Western Port
Western Port
realestate 9 February
2016
King maker
Your guide to what’s on this weekend for peninsula families
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Protest central
THE Hastings office of Flinders MP Greg Hunt has become a rallying point for protesters: the environment, coal mining and export, the Great Barrier Reef, and asylum seekers. The protesters come dressed as fish and angels to see the environment minister. But the ones most able to affect Mr Hunt’s electoral chances are like those gathered outside his Hastings office on Friday. Mr Hunt emerged to “chat” with the people who live and vote in his electorate. Report Page 3
Talks to help elderly abuse victims Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au “SOMEONE cries and asks for help” every time Peninsula Advisory Committee for Elders chair Jeanette Lane and her group run an Elder Abuse Awareness Day. “People talk about family violence but we think elder abuse is about the
second or third most common crime in the world,” Ms Lane said. “We run programs on elderly abuse at Rosebud, Hastings and McRae because we want to get the message out there and we see and hear about some dreadful aspects.” Ms Lane was talking in the lead up to the fourth National Elder Abuse Conference, being held by Seniors Right Victoria at the Pullman on the Park ho-
tel, Melbourne, 23-25 February. The topic has special relevance for older residents of the Mornington Peninsula, where more than 10 per cent are aged over 75 years. Shire statistics show a greater proportion of elderly residents live here than in the rest of Melbourne. The 2011 Census shows those aged 70-84 accounted for 12.3 per cent of 17,761 people, compared to Greater Mel-
bourne’s 7.4 per cent of 16,400 people. Those aged 85 accounted for 2.9 per cent of 4197 people, compared to Greater Melbourne’s 1.8 per cent of 3255 people. At 11.7 per cent, Rosebud West has the peninsula’s highest proportion of people aged 85 and over. With the ABC’s Libby Gorr as MC, the conference aims to bring together practitioners seeking a national ap-
proach to tackling elder abuse. Its theme is Ageism, Rights and Innovations. Speakers are federal Attorney General George Brandis, Age Discrimination Commissioner Susan Ryan and Professor Marie Beaulieu, of Quebec, an expert on elder abuse. Other speakers are Professor Mick Dodson, of the Centre for Indigenous Studies, ANU, and Dr Jacqueline Berman. Continued Page 7
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