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By Mike HastTHE Hastings Neighbourhood Renew-al project has been
thrown into turmoil with the replacement last week of man-ager Pam
Ford.
Steering committee chairman Brian Stahl says Ms Fords removal
was dis graceful and a bureaucratic pro-cess gone wrong.
Mr Stahl, a former councillor and mayor of Mornington Peninsula
Shire, sent a highly critical email last Thurs-day to the projects
steering committee
members, all agencies involved with the renewal project and its
supporters.
This included the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Peninsula Health,
Salvation Army, Mornington Peninsula Shire, police, school
principals, teachers and community groups.
I am disillusioned, disappointed and offended at the recent turn
of events since our successful and inspiring steer ing committee
meeting last Thurs-day evening [14 June], he wrote.
The bureaucrats at Department of Human Services yesterday [20
June]
gave our beloved project manager Pam her marching orders from
her role at Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal.
Mr Stahl said Ms Ford had been crucifi ed and relieved of her
duties without any consideration for her per-sonal welfare, no
acknowledgement of her dedicated and inspiring leadership since
being appointed project manager seven years ago.
He said he had been told by Linda Cristine, acting director of
DHS south-ern metropolitan region, that a staff complaint against
Pam has been inves-
tigated internally by DHS and agency representatives.
No one on the steering committee had been told anything about
the com-plaint, he said.
Our renewal project has been held up as an example for others to
follow and Pam has played a key role in it, Mr Stahl said.
No manager of other neighbourhood renewal projects in Victoria
had stayed the full distance, he said.
The move by DHS would make the completion of the eighth and fi
nal year
of the renewal project diffi cult.Alas, I now have no confi
dence we
will fi nish off the things we discussed following Mark
ODriscolls address on mainstreaming without Pams sup-port and
input. No other person can just step in and pick up the pieces.
(Mr ODriscoll is a project manager with DHS who is helping
neighbour-hood renewal projects become self-suffi cient after
funding runs out at the end of the eighth year in June 2013, dubbed
mainstreaming by DHS.)
Continued Page 4
Renewal in turmoilRenewal in turmoil
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BETH Wilson was born and raised in Hastings one of fi ve kids
with a sin-gle mum went to the towns primary school and then
Mornington High School, but left at age 15 to work in a chicken
factory, fruit picking and waitressing.
It was an inauspicious start, but Ms Wilson returned to school
in her early 20s, completed what is now called VCE before doing an
arts and law degree at Monash University in the 1970s.
Last week the Victorian Health Ser-vices Commissioner told her
inspi-rational story to year 10 students at Western Port Secondary
Colleges an-nual Beacon Charter signing.
The Beacon Foundation is a na-tional non-profi t organisation
working in more than 120 secondary schools across Australia helping
motivate stu-dents to either stay in school or seek employment,
further education or training.
The colleges Beacon Pathways co-ordinator Gina Mathers said Ms
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person growing up in the Hastings area.
After university, Ms Wilson found a job as a librarian and in
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In the 1990s Ms Wilson was a sen-ior member of the WorkCare
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president of Mental Health Review Board before being appointed
Victorian Health Services Commissioner in 1997. She will step down
later this year.
In 2008 she was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
for services to womens health in Victoria.
Ms Mathers said the colleges an-nual charter signing was part of
the Beacon Foundations Bright Futures No Dole program.
It endeavours to offer a wide range of options to support school
leavers as they enter the workforce, and forging links between
young people and our local community.
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TREVOR and Jennifer Sammells are planning a move to Mt Martha
from Shoreham.
It is not a great distance, but a farewell dinner is being held
to mark the couples involvement in community life at Shoreham.
Although only permanent residents since 2004, the Sammells had
gravitated between their home in Black Rock and a holiday house at
Shoreham since 1993.
The next move is to a Mt Martha retirement village where they
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the past two years.
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the construction of appropriately designed buildings on Business
Zone 1 properties in Byrnes Rd.
While Jennifer has been a member of Red Cross (formerly at Main
Ridge/Red Hill and now at Balnarring), as a couple the Sammells
were members of the Flinders Probus Club, on the committee of the
Flinders Art Show and are Monday morning regulars at the Flinders
Bridge Club.
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starts at 6.30pm on Friday 6 July at Pier 10 Restaurant, Shoreham
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Dining out to say farewellDining out to say farewell
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Continued from Page 1Mr Stahl said he was concerned
about the timing of DHS promising to provide more staff to help
Ms Ford, who was under pressure running the mainstreaming process
as well as ex-isting community programs.
I had meetings with DHS staff who said they would provide staff
for our project, but all along they knew Pam was about to be
removed, he said.
I apologise to you all sincerely for having naively believed
what I had been told and in effect misleading you, Mr Stahl said in
his email to project committee members and sup-porters.
Mr Stahl said he had been told by a DHS manager, Sue Milner,
that Pam Ford had taken extended leave.
On Thursday, Linda Cristine of DHS emailed the same group of
people tell-ing them Pam Ford is currently on a leave of absence
for personal reasons.
Ms Cristine said Ms Ford would be replaced by Di Mossenton-Brown
and Emma Watene, describing it as an in-terim arrangement.
Di is well placed to continue build [sic] on the achievements of
Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal and to con-tinue working with you
towards main-streaming. Di knows the area well and has worked with
local agencies on many programs including Neighbour-hood Houses,
Best Start. Commu-nity Renewal and Maternal and Child Health, the
email stated.
On Friday, Mr Stahl told The News he intended to leave no stone
un-
turned as I seek to have this terrible injustice reversed.
I will be meeting the head of Neigh-bourhood Renewal, Harald
Klein, to tell him about this illogical dismissal as well as the
shires director of sus-tainable communities, Rob Macin-doe, he
said.
On Wednesday 20 June as Pam Ford was packing personal items in
her of-fi ce at Hastings Hub, opened to much fanfare in mid-May,
she sent a fi nal email not about her dismissal, but about the
visit on Tuesday morning of
judges from the Tidy Towns awards and asking all supporters to
attend to show support for the renewal and hub projects.
The renewal project and the conver-sion of Hastings Hub from a
rundown former sports centre to a key centre for the town have been
nominated for the awards.
Her email ended: Your support will be very much appreciated.
Regards, Pam.
Ms Ford could not be contacted for comment.
Towns renewal Towns renewal in turmoil after in turmoil after
replacementreplacement
Easier times: Pam Ford was Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal
manager when Hastings Hub was opened mid-May and is seen here with
Brian Stahl, left, and federal minister Simon Crean. Picture:
Yanni
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WARNING: This conversation be-tween me and fi shing friends may
an-noy the hell out of serious recreational fi shers in the
area.
But I am ambivalent about the power of the recreational fi shing
lobby (thank you Rex Hunt).
I strongly believe in our right to feed ourselves from the sea,
but I have a problem with people who go out fi sh-ing for sport,
chase big fi sh for the fi ght, haul in the prize, take a photo and
then release the maimed critter.
A professional fi shing friend from San Remo, John G, agrees
saying he has seen exhausted fi sh released, they drop out of sight
and are easy targets for predators.
John also has seen maimed fi sh and sea creatures tangled in
lines. He be-lieves if recreational fi shers better un-derstood
what they were doing they may change their habits.
John also takes issue with statistics on recreational fi shing.
They are built, he believes, on shaky fi gures on boat usage, motel
accommodation, equip-ment purchase, launch ramp usage, etc.
He is also concerned about latest technology such as sonar.
We went on to laugh, ruefully, about the number of boats rotting
in back-yards.
My husbands boat was a case in point. Desiring leisure and
needing it, with my full support he brought a fl oating caravan
from Queensland and restored it at great expense.
Built as a Hong Kong Police vessel,
he liked its lines. Renamed Almitra, she sat in one local marina
and then another, where she eventually rotted.
Mr Henke often laughed about the number of boats in Sydney
Harbour, aground on their own beer cans. In those days we sailed,
but later I couldnt pull ropes anymore.
My father was a typical fad fi sher-man he bought a boat bigger
than his mates, then we spent the next couple of years bogged off
Warneet or Toora-din in Western Ports tidal mud.
We caught a few fi sh. His best snap-per was frozen and brought
out for par-ties. After mum choked on a fi sh bone she refused to
cook fi sh. If dad even wanted prawns he had to have them out on
the deck. His boat was sold eventually.
Looking around our streets, I see them as I scoot by with my
dogs; boats covered in autumn leaves in backyards.
Exceptions in our street are the aba-lone divers boat,
beautifully main-tained, and Micks boat plus trailer, which he has
just had regalvanised. The boat is up on tyres for winter to be
cleaned and repaired for spring.
Mick has a fridge full of frozen fi sh to see him through
winter. He also feeds family and friends.
Mick pays launching ramp fees of
$120 annually at both Stony Point and Hastings, also boat
registration, boat insurance and keeps his safety equip-ment up to
date.
Its not a cheap hobby, he said, but I try to do the right
thing.
He goes out without GPS and sonar equipment, just his
instinct.
Yes Ive caught fi sh with a line and hook hanging out their bum,
he said. And often you might lose a fi sh and catch it again with
your bait or hook in its guts.
He said hooks were supposed to dissolve in the gut, but fi
shermen to-day were using stainless steel, which doesnt.
Mick wasnt against charter boats in the bay, but doesnt
appreciate opera-tors bad manners of parking in the middle of
pontoons, leaving no room for other boats.
Nor does he appreciate long-line fi shing that drowns albatross
or wast-age in net fi shing.
Nets are supposed to let bait-sized fi sh escape, but you see a
ton of dead fi sh being thrown back from the nets, he said.
John talked about one of his neigh-bours who said hed just
cleaned out his fridge full of whiting. Why didnt you eat it, John
asked.
Whitings on; going out to catch more, the man said.
And thats my issue with sport fi sh-ing. How much fi sh is
wasted, maimed and killed? For nothing!
John and I talked about the Danish
fi sh historian Professor Poul Holm, currently in Australia, who
Id heard on radio (ABC Mornings with Mar-garet Throsby, 21 June,
still available on podcast) talking about marine fi sh populations,
his area of expertise.
Among the fascinating fi llets of in-formation he imparted was
that orange roughy (also called deep sea perch) only ovulate when
they reach 40 years of age, so catching them before they breed
obviously is senseless.
John told about commercial fi sher-men fi nding a spot in the
Southern Ocean with a big population of orange roughy, which they
caught and went back for more. It seemed an inexhaust-ible
supply.
But John said fi sh congregate for whatever reason in a place.
When some are removed, others move in. However, their numbers are
depleted elsewhere.
He said it would have made more sense to make marine parks in
de-graded areas rather than in productive ones; this would give
them a chance to regenerate.
Professor Holm said that after the Second World War when people
went back fi shing in the Atlantic and North Sea, they found the fi
sh stocks had in-creased dramatically due to the mora-torium.
John said sport fi shing in Austra-lia would implode if anglers
failed to learn about the harm they were doing and modify their
ways.
We (commercial fi shers) are trying
to feed people and deserve better con-sideration, he said.
Meanwhile, the Australian govern-ment was said to have approved
a mas-sive foreign super trawler the second largest commercial fi
shing vessel in the world to fi sh in Australian waters for the
favourite food of bluefi n tuna and albatross as well as myriad
other marine life.
The 142-metre long Dutch-owned Margiris specialises in the type
of factory fi shing that environmentalists claim is
unsustainable.
Newspaper reports stated the gov-ernment had approved the ship
being re-fl agged and moved to Tasmania, where it will be allowed
to catch up to 17,500 tonnes of small baitfi sh each year under a
joint venture with Seafi sh Tasmania.
Ausfi sh and other industry blogs were livid, one blogger
commenting with classic understatement that the decision seemed
overboard. Then the report was denied by the Prime Minister Julia
Gillard.
A more balanced treatment of com-mercial and recreational fi
shing, based on better information is essential.
John believes we will never properly understand fi sh movements
and needs. Nor should we, he concluded enig-matically.
Men of the sea are like that.
And now here is the fishing newsAnd now here is the fishing
newsHooked: Above, James Kelly and friends fi shing on Western Port
in the good old days. Right, the Hastings boat launching ramp on
Christmas Eve in 2011.
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IT has been an appalling year so far for dolphins in Port
Phillip, according to Jeff Weir, executive director of the
Hastings-based Dolphin Research Institute.
The institute has posted a video on YouTube showing aerial
footage of a fi shing trawler sinking after hitting rocks near
Point Nepean as well as close-ups of dolphins with skin
lesions.
Speaking over the pictures, Mr Weir said the institute wants to
double its research programs into the causes of the skin lesions by
the end of 2013.
He said the shipwreck was near our dolphin sanctuary while the
lesions were seen after storms.
Mr Weir is using the video to urge people to donate to the
institute and remind them that its not too late for dona-tions to
be included in this years tax return.
Institute chairman Ian Stevenson said researchers at Lakes
Entrance had proved there was a correlation between outbreaks of
the pox lesions and declining water quality.
The pollution seems to lower dolphins immunity levels. The
researchers believe there is a link between the outbreaks and water
quality.
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Dolphins have tough yearDolphins have tough year
DAVID Nyuol Vincent lost his country, fam-ily and childhood
before fi nding Australia.
Described as one of the lost boys of Su-dan, he arrived here in
2004 under a hu-manitarian visa after 17 years in refugee
camps.
Since then he has written a book about his experiences and built
a reputation as some-one who can help bridge barriers between
African refugees and resident Australians.
In 2011 The Age named him as one of Victorias 100 most infl
uential people.
Mr Vincent will next month speak about issues facing refugees at
the Mornington Peninsula launch of his book The Boy Who Wouldnt
Die, co-written with journalist Carol Nader.
We are geographically isolated from refu-gees in Melbourne, but
they will be such an important addition to Australia in the near
future, launch orghaniser Dizzy Carlyon said.
I felt that some genuine interaction would help us to understand
the issues they and we face to ensure that they are a welcome and
happy part of our little world.
Mr Vincent has become a spokesman for the growing African
population, especially those in Melbourne.
He runs a blog (davidnyuolvincent.com/blog/) that contains his
thoughts on tensions and progress being made within the
com-munity.
In his latest essay he describes the treat-ment in alarmist
headlines by the press of tensions between young Africans and
police.
I know the newspapers love such head-
Lost boys journey leads Lost boys journey leads to book and
influenceto book and influence
Refugee author: David Vincent has fi rst-hand knowledge of the
problems facing young Africans in Melbourne.
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lines because for one they sell and at the same time it is an
interesting read, Mr Vin-cent states.
What I am sure is not being considered either by the media or
those who read these news stories and believe them is that these
headlines incite a certain fear in the public and as a result
people grow to have very con-servative attitudes towards others,
especially so-called refugees.
Worst of all, it encourages prejudice and racism, and reinforces
suspicion of anyone who is different.
There will always be the fear of the un-known. This is what is
happening.
The majority of the Australian public doesnt know much about the
African settle-ment process or about African people.
I could be wrong but those who dont know much about African
refugees outweigh
the handful who are very welcoming and un-derstanding.
The only time Opposition leader Tony Abbot seems to come alive
is when hes damning the boat people.
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, who has also criticised Mr
Abbotts approach to boat people, will launch the book.
The Boy Who Wouldnt Die by David Ny-uol Vincent will have its
peninsula launch at 5pm on Friday 20 July at Maxs Restaurant, Red
Hill Estate, Shoreham-Red Hill Rd, Red Hill South.
The cost is $50 a person, with proceeds go-ing to the
Brotherhood of St Laurence.
For bookings call Dizzy Carlyon on5989 2118 or send cheques made
out to the brotherhood to 39 Oceanview Av, Red Hill South 3937.
Keith Platt
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By Keith PlattFROM a tourism promotion point of view, Frank-ston
is about to become part of the Mornington Peninsula.
Details of the new Mornington Peninsula Tour-ism Board will be
outlined at an industry briefi ng on Monday and publicly launched
on 17 July.
The board will initially be fi nanced with $40,000 from Tourism
Victoria and $25,000 each from Frankston and Mornington Peninsula
coun-cils.
A nine-member committee will be headed by ex-ecutive chairperson
Tracey Cooper, the only paid employee.
It is understood Ms Cooper who has a back-ground in business
(including a Hunter Valley winery) and as head of the St Kilda
Tourism As-sociation board will operate two days a week from an
offi ce at Frankston.
Tourism Victorias Tom Smith has overseen the establishment of
the new peninsula board, which supersedes both Mornington Peninsula
Tourism and Frankston Tourism.
Mr Smith said the six directors on the new boards committee were
skills-based.
Ms Cooper was chosen from nine applicants and there were 42
nominees for the directors.
The directors are Greg ODonoghue (Morning-ton Peninsula
Gourmet), Conleth Roche (manag-er RACV resort Cape Schanck), Matt
McDonnell (Searoad Ferries), Andrea Lucas, Sheree Fraser and Brian
Boote (formerly with Tourism Aus-tralia).
Also on the board will be the shires sustain-able development
director Ste phen Chapple and
Frankstons coordinator of tourism and economic development, Sam
Jackson.
The changes to tourism within the region were foreshadowed in a
Tourism Victoria report Re-gional Tourism Action 2009-2012.
The board will be given two years to draw up a fi ve-year
strategic tourism industry develop-ment plan and a viable funding
model (Capi-talising on tourism, The Times, 29/3/12).
The shire has indicated it wants the new board to have stronger
links to the Western Port Bio-sphere Foundation and the peninsulas
marine industry.
In March the shires economic development manager Shane Murphy
said Mornington Penin-sula Tourism and 10 local tourism
associations had been highly successful, winning awards and
attracting visitors to the peninsula.
He described tourism as a major propulsive sector for the local
economy and estimated the peninsula industry to be worth $850
million a year.
The announcement of the new board follows the establishment of a
Victorian Tourism Em-ployment Plan by the state and federal
govern-ments.
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KNITTERS are busy stitching up a warmer winter for needy
Mornington Peninsula residents, with calls for as-sistance to
welfare agencies doubling in the past 12 months.
Carrum Downs Community Bank branch has partnered with Southern
Peninsula Food For All Winter Blan-ket Appeal to provide blankets,
rugs and comforters for needy families, elderly and homeless.
We are calling on an army of knit-ters to use their skills to
help people in need this winter and we will lend sup-port by
donating $6000 of wool, bank chairman Greg Sugars said.
Times are tougher, its a cold win-ter and we understand there
are knit-ters out there who could help with the blanket appeal, but
they cant afford the wool.
Knitters will be able to make squares with the donated wool,
which will be sewn together to make blankets for those in need this
winter.
Janice Bartlett started Needy Stitch-es when her own knitting
was no long-er needed by family members.
I went online to try and fi nd a place to donate the things I
had made, but it seemed that either most of the places were in the
United States or most of the websites were outdated and no longer
viable, she said.
I decided that there must be other people out there who, like
me, know how to make things and have nowhere to donate them to, or
do not know how to search for somewhere.
I thought about the hard economic times we are all facing and of
all the needy families out there who barely scrape through after
paying their
Knitting lesson: Needy Stitches founder Janice Bartlett of
Seaford shows the fi ne art of knitting squares to Greg Sugars,
Carrum Downs Community Bank board chairman, on a cold wet day,
highlighting the need for knitters to throw their support behind
the Food For All winter blanket appeal.
Stitches to keep winter Stitches to keep winter warmwarm
Fountain near youth WESTPARK had its own spectacular fountain
for a short time last Friday when a water main burst at the corner
of Curacoa St and Bataan Crt. Residents Brian and Sue Briscoe
discovered water bubbling up through the nature strip at about 9am
and called the water authority. An emergency van turned up, had a
look and left. Then about 11am it suddenly just blew and water went
gushing 10 metres into the air, Mr Briscoe said. Hastings Community
Bank director Steve Dowling was leaving Westpark Primary School and
snapped this photograph. He said an emergency repair crew arrived
soon afterward and repaired the burst mains.
expenses and thought it would be a wonderful idea to donate
these things to those families and individuals in need.
About 30 members of the resulting Needy Stitches group are now
making squares for the winter blankets.
Nothing we create is for sale, thats the number one rule. I have
done a lot of research on who requires what and will keep doing
this so we can help as many organisations and people that we can,
Ms Bartlett said.
Southern Peninsula Food For All has been providing assistance to
people in need since 1991 including food par-cels, Christmas
hampers and blankets.
With increasing costs for utilities
and food, more people are fi nding it diffi cult to make ends
meet, Southern Peninsula Food For All chairman Ken Northwood
said.
We have had a rise in the requests for emergency assistance, but
at the same time there has been a decline in donations.
The blankets will be collected and distributed by the St Vincent
de Paul Mornington Peninsula Conference.
Anyone who can help make knit-ting squares for blankets can
register to receive wool from Bendigo Bank branches on the
Mornington Penin-sula. For patterns and wool, email Fran Henke at
[email protected] or call 5979 7274.
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By Mike HastTHE Solomon Lew pool saga is near the end after the
Department of Sus-tainability and Environment approved plans for
the pools removal.
The works will also see remediation of Crown land on which the
horizon pool, a retaining wall, fence and land-scaping had been
placed.
The $400,000 pool was built on
the foreshore adjoining the Lew fam-ily holiday property in
Osprey Ave, Mt Eliza, in 2010 and 2011 with near neighbours being
told by workmen they were installing water tanks.
The pool area has a spectacular view of Port Phillip and
Mornington har-bour in the distance.
In late May the existence of the pool was revealed by the Sunday
Age, which reported Mr Lew and his daugh-
ter Jacqueline Lew, through a family company called Shuttlehall
Pty Ltd, had been given 14 days to explain to Mornington Peninsula
Shire why the horizon pool had been built on Crown land without a
planning permit.
Last August, the shire ordered the demolition of the pool within
21 days under the Building Act. It was drained on Friday 12
August.
Then followed months of negotia-
tions, with Mr Lew fi rst trying to buy the Crown land from DSE,
which was refused after lobbying by Mornington MP David Morris
among others, and then offering to lease the land from the shire,
which manages it on behalf of DSE.
The land along the cliff tops of Moondah and Sunnyside beaches
was rezoned by the shire council in 2006to public use and
residential.
Lew pool removal plan gets OKLew pool removal plan gets OK
Empty feeling: The Lew familys $400,000 horizon pool built
without a planning permit on Crown land above Moondah Beach in Mt
Eliza will be demolished and the land remediated. Picture: Keith
Platt
It was reported that Mr Lews law-yers, Schetzer Brott and Appel,
of-fered the shire an initial lease payment of $250,000 with annual
instalments of $50,000 for 19 years.
Last September, the Building Ap-peals Board refused a
retrospective building permit for the pool after cracks were
discovered in the retain-ing wall. The shire closed parts of
Moondah Beach over fears the land would subside.
DSE approved plans for the pools removal that had been submitted
by Mr Lews engineers.
Mt Eliza Ward councillor Leigh Eu-stace said it was a win for
rate payers, the shire and the people of Victoria who own Crown
land.
The work will be done at no cost to ratepayers, he said.
Cr Eustace confi rmed reports the Lew family would pay the
shires legal fees of about $150,000 and $50,000 to a registered
charity of the shires choosing.
The matter was due to go to Frank-ston Magistrates Court on 14
Decem-ber, but a deal was struck beforehand.
It has taken since then for the shire, DSE and the Lew family to
agree terms on the pools removal and reme-diation of the land.
Two weeks ago, David Morris issued a coy press release headed Mt
Eliza foreshore. In it he stated: Morning-ton MP David Morris has
welcomed the decision of the Department of Sustainability and
Environment to pro vide Coastal Management Act con-sent to the land
manager (Morn ington Peninsula Shire Council) in relation to
Moondah Reserve.
The decision brings to a conclusion an unfortunate episode, and
ensures that the construction of a private build-ing or other asset
on public land does not provide an excuse for alienation of that
land for private purposes.
The shires communi cations man-ager Todd Trimble said a schedule
for the demolition and remediation had not been set.
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TEACHERS across the Mornington Peninsula can get expert insight
into the Australian Curriculum during a conference at Toorak
College.
College principal Helen Carmody said every classroom in the
country would be affected by the national cur-riculum.
The Australian Curriculum outlines learning entitlements for
Austra lian students to provide a foundation for successful,
lifelong learning and par-ticipation in the Australian
commu-nity.
The curriculum will initially be de-veloped for English,
mathematics, sci-ence and history and followed by geog-raphy,
languages, the arts, economics, business, civics and citizenship,
health and physical education, information and communication
technology, and design and technology.
It focuses on seven general capabili-ties (literacy, numeracy,
information and communication technology com-petence, critical and
creative thinking, ethical behaviour, personal and social
competence and intercultural under-standing) and three
cross-curriculum
priorities (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
cultures, Asia and Australias engagement with Asia, and
sustainability).
Our purpose in organising this con-ference is to bring together
primary and secondary mathematics, science, history and English
teachers in a fo-rum where they can interact with those directly
responsible for the implemen-tation of the new curriculum, Mrs
Carmody said.
She sees the establishment of a na-tional curriculum as a
landmark move in the history of education in Austra-lia.
The delivery of the Australian Cur-riculum will impact the
teaching and learning in every classroom in this na-tion, Mrs
Carmody said.
Keynote speaker at next months two-day conference is the chair
of the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority,
Professor Barry McGaw, who will focus on the logic of the
curriculums structure and its consequences.
The 11 keynote speakers include Dr David Howes, general manager
of the
curriculum division of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment
Authority.
The conference will also include workshops and trade
exhibitions.
The conference is an outstanding professional development
opportunity. It will assist practitioners in enhancing their
personal strategies and the deliv-ery of the Australian Curriculum,
Mrs Carmody said.
It is a wonderful opportunity for teachers who have trialled
various as-pects of the Australian curriculum to share their
experiences with the wider teaching community and the experts
responsible for its implementation.
Education minister Martin Dixon, who is MP for Nepean and a
former teacher, described the conference as a ground-breaking
initiative and a mar-vellous opportunity to have opinions voiced
while taking on board a diverse range of views on curricula.
Toorak College is hosting the con-ference called Exploring and
Imple-menting the Australian Curriculum on 23 and 24 July. Details:
Ranjith Dediwalage on 9788 7265.
Toorak leads the way Toorak leads the way on new curriculumon
new curriculum
FLINDERS Golf Club superintendent Colin Morrison has scored a
trip to the United States and has been invited to help prepare the
course for the $4.6 million John Deere Classic golf tour-nament a
US PGA tour event.
The trip was the result of him win-ning the Australian Golf
Course Su-perintendents Association 2011 Ex-cellence in Golf Course
Management Award.
The award was recognition of Mr Morrisons work in reconstructing
the 11th green at the club, which turned the hole from a relatively
straight par four along the left-hand boundary of the course to a
sharp dogleg right.
Mr Morrison worked with club cap-tain Neil Cavanagh on the
change.
The improvements to the course have been substantial over the
past 10 years and the award recognises Colin and his teams
contribution to that im-provement, Mr Cavanagh said.
As well as helping to prepare the course for the John Deere
Classic to be played at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois, 9-15
July, Mr Morrison will also have a tour of the John Deere fac-tory
and headquarters at nearby Mo-line in Illinois.
This is the opportunity of a lifetime, which has come about as
the result of the construction of our 11th green.
Mr Morrison believes the trip will give him experience and
knowledge that he will be able to apply at Flinders.
Award win: Colin Morrison is off to the United States.
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Watch a video fl y-through of the Frankston Regional Aquatic
Centre by using a QR reader on
the code below.
By Mike HastFRANKSTON Council will borrow less money for the
$46.35 million aquatic centre after the federal govern-ment
promised $13.5 million earlier this month.
The council now has $26 million of government money after the
state gov-ernment promised $12.5 million in the run-up to the 2010
state election.
Minister for Regional Australia, Re-gional Development and Local
Gov-ernment Simon Crean announced the councils application for
funds under the Regional Development Australia Fund had been
successful.
Frankstons mayor Cr Brian Cunial said money from the two
governments meant ratepayers wont have to carry the full burden of
the remaining costs.
The News understands the state money is available, but the
federal
Canberra money helps fill poolCanberra money helps fill poolIn
the swim: Architects drawing of how the Frankston Regional Aquatic
Health and Wellbeing Centre (FRAC) might look when it opens in
mid-2014.
cash will not come until the 2013-14 fi nancial year.
The council will borrow up to $18 million with the balance
coming from rates and other sources of council rev-enue.
Mr Crean was joined by Isaacs MP Mark Dreyfus and Frankston
council-
lors at Samuel Sherlock Reserve where the council will build the
Frankston Regional Aquatic Health and Wellbe-ing Centre (FRAC) with
a 51.5-metre Olympic-sized swimming pool, a learn to swim and
leisure pool with play area, cafe, gymnasium, waterslides, splash
deck, warm water therapy pool,
spa and sauna, crche and health and wellness centre.
Mr Crean said the centre would provide people living in the
regional centres of southeast Melbourne with access to
state-of-the-art competition and leisure facilities.
He said the project was a great ex-ample of an investment
partnership that stacks up and joins the dots be-tween being a
local priority, leverag-ing other funding sources and return-ing an
economic and social dividend to the region.
The project would project a signifi -cant economic boost across
the region and create about 300 construction and 50 ongoing
jobs.
Mr Dreyfus said the pool would draw people from all over the
growth corridor of Melbournes southeast and contribute to community
pride and regional liveability.
Cr Cunial said the centre was ex-pected to attract 700,000
visitors each year, providing a recreational outlet for people of
all ages.
The pool would bring more visitors to the city centre, creating
new impe-tus for business operators.
The centre will create about 300 jobs during construction and
120 on-going jobs once open for business. The plans are being fi
nalised by Wil-liam Ross Architects and construction is scheduled
to begin later this year and be completed by June 2014.
State MP Jude Perera said he had strongly supported the councils
devel-opment fund application. Labor has committed $26 million
toward making this great dream into a reality. Frankston Council is
advertising for a business manager for the aquatic centre. An
advertisement in The Age stated the manager would oversee all
aspects of the business from estab-lishment of the centre to
managing it when open. The role also takes in the Pines Forest
Aquatic Centre.
Cash galore: Frankston councillor Brad Hill, left, Isaacs MP
Mark Dreyfus, Simon Crean, the mayor Brian Cunial and Cr Alistair
Wardle check out plans for the $46 million aquatic centre at Samuel
Sherlock Reserve.
NEARBY residents have been told that it will be October be-fore
work will begin to replace the collapsed wall on Nepean Highway
near Olivers Hill, Frankston.
VicRoads expects to receive a consultants report on the $1.4
million collapse early next month and will make a decision on what
to do next by the end of July.
Workers have said the type of construction used for the wall had
never before gone higher than seven metres Frankstons wall was more
than 11 metres
high. The gambion wall that collpased was backfi lled with
packing sand.
However, the weight of the sand appeared to have caused too much
pressure for the wall to withstand, causing it to burst in the
centre.
VicRoads decided to build the wall to stem erosion of the cliff
face, which had been monitored by a resident whose house was built
close to the cliff edge.
The erosion has now gone inland beyond the boundary be-tween the
Vic Roads land and on to private property.
Steel rods hammered into the cliff showed it had receded by at
least one metre since houses were built there.
The area at the foot of Oliv-ers Hill was once part of the
Frankston Brickworks and was backfi lled before being opened up for
residential development.
Houses on the steep land have to comply with strict building
regulations that include con-crete foundations up to 15 me-tres
deep.
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By Mike HastRENOWNED zoologist Hans Brunner was more than an
interested bystander when Northern Territory deputy coro-ner
Elizabeth Morris announced on 12 June that a dingo had taken Azaria
Chamberlain at Uluru in 1980.
Mr Brunner of Frankston was a key witness in 1988 when the NT
Court of Appeal overturned the 1982 conviction of Lindy Chamberlain
for the murder of her nine-week-old baby Azaria and Michael
Chamberlain for being an ac-cessory after the fact.
Then a senior technical offi cer for the Victorian Department of
Conservation, Forest and Land (now DSE), Mr Brun-ner told the court
of appeal in Darwin that animal hairs on Azarias jumpsuit and
singlet were from a dingo.
I was delighted with the coroners decision which, after 32
years, fi nally accepted that Azaria was taken by a dingo, he said
last week. I am elated that the truth has fi nally been
accept-ed.
After developing a technique for iden tifying the hair of
mammals, Mr Brunner co-wrote a landmark book in 1974, The Identifi
cation of Mam-malian Hair, which is still used today
by animal forensic experts around the world.
Right from the beginning I believed a dingo took Azaria on that
fateful night in August 1980, he told The Times.
My belief was confi rmed after I was asked to examine hairs
found on the jumpsuit and singlet. The task was easy as I had used
dingo hairs as ref-erence samples for dog hairs in my book.
Mr Brunner, who came to Australia from Switzerland in his youth
and con-tinued his zoological career, said his evidence was readily
accepted at the 1988 hearing.
He also told the court the damaged jumpsuit had been torn and
not cut, basing his evidence on investigations of wild dogs preying
on adult sheep that had been shorn and young lambs that had
not.
Mr Brunner has always believed there was human intervention in
the Azaria case, but not in her death.
Someone must have taken Azaria from the dingo, disposed of the
body and buried the clothing, but it was not and could not possibly
have been the Chamberlains, he said.
Azaria was taken by a dingo on the night of 17 August 1980, but
her mati-nee jacket was not found until 1986.
Lindy Chamberlain was released from jail in February 1986.
The discovery was largely respon-sible for the case being
reopened and the Royal Commission of 1987, which exonerated both
parents.
All convictions of the Chamberlains were overturned in 1988.
Mr Brunner said he contacted NT police in 1986 after Azarias
clothing was found and offered to examine din-go droppings
collected nearby to see whether I could fi nd remains of Azaria in
them.
I was bluntly rejected and told she did it anyhow and the phone
went si-lent.
I was only asked very much later by the Chamberlains defence
lawyers to examine hairs mounted on two micro-scope slides.
A third inquest was held in 1995, but the coroner delivered an
open fi nding no one or thing was found responsible for Azarias
death.
The fourth and fi nal inquest, which ended earlier this month,
was told there had been 11 serious attacks of hu-
mans by dingoes since 1980, including a nine-year-old boy killed
on Fraser Island in 2001.
Mr Brunner says he does not blame people who still doubt a dingo
was re-sponsible for the death of Azaria. The media frenzy and the
lies and perver-sion of some scientifi c reports remains foremost
in many peoples minds, he said.
He is critical of authorities who did not want to admit that
dingoes at Ul-uru were a danger to children as this could have
badly affected tourism.
And what about dingoes? I love dingoes very much. I was directly
working with dingoes at the Keith Turnbull Research Institute on
Bal-larto Rd in Frankston North for about two years where I got to
know dingo behaviour very well.
Finally, the irony of the dingo saga is that in another case a
woman on Fra-ser Island was fi ned $40,000 for feed-ing a starving,
thin and sick-looking dingo. This went almost unnoticed and the
media was not interested. Starv-ing dingoes will naturally and
desper-ately try to get some food even if it is a young child. Are
starving dingoes in the Northern Territory any different?
I always believed a dingo I always believed a dingo took the
baby: zoologisttook the baby: zoologist
Key witness: Above, Frankston forensic zoologist Hans Brunner
gave evidence identifying dingo hairs on Azaria Chamberlains
matinee jacket to the 1988 NT Court of Appeal, which overturned the
1982 conviction of Lindy Chamberlain, pictured right with her
daughter Azaria.
FOXES at Stringybark Bushland Reserve in Langwarrin are about to
be fi tted with collars.
The electronic tracking devices will be placed on foxes trapped
by Frankston Council rangers so their movements over the next few
months can be monitored.
The reserve on the north-western corner of Centre and North
roads will be closed from Monday 25 June until Monday 9 July while
the fox control program is undertaken by council and the Department
of Sustainability and Environment.
All access points will be locked or closed with barriers and
signs erected.
Keith Platt
Foxes to be Foxes to be collaredcollared
Thank you! The entire Vander Der Vliet family would like to
thank the beautiful and caring staff at The Bays aged care facility
at Hastings for the loving care and respect given to our mum (Gr)
over the past two years. We are forever grateful.
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Nepean Highway, CARRUM 9773 2999
EMAIL: [email protected]
Michael CurryMobile:0409 410 456
MC Real Estate 4/82 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 8833
EMAIL: [email protected]
Western Port
Wilma GreenMobile: 0407 833 996Century 21 Homeport2100
FstonFlinders Rd, HASTINGS 5979 3555
EMAIL: [email protected]
Milton BrownMobile: 0418 326 044
LJ Hooker Somerville Shop 15/17 Eramosa Road West,
Somerville
5978 0044
EMAIL: [email protected]
Kevin WrightMobile: 0417 564 454
Kevin Wright Real Estate72 Main Street, Mornington
PHONE: 5977 2255
Gary BarnesMobile: 0412 347 233Baywest Real Estate1/1085
Fston-Flinders Rd SOMERVILLE 5977 9660
EMAIL: [email protected]
Jordan HendrixMobile: 0415 346 866
Zentori Real Estate
1549 F/Flinders Road
TYABB, 5977 3747
EMAIL: [email protected]
Elizabeth WallMobile: 0417 528 042Ray White Real Estate69 High
Street, HASTINGS 5979 3555
EMAIL: [email protected]
Tallon
Dominic TallonMobile:0408 528 857
Tallon First National35 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 3000
EMAIL: [email protected]
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Address: 15 Skinner Street, BITTERNPrice: $319,900Agency:
Century 21 Homeport, 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979
3555Agent: Wilma Green, 0407 833 996
Simply irresistibleTHIS beautifully presented two-bedroom
cottage will be irresistible for retirees or perhaps couples who
are now empty-nesters and looking to downsize. From the fi rst
moment you drive up to the property, you are enchanted by the
lovely English cottage garden surrounding the home, which is just a
short walk to Bittern Fields Village, the primary school and public
transport. The interior is spotlessly presented with a large
open-plan area allowing for formal and informal dining. The
spacious kitchen has a host of overhead cupboards and stylish
granite benchtops. French doors open from the lounge room to a
bullnose front verandah with a turned post and deck area
overlooking the tranquil garden. Both bedrooms are very spacious
and have built-in robes. With a very tasteful renovation and a
recent price reduction, the home is even better value for
low-maintenance living at its very best.
MARKET
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Opportunity knocksPUT a spring in your step with this neat
three-bedroom brick-veneer home located only 500 metres from High
Street, Hastings, and within walking distance of all the town has
to offer. The home presents very well with a verandah along the
front. Inside there have been some recent cosmetic touches
including new carpets, window furnishings and a coat of paint that
has created a very light and open interior. The centrally located
kitchen has gas cooking, a dishwasher, plenty of timber cupboards
and an adjacent meals area. A sunny lounge room has benefi tted
from the paint job and its cathedral ceiling creates a vast living
space. A single carport adjoins the home. Other external features
include a garden shed. The large, fl at block is well fenced with
plenty of room for play equipment.
Address: 34 Spring Street, HastingsPrice: $310,000Agency: MC
Real Estate, 4/82 High Street, Hastings, 5979 8833Agent: Michael
Curry, 0409 410 456
REAL ESTATE SOMERVILLE Est 1989
1067 Frankston-Flinders Road, Somerville 5977 7766 PHIL STONE
0412 226 758HUGH GAMBLE 0401 319 811
Beautifully presented 2 bedroom unitComprising large lounge room
with gas wall furnace R/cycle air-conditioningModern kitchen with
s/steel appliances inc. dishwasherOutdoor entertaining area Single
lock-up garage with remote.
Classy and Stylish
Somerville $315,000
Well-presented solid brick three bedroom homeLounge area with
pot belly heating plus r/cycle air-con. Two way bathroom.itchen
plus family area and extra living areaPaved pergola area, two large
sheds, double carport. Ideal property for the first home buyer or
investor.
Step Inside And Discover
Tyabb $300,000 - $315,000 Somerville $300,000 - $380,000
3 x three bedroom units, FES to main
bedroom7LOHGZHWDUHDVVVWHHODSSOLDQFHVWRNLWFKHQ Open plan living
areas, 9ft ceilings Double garage with remote, landscaped gardens
Minutes walk to local shops & transport Buy off the plan and
save on stamp duty
Brand New Units - Only 3 On The Block
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1-3 / 3 Seaton Court
Somerville $349,000
Terric three-bedroom family home on good sized block Large
formal lounge area, Lovely timber kitchen and family area Main
bedroom with ensuite Gas heating Paved outdoor pergola area, double
garage.
We Challenge You To Compare
Somerville $475,000
Four bedrooms, ensuite to main Lounge room with wood heater and
ducted heatingModern kitchen & family area Terric outdoor
entertaining area, lovely gardens Room for boat, trailer or caravan
Double garage with workshop
Simple Yet Stylish
Somerville $480,000
Located in one of the nest parts of
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