works budget for the repairs.The fence would also be repaired.

Words: Keith Platt; Picture: Yanni

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“This [work at Sunny Ridge] is a very exciting development with the mutual contribution that our Timorese friends can make to the peninsula and Timor-Leste economies,” Cr Fraser said. “We are all looking forward to the ongoing welcome of our Timor-Leste friends to the peninsula community."

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To arrange your site inspection contact David Nelli 0403 111 234 or at the office on 5979 2700 Email: david@peninsulaparklands.com.au mpnews.com.au

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ON THE COVER

A MODERN CLASSIC THAT EMBRACES ALL THE ELEMENTS DESIGNED to impress with an elevated outlook that maximises the coastal vistas, this property combines a desirable location with superior craftsmanship to deliver first-rate living. Showcasing a handsome timber exterior, the home is at one with the natural bush surroundings where the low-maintenance native vegetation and manicured gardens provide seclusion to most parts of the 789 square metre block. An exceptional design and expert transformation are the hallmarks of the home which offers its superb outlook through floorto-ceiling glass panels. There is internal entry from the double garage to an impressive foyer with three bedrooms branching off from here. All have built-in robes and in addition to the main bathroom the larger master bedroom has a striking ensuite where you can soak away the day in the large bathtub all while enjoying the relaxing view. There is a useful home study space and bedrooms one and two access their own timber decks. The bright and functional upper level has a splendid open plan zone highlighted by timber floors that complement the breezy coastal aesthetics perfectly. Large windows fill the space with light and the welcome combination of casual and formal living includes a comfortable dining area and a much larger lounge room with gas log heater. A sleek, fully integrated kitchen features an island bench with dishwasher, there is an under-bench oven with gas hotplates plus a fantastic mirrored splashback. From either zone you can step out to the large first floor balcony that will comfortably host alfresco dining in privacy and style. With close proximity to Number Sixteen Beach and all the shops, schools and cafes of nearby Rye, you simply cannot go past this outstanding property for its location and class.n

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ADDRESS: 56 Bruce Street, RYE FOR SALE: $1,050,000 - $1,155,000 DESCRIPTION: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 4 car AGENT: Anastasia Arvanitakis 0414 267 830, Shoreline Real Estate, 2361 Point Nepean Road, Rye, 5985 0000 mpnews.com.au

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BITTERN

$487,000 - $535,000

IMMACULATE, PRIVATE AND SPACIOUS • 3 bedrooms; master with walk in robe and ensuite • Spacious open plan living and dining with gas log fire • Kitchen with quality appliances and plenty of storage • Paved rear courtyard with room to move • Double lock up garage

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$665,000 - $678,000

MODERN LIVING AT ITS BEST

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• 4 bedrooms; master with large walk in robe and ensuite • 3 living areas including formal lounge • Ducted heating plus two split system air-conditioning units • Large modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances • Large undercover alfresco entertainment area • Double garage

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$465,000 - $485,000

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$339,000 - $349,000

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$1,490,000 - $1,590,000

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CENTRAL, QUIET AND SPACIOUS • Two bedrooms • Open plan living area • Separate dining area • Kitchen with plenty of bench/cupboard space • Single lock up garage • Courtyard at rear

THE ULTIMATE LIFESTYLE PROPERTY • Massive 43 square home on 3.3 acres (approx) • Two ensuite bathrooms + powder room • Open-plan family meals area opening to alfresco • Floating floors, carpets to bedrooms and tiled bathrooms and laundry. • 9” vaulted ceilings in foyer

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PRACTICAL, SPACIOUS AND PRESENTABLE • Three bedrooms; master with WIR & en-suite • Light and bright open plan living and dining area • Kitchen with plenty of bench/cupboard space • Gas ducted heating, reverse cycle cooling • Outdoor patio • Double lock up garage

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SPACIOUS FAMILY HOME • 4 bedrooms; master with WIR and ensuite • Separate living areas with open plan dining • Spacious kitchen with premium Bosch appliances • Outdoor alfresco area with cafe blinds • Double garage with extra parking for trailer • Established gardens and fruit trees

LUXURY VILLA IN THE HEART OF BITTERN • 3 bedrooms, main with FES & WIR • Caesarstone bench tops & s/steel appliances • Ducted heating & refrigerated cooling • Undercover alfresco area • Timber decking overlooking landscaped gardens • Spotted Gum timber floors & wool blend carpets • Close to shops and transport

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• Perfect for retirees or first home buyers • 3 bedrooms; main with ensuite and walk in robe • 2 separate living areas • Spacious open plan kitchen with s/steel appliances • Double garage with internal access • Gas ducted heating and split system air-con

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Meet Karen & Wendy

With over 40 years com bined Real Estate experience, local M ornington Peninsula residents, Karen Taylor & Wendy Gillies bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to their roles at Century 21 Hom e Port.Â Having successfully owned their own agencies, Karen & Wendy are certainly no strangers to hard work and understand the im portance of building a genuine relationship with their clients based on trust, empathy and care. Rest assured, when you choose Karen & Wendy to represent you, that you are working with true professionals, who will be with you every step of the way. For an exceptional Real Estate experience call Karen & Wendy today.

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AGENTS CHOICE

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28-40 Colemans Road, Carrum Downs

The Best and Last Industrial Land in Carrum Downs

ELEGANT FAMILY LIVING THIS brand new residence by Cahill Building Group puts the art in state-of-the-art living with its leading design, bespoke finishes, coastal chic and exceptional accommodations for any family. At its heart is a stunning open plan living and dining zone set beneath a vaulted skylit ceiling which features sliding glass doors to a landscaped entertainers courtyard. Offering a visually stunning and streamlined workspace is the adjoining kitchen which also features a walk-in pantry and Fisher & Paykel appliances including double ovens, an induction cooktop and integrated dishwasher. The downstairs master bedroom comes well-appointed with a large ensuite and a walk-in robe, whilst upstairs are two more bedrooms, also with walkin robes, that share a deluxe main bathroom. A sunny rumpus room with integrated study provides welcome additional living space and opening from here is a large balcony with panoramic views across Troon Reserve. Thoughtfully created, this impressive home also features a double remote garage with internal access, exposed aggregate driveway, zoned heating, air conditioning and a security system.n

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ADDRESS: 8 Troon Avenue, MORNINGTON FOR SALE: $1,400,000 AGENT: Jake Egan 0491 129 137, Eview Mornington Peninsula, 311 Main Street, Mornington, 5971 0300

A very rare opportunity whether you are an owner occupier, developer or investor to buy land in Carrum Downs most recent, modern and LAST industrial subdivision Allotments range from 1000sqm* - 2940sqm* Each allotment is fully serviced, flat, well-proportioned and comes with a Town Planning to build at a site coverage that will never be seen again Get in quick, Stage 1 already sold, Stage 2 50% sold *approx.

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INTRODUCING

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LETTERS

Letters - 300 words maximum and including full name, address and contact number - can be sent to The News, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or emailed to: team@mpnews.com.au

Fixing roads a more effective way to reduce accidents Cutting speed limits on country roads doesn’t automatically make them safer (“Peninsula speed limits to be cut” The News 4/12/19). It is, however, a low cost way of appearing to provide a solution to lowering the accident rate. The mayor [Cr Sam Hearn] admits that this speed reduction possibly won’t reduce the number of accidents but “may” reduce the extent of injuries sustained. The effective way to make roads safer is to fix the rough and potholed road surfaces and broken edges plentiful on the Mornington Peninsula. Unfortunately the mayor admits that they don’t have any budget for this type of work. Lowering the [speed] limits won’t stop accidents caused by distracted, substance affected, sleep deprived and disqualified drivers who make up a high percentage of accident statistics. Don’t be fooled by the [two-year] “trial”, once limits are lowered they are unlikely to ever be restored. Peter Shearman, Bittern

Call for change I would like to know when The News is going to move on regarding climate change. I was disgusted to see that four of eight letters published last week were by climate change deniers who seem to be incredibly threatened by [climaye activist] Greta Thunberg. Once again, all letters published were written by men. I would like to know whether these realities are (backward) editorial policies? If so, I will not bother to go out of my way to read the paper again, and will actively encourage others to do likewise. A few facts: 1 Australia was recently given the world Fossil Award for showing incredible inaction in the face of climate change which has been universally accepted in the world as being both real and human caused. 2 Even the Liberal Party has tacitly recognised the existence of climate change, despite it fiddling the books to make it look like we are meeting outmoded emission targets. 3 Greta Thunberg is internationally recognised and indeed has recently been listed as Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Why are there no articles on why it seems (older) men in particular, are so threatened by her? As an older female I would much rather put my trust in Greta, and 99 per cent of world scientists who are in agreement about the effects of climate change, than our so-called “leaders” who are helping us move headlong in to more extreme weather events of all kinds. Barbara Rimington, Balnarring Editor: The News will continue to accept letters expressing all points of view from allcomers.

Greta’s time has come I bet three breakfast bowls were tipped over when three letter writers heard that teenage activist Greta Thunberg was made Time magazine’s Person Of The Year (“Let kids be kids”, “End of year tidy-up”, “Message massage” Let-

and much windier over the past four years, and much more destructive. Do they watch the ABC News, 7.30? Do they check outside, here, on our safer (for now) Mornington Peninsula? A worry, for the billy lids. Cliff Ellen, Rye

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ters 10/12/19). The United Nations feels she is competent enough to address it again. She was strong enough to unite the children of the world to fight against climate change because the adults are to busy having one talkfest after another with no action in between. Here’s a few more teenagers that have made history: Joan of Arc, heroine of France and canonised by the Catholic Church, she was 19 when she was burned at the stake in front of 10,000 people. Malala Yousfzai, 14, shot by the Taliban in 2014 because she campaigned for the education of girls in Pakistan, became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Jessica Watson OAM was 16 in 2010 when she became the youngest person to sail solo and unassisted around the world. At 14, Rishab Jain developed a software tool that showed doctors how to zero in on pancreatic cancer. Thandiwe Abdullah, 15, is the co-founder of Black Lives Matter in the US. Balinese sisters Melati and Isabel Wijsen organised Bye Bye Plastic Bags and Bali’s biggest clean up with 20,000 people participating. I am yet to see an “experienced and knowledgeable adult” in the Morrison government that a teenager can trust with their future. Then we have people like the letter writers who seem to think that as it’s not happening in the Southern Hemisphere it’s all right. Tuvalu is one of the islands that are experiencing inundation. Perhaps you three should listen to what the kids have to say and learn something, rather than spout misinformation. John Cain, McCrae

The attitude of our prime minister [Scott Morrison] towards overstretched firefighters is not good enough. Instead of providing extra meaningful resources and taking the contributing effects of climate change on our bushfires and worsening droughts seriously, he tells us not to worry, the volunteer firefighters don’t need any help or rest, as they’re so keen to fight fires that one couldn’t stop them from doing so. Such cavalier statements from our PM just show how deluded he is. Hey Scomo, thoughts and prayers will not do any more, when our east coast is on fire from north to south. Summer has only just started and the next four months are going to be testing our firefighters severely when Victoria will be drying out as well and face the scourge of bushfires. Scomo, it’s time to face up to the fact that we in Australia and the whole world have to start acting on meaningful reduction of greenhouse gases before civilisation goes down the gurgler. I’ve written to our local [Flinders] MP Greg Hunt and asked him if it was now time to talk about climate change. Sadly, all I got from him was the standard reply and spin that the government is going to meet its Paris targets easily. All this in the face of Australia’s [greenhouse gas] emissions actually going up and up over the past years. I know the usual suspects here on the Mornington Peninsula will ridicule my concerns with deluded facts of the climate change deniers, but this won’t change the fact that we have very little time left to save ourselves from certain disaster. Rupert Steiner, Balnarring Beach

Spanish imposition

Underpowered

Our Mornington Peninsula Shire Council declares a climate emergency and promptly jets a councillor to Spain to lecture the world on climate change. Irony, stupidity or both (“Shire’s climate efforts reach global stage” The News 10/12/19)? Bill Holmes, Sorrento

Change is here Petrol prices are up, again, 30 cents a litre overnight, arrogance personified. Reliance on fossil fuels and a fossil government, regularly supported by two of this newspaper’s well known Liberal Party followers, one assumes. Fair enough. Entitled. One chap from Blairgowrie went to the trouble of listing historical natural disasters. No argument there. Sadly, neglecting what’s staring him in the face. Frequency. It’s all happening far quicker than has been predicted. The horror of profound natural changes that seem to be accelerating, with old predictions outdone by the worsening reality, NSW, Queensland and parts of Victoria, so early in the [fire] season. Even Sydney. Down in Tasmania they lost, permanently, 1000-year-old forests. Clearly it’s getting hotter, colder, wetter, drier,

The rose-tinted glasses need to come off when examining the proposed 4.85 megawatt (Mw) solar array at Dromana (“Shire’s salute to the sun” The News 10/12/19). Granted, it is of use to provide extra power for the nine million carbonproducing tourists that overpower us during the long, hot, summer days, but that demand is still there after sunset. The array probably has a capacity of 4.85, probably averaging 4Mw, less during winter. Such figures are never published, so we have to guess. You only get the romanticised figures. The array is designed to accept a battery “in the future”. Here is the interesting thing: using batteries to store that power. You can’t use that power and store it, so you have to split the output and, say, supply 2Mw and store 2 Mw. Why, the installation is now 2Mw. But wait, there’s more. If you use a 2Mw battery it needs to hold and provide 2Mw for, say, eight hours, until midnight. So the battery needs to be not 2Mw capacity, but 16Mw hour capacity, supplying 2Mw for eight hours. My comments apply equally to all of the giant solar farms in Australia, like the Kiamal 256Mw facility, which does not have a battery. Most solar farms do not have a battery because

the cost is enormous and they only last 20 years. Kiamal is thinking of a 129Mw battery to last two hours. The giant Tesla battery in South Australia, 129Mw hour, would last about one hour. It cost $90million. A single 1000Mw, 24-hour coal generator will outperform eight Kiamals with batteries, or 500 Dromanas. Or 1500 windmill generators. Close Australia at sunset in 2025? Brian A Mitchelson, Mornington

Forgotten homeless I recently read the Interim Report into Mental Health and am very disappointed that the correlation between people suffering mental health issues and homelessness was not mentioned and made a priority. As a member of Peninsula Carer Council I know in our submission we included the need to address homelessness. Too many people with mental health are sleeping rough as there is inadequate, unaffordable housing, this is particularly so on the Mornington Peninsula Public housing waiting lists are huge. Often people are released from acute stays in mental health hospitals with nowhere to go and picked up by police hours later, or the next day, ending back into hospital. It ends up being a revolving door situation. I do hope the final report, due next year, addresses this important issue of homelessness. Surely, this should be a priority. Adequate housing is a basic human right. Denise Hassett, Mt Martha

Launderers proliferate Another big bank and Crown Casino caught out laundering money. In some cases to fund terrorist organisations and child sex exploitation. Why is no one in jail for funding terrorists? Maybe they’re not Muslim? But these are not the biggest money laundering organisations. The federal and state governments have a big blind eye to money laundering. Although there are several money laundering schemes “blind eyed” by the state and federal governments, the biggest is real estate. The blind eye overlooks real estate purchases for millions of dollars in cash with no check to see who or where the money came from. Some own several multi-million dollar properties. They could be drug kingpins, child exploiters, Chinese billionaires moving corrupt money, the Chinese ministry of state or the communist party. Many get in to the country on a subclass 188 visa for their “contributions”. I will not even get into selling off our farming and mining assets to these foreigners. And let’s not overlook “the Australian Defence Force and a web of intrigue involving contracts that include Russian contractors and what appears to be money laundering using Australian taxpayers money”. So these transactions continue under the blind eye of state and federal governments, but just give your kids a $10,001 cash gift and you are reported and put on a watch list. Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

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no issue of the “Standard” during Xmas week. The next publication of this paper will take A la Natural place on 2nd January, 1920. Wesettake this opportunity of wishing our Lashes - Full numerous readers a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. *** A DANCE under the auspices of the Frankston branch of the Returned Soldiers Association will be held on Saturday night, 20th December. Miss Ford’s city band will supply the music. *** IN our condensed report of the Council discussion re Seaford valuation, it was not made quite clear that Cr Armstrong’s statement that the sand-pits should be valued at £200 per acre referred to the land in its original state and not, of course to the worked out area. *** SEAFORD Progress Association will meet tomorrow night, and Frankston Association on Tuesday night, after the sports committee meet on Monday night, Frankston citizens are asked to attend and arrange for New Year’s Eve Carnival. *** THE Elections – CAPT. BRUCE RE-ELECTED FOR FLINDERS. Contrary to expectations, the entry of the Farmers’ candidate into the contest for the Flinders seat did not seriously affect the position of the sitting member, Capt. Bruce, M.C. It was generally stated that the farmers would go solidly for their nominee, in the hope of gaining second, if not first, position on the poll, so that when the second preference votes of the last man were distributed, the Farmers’ candidate would go well to the front, and stay there. Results did not work out according to schedule. Labour supporters went solidly for Mr. Riley, and succeeded in placing him second to Capt. Bruce, who scored a fine Nationalist vote. The officials at the Frankston polling booth, under the direction of Capt. Sherlock, the Deputy Returning Officer, had a very busy time all

day, but the staff proved a highly capable one, and proved equal to every emergency. The figures from the various district polling booths are not available, as the regulations do not permit separate results being published. *** WEDDING BELLS. DEE – THORNELL. A very pretty wedding was celebrated at the Roman Catholic Church, Frankston, on the 4th December, the Rev. W. O’Hagan officiating. The contracting parties were Mr James Dee (of the 4th Light Horse), third son of the late Mr and Mrs John Dee, of Bairnsdale, and Miss Hannah Thornell, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Thornell, of “Frampton”, Somerville. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dainty gown of white China silk, with double tunic of Valenciennes lace, with court train of white satin, trimmed with true lovers knots, in pearls. The silk embroidered veil was worn with sprays of orange blossom. The shower bouquet carried was of white water lilies and asparagus fern with white satin streamers. The bride wore a moonstone pendant necklet, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridesmaid, Miss Mary Thornell (sister of the bride) wore a smart frock of champagne voile, with crepe de chene hat to match, trimmed with ostrich feathers, and she carried a shower bouquet of pink water lilies and fern, with pink satin streamers. The beautifully arranged bouquets were made and presented by Mrs Alfred Thornell (aunt of the bride). Mr John Dee (brother of bridegroom) acted as best man. At the Church, Miss Emily Brierly, of Lyndhurst, (pupil of Mademe Evlyn Ashley) sang Ave Maria and Alma Redemptoris most effectively, Mrs Guumes, of Frankston, presiding at the organ. The Church was decorated in excellent taste by the Misses Cahill, of Frankston. After the ceremony the bridal party motored to the Pier Tea House, Frankston, where a sumptuous breakfast was partaken of, served in a manner par excellence, under the supervision of Mr and Mrs Vickers. Mr R. Gregan in a happy speech proposed the toast of the bride and bridegroom, which was suitably acknowledged by the latter. Mr Charlie Callanan, in his usual pleasant manner, proposed the toast of the bridesmaid. The happy couple left by motor amidst showers of confetti and good wishes, en route for Healesville, where the honeymoon is being spent. The bride travelled in a smart tailor-made costume of smoked blue gabardine, champagne crepe de chene hat and front. The presents were costly and numerous, and included many cheques. Mr and Mrs James Dee will, reside at “Clyde Vale”, Warragul. *** Our Calendar – FREE TO SUBSCRIBERS. With this issue “Standard” subscriber will receive our attractive sheet almanac, attractively printed in two colours. The letterpress is very satisfactory, while the information included in the publication will be found to be most useful. The different phases of the moon are clearly marked in an original and effective manner, and country people particularly should find this feature particularly useful. Other information given relates to postal matters, public holidays, taxes, etc., the whole making a most useful compilation for office, farm, or home. Subscribers enrolling now will be entitled to a free copy of the 1920 calendar. *** FROM the pages of the Mornington Standard, 19 December 1919

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with The Burning Shore, paintings Everyone is welcome to attend Stephen is creating a life size bronze of Olympic and Commonwealth Games medal winner, Debbie Flintoff-King, who will be opening this Exhibition at 11am on Saturday 21st December.

Flintoff-King maquette to be unveiled MANYUNG Gallery is excited to present a stunning new collection of works from sculptor Stephen Glassborow at their Flinders Sculpture Gallery, supported by paintings from Ron Neal. The event will open at 11am on Saturday 21 December with the unveiling by Debbie Flintoff-King of a bronze maquette of the runner by Stephen Glassborow. “This will be first time the statue miniature will be seen by the public and will stand alongside 16 other sculptures by Stephen at the exhibition”, said Manyung Gallery Director, David Wemyss-Smith. Stephen Glassborow has completed sculptures of a number of iconic Australian sportspeople including John Coleman (Hastings), Lionel Rose (Warragul) and John Famechon (Frankston). In August it was announced he intends to make a bronze statue of Flintoff-King to be displayed in Mornington. The manufacturing of the maquette is an important step towards the production of a fullsized sculpture. The maquette is used to promote the project and solicit community support for

the venture. “It will be an impressive work that will celebrate one of the Mornington Peninsula’s true sporting icons; a winner of Olympic and Commonwealth Games medals,” said WemyssSmith. “We are excited to be exhibiting Stephen’s wonderful works, that blend his classical and abstract bronze figurative sculpture.” Supporting Glassborow on the ‘vertical spaces’ will be renowned local artist Ron Neal. “Ron Neal’s oil paintings employ a classical technical style; his thoughtful compositions and exceptional painterly & drawing skills have seen him nominated for numerous awards,” said Wemyss-Smith. Manyung Gallery invite you to the opening of the exhibition, from 11am Saturday 21st December. The exhibition will continue until 12 January 2020. Manyung Gallery Sculpture is located at 37 Cook Street, Flinders www.manyunggallery.com.au

A maquette of Debbie will be on show, together with 16 other superb bronzes by this masterful artisan. With numerous prestigious awards behind him, Ronald Neal has created a striking new body of paintings for this joint exhibition. The Burning Shore series features extensive multi-layering & heralds Ronald’s return, after many years as an exhibitor on the Mornington Peninsula [where he commenced his art career some thirty years ago].

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Taking no prisoners: Baden Powell have set quite the task for Langwarrin with a score of 244. Picture: Andrew Hurst

Somerville’s Jayde Herrick wreaks havoc with an eleven wicket haul and a century By Brodie Cowburn

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SOMERVILLE star Jayde Herrick took 11 wickets and scored a century in a dazzling display of cricket against Pearcedale on Saturday. Somerville thrashed their opponents to claim an outright win on day one of their matchup. Pearcedale came in to bat first and were thoroughly embarrassed. None of their batsmen managed to reach double digit figures and the side was bowled out for 28 off 24 overs. Herrick posted figures of 6/13 off 12 overs, which alone would have made him the man of the match, but he wasn’t content to stop there. Herrick opened the batting for Somerville in their innings, and smashed 20 boundaries in quick fashion. He hit 14 fours and 6 sixes on his way to a total of 105. His side declared at 0/140 off 15 overs. Pearcedale came in for a second innings to close out the day, and although they managed to perform a little better they still could not hold off the Somerville bowling attack. They were left all out for 111, dooming them to an embarrassing outright loss after just one day of cricket. Travelling to take on Red Hill, Pines had a difficult afternoon on Saturday. They were bowled out for only 68 in their first innings, handing the

Hillmen a golden opportunity to wrap up the win on day one. Red Hill bowler Jamie McCall was brilliant, claiming a five wicket haul and only conceding 16 runs for the day. With the willow, Red Hill managed to pass Pines’ total with six wickets in hand. They finished up on 5/109 at the close of play. Half centuries from Jake Theobald and Kristian Miller helped Heatherhill to a big total of 295 in the first day of their clash against Main Ridge. Main Ridge restart on day two from 0/4. Moorooduc’s middle order and tail end failed to capitalise on a good start in their clash against Long Island. They fell from 2/103 to all out for 198 at home. Long Island will start from 0/10 on the second day of the match.

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AN impressive innings of 81 runs from opener Kane Donald has helped Rosebud put together a good total against Hastings. Donald was working hard on his way to his first century of the season after an impressive innings of 84 last week against Dromana. He ended up caught out before he could reach the milestone. Daniel Poulter and Kieran Hanley

also lent a helping hand for the Buds, notching up scores of over 30. Playing Delacombe Park away from home, Carrum elected to bat first in their clash on Saturday. After losing both openers for a combined total of just 9, Carrum’s innings steadied thanks to a half century from number three batsman Shaun Foster. His innings of 65 was his best showing for the season so far. Carrum ended up all out for 207, setting their opponents a tricky total to have to chase on day two. At Belvedere Reserve, Crib Point look in danger of falling to defeat against Seaford Tigers after a tough first day. The Magpies were sent packing for 98 in their innings. Tigers’ bowler Liam Cox did the most damage, taking 5/38 off 19 overs. They were his best ever figures for his club. The Tigers restart on day two from 2/46, needing 53 more runs to grab a win. Travelling to take on Dromana, Mt Martha set a target of 141 for their opponents to chase down. Dromana reached 1/47 before stumps was called.

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French scored 13 fours on his way to a big total. He was helped by number eight batsman Jamie Clarke, who managed to notch up a half century of his own. Tootgarook ended up bowled out for 225. Shane Smith was Carrum Downs’ best bowler on the day, posting figures of 5/57. Carrum Downs lost two early wickets as they came in to bat nine overs before the close of play. They restart on day two from 2/23. Tyabb had a good day against Boneo, posting a healthy total of 238. Things got off to a bad start for Tyabb when they lost opener Nick Taranto for a duck. Tyabb’s middle order helped them to recover when they all put on good performances. Anthony Craddock was their best performer, scoring 56 runs. Jarrod White also contributed, scoring 46. Boneo will have to reach 239 on day two in order to get a result. At RJ Rowley Reserve, Rye were bowled out for 196 runs in their clash against Skye. Opening batsman Jarrod Shaw was Rye’s best performer, scoring 80 runs. He and first drop batsman Beau Suffern put together a 143 run partnership. Skye’s innings started poorly when their opener fell for a duck, and they finished the day at 2/31.

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WADE Pelzer’s brilliant century has helped Peninsula OB to a strong total on day of their matchup against Sorrento. The Old Boys chose to bat first on their home deck, and Pelzer was their biggest contributor. He scored 105 runs, hitting 10 fours along the way. The damage was done after a middle order collapse. Pelzer combined with James La Brooy to put together an undefeated eighth wicket partnership of 115. Peninsula OB ended up at 8/224 at the close of play, giving Sorrento a tough task to face on day two. A century from Rhys Elmi put Baden Powell on track for a good total against Langwarrin. Elmi scored 104 before being dismissed. He smashed 15 fours during the entertaining innings. At the close of play the scoreboard read 9/244. Langwarrin face a difficult mountain to climb to get a win on day two. Flinders set Baxter a target of 223 to chase down in the first day of their clash. Baxter restart on day two from 0/10. Mt Eliza had some difficulties at Alexandra Park, being bowled out for 145 by Mornington. Mornington will begin on day two from 1/27.

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Orritt injured, Seagulls impress SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie SAM Orritt’s trial with Langwarrin ended with a visit to Frankston Hospital last weekend and x-rays confirmed that he’d broken his collarbone. He’d lined up against Melbourne Victory at Lawton Park on Saturday in a friendly that was to play a part in determining whether he would be offered a place in the senior squad. Just 20 minutes later he was given a support bandage for his injured right shoulder and assisted from the arena before Langy president Tanya Wallace drove him to hospital. Orritt will decide shortly whether to pursue a surgical option but it seems likely that he’ll be sidelined for up to eight weeks. Langy gaffer Scott Miller is due to decide soon whether or not John Prescott, Jordon “Kaka” Avraham and Orritt have been included in his senior squad for next season. Both Orritt and “Kaka” were in the starting line-up against a young Victory side while Prescott is in the UK until next month. Senior squad absentees from Saturday’s Langy line-up were Wayne Wallace, Jamie Cumming, Alex Van Heerwarden, Delarno Pharoe and Dylan Kilner. Victory ran out a 2-0 winner with both goals coming after half-time the second via a superbly crafted curling shot low into the far corner from outside the area. Langy gave as good as it got in the first period but Victory’s passing and movement lifted a notch after the interval. It created a number of clearcut chances and Langy keeper Fraser Maclaren was forced into a couple of fine one-on-one saves. “You could see the physicality drop off in the last 20 minutes which was to be expected,” Miller said. “Victory’s program is running fulltime now and unfortunately we had a few players ill this week and some have gone away.” Miller is likely to finalise his squad in the new year and is looking at bringing in two players in the attacking half of the field. He was happy with the hitout and Langy’s pre-season match program won’t get into full swing until February. In State 1 news an impressive Mornington enjoyed last Thursday’s night 5-0 romp at Dallas Brooks Park against Brian MacNicol’s Oakleigh Cannons under-20s.

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Langy lad: Brandon Jansz started at left back in Saturday’s clash with Melbourne Victory at Lawton Park. Picture: John Punshon

It was the unveiling of the Seagulls’ new strike force and the interpassing and movement between Josh Hine, Wayne Gordon, Dejan Radojicic and Matt Harrington was superb. Teenager Harrington is yet to sign but the club is hopeful that he’ll do so soon. “I want to get Matt locked away but it’s up to him now,” head coach Adam Jamieson said. “He’s done a few sessions with us and he played really well against Oakleigh and we want him as a Mornington player.” It took just five minutes for the home team to cut a swathe through Oakleigh’s defence with Gordon and Hine combining on the left before Hine’s cutback was met first time by Harrington whose precise low strike made it 1-0. Five minutes later Andy McIntyre got forward and headed home powerfully from a Gordon cross from the left to make it 2-0. McIntyre and another newcomer, Reece Caldecourt, were partnering each other at the heart of defence with Andre Bennett at right back and teenager Kyron Kerr at left back. “Reece is a hard nut, he’s an organiser, he likes to win and he’s a good

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footballer,” Jamieson said. “Andre was a professional footballer (in England) at right back and right wing back and I’ve gone away from the idea of using him as a central midfielder.” Both Caldecourt and Bennett looked very comfortable in their roles. Peninsula Strikers midfielder Danny Brooks took up a central midfield role alongside Ethan Goulding, younger brother of Callum and Luke at Langwarrin. Ethan Goulding is a tremendous prospect, a composed control and pass player with excellent vision who only turns 15 this week and has been involved in junior NPL programs at Melbourne City and Bulleen. “Ethan signed with us last week and he’s already said that he’s learnt a lot in the first three or four weeks here and we’re absolutely rapt to have him,” Jamieson added. “We’ll keep working with him and I have no doubt that he’ll play some sort of senior football here next season.” “That’s how much I rate him.” Mornington continued to control the first half and went 3-0 up after a low corner to the near post wasn’t cleared and Hine acrobatically volleyed home from close range.

Gordon conjured up the individual goal of the contest when he nutmegged an opponent on the left then curled a pinpoint shot inside the far post from a tight angle to make it 4-0. Jamieson made a series of changes in the second half taking off most of his experienced players and Harrington’s second goal rounded off the scoreline. Sam Scott continues to recover from a fractured fibula and ankle incurred in June against Nunawading City but he should be fit for action for the start of the new season. Mornington has confirmed a number of challenging pre-season fixtures in February against State 1 North-West and NPL opposition. The local club will take on Clifton Hill on Saturday 8 February, Banyule City on Saturday 15 February, Bulleen on Saturday 22 February and Werribee City on Saturday 29 February. All matches are away from home and kick-off times will be confirmed closer to these dates. Mornington’s pre-season training resumes on Tuesday 14 January. In State 2 news Peninsula Strikers are now faced with finding a new senior assistant after Alex Halikias left last weekend to become senior coach

of State 5 South outfit White Star Dandenong. Strikers president Adrian Scialpi and senior coach Paul Williams were disappointed to lose Halikias but understood why he chose to move. “Alex has been a senior coach before and we understand that he wants his own team and wants to do things his way,” Scialpi said. “Alex said he wanted to do this now because doing it after Christmas or heading into round one wouldn’t be fair on the club and we appreciate that.” Strikers are likely to talk to prospective candidates for the vacancy inhouse at first and may not need to advertise. Meanwhile Strikers will host the eighth staging of the Wallace Cup on Saturday 1 February at Centenary Park. The competing teams are Baxter, Frankston Pines, Langwarrin, Mornington, Peninsula Strikers, Seaford United, Skye United and Rosebud. State 5 South outfit Rosebud is competing for the first time. The annual event is a celebration of the local game and honours Stephen William Wallace, Langwarrin lifemember and former club president, committeeman, coach, player and Bayside League referee who died on 19 July 2011 at the age of 54. Casey Comets won the inaugural Wallace Cup (2013) and had featured in every subsequent staging of the tournament until last year when it chose not to compete. Mornington has won the tournament five times and has failed to reach the final on just two occasions. In State 3 news Frankston Pines will play Doveton’s under-20s at Waratah Reserve on Thursday at 6.30pm. Pines will go into this pre-season contest without key defender Cedric Benza who is recovering from torn ankle ligaments sustained in the recent Pacific Cup tournament in Auckland. Benza is expected to be out for up to eight weeks. Pines have arranged pre-season games against Bunyip District on Saturday 18 January at Monterey Reserve (5pm and 7pm), Peninsula Strikers on Thursday 23 January at Centenary Park (6.30pm) and Beaumaris on Friday 28 February at Beaumaris Reserve (6pm and 8pm). A reserves match between Pines and Strikers will be held at Monterey Reserve on Thursday 23 January at 6.30pm.

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Hunter urges for change to racing fixture HORSE RACING

By Ben Triandafillou MORNINGTON-based racehorse trainer, Jerome Hunter, landed a dominant double at the Cranbourne night meeting on Saturday 14 December but was quick to urge for change to the current racing fixture. Hunter, who saddled up Catching Beams (Race 5) and Iknewshewasmine (Race 7) to victory for apprentices Will Price and Matt Cartwright, called for more balance to accommodate racing participants lifestyles with the additional twilight and night meetings. Hunter, who like most in the industry gets out of bed as early as 4am every morning, said that the additional night meetings were ‘killing the industry from the inside’. “I won’t sugar coat it, who was the bright spark who came up with this because we’ve all got lives and it’s just pump, pump, pump and I don’t know one trainer that’s happy to do this,” Jerome Hunter said. “We’ve all got families, everyone here, we’re all pump, pump, pump, seven days a week.” “It is [a big crowd tonight] but they didn’t get up at 4am in the morning. They’ve had their sleep in and they’ve come out, which is fantastic, but we’ve got to work out a way that it helps the participants as well.” Hunter said that its incredibly tough for staff to work at the night meetings and back up again the next morning as early as 4am and suggested working out a suitable balance so that young people don’t get deterred from enter-

ing the industry. “Staff don’t want to go out [to the races] on a Saturday night, they’d rather be out with their friends and they’ve got to be up early Sunday morning so it’s something that should be addressed,” he said. “It’s something that I think a lot of trainers should get together and work out because we all want it to work.” There has been talk about pushing early morning starting times back later, which for many trainers isn’t suitable, but Hunter suggested the idea of extending the number of trackwork hours. “If they leave tracks open for longer so that people can start later that have been to the races at Moonee Valley or Cranbourne like tonight, then the whole staff and stable can get to the track later and work the horses properly,” he said. “But at the moment so many horses have to get worked at a certain time during a certain period which is something that also really should be discussed.” The full turnover and crowd figures from last weekend’s twilight and night meetings are expected to be available early this week to provide a comparison to the usual day meeting’s figures.

Hunter wants change: Jerome Hunter urges for a re-think to the additional twilight and night meetings to the racing calendar. Picture: Supplied

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Mornington BMW 181 Mornington-Tyabb Road, Mornington. Ph (03) 5970 5970 morningtonbmw.com.au LMCT 7674 + Finance by BMW Australia Finance Limited (ABN 78 007 101 715, Australian Credit Licence 392387). Offer, subject to change, applies at participating dealers while stocks last, to new BMW X1 (F48 LCI) vehicles ordered with finance approved between 1.10.19 & 31.12.19 & delivered by 31.03.20. Conditions, lending criteria & fees apply. Not available with any other offer. Excludes fleet, government and rental buyers. Minimum 24 month term. Minimum amount financed $25,000. ** Monthly payments apply. Weekly payments are approximate (annualised monthly payment/52). Offer based on a drive away price of $49,900 for a new BMW X1 sDrive18i with enhance package on a consumer BMW Full Circle loan agreement at 5.29% p.a. comparison rate with a 50,000km allowance over 60 months and a Guaranteed Future Value (GFV) of $19,044. Total amount payable $59,265. # BMW Service Inclusive - Basic is based on the vehicle’s condition based service monitoring system for 5 years from the date of first registration or up to 80,000 kms, whichever occurs first. Normal wear & tear items & other exclusions apply. Scheduled servicing must be conducted by an authorised BMW dealer. ^ Comparison rate is based on monthly repayments for a 5 year secured consumer loan of $30,000. WARNING: This comparison rate is true only for the example given & may not include all fees and charges. Different terms, fees or other loan amounts might result in a different comparison rate. * At the end of your contract you can refinance, keep or trade in your vehicle for the GFV, or BMW Financial Services will buy the vehicle at the GFV amount, provided contracted km allowance & fair wear & tear conditions are met. GFV does not represent estimated market value. See https://www.bmw.com.au/fullcircle for further details. ~ 5 years’ complimentary BMW Roadside Assistance & Accident Management service applies from the date of first registration of the vehicle. Terms & conditions apply. Please consult your participating BMW dealer for further details. Provided by AWP Australia Pty Ltd trading as Allianz Global Assistance ABN 52 097 227 177.

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