Western Port
Western Port
realestate 22 Decemb er
Your guide to what’s on this weekend for peninsula families
2015
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Blue Light gift puts pupils in ball park SMACK! Wallaroo Primary School pupil Jalelyn lashes out at a pitch during a game between Hastings police and pupils going on to secondary school. Wednesday’s game followed a $750 donation from Hastings Blue Light Disco to finance a worthwhile project at the school. But what should they buy with it? Principal Nicky Fammartino said a teacher suggested using the money for baseball gear because he was keen to teach it and the school didn’t have any. Hey presto: The gear, and the match, was a goer. Hastings Blue Light co-ordinator Senior Constable Genine Isted said the “great day was enjoyed by all”. “Wallaroo Primary School asked if l could put a team of police together to play a friendly game against the kids so they can ‘show off’ their new uniforms and equipment,” she said. “It was a fantastic example of how the Hastings Blue Light Disco gives back to, and benefits, the youth within the local community.” Picture: Yanni
Anger over dumped files Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au FILES containing sensitive personal details of 37 men and women have been found dumped on a nature strip at Somerville. The details were provided to a gymnasium on handwritten “athlete’s personal profile” forms. The dumped paperwork, which comes from a gymnasium, also includes invoices and notes detailing how much money has been paid to employees, including the manager’s take
home pay. The files were contained in a pink plastic bag, one of several left next to a rubbish bin outside a factory in Speedwell St. The owner of the factory said the bags would probably have remained on the nature strip as the commercial rubbish collection service involved a truck with a mechanical arm emptying wheelie bins. Loose bags of rubbish were not part of the collection service. “I heard a car doing burn-offs outside and then found the bags dumped near our bins,” the manager, who did not wish to be identified, said.
“I was annoyed by the noise and then discovered what the bags contained.” The top file had been filled out by a member of the police force who also belonged to a Western Port area football team. He provided his mother’s name, address and phone number. Another file had details of a Mt Eliza woman whose exercise regime would need to take account of her breast implants. The files have been handed to Hastings police who, the factory manager said, showed little interest until she pointed out that at least one file ap-
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peared to list the personal contact details of a police officer. When contacted by The News yesterday (Monday) Hastings police were unable to say if any investigations were underway with regard to the discarded files. While annoying to the individuals concerned, it appears that businesses with annual turnovers of less than $3 million do not generally come under the provisions of the Privacy Act. “There would be 37 very unhappy customers if they knew their details were dumped on a roadside, especially the police officer, by their local friend-
ly gym,” the manager who discovered the files said. “That’s 37 people who have had their security compromised.” The manager said it appeared the gym “wanted to spread some Christmas spirit so had a tidy up in the office and put out their rubbish”. “There were also such details as their business name, address, contact details, wages, tax, monthly turnover, which bank, how much banked, an unpaid account, what type of security they have and that account number and names of staff.” Continued Page 7
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